We were informed verbally by our sale rep that Foxboro is shortening the life cycle of the Rev B gateway devices (P0961BD) by virtually putting them into the lifetime/obsolete phase within two years. =20 Has anyone gotten similar information from Foxboro, perhaps something in writing? =20 -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chaiket, Thom Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 4:52 pm To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] MESH Upgrade question Happy holidays from another active 'listener' of the list. Was hoping to get some input on our situation. We are upgrading to the MESH (from Carrierband-LAN based network) in phases. The first is to install the MESH switches and upgrade our current AW's and WP's to XP-based stations. The CPs and gateways will be kept as they are, and communication will be done via ATS's. =3D20 The problem is that we have COM30A integrators (PO960HA, "Rev A") in our network and they cannot be rebooted across the ATS. The most economical option was to upgrade to COM30B integrators (PO961BD, "Rev B"). In addition to cost, we thought that, based on the latest lifecycle list on the Foxboro website, it would give us until ~2015 before we should consider another upgrade (that's when the CP60's would also be phased out). =3D20 My questions are: 1. Has anyone encounter a similar position and decided to upgrade to FBM231 right away? In our case, I can't find a sufficiently strong justification to do so now. By phasing out the upgrade in this manner, we lower the risk of losing out if/when Foxboro is not going to come out with another knock-out product in the next few years. 2. Has anyone encounter problems/delays obtaining Rev B gateways? Foxboro is saying that it is difficult to get Rev B gateways and, furthermore, they are pushing to phase them out much sooner than 2015. My thought was that CP60s and Rev B gateways are still the workhorse of existing I/A systems. =3D20 Any thoughts would be extremely helpful. t =20 =20 =20 _______________________________________________________________________ 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