Product Features
System

Remote Access

3min

Important: As of Manufacturing Connect Edge version 3.10.0, remote access functionality is no longer available. Contact your account representative to learn more.

Edge devices often reside on a private network, which makes them inaccessible through the internet from outside that private network. You can enable access to your edge device from any “outside” computer using the Remote Access feature that is based on the ZeroTier network.

Remote Access set up
Remote Access set up


The workflow for accessing an edge device from an remote computer is as follows:

As the person running the edge device:

  1. Create a network in the ZeroTier Central.
  2. Make your edge device a node in the network you have created.
  3. Share the ZeroTier network ID and the node IP address with the person running the remote computer.

As the person running the remote computer:

  1. Join the network whose ID was shared with you in the ZeroTier app installed on the remote computer.
  2. Enter the edge device's IP address in the browser on the remote computer.
  3. Enter the edge device credentials in the login page that appears.

Access Remote Access UI

To access the Remote Access pane:

  1. Log in to Manufacturing Connect Edge.
  2. From the Navigation panel, select System. The Info pane appears.
  3. Select Remote Access. The Remote Access pane appears.

    Remote Access pane
    Remote Access pane