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Thanks Ray.

One minor note: The https://openthings.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/5000716364-user-manuals page defaults the link to the OSUserManual220(1).pdf as http, so is less secure. At least in Firefox browser there is a security warning when clicking to download. It is simple for the user to change to HTTPS manually, though better if you change the 5000716364-user-manuals page to explicitly say https, or have your raysfiles.com server force redirect to https. Or move the PDF to Freshdesk server. This issue does occur for old manuals which are hosted on the same server as the 5000716364-user-manuals page at freshdesk

http://raysfiles.com/os_compiled_firmware/docs/2.2.0/OSUserManual220(1).pdf

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If you need remote access to your controller and do not have the ability (or the desire for security risk) to port forward to your OpenSprinker, then setup of a free cloudflare tunnel is a good option. There are many ways to setup a private tunnel to a machine on your network, though I find this to be the easiest plus the easiest to keep secure. I have it set to first navigate to e.g. https://myopensprinkler.mydomain.com, it prompts for my email, and then emails me a code. Enter the code, and then the tunnel forwards to my OS access web page.

Run the Cloudflare daemon on any Linux, Mac or Windows running in your network (including an rPi), and configure the daemon to forward to any HTTP, HTTPS or SSH etc… on your network. Never any port forwards at your router. Tunnel HTTP traffic from your client all the way to the daemon via secure HTTPS.

There are many tutorials found on the internet outside of Cloudflare support pages. This is a good start https://blog.cloudflare.com/ridiculously-easy-to-use-tunnels/

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