dalporto
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Hi all.
First thank to Phil for the update, looks great so far!
This is the situation. I'm mostly working from home since the pandemic when I'm not on site (site accounts for maybe 10-15% of my time) or doing FAT with customers (5%). "After" the pandemic, they shut down a tunnel that I was driving through every day, leading to a 2h30-3h30 commute each day. My boss accepted that I stayed in remote since he does not want to lose me.
So I got a lot of PLC stock here at home, mostly our own lab testing devices. Last week I took home a whole new project Rockwell PLC rig and I started to stress a little bit with my daughters around it. I was driving home and I was thinking that this one backplane was worth 4-5 times my car, and this stock would be mostly uninsured in my car or at home.
This afternoon my boss called me saying pretty much the same thing, coming from higher management. This could mess up the project big time if something happens to any of that stuff. I agree, but this is really convenient to have it all here right next to me, but I don't want any trouble.
So I'm gonna bring it back to the office, and I'm looking for the best way to build an efficient setup. Basically, I need to access a Rockwell PLC / Logix Designer and an InTouch installation. Right now I have one VM for each, and only one license for WW.
4-5 years ago I remember we set up something on a server (I still have the server) using a free VMware product that we could use coast to coast (we were working with a Vancouver team, I'm in Montreal). We installed VM's within the server and we had like 10 different accounts to log into it with Remote Desktop through a NO-IP VPN. Anyone has any idea what I'm talking about? I don't have contact with these people anymore.
I still have access to that router in the office (I hope), so I could take my NO-IP account back if needed. I also can re-host my VM licenses and activate them on a new installation (server or another PC) if needed.
Basically, I need to have access to Studio 5000 and InTouch remotely, with the L82 and a couple more devices available on that network, with 2-3 screens. I don't want to create a tunnel where I could poll the PLC from home, I just need to be able to take control, and I'm not sure I want to use Team Viewer to do so.
So, people that do remote work, what would you do?
First thank to Phil for the update, looks great so far!
This is the situation. I'm mostly working from home since the pandemic when I'm not on site (site accounts for maybe 10-15% of my time) or doing FAT with customers (5%). "After" the pandemic, they shut down a tunnel that I was driving through every day, leading to a 2h30-3h30 commute each day. My boss accepted that I stayed in remote since he does not want to lose me.
So I got a lot of PLC stock here at home, mostly our own lab testing devices. Last week I took home a whole new project Rockwell PLC rig and I started to stress a little bit with my daughters around it. I was driving home and I was thinking that this one backplane was worth 4-5 times my car, and this stock would be mostly uninsured in my car or at home.
This afternoon my boss called me saying pretty much the same thing, coming from higher management. This could mess up the project big time if something happens to any of that stuff. I agree, but this is really convenient to have it all here right next to me, but I don't want any trouble.
So I'm gonna bring it back to the office, and I'm looking for the best way to build an efficient setup. Basically, I need to access a Rockwell PLC / Logix Designer and an InTouch installation. Right now I have one VM for each, and only one license for WW.
4-5 years ago I remember we set up something on a server (I still have the server) using a free VMware product that we could use coast to coast (we were working with a Vancouver team, I'm in Montreal). We installed VM's within the server and we had like 10 different accounts to log into it with Remote Desktop through a NO-IP VPN. Anyone has any idea what I'm talking about? I don't have contact with these people anymore.
I still have access to that router in the office (I hope), so I could take my NO-IP account back if needed. I also can re-host my VM licenses and activate them on a new installation (server or another PC) if needed.
Basically, I need to have access to Studio 5000 and InTouch remotely, with the L82 and a couple more devices available on that network, with 2-3 screens. I don't want to create a tunnel where I could poll the PLC from home, I just need to be able to take control, and I'm not sure I want to use Team Viewer to do so.
So, people that do remote work, what would you do?
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