Omega WI8XX-U User Manual

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4.3.3.3 Browser Proxy Selection

Accessing Meter units within your internal network

Usually when the computer and Meters are on an internal network, you will

not use Proxy server access.

You should un-check the "Use Browser Settings" option on the "Proxy" tab.

Accessing Meter units using the internet

Often the web browser will use Proxy server access to the internet. In such

cases, the default Java runtime settings on the "Proxy" tab should suffice.

The default setting is the "Use Browser Settings" option.

If the default proxy setting doesn't work, then you may have a situation where

the proxy settings of the web browser are incorrect.

Diagnostics:

If the web page of the Wireless System appears, then the HTTP Proxy is

working fine.

If the data isn't updated on the Wireless System upon selecting the "Readings"

page, there may be a problem with access through a winsock proxy server. In such

cases your network administrator will need to provide the winsock proxy server and

port #s. (The TCP ports the Meter uses for Java applets are 1000 and 2003).

These values should be entered into the Socks line on the "Proxy" tab (of the

Java Plugin control panel) or into the "connections" tab on the View,Internet

Options dialog and make sure that the Proxy tab shows that the "Use Browser

Settings" option is not selected (i.e. when you specify proxy connections in the

Java Plugin control panel).

Accessing Meter units over Peer-to-Peer network

A simple peer-to-peer network is setup by disconnecting from the main network

(as users will often do when trying to do initial setup of the Meter) and then

connecting the Meter to another computer using an ethernet hub, an ethernet

switch, or a Cross-over cable connection.

Often when using a peer-to-peer network, the Java plugin and the web browser

(such as Internet Explorer) have internet connections configured to connect

through proxy servers. In such case, you will need to simply assign the final IP

address on this peer to peer network and then view the Wireless System’s charts

after connecting the Meter into the regular network. Otherwise you can disable

the Java plug-in's "Use Browser Settings" temporarily and then reconfigure the

Java plug-in settings for regular network access after testing the Wireless

System’s chart access on your peer-to-peer network.

The "Use Browser Settings" should not be selected. And the HTTP and Socks

proxy entries should be blank. Also, setup the internet browser so that proxy

servers are disabled.

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