Network drives on the control

Application

Use the Mount Setup window to connect network drives to the control. If a network drive is connected to the control, the control displays additional drives in the navigation column of the file management.

Requirements

  • Existing network connection
  • Control and computer in same network
  • Path and access data of drive to be connected are known

Description of function

The Shares menu item opens the Mount Setup window. The menu item can be found in the Network/Remote Access group of the Settings application.

You can also open the window with the Mount network share button of the Files operating mode.

File management

You can define any number of network drives, but only seven can be connected at a time.

Network drive area

In the Network drive area, the control shows a list of all defined network drives, as well as the status of each drive.

The control displays the following buttons:

Button

Meaning

Mount

Connect a network drive

The control selects the check box in the Mount column if an active connection exists.

Unmount

Disconnect a network drive

Auto

Automatically connect the network drive when the control is booting.

The control selects the check box in the Auto column if an active automatic connection exists.

Add

Define a new connection

Mount assistant window

Remove

Delete an existing connection

Copy

Copy connection

Mount assistant window

Edit

Edit the connection settings

Mount assistant window

Private network drive

User-specific connection if user administration is active

The control selects the check box in the Privat column if a user-specific connection exists.

Status Log area

In the Status Log area, the control shows status information and error messages about connections.

Use the Clear button to delete the contents of the Status Log area.

Mount assistant window

In the Mount assistant window you define the settings for a connection with a network drive.

The Add, Copy and Edit buttons open the Mount assistant window.

The Mount assistant window contains tabs with the following settings:

Tab

Setting

Drive name

  • Drive name:
  • Network drive name in the file management of the control

    The control permits only capitals, with a colon (:) at the end.

  • Private network drive
  • When user administration is active, the connection is only visible to the user who created it.

Share type

  • Transfer protocol
  • Windows share (CIFS/SMB) or Samba server
  • UNIX share (NFS)

Server and Share

  • Server name:
  • Server name or IP address

  • Share name:
  • Directory accessed by the control

Automount

Connect automatically (not possible with the "Ask for password?" option)

The control connects the network drive automatically during the starting process.

User name and password (only with Windows share)

  • Single Sign On
  • When user administration is active, the control automatically connects an encrypted network drive when the user logs in.

  • Windows user name:
  • Ask for password? (not possible with the "Connect automatically" option)
  • Select whether a password is required upon connecting.

  • Password
  • Password verification

Mounting options

Parameters for mount option "-o":

Auxiliary parameters for the connection

Examples of Mounting options

Check

The control displays a summary of the defined settings.

You can check the settings and save them with Apply.

Examples of Mounting options

Enter options without a space, only separated by a comma

Options for SMB

Example

Meaning

domain=xxx

Name of the domain

HEIDENHAIN recommends not to write the domain into the user name, but as an option.

vers=2.1

Protocol version

Options for NFS

Example

Meaning

rsize=8192

Packet size in bytes for data reception

Input: 512...8192

wsize=4096

Packet size in bytes for data transmission

Input: 512...8192

soft,timeo=3

Conditional Mount

Time in tenths of a second after which the control will try to connect again

sec=ntlm

Authentication method ntlm

Use this option if the control displays the Permission denied error message upon connecting.

nfsvers=2

Protocol version

Notes

  • Have a network specialist configure the control.
  • To avoid security gaps, prefer the current versions of the SMB and NFS protocols.