Firmware Levels
Original instructions
Overview
The firmware level, selected in Control Expert, defines the functionality of the Hot Standby CPU processor. There are major updates with new functions and minor releases with bug fixes.
If an application has a major firmware change in Control Expert, the application must be completely rebuilt. Minor release changes do not require a rebuild.
Hot Standby CPU Firmware Levels
The following table gives the Quantum CPU firmware levels that allow construction of a Ethernet RIO or S908 RIO Hot Standby system:
Firmware Version
Quantum CPUs
Function
2.00 to 2.60
140 CPU 671 60
Hot Standby
2.70
140 CPU 671 60
Hot Standby
CCOTF. Refer to the Quantum Ethernet I/O System Planning Guide.
2.80
140 CPU 671 60
140 CPU 672 61
Hot Standby
CCOTF. Refer to the Quantum Ethernet I/O System Planning Guide.
3.00 to 3.10
140 CPU 671 60
140 CPU 672 60
140 CPU 672 61
Hot Standby
CCOTF. Refer to the Quantum Ethernet I/O System Planning Guide.
Quantum Ethernet I/O RIO
A given firmware level is backward compatable; it has all the functions of the previous versions.
The following table gives the Quantum CPU firmware levels that allow construction of a mixed Ethernet RIO and S908 RIO Hot Standby system:
Firmware Version
Quantum CPUs
Function
3.10
140 CPU 671 60
140 CPU 672 60
140 CPU 672 61
Hot Standby
CCOTF. Refer to the Quantum Ethernet I/O System Planning Guide.
Quantum Ethernet I/O RIO
Hot Standby Coprocessor Firmware Levels
The following table gives the Quantum CPU Coprocessor firmware levels that are compatible with the CPU processor firmware:
CPU Firmware Version
Compatible Coprocessor Firmware Version
Recommended Coprocessor Version
2.11 to 2.42
2.11
2.11
2.50 to 2.51
2.50
2.50
2.60
2.60
2.60
2.70
2.70 to 2.79
2.71
2.80
2.80 to 2.89
2.80
3.00
3.00 to 3.09
3.00
3.10
3.10
3.10