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# 2.1. Create a new device configuration

Follow these steps to create a new device configuration:

1. Click Tools > Options.
2. Select Devices from the list at the left.
3. Click Add on the right panel. A new dialog is displayed listing all the available device configuration types.
4. Select Generic Linux Device and click Start Wizard.
5. Complete the Device Connection wizard:

1. Device configuration name.
2. Remote device IP address.
   How to find the IP of your device:

   Use the ifconfig command to get the device id:

       root@ccimx6ulsbc:~# ifconfig
       eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:40:9D:98:A6:37
                 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

       eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:40:9D:98:A6:36
                 inet addr:192.168.42.30  Bcast:10.101.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                 inet6 addr: fe80::240:9dff:fe98:a636%lo/64 Scope:Link
                 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                 RX packets:1360759 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                 TX packets:172594 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                 RX bytes:163158464 (155.5 MiB)  TX bytes:29408643 (28.0 MiB)

       lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
                 inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
                 inet6 addr: ::1%1/128 Scope:Host
                 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
                 RX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                 TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
                 RX bytes:1581 (1.5 KiB)  TX bytes:1581 (1.5 KiB)

       wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:40:9D:98:A6:38
                 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

       wlan1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 02:03:7F:D7:00:01
                 inet addr:192.168.46.30  Bcast:192.168.46.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                 inet6 addr: fe80::3:7fff:fed7:1%lo/64 Scope:Link
                 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                 TX packets:21770 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 carrier:0
                 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
                 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:6312817 (6.0 MiB)

   In this example, the target IP address is 192.168.42.30.

   Note Your device and your host machine must be in the same network.

3. User name used to login in the device; the default value is root.
4. The authentication type; use Password.
5. The password used to log in to the device; leave it empty by default.

6. Click Next.
7. In the Summary page, click Finish to create the new device configuration.
8. A connection test is performed against the device. Once it finishes, click Close.

Note If the connection test fails, verify all the connection settings are correctly configured and the device is running properly.

9. Click OK to save the new created device configuration and close the dialog.

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2.1. Create a new device configuration updated on 30 January 2018 09:19:32 AM