Moxa OnCell 5104-HSPA-T [56/67] Oncell central management software

OnCell 5000 Series Introduction and Configuring VPN

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OnCell Central Management Software

In the cellular world, most service providers only offer private IP addresses to mobile devices due to the limited

availability of public addresses. Mobile devices configured with a private IP address can access resources on the

Internet, but the mobile devices cannot be managed or accessed directly from the Internet since the private IP

address is hidden. The mechanism we developed uses an OnCell server configured with a public IP address to

solve this private IP problem. The OnCell server accepts connections from both Ethernet and serial mobile

devices and remote hosts. Once a connection is established, the mobile device and remote host can

communicate with each other over the pre-established connection. This software can be installed by a

customer or hosted by Moxa (for demonstration or testing purposes only) and can be accessed from anywhere

across an IP network, including the Internet.

To illustrate, the following network configuration example shows several OnCell devices, labeled as “OnCell

5000.” These OnCell devices are all connected to the OnCell Central Server. The host device is located in the

same control center as the OnCell Central Server. Please refer to the OnCell Central Manager User’s Manual for

information on how to configure the OnCell Central Management Software. The user’s manual can be

www.moxa.com

OnCell Central Serial Device Connection

If your device is serial interface, and your cellular service provider assigns you a private IP address after you

connect to the cellular network, Real COM, RFC2217, or TCP Server mode allow you to access the OnCell 5000

via an OnCell Central Server from host PC.