GeniusPro/Lightpalette Operator's Manual - Strand Lighting

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Preserving Configuration Files
When installing a new release, the existing 220NODE.CFG file gets overwritten with a default config
file supplied in the install disk or the remote install compressed file. The installation utility will first copy
the existing 220NODE.CFG to 220NODE.OLD in the same directory before overwriting it. This
provides a mechanism for re-instating the old configuration file via the batch file RECOVER.BAT which
the user supplies in the C:\220OS directory. As described above, the install utility will look for the batch
file RECOVER.BAT and run it if it exists at the end of the installation process.
As a minimum, the RECOVER.BAT file should contain the following:-
copy 220NODE.OLD 220NODE.CFG /v /y
If the old config file is not re-instated, then the result of loading the new release on all SN10Xs, will be
that they will all have the same IP address and therefore create confusion in the consoles and pc’s
running the ioftpxxx programs.
The batch file RECOVER.BAT can be easily copied to the SN100 and SN102 as they contain a floppy
drive. However, the only method for the SN104 is to download it via the IOFTPxxx program. The
procedure for doing it is as follows:-
1. Determine the node name or IP address of the SN104.
2. Create the batch file locally on the PC which you will use to run the IOFTPxxx program.
Assuming that the file is in the directory from which you will run IOFTPxxx, run the following:-
IOFTPxxx LOGIN nodename PUT RECOVER.BAT . LOGOUT QUIT
Network DMX
Note: Network DMX uses Broadcast communication in which IP addresses are not used.
First in the Network section of the Console Setup Screen set Networker to ON.
Then set the NET1..4 Network DMX ports to OUT. This outputs console DMX to the network in 4
ranges, often called Universes if they are 512 bytes long.
Range defaults for 430, 520, 530 and 550:
Start End Slot
1 512 1
513 1024 513
1025 1536 1025
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