Migrating and Upgrading NK8000 Units

Upgrading NK823x Units from V2.x or V3.x

When you upgrade Desigo CC, perform the following procedure for all NK823x units:

Checking and Updating NK823x Firmware and Kernel

Migrating NK823x Units from MM8000 Installations

On existing MM8000 installations, the following NK823x versions can be migrated:

MP4.50
MP4.60
MP4.70
MP4.80
MP4.81

Upon migrating from MM8000 systems, perform the following procedures:

(Recommended) Update the NK823x units to latest version using the appropriate Hotfix (contact DMS8000 customer support).
Configure the NK8000 Network: follow the integration workflows as necessary.

Unsupported features in NK823x for Desigo CC compared to NK823x for DMS8000

Local and network-wide NK8000 interactions
Secure communication (CEI 79 with encryption)
Firewall and routing functionality
NOTE: In replacing NK823x with Scalance S615 as a router, refer to the application guide Scalance S615 Router for SAFEDLINK Fire Networks (A6V13357580).
Logging
Network redundancy
Web Server
Time synchronization from NTP server
Modbus gateway functionality
SNMP
IEC 60870-5-104 gateway functionality