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IX. Device Configuration and Settings
The Device can be configured using two different methods:
1.
With the configuration file YDBM.TXT on a MicroSD card. You will need laptop or smartphone
with a text editor and a MicroSD card slot.
2. With a dedicated set of commands which can be entered into the Device's installation description
field via specialized PC software, such as Yacht Devices' CAN Log Viewer, ActiSense NMEA Reader,
or Maretron N2KAnayzer. Installation description strings are also supported by some MFD models.
In the previous section «Quick Setup List», you can find the minimal settings that must be specified in
order for the Battery Monitor to work with your system and record values for reference.
1. Device Configuration with a MicroSD card
To configure the Device, a configuration text file YDBM.TXT should be created in the root folder
of the MicroSD card. A sample configuration file is included in Appendix C. File contents should match
the following rules:
• parameters and their values have to be entered in UPPER CASE;
• each parameter must reside on a separate line;
• commentary lines must start with the # symbol which makes them non-executable.
Insert a FAT or FAT32 formatted Micro SD card, containing an YDBM.TXT configuration file in its root
folder, into the Device. After few seconds, the status LED gives a series of 3 signals (see Section VII)
indicating that the configuration file has (or has not) been processed. If the configuration file is located
and accepted, a newly created YDBMSAVE.TXT file with the current configuration of the Device appears
in the card's root folder.
After the series of 3 LED signals, you can remove the card and check the YDBMSAVE.TXT file to make
sure that the configuration file has been properly interpreted. You can also load an empty YDBM.TXT file
(zero length, or comments-only) into the Device to get a YDBMSAVE.TXT file with the full configuration
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