Yokogawa FieldMate - Manual (Page 20)

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You can also stop the activity at any point in time. To stop the activity, click [Stop] in the Synchronize Devices in
Progress dialog box. When an activity is stopped, the process is halted but the information that was processed
before stopping the activity will not be reverted.
11. When the activity is finished, click [Close].
 Handling conflict messages
During the synchronization activity, the Conflict Message dialog box appears when the device
information from FieldMate is older than the device information in PRM or when both PRM and
FieldMate have new information.
Table3-3 Situations that trigger the Conflict Message
PRM Timestamp FieldMate Timestamp Result
Same Same None
Newer Older Conflict Message appears.
Older Newer Automatic overwrite from FieldMate to PRM.
Newer Newer Conflict Message appears.
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Figure3-7 Conflict Message dialog box
To resolve conflicts, click the following options:
• [PRM Data] to overwrite FieldMate data with PRM data for all devices.
• [FieldMate Data] to overwrite PRM data with FieldMate data for all devices.
• [Latest Data] to overwrite FieldMate older data with PRM newer data, comparing with the
latest Update Date.
• [Prompt] to select the overwrite direction for the current device only.
• [Continue] to apply the selected conflict resolution and proceed with the synchronization
activity.
• [Stop] to stop the synchronization activity.
NOTE
If an option is not selected within 30 minutes, the data transfer will skip the affected device and
proceed with the transfer for the remaining devices.