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Multiple contacts DB sync

2 replies · 3,548 views · Started 02 August 2005

Hope someone can help me with the following

I Have multiple DB's for contacts and Tasks (one on Work Outlook and other on Home Outlook) The PC suite allows for us to select different outlook folders for different Sync Profiles, however, I can't see how I can select different Contacts Folders to Sync such that my main one sychs with the Home OUtlook Contacts/Tasks etc. and my secondary Contacts DB will Synch with a different Machine/Outlook profile at Work.

From my point of view, not being able to do this greatly reduces the the convenience of having multiple Contacts DB's. I am sure there is a way to do it - Colleagues of mine who have teh older 9200 phones were able to do this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as it would mean i would not have to hold a second device just for my work contacts info.

I see no one has answered how to sync to multiple databases, but how about just selecting multiple folders? Under my contacts, I have 10 subfolders for various types of contacts but can't seem to choose more than one contacts folder to sync to (even in the same program).

NetworkTycoon wrote:Hope someone can help me with the following

I Have multiple DB's for contacts and Tasks (one on Work Outlook and other on Home Outlook) The PC suite allows for us to select different outlook folders for different Sync Profiles, however, I can't see how I can select different Contacts Folders to Sync such that my main one sychs with the Home OUtlook Contacts/Tasks etc. and my secondary Contacts DB will Synch with a different Machine/Outlook profile at Work.

From my point of view, not being able to do this greatly reduces the the convenience of having multiple Contacts DB's. I am sure there is a way to do it - Colleagues of mine who have teh older 9200 phones were able to do this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as it would mean i would not have to hold a second device just for my work contacts info.

That is sad but true.
On previous 92xx model the PC suite offered the option to create more than one sync rule for the contacts.
Anyhow the 92xx still have some iMPORTANT FUNCTIONS not available in the new series 80 version.
SOLUTION
I have created the DB on the contacts of communicator and i recreate new sync settings on the PC SUITE in order to be able to sync my 4 contacts folder from Outlook.
Grace to the USB connection the SYNC takes me 35 minutes and I do it once/week

Any other solutions?