Cordex®CXCHPControllerSoftwareManual|20-Maintainingthecontroller
20.5. File maintenance
Thissectionofthemanualcoversthefollowing:
•
Usingfilepreferencestonamefiles
•
UpgradingthecontrolleroperatingsystemviatheLCD
• Upgradingthecontrollersoftware
• Configurationrestorepoints
• Importingandexportingconfigurationfiles
• Exportingdiagnosticinformation
•
Importingandexportinglicensekeys
• Exportingasnapshotofcontrollerandsystemstatus
20.5.1. File preferences
Ifworkingwithmultiplesystems,usethefilenamingoptionstokeepyourfilesorganized.Youcanaddthe
controllernameorthedatetoexportedandsavedfiles.
Ifaddingadate,thedatestringformatisYYYY-MM-DDmakingiteasytosortinfilebrowsers.
Ifaddingthecontrollername,andthatnamecontainswhitespace,illegalcharactersforfilenames
orsomeextendedcharacters,thosecharacterswillberemovedfromthestringthatisaddedtothe
filename.Thisnamingconventionappliestomostfilesthatcanbesavedorexportedfromthecontroller
forexample:configurationfiles,logfiles,licensingfiles,andbackupfiles.
To append a name or date:
1. GotoController > Settings > User Interface.
2.
IntheFile Preferences table,
◦ SelecttheEDIT buttonintheAppend a Date String to Filenames fieldtoenabletheadd
datetofilenames.
◦ SelecttheEDIT buttonintheChange the Add the Controller Name to Filenames fieldto
addthecontrollernametofilenames.
20.5.2. File maintenance from the LCD
ToenablemoretobedonewiththeLCDandUSBmassstoragedevices,mostofthefilemaintenance
functionsavailableviathewebinterfaceareavailableontheLCD.LCDfileoperationstakeplaceusing
thetop-levelorrootdirectoryofaFAT32formattedUSBdrive.
FileoperationsthatareavailableonboththewebinterfaceandLCDareasfollows:
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