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Save a Show File

grandMA3 User Manual » Show File Handling » Save a Show File
Version 2.2

Quick Save

To save the show file quickly:

  • Press Menu and tap Quick Save.
  • Pressing quickly 2 x Menu also makes a Quick Save.

Auto Save

To save the show automatically in regular intervals:

  1. Activate the Auto Save function. Tap Backup and AutoSave Interval. A dropdown menu opens.
  2. Select the desired Auto Save Interval, for example, 15 Minutes.
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    AutoSave Interval
  3. The auto save is set and a countdown with the time until the next auto save will be displayed in the title bar. 
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    Backup menu - Titlebar with Autosave Interval enabled.

Save Show As

To save a show with a new name:

  1. Open the Backup Menu and tap Save as.
  2. Type a new name of the show file in the name field. Tap Save and confirm the pop-up window with OK. The show file is saved by its new name.

To save a show by the command line, use the SaveShow keyword.

 

Changing the Drive

Hint:
Saving a show file to an external drive automatically saves a show file to the internal drive.

To select and change the drive to save a show file on, for example, the USB drive:

  1. Open the Backup menu.
  2. Tap and hold Internal in the top right corner. A dropdown menu opens.
  3. Select a drive, for example, the external USB drive Removable D:\.  Save To Internal changes its name automatically adjusts to the name of the drive.
  4. Tap Save to RemovableD:/ to save the show on the selected USB drive.
Backup Menu - Internal
 

Full Disk Warning

If the show file cannot be saved due to a full disk, a warning pop-up appears:

Warning pop-up for an 'Internal' save failure

To indicate that the show file is partially saved, a pop-up appears:

Warning pop-up for a partially saved show file

For more information about Free Disk Space, see Show File Handling.

Shutting Down the System

If an attempt is made to shut down before saving the show file, a Warning pop-up appears:

Save Show File pop-up
  • Save: Saves the show file and then shuts down.
  • Do not save: Shuts down without saving the show file.
  • Cancel: Cancels the process.

For more information about the shutdown process, see Shut Down the System.