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REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO

07.10.2021

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Quick Start

The essential steps for remotely connecting a machine using the SIGMATEK Remote
Access Platform (RAP) consists of:

1. Register for an RAP company/user account on first-use, p21

2. Setup the remote product as relevant:

a. RAR hardware, p6

b. RAE application, p15 (not required for RAR)

3. Register the device on first use.

a. RAR using ethernet, p26

b. RAR using WIFI, p29

RAR using cellular services 3G/4G, p31

d. RAE application, p32

4. Connect controls to the RAP. Examples are presented:

a. RAR, p65

b. RAE, p73

5. Add remote services:

a. VNC, p39

b. Port forward for IP services, p33

Data logging, p43

Summary of Contents for RAE 100

Page 1: ...2 Optional hardware switch for VPN management 7 3 2 Preparing Hardware with Optional Interfaces 9 3 2 1 Cellular 3G 4G 9 3 2 2 WIFI 10 3 2 3 Using WIFI RAR as an Access Point AP 11 3 3 LED Status Disp...

Page 2: ...work settings RAR only 33 5 6 Additional network settings RAE only 36 5 7 Setup of remote services 37 5 7 1 Establishing a VPN Connection 37 5 7 2 VNC over VPN 39 5 8 Data Acquisition and Retention 43...

Page 3: ...RAR WIFI dual CPU solution 70 6 1 5 Example 5 RAR cellular single CPU solution 71 6 1 6 Example 6 RAR cellular dual CPU solution 72 6 2 Remote Access Embedded RAE Solutions 73 6 2 1 Example 7 RAE100 s...

Page 4: ...sections and introduce examples The meanings of the 3 symbols are as follows Attention This symbol means that the information directly following requires your complete attention The information here i...

Page 5: ...rst use p21 2 Setup the remote product as relevant a RAR hardware p6 b RAE application p15 not required for RAR 3 Register the device on first use a RAR using ethernet p26 b RAR using WIFI p29 c RAR u...

Page 6: ...tage by connecting the supply voltage Shielding should be connected to the protective earth PE Install cables using ferrules to reduce strain on the wires A digital input is available for hardware bas...

Page 7: ...complete Figure 3 3 and it has been registered with the RAP Refer to section 5 3 for registration 2 On the RAP select the device to be configured 3 Locate the WAN settings click show more Figure 3 4...

Page 8: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 8 07 10 2021 Figure 3 3 RAR with switch installed on digital input 1 Figure 3 4 WAN settings in the RAP...

Page 9: ...N management of the digital input 3 2 Preparing Hardware with Optional Interfaces 3 2 1 Cellular 3G 4G With power off 1 Insert the SIM card into the SIM card slot Figure 3 6 2 Screw the antenna onto t...

Page 10: ...lular option 3G 4G antenna installed on the SMA connector for the cellular radio 3 2 2 WIFI With power off connect the WIFI antenna to the RAR using the SMA connector marked DIV Figure 3 8 RAR with WI...

Page 11: ...istration 2 On the RAP select the device to be configured 3 On the config page edit the LAN settings 4 Click on the slide switch labelled Enable Wi Fi hotspot 5 Assign the SSID and password as require...

Page 12: ...3 10 LAN settings enable and configure the wifi hotspot AP Figure 3 11 Edit the firewall settings to configure access via the AP to the internet and host networks Figure 3 12 Configuration changes mu...

Page 13: ...ulse No receive or no connection to the network possible APN or SSID may be wrong Red blinking 2 pulses PIN invalid or PUK required A phone is required to unlock the SIM card with PUK Red blinking 4 p...

Page 14: ...d blinking 3 pulses LAN WAN conflict conflicting subnets Red blinking 4 pulses Removed from the platform RAR must be re configured and registered Red blinking 5 pulses Previously registered at RAP rem...

Page 15: ...File Transfer Edit Autoexec lsl as shown in Figure 4 13 3 Apply settings valid for the current LAN Figure 4 14 a IP address b IP subnet c IP gateway IP address of the router used to access the intern...

Page 16: ...on via the Remote CLI enter the command ping www google com or a site accessible from your region in the command line and press Enter or Execute If the machine can reach the internet a latency value w...

Page 17: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 17 Figure 4 14 Editing the IP configuration Figure 4 15 File Commander interface Make Dir button highlighted...

Page 18: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 18 07 10 2021 Figure 4 16 Packages folder within C lslsys Figure 4 17 Copying the packages to the machine...

Page 19: ...07 10 2021 Page 19 Figure 4 18 Opening the Remote CLI tool Figure 4 19 Executing the RAE application install command via the CLI Figure 4 20 Installation successful confirmation Figure 4 21 Starting...

Page 20: ...22 Appending the RAE application start command to the Autoexec lsl Figure 4 23 Confirmation message that the RAE application started successfully Figure 4 24 Executing the PING command against a doma...

