Tomo453
Lifetime Supporting Member
Hello, I have recently received notification that MTS will soon (3-6 months) only sell Gen 5 (Series 5) Temposonic R series transducers. We have over 50 of these on an automation line for positioning various axes. It has been indicated that the Gen 5 sensors are not backward compatible and all Gen 4 sensors would have to be replaced with Gen 5 sensors at the first installation of a single Gen 5 sensor in any given network. It appears that there is no way to upgrade the firmware on the old sensors. Has anyone dealt with this migration or situation. Seems like an expensive re-pot considering we will have an automation line and shelf full of Gen 4 sensors when the first Gen 5 sensor will have to go in.