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I have been able to get connected with a HP Pavilion laptop and the keyspan serial-usb adapter (vista home prem). I have even flashed the firmware and the ELK wireless expander is enrolled. My GE crystal transmitters are enrolled- but for some reason, all zones except the front door are...

Spanky- just got back to this M1 now, and with a laptop. It looks like the comport issue is handled, but it refuses the default access code in the installation manual. Any ideas on this one? Thanks.

Yes, I get an immediate message that the com port is in use by other software so choose another...and the other brand of usb/serial adapter would not allow me to connect either. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get back to this issue until after next week, but I will follow up here when I get a...

As far as I know, all of the issues are connecting the computer to the controller with the ELK software successfully. The controller came with firmware for the GE receiver, and while the ELK receiver is connected to the data bus, and is enrolled, there is no selection for a 144 zone wireless...

Thank you for your quick response. The software says "cannot get baud rate from controller". and with a differenet usb/serial interface it says the com port is in use try another, but only 4 or 7 can be chosen. Since the software won't talk to the controller, I am dead in the water right now...

Hello all, Thanks for all the knowledge I have been reading about. I am hoping someone can assist me in enrolling my ELK wireless reciever(m1xrf). It is enrolled on the rs485 bus as the second device, but I can't get the elk rp software to talk to the controller for flash upgrades. when...