Device Map transfer

[Sutton Arts Theatre]

I am struggling with getting device maps to transfer between my theatre's windows 7 desk top machine running scs 11.5.3 and my own Windows 10 laptop running the same version.

The scenario is as described in the help documentation. 8 channels of M-audio at the theatre and two channels of on board sound card on my laptop.

The production folder is created in my dropbox and everything else transfers well.

Whenever I open the show file on the theatre machine having previously opened it on my laptop I have to re-enter the device settings and apply changes. Whenever I open the show file on my laptop having previously opened it on the theatre machine the same thing happens.

Is this to do with Windows 10 not having the appdata folder maybe and scs not being able to save a device map file there?

I use Chamsys MagicQ for lighting and recent versions have moved show file storage from an "appdata" to a "my documents" folder.

The possibility of making changes to an scs show file remotely during a rehearsal period is most useful. (We always disconnect from the internet for the performances).

Any suggestions.

Many Thanks


David Ashton

Sutton Arts Theatre

[Mike Daniell]

Not sure why SCS would apparently be overriding the theatre's device map settings. Could you email me diagnostic files from both machines? On the theatre machine this should be after you have successfully set the output devices as required, and saved your changes. You can create the files by selecting 'Create Diagnostic File' from the drop-down menu displayed when you click the Help button in the main window. The file will be saved in a folder named "SCS Diagnostics" under "Documents" or "My Documents".