I just got my new Elk M1, along with the XEP module. I’ve been playing around with it on the bench just to make sure all of the features that I want are functioning as expected. The panel firmware version is 5.2.4. The XEP is running version 1.3.28.
I have the panel connected to my LAN. I’m on a DSL connection from AT&T in the Chicago area. My router is a Linksys WRT54G2 V1. My IP is dynamic. I obtained a DNS service account from No-IP.com. My updating is currently taking place via a No-Ip client running on my desktop on the LAN. Working good so far. I have no problem connecting to the panel via RP and have downloaded and copied the panel with no problems. I have port forwarded port 2601 as I hope to get to the panel from outside of the LAN. My router assigned the panel to 192.168.2.100. I have enabled a password on the XEP.
After hours of playing around with the email function, I finally was able to get it working. The hang up was that I did not enable non-secure port 2101 in the TCP/IP setup screen. I found that info in a response in one of the questions on this site. I am using the URL for my provider (sbcglobal), along with my email account authentication.
The next step for me is to get access from outside of my LAN. I had a friend try to access the panel using my DNS URL. He gets to the login screen, with a prompt for the XEP login credentials. Once he enters the login and password the screen goes white and the connection times out. It sounds like the XEP Java web server is not functioning properly? Java on the machine is up to date (Ver 6 Update 17) I’m not a network guy, so any thoughts/suggestions on what to try next would be appreciated.
Thanks
Tom
I have the panel connected to my LAN. I’m on a DSL connection from AT&T in the Chicago area. My router is a Linksys WRT54G2 V1. My IP is dynamic. I obtained a DNS service account from No-IP.com. My updating is currently taking place via a No-Ip client running on my desktop on the LAN. Working good so far. I have no problem connecting to the panel via RP and have downloaded and copied the panel with no problems. I have port forwarded port 2601 as I hope to get to the panel from outside of the LAN. My router assigned the panel to 192.168.2.100. I have enabled a password on the XEP.
After hours of playing around with the email function, I finally was able to get it working. The hang up was that I did not enable non-secure port 2101 in the TCP/IP setup screen. I found that info in a response in one of the questions on this site. I am using the URL for my provider (sbcglobal), along with my email account authentication.
The next step for me is to get access from outside of my LAN. I had a friend try to access the panel using my DNS URL. He gets to the login screen, with a prompt for the XEP login credentials. Once he enters the login and password the screen goes white and the connection times out. It sounds like the XEP Java web server is not functioning properly? Java on the machine is up to date (Ver 6 Update 17) I’m not a network guy, so any thoughts/suggestions on what to try next would be appreciated.
Thanks
Tom