Windows XP machine died

[v1rtu0s1ty]

Hi folks,
 
My Windows XP machine died today. The only machine I have is mac book pro and it doesn't have any serial port. I need to create new rules for my lawn sprinkler system since I spread seeds on my whole backyard. I don't want the seeds to dry out since it just started raining 5 mins ago. I am not sure what to do. I don't have an ethernet module on my M1 Gold.
 
Please help.
 
Thanks!

 

[pete_c]

You can manually start each zone at the manifold by hand in your sprinkler box.  Kind of primative but it works.
 
Send me a PM.

 

[RAL]

You could also use the Elk keypad to manually turn the outputs that control your sprinklers on and off.   Unfortunately, you can't enter a rule through the keypad.  So until you get another system running with RP2, you're stuck with manual operation.

 

[v1rtu0s1ty]

I'm aware of all of those like turning the valve counter clockwise as well as the keypad. Since these are new seeds, it requires 4 times watering the whole day and each last for 5-8 mins per sprinkler head. Unfortunately, I won't be home tomorrow until 6:30pm. I went to bestbuy and bought usb to serial. I'm going to install virtualbox and winxp on my osx and hopefully it will work. Can I just download ElkRP then once it's connected, it will download all the configuration on my M1? I remember it's possible but the last time I did it was like year 2009 That's how stable/durable our ElkM1 is

 

[v1rtu0s1ty]

OMG, it will take 2 days before I will be able to download ELKRP software ouch!!!

 

[RAL]

I've placed a downloadable copy of the most recent version of RP2 here.

 

[v1rtu0s1ty]

Thank you so much! I also found a backup of my ElkRP directory. When I ran it, I got an error "activex control - can't create object". Also it said before this error, could not find operator's database. The ElkRP directory backup was from year 2012 though I didn't do a lot of changes.

 

[v1rtu0s1ty]

Ok, I got ElkRP v2 running on a virtual machine though I haven't tried connecting it yet. How can I download settings from my M1? I couldn't remember anymore.

 

[RAL]

Ok, I got ElkRP v2 running on a virtual machine though I haven't tried connecting it yet. How can I download settings from my M1? I couldn't remember anymore.

 
 
If you click on Send/Receive and then Receive All, that should do it.

 

[v1rtu0s1ty]

Ok, doing it now. Took me a while to get VirtualBox and usb-serial driver for osx to get recognized by Windows.

 

[v1rtu0s1ty]

I'm getting good signs and feedback from the m1. However, before I was able to start, I picked m1(std). I was wrong. I should have picked M1 Custom database. Then it complained about serial number not matching. 
 
Then I got this

 

[v1rtu0s1ty]

I did a Receive All and looks like it's good!

 

[v1rtu0s1ty]

I still got my pc troubleshootings skills, hahaha

 

[v1rtu0s1ty]

oh no, the disabled rules weren't imported. Looks like the disabled rules are only saved on the harddisk

 

[v1rtu0s1ty]

I'm good now I tested the sprinklers and each zone turn on
 
Thank you so much everyone especially you Ral for the software.