5. Front Panel Menu orientation5.8 System menu > USB device (Backup/Restore)GeneralThe unit’s front panel contains a USB port that you can use to connect a flash drive to the Event Master unit.The flash drive must be formatted to use the FAT32 file system. For formatting instructions, refer to sectionFormatting the flash drive in the chapter "Upgrading firmware using the USB port", page 256.The following illustration shows the USB Backup/Restore submenu, which you access from the System menu.Image 5-9USB submenuUsing this menu, you can:• Detect the presence of a USB device.• Backup and restore the Event Master unit configuration files. When you connect a flash drive to the unit, the system creates adirectory titled E2Backup on the drive. All configuration files are saved to this directory.• Import an configuration created offline, via an XML file on the USB device.How to back up a configuration file to a flash drive?1. Insert a formatted flash drive in the unit’s front-panel USB port.2. From the System menu, scroll to the USB Backup/Restore submenu. Select Backup Config.The USB Backup Config submenu appears, as shown in the following illustration. The navigation cursor appears at the defaultname for the first backup file.Image 5-10USB Backup Config submenu3. If you wish to change the default name of the backup configuration, press SEL. Use the ADJUST knob to change the name, asdescribed in section "Using menu system", page 66. Press SEL again when you complete the name change.4. Scroll to Backup Config and press SEL.A confirmation message appears when the backup is complete.If the backup operation fails, the message shown in the following illustration appears. Check that the flash drive is properlyformatted and installed, and try again.Image 5-11How to restore a system configuration file that is stored on a flash drive?1. Insert a formatted flash drive in the unit’s front-panel USB port.2. From the System menu, scroll to the USB Backup/Restore submenu. Select Restore Config.72 R5905948 EVENT MASTER DEVICES 17/07/2017
