Got up after a few hours sleep and went into 'bugfixing' mode. Because the KC868-A16 wasn't connecting via USB-C, I decided to attempt to reflash it with the KCS firmware on another PC.
Some VERY erratic behaviour follows:
This actually seemed to work! (at least the download tool announced "finished") But immediately things appeared to be different. The first time I flashed it and connected ethernet, the little orange led began flickering to show that traffic was transmitting. This time - nothing. I tried connecting to it, and also used the UDP_scanning_tool. Nothing at all, and no flickering. Thinking something may have gone awry with the flash, i decided to try it again. This time the orange and green ethernet lights did start flickering! But I couldn't find it's port or connect to it, as I had previously. So I tried another time. Mid flash I was hopefully watching my local WiFi, and the KC868-A16 suddenly appeared over WiFi. But the instant the flash finished it was gone again. Another check showed the orange ethernet light is now permanently on, but no flickering - and the green one has turned off entirely. Mystified I tried both resetting it and reflashing three more times since, but saw no signs of life whatsoever.
Was about to head to bed when I figured I'd try one more time. (better than lying awake trying to understand what was going on!) OMG this time it's reappeared via WiFi. And I connected to it without issue! And I noticed the ethernet lights were flickering again! Smelling a rat (my entire reason for turning the KC868-A16 into a wired security system is some scary neighbours who've hacked into my WiFi previously, and who I suspect were also behind a break-in - probably to gain access to my router) I reconnected via ethernet and turned off the unit's WiFi. Then I changed the login, set a strong password and powered it off.
Hopefully with a good night's sleep and a more clearheaded approach tomorrow, things will go more smoothly. I'll start out using the KCS firmware as a reference point, I'll reconnect just one alarm to the unit and see if I can trigger it via the webserver. If that works I'll gradually reconnect the other devices to see if they'll all start working happily together.
Do I have to use the same power supply for both the unit and the outputs? (I was thinking of keeping them seperate until I've nailed down the issue with activating them via esphome)
Some VERY erratic behaviour follows:
This actually seemed to work! (at least the download tool announced "finished") But immediately things appeared to be different. The first time I flashed it and connected ethernet, the little orange led began flickering to show that traffic was transmitting. This time - nothing. I tried connecting to it, and also used the UDP_scanning_tool. Nothing at all, and no flickering. Thinking something may have gone awry with the flash, i decided to try it again. This time the orange and green ethernet lights did start flickering! But I couldn't find it's port or connect to it, as I had previously. So I tried another time. Mid flash I was hopefully watching my local WiFi, and the KC868-A16 suddenly appeared over WiFi. But the instant the flash finished it was gone again. Another check showed the orange ethernet light is now permanently on, but no flickering - and the green one has turned off entirely. Mystified I tried both resetting it and reflashing three more times since, but saw no signs of life whatsoever.
Was about to head to bed when I figured I'd try one more time. (better than lying awake trying to understand what was going on!) OMG this time it's reappeared via WiFi. And I connected to it without issue! And I noticed the ethernet lights were flickering again! Smelling a rat (my entire reason for turning the KC868-A16 into a wired security system is some scary neighbours who've hacked into my WiFi previously, and who I suspect were also behind a break-in - probably to gain access to my router) I reconnected via ethernet and turned off the unit's WiFi. Then I changed the login, set a strong password and powered it off.
Hopefully with a good night's sleep and a more clearheaded approach tomorrow, things will go more smoothly. I'll start out using the KCS firmware as a reference point, I'll reconnect just one alarm to the unit and see if I can trigger it via the webserver. If that works I'll gradually reconnect the other devices to see if they'll all start working happily together.
Do I have to use the same power supply for both the unit and the outputs? (I was thinking of keeping them seperate until I've nailed down the issue with activating them via esphome)