Set up properties files

By default, PLA 3.0 users can use all configuration profiles available for a Data Acquisition Module and can create, edit, and delete all configuration profiles. Using the properties file of a Data Acquisition Module, you can restrict these rights if you require.

About properties files

Properties files hold configuration profile-related settings and restrictions regarding the configuration and selection of configuration profiles. When you create the first configuration profile for a Data Acquisition Module in your environment, PLA 3.0 automatically creates the respective properties file.

The properties file contain the settings of all default and custom configuration profiles you created for the Data Acquisition Module. The number of the profile indicates the sequence in which you created the configuration profiles.

Name

Magellan Native Data Acquisition Package.properties

Note: PLA 3.0 can access settings in the properties file only if the file name remains unchanged. In some versions of the module and under specific circumstances, the file was renamed to null.properties, which resulted in your settings being no longer accessible. You can solve this issue by restoring the default name, Magellan Native Data Acquisition Package.properties.

Location

%ProgramData%\Stegmann Systems\PLA 3.0

Important: You need write permissions to the %ProgramData%\Stegmann Systems\PLA 3.0 folder.

Encoding

The encoding of the properties files is ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1). You have to enter all non-Latin-1 characters using \ as an escape character. Examples: Enter the special character : as \: and the special character \ as \\.

Editing

To edit the properties file, you can use any standard text editor. Use key=value pairs to configure the settings. You can add a new key=value pair, or modify an existing pair if you require.

Important: We recommend you edit the properties file only for advanced configuration tasks such as the setup of restrictions. Use PLA 3.0 for standard configurations such as the creation and deletion of configuration profiles.