thats what i have been looking for. when someone inadvertently restarts the capture1 machine, the others can continue to capture, so i know it *can* do it, just need to figure out how to force the issue. On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:47 PM, James Strong <jamesdstrong@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Can you open the .ini file and identify where the main DB is defined and > modify it to point to capture 2? Probably not that simple...but it doesn't > hurt to look. > After saving a copy of the original .ini, of course. > > j- > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:26 PM, sandor ferenczy < > sandorferenczy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> So, question for the collective... >> >> If the main OIS capture station (capture1 we'll call it) dies (CPU power >> supply or motherboard) is there any way to quickly get the other capture >> stations (capture2, capture3, etc) up and running? >> >> as it sits now, capture1 is dead, and capture2 and capture3 will not >> start the Winstation application, as they cannot connect to the database >> (which resides on capture1) >> >> any quick help is much appreciated! >> >> -sandor >> > >