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Configure the system_private.config file

To configure the 
system_private.config file
, complete the following steps:
  1. Open Microsoft Notepad as an administrator.
  2. Click 
    File
     > 
    Open
    .
  3. Navigate to 
    C:\Program Files\capnode
     and change the file selection from “Text Documents (*.txt)” to “All Files (*.*)”.
  4. Select the 
    system_private.config
     file.
  5. Click 
    Open
    .
  6. Verify the following items in the 
    system_private.config
     file:
    1. The 
      indexURL
       variable should be formatted similar to the following image.
    2. The base URL should be followed by “/syndication/”, then the device gateway protocol ID (for example, CAP_AMSIG_V2 for an American Signal Giant Voice system), the organization ID number, followed by "/capindex".
    3. The “#” at the beginning of a line in the 
      system_private.config
       file is used to comment out an unused line. The “#” should be removed from a line to use the variable.
  7. Enter the proxy server and proxy port information you collected earlier in the proxyServer and proxyPort parameters. If the settings on the computer that you tested with is set for “Automatic” in the proxy settings, the settings for those two lines display as follows:
    • proxyServer=none
    • proxyPort=8080
  8. Update the 
    CapPostingTarget
     variables to reflect the correct URL using the same base URL as in the 
    indexURL
     variable.
    The system private config file
  9. The American Signal COM Port settings displayed in the following image are default values and should not be changed. 
    COM port settings
  10. Change the 
    encoder.SirenCentralEncoder.ASCV.Translate
     variable to match the section bolded in Create a mass device key endpoint.
  11. Change the 
    encoder.SirenCentralEncoder.ASCV2.CentralNumber
     variable to match the CSC960 address listed in Swap the CSC960 encoder.
  12. Click 
    File
     > 
    Save
    .
  13. Close the 
    system_private.config
     file.