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How to update MyCNC Software
Manual update
Enter to Menu Bar
Press the “Settings” button
Select the “Support” tab and check the “Sofware Update” section
You can press the “Check Updates” button to find what version available for your platform
The last available release date and the platform will be printed below
Press “Download and Update Software” button to update the software
Press “Yes” to confirm the download and update the software
A progress bar below will show download progress
There will be a message in Log widget when download & update finished.
Very manual update
Press a “Close” button to Close the software
Press “Yes” to confirm exit from myCNC
Desktop will appear
Goto the top menu and run an Internet Browser
Put to the address line
ftp://mycnc.noip.me/releases/bin/tinker/myCNC
the myCNC binary file will be downloaded.
When downloading finihed, run “Home” folder in File Manager (“Home” icon on the desktop) and find a folder
/home/operator/Downloads
Find the “myCNC” icon, press the right button on the icon and click to “Copy” from a popup menu
Then goto folder
/home/operator/myCNC/TINKER
Select empty space, click the right button on it and select “Paste” from a popup menu.
Press “Replace” button to Confirm replace the file.
Press the right button on the myCNC icon, select “Properties” from the popup menu.
Select “Permissions” tab and find a checkbox “Allow this file run as a program”
Set the checkbox and press the “Close” button
Start the software to check if the software is updated.
Update from Installation distributive
The software can be updated by installing the last version from an installation distributive package over the installed version. All profiles with machine configuration are situated in User folder and will be untouched while installation.