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5.2
Synchronization
As soon as the Engineer software starts up, it will ask in which way you want to synchronize
the software. Synchronization is an important concept within the software: Always make
sure your software is synchronized with the device when working with the system. This
ensures correct functioning of the device (more importantly, it ensures that what you hear is
actually a representation of what you see on your screen). Also, when used correctly, this
will prevent you from losing that precious device setting that you worked on for hours.
On start up, you're presented with the following screen:
Loading the current project from the device is the safest way when it comes to making sure
the current project stored in the device isn't lost: The Engineer will send the currently loaded
settings to the software, and you can take it from there. In case you have an existing
project in an Engineer file, select the "load project from file" option. This will load the stored
project in the software and send it straight to the device, discarding all data previously
stored in the unit.
As you can see in the image above, saving the current project to the device is disabled on
start-up, for the obvious reason that there's no project yet. The last option, starting a new
project, is mainly available for convenience when working offline. The device will not be
synchronized with the project in your software, so this isn't recommended. Synchronization
will have to be handled manually, which can be done from the file menu. For now, please
select the first option.