btritch
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What is the remote server setting in win 500? Is this where I can record and listen at another location on another pc? Can someone explain exactly what the remote server setting is?
Thanks!
Thanks!
You'd run Win500 on the Desktop (the machine directly connected to the scanner). On that machine, you'd check the "Enabled" (and likely the "Controllable") checkbox in the "Remote Server" section. You then click the "START" button.
On the Laptop, download the "Remote Monitoring Client" from the Win500 web page, and unzip it to the laptop's hard drive. Run "Win500Client.EXE". In the "Server Address" field, enter the IP address of the desktop. In the "Server Port" field, enter the value from the "Port" field in Win500 (that's running on the desktop). Click the "START" button.
The client app on the laptop should then connect to Win500 on the desktop, showing you the scanner's display and, if you've connected a cable from the scanner's headphone jack to an audio input on the desktop (e.g. "Mic" or "Line In"), the scanner's audio.
You may be prompted on the desktop about a "firewall". If you are prompted, click any button that tells Windows to "unblock" Win500. Otherwise, you won't be able to connect to Win500 from the remote client.
Will this work ANYWHERE or just on my network?
The client app can be run from anywhere, as long as:
1. The machine on which you're running the client app has Internet access
2. You have Internet access on the Desktop machine at home (the machine running Win500)
3. You've "opened" or "mapped" any required ports/addresses so that incoming connection requests (from the remote client app to Win500) actually get to the desktop)
The requirements for #3 can vary wildly, depending on your network configuration, your ISP, etc.
For example, I have a "static IP" address for my house. I have a dedicated firewall device (SonicWALL) between my DSL "modem" and the rest of the LAN. On the SonicWALL, I "opened" port 26755 for TCP traffic, and "mapped" it to the LAN IP address of the PC that's running Win500. If you were to run my Remote Monitoring Client from anywhere in the world, you could set the Server Address to home.starrsoft.com and the Server Port to 26755. When you click the "START" button, you'll be monitoring my PSR-600.
I've got a DSL modem, Just the firewall that's built into the modem, What would you recommend setting it to in order to make sure it worked everytime, One certain port, Also, I noticed my primary desktop is set to obtain IP automatically, Should I set it to manual and assign one so it'll be the same everytime?
That's the "vary wildly" part I mentioned above. I have no idea how to set up your particular DSL modem / firewall to allow external (WAN) connections to the local (LAN) desktop.
As far as the desktop's IP... I'll presume (maybe incorrectly) that the desktop is getting its IP address from a DHCP server built into the DSL modem / firewall. If that's accurate, you may be able to configure that device so that it always gives the same IP address to the MAC address of the desktop (a fixed, hardware address in the desktop's Ethernet adapter). That's what I do with my SonicWALL, but, again, I haven't a clue how to set up your particular hardware.
You're right, It's getting the IP from the modem, It's a 2 wire if it helps any, I can probably look in the settings and set it myself, What is supposed to be set, one of the particular ports just for that?
Here is how it's supposedly done on my particular model, This is what your talking about isn't it? http://support.2wire.com/?page=view&article=21
You'd also need to (I presume) tell the 2Wire device to send that particular traffic to the IP address of your desktop machine.