Index: trunk/FACT++/src/fadctrl.cc
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--- trunk/FACT++/src/fadctrl.cc	(revision 11107)
+++ trunk/FACT++/src/fadctrl.cc	(revision 11109)
@@ -1549,5 +1549,8 @@
         if (conf.Has("base-addr"))
         {
-            const string base = conf.Get<string>("base-addr");
+            string base = conf.Get<string>("base-addr");
+
+            if (base=="def" || base =="default")
+                base = "10.0.128.128:5000";
 
             const tcp::endpoint endpoint = GetEndpoint(base);