Page 21: ...a company account please register with the Remote Access Platform 1 Open the RAP main page https www sigmatek connect com To register click on the link labelled Don t have an account Register Figure 5...

Page 22: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 22 07 10 2021 Figure 5 26 RAP entering requested details Figure 5 27 RAP complete the registration by clicking on the button sent via email...

Page 23: ...d Interface To log in to the platform 1 Go to the main page https www sigmatek connect com 2 After entering login data click on LOG IN 3 Select the company required to view and register new devices Fi...

Page 24: ...ls device registration 5 2 2 User Settings The User Settings can be opened by clicking on the white arrow Figure 5 29 it provides access to Profile Settings localisation email address security and vie...

Page 25: ...nfig file is transferred to the router a factory reset should be performed if the router has already been registered before Attention The factory reset deletes the router configurations This includes...

Page 26: ...outer address should be specified in the range 192 168 111 x b Additional LAN networks may be added later 7 Download the RAR configuration file Figure 5 37 on most Windows based browsers the file ixro...

Page 27: ...07 10 2021 Page 27 Figure 5 32 Left select Tools from the RAP main menu Right choose the option to start configuration Figure 5 33 Select the company the device should be registered to Figure 5 34 Sel...

Page 28: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 28 07 10 2021 Figure 5 35 Accept edit the WAN interface settings Figure 5 36 LAN interface configuration Figure 5 37 Download the RAR configuration file...

Page 29: ...layed in the RAP main interface 5 4 3 Remote Access Router using WIFI WAN Refer to the procedure in section 0 p26 At step 4 select the type of internet connection select wireless network as the method...

Page 30: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 30 07 10 2021 Figure 5 40 Select the internet connection method wireless Figure 5 41 Provide the host network WIFI credentials...

Page 31: ...net connection select cellular network as the method of accessing the internet Figure 5 42 Enter the SIM card APN and SIM card PIN code These details may be obtained from the network provider Figure 5...

Page 32: ...RAP 1 Using the Remote CLI execute the command ixagent register companyID Figure 5 44 The RAP company ID may be found from the RAP interface under My Company Figure 5 45 2 Successful registration will...

Page 33: ...s allocation pool Enable disable source NAT Example to assign an additional subnet mask to the router 1 On the RAP go to CONFIG Figure 5 47 2 On the LAN panel click the pencil symbol to edit settings...

Page 34: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 34 07 10 2021 Figure 5 47 Open the Device config page Figure 5 48 Edit the LAN configuration...

Page 35: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 35 Figure 5 49 LAN configuration after clicking show more the add additional subnet option is revealed...

Page 36: ...2 2 Open the Autoexec lsl using Class 2 Debug File Transfer Edit Autoexec lsl Add firewall commands to handle the forwarding and NAT to downstream devices a Example control with IP address 10 100 3 3...

Page 37: ...aded from RAP Tools VPN Client Figure 5 51 b There are optional settings available by clicking the gear icon from the Tools page i Client log mode ii Stealth mode support for restrictive networks Data...

Page 38: ...E ACCESS HOW TO Page 38 07 10 2021 Figure 5 52 Each device has a VPN connect button to establish secure communications Figure 5 53 After establishing a VPN connection the device status indicator turns...

Page 39: ...tup 1 From the RAP main menu select Devices and click on the relevant remote device Figure 5 54 2 Click on the Services tab and click the button Figure 5 55 3 Assign a name for the device service and...

Page 40: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 40 07 10 2021 Figure 5 54 Adding a new service to the device Figure 5 55 Setting the service target by IP address...

Page 41: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 41 Figure 5 56 Select VNC Server as the service Figure 5 57 Set the VNC server port and password...

Page 42: ...nder services select the required VNC Click on VNC Server Figure 5 58 3 The viewer will be opened in the same window to return to the info tab click on the x in the left corner Figure 5 59 Figure 5 58...

Page 43: ...will provide the data source Figure 5 61 3 Click Next and in the following dialogue click Data source Figure 5 62 4 Enter the details for the data source a From the presented list select the relevant...

Page 44: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 44 07 10 2021 Figure 5 61 For the service specify the target Figure 5 62 Select Data Source as the type of service...

Page 45: ...RAP Device CONFIG and click on PUSH CHANGES 4 To add variables a From RAP Device Services click on the pencil icon of the relevant control Figure 5 63 b Select the Data Source service Figure 5 64 c C...

Page 46: ...O Page 46 07 10 2021 Figure 5 63 From the RAP Devices Services tab click on the edit button of the station with the data source to add variables Figure 5 64 Click on the data source to edit the data s...

Page 47: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 47 Figure 5 65 The Open Configurator button provides access to edit the variables Figure 5 66 Data Configuration interface...

