GeniusPro/Lightpalette Operator's Manual - Strand Lighting

Server Software
Operating A File Server
You must first create the directory structure you require to hold your show files, and any other file types
you intend to store.
Next, run IOFTPDOS (DOS) or IOFTP32 (Win9x/NT) as described above. Once you can see the
#IOFTP# prompt, the file server is working and is ready to be accessed by other ShowNet devices.
To check that other ShowNet devices are on line and available, use the WHO command, which gives a
similar display to Network Diagnostics at a console:
#IOFTP# who
NODE_ADDRESS NODE_NAME TYPE STATUS ETHERNET_ADDRESS VERSION
192.168.021.66 server BK_PC On-Line 00:20:AF:C9:95:A5 2.4
192.168.021.68 console1 550 On-Line 00:20:AF:C9:95:A5 2.4
192.168.021.69 console2 520 On-Line 00:20:AF:C9:95:A5 2.4
#IOFTP#
Accessing a File Server
All consoles and PCs which have been configured to access the server can view the server’s disk
drives as easily as viewing their own. Simply go to the Archive display by pressing the Archive key.
The file server appears as another drive below the local floppy (A:) and hard (C:) drives.
If the server drive is not visible, try going back to the Live display then reselecting Archive. If it is still
not visible, check Network Diagnostics to see if the file server device is there. To connect to the server
drive, go to the Browse menu, move the selection bar to the server drive and press *. After a few
seconds, the file server becomes the current drive. Show can be saved to and loaded from the server
in the same way as with local drives.
User Logins
One user needs to be responsilble for maintaining other users’ logins and access rights: this is the
administrator. This is the user which is preconfigured with Server software, and is named ‘admin’ with
no password set (although you may prefer to define one!).
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