text: <s>[INST] Rockwell Drives Firmware now secure Summary: Rockwell now uses SecureFlash for drive firmwareIf you purchase a drive new now, it will come with firmware that is digitally signed and thus secure. If you wish to replace an existing drive with a new one, you cannot simply downgrade the firmware by flashing with the appropriate firmware for your application. You need digitally signed firmware. In fact, you may have to upgrade before downgrading, according to the release notes of Firmware 10 and 11 for PF755s. I feel very strongly that Rockwell should have announced this to their drives customers several months before rolling out this new feature or behavior. Rockwell has their reasons (according to tech support, it is because of new federal export laws prohibiting drives from having output frequencies above 600 hz). Fine - there's a reason and a need to do this. Don't you agree Rockwell still needs to tell us in advance? [/INST] Hi TJ, I'm a drives distributor specialist selling Rockwell VFDs and this is the first I'm hearing of this. Thank you for posting. \\n </s>