Moxa Technologies V2416, V2416-XPE User Manual

V2416 Series WinXP Embedded

User’s Manual

First Edition, April 2011

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1-1

Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 1-2

Software Specifications........................................................................................................................ 1-2

Application Development Environment ........................................................................................... 1-2

Networking and Communication Capabilities ................................................................................... 1-3

Supporting Services and Daemons ................................................................................................ 1-4

How to Determine Firmware Build Versions ............................................................................................ 1-4

Inserting a USB Mass Storage Device into the Computer ......................................................................... 1-5

Inserting a CF Card in the Computer ..................................................................................................... 1-5

Inserting SATA hard disks into a V2416 Computer .................................................................................. 1-6

Four RS-232/422/485 Serial Ports ................................................................................................. 1-7

Digital Input/Output Channels ....................................................................................................... 1-7

2. Software Configuration ..................................................................................................................... 2-1

Starting Your V2416-XPE Computer ...................................................................................................... 2-2

Resetting Your V2416-XPE Computer .................................................................................................... 2-2

Configuring the Display Settings ........................................................................................................... 2-2

Changing the Network Settings ............................................................................................................ 2-5

Operating Your V2416-XPE Computer with a Telnet Client ........................................................................ 2-5

Adjusting the System Time .................................................................................................................. 2-6

Starting and Stopping Services ............................................................................................................. 2-7

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) ....................................................................................... 2-7

Remote Desktop (RDP) ........................................................................................................................ 2-8

Serial Ports ........................................................................................................................................ 2-9

Enhanced Write Filter ........................................................................................................................ 2-10

File Based Write Filter ....................................................................................................................... 2-10

HDD Hot Swap Function Configuration ................................................................................................. 2-12

Starting the mxhtspd Function .................................................................................................... 2-12

Configuring the Disk Drive Letters for Disk Removal ...................................................................... 2-13

Programming the Scripts ............................................................................................................ 2-14

Checking the Log File ................................................................................................................. 2-16

3. Management Tools ............................................................................................................................ 3-1

Computer Management ....................................................................................................................... 3-2

Component Services ........................................................................................................................... 3-2

Event Viewer ...................................................................................................................................... 3-2

Internet Information Services (Web/FTP) ............................................................................................... 3-3

ODBC Data Source Administrator .......................................................................................................... 3-6

Performance Monitor ........................................................................................................................... 3-7

Services ............................................................................................................................................ 3-7

4. System Recovery ............................................................................................................................... 4-1

Recovery Environment ........................................................................................................................ 4-2

Recovery Procedure ............................................................................................................................ 4-2

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1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Moxa’s V2416 x86 ready-to-run embedded computers. This manual introduces

the software configuration and management of V2416 computers running the Windows Embedded Standard

2009 operating system. For hardware installation, connector interfaces, setup procedures, and upgrading the

BIOS, please refer to the V2416 Hardware User’s Manual.

Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 2009 is a specialized operating system consisting of componentized

Windows XP Professional features that allows you to build a wide range of innovative, small footprint devices.

Windows developers will find Moxa’s V2416 computer plus Windows Embedded Standard 2009 operating

system to be the right solution for a wide range of applications.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:



Overview



Software Specifications

 Application Development Environment

 Networking and Communication Capabilities

 Supporting Services and Daemons



How to Determine Firmware Build Versions



Inserting a USB Mass Storage Device into the Computer



Inserting a CF Card in the Computer



Inserting SATA hard disks into a V2416 Computer

 Four RS-232/422/485 Serial Ports

 Digital Input/Output Channels

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Overview

V2416 embedded computers come with four RS-232/422/485 serial ports, making it ideal for connecting a wide

range of serial devices. The dual 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports offer a reliable solution for network

redundancy, delivering continuous operations for data communication and management. As an added

convenience, the V2416 computer has six DIs and two DOs for connecting digital input/output devices.

In addition, the CompactFlash and USB sockets provide the V2416 computer with the reliability needed for

industrial applications that require data buffering and storage expansion. Most importantly, the V2416

computer comes with 2 removable slots for inserting additional storage media, such as hard disks or SSD drives;

it also supports hot swapping for convenient, fast and easy storage expansion. The V2416 provides

user-defined programmable LEDs and a related API for storage management, supporting storage plug/unplug

functionality, automatic storage removal and storage status display. Moreover, API Library is included for easy

development and storage capacity notification.

Pre-installed with Windows Embedded Standard 2009, the V2416 provides programmers with a friendly

environment for developing sophisticated, bug-free application software at a low cost.

Software Specifications

The software features of the V2416-XPE embedded computers are listed below:

Application Development Environment

The V2416 is fully compatible with the XP Professional Development Environment.

