Backups (Alt+6)

Save the whole desk and put it back later: before a big change, before handing the desk to someone else, or to move between set-ups for different shows. Two pages: Backups, and Factory settings.

• What a backup holds: Channels and processing, routing and the fader layout, the desk's own settings, and the SMART pads with their sounds. Two things are left out on purpose: which channels are muted, since putting a mute back could silence somebody at the worst moment, and passwords, so wifi is never stored. Your keyboard shortcuts and other AccessCaster settings are not in it either; save those on App settings, General.
• Where it lives: Each backup is kept in two places when it can be: the desk's own copy on its card or drive, and this computer's copy of the settings and pads, which survives the card being pulled or erased. One name covers both. Without a card or drive in the desk, the backup is made on this computer only.
• Back up the desk now: Name it and press Back up now. It takes seconds, plus about a second for each pad. Using a name again replaces that backup.
• Restore selected backup: Puts the desk back from this computer's copy, which takes a minute or two, longer with many pads. It moves the monitor speaker level, so turn your speakers down first. A backup marked "made on the desk" was taken on the touchscreen or in RODE's app, so it has no copy here and is restored the desk's own way instead, which can occasionally lock the desk up: the dialog tells you before you start.
• Rename and delete: Renaming only changes the name on this computer, so a backup made on the desk cannot be renamed. Deleting removes both copies and cannot be undone.
• The as-found backup: The first time AccessCaster meets a desk, it offers to back it up exactly as it was, before the app changes anything. It is the only record of how your desk arrived, so deleting it asks twice.
• Factory settings: Puts every setting and every SMART pad back as the desk left the factory, including RODE's factory pad sounds. Your wifi, the language and your recordings are kept. The desk is backed up first unless you untick that, and that backup is your only way back. Unlike the desk's own reset, this skips the setup wizard that only works by touchscreen.