Updating DentalCAM and DentalCNC

The DentalCAM and DentalCNC installation package contains multiple components. The following table lists these components and tells you whether they are optional or required:

New firmware versions will be automatically installed after a new DentalCAM & DentalCNC version has been downloaded via the automatic update function.

The firmware is the internal control software of your machine. New versions may introduce new functions and improve existing ones. New firmware versions come as part of new versions of DentalCNC.

You can start the automatic download of new DentalCAM & DentalCNC versions as follows:

1. Switch on the machine at the main power switch.
2. Start DentalCNC and make sure that the application can access the internet. If necessary, adjust your firewall Security software which monitors the network data to block harmful data. settings.
• DentalCNC automatically searches for an update over the internet. If it finds an update, the following icon displays in the right corner of the application window:
3. Select the following icon:
4. Confirm the current message.
• The following happens:
1. DentalCNC downloads the update. This may take some time, depending on the speed of your internet connection (download size: approx. 700 MB).
2. If a firmware update is available, it will be installed automatically. If no connected machine is found, you will need to manually install the firmware update after the DentalCAM & DentalCNC update has finished.
3. When the download has finished, DentalCNC displays a corresponding message.
5. Confirm the current message.
• The following happens:
1. DentalCNC closes.
2. The download folder opens.
6. Start Setup.exe. If Windows® asks you whether Setup.exe may make changes to your computer, select Yes.
• The settings window opens.
7. Continue with configuring the update.

1. Obtain the installation package which is provided as a ZIP file A compressed file which contains multiple other files. Has the .ZIP file extension. ZIP files must be unzipped before use..
2. Quit DentalCAM & DentalCNC.
3. Unpack the installation package onto the local hard drive of the CAM computer The computer that is connected to your machine and which runs DentalCAM and DentalCNC..
1. Right-click onto the ZIP file A compressed file which contains multiple other files. Has the .ZIP file extension. ZIP files must be unzipped before use. and select Extract all from the context menu.
2. Enter a destination folder into the input field or select Browse… and navigate to the desired folder.
3. Select Extract.
• Windows® unpacks the installation data into the selected folder.
4. Start Setup.exe in the folder with the installation data.
5. If Windows® asks you whether Setup.exe may make changes to your computer, select Yes.
6. If Windows® Defender SmartScreen notifies you that it prevented the start of an unknown app to protect the PC, do the following:
1. Select Further information.
2. Select Run anyway.
• The settings window opens.
7. Continue with configuring the update.

If you have started the update, the setup window displays.

The setup window: Configure an update

1. Deactivate all anti-malware applications and firewalls Security software which monitors the network data to block harmful data. for the duration of the installation to avoid interference with the update.
2. Activate the Update option.
3. Activate the Create Desktop Icon option (optional).
4. Activate the Install engine driver option (optional).
5. Leave the text in the Destination folder input field as it is. Otherwise, the setup program A separate program called "Setup.exe" which installs the applications on your hard drive. will install a second copy of the applications instead of updating the existing installation.
6. To start the update, select the following icon:
• The setup program A separate program called "Setup.exe" which installs the applications on your hard drive. updates the core applications. Depending on the selected components, multiple installation wizards Application which installs software on your hard drive and leads you through every single step. open.
7. To check for installation wizards Application which installs software on your hard drive and leads you through every single step. that display behind the setup window, drag the setup window to the side.
8. Install all components with the help of the installation wizards Application which installs software on your hard drive and leads you through every single step..
• When all installation wizards Application which installs software on your hard drive and leads you through every single step. have completed successfully, the update of DentalCAM and DentalCNC is complete.
9. Activate all your anti malware applications.

Does not apply to the Z4. Never install anti malware applications on the internal CAM computer The computer that is connected to your machine and which runs DentalCAM and DentalCNC. of the Z4.

10. With an automatic update:Switch off the machine at the main power switch. Wait for 10 seconds. Switch on the machine at the main power switch.
11. Start DentalCNC.
12. If DentalCNC can’t establish a connection to the machine, set the port number.
13. In case of a manual update or if no machine was connected during the automatic download of DentalCAM & DentalCNC, check if a firmware update is available.  Updating the firmware of the machine