Laplink PCsync Quick Start Guide - Belkin

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LaplinkPCsync®

Quick Start Guide

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Copyright / Trademark Notice© Copyright 2006 Laplink Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Laplink, the Laplink logo, Connect Your World, PCsync, and SpeedSync are either registered trademarks or trade-marks of Laplink Software, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other brands and products are trademarks of their respective holder(s). SpeedSync technology is cov-ered by U.S. Patent No. 5,446,888 and related fi lings in the U.S. and other countries.


Install PCsync®

Welcome to Laplink PCsync®, the best solution for your fi le transfer and synchronization needs!This Quick Start Guide will assist you throughthe installation, use, and features of the pro-gram. Before you install and use the program for the fi rst time, please review the Glossary and System Requirements.

GlossaryHost computer: The computer to which you will connect in a PCsync session.

Client computer: The computer from which you will connect to the host computer in a PCsync session.

Synchronization: The procedure that copies the most recently changed version of a fi le from one folder to another. The outcome of synchronization will depend on the direction of the transfer and the confl ict resolution rules that you specify.

Confl ict: A condition which occurs when you at-tempt to synchronize in the direction of a fi lethat has changed since the last synchroniza-tion. PCsync will handle confl icts (i.e. overwrite, keep, or copy the fi le) according to the rules that you specify in the synchronization job settings.

System Requirements•Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP4) and above•Minimum 32 MB of RAM•Minimum 10 MB of free disk space

Install PCsyncNote: You must install PCsync on each computer where you will use the application. For details on the maximum number of installations allowed, refer to the End User License Agreement.

Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive. If the au-torun feature is enabled, the installation will begin automatically. If autorun is disabled, use Windows Explorer or some other fi le manage-

ment program to display the contents of the CD. Browse to the [CD drive]\LapLink directory, lo-cate the Setup_en.exe fi le and double-click on it. Follow the instructions on the screen.

1. Check for an Updated Version

Click Yes to continue to the Welcome window.

2. Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for PCsync

Click Next to continue.

3. License Agreement

Review the license agreement, select “I ac-cept the terms in the license agreement”, and click Next to continue.

4. Destination Folder

By default, the program will install to:

C:\Program Files\Laplink\PCsync\

Alternatively, click Change and select or cre-ate a new destination folder. When fi nished, click Next.


Register PCsync® and Authenticate Incoming Connections

5. Ready to install the program

Click Install to begin the installation. Wait for the InstallShield Wizard to complete the process.

6. InstallShield Wizard Completed

To start PCsync immediately after instal-lation, select “Launch PCsync” and click Finish to close the InstallShield Wizard. You can launch the application at any time by clicking Start, selecting All Programs(or Programs, depending on your settings), Laplink PCsync, and PCsync.

Register PCsyncWhen you start PCsync for the fi rst time, you will be prompted to register the product. In the “Registration” window,

type in the required information, then click OK. If the registration fails, follow the instruc-tions in the “Registration Error” window for contacting Laplink for assistance.

Authenticate Incoming Connections

When you launch PCsync for the fi rst time, the program will ask you to authenticate incoming connections to your computer:

Select “No” to allow everyone to use your computer as a host without a special per-mission.

Select “Yes” and specify further the option you want to use. If you are on a Microsoft domain, select:

Microsoft authentication (Windows Log-on) and click OK. In the “Host Security” window,

select the user names, then click OK.

If you are not on a Microsoft domain, select:

Single User Authentication Profi le and click OK. In the appropriate text fi elds of the next dialog, enter the logon informa-tion for the user and click OK.


To run fi le transfer or synchronization on the folders of the same computer, in the “Con-nections” pane,

highlight “Local Connection”, and skip to the Transfer Files or Synchronize Folders sections.

To connect to another computer, you must fi rst create a new connection.

• Make sure that PCsync is running on the host computer (the computer to which you will connect).

• If you wish to use the USB cable, plug it into the USB ports on both computers now.

When ready, click on the “Make New Connec-tion” button, When ready, click on the “Make New Connec-

.

1. Making a Connection

By default, PCsync selects “Over a Net-work”. To keep this option, click Next and go to 2.

To connect over a USB cable, select “Over a USB cable”, click Next and go to 3.

