
hoolagen1
Hello,
engadget windows 8 remote access article.
I was reading an article on windows 8 remote access via wifi, I was wondering....
if my pc is, lets say in my home office, and I am in my patio, can I use the tablet (using remote access) to control the robot?
We no longer need the pc running ezb software to be near the robot since both are using wifi, right?
so as long as my robot and pc are connected using my wifi home network, I can use my android tablet as a "remote control" for my robot anywhere in my home....right?
thanks in advance, Go RedSox!
You have always been able to use http server for remote access to ARC, it's nothing new. Simply enable it, set your router up correctly and you can control your robot from anywhere in the world (provided it remains connected to the same wifi network as the pc running ARC is on - I suspect, however can't confirm until I play, that the V4 wifi could most likely be connected to through the internet with the correct settings in place, provided the robot remains in the wifi network range - more on that in about a month or two).
@jstarne1
lol i hear ya, but i guess that was only true when the ezb used bluetooth.
now that it uses wifi. the connection point would be the wifi antenna.
so if pc is in my home office, wifi antenna is in living room and robot is in the patio. i can use my android table to connect and control my robot, i think.
@rich
that exact theory but within my home....i have a wifi antenna in the living room and a wifi booster in a bedroom. the entire house has a strong wifi signal.
no matter where in the house the pc running the ezb software is. i can still control the robt in any room withthe tablet.
i think
You may need an additional Wifi dongle to keep it all up and running at the same time, but they arent very expensive. We should have one in our store shortly as well.
An app like Splashtop or VNC that scrapes the screen of the logged on session doesn't have these issues, but can experience a little more lag (although Splashtop is optimized for videos and games and is virtually lag free when running on the same network as the PC).
However, now that Microsoft if providing a free RDP client (previously, these clients were some of the more expensive Android and iOS apps), it is certainly worth trying and comparing to VNC (also free). Splashtop I believe has a free trial period as well.
Alan
To add to the list from @thetechguru - teamviewer is remote control software that I've used with great success in the past.
With Team Viewer, you download it and it runs in the background and as long you maintain an active internet connection you can log into your team view account from a web interface or from the app installed on another computer and remote into your computer. And it does not kick the current user off!
It runs on iOS, Android, Windows, mac, linux...
Seriously I cannot recommend it enough.
i've been thinking of a windows 8 tablet (I have an android one now)
If I can view the ezb software on my android tablet PLUS I dont need to be close to the "master" pc, I think im going to buy 2ezbs instead of a new windows tablet.
this is awesome, since none of my projects are big enough to fit the acer w3
But the rest is correct, if the EZ-B V4 is assigned an IP address and in range of the router, for instance it's given the IP address of 192.168.0.150 provided the router port forwards traffic on the required port (unsure of the port number at this stage) then you should, in theory be able to connect any ARC connected to the internet to the EZ-B.
A VPN shouldn't be required, I'd assume in the connection dialogue rather than the local IP of 192.168.0.150 (or whatever it is assigned) you would put in your real IP address (or url if you use a DNS service).
If the EZ-Robot team don't provide a tutorial for this I'm sure I will once I have a V4 to play with. However some steps will be router specific so it always helps to either have decent instructions for your router or know what to look for and set up in the router.
For instance, my router (DD-WRT firmware) my forwards currently look like this (I have a lot of forwards)
The from port is the remotely requested port number (i.e. 87.192.98.10:8082)
The IP address is the local IP of the PC or device (i.e. 192.168.0.150)
The to port (not always an option) is the local port. (i.e. 80)
The above examples are for the heatmiserweb forwarding. Note my remote IP address above is not my real one so don't even think about playing around with my heating