The V2416’s use of Windows Embedded Standard 2009 with SP3 provides the following common, popular

application development features that make programming convenient and easy.

Every application that runs in Windows XP can be executed in the V2416, so there is no migration cost.

Windows Embedded Standard 2009 is based on the same binary files as Windows XP Professional; Windows

Embedded Standard 2009 enables you to rapidly develop reliable and full-featured connected devices.

• Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5—This component includes the common language runtime (CLR) and

the .NET Framework class library.

• Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI) Core—Provides the basic functionality for ADSI. This

component routes any requests to the corresponding provider according to the path it is provided.

• Active Template Library (ATL) —Supports ATL applications.

• ASP.NET 2.0—A unified Web application platform that provides the services necessary to build and deploy

enterprise-class Web applications.

• Certificate Request Client & Certificate Auto enrollment—This component includes the common

language runtime (CLR) and the .NET Framework class library.

• COM Base—Component Object Model (COM) includes a programming model and a set of application

programming interfaces (APIs), and does not include a dedicated user interface.

• Common Control Libraries—(Side by Side) the component provides common user interface (UI)

controls.

• Common File Dialogs—Support for common dialog boxes.

• Direct3D—The infrastructure for two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphics.

• DirectPlay—Provides a networking API that can enable any application to operate over both a peer-to-peer

and client/server topology.

• DirectShow—Base filter graph and device enumeration support for all DirectShow applications. This

component also provides most DirectShow filters.

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• Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) —A distributed transaction facility for Microsoft

Windows systems, which uses transaction-processing technology. MSDTC exploits loosely coupled systems

to provide scalable performance.

• Enhanced Write Filter—An upper filter in the storage device driver stack that redirects disk write

operations to volatile (RAM) or non-volatile (disk) storage.

• Event Log—A dynamic-link library (DLL) that runs as part of Services.exe. This component stores and

retrieves events that can be viewed in the event viewer.

• Internet Explorer 7—The Internet Explorer Web browser that allows customers to connect to the Internet

or to an intranet (see properties via inetcpl.cpl).

• Mapi32 Libraries—The infrastructure for e-mail support.

• Message Queuing (MSMQ) Core—Message Queuing is a messaging infrastructure and a development

tool for creating distributed messaging applications for Microsoft Windows operating systems; it provides

guaranteed message delivery, efficient routing, increased security, support for sending messages within

transactions, and priority-based messaging.

• Microsoft Visual C++ Run Time Libraries—The Microsoft C++ Runtime Library.

• NTFS—The NTFS File System driver (NT File System). Use NTFS instead of FAT for optimum file system

security.

• Power Management—This component includes a dynamic-link library for power management features in

the xpepm.dll file, and a command-line tool for using power management on a run-time image in the

xpepm.exe file. Note: Instead of using this component, Shutdown.exe is the preferred method to shut

down the system.

• Registry Editor—The Registry Editor (regedit.exe, regedt32.exe).

• RPC—Facilitates local remote procedure calls (RPCs) using the ncalrpc and ncacn_np protocol sequences,

and provides support for dynamic endpoint resolution. The RPC name service provides remote procedure

call (RPC) named services functionality, such as the RPC Locator. The RPC Named Service component

exposes all RpcNs* RPC functions. The RPC server provides a variety of RPC and Component Object Model

(COM) services, including RPC Endpoint Mapper, COM Service Control Manager (SCM) and COM Object

Resolver.

• Smart Card Cryptographic Service Providers—Supports features such as smart card logon and

improved e-mail security. Smart cards must be capable of certain RSA public key cryptographic operations.

These functions are exposed by using CryptoAPI and, specifically, through a CSP. Typically, each type of

smart card requires a CSP, which is provided by the card vendor.

• USB 2.0—The core drivers needed to communicate with an Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) that

is compliant with USB .95 or 1.0.

• Windows API—User—Provides the user-mode component of the Windows operating system API.

• Windows Media Player 11—Playback functionality for digital media that includes videos, CDs, and DVDs

for end users and developers.

• Windows Script Engines—A complete scripting environment for Windows, including command-line

scripting, script languages, and the ability to host script engines within your applications.

• WMI—Bundles the features that combine to create the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

technologies.

Networking and Communication Capabilities

The V2416-XPE embedded computer provides powerful hardware communication interfaces for

network-centric embedded applications, including 2 Ethernet and 4 serial ports, and also support the

networking and communications capabilities that are built into Windows Embedded Standard 2009 with SP3 OS.

The following features are supported:

• DHCP Client Service—Registers and updates Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and Domain Name System

(DNS) records for your target system.

