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Upgrading your old PC-DNC Editor to version 3.5

Registered users of PC-DNC Editor can upgrade to PC-DNC Editor version 3.5 free of charge. Listed below is a set of instructions that will help you with the upgrade process. You can use this procedure as often as you like. The authorization passwords that we issue will be unique for each PC that you install the PC-DNC Editor on. When upgrading from an earlier version of PC-DNC Editor, Suburban Machinery will issue free passwords for each copy of PC-DNC Editor that you are licensed to use. Additional passwords (seats) of Editor can also be purchased at a significant discount from our list price.

1) Use Windows Explorer to create a new, empty folder on your PCs hard drive. Any folder name will do.

2) Download the PC-DNC Editor 3.5 setup file to the new folder by clicking here: Free PC-DNC Editor demo

3) IMORTANT: Back up ALL the following files from your old PC-DNC Editor. These files are usually located in the "C:\Program files\PC-DNC Editor" directory, but may be elswhere if you did not install the Editor in the default installation directory. These files will always be in the same directory as your old EDITOR.EXE file.

Editor IO device list  (contains the list of machines you've configured COM ports for)
Editor COM port settings  (contains the "default" settings for the COM port)
Editor COM port settings for (any machine name) - You may have many files like this, one for each of your CNCs
Editor convert settings
Editor convert settings for (any convert profile name) - You may have several files like this if you've used the File/Convert function
Editor page layout settings
Settings.edt

Backup the following files if you are using the "MultiPort" PC-DNC Editor:
Editor BTR device list
Editor BTR port settings
Editor BTR port settings for (any machine name)

4) Open the Windows Control Panel and double-click the icon labeled "Add/Remove Programs"

5) Select the PC-DNC Editor and click "Add/Remove" to remove the old PC-DNC Editor

6) Run the "setup_editor_3.5.3.exe " file by double-clicking on the file name.

7) Copy all the files that you backed up in step (3) above into the "C:\Program files\RYM\PC-DNC Editor" folder.

Note: When you run the new 3.4 Editor, you may get an alarm saying that your "Customer.key" file is for a previous version of PC-DNC Editor. If this happens, your new 3.4 Editor will run in 30-day demo mode until you can obtain an authorization password from Suburban Machinery Software Inc. To obtain your password, send an e-mail to subsoft@buckeyeweb.com and be sure you include the following information:

1) Your company name and address
2) Your name
3) The 9-digit security number shown on the alarm message display. This is your computer's ID number.

We will reply to your e-mail (usually within 24 hours) with a 9-letter authorization password. To enter your password, use the following procedure:

1) Open any of the 3.5 Editor's "About" menus
2) Press the Ctrl + Alt + "K" keys at the same time.
3) Enter your 9-character authorization password.

Once your authorization password is entered, your new 3.5 Editor will run in unrestricted mode, just like your previous version. You will not need an authorization password if you upgrade the 3.5 Editor to a newer version in the future on this same PC. You will, however, need a new authorization password whenever you decide to transfer your PC-DNC Editor license to a new computer.