High End Systems AXON user manual Moving User Content Files and Folders

CHAPTER 15

Content Management Application (CMA)

Moving User Content Files and Folders

User content can be easily moved between fixtures and your local drive as well as between fixtures. Which method you use depends on:

•How much content you want to move

•What existing server content you want to preserve

•Whether the client machine is currently connected to the Ethernet fixture link

•If you want to maintain currently assigned content identification DMX values

•Which CMA version you are using (Windows or Mac OS)

There are several methods for moving User content files and media folders between media servers to your local drive:

•Drag and Drop

•Copy and Paste commands

•Cloning transfers the User Content files and their DMX value assignments from one media server to one or more server(s) on the fixture network.

•Creating a Content Archive

•Deploying a Content Archives the following table to determine the best method for your situation.

		Transfer Type
Fixture Network
	From Server	From Client	Between	Notes
File-Transfer Method	to Client	Machine to	Networked
	Machine	Server(s)	Server(s)
Drag and Drop	Yes	Yes, if format is	No
		valid for des-		Does NOT preserve
		attention folder		DMX Values
Copy and Paste commands	Yes	Yes	No
Clone	No	No	Yes	Preserves DMX values and
Deploying a Content	No	Yes	No	Replaces any previous User
Archive				Content on destination drive
Creating a Content Archive	Yes	No	No	Saves assigned DMX values
				when creating archive from
				content on a fixture

Downloading Content from a Media Server to Your Local Drive

The CMA supports downloading User content files or folders from a media server to your local drive. To download a file or folder of User Content:

1.Display the Folder or File that you wish to move in the right pane of the CMA window

2.If the destination for the file on your local drive is visible, you can simply drag and drop the folder or file to that location or an external drive connected to your computer.

OR

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