Definitions of the Status Terms

    Coming Soon: The item will be available within the next 3 months

    Available: This item is manufactured and fully supported.

    Discontinued and fully supported: This item is no longer manufactured and sold as new but it is fully supported. For software, it is considered discontinued when:

    • A minor/major version or ePack is released to replace or revise the existing version
    • It has been at least 2 years since the release date and no new revisions are planned.

    Limited support: Full support for this item can no longer be provided; an issue preventing full support is present.

    • No full coverage (parts inclusive) service contracts are available, unless with a disclaimer advising of known or possible issues with parts.
    • Billable service and Labour-only contracts are available.
    • There is no guarantee of Technical/Applications Support or Customer/Technical Training.
    • Software will provide an upgrade path to newer versions of software to the limit of the instrument and device support periods.

    Retired: The item is no longer manufactured, sold or guaranteed to be supported.

    • Billable service and Labour-only contracts are available.
    • No service contracts offered.
    • No guarantee of Technical/Applications support
    • No Technical/Customer training and for software a best effort will be made to respond to issues, however there is no guarantee of resolution
    • Some technical publications may remain available on our website
    • No guarantee of parts availability and are not replenished.

    Obsolete, not supported: There will be no further service or support of any kind and parts are not available.

    On hold: This item is temporarily unavailable.