Question: Why does the Eclipse IVC-32 card require the external IP address?
Answer: Because the IP address of the IVC-32 card is given to the panel after the login process.
When setting up
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an IP panel you need to tell the IP panel the Login-IP address (this must be the IVC-32 card IP address that is fitted in the matrix)
When the IP panel logs in, its login details (User ID / password) are passed to the CPU card. The CPU then sends back to the IP panel the correct IP address of the IVC-32 card to use for communication. So in a matrix with multiple IVC-32 cards the login IP address can be the same for all the panels.
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If a panel is outside the local LAN network, on
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the internet for instance,
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it will need to know the external
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IP address to connect. 