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ROS™ v3.5 254 RS400
14.2 Capturing Configurations
ROS™ provides a means to capture the configuration of the device in an ASCII formatted text
file. The same file can be downloaded to the device at a later date in order to restore the device
to its previous configuration. Different versions of configuration file can be compared using an
ASCII text difference tool, in order to pinpoint configuration changes.
14.2.1 Capturing Configurations with XModem
Connect to the device, either through the RS232 port or through a Telnet connection. Press
<CTRL S> to enter the shell. Enter the command “xmodem send config.csv<CR>”. Open the
XModem utility in your terminal package and start an XModem receive to the desired local
filename. Open the file to verify that it contains the appropriate configuration.
Note: You may wish to include date and node address/name information in the local filename.
14.2.2 Capturing Configurations with TFTP
Ping the device to be uploaded in order to ensure it is available. Perform a TFTP transfer from
the device, specifying a remote filename of “config.csv” and a desired local filename. Most
command line TFTP utilities would use syntax similar to “tftp hostname get config.csv local_file”.
Alternatively, sign-on to the product and use the CLI shell’s “tftp” command to send the
configuration file to your TFTP server.
Open the file to verify that contains the appropriate configuration.