Guy Lavoie
Active Member
I have been testing the Elk M1 being accessed through a Lantronix EPS1 print server's serial port and it has been working really well. These print servers can often be bought for $5 to $10 on ebay and I have been using them in all sorts of applications such as accessing my Ocelot, PHAnderson kit, homegrown serial microcontroller projects, etc. and they have yet to fail me. It was only natural that I'd try it with the Elk and it is working fine with this unit too.
To do this, I have set up the EPS1's serial port to 115,200 baud and then configured ELKRP to access the M1 at the EPS1's IP address and port 3001. All serial port options must be left unchecked except for Xon/Xoff passthru mode (in order to get a true binary path).
I've done things like enroll a M1XSP, upgrade its firmware, load rules, etc through the EPS1 without any problems. This gives us a nice, inexpensive network connectivity option.
To do this, I have set up the EPS1's serial port to 115,200 baud and then configured ELKRP to access the M1 at the EPS1's IP address and port 3001. All serial port options must be left unchecked except for Xon/Xoff passthru mode (in order to get a true binary path).
I've done things like enroll a M1XSP, upgrade its firmware, load rules, etc through the EPS1 without any problems. This gives us a nice, inexpensive network connectivity option.