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MultiSmart Installation & Operation Manual
40.20 Bulk Configurations and Versions
There are a number of ways of retrieving a bulk configuration from a MultiSmart:
• By requesting WITSCFG\bulk.dat via the DNP channel.
• By backing up a bulk configuration to a USB via the LCD.
• By retrieving a configuration into MultiSmart Configurator and then exporting the configuration from
Configurator as a bulk configuration.
Similarly, bulk configurations can be activated in the following ways:
• By sending and activating WITSCFG\bulk.dat via the DNP channel.
• By activating a bulk configuration stored on a USB via the LCD.
• By importing a bulk configuration into MultiSmart Configurator and then sending the configuration to
the MultiSmart via Configurator.
When activating a bulk configuration via the DNP channel, the version of the bulk configuration can also
be managed. The version is determined from the file name, which then takes the following form:
WITSCFG\bulk_<version>.dat
For example, the following file name would set the version to X23.
WITSCFG\bulk_X23.dat
The version number is saved under DnpSlave.Slave._1.Session.BulkCfgFile. This tag isn’t actually a
configuration tag, since it would be simply overwritten by the configuration if it was. Instead, the value of
this version is remembered by the Snapshot application (stored under the list of Init tags).
It is possible to manage the version of the bulk configuration file using Configurator. This is a valuable
mechanism when it is desired to set the version to some base number within this environment as part of
the commissioning process. In order to define this version number, the ftp.properties file needs to be
edited.
Each configuration within Configurator has an ftp.properties file, which is not actually part of the
configuration, but defines various attributes used when communicating to the device (including the IP
address and an optional password). The bulk configuration version can be managed by adding the
following line to this file:
version=<version>
For example, if the base version of the bulk configuration is defined to be M, then the following line should
be added to this file:
version=M
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