Avolites Quartz - Autosave; Backing up Existing Show Files to USB Pen Drive; Clearing the Console; Creating Reports

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2.6.4 Autosave
The console will automatically save your show to its internal hard disk
when you shut it down. It will also autosave the show every 30
minutes in case the console loses power.
You can disable Autosave or alter the time between saves using
option [Auto Save] on the Disk menu (selected using the blue Disk
button). You can reload Autosave files using the Show Browser.
We recommend that you have autosave enabled while
programming in case the power fails, but disable it while
running a show as it can cause the console to pause
slightly at inconvenient moments.
2.6.5 Backing up existing show files to USB pen drive
If you just want to save a copy of your current show, you can use the
normal save function to save it to the USB drive instead of the hard
drive.
To copy an existing show file on the hard disk to a USB drive, first
ensure your current show is saved, then use the Disk functions to
load the existing show from hard disk, then save it to the USB drive.
Alternatively you can use the Folders command on the Tools menu.
2.7 Clearing the console
When you start a new show on the Quartz it is usually a good idea to
clear the console. All programming and patching is deleted, but user
options are not changed.
1>
Press the Disk button.
2> Press [New Show].
3> Press [OK] to confirm.
4> Press Exit to leave Disk mode.
• When starting a new show you have the option to keep existing
DMX settings. This preserves the DMX/TitanNet configuration of
the console which determines how the XLR sockets on the back
of the console are used and how DMX is sent over the network.
• There is also an option [Wipe] in the System menu (when the
console is in System mode) which has the same function, and is
located in the same place as on the older “classic” Avolites
software.
2.8 Creating reports
When preparing a show it is often useful to create a report of how the
show is patched or programmed on the console, for example to give
to a crew when pre-rigging fixtures, or just for your records.