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How to set up the second machine to control the same project?

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06 December 2024

How to set up the second machine to control the same project?

follow the instruction in toolkit help file ''Setting up a new remote projects connection"

Setting up a new remote projects connection

You can connect to C-Bus projects remotely by setting up connectivity between C-Bus Toolkit software and C-Gate server, and C-Bus Toolkit project folders.

Before you start

§	The C-Bus Toolkit host computer needs to be able to set up an ethernet connection between the C-Gate server and the C-Bus Toolkit host computer

§	Access to the C-Gate server to update a configuration file for the purpose of identifying each C-Bus Toolkit host computer.

Follow the procedures below to successfully connect remotely to C-Gate project folders.

Obtaining permissions on the ethernet

If you are intending to connect to a C-Bus Toolkit projects which reside on host computers on an ethernet, you must ensure that your computer has permission to access the network. In most cases, the building site computers have firewall protection. To get access, you need to contact the system administrators who grant login and password access.

Identifying the C-Bus Toolkit host computer

The C-Gate server must know of the existence of any C-Bus Toolkit software which wants to gain access to C-Bus project folders. To be a trusted user of the C-Gate server, the hostname or IP address of the C-Bus Toolkit host computer must be added to a configuration file on the C-Gate server.

Finding the IP address of C-Bus Toolkit

To find the IP address from a Microsoft Windows operation system, follow the procedure below:

1.	Click the Start menu on your host computer

2.	Click the Run... option. The Run dialog box appears.

3.	Type cmd in the Open: field of the Run dialog box. The cmd.exe window opens.

4.	At the command line prompt, type: ipconfig. The window displays the ethernet local area connection.

5.	Look for the IP address in the window. An example of an IP address would be: 10.178.143.159.

To close the Microsoft Windows command line window, type: exit.

Adding the C-Bus Toolkit IP Address to the C-Gate server

To add the C-Bus Toolkit host computer to the access.txt file, follow the procedure below:

1.	For windows operating systems, the configuration file is named: access.txt and is located at the host computer location of: C:\Clipsal\C-Gate 2\config. Use Microsoft Windows search facility to find the access.txt configuration file.

2.	Double-click on the access.txt file to open a Microsoft Notepad editing session. This opens the access.txt file in Microsoft Notepad as shown in the sample content below (Note that the exact contents of this file may vary):

##C-Gate Server Access Control File

## This file was written automatically by a command issued to the server

## Created:Tue Oct 05 16:22:26 CST 2004

## File name: C:\clipsal\c-gate\config\access.txt

interface 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Program

interface 127.0.0.1 Program

interface localhost Program

## End of access control file

3.	Below the interface localhost Program line, add the following:

remote [IP Address of C-Bus Toolkit host computer] Program

4.	Repeat this for each host C-Bus Toolkit host computer, you want to connect to the C-Gate projects folder.

5.	Save the file by clicking File menu > Save option in Microsoft Notepad.

Adding the C-Gate server IP address in C-Bus Toolkit

You need to identify the C-Gate server by its IP address in order to set up C-Bus Toolkit so that it can open the C-Bus Toolkit project folders residing with the C-Gate server. To carry this out, follow the procedure below:

1.	Click on Connect to a Remote C-Gate option in the File menu of C-Bus Toolkit. The C-Gate Site dialog box appears.

2.	In the Site Name field, type a descriptive name for the C-Gate server project folders. The name must be a single word with no spaces and contain alpha-numeric characters. Characters outside of the following sets: a-z, A-Z, 1-9, are not valid.

3.	In the Host Name field, type the host computer name of the C-Gate server. If you do not know that precise host name, leave the field blank.

4.	In the IP Address field, add the IP address - numbers only.

5.	Click the OK button to save the remote IP location.

C-Bus Toolkit searches for the remote IP location. If the search is successful, the remote C-Gate project folders appear in the C-Bus Toolkit treeview. If the search result is unsuccessful, C-Bus Toolkit sends an error message.

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