Dana’s Mixed Bag » Dentrix, Dexis, and CAESY Enter the Windows 7 Era. Over the past year I have had some old machines in the office that were having extreme difficulty with lack of speed and driver instability in Windows XP. With the arrival on Windows 7 and several . I use Dentrix, Dexis, and CAESY as my main workhorses in the office. Hopefully the information here will help to guide you in purchasing or waiting to purchase specific hardware. I’ll first begin with software, and how it performs on a myriad of both equipment and versions of Windows 7 in my office. Each software package has been installed on a 3. Session Key Session Key. Redistribution Prohibited. Remote Support by Bomgar. On the 6. 4- bit machines, both 3. Windows 7 have been tested. Remember, you can install a 3. Windows 7 on a 6. Windows on a 3. 2- bit machine. DENTRIX G4 (Power Pack 6)3. Win. 73. 2- bit machine – Dentrix seems to work fine with Win. DEXIS Imaging Suite - Server Installation DEXIS Imaging Suite System Requirements (PDF): http:// Digital X-ray Software- Dexis. Dexis software did not install. I just looked at the Dexis 9 system requirements sheet and. Dexis 9 Installation The installation and configuration of Sopro inter-oral cameras with Dexis 9 is a three step process. The first step is to install the USB 2.0. Please be aware the specifications listed in this document represent the minimum requirements for DEXIS. DEXIS Platinum Sensor. DEXIS imaging software. Requirements What is Digital. Understanding the DEXIS 2.1 Integrator with Dentrix Enterprise. DEXIS Imaging Suite 10.0.5 Installation. DEXIS Imaging Suite 10.0.5 Installation w/ OP30 Device Support Rev 1 Page 24. Pro and Ultimate on 3. This is my . Things have been rocky, as the machine seems to not be able to handle 7 connections in the standard installation. The problem seems to have been corrected using the information in the . Win. 73. 2- bit machine – N/A 6. Dentrix Patient Chart does NOT work currently in this environment. With two instances I was unable to get all of the submodules, especially the Treatment Planning module, to appear in the Patient Chart. My answers to the $10,000 question are Dr. CCD sensor and the required Dexis image-management software. Find great deals on eBay for Dexis Sensor in Dental Imaging and X-Ray Equipment. Shop with confidence. The answer here, for now, is to use XP Mode, which only works on certain machines. However the PCMCIA- based sensor seems to be a 1. NEVER WORK ON A 6. BIT MACHINE. So, a 6. Dexis radiographs are obtained. Win 7 3. 2- bit machine – N/A 6. Dexis software did not install correctly in this environment. In order to use Dexis on this machine, it must be run in XP Mode, which only runs on certain machines. Also the PCMCIA- based sensor seems to be a 1. NEVER WORK ON A 6. BIT MACHINE. So, a 6. Dexis radiographs are obtained. CAESY 3. 2- bit Win 7 3. CAESY installs without fail, launches correctly, and displays CAESY’s still artwork gallery, but is unable to launch Windows Media Player 1. Therefore CAESY WILL NOT WORK in this environment. CAESY installs without fail, launches correctly, and displays CAESY’s still artwork gallery, but is unable to launch Windows Media Player 1. The only way to make CAESY work in 6. Windows 7 is to run CAESY in XP Mode, which only works on certain machines (See XP MODE note below). The only way to make this work is to run CAESY in XP Mode, which only works on certain machines (See XP MODE note below) * * * In setting up these applications, I ran into several caveats in Windows 7 that perhaps others will face: XP Mode Windows 7 (Professional and Ultimate) can run XP Mode on certain newer machines. In order to test your hardware, use Microsoft’s tool posted at their XP Mode download page. XP Mode installs a virtual computer on the machine that runs Windows XP SP3 in a window. Once installed, this virtual environment needs to be nurtured with updates and virus protection just like our old 2. Windows 7 environment. What’s worse, is that XP Mode natively only runs in 1. Dexis and CAESY). Don’t despair, though! A registry hack to enable 2. XP Mode is out there, and works great. It is applied to regedit in the XP virtual machine, not Win. Therefore if one plans to run CAESY (at all), or Dentrix (in 6. Windows 7), one should install all three of the apps in XP Mode, and live in a virtual environment until CAESY and Dentrix can get their software packages running in Windows 7. Networking Error In Windows 7 When my Dentrix Server was installed on a 3. Windows 7 Professional (3. After shifting some computers around to satisfy Dexis’ 1. Soon after completing this installation I began getting this error in my two operatories that are running Windows XP SP3 (could be a complete coincidence). Since adjusting the IRPStack. Size registry entry on the Server (Win. Professional machine), the problem seems to be solved. More information on this change is available here: http: //winhlp. Therefore, at this point there is no Windows 7 solution that currently will run all of Dentrix, Dexis, and CAESY correctly. The hardware restrictions put forth by Dexis’ outdated sensor technology will be a major problem for offices in the ensuing couple of years. We all thought that the sensors would eventually die a physical death, however most of these sensors will end up dying death of obsolescence. When will these three get on board with the operating system that Microsoft released to developers over a YEAR ago? The best clues I have gotten from Dentrix and CAESY point to Microsoft’s SP1 timetable. All Dexis support would tell me is that they do not support Windows 7 and that I should not be using it. This machine has a 5. GB HDD which hosts all Dentrix and Dexis databases. OP1 – 6. 4- bit machine running Windows 7 Ultimate (6. OEM). This machine has no x- ray head in the room, so we only need Dexis to view images. Because of Dentrix Chart and CAESY’s limitations, all three apps are run in XP Mode hacked for 2. This machine has a 5. GB HDD and will host all Recorded TV for Windows Media Center. OP2 – 3. 2- bit machine running Windows 7 Ultimate (3. This machine takes films from a PCMCIA- based Dexis sensor. It cannot run CAESY, as it cannot run XP Mode. OP3 – 2 year old 3. Windows XP Professional. This machine takes films from a PCMCIA- based Dexis sensor, and because it is running XP, runs CAESY normally. OP4 – 3 year old 3. Windows XP Professional. Because it is running XP, it runs CAESY normally. This machine runs Dentrix and Dexis fine, but won’t run CAESY videos, which isn’t important in my personal office. The reason I am installing Ultimate in the operatories is to have Windows Media Center (the world’s greatest DVR) available for patients to watch recorded TV and internet TV on the overhead monitors. Good luck with your setups! I hope this guide helps everyone to find a solution quickly and quietly. PLEASE contribute to the information here with your own experiences, because as far as I can tell, our specialty software vendors are being anything but aggressive in adapting their software to the needs of today’s new hardware customer.
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