System Configuration Variables; Chapter - VeriFone MX800 series Programmer's Manual

System The following table of configuration variables are read by the system on power up/
Configuration
reboot. These configuration variables must be set within the usr1 account.
Variables
Table 5
Variable Name
*GO
*NETOFF
*DHCP
*IFCONFIG
*GATEWAY
*TELNET
*DBG
*BACKLIGHT
*VOLUME
*MOUNT0 - *MOUNT9
Values
Executable name
1
Non-zero
Per Linux – No need to
set MAC address as the
system will do this for
you. See

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9.
IP Address in the form
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
1
1
1-31
0-100
Per Linux.
Example:
"-t nfs –o nolock
10.64.88.249:/nfs /mnt/
smfnfs"
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Definition
The path /home/usr1 is
pre-pended to the value set
in *GO.
Example:
*GO=myapp
The system will attempt to
execute the file:
/home/usr1/myapp
Note that Linux is case-
sensitive.
If *NETOFF exists (set to
any value), then TCP/IP
functions (*DHCP,
*IPCONFIG, *GATEWAY)
are disabled.
If *DHCP is present and the
system supports Ethernet,
then it will attempt to
initialize its connection via
DHCP.
Use either *DHCP or
*IFCONFIG.
Used to define the address
of the gateway (router).
If *TELNET is present and
the system supports
Ethernet, then it will start the
Telnet server daemon.
If *DBG is present then the
Visual Esto debugger will be
enabled
Sets the display backlight
brightness. Default is 15.
Sets the speaker volume.
Default is 50.
Allows up to 10 mount
points to be defined.
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