VISION V350 REMOTE CONTROL AND ETHERNET CARD

[JFS]

Hello.

 

We have a vision v350-j-tr22, we have bought an ethernet card and we can connect through the remote operator tool from any PC on a local network, until now everything works correctly.

 

Is it possible to connect to the vision v350 from any PC through any web browser by entering the IP of the vision v350?

 

Or, failing that, do you need an extra module and a registered internet data card?

 

The local network where the v350 is connected has internet.

 

Any clarification would be of great help.

 

Regards.

[Joe Tauser]

48 minutes ago, JFS said:

Is it possible to connect to the vision v350 from any PC through any web browser by entering the IP of the vision v350?

Unfortunately not.  The Vision series does not have a webserver - that's a UniStream thing.

Connecting a Vision to the Internet is best done with a VPN set up in your router.    You'll need a static IP on the router or a dynamic dns service so you can locate your V350 from the outside world.

Joe T.

[JFS]

 

Hello, Joe.

When you say to set up a VPN server on my router:

The VPN server, where do I have to create it, on the PC that my v350 is connected to?

Thank you

[Joe Tauser]

I'm guessing you're trying to get into your V350 over the Internet.  If you're staying on your local network then ignore all this VPN stuff.

A VPN server is typically an external service on the Internet that has secure software on it with logins and passwords that allows you to securely connect two devices together.  You usually have to pay for it.  Google "VPN Servers" and "Free VPN Servers" to get more information.

Once you have that set up you can set your router to point to your VPN service provider to provide a path to get to your V350.

Joe T.

[Ausman]

I'm respectfully disagreeing on this one.  I've never used it, but there IS a webserver in Visilogic.  From what I gleaned ages ago it would do what is wanted, but depends on what is completely wanted.  However,  these days PC's may not connect because it doesn't offer the expected native security.  Perhaps someone who has used it has more info?

When I first considered using it, it was very much a case of pros and cons in giving users info they desired...the same conundrum facing everyone like us in the world with the " I MUST have remote readability, even though I don't REALLY need it" issue.  In the end I went back to detailed logging.  The client has never used it.....turns out it's only me for monitoring purposes! 

If it does do what you want, you still need to use a VPN.

cheers, Aus

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[Joe Tauser]

5 hours ago, Ausman said:

I'm respectfully disagreeing on this one.

You're not disagreeing if you're right .  More like, "Hey, Joe, you're missing a feature that's right on the toolbar!"

I totally forgot about that.  I've never used it, either, but it is functional.  Instead of re-creating and presenting the PLC graphics like Remote Operator, it displays a list of descriptors and displays memory values.   You configure a table to set the pages up.

They're pretty boring, but it is a web server.  Here's a little snippet of how they look from the Help:

So you CAN punch in the IP of the PLC and get some kind of data display on a browser.  Just not what you're expecting. 

Joe T.

[JFS]

It's good to know, I'll try it but what we really want is to manipulate the v350 with the "remote operator" tool from any PC in the world via the internet.

 

The formula with the visilogic web server we do not know if it allows interaction with the v350 and is simply a monitoring of its status.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Thank you