Hurco Hawk upgrade, 5I25 to 5i25T

Hello all, been a long time since I set up anything with Linux CNC and i have forgotten most of it. My last experience was setting up a mesa card with a ethernet configuration with digital steppers. I have picked up a Hurco Hawk 5 with analog steppers and encoders. It had already been set up with  wheezy 2.7 linux cnc. It had a 5i25 with P3 to a 7i77 for the servo, encoders, and a pendant. P2 was connected to a mach3 BOB to control the FVD. the 5i25 is not communicating to the 7i77 due to rodent damage. I Have purchased a 5I25T to replace it.  I have backed up the linuxcnc folder to a thumb drive and the plan is to update to the newest version of linux CNC. What am i looking at to change for the 5I25T to work with it after i reinstall to the new version. I assume it is not just a streight swap of the cards. 

As long as you have updated LinuxCNC, the main thing needed is to
change the 5I25T firmware to support the 7I77

sudo mesaflash --device 5I25T --write 5i25t_7i77x2d.bin --reload

5i25t_7i77x2d.bin is in the 5i25t.zip file (in /configs/hostmot2) available from Mesa's webstore