Paradox ip150 - upgrading firmware

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#208429 11-Feb-2017 17:24

Anyone got access to the firmware for the ip150s? I don't like to bother the sparky that installed mine, he always forgets. I'm hoping newer firmware allows for more than one up connection at a time (stupidest limitation ever)

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#1718804 12-Feb-2017 01:23

im currently in the process of sourcing this will let you know how i get on

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#1718805 12-Feb-2017 01:35

I found the application which does the actual upgrading. It seems to source firmware from the internet as part of its upgrade process.

I haven't managed to get it to upgrade yet however :/

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#1718859 12-Feb-2017 10:19

I've used the infield programmer to upgrade the firmware on mine. That software connects to the paradox servers and downloads the latest version for you, unfortunately, there seems to be some limitations on which version is available depending on where you connect from.

If I run the software on a machine which connects via Australia, the latest English version I am offered is 1.34. The firmware file for this is named IP150_V1_34_000_ENG.PUF. From New Zealand, the latest English version offered is only 1.32.

I'm having a few issues connecting to my alarm system remotely as my mobile browser refuses to connect due to unsupported cyphers. I'd really like to get a newer version of the firmware, however, I have not had any luck so far.

There is a comment here about not upgrading to a version greater than 4, however, I have not verified this anywhere else.

Keen to know if anyone else has success at sourcing a newer version.

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#1718874 12-Feb-2017 11:27

dolsen:

I've used the infield programmer to upgrade the firmware on mine. That software connects to the paradox servers and downloads the latest version for you, unfortunately, there seems to be some limitations on which version is available depending on where you connect from.

If I run the software on a machine which connects via Australia, the latest English version I am offered is 1.34. The firmware file for this is named IP150_V1_34_000_ENG.PUF. From New Zealand, the latest English version offered is only 1.32.

I'm having a few issues connecting to my alarm system remotely as my mobile browser refuses to connect due to unsupported cyphers. I'd really like to get a newer version of the firmware, however, I have not had any luck so far.

There is a comment here about not upgrading to a version greater than 4, however, I have not verified this anywhere else.

Keen to know if anyone else has success at sourcing a newer version.

but no changes to anything useful like more than one ip connection at a time?

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#1719273 13-Feb-2017 11:02

davidcole:

but no changes to anything useful like more than one ip connection at a time?

There were some changes made, and, I remember thinking at the time that that was cool, however, I don't remember what they were sorry.

I can confirm though that multiple concurrent users can not access the web pages. I have not tested if you can access the web page while someone else is connected via the software port (10000). Can do so this evening if you would like.

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#1719315 13-Feb-2017 11:58

dolsen:

davidcole:

but no changes to anything useful like more than one ip connection at a time?

There were some changes made, and, I remember thinking at the time that that was cool, however, I don't remember what they were sorry.

I can confirm though that multiple concurrent users can not access the web pages. I have not tested if you can access the web page while someone else is connected via the software port (10000). Can do so this evening if you would like.

Yeah that'd be handy. Someone was writing a python access to the paradox ip150. but it was using a mix of the web site and the 10000 port. He was hoping to transfer it all over the to 10000 port. I want that to be able to access it with openhab.

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#1719608 13-Feb-2017 19:45

dolsen:

I can confirm though that multiple concurrent users can not access the web pages. I have not tested if you can access the web page while someone else is connected via the software port (10000). Can do so this evening if you would like.

Well, I can confirm that if you have a connection through port 10000, you can not access via the web site with firmware 1.34.

The error message you receive is

"Software currently connected
Please wait while requesting your connection to the software..."

I did see someone accessing via the serial port header (the same one the ip150 is connected to), therefore, you may have to access via that port for concurrent access.

details bellow

http://harizanov.com/2014/07/interfacing-with-paradox-home-security-system-attempt-2/