VNC provides a function for monitoring and controlling the system from anywhere. With an Ethernet connection, you may monitor and control the system with a PC, tablet, or smartphone.
Local Ethernet network
A local Ethernet network uses its own Ethernet network locally without using the Internet. This allows the PC, tablet, or smartphone to be connected to the Xpanel through a wireless router using the same network IP.
Public IP Ethernet network
If a public IP is assigned to the Xpanel, users can access Xpanel anywhere using the Internet via Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, or LTE.
VNC allows more than one device to have a remote connection to the Xpanel at a time.
To use the VNC function, you must start the VNC server in the Xpanel. You can start or stop the server with the following steps.
Starting and Stopping the VNC Server
Starting and stopping the server in CIMON Canvas
Click Tools > Deployment Panel and select the Xpanel(s) having VNC initiated by checking the box on the left-hand side.
After the user has chosen their Xpanel(s), click Start VNC Server > Launch VNC Viewer
To stop the VNC server on the selected device, click Stop VNC Server.
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Starting and stopping the server in Xpanel
If the Settings dialog box is not already open, tap the corners of the Xpanel screen in the sequence shown below:
bottom-left > bottom-right > top-right.
Tap Exit to stop the Xpanel runtime and get redirected to the Control Center window.
On the Control Center window, go to the VNC by clicking Settings > VNC Server Setup.
You can start the remote-control server by clicking Start VNC Server. If the Autorun On Startup option has been selected, the server starts automatically when the Xpanel is turned on. You may stop the remote-control server by clicking Stop VNC Server.
Mobile Network Configuration
Mobile configuration in Mocha VNC Lite application
Search for the “Mocha VNC Lite” app on Apple Store/Play Store and install the application on your smartphone.
Tap Configure in the start menu of the application.
Tap New… to establish a new network configuration.
Input the parameters of the Xpanel IP, port, and password. Enter the hash sign (#) in the password field, which indicates the nonuse of passwords. Tap Save to save the settings.
Go back to the main menu and tap Connect. You can connect to the Xpanel with the corresponding configuration.
Assigning a static IP address
When you wish to connect to the Xpanel via a 4G/5G/LTE network, you must target a public IP address (append a port-forward to the public IP address for Xpanel with a local IP address). In the following example, you can connect to the VNC server with a static IP address or dynamic IP address. To use the VNC function in the mobile phone, a wireless network configuration is required. The following instruction explains the step for the mobile network through an IpTime device.
Access your router admin interface by opening a web browser, and at the address bar, type the default gateway of your ipTIME router device. Then, click Setup.
At the Config Explorer pane, click Advanced Setup > Firewall > Mgmt Access List.
Checkmark the Remote Mgmt port # and set the number of the Management port.
To set up port forwarding to assign a socket port number in the ipTIME, click Advanced Setup > NAT/Routing > Port Forwarding.
Assign the static IP address and socket port number used in the Xpanel, then click Apply. The default socket port number used in the Xpanel is 5900.
Navigate back to Mocha VNC Lite app on your smartphone. Tap Configure to enter the static IP address and port number of the Xpanel in the configuration box in the application.
Assigning dynamic IP address
On the Xpanel, go to the Network Settings within the Xpanel Settings and choose DHCP for either LAN 1 IP Config or LAN 2 IP Config, then tap Apply and Save.
