Run Book Remotely (PRIVACY - NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT)

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Run Book Remotely (ACCESS/SECURITY/SAFETY - NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT)

If 24 hour access to your Book or safety/security concerns are the only thing preventing you from using GameDay Payoff with Direct Connection, there are two VERY SIMPLE solutions to choose from.
1. You can use a remote access application such as Teamviewer Website to control one of your computers from any other computer. Ideally, you would have the GameDay Payoff - Book application on a stationary computer at home and then you would use a laptop or some other computer to access your Book application 24/7. OR...
2. For added safety/security, you can use a VPS (virtual private server). A 3rd party hosting company will basically give you their computer to use and you can very easily remote into it. While this may sound scary to the non-computer people, it is a very simple thing and the hosting company will do all of the work for you.

In either case, the screen to the computer hosting GameDay Payoff - Book can be on your computer just as if you were directly using it.

Using Teamviewer (Solution 1):
Teamviewer is a free application you may download from Teamviewer Website. Put this on the computer that has GameDay Payoff - Book installed onto it. You can have this program downloaded and installed in under 3 minutes. While installing, you should assign a password and allow Teamviewer to start up with Windows. This will allow you to gain access to the GameDay Payoff - Book from anywhere in the world.

While that takes care of the computer that is hosting GameDay Payoff - Book, you still need a computer to gain access to the hosting computer. Ideally, if you have a portable laptop, use that. Repeat the process and then use Teamviewer to gain access to the host. The whole process is quite intuitive, which makes it extremely easy to do. Again, this will be free to you.

If you do not own a secondary portable computer and need to gain access from public computers, you can use Teamviewer from a thumb (or flash) drive and gain access to the host this way from any computer in the world. All you have to do is use the version of Teamviewer entitled, "For mobile use: TeamViewer Portable" and it can be found at Teamviewer Downloads. However, using the portable version of Teamviewer requires at least a Corporate license. As of this writing, a corporate license is $749. As a less costly alternative to this, consider using a VPS.

Using VPS (Solution 2):
There are many advantages to doing it this way.
1. There is added safety and security by not having data on your computer. All of your data will be on their computer that you are renting instead of on your local computer. Your actual data may be as far away as another state or even another country with only you having access to it.
2. Using Remote Desktop Connection (which they provide), you can log in to your VPS from anywhere in the world at any time and do whatever you have to do with GameDay Payoff - Book.
3. You can have them open the port (23210) for Direct Connection to work and you won't need to mess with it.
4. Most VPS rental packages include automatic back up systems. Nothing will ever be lost.
5. If anything is wrong with your system, more than likely, they will fix it.

At this time, we recommend using MyHosting.com as your VPS provider. They seem to have the best price and service.

However, you are free to choose any provider that you wish. When doing so, do not pay too much attention to memory, hard drive space, processor speed, or data transfer speed. You can get the minimum of each to lower your price. These things will not matter if you are just going to run GameDay Payoff. However, you must have the following:
1. It MUST have a Windows operating system (not Linux or anything else)
2. A static IP address (to use Direct Connection)
3. At least One Remote Desktop Connection (to gain access to your host computer remotely)

If You Go With MyHosting.com:
1. Make your screen look like the following, but you can adjust the monthly billing term for whatever you would like (pricing as of 8/20/10).

2. Call them or order online and let them you know would like a VPS according to the specifications listed in the above picture.
3. Make sure they give you a static IP address. One is fine and it comes free with your package.
4. Make sure that they set you up with one Remote Desktop Connection. One is fine and it comes free with your package. This will allow you to remote in to your VPS from anywhere in the world that you have internet access. If there is more than one of you that would like this access, it is recommended that you still have one and just share it. If you have more than one and you are both logged on at the same time, you would both be fighting over using GameDay Payoff Book at the same time and it would not be conducive to a good experience.
5. Tell them to open Port 23210 for you. If they ask if it should be UDP or TCP, just tell them Both.
6. When they are finished, make sure that GameDay Payoff Book is up and running. Then open your browser and go to CanYouSeeMe.org. In the upper left hand corner where it shows "What Port?", put in 23210 and then hit the "Check" button. If you do not see Success, your players will not be able to Direct Connect and this must be resolved. Let MyHosting.com know that the port is not open and that they must correct this for you to use their service.
7. LASTLY, after you are remoted into your server and you are finished with your session, make sure that you hit the "x" in the upper right hand corner of the server bar at the top of your screen. If you "Log Off", the Book application will shut down and you will not be able to accept Direct Connect wagers. If you just close the server screen by hitting the "x", the Book application will stay up and running like you want it to.

We will gladly assist you with finding and setting up a VPS if you contact us at gamedaypayoff@gmail.com.