Wholehog 3 and Road Hog as Backup?

Patrick

I assume you are wanting to setup a tracking backup.
The Road Hog has NO networking so no you can not use a Road Hog as a backup.
You can use a Full Boar, 3PC or iPC as a backup.

3.2.0 is the first version of software that allows USB backup on the Hog 3, so no you can not backup to a USB stick on a Hog 3 running 3.1.9 software.

so I can use it as a backup but not as a tracking backup?

Yes you can, but you will have to jump through some hoops to transfer the showfile from the Hog-3 to the Road Hog with the older v3.1.9 software. (H3 to CD, CD to laptop, laptop to USB, and USB to Road Hog as one example)

In this case, you would be much better served with another Hog-3 desk, a Road-Hog FB, iPC, or even an H3PC as Michael mentioned.

For a networked tracking backup you will need DP-8000 with software 3.2 or higher to work.

Hope this helps. :)

Yea I knew that it was a tad tricky...so one more question...

So if I got a DP 8000 for the Hog 3 and I updated the software to 3.2 or higher and I updated the Roadhog to 3.2 or higher would I then be able to do a networking backup between the two consoles?

Nope, the regular Road Hog has no networking cabablity.

You would be able to transfer a showfile directly from the Hog-3 to the RoadHog via USB stick in this case.

[QUOTE=Marty Postma;58727]Yes you can, but you will have to jump through some hoops to transfer the showfile from the Hog-3 to the Road Hog with the older v3.1.9 software. (H3 to CD, CD to laptop, laptop to USB, and USB to Road Hog as one example)

What I do is to plug a Zip drive into the Road Hog.