General Communication Service R6.2 Build Version 6.2.0.2 Release A Notes       
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These release notes contains important information not mentioned 
elsewhere in our documentation and about departures from expected 
behavior. For the latest information read this entire file carefully 
through.


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Contents
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Part A Change Notes
  A.1 GCS R6.2 Release A
  

Part B Known Issues
  B.1 GCS Connection Tool: Database is in use by another application
  B.2 GCS Connection Tool Help Window close error
  B.3 GCS Connection Tool MML connection sharing
  B.4 Very long bus list with Nokia Siemens Networks Q1 Agent 
  B.5 Mouse cursor position disappears if GCS Connection Tool is idle
  B.6 Nodes are not reflected when imported from NetAct to Access using NetAct UI of NCT 
  B.7 Compacting GCS database has to be done only using GCSCompactDB.exe but not with ODBC administrator panel
  B.8 GCS Connection Tool will not close when Exit button is clicked in Windows Vista and 2008 server OS.
  B.9 Should not install lower version of GCS if GCS 6.2 is already installed



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Part A Change Notes
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A.1 GCS R6.2 Release A
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GCS R6.2 Release A General Communication Service (GCS) R6.2 is upgradable from GCS R6.1, GCS R6.0 and GCS R5.x versions. 
However upgradation from GCS R4.x is not supported and it must be uninstalled first before installing GCS R6.2 version.
GCS R6.2 is backward compatible with GCS R6.1, GCS R6.0 and GCS R5.2.

The main feature added in this release is the support for Windows 7 operating system. 

1. Supported operating systems are

	Windows XP 32 bit
	Windows 2003 32 bit Standard and Enterprise edition
	Windows Vista 32 bit Business Edition
	Windows Vista 64 bit Business Edition
	Windows 2008 Server 32 bit Standard and Enterprise edition
	Windows 2008 server 64 bit Standard and Enterprise edition
        Windows 7 32 bit Standard and Enterprise edition
        Windows 7 64 bit Standard and Enterprise edition

2. Buttons and other common controls are enhanced to display in XP style.
 

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Part B Known Issues
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B.1 GCS Connection Tool: Database is in use by another application
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GCS Connection Tool can sometimes give above mentioned error message 
that can be safely ignored. Press "Yes" to continue.

B.2 GCS Connection Tool Help Window close error
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In some workstations closing GCS Connection Tool while help window is 
left open may crash GCS Connection Tool and/or node manager that has 
opened it. It is recommended to close GCS Connection Tool help window 
before closing GCS Connection Tool and node managers.

B.3 GCS Connection Tool MML connection sharing
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GCS does not restrict use of MML connection to one user only as it should.

B.4 Very long bus list with Nokia Siemens Networks Q1 Agent 
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Bus list for Q1 Agent managed buses can be very long. Due to a limitation 
in Nokia Siemens Networks Q1 protocol, answer to bus list query cannot exceed about 1000 
characters. If answer is longer than this limit, it is truncated.

B.5 Mouse cursor position disappears if GCS Connection Tool is idle
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Mouse cursor disappears from the GCS Connection Tool, if it is idle 
for more than 30 seconds. Cursor reappears on mouse movement.

B.6 Nodes are not reflected when imported from NetAct to Access using NetAct UI of NCT 
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Nodes are not reflected after importing from NetAct UI of NCT until the application is restarted. 
This has been observed when NCT is launched from Node manager.

B.7 Compacting GCS database has to be done only using GCSCompactDB.exe but not with ODBC administrator panel
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GCS database dbs.mdb file has to be compacted only using GCSCompactDB.exe. If the compacting is done from 
ODBC data source administrator dialog by selecting the DBS32 data source name, it is clearing the security
permissions of dbs.mdb file which would cause an error "Unable to open GCS database because the database file 
(dbs.mdb) is in read only mode” when the connection tool is opened as a normal user. To resolve this problem add
the write permission to "Everyone" user for the dbs.mdb file and this can be done by the administrative user only.

B.8 GCS DB Configuration Tool not closing automatically on Windows Vista
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GCS Connection Tool will not close when Exit button is clicked while GCS DB Configuration  window is left open. This is observed only on Windows Vista and Server 2008 OS. However on XP and windows 2003 server the tool will be closed. GCS DB Configuration Tool window should be closed before closing the GCS Connection Tool.

B.9 Should not install lower version of GCS if GCS 6.2 is already installed
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GCS lower version (GCS5.x/6.0/6.1) cannot be installed if GCS6.2 is already installed. GCS6.2 must be uninstalled before installing GCS lower version.
