BOXI upgrade - are client tools downward compatible?

Hi,
We currently our BOXI Dev and Prd systems at 12.1.0.882 (3.1, no SP?).
Now, we plan to upgrade our Dev system first to 12.3..xxx (3.1, SP3, FP1), including the client tools on my PC. 
However, I will still need to work on the Prd system while we test out the upgrade - is the new client toolset downward compatible to our non-SP environment, or will I need another client toolset (or another PC with the new toolset) to access both enviroments?
Thanks!

You may face issues if the client tools do not have the same version as your server. The official recommendation of SAP is have the same version for all business objects components (server, client).
This means that there is no garantee for downward compatibility.
Regards,
Stratos

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