congo 6 niggles

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There seem to be a couple of minor niggles for me with congo 6 and i realise that some of it maybe down to setting choices but if anyone can offer advice i would be more than pleased to take it. 
 First of all my desk no longer seems to save the current show on shutdown which means if you forget to save you loose the show data. 
 Another annoying feature is when you record a sub, then when you go to re-record the same sub it defaults to the record sequence tab and i end up recording the sub multiple times when i'm in a hurry. 
 And my last niggle for today is that when i put the desk into the patch selection screen to softpatch the desk i usually have to go into another patch screen and alter something before the patch screen will start to work 
 
 Anyway sorry for the list 
 
 Thanks 
 
 Andy

Richard · Accepted Answer

Ryote said: ... as well as using the choice to start with a specific file so i do not get an option on startup to restart that file, not unless the console has crashed. 
 That explains it - you've specifically told the console not to load the last saved data, but to instead load a particular show file. 
 Therefore, it will always load that specific show file, and never the last saved data. 
 The option to load a specific show file is there for 'architainment' installations such as theme parks and architectural illumination. This guards against accidental changes to the show file - basically, any changes to the show will always be discarded unless specifically saved. 
 Use the last saved data option instead - this will load the data saved at last shutdown. 
 Ryote said: As to the subs, when i re record on top of a sub i am 99% of the time
 updating that particular sub, not looking to assign it as a sequence i 
don't know about other congo users tho but surely they would be the 
same? 
 We currently believe that most users want to record a Sequence onto the Master when they're adding Presets on top of existing Presets, which is why we have chosen "Sequence" as the default for non-blank Masters. 
 If you want to replace the existing content, then hit [Tab] to move to the "Preset" option, or clear the Master before re-recording there. 
 Ryote said: When i soft patch i usually do so using the "Patch by channel/dimmer"
 tab and do so using the # CH ID # MODIFY method, on this version of 
congo i find when i initially start the desk that when i try to patch 
that way nothing happens unless i start the patching process some other 
way for example on the Output list. Once i patch or change one thing on 
that list then i can continue to patch as normal in the Pactch by 
channel/dimmer tab 
 I've done a bit of testing and I haven't managed to repeat that issue here, though obviously in At Mode the syntax is [Ch/Id] # [.] # [Modify] as the channel selection syntax changes. 
 Can you describe a repeatable situation, and maybe attach a showfile and a System Settings Backup file (so we can test with your exact console settings) where this always happens? 
 - To create a System Settings Backup, insert a suitable USB stick, exit to System Settings, "Utilities" tab, "Backup Settings", select USB drive and confirm.