diff --git a/CDB/apsct-sim-config.json b/CDB/apsct-sim-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 820e79e7caed8d5e6549cc73e05161707b9ebfd4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/CDB/apsct-sim-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
- "servers": {
- "APSCT": {
- "LTS": {
- "APSCT": {
- "LTS/APSCT/1": {
- "properties": {
- "OPC_Server_Name": [
- "apsct-sim"
- ],
- "OPC_Server_Port": [
- "4843"
- ],
- "OPC_Time_Out": [
- "5.0"
- ]
- }
- }
- }
- }
- }
- }
-}
diff --git a/CDB/apspu-sim-config.json b/CDB/apspu-sim-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2823a4d897c44ce36200cb02fa79a9b8afb5f4b5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/CDB/apspu-sim-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
- "servers": {
- "APSPU": {
- "LTS": {
- "APSPU": {
- "LTS/APSPU/1": {
- "properties": {
- "OPC_Server_Name": [
- "apspu-sim"
- ],
- "OPC_Server_Port": [
- "4843"
- ],
- "OPC_Time_Out": [
- "5.0"
- ]
- }
- }
- }
- }
- }
- }
-}
diff --git a/CDB/recv-sim-config.json b/CDB/recv-sim-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ced1e81536ca71709591248db58dc33abadca159..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/CDB/recv-sim-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
- "servers": {
- "RECV": {
- "LTS": {
- "RECV": {
- "LTS/RECV/1": {
- "properties": {
- "OPC_Server_Name": [
- "recv-sim"
- ],
- "OPC_Server_Port": [
- "4840"
- ],
- "OPC_Time_Out": [
- "5.0"
- ]
- }
- }
- }
- }
- }
- }
-}
diff --git a/CDB/sdp-sim-config.json b/CDB/sdp-sim-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f733a85a6c570ccdc25646d894bace08c78e9acf..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/CDB/sdp-sim-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-{
- "servers": {
- "SDP": {
- "LTS": {
- "SDP": {
- "LTS/SDP/1": {
- "properties": {
- "OPC_Server_Name": [
- "sdptr-sim"
- ],
- "OPC_Server_Port": [
- "4840"
- ],
- "OPC_Time_Out": [
- "5.0"
- ]
- }
- }
- }
- }
- },
- "SST": {
- "LTS": {
- "SST": {
- "LTS/SST/1": {
- "properties": {
- "OPC_Server_Name": [
- "sdptr-sim"
- ],
- "OPC_Server_Port": [
- "4840"
- ],
- "OPC_Time_Out": [
- "5.0"
- ]
- }
- }
- }
- }
- },
- "XST": {
- "LTS": {
- "XST": {
- "LTS/XST/1": {
- "properties": {
- "OPC_Server_Name": [
- "sdptr-sim"
- ],
- "OPC_Server_Port": [
- "4840"
- ],
- "OPC_Time_Out": [
- "5.0"
- ]
- }
- }
- }
- }
- }
- }
-}
diff --git a/CDB/stations/simulators_configDb.json b/CDB/stations/simulators_configDb.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a1dbb2a690cd86186954bba2d106b3afe0d3f04d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CDB/stations/simulators_configDb.json
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+{
+ "servers": {
+ "APSCT": {
+ "LTS": {
+ "APSCT": {
+ "LTS/APSCT/1": {
+ "properties": {
+ "OPC_Server_Name": [
+ "apsct-sim"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Server_Port": [
+ "4843"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Time_Out": [
+ "5.0"
+ ]
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ "APSPU": {
+ "LTS": {
+ "APSPU": {
+ "LTS/APSPU/1": {
+ "properties": {
+ "OPC_Server_Name": [
+ "apspu-sim"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Server_Port": [
+ "4843"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Time_Out": [
+ "5.0"
+ ]
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ "RECV": {
+ "LTS": {
+ "RECV": {
+ "LTS/RECV/1": {
+ "properties": {
+ "OPC_Server_Name": [
+ "recv-sim"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Server_Port": [
+ "4840"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Time_Out": [
+ "5.0"
+ ]
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ "SDP": {
+ "LTS": {
+ "SDP": {
+ "LTS/SDP/1": {
+ "properties": {
+ "OPC_Server_Name": [
+ "sdptr-sim"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Server_Port": [
+ "4840"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Time_Out": [
+ "5.0"
+ ]
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ "SST": {
+ "LTS": {
+ "SST": {
+ "LTS/SST/1": {
+ "properties": {
+ "OPC_Server_Name": [
+ "sdptr-sim"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Server_Port": [
+ "4840"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Time_Out": [
+ "5.0"
+ ]
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ "XST": {
