Readme for NPort Batch Configurator under Linux
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The NPort Batch Configurator (npbc) program is a command line tool for
configuring NPort serial device server under linux.
Major functions for NPort Batch Configurator is as follows.
1. Config IP address of NPort serial device server according to it's MAC
address.
2. Config the NPort serial device server according to the editable
configuration file. The configuration file can be exported into an
editable text file.
3. Import the configuration to one or multiple NPort serial device server
at one time.
To run this program, you need to copy package file into host and build
execution file.
1. System Requirement
- Hardware platform: Intel x86 machine
- Kernel version: 2.0.3x or 2.2.x or 2.4.x
- gcc version 2.72 or later
- Network interface card and TCP/IP protocol stack are configured
correctly.
2. Install NPort Batch configurator
1. Copy package file from CD-ROM into Host
# cd /
# mkdir moxa
# cd /moxa
# cp /mnt/cdrom/<directory>/npbc.tgz .
# tar xvfz npbc.tgz
2. Compile source to generate execution file.
# cd /moxa/npbc
# make linux
3. You are ready to use npbc to configure NPort.
3. Usage of NPort Batch Configurator
Usage: ./npbc [OPTION] [[IP address] FILENAME [PASSWORD]]...
npbc version 1.2 .
NPort Server configuration utility program.
Use npbc to change IP addresses, set config, and export config.
OPTION:
-c, change Changes IP addresses of selected NPort Servers.
Takes one argument:
1.FILENAME is a text file that contains a list
of MAC addresses, IP addresses, and passwords.
>>>>>Note!!<<<<<
To use this function, NPort and host must be
connected to the same LAN.
-s, setting Imports the config from a file into selected
NPort Servers. It requires two arguments:
1.IP_LIST_FILENAME is a text file that contains
a list of IP addresses of NPort Servers that
the configuration is about to update.
2.CONFIG_FILENAME is a text file that contains
an NPort Server configuration.
(NOTE: -e option can be used to create the file)
-e, export Exports the configuration of a specific NPort
Server to the file CONFIG_FILENAME.
Takes three arguments:
1.IP_ADDRESS is the IP address(e.g.,192.168.1.2)
of the NPort Server whose configuration is to
be exported to a file.
2.CONFIG_FILENAME is the file to which the
config is exported.
3.PASSWORD is the password of the NPort Server
(omit this option if no password is set for the
device).
-h, help Displays this help file, and then exits.
4. How to setup IP address of NPort serial devcie server by
MAC address?
1. Install the NPort serial device server and connect to
Ethernet and serial device. Please record the MAC
address before go to next step. You may find the MAC
address at the buttom label of the NPort Server.
For example, say the MAC address is 00:90:e8:21:10:03.
You would like to config it as 192.168.127.3.
2. Under Linux, open ./moxa/npbc/changeip by vi.
3. Add the MAC address and desired IP address in the file as
follows.
Ex.
[NPBC Change IP File]
#[MAC address] [IP address] [Password]
00:90:e8:21:10:01 192.168.127.1
00:90:e8:21:10:02 192.168.127.2
00:90:e8:21:10:03 192.168.127.3 opensesame
4. # ./moxa/npbc/npbc -c changeip
5. The NPort Batch configurator will update the IP of the
NPort serial device server to 191.168.127.3.
5. How to export configuration file from a NPort serial device
server?
You may have to export the configuration file from a
NPort serial device server to a text file in order to setup
other NPort serial device servers.
The configuration file contains network configuration,
serial line configuration, operation mode along with
all parameters.
For example, say IP address of the NPort server is
192.168.127.3.
1. Under Linux, run
#./moxa/npbc/npbc -e 192.168.127.3 nportno1
2. The configuration is saved into the file "nportno1".
3. For the format of each field in the configuration file,
please refer to the remark in the file.
6. How to setup one or more NPort serial device server by
configuration file?
You may use the configuration file mentioned above to copy
the configration to one or more NPort serial device server.
However, the IP address for each of the NPort serial device
server should be well configured in advance.
Prior to proceed, you may change the configuration in
configuration file as you wish manually. When all settings
are ready, please go by following steps.
1. Determine which NPort server to be configured
You have to setup the IP address for each NPort server
to be configured by way of setting an ip list in file
"iplist".
2. Run # vi ./moxa/npbc/npbc/iplist, and add desired IP
addresses for the NPort server.
[NPBC Import IP File]
#Model Name
ModelName 211
#[IP address] [Password]
192.168.127.3 sesame
192.168.127.4
3. Run #./npbc/npbc -s iplist nportno1
The configuration for two NPort servers with IP
192.168.127.3, 192.168.127.4 will be updated.
7. Model Name
NPort Express :
DE-211 ModelName 211
DE-311 ModelName 311
DE-311M ModelName 8311
NPort Server Lite:
DE-301 ModelName 301
DE-302 ModelName 302
DE-304 ModelName 304
DE-331 ModelName 331
DE-332 ModelName 332
DE-334 ModelName 334
NPort Server Pro:
DE-308 ModelName 308
DE-303 ModelName 303
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