I cant figure out how to get a static url?
Apex aquacontroller Trouble
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dmatt88
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Thats the truth!
Willie McDaries
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LOL my AC Jr is easy.....but it's just a fancy light switch with a clock on it,unlike your controllers
You have to go to 1 of the providers for it. I use dyndns.com It was free when I signed up. I think it still is available for free but they've made it a little more complicated to get it for free.
You can use your current IP address, until your ISP changes it, when they change it you'd have to go back to reef chat and change where your sig gen is pointed.
Ive set up a static url baseball182.dyndns-blog.com and its still not working.
I used the ip for my computer is that right or does the apex have its own ip address?
This is the step that explains how to point it at your controller for the signature generator.
Step 4. Routing to your controller
Now that you have a static URL like West Michigan Aquatics - Home you need to tell your router or gateway to point to the controller when http requests come in. In linksys routers, look under applications and gaming; on dlink routers, check virtual servers under advanced. Different routers have different settings, but the general idea is to take incoming traffic on port 80 (http) and forward that request to the internal ip address of your controller (192.168.1.x for example). For profilux 2 controllers, traffic usually comes in on port 10001, rather than port 80.
When done, you should be able to access your controller's status page using the external address like http://myreef.dyndns.org/data.htm for lighthouse controllers,http://myreef.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/status.cgi for an AquaController 3, http://myreef.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/status.xml for a Neptune Apex, West Michigan Aquatics - Home for ReefKeeper Elite, http://myreef.dyndns.org/live.html for Profilux 3, or West Michigan Aquatics - HomeAquaNotes/status.asp?tankID=1 for an AquaController Jr / 2 with AquaNotes. For Profilux 2 controllers, you should be able to enter this name into the Profilux client software and still see the status of your controller. Write down this URL.
Step 4. Routing to your controller
Now that you have a static URL like West Michigan Aquatics - Home you need to tell your router or gateway to point to the controller when http requests come in. In linksys routers, look under applications and gaming; on dlink routers, check virtual servers under advanced. Different routers have different settings, but the general idea is to take incoming traffic on port 80 (http) and forward that request to the internal ip address of your controller (192.168.1.x for example). For profilux 2 controllers, traffic usually comes in on port 10001, rather than port 80.
When done, you should be able to access your controller's status page using the external address like http://myreef.dyndns.org/data.htm for lighthouse controllers,http://myreef.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/status.cgi for an AquaController 3, http://myreef.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/status.xml for a Neptune Apex, West Michigan Aquatics - Home for ReefKeeper Elite, http://myreef.dyndns.org/live.html for Profilux 3, or West Michigan Aquatics - HomeAquaNotes/status.asp?tankID=1 for an AquaController Jr / 2 with AquaNotes. For Profilux 2 controllers, you should be able to enter this name into the Profilux client software and still see the status of your controller. Write down this URL.
It still says cant retrieve statue from specific url.
Do i need to open my xml access?
Ive got stats on my computer it just wont let me create a sig.
No mine is disabled
Yes
I'm not sure what this means. Are you saying you can access it via http://apex/status.sht on your browser, or you can access it via the web? or both?