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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>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.</span></p>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>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.</span></p>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>For an in-depth review of Offline Places in Lutron Designer, review the training module <a href='https://lutron.docebosaas.com/US/learn/courses/2419/offline-places-in-d…; target='_blank'>Lutron Places - Working on a Database</a> (OVW 414) on LCI.</span></p>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 22px;color: #3e3e3e;'>Before You Begin</span></p>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>If you are unfamiliar with Lutron Places, read the <a href='https://support.lutron.com/us/en/product/radiora3/article/programming/R…; target='_self'>Cloud Connect/Places Introduction</a> article for more information. </span></p>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>Review the following terms below used throughout this article:</span></p>
<ul><li style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'><strong>Place </strong>-  a collection of one or more lighting systems under one customer group&#39;s control. In previous models, this was a &quot;database&quot; or &quot;system&quot;.</span></li><li style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'><strong>System</strong> - a group of products that control each other with a maximum of 16 processors per system. In previous models, this was a &quot;subsystem&quot;.</span></li></ul>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>In the image below, <strong>Training</strong>, <strong>Commercial Building Demo</strong>, and <strong>Brookdale Training</strong> are all examples of Places. &quot;Work Room 106&quot;, &quot;Office 104&quot;, &quot;Conference Room 108&quot;, and &quot;Conference Room 105&quot; are all examples of Systems within the Brookdale Training Place.</span></p>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 22px;color: #3e3e3e;'>Cloud Backup</span></p>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>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:</span></p>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;color: #3e3e3e;'>Cloud Backup Icons</span></p>
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<p style='text-align: center;margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><span style='font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #3e3e3e;'><img alt='A green check mark in a circleAI-generated content may be incorrect.' height='50' width='50' src='https://lutron.my.salesforce-sites.com/publicknowledge/servlet/rtaImage…;
<p style='margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 1.2;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;color: #3e3e3e;'>The changes made within the database are saved locally to your device and the cloud. You have the latest version of the file available.</span></p>
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<p style='margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 1.2;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;color: #3e3e3e;'>The <strong>Checkmark </strong>icon appears if you recently worked on the database on your computer.</span></p>
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<p style='text-align: center;margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><img alt='A grey cloud with a arrow pointing downAI-generated content may be incorrect.' height='50' width='50' src='https://lutron.my.salesforce-sites.com/publicknowledge/servlet/rtaImage…;
<p style='margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 1.2;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>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.</span></p>
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<p style='margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 1.2;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>The <strong>Download from Cloud</strong> 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.</span></p>
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<p style='text-align: center;margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><img alt='A green arrow pointing downAI-generated content may be incorrect.' height='50' width='50' src='https://lutron.my.salesforce-sites.com/publicknowledge/servlet/rtaImage…;
<p style='margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 1.2;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>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.</span></p>
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<p style='margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 1.2;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>The <strong>Download</strong> icon appears if someone else worked on the database since you last worked on it.</span></p>
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<p style='text-align: center;margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><img alt='A black and white logoAI-generated content may be incorrect.' height='50' width='50' src='https://lutron.my.salesforce-sites.com/publicknowledge/servlet/rtaImage…;
<p style='margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 1.2;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>The <strong>Backing up your Changes</strong> icon indicates an action is in progress. It appears momentarily while your changes are backing up to the cloud. </span></p>
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<p style='text-align: center;margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><img alt='A black and white cloudAI-generated content may be incorrect.' height='50' width='50' src='https://lutron.my.salesforce-sites.com/publicknowledge/servlet/rtaImage…;
<p style='margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 1.2;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>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.</span></p>
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<p style='margin: 0in 0in 8pt;line-height: 1.2;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>The <strong>Cloud Only</strong> icon appears if you are working on a myRoom XC system.</span></p>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 22px;color: #3e3e3e;'>Delete Local Cached Copy</span></p>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'>In the event you wish to delete the <strong>local copy </strong>of a Place, click <img src='https://lutron.my.salesforce-sites.com/publicknowledge/servlet/rtaImage…; width='18' height='22'></img> from the row of the Place you wish to delete and select <strong>Delete Local Cached Copy</strong>. </span></p>
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<p style='line-height: 1.2;'><span style='font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #3e3e3e;'><strong>Note: </strong>This action only deletes the cached file downloaded on your computer. It <strong>does not</strong> delete the place itself. This option is not available when offline to prevent accidental deletion of cached copies while offline. </span></p>
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