ensure the identity string is never empty, if it is replace it with the peer ID;

configs/codeplug.example.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ systems:
     # Textual name for internal and external reference to this system
   - name: "System 1"
     # Textual name to idenitify this peer in the FNE
-    Identity: "CONS OP1"
+    identity: "CONS OP1"
     # FNE Address
     address: "127.0.0.1"
     # FNE Port

dvmconsole/PeerSystem.cs

@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ namespace dvmconsole
 
             string software = $"CONSOLE_R{_SEM_VERSION.Major.ToString("D2")}A{_SEM_VERSION.Minor.ToString("D2")}";
 
+            if (system.Identity.Length == 0)
+                system.Identity = system.PeerId.ToString();
+
             // set configuration parameters
             peer.Passphrase = system.Password;
             peer.Information = new PeerInformation