Saving your work 33
PRO6 Control Centre
Quick Reference Guide
Saving your work
We recommend that you save your work regularly while carrying out the procedures
included in this chapter. Not only is this good practise during normal PRO6 operation,
but in this instance it may save you from losing some set-ups that could prove useful
later on. To do this, create a new show (see “To access the Automation screen” on
page 46), and then continue reading through the remainder of this section, following
the instructions carefully. Save your work at convenient points (see “To create a new
scene using the current settings” on page 49 and “To save a show or create a new one
from the current settings” on page 47).
Saving a show versus storing a scene
It is important to understand the differences between saving a show and storing a
scene.
• Storing a scene saves the current scene settings to the show file. Scene data is
never updated unless you manually store a scene.
Although the state of the console is copied every five seconds, it is not stored in a
scene. Instead, it is placed in the NVRAM (non-volatile random access memory) of
the console’s memory, which is a type of RAM that doesn't lose its data when the
power goes off. If the console loses power accidentally, these settings are loaded so
that audio parameters are identical, thus avoiding audio level jumps. When power is
lost, the showfile loaded (if any) will not subsequently be restored, and any unsaved
changes to it will be lost.
• Saving a show copies the show file onto the internal solid-state disk of the PRO6,
which provides you with a ‘permanent’ copy. Although this memory is recalled on
PRO6 power up, in extreme circumstances, such as a system failure, this may be
lost. We therefore recommend that you save your work regularly.
Shutting down the PRO6 Control Centre properly
When switching off the PRO6 Control Centre, we recommend that you use the
Shutdown option of the GUI menu (see “To switch off the PRO6 Control Centre” on
page 62).
By using shutdown, the cached copy of the show data, which is maintained by the
system, is automatically stored. Shutdown then uses the current showfile, NVRAM data
and cache files to restore the PRO6 Control Centre to exactly the same state as at
power down; even to the point of loading the unsaved show and placing you at the
correct scene, with non-stored scene data at the control surface.
If you don’t use the Shutdown option the audio parameters are still restored, but the
show and show status (saved/unsaved) cannot be restored automatically. You must
manually reload the show.
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