GeniusPro/Lightpalette Operator's Manual - Strand Lighting

Server Software
User Setup changes will be lost. Other Setup screens are not affected by this.
{SAVE SHOW} If you have changed any other show data, you are prompted to save the show by
pressing this soft key. If you do, the show file for the current working show will be updated. If you do
not, the working show remains in the console (in the .DAT files) until it is changed or replaced with an
other show, but its show file will not have been updated.
If you are shutting down a main console which still has other users logged in, you are warned that you
will log them out too
Integrating File Server and Logins
If you have a file server, you can take advantage of the centralisation and security it offers to help
manage your user and console configuration files. This is particularly important if your network has
several consoles or PCs. Automatic downloading of configuration files over the network itself beats
walking round with floppy disks!
First, set up directories on the file server to hold all your .USR and .CON files. Then modify, or create
the USERINIT.BAT file in all the consoles to automatically download their own .CON file and all .USR
files when they start up, as in the following examples.
Let’s say that your server has these directories:
c:\ioftp Where ioftpdos or ioftp32 has been installed
c:\users Where all your .USR files are kept
c:\consoles Where all your .CON files are kept
Assuming that the server’s node name is SERVER, add these lines to console MAIN’s USERINIT.BAT
file:
CALL NETON
IOFTPDOS login SERVER cd c:\users get *.usr .cd c:\consoles get main.con .
CALL NETOFF
This procedure will download all user login files and console main’s login file every time the operating
software starts. Remember that all .USR files must be present on all consoles and PCs which support
logins, but each one only needs its own .CON file.
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