2. Making a New Network Connection

Select “Automatically detect from net-work” to detect other computers which are running PCsync and are on the same local area network as your computer:

Highlight the desired computer on the list and click OK.

Note: Your computer must be connected to the net-work. For assistance with Windows networking, see

Windows Help or contact your System Administrator.

Select “Connect manually” and type the IP address of the host computer into the “IP Address” fi eld.

Note: If you do not know the IP address, from the Windows Start menu, click Run and enter CMD. At the DOS prompt, type IPCONFIG/ALL and press Enter. and press Enter. and press Enter

You can use the default port number, or type in a new one in the “Port Number” fi eld, making sure that the client and the host computers both use the same port number. Click OK when ready and go to 3.

Connect to a Host Computer


3. Connecting to a Remote Computer

• If the host computer is set up as “Public System”, you do not have to enter login information. In the above dialog box, simply click OK, then click YesYesY in the confi rmation box that will open next.

• If the host computer is set up as “Single User Authentication” or “Microsoft Authentication”, type in the login name (domain\username) and the password now. For more help, see Additional Tools.

4. Connected!

If you click Save, the name or IP address of the host computer will appear in the “Connections” pane. The next time you try to connect to the same host, you will not have to retype your login information.

For USB cable connections, the Save op-tion will not save the host computer’s name.

Connect to a Host Computer (continued)


Transfer Files In the “Connections” pane, click on the con-nection you created in the previous section. The two main task buttons will become avail-able:

Click on the “File Transfer” button, . If you have not yet connected to the host in this PCsync session, click Yes in the confi rmation box:

The File Transfer window will open:

The left pane, called “Local”, is the client computer. The right pane shows the fi les and directories of the host computer. To navigate through fi les and folders, click once on or double-click on through fi les and folders, click once on

to expand a folder; click to collapse a folder; click on

to expand a folder; click or the folder

name to display the contents of that folder; or

click on to move one level up in the direc-tory tree. To prepare for the fi le transfer, open both the source folder and the target folder.

The Two Steps of File Transfer

1. Select fi les for transfer.

Left-click on a fi le or folder you wish to transfer. To transfer several items at a time, left-click on each item while holding the Ctrl key.

2. Transfer fi les.

• To copy the fi les, hold the left button of the mouse and drag the items as shown:

• To move the fi les, hold the Shift key, and drag the fi les with the mouse.

At the end of the transfer, review informa-tion in the “Transfer Complete” window and click OK.

• To close fi le transfer, in the main menu click Connections, then select Close File Transfer or click the Close button.


Synchronize FoldersPCsync allows you to automatically syn-chronize the contents of two folders lo-cated on the same or on different com-puters. Features include:

• One-way and two-way synchronization.Copy the changed fi les from one folder to the other, or copy the fi les from eachfolder to the other.

• File confl ict resolution according to the rules set by the user. Set the rules for synchronizing the folders in which one or both matching fi les have changed since the last synchronization.

• Synchronization scheduled by the user.Set the day and time to repeat a synchro-nization job automatically.

• Smart synchronization. If following a synchronization, you replace a fi le with its older version in one of the folders, PCsync will not simply replace it with the newer fi le version from the other folder. As you prepare the session, you can direct PCsync to automatically skip, copy the newer ver-sion, or to overwrite the fi le. You can also choose to resolve confl icts manually while the session is running.

The Four Steps of Synchronization

1. Create a synchronization job

a. In the “Connections” pane, click on an existing connection.

b. Click on ,the “New Sync Job” button.If you have not yet connected to the host in this PCsync session, click Yes in the “Make Connection” box.

2. Select folder pairs

In the “Adding Folders” window, fi nd the folders you wish to synchronize. The names of the folders in each pair will ap-pear in the lower pane.

3. Specify synchronization options

a. In the “Synchronization Options” win-dow,

• Specify the direction of synchroniza-tion and the rules for handling con-fl icts.

• Add another pair of folders for synch-ronization by clicking Add Folder Pair.

Click Next when ready.


Synchronize Folders (continued)b. In the “Scheduler” window, select:

“Prescheduled” to specify the day and time for PCsync to repeat this job automatically. In the “Account” and “Password” text boxes, type in the name and password required to log into your Windows computer, if applicable.

