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# Downloading parameters and software separately

Download parameters and software separately in VHQ with system configuration options to manage sync status and automated delivery schedules.

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Also called: parameter download scheduling. Search terms: next contact, follow software assignment schedule, sync status.

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## What is downloading parameters and software separately?

Once changed on VHQ, parameters must be downloaded to the device on its next contact. This works irrespective of the download automation configuration at the hierarchy level, pushing downloads at the next contact or next maintenance window.

This feature is controlled by a system configuration (**Administration** > **Estate Administration** > **System Configuration**) called **automatic download of parameters for synched software**, with two options:

* **Next contact** (default)
* **Follow software assignment schedule**

## How the configuration behaves

* If the application is in sync, parameters are not in sync, and the configuration is **Follow Software Assignment Schedule**: software and parameters deliver on the next contact or maintenance window, and install immediately or at a scheduled date/time per user preference.
* If the application is in sync, parameters are not in sync, and the configuration is **Next Contact**: parameters download only at the next contact, regardless of user preference.
* If the application is **not** in sync (and so parameters aren't either), this feature doesn't apply regardless of configuration — the parameters download along with the application per user preference.

The screens below show parameters and software in sync:

<figure><img src="https://verifone.cloud/sites/default/files/inline-images/2_13.jpg" alt="Device Profile Screen - Parameters in Sync"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="https://verifone.cloud/sites/default/files/inline-images/1_32.jpg" alt="Device Profile Screen - Software Status in Sync"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="https://verifone.cloud/sites/default/files/inline-images/3_7.jpg" alt="System Configuration Screen"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


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