 Solstice
Data
Manager
Similar to ActiveSync for your Pocket PC, the Solstice Data Manager
(SDM) is an integral part of all Solstice products. SDM controls
the synchronization with QuickBooks and manages the handheld licensing.
SDM spends most of its time running in the background, acting
as an intermediary between QuickBooks and the Solstice handheld.
After initial setup, you need only interact with SDM to change
the synchronization scheduler, start a manual synchronization,
or change/add handheld devices.
When the Solstice handheld synchronizes, it does not sync directly
with QuickBooks. Rather, it sends its data to, and gets new data
from the SDM database. There are significant advantages to synchronizing
this way, the most important being that QuickBooks does not need
to be running to synchronize the handheld. Handheld users can sync
whenever it's convenient for them.
SDM sits in the background, looking to see if QuickBooks
is running. When it detects that QuickBooks has started, SDM
initiates a synchronization, sending the data it collected
from the handheld to QuickBooks and receiving the latest
information from QuickBooks. The entire synchronization takes
place in the background, allowing you to continue working
undisturbed.
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 As long as QuickBooks is open, SDM will continue
synchronizing based on the schedule you choose. You can also initiate
a sync manually at any time simply by clicking the "Sync" icon
in SDM. Alternatively, you can set the SDM Synchronization Scheduler
to "Manual Only" if you don't want SDM to sync on it's
own.
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