Optimod-Surround 8685 V1.0 Operating Manual - Orban

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OPERATION ORBAN MODEL 8685
ous location and restore their contents by copying it from their associated 8685s
when 8685 PC Remote connects to such an 8685.
Multiple Installations of Optimod 8685 PC Remote
Rarely, you may want to have more than one installation of 8685 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 8685 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 8685 PC Remote must match the version of the software in the 8685
controlled by it. Therefore, you will only need multiple installations of PC Remote
(having separate version numbers) if:
• you are controlling multiple 8685s, and
• not all of your 8685s are running the same version of 8685 software, and
• you do not want to upgrade at least one controlled 8685 to the latest version of
8685 PC Remote software.
Each version of 8685 PC Remote has its own top-level folder, normally under
\Program Files\Orban. (The default folder is \Program Files\Orban\Optimod 8685.)
When you install a new version of 8685 PC Remote, the default behavior is to overwrite
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
8685v2).
Each version of 8685 PC Remote will display all 8685 Aliases, even those pointing to
8685s with incompatible version numbers. If you attempt to connect to an older version
of 8685 from a newer version of 8685 PC Remote, 8685 PC Remote will offer to
upgrade the software in the target 8685 so that it corresponds to the version of
8685 PC Remote that is active. If you attempt to connect to newer version of 8685
from an older version of 8685 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 Aliases
created using the new software will not be located in the same place as the old
Aliases.
To Move Alias Folders:
Even though each version of 8685 PC Remote can see all aliases, you may wish to
move the corresponding folders so they are under the folder corresponding to the
highest version of 8685 PC Remote that is currently installed on your computer (although
this is not required). If your Alias folders reside in different locations, you
can move all the Alias folders to the same location by using the PC Remote software.