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Users Manual grandMA Version 3.0
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Utility MenuUtility Menu
Utility MenuUtility Menu
Utility Menu
You will need this menu, if the main program or the actual show is damaged due to a crash or some other
error. For the grandMA light and ultra-light you need an external keyboard.
In the Utility Menu, you can load or delete an old grandMA operating system. You can also delete shows here. You can
delete the current show (this show is automatically loaded upon power-up of the console). You can renew the Firm-
ware for the second built-in Computer (Motorola) and you can also renew the grandMA operating system via disk.
During the Boot-up process you will see all loaded program segments (blue background) on the right TFT display. In
order to access the Utility Menu you have to push any button as soon as the message:
??? TO ENTER UTILITY MENU PRESS ANY KEY ?????? TO ENTER UTILITY MENU PRESS ANY KEY ???
??? TO ENTER UTILITY MENU PRESS ANY KEY ?????? TO ENTER UTILITY MENU PRESS ANY KEY ???
??? TO ENTER UTILITY MENU PRESS ANY KEY ??? is displayed with red background during the boot-up process.
The menu will open after approx. 10-20 seconds.
Press 1: Restore grandMA operating system If you press the 1 button on the keyboard, you will see a list with all
systems existing on the harddisk. By pressing one of the displayed buttons
(a, b, c...) the respective system will be installed. You have to confirm
installation by pressing o. As soon as the installation is completed, the
display will show UPDATE DONE next to STATUS. You can start the console
by pressing the ESC button two times.
Press 2: Delete grandMA operating system Upon every update, a safety copy of the system will be automatically
created on harddisk. In order to delete an older system from harddisk,
press 2 on the keyboard. You will see a list with all systems existing on
the harddisk. By pressing one of the displayed buttons (a, b, c...) the
respective system will be deleted. You have to confirm the delete process
by pressing o. After deletion is completed, the display will show DELETE
DONE next to STATUS. You can start the console by pressing the ESC
button two times.
Press 3: Delete grandMA shows Upon every update, a new folder for the shows will automatically be
created on the harddisk. During every update, the console will save all
old shows, converted to suite the new system software, in the youngest
folder. From the time of the update, all new created shows will be
automatically saved in this folder, too.
In order to delete shows from an older system version from the harddisk,
press 3 on the keyboard. You will see a list with all shows in all system
versions existing on this harddisk. By pressing one of the displayed buttons
(a, b, c...) the respective shows will be deleted. You have to confirm the
delete process by pressing o. After deletion is completed, the display
will show DELETE DONE next to STATUS. You can start the console by
pressing the ESC button two times.
Press 4: Delete current show If you press 4 on the keyboard, the current show (this show will be
automatically loaded upon power-up of the console) will be deleted. You
have to confirm the delete process by pressing o. After the deletion is
completed, the display will show DELETE DONE next to STATUS. You can
start the console by pressing the ESC button two times.
Press 5: Update firmware with display If you press 5 on the keyboard, you can renew the Firmware for the
second built-in Computer (Motorola). In order to update the software:
insert the current update disk labeled LAST DISK. You have to confirm
the update process by pressing o. As soon as the update is completed,
the display will show UPDATE DONE next to STATUS. You can start the
console by pressing the ESC button two times.
Press 6: Update grandMA In order to update the software: insert the current update disk labeled
LAST DISK. You have to confirm the update process by pressing o.
Shortly after, you will be asked for DISK 1. Now insert this disk and
confirm by pressing o. The disk will be read (might take a little while).
Following that, you will be asked for DISK 2. Insert disk 2 and confirm
again with o (this will take a little longer now). As soon as the update
process is completed, the display shows UPDATE DONE, PLEASE REBOOT
next to STATUS. Now please reboot the console by using the combination
CTRL-ALT-DEL or the RESET button on the backside of the console.