ELK Alarm Panel Problem

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Hi,

I’ve had no end of problems trying to get my Elk M1G to work with the Elk Alarm Panel plug-in. I had everything running fine a few months ago but I believe it broke when I upgraded the plug-in to V2.0. I’m not 100% sure that’s the cause because I can’t find a way to install the old version of plug-in so there is no way for me to test.

My Setup:

Vera 3
FTDI USB to Serial port Convertor with 6ft USB Cable and direct plugged into the panel
M1G Gold

I know that the USB serial port convertor is working because I can run the ELK installer software with the same USB cable plugged into my laptop and talk to the panel as expected.

I can go to the Develop App → Serial Port Configuration and I’m able to add the port & set the speed to 115200, 8N1 Port 3482. I have it set to Elk Alarm Panel[]. I tried other speeds out of desperation and nothing seemed to help.

I have restarted everything including the panel, Vera, Lua, etc more times then I can count. The device shows Lua start up error. I attached the log file below, I can’t see any useful info other than it is unable to open the port.

My wife keeps asking why the outside lights never come on when the motion sensors go off like they used so I would appreciate any help you can give me to get me out of hot water!

Thanks guys,
Ben

tail -f LuaUPnP.log | grep ‘^01|^50’

01 07/14/13 13:42:59.722 Mongoose XXX-mg_stop1 0xe64cf8 1 2 <0x2b92b000>
01 07/14/13 13:43:01.723 Mongoose XXX-mg_stop2 0xe64cf8 2 2 <0x2b92b000>
01 07/14/13 13:43:01.724 Mongoose XXX-mg_stop3 0xe64cf8 2 2 <0x2b92b000>
01 07/14/13 13:43:01.724 Mongoose XXX-mg_stop4 0xe64cf8 17274392 2 <0x2b92b000>
01 2013-7-14 12:57:51 caught signal 6 <0x2be05680>
01 2013-7-14 12:58:7 caught signal 6 <0x2bf41680>
01 2013-7-14 13:3:52 caught signal 6 <0x2c2d5680>
01 2013-7-14 13:4:49 caught signal 6 <0x2bdf3680>
01 2013-7-14 13:5:38 caught signal 6 <0x2c3af680>
01 2013-7-14 13:9:7 caught signal 6 <0x2bcad680>
01 2013-7-14 13:13:3 caught signal 6 <0x2c449680>
01 2013-7-14 13:13:52 caught signal 6 <0x2c72d680>
01 2013-7-14 13:18:19 caught signal 6 <0x2b813680>
01 2013-7-14 13:19:28 caught signal 6 <0x2bbb1680>
01 2013-7-14 13:20:36 caught signal 6 <0x2c6bf680>
01 2013-7-14 13:22:48 caught signal 6 <0x2c187680>
01 2013-7-14 13:28:6 caught signal 6 <0x2c08d680>
01 2013-7-14 13:29:7 caught signal 6 <0x2babd680>
01 2013-7-14 13:43:1 caught signal 6 <0x2c65f680>
01 07/14/13 13:43:03.909 UPnPAction_Send::ParseState can’t find name <0x2ad70000>
01 07/14/13 13:43:12.133 IOPort::Connect connect -1 127.0.0.1:3482 <0x2d4a3680>
50 07/14/13 13:43:16.142 luup_log:74: ElkPlugin:::M1 Panel Plugin version 1.94. <0x2b6a3680>
50 07/14/13 13:43:16.143 luup_log:74: ElkPlugin::getDebugMode: Debug mode enabled. <0x2b6a3680>
50 07/14/13 13:43:16.143 luup_log:74: ElkPlugin::checkConnectionType: Running on Serial. <0x2b6a3680>
01 07/14/13 13:43:16.143 LuaInterface::CallFunction_Startup-2 device 74 function elkStartup failed Elk Alarm Panel with return false <0x2b6a3680>
01 07/14/13 13:43:16.144 LuImplementation::StartLua running startup code for 74 I_ElkAlarmPanel1.xml failed <0x2b6a3680>

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@benwirz
I can’t see anything obvious with the log either, may pay to move this to the Elk specific forum it might get more ELK M1 related traffic and someone there may be able to help (I’m not the best person for that as I run on an Ethernet connection).

[url=http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/board,52.0.html]http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/board,52.0.html[/url]

cheers

John

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Thanks John, I just duplicated the message. Do you find the ethernet connection to be reliable? One of the reasons that I went the serial route is that I thought that it would be more reliable. You can’t get much simpler then a serial port. Even before my latest problem, I would have to reconfigure my the serial port settings in vera every-time I unplugged the usb to serial convertor so it hasn’t worked out to be more reliable. I might consider upgrading to the ethernet connection.

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@benwirz
I have found the Ethernet connect to be very reliable but there are security concerns that are associated with it (I am probably not paranoid enough)

Cheers

John

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Thanks John, that’s helpful. I was hoping to avoid spending the $200 on the Ethernet interface since I was going to use Vera for that function but it may be my only option to get the plugin running.

On the security issue of using the Ethernet interface, my take is that a potential bad guy would find it easier to cut my phone line which would disable my internet connection anyway than to hack into my system somehow. Despite what you in the movies, if the typical burglar had the skills to do anything that sophisticated they would be gainful employed otherwise. Unless you have $100K in jewelry or other easily grab-able high value items, security is all about making your house look harder to break into than the next guys. Motion lights and a basic security system do 99% of that job.

-Ben