Aspects Of Large Files - Sony Emma User Manual

Emma User Guide
1. Click
Tools > Download Services
2. In the Download Services window, use the top part of the window to search
for services. Use the service name field to search for services by name or sales
item. You can use wildcards to search (use * for zero or more characters and ?
for exactly one character). You can search for services that were created and/
or modified between specified dates. To do this click on the plus sign in front
of Search By Dates to expand it. To specify a date, click on the corresponding
icon next to the date field to open up a calendar, and then select a date. Click
to start a search.
Server Search
3. All services matching the search are shown in the list. You can filter the list by
entering any number of characters in the field Filter list.
4. Choose the service you want to download. You can choose up to fifty services
at the same time.
5. Click
Download Selected
6. In the Confirm download window, click
7. In the Downloading window you can follow the progress.

Aspects of large files

When a service is downloaded for the first time, Emma will also download all required
files, e.g. phone software files. For some phone models the required files may be very
large, up to several GB. In locations with limited bandwidth, download times can be
several hours. To mitigate problems that can result from long download times, the
Emma user is advised to consider the following alternatives:
1. Download services in advance (see
A download can be initiated to run off-hours, e.g. over night. The user would
then not need to wait for the files to download before the service in question is
applied.
2. In an environment where Emma is used on several PCs, make sure the P2P
feature is enabled (see
on the local network. When using P2P, Emma running on PC (A) may provide
a large file to an Emma instance running on another PC (B) on the same local
network. Emma running on B would then not need to download the file from
the Internet. Note however that this works only if Emma running on A has
downloaded the file completely.
in the Main menu.
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.
OK
Downloading Services
Enabling peer-to-peer (P2P)
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