Grass Valley SiteConfig v.2.1 - Manual (Page 90)

Location of SiteConfig files
SiteConfig uses the user profile directory, as currently configured in the Windows operating system,
to store and access files. The user profile directory can be different on different control point PCs,
depending on the Windows operating system installation. In the user profile directory you can find
the
Application Data\GrassValley directory, which is where SiteConfig stores its files. The
complete path for a typical control point PC is as follows:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\GrassValley
In this directory you can find system descriptions files, which have the scsd extension. You can
also find other SiteConfig directories and files.
Setting the SiteConfig package store location
Prerequisites for this procedure are as follows:
• The control point PC has access to the directory that you want to define as the package store
location.
1. Click Tools | Options | Folders .
The Browse For Folder dialog box opens.
2. Browse to the location that you want to set as your package store, and then click OK .
The configured location is now registered with SiteConfig as its package store.
About system description backups
You can configure SiteConfig to automatically write a system description file to a backup location
whenever a system description closes, which occurs as follows:
• When you import a system description
• When you create a new system description
• When you close SiteConfig
The first time that SiteConfig creates a backup file of a system description, it creates a directory for
it. The directory is named the same as the system description file name. Then, whenever SiteConfig
writes the backup file, it writes it to the directory and adds a time/date suffix to the file name, so
that the backup file does not overwrite previous backup files. You can configure the number of
backup files that you want to retain. When SiteConfig detects that the configured number of backup
files are present in the directory, it deletes the oldest backup file when it saves a new backup file.
You should specify a network drive or other remote location as the location to which the backup
files is saved. In the event of a local system fault in which you lose the main system description file,
you can then import a recent backup file from the remote location for recovery purposes.
90 SiteConfig 2.1 User Manual 11 October 2011
SiteConfig application setup