Novation X-Station User Manual

Also see for X-Station: Supplementary guide Specifications

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Saving The Global Settings To MemoryOnce any of the Global settings have been altered in Global Mode,they may be written to a special area of X-Station memory for instantrecall the next time the X-Station is switched on.The Global write procedure is invoked by pressing the WRITE buttonwhile in Global Mode. If the Memory Protect switch is set On, the fol-lowing screen is displayed :MEMORY PROTECTEDAnd the write procedure is halted. After about half a second, the X-Station resumes in Play Mode. It will be necessary to set the MemoryProtect switch to Off before the X-Station’s memory can be over-writ-ten. This is described on page 25.Otherwise, pressing the WRITE button will write all Global settings tomemory. The display will show :GLOBALS SAVEDAnd around half a second later, the X-Station will return to the previous-ly displayed page in Global Mode.Note : When the Global settings are written to memory, the templatenumber of the currently selected Template is also stored. The next timethe X-Station is powered on, this Template will immediately be selectedin Play Mode.Upgrading The Operating System From MIDIAs well as being undateable from USB (see page 26), the operatingsystem can be updated via the conventional MIDI in port. The latestversion of the operating system which Novation may publish from timeto time is available for download from the Novation web site :http://www.novationmusic.comTo install the operating system via the conventional MIDI port, power upthe X-Station while simultaneously holding down the PHANTOM,INPUT and STEREO buttons. Send the operating system file from theNovation OS update utility.It is also possible for an X-Station to transmit the currently installedoperating system (for example to directly update another connected X-Station by powering up the X-Station while simultaneously holdingdown the INPUT, STEREO and TEMPLATE COMMON BUTTONS but-tons.ADVANCED FEATURESSaving The Global Settings - Upgrading The Operating System• 29 •