This message was posted by Rod or Sharon on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/1/1186.html#000001 Greg, Ver 9 can open Ver 7 and lower designs, but Ver 7 or lower cannot open or recognize a design that was created in a higher version of Design Shop. You run into these same issues with the graphic programs like Corel or Adobe, etc. You can separate the machines into 2 pods and if all designs were created in Ver 7 or lower Design Shop, they will open on either pod using the Ver 9 dongle. Having said that, I believe a change in Ver 9 Design Shop allowed saving in a Universal format, basicly EXP, that would allow Ver 7 to open a design created in Ver 9 DS. An example to futher confuse the issue....the upper level update of Ver 9 is 9.00.099. If I was not updated to this same level in Ver 9, a design created in 9.00.099 would allow me to open it in my level of Ver 9 , but would open in Design Shop as an Expanded format. Are these pods going to be at separate locations and not in the same room? There would be no benifit to 2 separate pods otherwise because you can network up to 30 machines off of the same ethernet card and one dongle. If you add another ethernet card to the computer (unless you are using a laptop) then you can go with another 30 machines on the same dongle in AOS. Rod Springer Amaya Tech & Trainer =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================