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Software updates using the Trimble web server

Trimble 4D Control Server includes a feature for the automatic information on, and software-supported download of, the newest updates for this software. All Trimble files needed to successfully run the software are delivered with the first installation of the product. Thereafter, you may set up the software in a way that it continuously searches the Trimble web server for updates. If newer software versions are found there, a notification appears.

Use the software update feature to check for updates, to eventually download and distribute updates, and to start the installation of software updates. Since an automatic software update might interrupt a running system, user interaction is necessary.

Where do the updates come from?

Trimble provides a web server, which will contain the newest available updates to Trimble Infrastructure Solution software. The update feature can monitor a specified folder at the web server. Its URL is www.trimble.com/software_updates/Infra_Software_Patches/. There you will find subfolders for the Trimble software products.

Which files are delivered for each software update?

One must differentiate between new versions and software patches.

Trimble makes software updates available for manual or automatic download via its web server. All update versions will run respecting the operating system (for which operating systems are supported by the software, refer to the software installation instructions).

Rules for versioning:

For each version, two files will be distributed:

Where are the Trimble software update files located in you system?

The update files for Trimble software must reside in the \Updates sub-folder to the product installation folder at each computer participating in the distributed system.

How to download updates to the software?

Trimble 4D Control Server offers two methods to download updates to the software:

  1. The main and recommended method is the software-supported download of update files:
  2. In rare cases, for example, if a computer participating in the distributed system is not connected to the internet, the update files cannot be distributed automatically. You will be responsible for the availability of update files in the correct folders on all participating computers.

How to start the installation of software updates?

After the update files have been downloaded and distributed to all computers participating in the distributed system, the installation process proceeds in the following way:

Status bar: Visualization of software update states

The status bar of the Trimble 4D Control Server UI always indicates the current status of the software version run by the Controller (that is on the computer) the UI has connected to. Keep in mind that the UI does not necessarily have to connect to a Controller running on the same computer as the UI.

Besides visualizing the current update status, the status bar offers shortcut menu commands for changing the automatic update mode as described above. Additionally, it offers commands for checking the Trimble web server for new data, to check for updates immediately, and to start the download process after one has read the new version information.

Note - Trimble fully respects privacy rules. When the computer running Trimble 4D Control Server connects to the Trimble web server, no private or other data is sent to Trimble.

Setting up the software-supported update download feature

Use the Trimble 4D Control Server system properties to enable or disable the download and distribution of updates, and to specify the source folder for download files. Additionally, the status bar offers shortcut menu commands for changing the automatic update mode as described above.

See Also

System Properties dialog

Status bar