• IP Security Services—This component provides IP Security (IPsec) services for all IP traffic.

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• Dial-Up Networking—Provides the infrastructure necessary to implement a Remote Access Service (RAS)

client.

• Microsoft-Windows-HTTP—Services that implement the functionality of the HTTP protocol on a server.

• TCP/IP Networking—Implements the core TCP/IP protocol stack, which includes the IPv4 version for the

following protocols: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), raw, Internet

Control Message Protocol (ICMP), Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP), and Address Resolution

Protocol (ARP). The component also includes Wshtcpip.dll, which is the Winsock provider for TCP/IP to

enable socket-level communication over TCP/IP.

• TAPI—A Telephony API (TAPI) Telephony Service Provider (TSP).

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)—SNMP is an agent service that provides management

systems with information about activities that occur at the Internet Protocol (IP) network layer. The SNMP

agent monitors network traffic, and retrieves and updates local management information based on the

requests from the SNMP manager. The agent also notifies registered managers with traps when significant

events occur.

• Time Service Core—Synchronizes a workstation's clock with other computers using the Network Time

Protocol (NTP) version 3. For increased accuracy, this component also incorporates algorithmic

enhancements from NTP 4.

• Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)—Windows Firewall provides a barrier between

your device and network connections to help reduce attacks by hackers, viruses, and worms across

networks. Strongly recommended..

• Wireless Zero Configuration—Support for the Windows implementation of the IEEE 802.11 standard.

This component performs automatic configuration and authentication for IEEE 802.11 wireless network

adaptors.

• Unimodem—Provides the infrastructure necessary for applications to communicate with a modem.

Supporting Services and Daemons

In addition to development and communication capability, the V2416-XPE embeds the services and daemons

shown below. These common and easy-to-use application servers help users migrate industrial communication

applications to the V2416-XPE embedded computer very easily and conveniently.

• COM+ Services—The next evolution of Microsoft Component Object Model (COM) and Microsoft

Transaction Server (MTS).

• Computer Browser Service—Computer browsing functionality exposed by Windows through Microsoft

Networking. It allows a client machine to browse its network neighborhood for available computers,

exposing file and print sharing services.

• Disk Management Services—Support for disk and volume management operations. The component

implements a Component Object Model (COM) interface that can be used to query and configure disks and

volumes (both basic and dynamic). The component also monitors disk arrivals and removals and other

changes in the storage subsystem.

• IIS Web Server—Allows you to create and manage Web sites.

• Terminal Server—Microsoft Terminal Server client application (mstsc.exe).

• Remote Registry Service—Enables remote users to modify registry settings on this computer.

• Telnet Server—Allows users to connect to Telnet servers from remote computers.

How to Determine Firmware Build Versions

Use the mxver command to obtain the firmware version of the V2416-XPE embedded computer. This

information is particularly important for identifying which features your embedded computer supports.

• Execute the mxver.exe command line utility.

Model Name: V2416-XPE

Build Dat: 11030714

Version: V1.0

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Inserting a USB Mass Storage Device into the
Computer

Inserting a USB mass storage device will generate a new drive on the V2416-XPE. The new drive should be

visible in the File Explorer.

Inserting a CF Card in the Computer

Note that the V2416-XPE computer is shipped with a CompactFlash card already inserted and the Windows

Embedded Standard 2009 platform installed. However, if you have installed the operating system on the hard

disk, the CF card can be used for storage expansion. When inserted, the CF drive will be detected as a new disk

in the File Explorer.

The V2416-XPE does not support CF “Plug and Play” and “Hot Swap.” Please make sure to turn off

the computer before inserting a new CF card.

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Inserting SATA hard disks into a V2416
Computer

The V2416-XPE computer offers two removable disk trays that can be fit two SATA hard disks for storage

expansion. Before installing hard disks, make sure that the computer is powered off. Insert the SATA hard disk

devices will create new disks in the V2416-XPE. You should see it in the File Explorer.

You can also find the hard disks in the computer management screen.

The disks can also be found in Control Panel/Device Manager

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NOTE: The V2416 embedded computer supplies only 5V DC power for 2.5 inch SATA hard disks. If

you want to use a 3.5 inch hard disk, you will need to use an external power supply for your SATA

hard disk.

Four RS-232/422/485 Serial Ports

The serial ports of the V2416-XPE computer from button to top are named “COM1” to “COM4” COM1 to COM4

are RS-232/422/485 serial ports. Each of these ports supports baudrate settings of up to 921.6 Kbps.

Digital Input/Output Channels

The V2416 provides six digital input and two digital output channels. You can set the operation mode by

programming; the example “DIO” can be found under \examples\C++\ of the Software DVD.

