On March 17, 2010 at 20:00, dinom said...
So with a single CAT5 from RK3 directly to XP-8 expansion port? Doesn't the RK3 need a seperate power supply (16V)?
Also, I don't want to use a CB-8 since I only have one keypad. Supposedly, with RS485, the speed isn't as fast and you can't do cover art, etc.
Please advise.
Thanks.
The keypad gets powered over the same Cat5 no matter how you are using it... via the "Control" port on the back. The Ethernet port is that and only that... not sure about the POE option that's mentioned in the literature.
I believe you are correct about the cover art. If that's all you loose, I'm OK with it.
I can say that it may have been a touch slower, but this latest customer had a REALLY sluggish ISP as the entire network was sluggish. I only noticed it on the weather page.
Plugging the keypad directly into the XP8 "Should" work. I've done it with an RK2 and an RP6 and it worked fine.
