Recent content by geogecko

Thanks!  Man, after reading that, my head starts hurting, LOL.  I think what I'm really after, is just a cellular monitoring service for the ELK.  While all that would be a nice setup, I'm not ready to find a way to backup multiple pieces of equipment like that in the event of a power failure. ...

Have you looked more into this?  I'm interested in this, my only concern is that I don't want my entire network traffic going through this, versus my cable modem, but I'm not sure there is an easy way to hook up the M1 to both networks.  Since I have an ISY-994 also on ethernet, that is my main...

Sure wish the ball would get rolling on this thing, and for DIY people to get and install these.  I've been putting off a cellular solution for a couple years now.  I am in the same boat though, I use my ISY to talk to the ELK panel, so I need to have that funcionality, and believe me, I'd drop...

I think reserving static IP's via MAC on the router is pretty common. I do it for a number of reasons, one, I have multiple devices that I need to always have assigned the same IP, so that I can get to them, without finding out what number they have been assigned. Secondly, I'd rather set a...

Nope, I let my router handle the static IP assignment, but with the number of times it's gone static on me, maybe I'll give it a go doing it that way from the XEP side. Good suggestion! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It is very frustrating that this piece of equipment will default back to a static IP after a power failure. I've had this happen so many times now, that I'm fairly good at recognizing the problem, just wish it was more reliable. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Too lazy to walk upstairs to check the MAC on the board, but mine is currently now:  00:40:9d:43:35:97, which appears to be one of the default ones to fall back on.  Interesting situation.  Shouldn't be happening, I don't think, but I guess it won't effect me, as long as it doesn't change to the...

Interesting. It had to have happened at random, I have not upgraded any firmware on any of my ELK equipment. I guess I don't care that much what the MAC is as long as it doesn't keep changing, or change to a MAC that another device in my system has. Other than that, it's fine whatever it is.

Makes me wonder if there is a serious problem with the v2 firmware, obviously it somehow self changed its MAC address, which theoretically shouldn't be able to happen. I don't know a lot about how MAC chips work, but assume the address is stored in some kind of EEPROM or similar memory, and...

Will do, for sure. I'm not sure what happened to it, but about a month ago, I was having issues with my internet, and over about a week of troubleshooting what I thought was my Ooma VoIP, it was actually the ELK. I pulled up my router's log, and about every 8 seconds, the ELK was trying to get...

It doesn't match yours, mine originally ended in B8, and now ends in 97...

Ugh, been struggling with this for a couple weeks now.  Same thing happened to me.  I assign the M1XEP a static IP via DHCP (through my router) using it's MAC address.  Internet has been down because it was assigning a random IP to the NEW MAC address.   I've come to the conclusion that this ELK...

Would be interesting to see if any eFlow units show up on eBay.  I'm tempted by the AL400, because it's cheap, but then need to buy the PTC module, and the LPD module for the battery.  The eFlow would be a complete off the shelf solution...but, with the AL400, a complete setup could be had for...

Mystery solved! Almost never use my side garage door because there was stuff piled in front of it. Since this was a 4 conductor wire, I never thought it would be a door sensor. I opened the door a few days ago and discovered the prewired plug in place. Once I pulled the two conductors out...

All good points to consider. I will take a look at the Altronix supplies, as I was also interested in powering the XEP off a battery backed up supply. So is 5 years the recommended replacement time of the SLA batteries, even if no problems are reported?