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+#!/bin/bash
+echo Example of parameters for Foreign Device Registration
+BACNET_IP_PORT=47809
+export BACNET_IP_PORT
+echo This console will use port ${BACNET_IP_PORT} to communicate.
+echo
+BACNET_BBMD_PORT=47808
+export BACNET_BBMD_PORT
+echo The BBMD is located at the port ${BACNET_BBMD_PORT} and
+echo is at the dotted IP address passed on the command line.
+BACNET_BBMD_ADDRESS=${1}
+export BACNET_BBMD_ADDRESS
+echo The BBMD IP address is ${BACNET_BBMD_ADDRESS}
+echo When the demo client applications see the BBMD address,
+echo they register as a Foreign Device to it.
+echo
+echo Launching new shell using the BBMD environment...
+/bin/bash