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Thanks for the answer, for some reason the system made me change my Username.... but I am the OP. Currently have ehthercat app V1.2 and an RT app running that was built for version 1.2 on V2.04 by adding the Core20 runtime and downgrading the automationCore. Is the only limitation that we cannot use apps that require the newer automation core? or are there other problems? The customer doesn't want to have to send a new compiled app everytime their client's IT forces an OS update by their security policies for Linux, so not being able to run the old software on the newer OS is a pretty big issue. Given it's all SNAPS I would expect that as long as they don't use any apps that require the newer Automation Core it should be ok, and at least in a simple test seems ok. Are there any gotcha's I'm not seeing? Thanks ... View more

Thanks for the reply... not sure why it's making me make a new user name but i am the OP I was able to get an RT app for 1.2 running on 2.04 by using the UbuntuCore 20 runtime and downgrading the automation core. The ethercat app is also running. Is the only downside not being able to have the latest Apps? Being forced to update your app everytime a customer wants to update their OS for security is somthing we would like to be able to avoid ... View more