Connecting To The Iothinx 4530 Controller; Connecting Through The Serial Console - Moxa Technologies ioThinx 4530 Series User Manual

ioThinx 4530 Linux Manual

Connecting to the ioThinx 4530 Controller

You will need to use 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 port or through the
Ethernet port. Refer to the ioThinx 4530 Series Hardware Manual to see how to set up the physical
connections.
The default login username and password are:
Username:
Password:
The username and password are the same for all serial console and 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 section in chapter 5.
ATTENTION
For security reasons, we recommend that you disable the default user account and create your own user
accounts.

Connecting 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.
Serial Console Port Settings
Baudrate
Parity
Data bits
Stop bits
Flow control
Terminal
Below we show how to use the terminal software to connect to the ioThinx 4530 controller in a Linux
environment and in a Windows environment.
Linux Users
NOTE These steps apply to the Linux PC you are using to connect to the ioThinx 4530 controller. Do NOT apply
these steps to the ioThinx 4530 controller itself.
Take the following steps to connect to the ioThinx 4530 controller from your Linux PC.
1. Install minicom from the package repository of your operating system.
For Centos and Fedora:
user@PC1:~# yum -y install minicom
For Ubuntu and Debian:
user@PC2:~# apt-get install minicom
minicom –s
2. Use the
user@PC1:~# minicom –s
moxa
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command to enter the configuration menu and set up the serial port settings.
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Getting Started
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command. For additional