Silently Install an Update

You can silently install a monthly update by running a command from the command line.

Note: With the release of Plant SCADA 2023 R2 Update 05 (November 2024), the update installer was changed to a ZIP archive that you extract manually. The executable is no longer a self-extracting wrapper, which means the -sp argument is no longer recognized.

• Plant SCADA 2023 R2 Update 04 (or earlier)

  Run the following from the command line (assuming the update executable is in the current directory):

  "Plant SCADA 2023 R2 Update <n>.exe" -sp/silent

  Replace <n> with the update number and date to match the name of the update executable.

  This command will return immediately without waiting for the update to finish installing. To wait for the update to install (for example, when installing from a batch file), use the built-in start command:

  start /w "" "Plant SCADA 2023 R2 Update <n>.exe" -sp/silent

  The empty "" are important to tell the start command to interpret the quoted update name as the executable to run (instead of the window title). The quotes are required on the update name as it contains spaces.

• Plant SCADA 2023 R2 Update 05 (or later)

  After you have manually extracted the update ZIP file, run the following from the command line (assuming the update executable is in the current directory):

  "Plant SCADA 2023 R2 Update <n>.exe" -silent

  Replace <n> with the update number and date to match the name of the update executable.

  This command will return immediately without waiting for the update to finish installing. To wait for the update to install (for example, when installing from a batch file), use the built-in start command:

  start /w "" "Plant SCADA 2023 R2 Update <n>.exe" -silent

  The empty "" are important to tell the start command to interpret the quoted update name as the executable to run (instead of the window title). The quotes are required on the update name as it contains spaces.

Any required prerequisites (for example, Platform Common Services) will be installed.

Any running Plant SCADA services will be automatically stopped by the update and restarted again when complete. Any other running Plant SCADA programs, such as Plant SCADA Studio or Plant SCADA Runtime in non-service mode, will not be stopped. If this occurs, the update will not be successful.

Return Values

The update executable will return 0 to indicate the update was installed successfully.

If 3010 is returned, it indicates that the update was installed successfully but a reboot is required to complete installation.

Any another non-zero value will indicate an error (see the table below).

Use the %ERRORLEVEL% environment variable to check the return code. The start command must be used to retrieve the return code properly.