How to Update Properties and Firmware

Each time the Vocera Voice Server starts, it reads badge.properties into memory. If property values on the badge don’t match the in-memory values, the server automatically updates the badges with the values from badge.properties.

Important: If you edit the badge.properties on the Vocera Voice Server, its values are not read into memory again until you restart the server. At that time, the server automatically downloads the new properties to badges that connect to it.

To update properties and firmware:

  1. On the badge configuration computer, use the Badge Properties Editor to configure a test badge to confirm that WLAN security settings work properly. See Configuring a Test Badge.
    If the test badge works properly, you are ready to copy the badge.properties file to the Vocera Voice Server to update other badges.
  2. Copy the badge.properties file in the \vocera\config directory on the badge configuration computer to the \vocera\config directory on the active Vocera Voice Server.
  3. Use the Vocera Control Panel to restart the server, as described in the Vocera Voice Server Installation Guide.
  4. As badges connect to the server, they synchronize with the Vocera Voice Server, if necessary.
    If a badge is offline, it will update as soon as the badge boots and connects to the server.