For any one interested I came across this link for the Elk M1 Gold Rs232 protocol Specs.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50097012/Elk-m1-Rs232-Protocol
(http://www.scribd.com/doc/50097012/Elk-m1-Rs232-Protocol)
come on.. scribd?? To download this document you must become a Premium Reader..
Yeah it sucks but I can't help where it is, I just found it.
You could have invested a bit of money and downloaded it for the community...
http://www.getacoder.com/data/projects/118354/ELK-M1_RS232_PROTOCOL.pdf
I'm in contact with Elk Products, to see if they will send me an updated version, I have a account with them from my installer days, I just never thought about it till now.