Working Offline and Reconnecting to a Repository

While working with files from a repository, a local working copy may become disconnected from the repository for reasons like a disconnected network cable. In this case, continue to work offline with a local working copy. However, after reconnecting to the repository, the working copy may differ from the copy located in the repository if other users modified that version.
To work offline and reconnect to a repository
  1. When a local working copy becomes disconnected from the repository, a message appears informing of the disconnection from the repository.
    The
    AADvance-Trusted SIS Workstation software®
     attempts to reconnect with the repository.
  2. When unable to reestablish the connection, choose to work offline with the local file by creating a temporary local repository:
    1. Save and close the current project.
    2. To set a local folder to a new or existing repository, from the
      File
      menu, point to
      Version Control
      , and then click
      Select Repository
      .
    3. To point to the previously saved project, from the
      File
      menu, click
      New Project
      , and from the
      New Project
       dialog box import the required AADvance project.
    4. Proceed to making the necessary modifications to the project.
      IMPORTANT: Downloading this local copy prevents other team members from connecting to the respective controller. Also, the history for the local file is not transferred to the temporary local repository.
  3. When the connection is restored with the original repository, return your local working copy to the original repository:
    1. For each element to merge back, save the element as its original name in the original repository.
      The element is saved as a *.pxf file.
    2. Open the original project file, and then import the element *.pxf file.
    3. Check in the new version of the element.
      IMPORTANT: When checking in elements that were modified locally, modifications other users performed for the element may be overwritten.
  4. To enable connecting to the physical controllers, download the most current code to the required controllers.
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