Using the Badge Configuration Utility

Badge Configuration Utility is used with new badges. Hence it must run on a stand-alone configuration computer. Each badge uses a built-in program called Updater during initial configuration. By default, the Updater program scans channels 1 through 11 attempting to connect to a Badge Configuration Utility on a machine with IP address 10.0.0.1.

The Badge Configuration Utility is a tool that can download properties and firmware from the configuration computer to:

New badges that have never been configured.
Badges that have been reset to factory defaults.

For more information, refer to Restoring Factory Default Settings.

After the badge downloads its properties and firmware, it reboots and attempts to connect to the network using the property values it has downloaded. If it connects to the network successfully, it then attempts to connect to the Vocera Voice Server.

Note: You can use the Badge Configuration Utility to configure ten badges simultaneously.