IBM Sync menu options

After you set up IBM Sync, you can configure other IBM Sync menu options. Be sure that you have installed DB2 Everyplace on the client device and that the client device or emulator is set up for network connections.

In the upper left-hand corner of the IBM Sync dialog, click the IBM Sync menu. A drop-down menu appears with the following options:

Subs Sets (Subscription sets)

You can view the subscription sets that the Sync Client subscribes by selecting the Subscription Sets option from the menu. In the subscription set panel, the check box next to a subscription set indicates if the subscription set is enabled for synchronization. Thus, you can disable synchronization on those subscription sets that you are interested in by unchecking a check box. All the command buttons and their actions in the panel are explained as follows:

OK
After changing the synchronization options of the subscriptions, you can save your changes by clicking the OK push button.

Cancel
In case you want to discard your changes, click the Cancel button.

Details
When you click the Details push button, the Details panel displays detailed information about the selected subscription set (for example, the complete name of the subscription set and the status of the last synchronization). In addition, if you want to discard the client data and perform a refresh of a subscription set, simply select the Reset check box. The next time when you synchronize, the Sync Client will then perform a refresh (drop the client data and re-fetch the source data from the server) on that subscription set.

Purge
This push button will drop the current subscription set information, and the next time when you synchronize, the Sync Client will refresh the subscription set information, and then refresh each subscription set.
Note:
If you made changes to the local tables, but have not synchronized these changes with the source, the refresh after you perform the purge operation will cause all those changes to be lost.

Server Settings

If you click the Server Settings menu option, the Setting dialog opens. In this dialog, you can configure some of the IBM Sync settings. The settings that can be configured are:

URL
Tap the drop-down list next to URL, then select -enter- and type the Sync Server URL (for example, http://127.0.0.1). If the Sync Server is configured on a port other than 80, say 8080, the port number should be specified in the URL (for example, http://127.0.0.1:8080). Each new server URL that you enter is stored in the drop-down list so that the next time you synchronize, you can simply select the server URL from the list.

User
Type a user name in the User ID field. The user name that you enter must be defined in the DB2 Everyplace Mobile Devices Administration Center. For information on creating a user in the Mobile Devices Administration Center, see the Sync Server Administration Guide.

Password
Type a password in the Password field. The password that you enter must be defined in the DB2 Everyplace Mobile Devices Administration Center. For information on creating a user in the Mobile Devices Administration Center, see the Sync Server Administration Guide. Select the Save Password check box, if you want to save the password for subsequent.

Client Settings

You can configure the client-specific settings by selecting the Client Settings from the menu. The client settings that can be configured are:

Trace
Tap the drop-down list next to Trace, and select Detailed to generate detailed tracing information for service when you encounter problems during synchronization.

Memory slot
Tap the drop-down list next to Memory slot, and select the target memory expansion card, if any, where you want to save the client information and synchronized data. The default Device setting is the main memory on the mobile device. When a memory slot other than Device is selected, you can also specify the exact target path in the Target Path field, for which the default is the root.

Network Settings

You can configure the network-specific settings by selecting the Network Settings from the menu. The network settings that can be configured are:

Timeout
In this drop-down list, you can specify a time out duration for synchronization. You should select a longer duration if the server is busy or there is a large amount of data to be synchronized. If you frequently encounter time out error messages during synchronization, contact your system administrator for the proper setting of this value. The default is 1 minute

Network Speed
Tap the drop-down list next to Network Speed, and select the proper network speed. This setting allows the Sync Client to adjust the actually message size when communicating with the Sync Server to achieve the best network performance.

Use Proxy
If your system uses a proxy server, you should select the Use Proxy check box, and then type in the IP and the port number of the proxy server.

About IBM Sync

When you select About IBM Sync, you can view the device information including the version number and the build date for the DB2 Everyplace client, and device ID.

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