sfleck Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Elk provides the M1XEP that provides for 2-way status and control of the M1 over IP. However, C4 chose to supply a serial driver that hogs the only serial port that the M1XEP is required to connect to. basically eliminating it and its use to many other applications that support the IP driven information and control. applications like Homeseer and/or Cinemar's Mainlobby now have no means for communication. in fact, to even update the M1 or use the ElkRP software you have to physically go down to the panel and pull the RS232 cable and attach your computer ... even to do little things like update some programming of the Elk.why would such an IP savvy company like Control4 do it this way? geez louise.my wish? fix it.this will become the killer hardware platform for home automation we are all begging for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carp3d Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Has this issue been resolved? Im looking to pair up Control4 and ElkM1 in a new business venture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmdsmith Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 The elk driver will work via ip or serial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carp3d Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Thanks!!I also just realized that with Elks M1 we can have mulitple serial expansion ports making it possible to keep one on IP for remote RP programming and one solid hard line for C4 intergration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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