Chemstation upgrade A.08 to A.10 CD?

[lespaul]

We recently purchased a HP5890 system and it came with Chemstation A.08.03 running on WinXP. The firmware on the HP5890 is "HP5890A.03.02". Thus far everything seems to be working properly.

My issue now is that I found a upgrade CD that will upgrade me to version B.03.01 (P/N 5190-1236) but unfortunately the instructions say I must already be at A.10.x for this upgrade to work.

Does anyone have a A.08 to A.10 CD that I can use? Or know where I can possibly get a copy? I already have a license from my current install that I hope will work.

[tkubowicz]

Hello

Just uninstall ver. A and install ver. B
The only problem can be with licence - your old licence (from A) will be working with ver. B however I'm not sure about legality.

Regards

Tomasz Kubowicz

[KM-USA]

Does anyone have a A.08 to A.10 CD that I can use? Or know where I can possibly get a copy. I already have a license from my current install that I hope will work.

Les - I've got copies (replacement media/CD discs) for Chemstations from A.06.03, A.07.01, A.08.03, A.09.03, and A.10.02, very reasonable. You'd need to use your own existing license number. Post your E-mail address and I'd contact you.

I've used all these versions except A.08. I need to ask: are there real benefits to you (as the user) to upgrade later "A" or to "B"? Just wondering; I've used the "A" and the "C" versions of Chemstation, we skipped the "B" so I can't comment.

[lespaul]

@tkubowicz thanks, I'll see if I can do this. The B cd's are just upgrade discs so Im not sure if it will work, but its worth a try.

@KM-USA I just sent you an email (we corresponded before). To be honest Im not sure if there is a real benefit to upgrading from A to B. I think the biggest difference between A and B 16 vs 32-bit, but aside from this dont know.

But we are planning on installing a MS unit (5971 or 5972) and from what I understand the B version is the last version to support the HP 5971 (maybe 5972) on a HP5890 GC. I think version C requires a 6890 chassis.

[KM-USA]

@KM-USA I just sent you an email (we corresponded before). To be honest Im not sure if there is a real benefit to upgrading from A to B. I think the biggest difference between A and B 16 vs 32-bit, but aside from this dont know.

I responded by E-mail, and I don't know bites from bytes!