A road home: ngrok.

Said and Done. answers only on your own machine —127.0.0.1:5180 — and never opens itself to the internet. ngrok is the quickest tunnel there is: install it, paste one token, and one command gives the desk a public HTTPS URL. The desk's password still guards the door.

1 · Arm the Remote Client

In the app: Settings → Connections → Remote Client → Set up…. Choose a password — that alone arms it. Behind a public URL the extra lock is worth having: Add a one-time code… pairs an authenticator app in the same sheet. When the row says it is listening on127.0.0.1:5180, you are ready.

2 · Open the road

Make a free ngrok account, copy the authtoken from its dashboard, and give it to the ngrok you installed — once:

ngrok config add-authtoken YOUR_TOKEN

Then, whenever you want the road open:

ngrok http 5180

ngrok prints a public https://…ngrok-free.app URL that now carries straight to your desk. On the free plan the URL changes each run; paid plans can pin a domain of your own so the address never moves.

3 · From your phone

Open the URL, sign in with the password — and the code, if you set one. The record, the case files, and search are all there, sized for a thumb. Files you attach from the phone land in the desk's own attachment store, on the computer where the app runs.

One honest note: a public URL is a public door, and the password is the only thing behind it. Set a real one, and take the one-time code if the road stays open all day.