How do Send Brutech ECM-1240 to the internet in an isolated place.

CharlesPR

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How can I send the data from the Brutech ECM-1240 PKG B+ to the internet from an isolated place without using a computer?
In other words...I want to monitor the power usage from a mobile office without using a computer...Is this possable? Thanks, CharlesPR
 
How can I send the data from the Brutech ECM-1240 PKG B+ to the internet from an isolated place without using a computer?
In other words...I want to monitor the power usage from a mobile office without using a computer...Is this possable? Thanks, CharlesPR

You should be able to use either the EtherBee or the EtherPort to connect the ECM-1240 to the network at the mobile office. Then you put the Ether(bee/port) in client mode. You'll have to make sure your firewall(s) and routers are open for the server IP address and port you configure on the Ether(bee/port). You can then run server software at the location where you want to collect the data.

When I first started developing ECMServer, before any ECM-1240's were available, Brultech had one of their prototype ECM-1240's configured to send data to my home network so I could test with real data. This worked really well.

If you don't have an EtherBee or EtherPort, then you'll have to have one of those. Since you have the ECM-1240 '+' model, it should have the ZigBee radio in it, right? Which method you use is mainly going to depend on what kind of connections/wires you have where.

I don't feel like I'm doing a terribly good job of explaining how it all works, so ask if anything is unclear.
 
I am trying to do the same thing. I see in the Brultech EtherX Configurator program that there is the option to configure the Etherport as a Client.

Questions:
If i set it to Client what do I use for the IP address to access it remotely?
Should I check "Use UDP Mode"?
Do I check "Use DNS"?
If so, what do I enter as the DNS Server IP and/or Domain Name?
Can I use dyndns for this? How?

Basicaly just need to know how to configure it as a client.

Thanks for you help.

Art
 
Hi Art,

I haven't really tried this, so this is just based on my understanding of how this should work. You'll have to provide more details on your network setup at each location. That will determine how the EtherPort and your data collection machine need to be configured.

I am trying to do the same thing. I see in the Brultech EtherX Configurator program that there is the option to configure the Etherport as a Client.

Questions:
If i set it to Client what do I use for the IP address to access it remotely?

Depends. If you have the machine that runs the data collection software (either the new BrulTech engine or TenHold's server software) directly connected to the Internet, then you can enter it's IP address. If the machine is behind a firewall, then you need to enter your external IP address and you will need to enable port forwarding on the firewall to allow it to forward the port though to the data collection machine.

Should I check "Use UDP Mode"?

Probably not. Over the Internet, UDP mode will be less reliable than TCP.

Do I check "Use DNS"?
If so, what do I enter as the DNS Server IP and/or Domain Name?
Can I use dyndns for this? How?

Good questions. If your network where the data collection machine resides or the data collection machine itself gets a dynamic IP address, then you might have to set this up and use a domain name above instead of an IP address.

You could use dyndns. A common scenario would look something like this:

Assume you have a domain configured with dyndns as monitor.home.dyndns.org and have your firewall/router setup to update this when it gets an IP address from your ISP.

Server machine - ip address 192.168.1.10
Firewall
DSL/Cable modem - dynamic IP address from ISP


EtherPort client mode config:
Server: monitor.home.dyndns.org
Port: 8083
DNS server IP: From your ISP at the monitored location.

Firewall configuration:
Set up port forwarding to forward port 8083 to IP address 192.168.1.10

In theory, this would work, but there are a lot of variables and assumptions.
 
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