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OPTIMOD-FM
8500 TO 8600 UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS
a) Find
Setup8600_X.X.X.X_PC_Remote.exe
on the 8600 software CD that
and download the 8600 software.
We recommend the latter because this will always provide the most current
version.
b) Double-click
Setup8600_X.X.X.X_PC_Remote.exe
and follow the
instructions that appear on the screen.
G) Set up a connection to your new 8600 using 8600 PC Remote software. See
To
set up a new connection
on page 3-87 of the 8600 V1.2 Operating Manual, which
is available from the Help menu of 8600 PC Remote.
8500 PC Remote software will no longer work.
H) Once you have successfully connected to your 8600 using 8600 PC Remote soft-
ware, you may use this software to restore the automation events and user pre-
sets that you saved in step 2 on page 3. See
To restore archived presets, system
files, and automation files
on page 3-90 of your 8600 Operating Manual. This is
available from the Help menu of 8600 PC Remote software.
For Windows XP, the default location of your V3 8500 files is:
C:\Documents and Settings\
All Users\Shared Documents\Orban\
Optimod 8500 PC Remote\my 8500\backup
For Windows Vista and 7, the default location is:
C:\Users\Public\Shared Documents\Orban\
Optimod 8500 PC Remote\my 8500\backup
For the FM version, the Optimod folder name is
Optimod 8500fm PC Remote
For 8500 earlier than V3, the default location for your saved 8500 files is in a
subfolder of the folder where you installed 8500 PC Remote. Please see step
(2.C) on page 3 to locate the backup path of your saved files.
I) This version of 8600 PC Remote software does not accept 8500 setup files. (We
expect to implement this in the future.) There are two ways to restore your settings
like input and output levels: manually and automatically.
•
Restore automatically
(the easy way) by editing two lines in the 8500 setup
file, saving the file as an 8600 setup file, and restoring it to your 8600 using
8600 PC Remote software. Note that this only works for 8500 setup files
saved in plain text from version 2.07 or higher.
a) Use a plain text editor like Windows Notepad to open the
Setup.orb85setup
file that you saved in step (3.I) on page 5. Make sure your text editor is set to
view all file types, not just text files. See step (H) on page 10 for the default
locations of the files.
b) Using the text editor, change the first line from
OptimodVersion=<8500.40>
to
OptimodVersion=<8600.10>
