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440 Legrand PDU User Guide
devices.csv
If there are device-specific settings to configure, you must create a device list configuration file -
devices.csv
,
to store unique data of each Legrand PDU device.
This file must be:
A CSV (comma-separated values) format file exported from a spreadsheet application like Excel.
Copied to the root directory.
Referenced in the
device_list
option of the "fwupdate.cfg" file. See
fwupdate.cfg
(on page 434).
Every Legrand PDU identifies its entry in the "devicelist.csv" file by comparing its serial number or MAC
address to one of the columns in the file.
Determine the column to identify Legrand PDUs:
By default, the Legrand PDU searches for its serial number in the 1st column.
To override the default, set the
match
option in the "fwupdate.cfg" file to a different column.
Syntax:
Values containing commas, line breaks or double quotes are all supported.
The commas and line breaks to be included in the values must be enclosed in double quotes.
Every double quote to be included in the value must be escaped with another double quote.
For example:
Value-1,"Value-2,with,three,commas",Value-3
Value-1,"Value-2,""with""three""double-quotes",Value-3
Value-1,"Value-2
with a line break", Value-3
Creating Configuration Files via Mass Deployment Utility
The Mass Deployment Utility is an Excel file that lets you fill in basic information required for the three
configuration files, such as the admin account and password.
After entering required information, you can generate all configuration files with only one click, including
fwupdate.cfg
,
config.txt
and
devices.csv
.
To use the Mass Deployment Utility:
1. Download the Mass Deployment Utility from the Legrand PDU section of the Raritan website.
The utility is named
mass_deployment-xxx
(where xxx is the firmware version number).
It is available on the Legrand PDU product section of Raritan website's
Support page
2. Launch Excel to open this utility.
Note: Other office suites, such as OpenOffice and LibreOffice, are not supported.
3. Read the instructions in the 1st worksheet of the utility, and make sure Microsoft Excel's security level
has been set to Medium or the equivalent for executing unsigned macros of this utility.
4. Enter information in the 2nd and 3rd worksheets.
The 2nd worksheet contains information required for
fwupdate.cfg
and
config.txt
.
The 3rd worksheet contains device-specific information for
devices.csv
.
5. Return to the 2nd worksheet to execute the export macro.
a. In the Target Directory field, specify the folder where to generate the configuration files. For example,
you can specify the root directory of a connected USB drive.
