Section 4:syncing data to a pc, What happens during a sync, Finding your sondecom folder – YSI SondeCom User Manual
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SECTION 4: SYNCING DATA TO A PC
For details on how to set up the sync option on the PC (ie. to change from Handheld overwrites
Desktop to Do Nothing or vice-versa), see section 2:
. This section
explains what happens during a sync and where the files are stored on your PC.
What happens during a sync?
When you initiate a sync between your PC and your PDA, the SondeCom conduit (software that is
automatically installed in the section:
) will look at the files that have been uploaded to
the PDA from the sonde. All of the files are then copied from the PDA to the PC. They are copied to the user
directory in a subdirectory named SondeCom. For example, if the user name is Smith, then the folder could be
named C:\Palm\Smith\SondeCom. If you cannot find your SondeCom folder, then see the section:
If there is a file in the SondeCom folder that has the same name as a file being transferred to the
PC, then the SondeCom will not transfer the file. It will simply give you an error message
telling you what files did not get copied to your PC. If you want to upload the file, then you will
need to get rid of the file specified in the error message. Please note that you can rename a file
before syncing it to the PC. See the
section for details on how to rename a file.
Finding your SondeCom Folder
The easiest way to find your user folder is to do a global search. For Windows 95/98/NT, right
click on the start menu button and select find. For Windows 2000/XP, right click on the start
menu and select search. Using this program, search for SondeCom on your local hard drive
(this could take a little while if you have a lot of files). The system should find the folder named
SondeCom. Make note of where the folder is located because every time you upload the files
from your PDA to your PC, the files will go in this folder. Note that there will be a SondeCom
folder for every user on the PC, so if you have multiple users syncing on the same PC, then each
user will have his own SondeCom folder.
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