Configuring Badges to Connect to the Staging Server

To test the Vocera staging server, you should configure several badges to connect to it. Try to make badge-to-badge calls and test other Vocera functionality.

This section provides a quick summary on how to configure badges to connect to the Vocera staging server. For complete instructions, see the Vocera Badge Configuration Guide.

  1. On the configuration computer, back up the badge.properties file located in the \vocera\config directory. Name the backup copy badge.properties.production. This file contains badge properties used for your Vocera production server.
  2. Use the Badge Properties Editor on the configuration computer to set the Vocera Server IP Address property to the IP address of the Vocera staging server.
  3. Copy the badge.properties file from the configuration computer to the Vocera staging server.
  4. Restore factory settings on the badges you want to use to test the Vocera staging server.
  5. Put fully charged batteries in two badges.
  6. Start the Badge Configuration Utility on the Vocera configuration computer.
  7. Make sure the badges connect to the Vocera staging server.
  8. If the badges are unable to connect to the Vocera staging server or make and receive calls, repeat steps 2 through 6 to make any needed changes to badge properties.
  9. On the configuration computer, restore the badge properties for your Vocera production server. Rename the badge.properties file located in the \vocera\config directory to badge.properties.staging. Then rename the badge.properties.production file to badge.properties.

After you have validated that the Vocera staging server works properly, you can follow the instructions to install or upgrade the Vocera production server.

When the Vocera production server is ready, you can change the Vocera Voice Server IP Address property of the test badges to the IP address of the Vocera production server. If the production server is a cluster, enter the IP address of each machine in the cluster, separated by commas, with no spaces.