Automatically distribute Card SDK configuration

This article describes how to distribute common hardware settings to multiple Nexus Card SDK clients, by using the cms.ini file and silent installation.

Prerequisites

Card SDK installed on one client with Configuration Manager for setting up hardware, see Install Card SDK

Step-by-step instruction

Set up hardware configurations

Set up any needed hardware, for example for printers, readers, encoders, cameras, signature pads. For more information, see Configure Card SDK.

The hardware configuration is stored in the following file:

cms.ini file
XML
```
C:\ProgramData\cms\cms.ini
```

Distribute hardware settings to multiple clients

To distribute the hardware settings to multiple clients:

Copy the cms.ini file to the c:\programData folder for software distribution.

Last updated: September 10, 2026