pageKite for arduino-pachube bypass

[Einar Hlér]

Following the tutorial on how to connect Arduino to Pachube I reached
a point where I needed to supply an IP address or an URL. The readings
from my Arduino were visible locally but not externally. In order to
be externally visible I needed an IP address that was not on a local
network and also to have the port 5210 opened up and direct all
traffic through that port to my computer. Being on a network hosted by
Reykjavík University and having no access to it I had to find another
way other than to access the local router and change these settings
there. This is where pageKite came in to solve the problem. All I
needed to do was to register with pageKite, download the software (I
already had python installed) and do a few minor adjustments.

pageKite adjustments for pachube step-by-step with Windows Vista:

1. Download files from website into the folder: -c:\documents and
settings\user-
2. open pagekite.cfg with wordpad.
3. change the line “backend=http:YOURACCOUNT.pagekite.me:localhost:
80:eeb2ez67z287
to
“backend=http:YOURACCOUNT.pagekite.me:localhost:5210:eeb2ez67z287
4. Save the file
5. Go to Windows start menu > run > cmd (the command promt should open
in the -c:\documents and settings\user- direcory)
6. type pagekite.py to activate the program

After having gone through these steps I was able to copy the URL that
pageKite had given me (http:MYACCOUNT.pagekite.me) and paste it into
the pachube URL field. My sensors have been running without problems
since.

[Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson]

Thanks a lot for writing that up!

Once we've figured out exactly what our pricing structure will be like, we should probably talk to the Pachube guys directly and tell them about this as an alternative to reconfiguring routers and firewalls.

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Bjarni R. Einarsson
The Beanstalks Project ehf.

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