The remote configuration is an automatic function with immediate effect on the running data acquisition, resulting in a stop and restart of the acquisition.

When activated, the remote configuration feature periodically checks if the configured file is available. If the file is available, it is executed and afterwards deleted.

The processing depends on the file extension.

• ZIP file (.zip): ibaPDA tries to open this file as a project file. At success, the I/O configuration and the data store configuration will be loaded and the data acquisition starts. Layout configurations will not be loaded even if the ZIP file contains those files.

• IO file (.io): ibaPDA tries to open this file as a new I/O configuration. At success, the new I/O configuration is applied and the data acquisition starts.

• DS file(.ds).: ibaPDA tries to load this file as a new configuration of the Data storage. At success, the new data storage configuration is applied.

• other files: ibaPDA interprets this file as a text file. It reads out the first line. This line can contain one of the following commands.

  • STOP ibaPDA stops the data acquisition.

  • RESUME ibaPDA continues the data acquisition.

  • EXPORT ibaPDA exports the current I/O configuration to the file specified in the rest of the first line.

Example: EXPORT c:\export\MyPdaIoComfog.io

If none of these commands are in the first line, then ibaPDA tries to import this file as a new I/O configuration. At success, the new I/O configuration is applied and the data acquisition starts.