Edit .ini file
Edit the file carefully before you transfer it to other ATSs.
1. Use a text editor to make your changes.
– Section headings, keywords, and pre-defined values are not case-sensitive, but string values
that you define are case-sensitive.
– Use adjacent quotation marks to indicate no value. For example, LinkURL1="" indicates that
the URL is intentionally undefined.
– Enclose in quotation marks any values that contain leading or trailing spaces or are already
enclosed in quotation marks.
– To export scheduled events, configure the values directly in the .ini file.
– To export a system time with the greatest accuracy, if the receiving ATSs can access a
Network Time Protocol server, configure enabled for NTPEnable:
NTPEnable=enabled
Alternatively, reduce transmission time by exporting the [SystemDate/Time] section as a
separate .ini file.
– To add comments, start each comment line with a semicolon (;).
2. Copy the customized file to another file name in the same folder:
– The file name can have up to 64 characters and must have the .ini suffix.
– Retain the original customized file for future use. The file that you retain is the only record
of your comments.
Transfer the file to a single ATS
To transfer the .ini file to another ATS, do either of the following:
• From the Web UI of the receiving ATS, select Configuration > General > User Config File.
Enter the full path of the file, or use Browse on your local PC.
• Use any file transfer protocol supported by ATSs, i.e., FTP, FTP Client, SCP, or TFTP. The
following example uses FTP:
a. From the folder containing the copy of the customized .ini file, use FTP to log in to the ATS
to which you are exporting the .ini file:
ftp> open ip_address
b. Export the copy of the customized .ini file to the root directory of the receiving ATS:
ftp> put filename.ini
Transfer the file to multiple ATSs
To transfer the .ini file to multiple ATSs, do one of the following:
• Use FTP or SCP, but write a script that incorporates and repeats the steps used for exporting the
file to a single ATS.
• Use a batch processing file and the .ini file utility.
To create the batch file and use the utility, see Release Notes: ini File Utility, version 2.0, available
at www.apc.com.
