I’ve reached the point whereby I’m about to calibrate and hang my new sled arrangment. Many changes have been made since my first frame/sled days and as such I’m wondering if it is best to start from scratch: should/can I delete (rename and backup) my groundcontrol.ini file? Will GC immediately generate a new default .ini file?
Many thanks,
Miles
Yes, GC will create a new .ini file from scratch. It’s never a bad idea to save
a copy of the old one when you want to start over, but then you can just delete
the old one and compare the results after calibration
Nice one, thank you, I wasn’t sure how the portable windows thing worked.
Cheers,
Miles
Would we like to see a “reset all settings to defaults” button which would delete that file automatically so you don’t have to go and track it down?
As long as the old one is dated and marked as old… rather than deleted
I doubt it warrants a button, as it’d rarely be used I’d have thought, except by those who know where it is.
it comes up too frequently, so it’s not a bad idea to have a button.
Maybe in an “Advanced settings” area?
I’ve been keeping backups of my groundcontrol.ini files in a separate folder from ground control:
That way I can restore to a previous version if I change configurations at any point. I usually use it as a starting point, and then run a couple rounds of calibration to make sure that the settings accommodate this iteration of the configuration.
Is there a way to automate the backup process through Ground Control? For instance, when you click it, it creates a backup of the .ini file in C:\Maslow\INI_Backup, then restores the settings to default? Not that I’m opposed to copying the files manually, but it would be pretty cool to be able to press a button and then back up the settings. If I had more coding knowledge/time I would take a crack at it in a fork.
Yes, I can see how I’m likely to want to change things around regularly, once I understand what all the variables are ;¬)
I feel stupid, but I can’t find the ini file. I am trying to switch from GroundControl to WebControl and am supposed to upload my groundcontrol.ini file, but I can’t find it. Where is it supposed to be? Is it actually a .txt file or something else? My Groundcontrol was recently calibrated and working fine, so I assume there should be an ini file somewhere!?
it may be a hidden file in the directory you run GroundControl from
David Lang
I found it. It is in the user directory under. I just don’t know why when I searched for the file by name Windows couldn’t find it. Strange.
Location is C:\Users\username\groundcontrol.ini