Document toolboxDocument toolbox

How to update your GDSLab to the latest version

Owned by Diogo Teles (Deactivated)
Last updated: Sept 28, 2022 by Dan Zanet
2 min read

If you have a dynamic testing system (e.g. DYNTTS, ELDYN, EMDCSS, HFL, etc) please contact our support team as further steps will be needed depending on your system.

For GDSLAB versions later than 2.5.0

 

  1. Download the latest version GDSLab.

  2. You will be asked if you want to uninstall the current version of GDSLB, click on “Yes” to proceed. All your current settings, ini files, and test data will be kept safe.

  3. Make sure you have disconnected all the GDS devices (including the USB license dongle) before you proceed.

  4. During the installation do not select the option to install HASP Dongle drivers, but tick all other options.

  5. While the installer is running another installation window will pop up, to install the latest version of the FTDI USB drivers. Progress through that installation assistant until the FTDI Drivers installation is finished, shortly after that the GDSLAB installation will also finish.

For GDSLAB versions earlier than 2.5.0

 

  1. Create a folder on the desktop named “DO NOT DELETE – Existing GDSLab files”.

  2. Open C:\GDSLAB and copy all files into the folder created in Step 1.

  3. Open C:\Windows\system32 and copy all files beginning with “GDS_” into the folder
    created in Step 1. Note these files may be placed in a sub-folder named “system 32”.

  4. If you are installing the new operating system over the old one, it is recommended that you fully uninstall GDSLAB before the update. To do this, after all the existing files have been backed up in Steps 2 and 3, uninstall GDSLab from the PC. This can be completed by opening “Add or Remove Programs” in the Windows Control Panel and removing the application named “GDSLab”. All GDSLab test modules
    and HASP software should then be removed individually in the same way– these are identified as programs beginning with “GDS_”.

  5. Download and Install the latest version GDSLab, without any GDS USB devices connected to the computer, including the HASP security key.

  6. Copy .ini and files and the ‘Calibration Files’ folder from the old GDSLAB installation folder to the new one. Say yes when asked if you want to overwrite the ‘Calibration Files’ folder. Make sure the new Operating System is using the same decimal separator convention as the old one.

  7. Connect all GDS devices to the PC. Windows will automatically finish the driver installation.

  8. Run GDSLAB, load the test stations and, using Object Display, set up the communication ports for any RS232 devices. You can find a helpsheet on how to find out the COM port numbers on your PC here. The COM Port settings for most of GDS devices can be found here.