“Manual” if you do not wish to repeat the job automatically.

Click Next when ready.

c. In the next window,

type in the name for this synchronization job and check additional options, such as:

• Include only matched pair: By selecting this option, you tell PCsync to ignore any

fi les that do not have matching fi les in the other folder.

• Include subfolders: Keep this option se-lected to use the current job’s synchro-nization rules on the subfolders within the primary folders.

• Include previously skipped fi les: If you have previously synchronized this folder pair and chose to skip certain fi les, se-lecting this option will apply the synchro-nization rules to these fi les.

When ready, click Done.

4. Run the synchronization job

a. In the “Synchronization Jobs” pane of the main PCsync window,

click on the job you just created.

b. In the summary window,

review your folder selections and click Run.


indicates the direction of fi le transfer. indicates skipped fi le.shows confl icts. If you are running a synchro-nization job for the fi rst time, you should not see any confl icts (as shown above). However, if you have run the job before and have made changes to the fi les since then, confl icts may arise.

If, in step 3(a), you selected Always check with user, resolve the confl ict as follows:

(i) Click Resolve.

(ii) In the “Resolving Confl ict” window,

specify the rules for resolving the confl ict, and click Next to continue to the next con-fl ict. Repeat until you can no longer click Next, then click OK.

After you complete this step, you should no longer see the confl ict sign for any fi le pair.

(iii) When ready, click Run in the “Run Synchronization Job” window.

(iv) After the job completes, click Close:

Additional ToolsConfi guration menu.

• The “Connections” and “Logging” tabs contain menus with convenience features, such as the one-step connect and the log fi le settings.

• The “Host” tab menu allows you to specify when to start the host. Note that if you select “Never”, you will prevent all incoming connections.

• The “Users” tab menu gives you control of who can connect to your computer. Select:computer. Select:computer

“Public System” to allow everyone to connect.

“Single User Authentication”, and click Set Permissions to assign a user name user name userand password to one specifi c user. d to one specifi c user. d to one specifi c user

“Microsoft Authentication”, and click Set Permissions to pick users that belong to a Microsoft Domain.

Synchronization OptionsTo edit, delete, or view the log for an existing synchronization job, use the main menu or right-click on the job:

Synchronize Folders (continued) and Additional Tools


How Synchronization Works

In the above diagram, the left-most column shows the state of folders A and B following a synchroni-zation. You make changes as shown in the middle column and run the same synchronization job as before. The outcome of your next synchronization will depend on the direction and confl ict resolution rules you have chosen:

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• File “1”: PCsync will not do anything because the fi le has not changed in A or B since the last synchronization.

• File “2”: In folder A, you replaced this fi le with its older version. PCsync will treat the older version as the one you want to keep, and will update the fi le in folder B with the copy from A.

• File “3”: In folder B, you replaced this fi le with its older version. Synchronizing in the direc-tion of the changed fi le will create a confl ict. PCsync will use a confl ict resolution rule you have specifi ed here.

• Since the last synchronization, you have placed different copies of fi le “4” in both fold-ers. Again, this will create a confl ict. Because PCsync does not know which version of the fi le you want to keep, it will use a confl ict res-olution rule you have specifi ed here.

• ”5_local” and “5_remote” do not match. Unless you specify to not copy fi les that don’t match, PCsync will copy “5_local” to folder B.

• File “1”: No changes.

• File “2”: confl ict.

• File “3”: Update the copy in folder A with the copy from folder B.


• Copy “5_remote” to folder A.

• File “1”: no changes.

• File “2”: Update the copy in folder A with the copy from folder B.

• File “3”: Update the copy in folder B with the copy from folder A.


• “5_local”: copy from A to B.

• “5_remote”: copy from B to A.

PCsync manages the fi les you delete just like it manages the fi les you change. If fol-lowing synchronization, you deleted fi le “2” instead of replacing it with an older version, subsequent A->B synchronization would de-lete fi le “2” from folder B.

A

B

Both folders have been synchronized before

A: Replace fi les 2 and 4, add “5_local”

B: Replace fi les 3 and 4, add “5_remote”

Following a bidirectionalsynchronization. All confl icts were resolved by copying the

newer version of a fi le.

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