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Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Thu 25 Aug 2011 6:48 pm
by daj
I was thinking about all the weather peeps on here today and realised that you may be interested in something I blogged about earlier in the week elsewhere. Even better I am giving away a free copy of the software.

It's basically LogMeIn which is remote desktop software (I actually run it on my weather stations). I can then connect to it from any PC (e.g. at work, friends house, etc); really handy if there is a problem. Anyway, no big news there, but I did review the addon to it -- LogMeIn Ignition which allows you to use your iPhone/iPad/Android/Windows phone/tablet to connect to it. Very handy in case of a problem and you are out and about.

So, shameless plug for the article at http://theonlycog.com/2011/08/22/logignition/

LogMeIn has a free PC version (which I use) and Ignition is chargeable (but I have one copy for iOS to give away)

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Thu 25 Aug 2011 7:25 pm
by nitrx
Well I use TeamViewer and the android version (for tablets and adroid-phones) is complete free of charge , logmein has no free androd app as far I can see it costs 10.39 EU.

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Thu 25 Aug 2011 7:35 pm
by b.e.wilson
I like Windows Live Mesh for remote desktop login/control. It also does my data file backup to another machine.

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Thu 25 Aug 2011 7:49 pm
by robynfali
I use the free one mate, whats the difference with this "ignition" thing?

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Thu 25 Aug 2011 8:20 pm
by daj
robynfali wrote:I use the free one mate, whats the difference with this "ignition" thing?
Did you not read it?! ;)

Ignition is the app for your phone/tablet device

I've been using LogMeIn Free for years and it's great. I only just tried the Ignition app

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Fri 26 Aug 2011 6:47 am
by robynfali
sorry mate, been a LONG couple of days for me, cool, well if you have a copy to give away? I wouldn't say no, would be handy when the bleedin computer falls over when I am not near it PLEASE!

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Fri 26 Aug 2011 10:26 am
by scoobs
I have tweetmypc just for those times im not able to restart the lappy running Cumulus, i can just tweet and get the pc to reboot it does other stuff as well but reboot is good enough for me :)

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Fri 26 Aug 2011 10:29 am
by ironeagleuk
Are any of the above an alternative to GotoMyPC?....sometimes I need to access my PC from work, but at £15 a month, I feel it's not worth the money for how little I use it

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Fri 26 Aug 2011 2:02 pm
by b.e.wilson
ironeagleuk wrote:Are any of the above an alternative to GotoMyPC?....sometimes I need to access my PC from work, but at £15 a month, I feel it's not worth the money for how little I use it
That is exactly what they are. All free.

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Sun 18 Sep 2011 8:02 pm
by yv1hx
I use in all my Windows desktops no-ip.com access and MSWindows Remote Desktop or thighVNC with no compliments to report.

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Sun 18 Sep 2011 11:50 pm
by uncle_bob
yv1hx wrote:I use in all my Windows desktops no-ip.com access and MSWindows Remote Desktop or thighVNC with no compliments to report.
:)

In the course of my business, I've used them all. PCanywhere (worked well over modems in the the 90's :) ), VNC, RDP, Teamviewer and Logmein. I reckon Teamviewer is the best these days.

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Mon 26 Sep 2011 8:23 pm
by ironeagleuk
Thanks to this thread I have now ditched GoToMyPC

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:28 pm
by kf5ept
I like teamviewer and its free easy to use... Even my wife of my youth can use it...

Re: Remote control of your Cumulus PC

Posted: Sat 01 Oct 2011 6:39 pm
by daj
I hate the constant reminder TeamViewer gave me about buying the product. I know they offer a commercial version, and also a free one, but do I need to be told every time I use it!