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mxhtsp: Hot Swapping for Hard Drives

Overview

The TC-6110 comes with an eight gigabyte CompactFlash card specifically included as permanent storage

space for the operating system and system software. The TC-6110 also comes with two removable modules

that each support a single SATA 2.5 inch HDD/SSD interface; additionally, the TC-6110 comes with two empty

modules for further memory drive expansion, if so desired. The mxhtsp software package makes these

modules hot swappable, so they may be safely removed during computer operation without powering down. To

enable the TC-6110’s hot swap feature, users must install mxhtsp by following the instructions below.

Installing mxhtsp

Follow these steps to install mxhtsp and enable the TC-6110’s hot swap capabilities.

1. Navigate to the Utility folder, located on the software DVD under

<software DVD>\utility\1.mxhtsp\.

Double click

mxhtsp_setup.msi.

2. When the software setup wizard appears, click Next to continue. In the next dialog, click Browse to select

the folder where you want to install the package, or simply click Next to continue if you want to use the

default folder.

3. The wizard will tell you the installer is ready to install mxhstp. Click Next to continue, and after the

installation has completed, click Close to exit the wizard and end the installation.

4. After the wizard closes a dialog will appear (seen at right) asking you if

you want to restart the system. Click Yes to restart the computer and

start the hot swap daemon, or click No if you prefer to continue

installing other software before restarting.

Hot Swap Configuration and Usage

Once the system has re-initialized you may follow the directions below to configure hot swap for your needs.

Starting Hot Swap

When Moxa’s hot swap daemon (mxhtspd) has automatically started at boot

time users will be notified by a message delivered in the Windows system tray.

Once mxhtspd is active, it will monitor the removable drives. Two features

are provided by mxhtspd, described below.