Re: DSC Alarm Monitor
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:45 pmI thought I would provide people with some help on this app as well as with the TL-150. I just got it and setup everything...there was quite a bit of frustation so hopefully this will help others...
TL-150:
The TL-150 setup is easy. Once you get it wired, it hooks right up very easily and gets connected to the internet. You just need to type in "tl-150" on a computer on the internal home network and you are into the tl-150--the default password is "admin" and so is the userid. I would suggest using this website from DSC to confirm that it is able to communicate with the outside world: http://www.dsc.com/iptesting/ -----> Make sure you enter your normal access code in the browser to test if it can arm your system. The interface is pretty intuitive. Follow the instructions on the website and look at the advance properties and it will tell you when it is online.
Router:
This is a pain because you are not sure if there is a problem with the router or with the APP. With my router, I had to turn on remote management which allows you to get into your network from the outside internet (you have to setup a password and userid...I will talk about this more later). For my browser, you have to type in 192.168.0.1 on your home network computer to get into the controls. Make sure you take note of what the assigned IP address is once you get into the router because you need it for the app. Also, go into the advance propreties and make sure that port 80 is forwarded.
App:
Put in the IP address that you looked up in your router menu. Make sure you are using the one for the router and not for one of the other computers within your network. Here is how to decipher the fields in the app:
IP ADDRESS: IP Address of the router (this can change if you don't have a STATIC IP)
Code: The code you use to arm your system when you punch the numbers into your keypd at home
User: This is the userid that you use to get into the tl-a50 the default is "admin"--this isn't the code for the remote management
Pwd: This is the PW for tl-150 access "admin" is the default
Port: I just kept this defaulted to 80
I think this is a good app but it could really use some more documentation on what the fields mean so hopefully this is helpful so you don’t spend as much time as me getting everything to work!
The biggest problem I see is if you don’t have a static IP address for your router, the setting will need to be updated whenever you have a power outage.
TL-150:
The TL-150 setup is easy. Once you get it wired, it hooks right up very easily and gets connected to the internet. You just need to type in "tl-150" on a computer on the internal home network and you are into the tl-150--the default password is "admin" and so is the userid. I would suggest using this website from DSC to confirm that it is able to communicate with the outside world: http://www.dsc.com/iptesting/ -----> Make sure you enter your normal access code in the browser to test if it can arm your system. The interface is pretty intuitive. Follow the instructions on the website and look at the advance properties and it will tell you when it is online.
Router:
This is a pain because you are not sure if there is a problem with the router or with the APP. With my router, I had to turn on remote management which allows you to get into your network from the outside internet (you have to setup a password and userid...I will talk about this more later). For my browser, you have to type in 192.168.0.1 on your home network computer to get into the controls. Make sure you take note of what the assigned IP address is once you get into the router because you need it for the app. Also, go into the advance propreties and make sure that port 80 is forwarded.
App:
Put in the IP address that you looked up in your router menu. Make sure you are using the one for the router and not for one of the other computers within your network. Here is how to decipher the fields in the app:
IP ADDRESS: IP Address of the router (this can change if you don't have a STATIC IP)
Code: The code you use to arm your system when you punch the numbers into your keypd at home
User: This is the userid that you use to get into the tl-a50 the default is "admin"--this isn't the code for the remote management
Pwd: This is the PW for tl-150 access "admin" is the default
Port: I just kept this defaulted to 80
I think this is a good app but it could really use some more documentation on what the fields mean so hopefully this is helpful so you don’t spend as much time as me getting everything to work!
The biggest problem I see is if you don’t have a static IP address for your router, the setting will need to be updated whenever you have a power outage.