How to promote panel accounts in Remote Programming Software.

When Bosch control panels are upgraded either to a larger scale panel (i.e. B5512 to B8512) or to a newer panel type (i.e. D9412G to B9512G) the original program can be still be used by promoting it to the higher type. Once a panel account is promoted it can never be reverted back to the original, therefore a backup copy should be created prior to promoting.
Panels can only be promoted to higher type panel and not to a lower type. For example the D9412GV4 could not be converted to D7412GV4.
An automatic backup copy of the original account is created by RPS, but only when promoting to either B8512G or B9512G. When promoting the original account to a GV4 or lower account type use the steps below to manually create a back-up copy.

How to manually create a backup copy of a panel account:

1. From the Panel List, select New to create a new panel.

2. Select Existing from the new panel dialogue to create a new panel account from an existing account.

3. Select the existing panel account which will be promoted in a later step and press OK.

Figure 1 Create new account from existing

4. Enter a name for the copy of the original panel account and select OK.

Figure 2 Save the copy with a similar name

How to promote the panel account to a higher version:

Note 1: RPS creates a backup copy of the original account only when promoting to B8512G or B9512G. Use the steps above to manually create a copy of the original when promoting to GV4 types or lower.
Note 2: Older panel account types must be promoted up to a GV2 account type first before they can be promoted to a higher level. This will require performing the promotion steps two times.

1. Right click on the panel to promote from the Panel List and select Open Panel Data – View.

Figure 3 Open the Panel View

2. The Panel Data – View page opens, select Edit in the lower left corner.

Figure 4 Select panel type to promote the original to

3. Select the account type to promote the original account to and select OK.

4. The Caution in figure 5 displays when promoting to the B8512G or B9512G. The box ‘Create account backup before panel upgrade’ should remain checked.

Figure 5 Update Process Caution

5. Select Continue. The process to promote the account takes about a minute to complete.

Figure 6 Promoted account added

6. The promoted panel account is added to the panel list and the process is complete.