Proceed as follows to start the software update automatically in LANconfig each time the application starts:
- Start LANconfig.
- Click on the Tools menu and select 'Options...'.
- Go to the 'Update' tab.
Configure the following items for the automatic update:
- Select the time interval for the automatic check for updates (daily, weekly or monthly). Alternatively, disable the automatic search with the setting 'Never'.
- Find more updates online in the download area of the LANCOM web server.
- Anmerkung: Release candidates include the new features of upcoming software versions and have been thoroughly tested. Until the final release of version, the software may be further optimized—partly due to user feedback.Include Release Candidates in the search. If you enable this option, the Software Update will not only offer to download the released software versions for use in productive environments, but also any available release candidates.
- Select a suitable location for the firmware archive. The firmware archive has the following functions:
- When carrying out the automatic search for updates, LANconfig searches this location for new versions of the LCMS and the firmware.
- This is the location where LANCOM Software Update stores the updates from the download section of the LANCOM web server.