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.