Neptune APEX - Introduction to APEX Cloning

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INTRODUCTION
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Onoccasion,duetoafailureorwaterdamageitmaybecomenecessarytoreplaceanAPEX,APEXLITE,orAPEX
JRwithanothercontroller.
InAPEX‐familyfirmwareversion4.40andnewer,aspecialmodehasbeenaddedtofacilitatecloninganAPEX
configuration.ThisiscalledREPLACEMENTMODE.REPLACEMENTMODE,inconjunctionwiththeLoad/Save
featuresoftheAPEX,willallowyoutoquicklyandeasilyswaponeAPEXbaseunitwithanotherAPEXbaseunit
orswapanAPEXJRwithanotherAPEXJR,andpreserveallexistingprogramming,profiles,AquaBusmodule
addresses,andmostotherAPEXsettings.
ThecloningprocessandAPEXREPLACEMENTMODEmayonlybeusedfordirectreplacementofanidentical
controllermodel.ItcannotbeusedasanupgradeormigrationtoolifchangingfromonemodelofAPEXto
another,suchasupgradingfromanAPEXJRtoanAPEXorupgradingfromanAPEXLITEtoanAPEX.
Note:Thelabelonthefaceofthecontrollerdoesnotmatter;anAPEXorAPEXJRwithanoldblacklabelandan
APEXorAPEXJRwiththenewerwhitelabelbothhavethesamehardware,sothelabelcolorisnotafactor
whenusingthisdocument.
TheproceduresinthisGuidearedesignedtocoverawidevarietyofdifferentsystemconfigurationsandhome
orbusinessnetworkenvironments,andtoaccommodateApexusersofallexperienceandknowledgelevels.
Consequently,theseproceduresareverydetailed,butpleasedonotbeintimidatedordiscouraged.
ExperiencedAPEXuserscandothisentireprocessin15‐20minutes;less‐experiencedAPEXuserswilllikely
requireabitmoretime.
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NOTE:Currently,itisnotpossibletomigratehistoricaldatastoredintheApexorinAPEXFusionfrom
oneApextoanother.Thisappliesto:
 Loggedprobemeasurementdata
 Loggedoutletactivitydata
 DŌSactivitydata
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Regardlessofyourexperiencelevel,itiscrucialthattheseproceduresbe
followedexactlyandthatnostepsbeskippedorabbreviated.
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