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Free remote maintenance for your ACE PLC and CommandHMI via Android smartphone in 4G or WiFi

 

Now, all machine builder recognizes the need to remotely access its machines in order to reduce maintenance costs and optimize customers machine uptime. Our solution is free and use almost common hardware for its realization. It’s simple, reliable and easy to use…

However, you must know that you can also share and upload a program without disclosure the code

WIFI/4G remote access using an Android Smartphone. It’s almost free, just need some hardware device for connected Android Smartphone to the ACE PLC or CommandHMI

How to set up the connection

On the PC remote maintenance side : Automation Engineer / Maintenance Operator / Machine Builder

On the PC you wish to use for remote maintenance:

  • Close the vBuilder and HMI-Tool softwares
  • Download this Windows software:
  • Start the program VirtualHere USB Client.
  • Right click on [USB Servers] then go to [Specify USB Server] > [Advanced] Tab and check “Enable Reverse Connections”
  • In your office ADSL router, the one you use for your office internet access, forward port 7573 from Internet to your PC. In some cases, it may be necessary to reboot the router
  • Note your Public IP addresse (see https://whatismyip.org/). You will need it for the ACE PLC / CommandHMI side.

 

It’s done! That’s all! We just have to wait the connection from the ACE PLC or CommandHMIs side

On the ACE PLCs and CommandHMIs side : Remote customer / Close to the ACE PLC or HMI

You need:

Android Phone
with Micro-USB or USB-C port

+

Micro-USB
or USB-C OTG Adapter

 

USB to Mini USB cable
for the ACE PLC

or USB to USB A cable
for the CommandHMI

Your Incredible ACE PLC

 and / or

Your Affordable CommandHMI

 

On your Androïd Smartphone, install the VirtualHere USB Server application available on Google Play for Android

  • Start the program
  • In the menu [ ⁝  ], select [Reverse Clients] then [Add] a new Client hostname or IP address
    • This IP address is the Public IP addess of the Internet access (ADSL) on the remote maintenance PC side
    • In generally, the remote side (end-user) must ask this IP address to the maintenance operator (machine builder)
    • Leave the default port number (7573) or ask the maintenance operator if it’s different.
  • So you must have something like XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:7573 where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the Internet ADSL Public IP addess

 

It’s done! That’s all! We just have to wait the connection of the engineer service / machine builder. (Remote maintenance PC side)!

Let’s connect!

  • Here, we are connected to the USB port of the Android Smartphone, but not to the ACE PLC or CommandHMI
  • Double-click on the “Virtual COM Port” to be connected to the ACE PLC or CommandHMI
  • Or you can select Auto-Use All Devices for be connected automatically on each USB port
  • Then launch vBuilder and you can work as you were directly connected to your ACE PLC!
    • Now, you can troubleshoot, debug and program ACE PLCs remotely and almost live
    • You can switch to other applications on your smartphone, it will always work