Page 48: ...t be added to the control that is the data source 1 Add the ModbusTCPSlave class Note the port number for the RAP configuration 2 Setup the data sources in the ModbusTableBase class This class assigns...

Page 49: ...ck on ADD g Click on SYNC in the configurator header line 6 After sync is complete begin a test of the data server connection and variable acquisition by clicking on RUN TEST Figure 5 69 Overview of a...

Page 50: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 50 07 10 2021 Figure 5 71 Configuring the data source settings for Modbus Figure 5 72 Data Configurator interface...

Page 51: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 51 Figure 5 73 Adding a variable from a Modbus data source...

Page 52: ...icence available licences are displayed under Billing Figure 5 74 Figure 5 74 RAP billing page displaying the cloud logging licence 5 8 2 1 Enable Cloud Logging 1 Obtain a licence from your SIGMATEK r...

Page 53: ...d Logging Figure 5 77 2 From the Cloud Logging menu click on tags 3 Click on the button to add a tag Figure 5 78 4 In the tag editor enter a data source select the logging interval and data retention...

Page 54: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 54 07 10 2021 Figure 5 78 Cloud Logging interface the button is used to add new tags Figure 5 79 Tag editor interface Figure 5 80 Available tags are listed...

Page 55: ...ck Add to move to the design step 5 Dashboard widgets can be selected and tags assigned to each widget in the Dashboard designer Figure 5 84 a Value widget a data value display Figure 5 86 b Status wi...

Page 56: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 56 07 10 2021 Figure 5 82 Select a dashboard type report or live Figure 5 83 Assign a dashboard name and select theme Figure 5 84 Example Dashboard layout...

Page 57: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 57 Figure 5 85 Dashboards are accessed from RAP Device Info Figure 5 86 Value widget on a live dashboard Figure 5 87 Status widget on a live dashboard...

Page 58: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 58 07 10 2021 Figure 5 88 Gauge widget on a live dashboard Figure 5 89 Graph widget on a live dashboard...

Page 59: ...for Cloud Notification available licences are displayed under Billing Figure 5 90 RAP billing page displaying the Cloud Notify licence 5 8 3 1 Enable Cloud Notification 1 Obtain a licence from your SI...

Page 60: ...otification d Set the alarm parameters Figure 5 95 i Name ii Severity iii Trigger conditions value operator iv Instructions for alarm resolution e Click Add to store the new alarm f From the RAP main...

Page 61: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 61 Figure 5 93 Add tags using the Cloud Notify interface Figure 5 94 Create alarms as the basis of notifications...

Page 62: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 62 07 10 2021 Figure 5 95 Setting the source and parameters for the cloud alarm Figure 5 96 Specifying the alarm severity levels sent to the users...

Page 63: ...main menu select Users Figure 5 30 New user o Click the icon to invite a new user with specific permissions o Invited users are displayed under pending invites o The invited user receives an email wit...

Page 64: ...gned access 2 Click on the access tab Figure 5 99 3 Click on the edit icon to add remove access to this device by user Figure 5 100 4 From the same interface access to all devices in the company may b...

Page 65: ...plary setup procedure based on Example 1 1 Open LASAL CLASS 2 and establish an online connection to the HMI 2 To access the HMI via the RAR the default gateway must be changed to the IP address of the...

Page 66: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 66 07 10 2021 Figure 6 103 Entering the IP gateway into the Autoexec lsl Figure 6 104 HMI connected to the RAR may be accessed securely via the RAP...

Page 67: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 67 6 1 1 Example 1 RAR wired single CPU solution...

Page 68: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 68 07 10 2021 6 1 2 Example 2 RAR wired dual CPU solution...

Page 69: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 69 6 1 3 Example 3 RAR WIFI single CPU solution...

Page 70: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 70 07 10 2021 6 1 4 Example 4 RAR WIFI dual CPU solution...

Page 71: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 71 6 1 5 Example 5 RAR cellular single CPU solution...

Page 72: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO Page 72 07 10 2021 6 1 6 Example 6 RAR cellular dual CPU solution...

Page 73: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 73 6 2 Remote Access Embedded RAE Solutions 6 2 1 Example 7 RAE100 single CPU solution...

Page 74: ...E ACCESS HOW TO Page 74 07 10 2021 6 2 2 Example 8 RAE100 dual CPU solution Additional setup is required to enable this solution in the form of port forwarding on the control running RAE Refer to sect...

Page 75: ...REMOTE ACCESS HOW TO 07 10 2021 Page 75 6 2 3 Example 9 RAE100 As Gateway...

Page 76: ...T to destination 192 168 111 61 5900 FIREWALL A FORWARD j ACCEPT p tcp dport 5900 sport 5902 d 192 168 111 62 m state state NEW FIREWALL t nat A PREROUTING p tcp dport 5902 j DNAT to destination 192 1...

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