Elk Central Station Setup future, Setup of DDNS future, ELK-M1XEP Installation Manual

5. Central Station Setup (future)

The M1XEP will support Central Station Internet Monitoring in the future. The "Central Station" tab is where the central station IP addresses and ports that are used for Internet monitoring are entered. This information is provided by the central station. For each central station that is entered on this screen, an associated "Telephone" must be created and set to format 6 in ElkRP. C.S. 1 is associated with Telephone 1, C.S. 2 is associated with Telephone 2. etc.

Note: Internet monitoring requires support from the central station. Software is required at the central station to capture alarm codes from the Control. Please contact your central station and Elk Products for further information.

6. Setup of DDNS (future)

To connect to the Control over a network, you need to know the IP address (or URL) assigned to the M1XEP. If the M1XEP has been programmed with a static (non-changing) IP address, it makes the task simple. On the other hand, if the M1XEP is programmed to obtain a dynamic IP (changing) address from a DHCP server, the IP address can change often. This is where a Dynamic DNS (DDNS) provider comes into play. It allows you to alias a dynamic (changing) IP address to a permanent (non-changing) URL.

If you happen to be using a network router with built in DDNS support, then you should definitely configure the router to update the DDNS provider. Reference the router's documentation or contact the manufacturer of the router for configuration instructions and information regarding which DDNS service providers are supported by the router.

FUTURE: For installations without a router or where the router does not support DDNS, the M1XEP will eventually support DDNS updates.

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