Elsag-Bailey Y2k Update

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The following passed through my mailbox a few days ago. It might be of interest to some of the industry folks who frequent the forum. Pass it on / use at your own discretion.

(Sidebar note: this notice is but one more demonstration of the need to have a living Y2k program, and the need to go back and re-confirm all vendor Y2k statements on a periodic basis.)

>To all registered visitors to the ABB Automation Inc. (formerly Elsag Bailey
>Inc.) Year 2000 Web Site (http://www.ebpa.com/y2k).
>
>The following announcement addresses an important product status change to
>all users of Conductor NT software (Symphony, Infi 90 Open, DCI System Six,
>Freelance 2000, and OPC) and some DCI System Six products listed below.
>
>1) The Year 2000 compatibility status of software products sold as Conductor
>NT (SIBCNTS, SIBCNTC, SIBCONS, SIBCONC, SIBSNTS and SIBSNTC) has been
>changed such that the minimum compatible revision is Conductor NT version
>2.3
>
>Product Line	Product Class	Product ID
>Symphony		Conductor NT	S-IB-CNT-S
>Symphony		Conductor NT	S-IB-CNT-C
>Symphony		Conductor NT	S-IB-CON-S
>Symphony		Conductor NT	S-IB-CON-C
>Symphony		Conductor NT	S-IB-SNT-S
>Symphony		Conductor NT	S-IB-SNT-C
>
>2) The Year 2000 compatibility status of the following products associated
>with 32-bit MIPS computers sold as X-Windows Display Centers (XDC3200) and
>Data Management Centers (DMC3200) has been changed to Non-Compatible.
> 
>
>Product Line		        Product Class	Product ID

>DCI System Six Software	40MS32		DMC3200
>DCI System Six Software	40XS32		XDC3200
>DCI System Six Hardware	40XDC32/40DMC32	179F028U01
>DCI System Six Hardware	40XDC32/40DMC32	698B203U01
>DCI System Six Hardware	40XDC32/40DMC32	698B203U02
>DCI System Six Hardware	40XDC32/40DMC32	698B203U03
>DCI System Six Hardware	40XDC32/40DMC32	XDCCPU40
>DCI System Six Hardware	40XDC32/40DMC32	XDCCPU72
>DCI System Six Hardware	40XDC32/40DMC32	XDCCPU104
>
>3) The Year 2000 compatibility status of the following software products
>sold as X-Windows Display Center (XDC6400), Personal Workstation (PWC3200),
>Configuration ToolKit (CTK3200), and Conductor UX (SIBCUXS) has been changed
>to Compatible with Update.
>
>
>Product Line		        Product Class	Product ID
>DCI System Six Software	40KS32	         CTK3200
>DCI System Six Software	40PW32	         PWC3200
>DCI System Six Software	40XS64	         XDC6400
>Symphony		        Conductor UX	 S-IB-CUX-S
>
>More detailed information for the status change of DCI System Six products
>is provided in the  May 21, 1999 DCI System Six Policy Statement which is
>accessible from the Product Status Lists hyperlink and is included below at
>the end of this notice.
>
>Please forward all questions and suggestions to y2kinfo@ebpa.com 
> DCI System Six Policy Statement	21 May 1999
>
>To Existing or Prospective DCI System Six. Customers,
>
>The following supersedes any previously transmitted statements you may have
>received concerning the status of DCI System Six products related to the
>upcoming Year 2000 rollover.
>
>In 1996, Elsag Bailey (now ABB Automation Inc., hereinafter "ABB") began a
>detailed investigation of the impact of the millenium rollover on the DCI
>System Six product line inclusive of the DCI System Six products which are
>available for Symphony(tm). ABB evaluated and / or tested these products
>using the latest released software (DCI System Six Series Seven, Release One
>(S7R1) and Symphony Release 2.0). These selected products, which are listed
>on our public web site at www.ebpa.com, have been tested for Year 2000
>issues using criteria developed in accordance with our ISO9001 registered
>quality management system.
>
>As part of ABB's investigation of Year 2000 product compatibility (as
>defined below) testing of all selected products that are supported in the
>Symphony product line using Symphony Release 2.0 (SR2.0) system software was
>completed in May, 1998. Testing of all selected products that are supported
>in the DCI System Six-product line using Series Seven, Release One (S7R1)
>system software was completed in August 1998. The testing procedures
>employed in both of the tests revealed no apparent Year 2000 deficiencies.
> 
>However, it is important to recognize that neither Microsoft nor Silicon
>Graphics, Inc. (SGI) have declared the operating systems that are used by
>the DCI System Six Series Seven, Release One (S7R1), and Symphony Release
>2.0 (SR2.0) console software as
>	 being Year 2000 compliant. As a result, new operating system
>software from Microsoft and SGI that they declare as Year 2000 compliant
>will be used by Conductor NT and Conductor UX software products in Symphony
>Release SR3.0 scheduled to begin shipment in July 1999.
> 
>Of notable exception to this is the Unix RISCos 4.52 operating system from
>SGI used with the XDC3200 and DMC3200 MIPS computers in the DCI System Six
>Series Seven, Release One (S7R1) software release. This operating system
>will not be tested for Year 2000 issues by SGI, and because of this, ABB is
>identifying the XDC3200 and DMC3200 as Non-Compatible. Cost effective
>upgrades from XDC3200 and DMC3200 products to newer Symphony products are
>available. These upgrades are tested for Year 2000 issues and provide newer
>hardware technology that will greatly extend the useful life and
>supportability of the system. To effect these upgrades, existing XDC3200 and
>DMC3200 operator consoles can be replaced with Conductor NT or UX consoles.
>A discussion of the alternatives available for implementing these system
>upgrades is beyond the scope of this statement, and customers should contact
>their local ABB office for details.
>
>"Year 2000 Compatibility" is defined by ABB as:
>
>1. General Integrity: In ABB's tests, the transition to dates in the Year
>2000 in and of itself did not interrupt the product's operation. 
>2. Date Integrity: In ABB's tests, the transition to dates in the Year 2000
>in and of itself did not cause real time calculations to be interrupted, or
>cause sequential events from prior dates to be displayed, archived or
>executed in improper order. 
>3. Data Integrity: In ABB's tests, data was stored and transmitted in such a
>manner that relative time was maintained, and could either be explicitly
>(the date is explicitly stored as an absolute value) or implicitly (the
>actual date is calculated based on some offset or other criteria) determined
>for a defined range of possible dates.
>4. Leap Year - In ABB's tests, the Year 2000 was properly treated as a leap
>year. 
>
>ABB's DCI System Six and Symphony systems are a combination of ABB products
>and the products of selected third party companies. Our customers frequently
>add their own software, as well as third party hardware and software to our
>products. Therefore, an analysis of individual products is not sufficient to
>determine the Year 2000 compatibility of a system. An effective analysis can
>only be achieved by completely reviewing the system, including all
>applications that are running on it, and any third party hardware or
>software that interfaces with it. As a result, ABB recommends that you
>evaluate and test your entire process automation system and strategy so that
>you can determine whether or not your system is ready for the Year 2000
>rollover.
>
>For up-to-date status on specific products, please refer to our World Wide
>Web Site (www.ebpa.com). Separate statements regarding the current Year 2000
>status of DCI-5000 and earlier generation products are available.
>
>Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure
>
>End of DCI System Six Policy Statement
>
>If you have any questions or comments please send them to y2kinfo@ebpa.com 


-- Anonymous, June 13, 1999

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