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When a CHARON Virtual Machine (VM) is created from a template using the CHARON Virtual Machine Manager, it has to be updated to meet the desired configuration.
This configuration is represented as a text file ("configuration file") containing some specific keywords to define the main settings such as the text-based configuration file is copied from a template file. This configuration file must be customized for your specific configuration. The configuration file consists of directives written in the Charon-AXP "configuration syntax" which define all aspects of the emulated system, including amount of memory, number of CPUs, peripheral devices as well as specifics of CHARON VM executions such as name of VM log file, number of host CPUs used for emulation, etc.
To change , the location of various associated files, to name some examples.

To edit the configuration file, open the CHARON Virtual Machine Manager from its shortcut on Desktop / Start menu or from the tray menu item, select the target CHARON VM and press the "Edit Configuration" button:

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set session hw_model = AlphaServer_ES40

You must leave this line untouchedThis line must not be changed.

(warning) If you create the CHARON VM configuration file from scratch, it must be the very first uncommented line in the configuration file.

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Follow this link for details on the KGPSA-CA controllers configuration.

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Optionally it is possible to configure the folIowing models of PBXDA-xx family controllers.

VIrtual PBXDA-xx

Syntax for loading PBXDA-xx family serial lines adapters:

#load PBXDA/DIGI <name>
#load PBXDA_BA/DIGI <name>
#load PBXDA_BB/DIGI <name>
#load PBXDA_AC/DIGI <name>

Example:

load PBXDA_AC/DIGI TXA

The adapter instance name ("TXA" in the example above) is used then for parametrization, for example:

set TXA line[2]="COM1:"
set TXA port[3]=1706

The numbers in the square brackets represent line number on the virtual PBXDA adapter starting from 0.

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Charon-AXP can be configured to automatically boot an operating system at start up immediately after it has started by specifying the default boot device and setting the 'auto_action' parameter to 'restart' from the console.

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