MTP Mirror Right/Left (Source/Destination) Switched?

[metal450]

I'm trying out SyncBackPro's MTP implementation. I've setup a "Mirror" profile, where the Source/Left side is the MTP device, and the Destination/Right side is the PC.

However, whenever the differences window comes up, it shows actions as if Source=Right and Destination=Left. So for instance, a file that's added to the source, rather than showing a copy action going to the right (from source to destination, aka from left to right)...it shows it as going from right to left.

How can I fix this, so that new files on the source show in the differences window as on the left (i.e. file copies from source to destination go from left to right)?

[metal450]

Addendum: Likewise, the arrangement of the columns in the differences window is backwards (i.e. it shows the PortablePC column in the position where the Source is supposed to appear, and vice-versa).

[cliffhanger]

Hi, see this recent thread, noting that MTP is also a 'non-standard resource'.

IIRC, this 'one-sided socket' issue has been the case since approx 2004, and I gather would have even then needed a major rewrite of the code to make SB 100% 2-way/reversible, whereas the desired* 'reverse' functionality (FTP source > local disk/LAN destination) could be achieved by simply changing the data flow accordingly. I would imagine every other non-standard resource added to SB since 2004 was something else that would also need tweaking to achieve true/native 'bi-directionality', and thus gradually made it even less likely such a project will ever happen now...

* at the time...

[metal450]

After reading the KB article, a comment for the developers: if it's impractical to update the code so it's actually implemented to reflect what's going on (i.e. to be able to have plug-ins on the left as well as the right), and if the code is hacked to have the plugin on the right & internally flip the direction of data flow, it seems like the UI of the differences window could also be hacked to show things properly. This is clearly what's been done in some places, i.e. Configuration->Simple page. I see no reason it wouldn't also be doable on the Differences window. Although (as a software developer myself) I'm never really a fan of the "hack-and-bandaid" approach, if this is the approach that's been taken, it would at least resolve the frontend usability issues with this type of configuration.

(Note: the article says "Note also that the icon in the Type column has the arrow (direction) reversed, showing it is copying Right to Left. " That actually seems not to be the case - the arrow there shows the correct, user-configured left-to-right direction).