Downgrading a CTP system from a DFL back to a CFL controlled release

Follow the steps below when downgrading from a CR that uses DFL to a legacy CR that uses CFL:

1. Ensure the device is powered on and connected, and that the old CFL customer dongle is connected.

2. Ensure that you have an old, pre-DFL backup available if you plan on re-ghosting, and access to the CFL-based CR you are returning to.

3. Launch ODST and open the Authorization Tool.

4. Obtain service access.

5. Authorize a firmware downgrade. As a dealer, you may need to contact the Kodak CEC for assistance to authorize the downgrade at this point.

6. Ensure that the green Firmware Downgrade status is displayed.

7. If you are re-ghosting the workstation with an image of the desired CR, do it now and then skip to step 12.

8. Delete folder C:\Kodak\ServiceTools\Server.

9. Delete folder C:\Kodak\ServiceTools\TestPlot.

10. Uninstall the following Kodak CR components using Add and Remove Programs (Apps and Features) in Windows:

• Print Console 5

• DCAPI

• ODST

• xMCE Core Firmware

• PICT (Punch Image Creation Tool)

11. Install the previous CFL-based CR using its CR installer, but for the "Workstation only" and NOT with the "xMCE and Head connected".

12. Run the previous CFL-based CR installer a second time, but this time with the "xMCE and Head connected".

13. Restore the NVS file from a backup if necessary. (For example, after re-ghosting.)

IMPORTANT: Although the latest controlled releases using DFL store the NVS parameters in the folder C:\Kodak\Firmware, in the restored CFL CR the backup NVS parameter file should go to C:\Creo\Firmware.

14. The old CFL customer license should still be active and available in the backup files.  

15. Done