Transferring Settings, Shows And Presets - DigiDesign D-show Manual

Transferring Settings, Shows and
Presets
You can copy Console Settings, Shows, and Presets to and
from a portable storage device (such as a USB key disk) for
backup, transfer from standalone software, and transfer be-
tween D-Show systems.
Settings, Shows and Presets cannot be loaded onto the desti-
nation D-Show system directly from the portable storage de-
vice, but must first be transferred to the system before loading.
Transfer of Settings files, Show files, and Preset files is man-
aged from the Transfer tab of the Filing page. The Transfer tab
shows the D-Show system files in the left column and the con-
tents of the portable storage device in the right column. Items
are selected for transfer in the center.
File transfer controls
To transfer Settings, Shows or Presets between D-Show and a
portable storage device:
Go to the Filing page and click the Transfer tab.
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Connect a portable storage device (such as a USB key disk) to
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D-Show. The device appears above the right column.
Do one of the following to select the type of data to transfer:
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• To transfer all data, click the Console icon.
• To transfer Console Settings, click the Settings icon.
• To transfer Show Folders, click the Show Folders icon.
• To transfer individual Shows, click the Shows icon.
• To transfer Preset Folders, click the Preset Folders icon.
• To transfer Presets for individual items, click the Built-In
icon or the Plug-In icon and choose a processor or
plug-in from the pop-up menu.
Do one of the following to select the items to transfer:
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• In the left column, select the items you want to transfer
from D-Show to the portable storage device.
– or –
• In the right column, select the items you want to transfer
from the portable storage device to D-Show.
Show files selected for transfer from D-Show to USB key disk
Click the Transfer button.
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Large transfers may take time. Transfer status is shown by a
progress bar. A transfer may be cancelled by clicking Cancel.
Cancelled transfers may result in partial folder contents,
which will have to be deleted manually.
Synchronizing Settings, Shows and Presets
Instead of transferring data in one direction between the
D-Show system and a portable storage device, you can syn-
chronize all data in both columns of the Transfer tab in a sin-
gle operation.
Synchronizing data causes new files to be copied and files
with the same name but a more recent modification date/time
to be automatically updated.
When synchronizing data, D-Show replaces data files
of the same name with the file that has the most recent
date/time. Check to be sure that the system clock times
and time zones are correctly set on the D-Show system
and on the computer running D-Show Standalone soft-
ware when preparing data for synchronization.
To synchronize Settings, Shows, or Presets between D-Show and
a portable storage device:
Go to the Filing page and click the Transfer tab.
1
Connect a portable storage device (such as a USB key disk) to
2
D-Show. The device appears above the right column.
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