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An Overview of Embedded Computing >
Moxa Device Manager
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Embedded Computing Solutions
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Moxa Device Manager
The Telnet/SSH Solution
The Command Line Solution
Systems that incorporate several devices located at remote sites
present a big challenge to solution providers. This is particularly
true for industrial applications that use several headless embedded
computers distributed over a wide area. Although this type of
computer is generally accessible from over the network, the existing
remote management options present a rather clumsy solution for
managing large numbers of embedded computers.
Perhaps the most common method of managing embedded computers
remotely over the network is to use Telnet/SSH. However, one of
the main drawbacks to this type of management is that you can
only connect to one embedded computer at a time. In addition, the
administrator must actively type in the IP address of the embedded
computer to establish the Telnet/SSH connection. It can be a real
nightmare to keep track of which IP address is associated with which
embedded computer.
Using MDM (Moxa Device Manager) to Manage Embedded Computers
Moxa Device Manager (MDM for short) is an easy-to-use remote
management tool for managing Moxa’s ready-to-run embedded
computers over the Internet. Moxa’s embedded computers make
excellent front-end computers at remote sites for on-site data
collection and industrial control applications. MDM is designed
to make it easy for system administrators to manage their remote
embedded computers. One of the key benefits of MDM is that
management tasks, such as configuring the network, managing and/
or transmitting text and binary files, and monitoring and controlling
processes, can be handled easily using a Windows-based user
interface. In addition, MDM can be used to manage different models
Another method of managing an embedded computer includes
working from the command line. Although this can be done from over
the network, most administrators find it difficult to remember all of the
commands that are required to manage files and run programs. Script
of embedded computer, and embedded computers that use different
operating systems, all from one centrally located computer. As long
as the individual embedded computers are pre-installed with an MDM
agent, they can be recognized and managed by the unified MDM tool
from your PC. These features help ensure that MDM gives system
integrators an efficient tool for handling all remote devices from one
computer.
In addition to controlling heterogeneous computer systems, the traffic
between the MDM tool and any of the MDM agents is encrypted.
This feature protects data transmitted from the system. Users can
comfortably manage the remote devices without worrying about the
usual risks associated with transmitting data over a network.
files that combine several commands in one text file can be used to
automate the command line method, but this option can also be quite
time-consuming for administrators that manage tens if not hundreds
of machines.