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Loading a configuration file – Comtrol UP DeviceMaster Installation User Manual

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58 - Managing the DeviceMaster UP

Hardware Installation and Configuration Guide: 2000451 Rev. J

Managing the DeviceMaster UP

Loading a
Configuration File

Use the following procedure to load a previously saved a DeviceMaster UP
configuration file. Load a configuration file and apply it to a selected DeviceMaster
UP or DeviceMaster UPs from the Main screen or the Software Settings tab on the
Properties screen.

Use this procedure to load a configuration file using the Device List pane to one or
more DeviceMaster UP units.

Note: The configuration file does not need to be the same model or port density.

For example, the saved configuration file could be from a DeviceMaster PRO
8-port that you want to load on a DeviceMaster RTS 1-port.

1.

Highlight the device or devices in the Device List pane that you want to load
and use one of the following methods:

Click the Load button

Right-click and then click
Configuration > Load

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 (.dc) and then Open.

4.

Click the All check box or click
only the properties that you want
to load for each property page in
the configuration file and then
click Done.

Note: If you click All, every

selected DeviceMaster UPs
will be programmed with
the same IP address.

5.

Close the Load Configuration
popup message.