Ok, we've made it to the fun part. You're back at your office, hotel, etc. and you want to connect to your eWON in the field, and more importantly the PLC or other Ethernet device behind it. Open eCatcher, log in, and you should see your eWONs listed including their "Online" or "Offline" status (whether the eWON is connected to Talk2M).
You highlight the eWON you want to connect to and hit the green "Connect" button. You should then see a Vpn Connection popup dialog that steps through the following:
On the unfortunate occasion you see the following, it means the LAN subnet at your office overlaps the LAN subnet of the eWON/PLC and as this is a networking no-no, one subnet or the other will need to change for this scenario to work.
If all goes well; however, you should end up with a screen like below. You see now that you have an active connection listed.
More importantly though, you should now be able to perform any Ethernet tasks with the PLC, etc. just as if you are connected on-site local to the device! How easy was that?
- eWON Config Post 1: Update eBuddy, Set eWON IP Address, and Upgrade eWON Firmware
- eWON Config Post 2a: Configure eWON Internet Access (Hardwired)
- eWON Config Post 2b: Configure eWON Internet Access (Cellular)
- eWON Config Post 3: Configure eWON Connection to Talk2M
- Remote Access Simplified with eWON and Talk2M
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