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Configuring ACCB and Proxy

To configure your device you need to change your IP settings in the boardConfig.cfg file for the

corresponding devices. Irrespective of whether the board is a Proxy or an ACCB the CFG files are

common. Apart from the boardConfig.cfg file we have a second CFG file boardConfigAdvanced.cfg

for advanced settings. After the CFG files are configured, then copy the CFG file into a Universal

Serial Bus (USB) key.

Start the ACCB and Proxy with the USB key plugged into it.

Configuration files are provided in the folder named CFG_FILES for configuring PROXY or ACCB.

There are two configuration files:

• boardConfig.cfg for general settings
• boardConfigAdvanced.cfg for advanced settings

These files are one time configurable only. The changes made will stay unless one does a factory

reset, delete or boot again using USB.

7.1

Understanding the boardConfig.cfg

Open the boardConfig.cfg file in any editor (like notepad), if you want to edit the configurations.

The following sections describe the different sections of the boardConfig.cfg file.

Device Level Settings

The device level settings are common for both ACCB and Proxy.

Set the field PROXY =”ON” as “ON” and ACCB=”OFF” if you want to configure the board as Proxy.

Similarly if you want the board to behave as ACCB, set PROXY=”OFF” and ACCB=”ON”.

For dual boards set both these fields as “ON”.

• DHCP = "ON";

If the board has to take IP address from Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) set the field

DHCP = “ON”. Other wise if you want to use a static IP set this field as “OFF”.

• Device_IP_Address = "172.29.48.152";
• Broadcast_IP_Address = "172.29.51.255";
• LAN_Gateway_IP_Address = "172.29.48.250";
• LAN_Subnet_Mask = "255.255.252.0";

The field “Device_IP_Address” is the IP address of the device which you can edit.

Fields “Device_IP_Address”, “Broadcast_IP_Address “,”LAN_Gateway_IP_Address” and

“LAN_Subnet_Mask” are provided for LAN configurations which are directly populated in case the

DHCP is ON. If you want to give a static IP, you can put the address and make the DHCP =”OFF”. You

can put new values corresponding to these fields.

Note: This broadcast address is used for sending broadcast data to all ACCB’s in the same LAN,

therefore, the broadcast address of the Proxy and ACCB should be the same.