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JUNE 2025 I SMT007 MAGAZINE 37 soware version, the qualification date is also important because, depending on the vendor, soware updates are frequently updated. Declaration of responsibility for support Because some vendors do their own implementations and others rely on a third-party support com- pany, when integration issues hap- pen onsite, EMS and OEM compa- nies and their integration support companies have difficulty identify- ing which company should address these issues. Was it the equipment vendor on the QPL? eir integrator? It can be a cause for confusion. In IPC-2591, Version 2.0, requirements have been added to account for this. During equipment qualification, the person submitting the qualification will need to declare responsibility for technical diagnostic, support, and troubleshooting for the IPC-CFX imple- mentation, declaring one of the following: 1. e equipment model supplier accepts full responsibility for support. e IPC-CFX implementation being qual- ified generates CFX entirely natively by the equipment model supplier's soware code or a host controller's code developed by and owned by the equipment model supplier, without the use of products, components, or technology from a third party at any point. Or: e IPC-CFX implementation being qualified generates CFX by use of technol- ogy provided by a business entity (third party) other than the equipment model supplier at one or more point(s) in the path from the CFX- producing device or soware endpoint to the CFX validation website. 2. e third party accepts full responsibil- ity for support. e IPC-CFX implementation being quali- fied generates CFX by use of technology pro- vided by a business entity (third party) other than the equipment model supplier at one or more point(s) in the path, from the CFX-pro- ducing device or soware endpoint to the CFX validation website. In accordance with the standard, if a ven- dor provides a false or misleading declara- tion of responsibility, the associated equip- ment model(s) will be removed from the IPC- CFX-2591 QPL. Report any false or misleading statements— or any other integration issues—for QPL-listed equipment to ipccfx@ipc.org. New Flexibility to QPL for Version 2.0 To support the industry in gaining the high- est amount of value from the QPL, with the release of IPC-CFX, Version 2.0, the subscrip- tion and qualification model has been adjusted to allow vendors with active subscriptions to qualify and requalify equipment as many times as they wish during their subscription. is new fl exibility ma kes it easier than ev er for vendors to demonstrate compliance to the standard with every soware v ersion u pdate and to maximize their presence on the QPL. Vendor Checklist: What to Ask Before You Buy When considering a purchase of CFX-sup- ported equipment for an existing or future