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DataSynchronizationviaPalmHotSync
®
TheZONESCAN800softwarepackageincludesasoftwaremodulefortransferringmeasurementandlogger
setupdatabetweenaPC(laptop)andaPalmOS
®
drivenhandheldviathePalmHotSyncManager
®
.This
softwaremoduleiscalledaconduit.
RegisteringConduit
BeforeusingtheZONESCAN800conduit,ithastoberegisteredtotheHotSyncManager(PalmDesktop
softwarehastobeinstalledbefore):
‐StartZONESCAN800Windowssoftware
‐SelectOptions‐Setupfrommainmenu
‐SelectHotSynctab
‐Registerco
nduit(incaseitisnotyetregistered)
IncasetheZONESCAN800HotSyncconduitisalreadyregisteredagreenLEDwillbedisplayed(otherwisered
LED).IncaseofproblemspleaserefertoReadMefileinConduitfolder.
UpdatesoftheZONESCAN800softwarepackagemaycontainnewerversionsofth
econduit.Registrationof
updatedconduitwillbedoneautomaticallyassoonastheZONESCAN800Windowssoftwareisstarted,
manualregisteringisnotnecessary.Therefore,itisstronglyrecommendedtostarttheZONESCAN800
softwareatleastonceaftersoftwareupdatebeforeinitiatingaHotSync.
Note:
Besidesofregisteringth
econduit,theZONESCAN800Windowssoftwaredoesn'tcontainanyfunctions
regardingHotSyncdatasynchronization.Alldatatransferisdonebytheconduititself.Therefore,itisnot
necessarytoruntheZONESCAN800WindowssoftwareduringaHotSync.Inordertoavoiddataconflicts,it
isrecommendedtoexittheZO
NESCAN800WindowssoftwarebeforestartingaHotSync.
51 ConduitSetup
BeforeinitiatingtheHotSyncprocess,thesynchronizationmodeoftheZONESCAN800conduitshouldbe
checkedandeventuallybemodified.
ClicktheHotSyncManagericon,thenselectCustom.SynchronizationmodeoftheZONESCAN800conduit
willbedisplayedandmaybecha
nged:
52 Synchronizethefiles
Thisisthenormaloperationmodeforsynchronizingthedatabases:Measurementdatawillbetransferred
fromthehandheldtothePCandloggersetupdatawillbetransferredintothedirectiondependingonwhere
itwasmodified.Newloggersmaybea
ddedtothePCdatabaseaswellastothehandhelddatabase.Dueto
securityreasons,deletingofloggerswillnotbemirroredfromthehandheldtothePC(inordertoavoid
possibledataloss).
ImportantNote1:ThenameofthehandheldZONESCAN800projectmustexistinsideth
ePCdatabase
(databaseoflastinstalledZONESCAN800Windowssoftware).Incasetheprojectnamedoesn'texistnodata
transferwilloccur.ThehandheldprojectnamemaybeadjustedbyselectingOptions‐Settings‐Project
insidethehandheldZONESCAN800software.
ImportantNote2:Inthismodethehandheldshouldalwa
ysbesynchronizedwiththesamePC.Itispossible
tosynchronizemorethanonehandheldwiththesamePCbutnotviceversa.Synchronizingahandheldto
severalPCsmayresultinlossofthehandheld'sZONESCANdata.