Setting up links automatically

You can use pandad.cfg.xml to instruct pandad.exe to automatically load information on nodes detected by other instances of Pandad on the network, each time Pandad is started.

To set up links automatically

1. Navigate to the NWare installation folder.
2. Make a copy of the file pandad.cfg.xml.

   Note: It is important to create a backup copy of pandad.cfg.xml file to ensure you can return to the original configuration if required.

3. Open pandad.cfg.xml in a text-editing program like Windows Notepad.
4. Add some blank lines between the last end comment command (-->) and the end Panda command (</panda>), then position the cursor in the space you have created.
5. If you want Pandad to discover remote nodes from another instance of Pandad, type the following command, replacing xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the IP address of the remote PC that is running Pandad:

   <remote_link ip="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" local_only="1" />

   If you want Pandad to discover remote nodes from another instance of Pandad, plus other linked instances of Pandad, the following command, replacing xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the IP address of the remote PC that is running Pandad:

   <remote_link ip="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" local_only="0" />

   Tips:

   • You can add multiple remote_link commands to contact other instances of Pandad on other PCs.
   • There are examples of using the remote_link command in the commented out sections in the pandad.cfg.xml file.

6. If you want to specify an alternative IP address for a remote_link command to use should the primary address become unreachable, specify the second address using the alternative command. For example:

   <remote_link ip="192.168.1.101" local_only="0">

   <alternate ip="192.168.1.102"/>

7. Save the file.
8. Start either NWare.exe or Pandad.exe to check your modifications are correct and the system works.