4.2. Selecting the DM3 Configuration Files

Two configuration files, a Product Configuration Description (PCD) file and a Feature Configuration Description (FCD) file, must be downloaded to each DM3 board in your system. The purpose of the PCD file is to determine the software components your system will use. The purpose of the FCD file is to adjust the settings of the components that make up each product. For example, the FCD file contains instructions to configure network interface protocols. Each PCD and FCD file for a configuration has the same name; only the extensions (.pcd and .fcd) differ.

For reference information about DM3 configuration files, including configuration files applicable to each DM3 board, see the DM3 Configuration File Reference. This document provides instructions for editing configuration files if the default settings in the FCD file are not appropriate for your configuration.

If you are configuring DM3 IPLink T-1 and E-1 boards that contain a network interface card (NIC), refer to section Section 4.14, Configuring the H.323 IP Stack before stating this procedure.

Note: The following procedure applies to selecting configuration files the first time you run DCM with a DM3 board in your system. If you want to select different configuration files (PCD and FCD files) later, follow the procedure in Section 4.10, Selecting Different DM3 Configuration Files.

The first time you run DCM with a DM3 board in your system, the Assign Firmware File dialog box appears (Figure 7). The system will download the DM3 board with the PCD and FCD files corresponding to the configuration name you select.

Figure 7. Assign Firmware File Dialog Box

1. Select the configuration file name corresponding to the board you are configuring and the functionality you require.
2. Click the OK button. The PCDFileName parameter will be assigned the filename you selected. In addition, the FCDFileName parameter also will be assigned the same filename, but with an .fcd extension.
3. Repeat the process for each DM3 board in your system.

When no more DM3 boards are detected, the DCM Main Window appears (Figure 8).

Figure 8. DCM Main Window

Note: Antares is not supported in this release.

When DCM starts, the DCM Main Window displays the boards installed in your system in a tree structure. This display is for the computer you specified using the Computer Name dialog box (Figure 5, Computer Name Dialog Box - Local or Figure 6, Computer Name Dialog Box - Remote). The top branch of the tree structure, Configured Devices on..., includes the name of the computer you connected to. If you entered an IP address in the Computer Name dialog box, the IP address is shown instead of the computer name.

The first level of the tree structure shows the board families or categories of Intel Dialogic boards currently installed in your system, and also shows the TDM bus, which refers to the resource bus used to carry information between boards. The next level displays the model names of the boards in your system. If the board model names are not displayed, click the family name node(s) to expand the tree structure.

Now that you selected the configuration files for the boards already installed (BLT, PCI, and cPCI boards), you can configure and install hardware configurable boards. If you don't have any boards of this type, you can go on to Section 4.4, Designating the Clock Source.

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