Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8600, Operating Manual

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OPTIMOD-FM DIGITAL OPERATION
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up the 8600 using 8600 PC Remote, there will also be a “backup” subfolder located
within the Alias folder.
PC Remote always encrypts the User Presets that it automatically copies from your
Optimod to your hard drive when PC Remote connects. These are “transient” files
because PC Remote automatically erases them from your hard drive when you quit
PC Remote. However, PC Remote allows you to choose whether to encrypt
archived
user preset files when you archive them. (Archiving is never automatic—see To back
up User Presets, system files, and automation files onto your computer’s hard drive
on page 3-90.) If you do not encrypt them, archived User Presets are text files and
can be opened in a text editor (like Notepad) if you want to examine their contents.
Alias folders and their associated backup subfolders are registered in your PC’s Reg-
istry. This prevents folders from being accidentally deleted or moved. If you move or
delete Alias folders from the PC, the Alias folders recreate themselves in the previ-
ous location and restore their contents by copying it from their associated 8600s
when 8600 PC Remote connects to such an 8600.
Multiple Installations of Optimod 8600 PC Remote
Rarely, you may want to have more than one installation of 8600 PC Remote on your
computer. There are a few extra things to know if you have multiple installations.
If you install a new version of the Optimod 8600 PC Remote software on your PC,
any Alias folders and backup subfolders created in an earlier software version still
remain in their original location on your PC (and in its registry).
The version of 8600 PC Remote must match the version of the software in the 8600
controlled by it. Therefore, you will only need multiple installations of PC Remote
(having separate version numbers) if:
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you are controlling multiple 8600s, and
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not all of your 8600s are running the same version of 8600 software, and
•
you do not want to upgrade at least one controlled 8600 to the latest version of
8600 PC Remote software.
Each version of 8600 PC Remote has its own top-level folder, normally under
\Program Files
(x86)\Orban. (The default folder is \Program Files
(x86)\Orban\Optimod 8600.) When you install a new version of 8600 PC Remote, the
default behavior is to overwrite the old version, which is usually the desired behav-
ior. To prevent the installer from overwriting the old version, you must specify a dif-
ferent installation folder when you install the new version (for example, \Program
Files (x86)\Orban\Optimod 8600v2).
Each version of 8600 PC Remote will display all 8600 Aliases, even those pointing to
8600s with incompatible version numbers. If you attempt to connect to an older ver-
sion of 8600 from a newer version of 8600 PC Remote, 8600 PC Remote will offer to
upgrade the software in the target 8600 so that it corresponds to the version of
8600 PC Remote that is active. If you attempt to connect to newer version of 8600