
Page 202 - 13. Other features
Pearl 2008 Manual - 16th July 2007
data, delete individual shows, wipe all the personality data, wipe all the
data from a USB drive, or synchronise fixture personality data. All
these operations can be performed on either the internal drive or an
external memory stick.
A [Backup] - Allows you to back up all the data on a drive. You can
back it up to either another directory on the same drive, or a
different drive. All shows and personality data is backed up. You
will first be asked to select the drive which you want to back up.
Then select which drive you want to save to. The desk will warn
you that it is about to destroy the existing backup. Press
<ENTER> and the desk will then copy the relevant files. If the
source drive contains a full personality library and many shows
this could take a long time (at least 50 minutes).
B [Restore] – Allows you to restore show data from a previous
backup. Select which drive contains the backup, and which drive
needs restoring (probably ‘AVOCACH’). All data currently stored
on the drive will be wiped, and replaced by the data from the
backup. This is designed for hire companies who wish to remove
any extraneous data and strange personalities left behind by the
hirers. They can create a clean AVOCACH with the latest
personalities, back it up then restore that backup onto the desk
every time it passes through the warehouse.
C [Wipe] – Allows show data to be wiped from a particular USB drive.
You will first be prompted to select the drive you wish to remove
show data from. This will delete all current personalities, shapes
and shows. Any backups on the drive will remain, but backing up
the newly wiped drive to itself will remove the backup.
D [Delete Show] – Used for removing all copies of a particular show.
This option may well be useful if you are running out of room on
a particular USB drive. First select the USB drive which you wish
to delete shows from. You will be presented with a list of shows
currently on that device. Select the show you wish to delete and
then press Enter to confirm or Exit to cancel. All copies of the
selected show name will be deleted from the USB drive.
E [Sync Fixtures] – Used for updating the personality library stored
on a particular USB drive. This feature will most likely be used
for adding personalities to the internal drive that you have
downloaded from our website, so they can be used whenever you
wish to patch. On entering this menu you will be presented with
a list of attached USB drives and prompted to select the drive you
wish to update. Personalities will immediately start being copied
to this drive. This “sync” process will add any personality files
not already present on the drive you select. If the personality
already exists, it will be replaced by the version on the drive you
are updating from
F [Wipe Fixtures] – This feature will delete all personalities stored on
a particular USB drive. Select the drive you wish to delete the
personalities from. Then press Enter to confirm or Exit to cancel.
How the Pearl stores show and personality data
The Pearl keeps all its data in 2 directories situated in the root directory
of the drive. ‘AVOLITES’ is used to store all the current data, while
‘AVOBKUP’ stores backups. Thus ‘C – Wipe’ deletes only the
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