Download file selenium grid protractor

Background: Working on some file download tests with Protractor and Chrome. I run on a selenium grid, so the tests and my Node env are executing on a server (e.g. ) while the file downloads are on a remote windows machine (e.g. ).

The file download used to be stored on the same server that also kicked off the tests, so I was just waiting for a file to exist before performing my assertion:

Problem: Now, the files dont write to the Server (they download directly to the browser) so I have nothing to grab... so far. Since I use a selenium grid I can't directly read the remote machine from the test server.

Question: Will the protractor browser object or chromedriver have any information about that file download that I can grab? Trying to find a way to access both file name and file size? I'm digging into the browser object but havent found anything yet.