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Offline Places in Lutron Designer
The Offline Places feature in Lutron Designer allows customers to save files for offline access directly from the Connect Places screen in Lutron Designer. This eliminates the need to export and manage files locally.
Customers can download files for offline editing. While working offline, Lutron Designer caches changes and queues them for upload. Once reconnected to the internet, Lutron Designer automatically syncs these changes to the cloud, ensuring all offline work is saved.
For an in-depth review of Offline Places in Lutron Designer, review the training module Lutron Places - Working on a Database (OVW 414) on LCI.
Before You Begin
If you are unfamiliar with Lutron Places, read the Cloud Connect/Places Introduction article for more information.
Review the following terms below used throughout this article:
- Place - a collection of one or more lighting systems under one customer group's control. In previous models, this was a "database" or "system".
- System - a group of products that control each other with a maximum of 16 processors per system. In previous models, this was a "subsystem".
In the image below, Training, Commercial Building Demo, and Brookdale Training are all examples of Places. "Work Room 106", "Office 104", "Conference Room 108", and "Conference Room 105" are all examples of Systems within the Brookdale Training Place.
Cloud Backup
In Lutron Designer 25.0 and higher, any database you work on will always be on your computer. In addition, Lutron has enhanced your ability to collaborate with others, take your work to another computer, and save a copy with versions in the cloud. Review the cloud backup icons below for more information:
Cloud Backup Icons
The changes made within the database are saved locally to your device and the cloud. You have the latest version of the file available.
The Checkmark icon appears if you recently worked on the database on your computer.
The database for the system is backed up to the cloud. However, you do not have the file cached locally on your computer. Click this icon to download to your local drive. When this is complete, the green checkmark symbol appears.
The Download from Cloud icon appears if you are opening the database for the first time on a new computer or if the database was recently shared with you.
The database is saved to the cloud and your local computer, but your local working version is outdated. A newer version is available on the cloud. Click this symbol to retrieve the latest version from the cloud.
The Download icon appears if someone else worked on the database since you last worked on it.
The Backing up your Changes icon indicates an action is in progress. It appears momentarily while your changes are backing up to the cloud.
The database for this system is only saved and available on the cloud. You will still be able to access the system, however you will need an internet connection to do so. If you need to work on the database from an offline location, you must download the file from the cloud from a location where you have internet access.
The Cloud Only icon appears if you are working on a myRoom XC system.
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