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The Home and Away feature is designed for nodes that are used on a laptop computer that is sometimes disconnected from a corporate network for field operation.

 

This option activates the Home & Away file synchronizing feature of STACK-IT, allowing for remote users to update the files on their laptop before they leave the office.

 

Setting Paths for Home and Away

On the Path screen, select the paths to use for the Home and Away locations. Click one of the buttons and set the path accordingly.

 

Typically the Home location is a server or shared drive location accessible when connected to the office network.

 

Typically the Away location is set to laptop hard drive.

 

NOTE: Remember to click the Set Default button at the bottom of the Path screen. This ensures that STACK-IT will retain the current Home and Away settings.

 

Click on the Home button to display the path setting for the home location.

 

 

Click on the Away button to display the path setting for the away location.

 

 

 

Using Home and Away

From the Quote Open screen, click on either the Home or Away button to switch between the locations. The current setting selected is displayed at the top of the File Selector screen, in the Directory field.

 

STACK-IT will compare files in the Home location with files in the Away location and will display green arrows to indicate files that need to be updated. Click OK and STACK-IT will perform the updating operations shown by the green arrows.

 

After reconnecting to the network, click the Home button to update the data on the network with the new information on the laptop.

 

 

Before disconnecting the laptop, click the Away button. This will make sure that the files on the laptop are synchronized with data on the network.