ALLEN & HEATH iDR Series - System Manager Software Basics

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5.3. Basis of the System Manager software
Configuration file.
• An entire setup is called a ‘Configuration’. Many Configurations can be stored on a PC or
laptop and as they are small files they can be easily emailed. We will refer to a Configuration
as .cfg
• .cfg files can be opened and edited on a PC/laptop that is not connected to an iDR unit. This
means that system design and programming can be done and demonstrated without hardware.
• An iDR unit can hold a single .cfg
• When connecting a PC/laptop to an iDR unit, you ‘read’ & see the .cfg that is in the iDR.
• To dump a new .cfg into the iDR, you recall one from those stored on the PC/laptop. Open the
desired .cfg on the computer and recall any preset. The new .cfg is now loaded into the iDR
and the old .cfg is wiped. It is strongly advised that you always save the .cfg from an iDR to
your PC/laptop before loading a new one.
Preset.
• The .cfg has the capacity to store up to 250 individual scenarios or snapshots called presets.
• All parameters are stored in presets except channel names, stereo linking of channels and
scheduled events which are stored globally in the .cfg.
• All parameters (EQ, routing, level etc) must be saved in a preset memory or will be lost when
another preset is recalled.