Configuration Intro

There are 2 main areas of configuration: device configuration for openXDA and user and dashboard configuration for the PQ Dashboard.

Device Configuration

The openXDA database needs to be configured with information on the devices that provide it data. The steps to do this are:

1. Create the DeviceDefinitions.xml file. This is done by:

• Filling out the Excel template for DFRs or PQ Monitors and Relays and using the DeviceDefinitionParser to convert the template(s) to a DeviceDefinitions.xml file.
• OR
• Manually creating the DeviceDefinitions.xml file. Check out the example xml files for DFRs and PQ Monitors and Relays to see what fields are necessary.
• Save the DeviceDefinitions.xml file in the folder where openXDA is installed. (rename the existing file or replace it)
• To configure the database from the DeviceDefinitions.xml file, run the ldconfig.bat script included with openXDA and found in the folder where openXDA is installed.
• For more detailed information about this process, go to [Configuring openXDA with Test Data](Configuration Test Data).

Note: The folder in the watch folder where data for the device is stored, must have the same name as the device idin the DeviceDefinitions.xml file in order for openXDA to load data for the device.

Use Configuration and Dashboard Configuration

Directions on how to configure the PQ Dashboard are in the PQ Dashboard Wiki