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Storage Mode
Storage Mode Common Features
Storage Mode Common Features
Thefollowingfeaturesareusedinstoragemodewhensavingorloadingfiles.
Directories
Adirectoryletsyougroupfilestogetherasyoumightseparatedocumentsusingfoldersinafile
cabinet.Bydefaultallstoragedeviceshaveatleastone“root”directory.Toorganizefilesina
USBdeviceyoucancreateadditionaldirectories,aswellassubdirectorieswithindirectories.
Directoriesappearinthe
filelistwiththeindicator<dir> totherightofthedirectoryname.See
TheUtilities(UTILS)Page on page 11‐10fordetailsoncreating,deleting,andrenaming
directories.
Path
ThePathfieldshowsthecurrentdirectoryonthecurrentdevice.Thisfieldisdisplayedwhen
loading,saving,orexportingfilesinStoragemode.ThePC3LEalwaysdisplaystheroot(top‐
level)directorywhenyouviewastoragedevice.
Therootdirectoryisdisplayedasabackslash:
Path:\
Whenviewingapage
thathasthePathfield,iftheirareanydirectoriesavailableintheroot
directory,youwillbeabletochoosethemfromalistusingthealphawheel,cursorbuttons,or‐/
+buttons.Then,presstheOpensoftbuttontoopenthatdirectory.Thenameofthedirectory
will
bedisplayedinthePathfield.Forexample,ifyouhaveadirectorycalledSOUNDSthatis
locatedinthecurrentdevice’srootdirectory,thePathfieldwillappearas:
Path:\SOUNDS\
Thebackslashcharacterisadirectoryseparator,asinthefollowingPath:
Path:\BACKUP\COVERBAND\SONGS\
ThisrepresentsthedirectorySONGS,whichis
asubdirectoryoftheCOVERBANDdirectory,
whichisasubdirectoryoftheBACKUPdirectoryintherootdirectory.Ifthepathistoolongto
fitonthetoplineofthedisplay,itgetsabbreviated.ThemaximumlengthofapathinthePC3LE
is64 characters(includingthebackslashcharacters).
UsingtheOpensoftbuttoncausesyoutonavigateintodirectoriesandtheirsubdirectories,
awayfromtherootdirectory.Tonavigateoutofsubdirectoriesbacktowardstherootdirectory,
usetheParentsoftbuttontomoveonelevelbackfromthecurrentdirectory.
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