In order to compare two setup files for a difference you can compare XML files of each setup file with https://winmerge.org/ or such programs. Basically DXS file is written in XML form. To extract XML from DXS there are two options. 


Datafile DXD

  • Use any File export 
  • Set all export channel to NO
  • Toggle "Export setup to xml file
  • Find XML file in Export folder 



Setup file DXS

  • Open DXS with 7-ZIP for example 


  • Extract "local.xml" out. This is XML of the setup file 



Then compare XMLs with WinMerge or similar program.  Below you can see marked difference in channel name.