The wx/net server reads in a configuration file at startup which
gives it all the information it needs to run the way the user wants it to. All
configurable options such as data sample rate, logging parameters, time zone, geographic
coordinates, station name, and security are specified here.
There is also a lightweight "task manager" that will execute external
commands at user-specified times daily. This is useful if the user wants to run a script
that will update catalog items at set intervals while the server is running, but does not
want to set up an external cron job to do it.
