Instruction manual

Format Disk
1. Ensure that a floppy disk is
inserted into the disk drive.
2. Select the Format Disk option
from the Floppy Disk screen. The
LCD shows the following:
FORMAT DISK
Are you sure ?
[OK] {Cancel}
3. Press the ENTER key. The LCD
shows:
Formatting Disk
Please Wait …
xx% Done.
[Cancel]
4. When the formatting is complete,
the LCD will show:
Disk Formatted.
[OK]
5. Press the ENTER key to return to
the Floppy Disk screen.
Load CFT
This function allows the user to replace
the Common Fixture Type (CFT) file on
the desk with a chosen CFT file from
floppy disk.
1. Ensure that a disk containing one
or more CFT files is inserted into
the floppy disk drive.
2. Select the Load CFT option from
the Floppy Disk screen. The desk
will read the floppy disk and
searches for valid CFT files.
When the disk has been read the
LCD shows the following, for
example:
***** LOAD CFT *****
< mytypes >
< 10KB 23/12/2001 >
[Load[ {Cancel}
3. If the disk contains several CFT
files, use the + and - keys to
select the required file.
4. Press the ENTER key to load the
CFT file onto the desk. A warning
is displayed on the LCD:
***** WARNING ******
Overwrite the Common
Fixture Types ?
[Yes] {No}
5. Press the ENTER key to continue
with the operation.While the file is
loading, the LCD shows:
Loading CFT File
Please Wait …
xx% Done.
6. When the file is loaded
successfully, the LCD shows:
Common Fixture Types
Loaded. Please reset
the desk to update
[OK]
7. Press the ENTER key to return to
the Floppy Disk screen.
8. Exit from Super User.
9. Turn the desk off and back on
to update the CFT file in the
desk.
Exit Floppy Disk Functions
1. Select the Exit option from the
Floppy Disk screen.
2. Press the ENTER key. The LCD
returns to the Super User screen.
NOTES
Load Show
If there is no disk in the drive, no showfiles on
the disk, or the load fails for any reason, an
error message is displayed on the LCD.
Show files are interchangeable between the
different lighting desks in the Frog series.
However, only relevant setup data, memories
etc. will be loaded from the show file. Data
which is not applicable to the desk will be
ignored.
For example - If a Fat Frog showfile is loaded
onto a Frog desk, all the fixture data in the
Desk Setup, DMX Patch, Memory and
Submaster data will be ignored. Only the
data for the 48 generic channels will be
loaded from the showfile.
Save Show and Format Disk
If there is no disk in the drive, the disk is
write protected, or the operation fails, an
error message is displayed on the LCD.
Load CFT
The Load CFT option is not applicable on the
Frog desk.
If there is no disk in the drive, no CFT files on
the disk, or the load fails for any reason, an
error message is displayed on the LCD.
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