Rack Palette - Operators Manual - Strand Lighting

Palette Control Panel
Upgrading the Palette Software
From time to time, Strand Lighting may release updates to the software installed on
your Palette Console. These may include general changes in the base code, additional
library files, updated help documentation or OS changes. You may either receive the
updates on CDR from your dealer or download them yourself from the Strand Lighting
Website. In either case, what you will receive is a single .EXE file. You will not be able
to run this file successfully on your system since it will be writing to protected areas of
your hard drive.
1. The upgrade file needs to be placed in the root directory of the D: drive.
• Download Method: Download it directly from the Strand
Lighting web site to D:\
• Media Method: Copy it to D:\ from the supplied CD or USB stick
using Windows Explorer which you start from the Control Panel.
NOTE: Remove the media before Step 2.
2. Re-boot the system for the changes to take affect.
3. After the system starts up, the Control Panel may appear and display the
message:
4. Once the new software has been installed, the Palette software will run
and the process is finished.
5. The .EXE file you placed on D:\ will be moved to the folder
D:\SavedInstalls.
Tip:
If at any time you want to 'roll-back' to a previous version of Palette software,
all you needed to do is launch Windows Explorer from the Control Panel and
move the appropriate file from D:\SavedInstalls back to D:\ and re-boot the
system.
Alternate Method of Upgrading Software: You can simply place the supplied CD in
the CD drive and re-boot the system. Palette always looks to removable media (CD's or
USB sticks) upon startup for software updates. This is why it is important not to leave
the update CD's or sticks in the system. This method does not archive the install, but
you can always store the CD.
309 Palette OS Operations Manual