Connect PowerHome to Elk using RS232 over IP?

[MrGibbage]

(Also posted at power-home.com)

Has anyone here tried connecting PH to their Elk m1G using a device like this:
http://www.provantage.com/startech-netrs2321e~7STR90KT.htm
It would be nice to be able to run PH on a laptop in my bedroom and keep my Elk in the wiring closet downstairs.
If you have used one of these before, can you tell me a bit about how they work? Do I need to get two of them?

 

[WayneW]

If you have an Elk XEP, I would try to use a virtual serial port. PH could talk to the emulated serial port software and that software would translate it to TCP/IP commands and send them to the XEP.

http://www.hw-group.com/products/hw_vsp/index_en.html

 

[mustangcoupe]

No need for a VSP Powerhome can be configured to work over the IP. I have done this with the XEP.

 

[MrGibbage]

Great ideas about the XEP. I placed it on order today.

 

[MrGibbage]

I installed an M1XEP tonight. It seems to be working fine. I can connect to it using ElkRP, and I can pull up the web pages served by it and control the system. But when I try to connect PH to it, it does not work. I changed the Setup->Controllers and changed my Elk from a Mlk M1 Gold (Serial) to an Elk M1 Gold (Ethernet). I then went to the settings on that same page and entered in the IP address and port that the XEP is running on. Well, every time I try to connect to it with PH, I get an error message: "The Elk M1 ELK Zone Status Request did not return properly. Commands will not be transmitted."

So, what did I miss?

 

[MrGibbage]

Never mind. I figured it out. You have to use the non-secure port (after enabling it).