ETC Obsession II Installation Instructions

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This document explains how to install Version 4.4.2 system software in an Obsession
ensure the compatibility of software in all associated network devices. If you have any problems or
questions regarding these procedures, please contact ETC

Preliminary steps

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Before beginning a software upgrade, follow the steps below:
1. Save your showfile to your hard drive and to a diskette.
2. If currently operating with a 3.x version of system software, you must upgrade to version 4.0 before
upgrading to version 4.4.2.
the location of other keycaps already on your facepanel.
3. Make a printout of your current I/O configuration file.
file with default settings. To return the former settings, re-build your new I/O configuration file as
explained in the section below, Rebuilding your I/O configuration.
WARNING: Do not re-use an I/O configuration from a 2.x or 3.x version of system software.

Additional procedures

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• If you have shows on diskette that are in the 3.x format, you must convert them to 4.x format before
running them in version 4.4.2 system software. Only shows recorded in 4.0 (or later) format will run in
version 4.4.2 software. See Chapter 29 of your version 4.4 Obsession II User Manual for instructions
on the use of the Obsession II Show Translator.
• After installing the version 4.4.2 software, if you want to go back to an earlier version that you ran on
this system, see the Restoring from archive section below.

Upgrade procedures

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The software upgrade is done with a software installer. You will perform it twice if you are upgrading a dual
processor system (DPS). The installer performs the following steps:
1. First, it stores your existing system software to an archival folder on your processor's hard drive (each
processor separately if a DPS).
2. Second, it loads version 4.4.2 system software into the processor (each processor separately if a
DPS).
3. Third, it loads version 4.4.2 software from the processor to the console and to all interface devices
that are operating on the Obsession II network at that time.
4. Fourth, it translates any 3.x shows on your hard drive into 4.x format (files already in 4.x format are
unaffected). The 3.x showfiles are moved to a separate folder.
1. Obtain this upgrade from ETC Technical Services at one of the offices listed at the end of this document.
2. To print with Obsession, see Chapter 23 of the version 4.4 Obsession II User Manual.
Obsession II Lighting Control Systems (all models)
Version 4.4.2 software upgrade
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The version 4.0 upgrade provides new keycaps and directs you to change
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A software upgrade installs a new configuration
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