The code snippet is as follows:

/*

index[n]: 0 ; BIT 0

1 ; BIT 1

2 ; BIT 2

3 ; BIT 3

....

data[n]: 0 ; Digital LOW

1 ; Digital HIGH

*/

unsigned int hDIO;

unsigned int port_no;

int data;

int intDout,intDin;

int nDout=0;

int port=0,mode=0;

int n=0;

WCHAR sin,smode;

printf("UART Mode Test Program\n");

printf("\t (0) Exit Program\n");

printf("\t (1) Display DIN\n");

printf("\t (2) Display DOUT\n");

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printf("\t (3) Set DOUT value\n");

printf("\t (4) Display both DIN and DOUT\n");

sin=getwchar();

n=_wtoi(&sin);

do

{

switch (n)

{

// if char == '1', display the digital input

case 1:

//Open dio

hDIO=mxdio_open();

for(int i=0;i<=5;i++)

{

//Get digital input

port_no=i;

intDin=mxdio_get_din(hDIO,port_no);

printf("Din%d = %d\n",port_no,intDin);

}

//Close DIO

mxdio_close(hDIO);

break;

// if char == '2', display the digital output

case 2:

//Open dio

hDIO=mxdio_open();

for(int i=0;i<=1;i++)

{

//Get digital input

port_no=i;

intDin=mxdio_get_dout(hDIO,port_no);

printf("Dout%d = %d\n",port_no,intDin);

}

//Close DIO

mxdio_close(hDIO);

break;

// if char == '3', Set the digital output

case 3:

//Get Port Number

getwchar();

printf("Input the Port Number (0 ~ 1) = \n");

smode=getwchar();

port_no=_wtoi(&smode);

//Get Value

getwchar();

printf("Input the value (0 or 1) = ");

smode=getwchar();

data=_wtoi(&smode);

//Open DIO

hDIO=mxdio_open();

//Set DOUT

nDout=mxdio_set_dout(hDIO,port_no, data);

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if(!nDout)

{

printf("Set digital output fail!\n");

}

else

{

printf("Set digital output success!\n");

}

//Close DIO

mxdio_close(hDIO);

break;

case 4:

// if char == '4', Get both digital input and digital output

//Open dio

hDIO=mxdio_open();

for(int i=0;i<=5;i++)

{

//Get digital input

port_no=i;

intDin=mxdio_get_din(hDIO,port_no);

if(intDin==-1)

{

printf("\n");

}

else

{

printf("Din%d = %d ",port_no,intDin);

}

intDout=mxdio_get_dout(hDIO,port_no);

if(intDout==-1)

{

printf("\n");

}

else

{

printf(", Dout%d = %d\n",port_no,intDout);

}

//printf("Din%d = %d, Dout%d =

%d\n",port_no,intDin,port_no,intDout);

}

//Close DIO

mxdio_close(hDIO);

break;

}

getwchar();

sin = getwchar();

n = _wtoi(&sin);

} while (n != 0);

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2. Software Configuration

In this chapter, we explain how to operate a V2416-XPE computer directly or from a PC. Instructions are given

on how to adjust the system time, troubleshoot network connectivity, and manage other functions. Some of

these operations can be done with system commands after gaining access to the computer, and others can be

done from the “Control Panel,” which is described in a later chapter.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:



Starting Your V2416-XPE Computer



Resetting Your V2416-XPE Computer



Configuring the Display Settings



Changing the Network Settings



Operating Your V2416-XPE Computer with a Telnet Client



Adjusting the System Time



Starting and Stopping Services



Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)



Remote Desktop (RDP)



Serial Ports



Enhanced Write Filter



File Based Write Filter



HDD Hot Swap Function Configuration

 Starting the mxhtspd Function

 Configuring the Disk Drive Letters for Disk Removal

 Programming the Scripts

 Checking the Log File

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Starting Your V2416-XPE Computer

Connect the CRT monitor or LCD monitor to the target computer, and then power it up by connecting it to the

power adaptor. It takes about 30 to 40 seconds for the system to boot up. Once the system is ready, the

Desktop will appear on your monitor.

Resetting Your V2416-XPE Computer

• Reset Button

A Reset button is located on the front panel of V2416-XPE. Press the reset button to shut down your

computer, just as you would do with a standard PC.

• Software Shutdown / Reboot

Click Start

 Turn Off Computer to reboot or shutdown the V2416-XPE computer.

Configuring the Display Settings

The V2416-XPE computer offers dual displays which allow users to connect the displays in VGA or DVI-I

interfaces. The default setting will allow one display only. If you would like to use dual displays, Use the

following steps to adjust display settings.

1. Double-click the display icon at the bottom right of the screen.