Moxa ioPAC 8500-2-M12-C-T [50/69] Setting up the rtu controller as an nfs client

Moxa C Programmable RTU Controllers Managing Communications

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Create a pppd configuration “cellular-connect” at /etc/ppp/peers

Perform the command

#pppd call cellular-connect

NFS (Network File System)

The Network File System (NFS) is used to mount a disk partition on a remote machine, as if it were on a local

hard drive, allowing fast, seamless sharing of files across a network. NFS allows users to develop applications

for the Moxa C programming RTU controller, without worrying about the amount of disk space that will be

available. The Moxa RTU controller supports NFS protocol for client.

NOTE

Click on the following links for more information about NFS:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS

-HOWTO/index.html

http://nfs.sourceforge.net/nfs

-howto/client.html

http://nfs.sourceforge.net/nfs

-howto/server.html

Setting up the RTU Controller as an NFS Client

The following procedure is used to mount a remote NFS Server.

1. To know the NFS Server’s shared directory.

2. Establish a mount point on the NFS Client site.

3. Mount the remote directory to a local directory.

#mkdir –p /home/nfs/public

#mount –t nfs NFS_Server(IP):/directory /mount/point

Example:

#mount –t nfs 192.168.127.100:/home/public /home/nfs/public

Mail

smtpclient is a minimal SMTP client that takes an email message body and passes it on to an SMTP server. It

is suitable for applications that use email to send alert messages or important logs to a specific user.

NOTE

Click on the following link for more information about smtpclient:

http://www.engelschall.com/sw/smtpclient/

To send an email message, use the ‘smtpclient’ utility, which uses SMTP protocol. Type #smtpclient –help to

see the help message.