We recently bought a Vantage from an auction. Although we haven’t yet connected to the computer, it is safe to say that the instrument is controlled by Instinct V since it also came with a physical disk of the software. I looked through the forum and it appears that general consensus is that most prefer the Venus software even for the Vantage line.
I am curious as to why and how different Instinct V is compared to Venus since this is our first instrument with this software. That, and I would like to know ahead of time.
INSTINCT V is a completely differnet software than VENUS in look, feel, functionality, back end, communication, etc. It is entirely new.
There has been lots of discussion about INSTICT path forward, especially in the USA. Given that, and now that basically all functions of the VANTAGE are exposed (TrackGripper, IPG, QCG, EE’s, etc) in VENUS 6 (and VoV) and based on my experience with both software’s would highly recommend VENUS versus INSTINCT but I cannot wait for @EricSindelar_Hamilton to chime in.
Also, congrats on your new VANTAGE! They are great instruments!
Development for INSTINCT V ended earlier last year with version 2.3 QF2. All current and future development for the VANTAGE platform focuses on VENUS. Our training program only covers VENUS software, so support options for INSTINCT V will be limited.
My recommendation would be to upgrade to the lastest version of VENUS which incorporates the VANTAGE platform.