Create New Configuration

Create New Configuration

Set the default configuration

To make it easier to develop a new session configuration set the default configuration file in the Client configuration. Then you don't need to manually browse the configuration file every time you start a session.

See Set default configuration

Copy an old configuration

Organisation

Copy the new roles and update

File name: xx-Global-Roles.coni

<Roles>
  <Role
      IDName = "A"
      LongName = "Chief"

      ControlUnits = "D13"

      MailSendTo = "B,C,E,G,H,I,K"
      MapDBTo = ""

Units

Copy the new Units and update
Update the numbers for the units images

File name: xx-Global-Units.coni

<Units>
  <Unit
      IDName = "F1"
      LongName = "Firefighter Unit 1"

      SendInfoTo = "C"

      ImageGoTo = "Unit\Number\White\1-White.gif"
      ImageGoToSelected = "Unit\Number\White\1-White-Selected.gif"
      ImagePos = "Unit\Number\Red\1-Red.gif"
      ImagePosSelected = "Unit\Number\Red\1-Red-Selected.gif"

UAVs

Copy the new UAV and update
Update the numbers for the UAV's images
Update who is controlling the UAV at start.

File name example: xx-Main-ss.con

<UAVs>

    <UAV
      IDName = "D15"
      ControllerActive = "A"

Map

Roles Map Scroll Positions

Add the new roles and Update all roles map scroll positions.

File name: xx-yy-RolesScrollPos.coni

  <RolesScrollPos>

    <Role
      IDName = "A"
      MapStartCenterScrollPos = "20,20"

Units Map Positions

Add the new units and update all units map positions.

File name: xx-yy-UnitsPos.coni

  <UnitsPos>

    <Unit
      IDName = "F1"
      Pos = "18,18" />

UAVs Map Positions

Add the new UAVs and update all UAVs map positions.

File name: xx-yy-UAVsPos.coni

  <UAVsPos>

    <UAV
      IDName = "D15"
      HomeBasePos = "20,20" />

UnitInfoDisplay

UnitInfoDisplayOutline

Update unit information outline display. Update if Water or Fuel level should be visible.

File name: xx-Global-UIMain-zz.coni

    <UnitInfoDisplayOutline
      Name = "Ground Chief Info" >

      ...

      <UnitInfoDisplayOutlineCol
        Property = "WaterLevel"
        PropertyType = "String"
        width = "50" />

      <UnitInfoDisplayOutlineCol
        Property = "FuelLevel"
        PropertyType = "String"
        width = "50" />

    </UnitInfoDisplayOutline>

Error messages

Old Unit pos configurations

If you converting an old configuration file and get this error.
You should update unit pos definitions.
Move units position from the elements in <Units> to the elements in <UnitsPos>.
In <Modules> element set Unit = true
In <Modules> element set MapObjects = "True"

Unable to parse session configuration. Error while parsing the tag <Units>
Error report generated by c3systems.global.sessionData.SessionConfigParser.parseSessionConfiguration<Units>