ATLAS 10 Configuration Manager

The new feature is available from Tools | Import/Export Configuration. This is intended as a tool for deploying complete configuration needed for ATLAS 10 Client. 

This tool includes an option to export all the Roaming, SQLRace, Registry, Recorder and Database configuration settings. It also includes an option to export all the Functions, Circuits, Bit configuration, Constants, Alarms and PCU8D configuration files.

This tool also provides an option to create different profiles and store relevant settings associated to these profiles. E.g. one can create a "Track profile" that contains settings associated to Track infrastructure. Or one can create a profile, say, "vTAG machine" that contains settings relevant for running a vTAG server on a machine. A single export configuration file can be built up comprising various profiles so that a single file can be maintained and shared across various users and then users can import settings based on a particular profile. 

Typical Usage:

Step 1: Exporting Configuration:

Once ATLAS 10 client is configured with the desired settings, click on the Import/Export Configuration from the Tools menu. Click on "Refresh current configuration" to acquire all the settings from the current setup. Provide a "Profile Name" associated to this setup, say, Track and select the relevant files that need to be copied from this host machine and included in the export.  

Click on the Export button and save the configuration file (.acgx)

Another profile can be created in the similar manner by defining the new ATLAS 10 setup associated to this profile being created. One can then either create a new export configuration file or add to an existing one by selecting the existing file (**). 

Step 2: Importing Configuration

On user's machine where ATLAS 10 is being deployed, the configuration can be imported either

• manually via launching ATLAS 10 and through the Import/Export Configuration tool; or
• via command line options 

A) Applying previously defined configurations manually

Start ATLAS 10 and go to Tools | Import/Export Configuration and switch to the "Import ATLAS 10 Configuration Bundle" tab. Select the exported file, and choose the relevant profile to be applied. 

 

B)  Applying previously defined configurations via command line

The following command line options are available for launching ATLAS 10 and performing various tasks:

-HELP -- shows command line help
-NOPROMPT -- no splash screen shown 
-ENFORCECONFIG:<acgxfile>,<profileName> -- applies a profile from the config file provided and exits
-w:<workbookfile> -- load a specific workbook

For example, for applying a previously defined "Track" profile from an configuration file one can using the following:

MAT.ATLAS.HOST.exe -ENFORCECONFIG:"C:\configurationFiles\Atlas10Configuration.acgx","Track"

Contents of a Configuration file (.acgx):

The exported file is a zipped file that contains:

• an XML file with all the settings
• a folder per profile containing zipped Circuit, Alarms, Functions, Constants and PCU8D raw files

  

 **Due to a known issue, when adding a new profile to an existing configuration file, the dialog suggests that file is being overwritten but that is not the case. The new profile will be appended to that existing file.