Multiple Installations Of Optimod 5500 Pc Remote - Orban OPTIMOD-FM 5500 Operation Manual

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using 5500 PC Remote, there will also be a "backup" subfolder located within the
Alias folder.
Archived user preset files are text files and can be opened in a text editor
(like Notepad) if you want to examine their contents.
Alias folders and their associated backup subfolders are registered in your PC's Reg-
istry. This prevents folders from being accidentally deleted or moved. If you move or
delete Alias folders from the PC, the Alias folders recreate themselves in the previ-
ous location and restore their contents by copying it from their associated 5500s
when 5500 PC Remote connects to such a 5500.

Multiple Installations of Optimod 5500 PC Remote

Rarely, you may want to have more than one installation of 5500 PC Remote on your
computer. There are a few extra things to know if you have multiple installations.
If you install a new version of the Optimod 5500 PC Remote software on your PC,
any Alias folders and backup subfolders created in an earlier software version still
remain in their original location on your PC (and in its registry).
The version of 5500 PC Remote must match the version of the software in the 5500
controlled by it. Therefore, you will only need multiple installations of PC Remote
(having separate version numbers) if:

you are controlling multiple 5500s, and

not all of your 5500s are running the same version of 5500 software, and

you do not want to upgrade at least one controlled 5500 to the latest version of
5500 PC Remote software.
Each version of 5500 PC Remote has its own top-level folder, normally under
\Program Files\Orban. (The default folder is \Program Files\Orban\Optimod 5500.)
When you install a new version of 5500 PC Remote, the default behavior is to over-
write the old version, which is usually the desired behavior. To prevent the installer
from overwriting the old version, you must specify a different installation folder
when you install the new version (for example, \Program Files\Orban\Optimod
5500v2).
Each version of 5500 PC Remote will display all 5500 Aliases, even those pointing to
5500s with incompatible version numbers. If you attempt to connect to an older ver-
sion of 5500 from a newer version of 5500 PC Remote, 5500 PC Remote will offer to
upgrade the software in the target 5500 so that it corresponds to the version of
5500 PC Remote that is active. If you attempt to connect to newer version of 5500
from an older version of 5500 PC Remote, it will refuse to connect and will emit an
error message regarding incompatible versions.
If you decide to install the new software to a different location on your PC, new Ali-
ases created using the new software will not be located in the same place as the old
Aliases.
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