Pathway Pathport Manager 5 User Guide - Manual (Page 13)

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Off-line Showfile Editing
Showfiles are saved in a CSV (comma-separated value) format, and may be edited in
most spreadsheet programs. Patches as well as node parameter values may be
changed.
The format is fairly basic, but it is possible to break the showfile. Pathport Manager 5
will recover as much information as possible.
Auto Backup and Restore
Pathport Manager 5 provides a background autosave feature. When ever any commit
(including firmware upgrade) is attempted, PM5 will first write a full backup showfile to
the /autobackup subdirectory.
A total of ten backups are maintained, using time stamps as filenames.
To restore an autobackup file, choose File > Restore Backup Show and select the
required file by its time stamp.
As with loading any show, the user must separately commit the configuration and patch
changes.