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Mercedes-Benz AG, Mercedesstr. 120, 70372 Stuttgart

XENTRY Update Service

Without Retail Data Storage

for XENTRY Kit | Kit 2

Mercedes-Benz AG, GSP/ORE

Valid from Release Update 11/2019



Contents

1. Preparing a USB storage medium ....................................................................................................................... 3

2. Configuration of the XENTRY Kit | Kit 2 ............................................................................................................. 4

3. Downloading the release update onto the XENTRY Tab | Tab 2 / standard PC .............................................. 8

4. Installing the release update ............................................................................................................................. 12

4.1. Installing the release update on the XENTRY Connect .................................................................... 12

4.2. Installing the release update on the XENTRY Tab | Tab 2 / standard PC ........................................ 13



1. Preparing a USB storage medium

Please prepare a blank USB storage medium. It must have a storage capacity of at least 128 GB.

Please plug the USB flash drive into the XENTRY Tab | Tab 2 / standard PC and wait a moment until it is detected by the

system.

Now open Windows Explorer, right-click on your USB storage medium and select the "Format" item.

This opens the following window:

Select the file system NTFS.

Please note:

The USB update function only supports NTFS as the file system. – The file systems of FAT, FAT32, and exFAT cannot be

used.

You might have to confirm a dialog notifying you that all data will be deleted during formatting of the data storage

medium.



2. Configuration of the XENTRY Kit | Kit 2

First make sure that you have loaded all current add-ons onto both your XENTRY Tab and your XENTRY Connect.

1. Launch XENTRY Control via the shortcut on the desktop of your XENTRY Tab / standard PC:

2. You will see the following home screen. Select the menu item "Configuration".

3. In the window that now opens, click on "Expert configuration".



4. Confirm the warning that appears by clicking on "Continue".



5. Select the following path:

XENTRY Tab / Standard PC > XENTRY Update Service > Without Retail Data Storage

The click on "Check connection".

6. If the check is successful, the connection is confirmed with a green tick.

Now select the button "Apply configuration to XENTRY Tab/standard PC".



7. The next window confirms the configuration to you:

Close the window by clicking on "Finished".



3. Downloading the release update onto the XENTRY Tab |

Tab 2 / standard PC

Now launch "XENTRY Update Service Control Center" via the windows Start menu on your XENTRY Tab / standard PC in

the "Mercedes-Benz" area.

Change to the "Release Overview" tab. The download of the release is displayed immediately.



When the download has finished, the XENTRY Update Service Control Center displays the complete download.

Now click on "Export" and export the release and the meta file. Save the files on the hard drive of your XENTRY

Tab/standard PC.



When you have saved them, there will be a zip archive and a meta file on your hard drive.



Extract the zip archive and copy all the files from the extracted zip archive and the *.meta file to the top level

of a USB storage medium.

You should see the following on the USB storage medium:



4. Installing the release update

4.1. Installing the release update on the XENTRY Connect

Please note: The XENTRY Connect must be in standby mode to install the release update. You can shut down the XENTRY

Connect directly on the device via the menu (gearwheels button) or from the XENTRY Control session.

Connect the power supply unit to the XENTRY Connect and insert the USB data storage medium into a free USB port of

the XENTRY Connect.

Now start the update mode of the XENTRY Connect by simultaneously pressing the two "red cross" and "green tick"

buttons.

Once "Start update" appears on the display, confirm this with the green tick. The update procedure starts. This will be

indicated as follows on the XENTRY Connect display:

The USB update takes about 70 minutes. The XENTRY Connect indicates when the update is finished on the display.

You can complete the process by pressing the "gearwheels" button. Or, wait until the XENTRY Connect automatically

shuts down (approx. 10 minutes after the picture appears on the display).



4.2. Installing the release update on the XENTRY Tab | Tab 2 / standard

PC

Now insert the USB flash drive into a free USB port of your XENTRY Tab | Tab 2 / standard PC.

Run the "start.exe" file. The Update Wizard starts.

After the update procedure is completed successfully, you can exit the Wizard and your device is ready for use.

You have now updated your XENTRY Kit | Kit 2 / standard PC.

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