User manual

Klinkmann Automation SPA Bus Server 15
SPA Server Ver 1.x User Manual Rev 2.3 120XXM23
Configuration File Location
When the SPA Server starts up, it first attempts to locate its configuration file by, first
checking the WIN.INI file for a path that was previously specified. If the path is not
present in the WIN.INI file, the Server will assume that the current working directory is to
be used.
To start the Server from an application directory configuration file other than the default
configuration file a special switch (/d:) is used. For example, invoke the File/Run
command from the File Manager or Program Manager and enter the following:
SPA /d:c:\directoryname
Note. There is no limit to the number of configuration files that may be created, although
each must be in a separate directory.
Topic Definition Command
The user provides each SPA bus device with an arbitrary name that is used as the topic
name for all references to the device.
The following steps are taken to define the topics attached to the SPA bus device:
1. Invoke the menu item /Configure/Topic Definition… The "Topic Definition" dialogue
box will appear: