G8 Cartridge Comparison
G8 is compatible with Cartridge F2. Cartridge F2 is the current generation of device cartridge that was released on May 1, 2025, and is available in four cartridge types: standard (lone worker), single-gas, multi-gas diffusion, and multi-gas pump cartridges. A-CART is a version of the Pump Cartridge F2 and only operates in pump mode, regardless of configuration.
Note:
G8 firmware version 1.3 must be installed to use the Pump Cartridge F2 and the A-CART. The A-CART must be used for pumped sensor configurations that include an LEL-IR sensor.
The following comparison chart summarizes the features of each cartridge:
| Standard | Single | Multi-gas (Diffusion) | Multi-gas (Pump) | |
| Text messaging | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fall detection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| No-motion detection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| SOS alert | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Check-in timer | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Configuration modes | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Receive voice calls | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Push-to-talk (PTT) enabled | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Single gas detection | ✔ | |||
| Multi-gas detection | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Pump enabled | ✔ | |||
| Low-gas notification | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Under-limit notification | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| High-gas notification | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| STEL notification | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| TWA notification | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Over-limit (OL) notification | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |