PowerHome2 & Elk M1 Gold Manual
2.1.3 Right Click on a blank portion of the screen to create a new blank line.
2.1.4 Give the Elk an ID such as “ELK”.
2.1.5 The controller type can either be Elk M1 Gold (Serial) or Elk M1 Gold (Ethernet),
as appropriate.
2.1.6 Click the ‘Active’ button.
2.1.7 If the Controller Type was set to Serial, click the ‘Settings’ button to define the
COM port . If the Controller Type was set to Ethernet, click the ‘Settings button’
to define the IP address and Port. You must also use the Elk RP utility to
configure the Elk serial port for 115200 bps.
Under ‘Settings’ you can also set the Analog Poll Interval. The Analog Poll Interval
determines in seconds, how often PowerHome will query the Elk for the current value of
any input points defined as analog inputs.
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