Updating the Software

The Hexagon Universal Updater application automatically checks for software updates if your computer is connected to the Internet. This application is installed with PC-DMIS and Inspect. If the updater detects that an update is available, the updater uses the Windows notification area to the right of your clock on your taskbar to inform you of the update. You can then click on a notification to open the updater to download and install that update.

If the updater is running, a small icon for the updater appears in your taskbar's Notifications area (). You can click this icon to open the updater.

If the updater is not running, you can manually run the updater to check for updates. You can also use the updater to launch software or install new software applications. To run the updater, from the Start menu, type Universal Updater, and select the shortcut for the updater.

If you need additional help with the updater, you can access the help content available from within the updater itself.

During the download and installation processes, your firewall must allow the http://webupdater.hexagonmi.com Internet address. In addition, you must have Administrator privileges to install the software update.

For information on the installation process, follow the installation steps in the Readme.pdf file that came with PC-DMIS (Help | Release Notes). Once the installation process finishes, you can use the latest version.

When you update PC-DMIS from the Universal Updater, the software opens the Associated Products dialog box. The software displays a list of the required and recommended products.

HxGN SFx | Connector - This software connects your assets to your SFx account. It also monitors your assets and sends data to your SFx account.

Inspect - This software provides a simplified operator interface for operators to execute measurement routines from supported products and then generate reports.

Notification Center - This software sends notifications from a client application (such as PC-DMIS) to a measurement device (such as a CMM) during certain events (such as when the machine has an error).

Evaluation licenses have an expiration date. Once your software product nears the expiration date (within 14 days), a warning message appears every 24 hours and shows when the software expires. You can click OK to continue to use your software until you reach the expiration date. At that point, the evaluation product no longer functions, and you must purchase a license to continue to use it.

If you want to keep the current version of the software, but want to change your current license from HASP to LMS, see the "Client License Manager Software" topic in the CLM license documentation.

For details on changing between HASP and LMS licenses, see the "UseLMSLicensing" topic in the PC-DMIS Settings Editor documentation.