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Hi,
I just purchased ST and am starting to set it up on my Home PC, once done I will probably use it mostly on my Laptop or Observatory PC. I have had a look around for how to transfer the settings but couldn't find anything - presumably there is a configuration files(s) somewhere that I just need to copy into a folder that will populate the new PC with equipment details etc?.
Can someone point me in the right direction please.
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Hello,
There is very little that will transfer from SkyTools 3 to SkyTools 4 Imaging, because there are so many changes.
The same isn't true for SkyTools 4 Visual, so if you have the bundle, open SkyTools 4 Visual. Select Help Contents from the top level Help menu. The 4th topic down is "Transferring Your SkyTools 3 Data." This will transfer things like your logs, telescopes, locations, etc.
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Check the Help for the use of the Sync function. That's used to syncronize ST4 between different computers, so it should be what you're looking for. Basically, you create the Sync file on the original computer, then copy the Sync file to the second computer & read the Sync file into SkyTools on that computer.
Hope this helps,
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I'm runnig ST4.0.11 Visual that shows the option to "Sync Databases" under the "Tools" Top menu. It's under "Restore".
Well darn, that's not an option that's available in the Imaging version. I'm sorry.
You might try a Backup - Restore to see if that will work.
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My apologies. I had just answered a question about transferring ST3 data and confused the two questions. SkyTools 4 Imaging doesn't have the Sync feature yet. Its supposed to, but I keep finding other things to finish instead. Soon.
In the meantime, yes, make a backup and then restore that backup on the other device. It makes an exact copy of the data each time. Just beware that when you restore a backup it overwrites everything, and any changes made since the last backup was restored will be lost.
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