Foxboro I/A Series Version 8.6 Release

Customer Notification
I/A Series Version 8.6 Release with 100 Series FBM Upgrade
February 16, 2011

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I/A Series Release Version 8.6 software provides enhancements to I/A Series core software and provides additional functionality and security to I/A Series control systems, including:
1. 100 Series Fieldbus Modules Upgrade.
2. Several software packages are upgraded.
3. Several Control Blocks are upgraded.
Benefits
The V8.6 release continues to provide security features for I/A Series systems that were initially added in V8.5. It allows you to maintain customized security according to the needs and requirements of your site. During V8.5 Day0 I/A Series software installation, you were provided a choice to 1) install I/A Series software with Security Enhancements (known as I/A Series Secured Enhanced, or SE, software) or 2) install standard I/A Series software without security enhancements. This V8.6 release is an update to V8.5, and supports both options.

I/A Series V8.6 software supports the 100 Series Fieldbus Module (FBM) Upgrade subsystem, which provides equipment to upgrade sites with existing 100 Series FBMs and Termination Cable Assemblies (TCAs) to 200 Series equivalents. Important features of this software provide Upgrade Support for 100 Series FBMs and Expansion FBMs, and preserve existing field wiring/existing enclosures, while minimizing plant downtime during the upgrade project. This upgrade will move clients to 200 Series FBMs and 2MB Fieldbus, and provide HART capability.

Software Applications Upgraded for V8.6 :
• System Definition, V2.11
• I/A Series Configuration Component (IACC), V2.4
• System Manager Software, V2.1
• Intelligent Field Device Configurator (IFDC), V3.1
• Extended Frame Service (EFS) Software, V2.2
• FoxAPI, V4.3.3
• Control Block and Parameter Additions and Changes

Requirements:
• Loading of V8.6 is a delta upgrade install of I/A Series software.
• Loading a new system (day 0 install) will start with V8.5.
• Requirements established for V8.5 continue in V8.6
• Hardened OS images must be purchased for each workstation as 3rd party licenses are invoked per machine.
• Hardened OS images are available for Invensys Dell supplied machines.
P92 XP workstations PW360 through T3500 models
Server 2003 Class machines PE2800 through the T610 and R710 models
• Only V10.2.2 FoxView/FoxDraw is qualified to run on V8.5 and V8.6.

For InFusion CE (Control Edition) users, the latest version InFusion CE V2.5 is the only qualified version for V8.6

To take advantage of FF CIF offering, Control Configuration MUST be performed through InFusion IEE environment.
(No ICC or IACC support)