Recording The System Configuration - Compulite Sabre User Manual

A-6 Disk Operations

Recording the system configuration

This function records the system configuration which includes the number of channels,
scrollers, dimmers, amount and type of moving devices, as well as the special function and
special number data.
It is important to record the system configuration to eliminate guesswork when
reconstructing a show. Each configuration recording is given a file name and text. Load
the configuration for your show if the current system configuration differs from the system
configuration on which the show data was recorded.
Configuration files are accessible only in Service Tools and do not appear when examine
the diskette in the Load menu.
Recording to a floppy diskette
Keypresses
1. Press F4 Record Config
2. Press F4 Record S.T. File
3. Press F1 Enter
Recording to the hard disk
To record a Config to the main directory on drive C, use the usual procedure: Service
Tools/Disk Oper/Load or Record Config.
Configuration files that are automatically saved in the show file have the extension *.nov.
Configuration files saved in Service Tools in the Disk Operations menu have the extension
*.cfg.
Keypresses
1. Go to Service Tools.
2. Press F6 Disk Operations
3. Press F6 Filer
4. Select a directory and press
F2 Enter Dir.
5. Press [RESET] – Exit
6. Press F6 Disk Operations
7. Press F4 Record Config
8. Enter the file name (3 digits)
at the prompt.
9. Press F4 Record S.T. Config
10. Optional - Enter text
11. Press F1 Enter
Sabre
Results/Comments
The system prompts you to enter a file name. Enter a
file name (number) on the numeric keypad
A text window opens. You may enter a textual
description for the configuration file on the
alphanumeric keyboard.
Records file to the diskette.
Results/Comments
The files in the directory are displayed.
The system prompts for a text label.
The new Config file is displayed in the file lost
of the current directory.