Using configuration files – Comtrol 500 DeviceMaster User Manual
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Managing the DeviceMaster 500
Using Configuration Files
If you are deploying multiple DeviceMaster 500 units that share common values,
you can save the configuration file (.dmc) from the Main or Configure Device
screens in PortVision Plus and load that configuration onto other DeviceMaster
500 units.
If you save a configuration file from the Main or Configure Device screen, you can
choose what properties you want saved.
Use this procedure to save a configuration file using the Main screen.
1.
If you have not done so, install PortVision Plus (
Page 19) and Scan the network.
2.
Highlight the device on the Main screen that you want to save its
configuration and use one of the following methods:
•
Click the Save button
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Right-click and then click Save Configuration to File
3.
Browse to the location you want to save the file, enter a file name and click
Save.
4.
Click the All checkbox or click only the properties that you want saved for each
property page in the configuration file and click Done.
Note: Selecting the All option with multiple DeviceMaster 500s highlighted
will apply the same IP address to all of the selected DeviceMaster 500s.
5.
Click Ok to close the Save Configuration Completed message.
Use the following procedure to load a previously saved a DeviceMaster 500
configuration file. Load a configuration file and apply it to a selected DeviceMaster
500 or DeviceMaster 500s from the Main or Configure Device screen.
Use this procedure to load a configuration file using the Main screen to one or
more DeviceMaster 500 units.
1.
Highlight the device or devices on the Main screen that you want to load and
use one of the following methods:
•
Click the Load button
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Right-click and then click Load Configuration to File
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Click Load Configuration to File on the Device menu
2.
Click Yes to the warning that it will take 25 seconds per device and it may also
reboot the devices.
3.
Browse to the location of the configuration file, click the file name and then
Open.
4.
Click the All checkbox or click only the properties that you want to load for
each property page in the configuration file and then click Done.
5.
Close the Load Configuration popup message.