CHAPTER 16
Content Management Application (CMA)
198 DL.3 Digital Light User Manual
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.

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