Does this apply from 8.4.3 to 8.7? Thanks, Jerry On Apr 19, 2012, at 6:53 PM, "Boulay, Russ" <Russ.Boulay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ok...thx...wanted to confirm it wasn't a V8.7 QF > > -----Original Message----- > From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Lowell, Timothy > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 4:52 PM > To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [foxboro] v8.7 breaks the Common Alarm Group, just like v.8.4.3 > > No, we had to run the QF on our v.8.4.2 boxes. > > Tim Lowell > Tesoro Corporation | 54741 Tesoro Rd, Kenai, AK 99611 | 907-776-3526 (work) | > 210-439-5914 (cell) > > -----Original Message----- > From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Boulay, Russ > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:45 PM > To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [foxboro] v8.7 breaks the Common Alarm Group, just like v.8.4.3 > > For verification....The QF had to be loaded on your V8.4.3 system correct? > > -----Original Message----- > From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Lowell, Timothy > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 4:38 PM > To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [foxboro] v8.7 breaks the Common Alarm Group, just like v.8.4.3 > > We are upgrading from v.8.4.2 to v8.7 at one of our sites, and we've found > out that as soon as you put a v.8.7 box on the MESH, all the other v.8.4.2 > machines lose their Common Alarm Group functionality. This makes for some > very unhappy console operators who have to silence each alarm at every > console in the group, right in the middle of a very stressful shutdown. > Luckily, we have a small army of Invensys folks on site, and one of them > unearthed QF1047977b from deep in the bowels of the support web site (after > another two service guys and I missed it). This has (we think) fixed the > problem, at least as of now. > > This is EXACTLY the same problem that happened when you upgraded from v.8.2, > 8.3, 8.4, 8.4.1 or 8.4.2 to v.8.4.3. You would think someone at Invensys > would test this and fix it before they released v8.7, or at least check it > and let us know in the v.8.7 release notes. You would be wrong. A customer > had to discover this problem and create a CAR, and this QF was released on > 4/2/12. Of course, you can't download it from the usual QF search page. The > Invensys guy did an unorthodox search and happened to find it on a totally > different page. > > Happy upgrading! > > Thanks, > Tim Lowell > Tesoro > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your > own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > > > > *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached > files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is > addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally > privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its > status. 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