How to pull a design off of an Elite PI PRO screen using a USB stick

In the event that you require a design that is being displayed on your Elite PI PRO screen but you no longer have access to the original file on your PC you can follow these steps to recover the design directly from the Elite PI PRO screen.

STEP 1:

Download the file located at the bottom of this article.

STEP 2:

You will need a USB stick to save the file to. We recommend that you use a USB stick that is no larger than 64Gb. Insert the USB stick into your PC and format it by right-clicking on the USB drive and selecting "Format". 

We recommend the following settings for the formatted USB stick.

STEP 3:

Drag and drop the file into the freshly formatted USB drive.

STEP 4:

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT -- The file MUST be renamed "USBInstaller". If the file is not renamed "USBInstaller" then the Elite PI PRO will not do anything when you insert the USB stick into the back of the screen. It is also recommended that you turn on file extensions so you can confirm that the file is named properly. Do this by selecting "View" then "Show" and making sure that "File name extensions" is checked. Now you need to confirm that the file shows "USBInstaller.zip". Again, make sure that you see "USBInstaller.zip" otherwise the following process will not work.

Now you can safely eject the USB stick by right-clicking on the USB drive and selecting "Eject".

STEP 5:

Insert the USB stick into the back of the Elite PI PRO screen. In some instances, the computing unit is not mounted directly to the back of the screen. This is typically done where space is a constraint and the unit could be mounted on top of the cab. Once you have located one of the 2 USB ports, insert the USB stick into either one.

The Elite PI PRO screen will display a blue screen like this

Once the process is done, you will see this displayed on the screen.

If you see this error message, then it could mean a couple issues could be at fault.

-- Make sure that the file was named correctly as "USBInstaller.zip". 

--Cycle power to the Elite PI PRO screen. Make sure to count to 10 before re-applying power.

--The USB stick may be faulty. Try using a different USB stick making sure that the capacity is no more than 64Gb.

STEP 6:

Once the process has completed properly and the screen shows the message that you can now remove the USB Drive, you can unplug it from the Elite PI PRO screen and return to your PC. Insert the USB stick into your PC and click to open it. Inside the USB drive you will now see a new file labeled "VolumeOut-All". Open that file and you will see another file labeled either "CURRENT1" or "CURRENT2". Open that file and you will see your design file as a .zip folder. Drag and drop the .zip folder to your desktop, or in any file, to save it to your PC.

STEP 7:

You can now drag and drop that file into the Elite PI Designer program to edit and make any changes to your design.

If you require any information on using the Elite PI Designer program, you can reference this tutorial.

If you want to send that design file directly to an Elite PI PRO screen using the Elite PI Transfer program, you can reference this tutorial.