ELK Module Setup

[ooker]

Here's some info on setting up the ELK Module with an ISY-99i. This info is a result of spending too many hours today working with the UD support folks to troubleshoot my system:

 

These steps were used successfully with an ELK M1 Gold using this config:

ELK M1 Gold: v4.6.8

ELK M1XEP: v1.3.28

ISY-99i Pro/IR: 3.1.13 Beta

ISY-99i ELK Module (separate software purchase from within the ISY-99i Admin Console)

 

1) Enable Non-secure Port on the ELK M1XEP

The ISY-99i ELK Module needs the non-secure port enabled. The ELK Module uses the non-secure socket to communicate with the ELK M1XEP module.

-Launch the ElkRP app and do the following:

-Connect to the ELK (Connection -> Connect )

-Go to the Account Details:System

-Click on the [M1XEP Setup] button

-Check the "Enable Non-Secure Port" checkbox and note the port number (default = 2101)

-If you are using a static IP address for the M1XEP (this is recommended) then verify that the IP settings are still correct

-Send the config (ElkRP->M1)

-Reboot the M1XEP

-Verify that you can communicate with the M1XEP via a non-secure socket

-In the Account Details: System, note the port number user change the port to the non-secure port (e.g. 2101)

-Try to connect to the ELK (Connection -> Connect)

-If that works, you are good to go. Change the port back to the secure port for ElkRT (default was 2601)

-Note down the RP Access Code from the Account Details: System panel

 

2) Configure the ISY-99i ELK Module to communicate with your ELK M1XEP

-Bring up the admin console for the ISY-99i and do the following:

-Click on the Configuration tab

-Click on the Elk sub tab

-Enter the IP address of the M1XEP

-Set the port to the Non-Secure port number that you configured for the M1XEP (default 2101)

-Enter the access code (the RP Access Code was recommended by UD support)

-Enable the ELK M1XEP by clicking the "Enabled" checkbox

-Click the [save] button

-Click the [Refresh Topology] button to load the topology (e.g. areas, zones, etc. from the ELK)

 

 

Troubleshooting:

Symptom: If the Elk is configured, the ISY-99i Admin Console is slow and un-responsive. The ElkRP software does not connect/transfer data reliably. The data about the ELK is not loaded into the ISY-99i (you don't see the zone and area topology)

Solution: You most likely have the ELK Module in the ISY-99i configured with the secure port on the ELK M1XEP (e.g. 2601), and the result is that the ISY-99i apparently floods the network trying repeatedly to connect to the secure socket, even though it requires a non-secure socket.

 

 

Note: This does not cover all the config nor all the potential issues that one may encounter, but hopefully this will help others get their ELK Module configured.

[Michel Kohanim]

Hello ooker, THANKS SO VERY MUCH!

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[ooker]

The UD folks have posted documentation here:

http://www.universal-devices.com/mwiki/ ... ity_Module