Prerequisites
- Parent Beacon Installed
- Parent Beacon initially Configured
- Child Beacon Installed
Configuring Child Beacon to Point to Parent Beacon
Get configuration XML
- Open a FNMS in a web browser, and navigate to Discovery & inventory
- Select Beacons under Network
- Select Configure Beacon
- On the parent beacon box
- Search for your parent beacon
- Press Generate a Unique ID
- Enter the name of the beacon
- Once completed you need to press Download Configuration button.
- This will download a XML
Import XML to Beacon
- Copy XML file generated in previous step on to the desktop
- Go to the child beacon server
- Open Beacon UI
- On the Parent connection tab Click Import configuration button
- Select the XML file from the desktop
- You will receive a message that there are no credentials specified to connect to the parent
- Click yes
- Enter service account username and password
- Press Test connection
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