You use the Smart Engineering Manager Upgrade Utility to upgrade (if needed) your site, plant and application databases to the latest version of the Hexagon software.
Before using the new version of the software, we strongly recommend that you completely
upgrade your plant and applications as described in this section. For Smart P&ID, you should update all drawings to the current version. A plant with a mixture of upgraded and non-upgraded data may result in some data being
permanently inaccessible.
You use the Smart Engineering Manager Upgrade Utility to upgrade the plant and application databases to the latest version of the software.
The following table is a compatibility matrix of the most recent software versions.
|
Smart Engineering Manager |
Smart P&ID |
Smart Electrical |
|---|---|---|
|
Version 2009 |
Version 2009 |
Version 2009 |
|
Version 2009 SP1 |
Version 2009 |
Version 2009 SP1 |
|
Version 2009 SP2 |
Version 2009 SP1 |
Version 2009 SP2 |
|
Version 2009 SP3 |
Version 2009 SP2 |
Version 2009 SP2 HF4 |
|
Version 2009 SP4 |
Version 2009 SP3 |
Version 2009 SP3 |
|
Version 2009 SP5 |
Version 2009 SP4 |
Version 2009 SP3, SP4 |
|
Version 2009 SP6 |
Version 2009 SP4, SP5 |
Version 2009 SP5 |
|
Version 2014 |
Version 2014 |
Version 2009 SP5 |
|
Version 2014 R1 |
Version 2014 R1 |
Version 2015 |
|
Version 2014 R2 |
Version 2014 R1 |
Version 2015 R1 |
|
Version 2018 |
Version 2014 R1 |
Version 2018 |
|
Version 2019 |
Version 2019 |
Upgrade Requirements at Different Levels
The following table will help you to determine what to upgrade when working with Smart Engineering Manager 2018.
|
Level |
Versions Requiring Upgrade |
|---|---|
|
Site |
SmartPlant Engineering Manager versions earlier than 2009 SP3 |
|
Plant |
SmartPlant Engineering Manager versions earlier than 2009 |
|
Application |
|
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Before upgrading your plants, ensure that your site is up-to-date.
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You are not required to upgrade all plants in a particular site at the same time.