Job Changeover

Multiple jobs can be loaded to the camera. You can switch between the jobs without having to download each time. A number of features allow you to manipulate the jobs and retrieve information about the loaded jobs.

 

Job Slot – Each job is stored in a corresponding "slot" in the camera's memory, identified by a consecutive list of integers.

 

Boot Job – This is the job that loads when the camera is powered on.

 

Current Job – This is the job that is currently loaded in the camera’s memory. AutoVISION allows the user to select a job in the job slots and make it the current job.

 

You can manipulate Job Changeover functionality in AutoVISION's Connect view, with the pop-up menu that appears when you click the flash memory icon on the file menu toolbar, and with the pop-up menu in the Run view.

 

When you select a camera that supports Job Changeover, the jobs are shown under the Upload Current Job from Device button in the device view.

 

Note: Job sizes are not shown until you click this icon:

 

 

 

From this view you can see the following information about the job:

 

 

Size represents the amount of memory that would be saved if the job were deleted from the camera. The jobs share support files, so when there are two jobs using the same support files the second one deleted will make more memory available.

 

You can make a job the current job by selecting it and clicking the Make Current button. You can also delete jobs from the camera by selecting a job and clicking the Delete Slot button. AutoVISION will warn you if you try to delete the current job, and will automatically reassign the new first job in the list to current.

 

The pop-up menu that appears when you click the flash memory icon allows you to see all jobs currently on the camera. You can then flash the job that is in the camera's memory or loaded on the computer by selecting a job to overwrite or by selecting New Slot.

 

 

When you select a slot (or New Slot) you will see a dialog asking if you want to download the current job. This allows you either to flash the job in AutoVISION or the job on the camera. If you select New Slot, AutoVISION will search for an open slot or the next corresponding job slot and insert the job in that slot. After the job is flashed it will start running and AutoVISION will switch to the Run view if you have checked “Go to Run view after flashing the job”.

 

 

Job Switching

Important: AutoVISION is not able to edit jobs that have been manipulated in FrontRunner. Switching jobs between AutoVISION and FrontRunner is not recommended.

 

You can switch between jobs in AutoVISION's Connect or Run views. Click the job switch icon in the Run view to use the dropdown menu shown below.

 

 

 

If a username and password have been defined for the camera, the Login dialog will appear.

 

Important: The username and password are blank by default.