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Hi,  I  am mostly new to the Studio 5000, more familiar with 500 stuff.  I have licensed mini 5000 ver30 I believe and I want to work with a Compact L32E, when I try to upload it says install version 18 which is Logix 5000 I assume.  Is version available to me to download and use being I own Studio, and if so do I need to uninstall Studio first, run it on a virtual machine or what ?  Is ver18 the firmware, if so is it upgradeable to ver21 which is past the ver20 break point between Logix and Studio so that I could use studio ? What are my options here ? I understand that as things progress that as a manufacturer you might not be able to have backwards compatibility at some point. but there has got to be another way.   Thx for any help