Upgrading firmware for better data collection, Dreamstation

jtravel wrote:

Wulfman... wrote: If you currently have a non-data-capable (aka "brick") machine, it's doubtful that any firmware upgrade would convert it to a fully-data-capable machine. I doubt that the true bricks have the required sensors inside them to work with the firmware.
Den
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They have the Hardware and sensors. That is why they can operate in auto mode for a 30 day trial. It's the firmware/software that is loaded into a memory chip in the machine that Turns on and off different capabilities.
This is very common and often referred to as Software rights in the electronics industry.
The hardware can support many additional functions but unless you pay for the upgraded software rights you don't get it.
It makes perfect sense for the Manufacture to keep the hardware build the same across the product line.
They use the same hardware platform and then The controlling Feature is the Firmware/software they install at the end of the assembly-line.