3: SyStem CONFIGURAtION
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3.8BulkConguration(AvailableinversionsAO12001andhigher)
The Iridium Pilot comes with the Bulk Conguration Tool, which allows Solutions Partners and end users to
congure multiple Iridium Pilot units being deployed across multiple locations.
Bulk configuration provides an easy way to fully configure a Pilot IBSU by applying a configuration defined by
a plain text file. The bulk configuration file format consists of several lines where each line describes a single
configurable element and is of the form:
ID value
3.8.1BulkCongurationFile
The ID is a string that identies the congurable item to congure and value is the value to apply. The bulk
conguration le supports several types of values: integer, string, enumeration, IP address and record.
VALUE Description
Integer An integer value can be in either decimal (e.g. 123) or
hexadecimal (e.g. 0xABC) format.
String A sequence of characters possibly surrounded by
double quotes, quotes are required if the string
contains spaces.
Enumeration One of a fixed number of predefined strings, a
string enumeration value may contain spaces if it is
enclosed in quotes.
IP Address Four decimal integers each separated from its
neighbours by a single dot.
Record An element that is composed of a fixed number
of fields, each field is a value each of which is an
Integer, String, Enumeration or IP Address the order
the values appear is predefined.
Admin_Password admin
IP_Address 192.168.0.1
DHCPS_Enabled enabled
Compression_Mask 0x07
Port_Forward_Rule_1 UDP 192.168.0.5 55 66 yes
Admin_Password – String
IP_Address – IP Address
DHCPS_Enabled – Enumeration (“enabled” or “disabled”)
Compression_Mask – Integer (in hex format)
Port_Forward_Rule_1 – Record made up of Enumeration (“UDP” or “TCP”), IP Address, Integer, Integer and
Enumeration (“yes” OR “NO”).