Moxa ioThinx 4530 User Manual

ioThinx 4530 Series Linux User’s Manual

Version 2.0, April 2021

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Table of Contents

1. Introduct ion................................................................................................................................. 1-1

2. Gett ing Started............................................................................................................................. 2-1

Connecting to the ioThinx 4530 Controller ......................................................................................... 2-2

69BConnecting Through the Serial Console ...................................................................................... 2-2

70BConnecting Through the SSH Console ........................................................................................ 2-4

User Account Management ............................................................................................................. 2-6

71BSwitching to the Root Account .................................................................................................. 2-6

Creating and Deleting User Accounts ......................................................................................... 2-6

Disabling the Default User Account............................................................................................ 2-6

Network Settings .......................................................................................................................... 2-7

72BConfiguring Ethernet Interfaces ................................................................................................ 2-7

Syst em Administra tion ................................................................................................................... 2-8

74BQu erying t he Fi rmwa re Ve rsion ................................................................................................ 2-8

75BAdjusting the Time ................................................................................................................. 2-8

76BSetting the Time Zone ............................................................................................................ 2-9

Determining Available Drive Space .................................................................................................. 2-10

Shutting Down the Device ............................................................................................................. 2-11

3. Firmware Update and System Recovery......................................................................................... 3-1

Firmware Update and Set-to-Default Functions................................................................................... 3-2

Set-to-Default ....................................................................................................................... 3-2

Fi rmwa re Update Using an SFTP Se rver or mi cro SD C ard .............................................................. 3-2

4. Programming Guide ...................................................................................................................... 4-1

A. Cycle T ime Calculat ion .................................................................................................................. A-1

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1. Introduction

This user’s manual appl ie s to the ioThinx 4530 Series models listed below:

ioThinx 4530 Ser ies

• ioThinx 4533-LX Series

Detailed instructions on configuring advanced settings are covered in Chapters 3 and 4.

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2. Getting Started

In this chapter, we describe how to configure basic s ett i ngs for the ioThinx 4530 cont roller.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

Conne cting to t he ioT h in x 4 5 30 C ont ro ller

 69BConnecting Through the Serial Console

 70BConnecting Through the SSH Console

User Accou nt Ma nagement

 71BSwitching to the Root Account

 Creating and Deleting User Accounts

 Disabling the Default User Account

Network Settings

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72BConfiguring Ethernet Interfaces

Syste m Ad ministration

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74BQu erying t he Fi rmwa re Ve rsion

 75BAdjusting the Time

 76BSetting the Time Zone

Dete rmin ing Ava ilable Drive Space

Shutt ing Down t he Device

ioThinx 4530 Linux Manual Getting Started

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ATTENTION

For security reasons, we recommend that you disable the default user account and create your own user

accounts .

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These steps apply to the Linux PC you are using to connect to the

these steps to the

user@PC1:~# yum -y install minicom

user@PC2:~# apt-get install minicom

user@PC1:~# minicom –s

Connecting to the ioThinx 4530 Controller

You will need to us e a computer to connect to the ioThinx 4530 controller and to log in through the

command line interface. There are two ways to connect: through the serial console po rt or through the

Ethernet port. Refer to the ioThinx 4530 Series Hardware Manual to see how to set up the physical

connecti ons.

The default login username and password are:

Username: mox a

Password: mox a

The username and password are the same for all serial co ns ol e an d SSH remote log in actions. Root account

login is disabled until you manually create a password for the account. The user moxa is in the sudo group

so that you can operate system level commands with this user using the

details, see the Sudo Mechanism se ct i o n in cha p te r 5 .

sudo command. For additional

69BConnecting Through the Serial Console

This method is particularly useful when using the computer for the first time. The signal is transmitted over

a direct serial connection so you do not need to know either of its two IP addresses in order to connect to

the ioThinx 4530 controller. To connect through the serial console, configure your PC’s terminal software

using the following settings.

Data b its 8

F low control None

T erm in a l VT100

Below we show how to use the terminal software to connect to the ioThinx 4530 controller in a Linux

environment and in a Wi ndows environment.

152BLinux Users

Serial Console Port Se ttings

115200 bps

None

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ioThinx 4530 controller itself .

Take the following steps to connect to the ioThinx 4530 controller from your Linux PC.

1. Insta ll min ico m fro m t he package repository o f yo ur o pe rating syste m.

For Centos and Fedora:

For Ubuntu and Debian:

2. Us e t he minicom –s command to enter the configuration menu and set up the serial port settings .

ioThinx 4530 controller. Do NOT apply

ioThinx 4530 Linux Manual Getting Started

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user@PC1:~# minicom

NOT E

These s teps apply to t he Windows PC you are using to connect to the

. Do NOT apply

these steps to the

3. Select Serial port setup.

4. Select A to change the serial device. Note that you need to know which device node is connected to the

ioThinx 4530 controller.

5. Select E to configure the port settings according to the S e r ia l C o n s o le P o rt Sett i ngs t able provided.

6. Select Save setup as df l (f rom the main configuration menu) to use default values.

7. Select Exit fro m min ico m (from the configuration menu) to leave the configuration menu.

8. Execut e min icom after completing the above configurations.

153BWindows Users

ioThinx 4530 controller

ioThinx 4530 controller itself .

Take the following steps to connect to the ioThinx 4530 controller from your Windows PC.

1. Download PuTTY http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html to set up a serial

connection with the ioThinx 4530 controller in a Windows environment.

2. Once t he connection is established, the following window will open.