4: Configuration Using XML
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settings specified. This can be done on any level, including the root. Special tags in the XML
allow for providing root and enable level passwords so that this can also be done at the
password prompt.
Web browser—Web Manager can be used to import and export an XCR to the device server
file system. It can also be used to import an XCR from an external source such as your local
hard drive.
FTP—The device server FTP server can export and import XCRs when an FTP get or put
command on the filename intellibox_io.xcr is requested. On export (FTP get of
intellibox_io.xcr), the FTP server obtains the current XCR from Evolution OS™ and sends it as
a file. On import (FTP put of intellibox_io.xcr), the FTP server processes the file by sending it
directly to the XML engine. In both cases the device server filesystem is not accessed. The file
intellibox_io.xcr is not read from or written to the file system. See FTP in the IntelliBox-I/O
2100 User Guide.
Best Practices
You can import or export an entire XCR, or just a portion of it, by specifying the group name and/or
group instances. In the examples below, import and export operations are performed from the CLI
on the local filesystem and require a XCR on the local filesystem. The Web Manager provides the
same functionality.
Caution: Using Microsoft Word to edit and save an XCR will change the format of
the file and make it incompatible with Evolution OS. This is true even if
the file is saved as Plain Text (.txt) or an XML Document (.xml). Notepad,
a third party text editor, or a specialized XML editor should be used
instead.

Importing

The following syntax can be used to import configurations from a file:
xcr import <file>
xcr import <file> <groups and/or group:instances>
The first line imports all groups specified in the XML config record named in <file>. Any filename
is valid, and the file name and extension are not important.
Caution: The filename intellibox_io.xcr is not acceptable, because performing a
FTP get on that name produces the current configuration and does not
perform an FTP from the filesystem. Also, the filename intellibox_io.xsr
is not acceptable, because performing an FTP get on that name
produces the current status and does not get anything from the
filesystem.
In the second line:
Instance follows group with a colon (see the third example on the next page).
Multiple groups are separated with a comma.
Any white space requires the list of groups to be quoted.
Only the named groups get imported, even if the XCR contains additional XCR groups.