+ "LTS": {
+ "XST": {
+ "LTS/XST/1": {
+ "properties": {
+ "OPC_Server_Name": [
+ "sdptr-sim"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Server_Port": [
+ "4840"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Time_Out": [
+ "5.0"
+ ]
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ "UNB2": {
+ "LTS": {
+ "UNB2": {
+ "LTS/UNB2/1": {
+ "properties": {
+ "OPC_Server_Name": [
+ "unb2-sim"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Server_Port": [
+ "4841"
+ ],
+ "OPC_Time_Out": [
+ "5.0"
+ ]
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/CDB/unb2-sim-config.json b/CDB/unb2-sim-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 87a6f0d4dcfad80d2b0780550416ad74aa031264..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/CDB/unb2-sim-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
- "servers": {
- "UNB2": {
- "LTS": {
- "UNB2": {
- "LTS/UNB2/1": {
- "properties": {
- "OPC_Server_Name": [
- "unb2-sim"
- ],
- "OPC_Server_Port": [
- "4841"
- ],
- "OPC_Time_Out": [
- "5.0"
- ]
- }
- }
- }
- }
- }
- }
-}
diff --git a/docker-compose/Makefile b/docker-compose/Makefile
index 81e5e4a85223a042b1325343fb01cc941ef3311c..86bbd989b25bedb7c3678bb904629516960add9b 100644
--- a/docker-compose/Makefile
+++ b/docker-compose/Makefile
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ bootstrap: pull build # first start, initialise from scratch
$(MAKE) start dsconfig # boot up containers to load configurations
sleep 5 # wait for dsconfig container to come up
../sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh ../CDB/LOFAR_ConfigDb.json # load default configuration
+ ../sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh ../CDB/simulators_ConfigDb.json # by default, use simulators
start: up ## start a service (usage: make start <servicename>)
if [ $(UNAME_S) = Linux ]; then touch ~/.Xauthority; chmod a+r ~/.Xauthority; fi
diff --git a/docs/source/configure_station.rst b/docs/source/configure_station.rst
index 412795ff05d649ab57d255f566178a50614091bb..0796d098044b64cf22e8984a450f3f51752e5f0b 100644
--- a/docs/source/configure_station.rst
+++ b/docs/source/configure_station.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
Enter your LOFAR2.0 Hardware Configuration
===========================================
-The software will need to be told various aspects of your station configuration, for example, the hostnames of the station hardware to control. The following settings are installation specific, and are stored as *properties* in the :ref:`tangodb`. The format used here is ``device.property``:
+The software will need to be told various aspects of your station configuration, for example, the hostnames of the station hardware to control. The following settings are installation specific, and are stored as *properties* in the :ref:`tangodb`.
+
+Stock configurations are provided for several stations, as well as using simulators to simulate the station's interface (which is the default after bootstrapping a station). These are provided in the ``CDB/stations/`` directory, and can be loaded using for example::
+
+ sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh CDB/stations/LTS_ConfigDb.json
+
+The following sections describe the settings that are station dependent, and thus must or can be set.
Mandatory settings
-------------------
diff --git a/docs/source/installation.rst b/docs/source/installation.rst
index cb0122ae95cc01de7f55e333345a6ec4d41bc369..58ccf2cd360261256774826a7904973ac6c44b70 100644
--- a/docs/source/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/installation.rst
@@ -20,13 +20,7 @@ Next, we bootstrap the system. This will build our docker images, start key ones
cd docker-compose
make bootstrap
-If you lack access to LOFAR station hardware, load additional configurations to use the simulators instead::
-
- for sim in ../CDB/*-sim-config.json; do
- ../sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh ../CDB${sim}-config.json
- done
-
-If you do have access to LOFAR station hardware, you will have to :doc:`configure_station`.
+If you do have access to LOFAR station hardware, you must upload its configuration to the configuration database. See :doc:`configure_station`.
Now we are ready to start the other containers::