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the Setup menu, touch Show File. With a USB drive present, the following additional
options will be available.
Choose ‘Open Show From USB Drive’ to copy (load) a show file from the USB drive to
the console. A list of available shows will be displayed, organized by date. Use the red
encoder wheel to select the show you wish to load, then touch OK.
Choose ‘Save to USB Drive’ to copy (save) the show file from the console to the USB
drive. The background of the selected icon will turn red while the process is underway.
Do not press Exit until the background has returned to normal.
All elements of the show are saved and/or restored. Partial saves and restores are not
supported.
Choose ‘Open Previous Version of This Show’ to select from a list of internally saved
show files. Cognito saves shows to internal storage on an on-going basis and
sometimes rolling back to a previous version is desirable. Use the red encoder wheel to
select the file you wish, and then touch OK.
New Show/Clear Console Configuration
Press the Power button once. From the on-screen menu, touch Setup. From the setup
menu, choose Show File. Touch ‘Create a New Show’ to clear the console.
Selecting New Show clears all cues, memories, fixture selections and DMX patching. A
new show has 100 lights of type Dimmer patched to the first 100 DMX slots. Partial
clearing, for example of cues or DMX patch only, is not supported.
Software and Fixture Library Updates
From time to time, updates will be issued for the Cognito, covering either software
improvements or light fixture definitions. A link to these update is posted on the Cognito
product page on the Pathway Connectivity website (www.pathwayconnect.com) or on
the Pathway product forums (forums.pathwayconnect.com). You may also download
directly from www.pathwayconnect.com/downloads/cognito.
Updating Software
Using any computer, unzip the downloaded software update file to the root directory of a
portable USB drive. A file ending in .CogUpd will now be present on the USB drive.
Plug the USB drive into any of the USB ports on the console. Press the Power button
once, then choose Setup from the onscreen options.
Touch the Software icon, then ‘Update Software’ at the bottom of the screen. The
filename of the update will be shown. If more than one update is present on the USB
drive, then a list of releases will be shown. Use the red wheel to choose the release you
wish to install – typically the one with the most recent date will be shown at the top of the
list. To complete the process, touch OK.