Documentation Clarification Request - Editing Equipment Profiles

Sequence Generator
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Last night I was struggling with SGPro and PHD2 interactions. SGPro would request the Dither, but it would not wait for the guider to settle before starting the next frame. I realised that I had not checked the “x seconds settle time” check box in the equipment profile. So I edited the values, and it still did not wait. I tried closing and reopening the sequence. I even shut down SGPro and restarted it, but to no avail.
Eventually I realised that whilst the Sequence maintains a link to the User Profile, it copies that Equipment Profile at the point the Sequence is created. I have now discovered the “File -> Apply Profile to Sequence” menu option which updates the current Sequence with the selected Equipment Profile.
My issue is that it took an hour to figure out what the problem was and how to solve it. Would it be possible to put a statement into the Equipment Profile documentation to say that if you want a change to the Equipment Profile to affect an existing Sequence then you have to manually apply it.
It would also be helpful, if in the Equipment Profile dialog, when you hit save, it could ask if you also want the changes to be applied to the current Sequence.

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I think this may be what you’re after?

http://mainsequencesoftware.com/Content/SGPHelp/UnderstandingProfilesFAQ.html

Thanks,
Jared

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Ok, that clarifies it.
However it would still be a much better user experience if there was some way to inform the user within the program that changing settings in the Control Panel only affected the current Sequence and changing the same settings in the Equipment Profile only affected future Sequences. At the moment you can change the settings for PHD2 Settle Time in two places (in very similar looking dialogs), but there is no feedback from the program to indicate to the User which has an immediate effect and which has a future effect.

I know it is all described in the documentation, but people do not read documentation thouroughly; especially not at 2am in the dark and the freezing cold with a laptop screen that keeps misting over.