diff --git a/agc_2-X/trunk/bin/AST_VDauto_dial.pl b/agc_2-X/trunk/bin/AST_VDauto_dial.pl
index 3f1a48b4..587541e2 100644
--- a/agc_2-X/trunk/bin/AST_VDauto_dial.pl
+++ b/agc_2-X/trunk/bin/AST_VDauto_dial.pl
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 # 60614-1142 - Added code to work with recycled leads, multi called_since_last_reset values
 #            - Removed gmt lead validation because it is already done by VDhopper
 # 60807-1438 - Changed to DBI
+#            - changed to use /etc/astguiclient.conf for configs
 #
 
 
@@ -102,13 +103,54 @@ $MT[0]='';
 $RECcount=''; ### leave blank for no REC count
 $RECprefix='7'; ### leave blank for no REC prefix
 
-### Make sure this file is in a libs path or put the absolute path to it
-require("/home/cron/AST_SERVER_conf.pl");	# local configuration file
 
-if (!$DB_port) {$DB_port='3306';}
+# default path to astguiclient configuration file:
+$PATHconf =		'/etc/astguiclient.conf';
+
+open(conf, "$PATHconf") || die "can't open $PATHconf: $!\n";
+@conf = <conf>;
+close(conf);
+$i=0;
+foreach(@conf)
+	{
+	$line = $conf[$i];
+	$line =~ s/ |>|\n|\r|\t|\#.*|;.*//gi;
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHhome/) && ($CLIhome < 1) )
+		{$PATHhome = $line;   $PATHhome =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHlogs/) && ($CLIlogs < 1) )
+		{$PATHlogs = $line;   $PATHlogs =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHagi/) && ($CLIagi < 1) )
+		{$PATHagi = $line;   $PATHagi =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHweb/) && ($CLIweb < 1) )
+		{$PATHweb = $line;   $PATHweb =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHsounds/) && ($CLIsounds < 1) )
+		{$PATHsounds = $line;   $PATHsounds =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHmonitor/) && ($CLImonitor < 1) )
+		{$PATHmonitor = $line;   $PATHmonitor =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARserver_ip/) && ($CLIserver_ip < 1) )
+		{$VARserver_ip = $line;   $VARserver_ip =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_server/) && ($CLIDB_server < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_server = $line;   $VARDB_server =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_database/) && ($CLIDB_database < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_database = $line;   $VARDB_database =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_user/) && ($CLIDB_user < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_user = $line;   $VARDB_user =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_pass/) && ($CLIDB_pass < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_pass = $line;   $VARDB_pass =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_port/) && ($CLIDB_port < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_port = $line;   $VARDB_port =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	$i++;
+	}
+
+# Customized Variables
+$server_ip = $VARserver_ip;		# Asterisk server IP
+
+if (!$VARDB_port) {$VARDB_port='3306';}
 
 	&get_time_now;	# update time/date variables
 
+if (!$VDADLOGfile) {$VDADLOGfile = "$PATHlogs/vdautodial.$year-$mon-$mday";}
+
 	$event_string='PROGRAM STARTED||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||';
 	&event_logger;	# writes to the log and if debug flag is set prints to STDOUT
 
@@ -116,7 +158,7 @@ use Time::HiRes ('gettimeofday','usleep','sleep');  # necessary to have perl sle
 use DBI;
 	
 	### connect to MySQL database defined in the AST_SERVER_conf.pl file
-	$dbhA = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$DB_database:$DB_server:$DB_port", "$DB_user", "$DB_pass")
+	$dbhA = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$VARDB_database:$VARDB_server:$VARDB_port", "$VARDB_user", "$VARDB_pass")
     or die "Couldn't connect to database: " . DBI->errstr;
 
 
@@ -702,9 +744,9 @@ while($one_day_interval > 0)
 		if($DB){print STDERR "\nloop counter: |$endless_loop|\n";}
 
 		### putting a blank file called "VDAD.kill" in the directory will automatically safely kill this program
-		if (-e '/home/cron/VDAD.kill')
+		if (-e "$PATHhome/VDAD.kill")
 			{
-			unlink('/home/cron/VDAD.kill');
+			unlink("$PATHhome/VDAD.kill");
 			$endless_loop=0;
 			$one_day_interval=0;
 			print "\nPROCESS KILLED MANUALLY... EXITING\n\n"
diff --git a/agc_2-X/trunk/bin/AST_VDremote_agents.pl b/agc_2-X/trunk/bin/AST_VDremote_agents.pl
index bbb1e914..b6a0cee4 100644
--- a/agc_2-X/trunk/bin/AST_VDremote_agents.pl
+++ b/agc_2-X/trunk/bin/AST_VDremote_agents.pl
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ foreach(@conf)
 $server_ip = $VARserver_ip;		# Asterisk server IP
 
 
+	&get_time_now;	# update time/date variables
+
 if (!$VDRLOGfile) {$VDRLOGfile = "$PATHlogs/remoteagent.$year-$mon-$mday";}
 if (!$VARDB_port) {$VARDB_port='3306';}