Lupus Electronics XT 1 Plus, User Manual

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Settings
The settings menu comprises the sub-menus network, e-mail account, SMS account, SIM
card, and device integration.
Network
In this menu, you can set-up the IP address of the alarm panel.
We recommend the default setting “Receive IP address automatically (DCHP)”, if your
network includes a router. Thus, the router provides the alarm panel automatically with a
matching address.
DHCP (
d ynamic h ost c onfiguration p rotocol) is a function, by which your XT receives all
required IP settings from your router.
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The advantage of DHCP is that all required IP settings are automatically performed
by your router. Thus, these information will always be correct. However, to use
DHCP your router / server need to support this protocol and it needs to be activated
– generally, this function is active in all common routers.
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The disadvantage of DHCP is that your router will reset all IP addresses assigned
via DHCP after an adjustable time. Thus, the IP address of you XT can change.
Depending on your router, the IP address of a device can also change after the
device or your router reboots. As a result, the remote access via a port forwarding
might be inactive if the router changes the IP address of a device, but does not
update the IP address in the port forwarding as well.
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Some routers allow you to fix a device to a certain address that it was assigned
via DHCP. If your router supports this function, we advise you to use it.
As an alternative, you can define the network settings manually. For this purpose, click