Software Warning; "Job is in use by another computer"

The software is careful to close all its data files when the program exits. On occasion however, a system is shutdown accidentally. If this occurs it is possible that the ATD program will refuse to re-start the same job. A warning is displayed: "Job already being used by a different computer". There is a workaround for this - though it's a bit involved.

• Close the X-Rite ATD (ATS, Komori PDC-S) program first!

   

• Locate and open the program folder (directory).
  If you have accepted the 'setup' defaults this folder will be named either "ATD", "ATS", or "PDCS".

   

• In the this folder you will find the program's "INI" file.
  This file is named "ATD32.ini", "ATS32.ini", or "PDCS.ini" depending on your software version.

   

• Double-click on this file. NotePad should open the file. 'INI' files are readable text. They are broken into labeled sections. Each label looks like "[Words Here]"; where the "[" and "]" open and close the label. Look for the "[Job]" label. On the next line is listed the name of the job folder that is causing the error. Here's the tricky part - - the job folders are named using the Julian date & time of the initial job creation. Write down all of the the information following the word "\DATABASE\".

   

• Close Notepad. If Notepad asks if you wish to save changes, answer NO!

   

• Open the database folder.

   

• Open the folder that matches the information you wrote down above; i.e., 6845737.
  You are now in the job folder containing the damaged file.

   

  Note: A job is NOT a single file! Rather it is a set of more than 30 related files. Never attempt to move a single file - - if you wish to transport a job; move the entire folder!

   

• Locate and open the "JOB.ini" file (double-click as you did before).

   

• Near the end of the file in a section labeled "[Database]" you will see the line "Master=1".

   

  Change this line to read "Master=0". Nothing else should follow the zero on this line.

   

• Close Notepad. This time when the program asks if you wish to save changes, answer YES!

That's it. When you restart the X-Rite application the job should now open and run correctly.