New Version 10.0.x Probe for EPMA

[John Donovan]

Probe for EPMA v. 10.0.x is now available for manual download *only*.

This new Probe for EPMA version supports the 8900/8200/8500/8x30 and SX100/SXFive instruments.  This means that JEOL 733/8600 (AMB interface), Cameca SX50/51 (DRV-11 interface) and TRACOR interface instruments will stay at version 9.5.x until further notice.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You *cannot* update your PFE software automatically to this new 10.0.x version. You must either manually download the msi installer files from:

https://www.probesoftware.com/resources/

To install the new PFE version, first uninstall your current PFE installs from the Control Panel |Add/Remove Software and then install both the CalcZAF.msi and ProbeForEPMA.msi installers.  Your current configuration and standard composition files will not be overwritten, but as always, make a backup just in case!

[Probeman]

Note that there is a rare bug that sometimes causes the ProbeForEPMA.msi installer to skip updating the CalcZAF and Standard exe files. I suspect this sometimes occurs when there is another update pending and the computer hasn't been re-started...

Specifically the files circled in red below that are dated 6/8/2014 even though the other PFE specific exe files were properly updated as seen by the files dated 6/16/2014:



If you suspect that the CalcZAF.exe and Standard.exe files were not updated properly from the normal update, you will want to re-run the ProbeForEPMA.msi file (no need to download it again), by simply locating it in the Probe for EPMA application folder and double-clicking it. You will eventually see this screen:



Just click the Repair button and the CalcZAF and Standard exe files will be properly updated this time.

[Philipp Poeml]

Hi John,

now that the update zip does not exist anymore, do I always have to download both the calczaf and pfe msi then to update?

How do I update?

Cheers
Ph

[John Donovan]

Hi John,
Now that the update zip does not exist anymore, do I always have to download both the calczaf and pfe msi then to update?

How do I update?

No, you only have to download and install ProbeForEPMA generally if you are just updating. The PFE installer also contains CalcZAF.exe, Standard.exe, etc.

If there is a reason to download and run the CalcZAF.msi installer, I would let everyone know. Then you would just run CalcZAF, click the Help | Update CalcZAF menu, and run the installer just like for PFE.