TOP Server Release Notes (5.3.156.0) August 10, 2010

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TOP Server Release Notes (5.3.156.0) August 10, 2010
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TOP Server Release Notes (5.3.156.0) August 10, 2010
Runtime Interface Configuration Interface Plug-ins
DataLogger Plug-in
Fixed issue where projects (V4.x and V5.x) were not loading correctly in V5.3.118 when the Log on Static Interval property was unchecked.
Native Client Interfaces
Wonderware SuiteLink/FastDDE
iFIX PDB Interface
Fixed issue where the IDS server was not available to select in iFIX 5.1.
UA Server Interface
Fixed memory leak that occurred when a 3rd party UA Client continually read invalid items.
Fixed poor performance reported when running projects configured to use multiple subscriptions per session
OPC DA Server Interface
Components / Utilities
OPC UA Configuration Manager
Fixed problem managing endpoints across multiple network cards of the same name.
License Utility
Fixed issue where Transfer Request File was not created correctly for standalone subscriptions.
Drivers
DNP Master Serial
Enabled support for Binary Output Events.
DNP Master Ethernet
Enabled support for Binary Output Events.
GE SNP
Fixed issue where RS tags (R Strings) were not being handled properly resulting in the tags being orphaned.
Modbus RTU Serial
Increased the maximum number of COM ports (channels) allowed from 100 to 256.
OPC DA Client
Removed the limit preventing the creation of nested groups with depth greater than 8.
OPC UA Client
Removed the limit preventing the creation of nested groups with depth greater than 8.
Fixed issue where driver would consume memory when reading long string values or large quantities of string tags.
Productivity 3000 Ethernet (Automation Direct Suite)
Resolved read problem with Continuous Booleans and 1D/2D Boolean Arrays whose range do not end on the byte boundary.
TOP Server Release Notes (5.3.118.0) June 9, 2010
Runtime Interface
BCD tag values are now clamped to the max value for their data type.
Added support for user-specified startup project from any location in the file system.
Configuration Interface
Added “Advanced” channel property page and a property called “Communication Serialization: Virtual Network”. The page will not be shown for drivers that do not support communication serialization.
Added support for auto-generated aliases in the alias map export if "Show auto-generated aliases" option is checked in Alias Map dialog.
Added support for UTF-8 encoding of CSV import/export files for aliases and tags.
Removed the 'Contents' and 'Search' menu options from the Help menu and replaced them with ‘Server Help’.
Added a plug-in help dialog accessible via the main help menu. The dialog is similar in function to the driver help dialog.
Corrected instance where undo information was not saved when multiple tags were copied and pasted.
Alias map menu option is now enabled without requiring a device or a channel to exist in the active project.
Fixed failure to open a project file when double-clicked in Windows Explorer if an instance of the Server Configuration is already running.
Fixed an issue where the incorrect channel wizard page was displayed when both Ethernet encapsulation and RTS Manual flow control were enabled.
Added a horizontal scroll bar to the hint box for cases where the length of a hint exceeds the size of the hint box.
Increased COM ports range from 1-100 to 1-256.
Fixed issue where “Auto Create” button on the “Database Creation” tab would not work until the “Apply” button was pressed. Changes made on sibling pages are now applied when “Auto Create” button is pressed.
The server’s Event Log now supports Event Type (Error, Warning, and Information) for the Save-As-Text-file output. Output file is now UTF-16 encoded.
A warning message was added to the Alias Name dialog if the alias name matches any of the channel names in the project.
Added check for wizard page mode before enabling back and next buttons. Without the check, the cancel button was the default button in property sheet mode.
The configuration client now waits a maximum of 30 seconds for the runtime to initialize (this was originally set at 10 seconds). This extra time will help prevent connection timeouts from occurring when the runtime is either starting on a slow machine or loading a large project.
Plug-ins
Alarms & Events Plug-in
We now properly compare string values when processing alarms. Strings were previously compared as numeric values.
Added enabled/disabled state icons to the list view used to configure sub-conditions. This allows users to know if the sub-conditions are either disabled or enabled. Users must also enable the additional sub-conditions they wish to use for multi-level conditions.
Advanced Tags Plug-in
Added support for Link Tags. This feature allows data to be transferred between two devices or bridge servers to integrate data from different systems. The tag creation GUI now allows multiple tags to be created from the same instance of the tag editor.
Fixed failure to reject reads on inactive tags (i.e., tags that are not started).
Scaled tags in derived expressions are now handled properly. The device data type (rather than the engineering data type) was previously being used for expression evaluation. This would result in a failure to evaluate expressions even if the scaled data type was valid.
LBCD and BCD data types are now allowed in derived expressions as they were in 4x. The server treats data from these types as DWORD and WORD, respectively.
Added support for the F1 button to invoke the Advanced Tags help file when Advanced Tab is selected.
Fixed a bug where a complex tag with no complex elements failed to load when saved in XML. We were not serializing the element list for this case, which is required by the schema.
The complete tag for complex tags, complex elements, and derived tags is now optional.
The tool tips for the Advanced Tag GUI buttons are now the same as the ones in the device view tag dialog. Support was also added for the Alt+L shortcut to open/close the select tag GUI.
Advanced tags are now included in the project tag count (File | Project Properties | Identification).
The GUI now enforces the fact that Complete Tags in Complex and Derived tags must be writeable.
The scan rate for tags contained in Derived tags and Complex tags is now set to the trigger rate if the tag is triggering on a timer. This way the Complex/Derived tag will update at the trigger rate if the data is changing fast enough.
Fixed issue with saving Advanced Tags in an XML project. We were failing to save the advanced tags in the root tag group.
Data Logger Plug-in
Added unit selection (milliseconds, seconds, minutes, and hours) to "Update rate" control under the "General" tab, and to the "Static Interval" under the "Triggers" tab.
Fixed issue where the rate was not being transformed into rate and resolution when loading from a legacy project.
Set the default trigger interval from 100 to 500 milliseconds.
Set the default Update Rate for triggers to 1000 milliseconds.
Oracle MES/MOC Connector
Fixed issue with logging multiple tags in a complex update with MOC items.
Logged data now records timestamps from when the data was received from the server and not when the data was forwarded and logged (as was previously the case).
GUI updated with various enhancements
Connection names can no longer have leading or trailing whitespace.
Native Client Interfaces
Wonderware SuiteLink/FastDDE
Added support for handling driver-supplied timestamp.
UA Server Interface
Fixed incorrect deadband logic where we were updating the UA cached value regardless of whether the update passed deadband. This was causing a failure to update clients if the value incremented past the deadband limit.
Fixed issue with loading certificate files from a certificate store (directory) that is identified with a string containing non-ASCII characters.
Fixed issue where pending read or write transactions were not properly closed when the server shuts down.
Prevent crash when attempting to run the server interactively from the Guest account.
OPC DA Server Interface
Fixed an OPC DA 3.0 issue with the “IOPCBrowse” interface where the server was not returning the correct HRESULT if one or more of the item properties could not be retrieved. The correct behavior is to return “S_FALSE” in this case instead of always returning the HRESULT from GetProperties() for the last leaf item in the browse item set.
Fixed OPC compliance issue with reads in situations where the system clock is not monotonically increasing.
Fixed failure to return device data following async read from device. Problem is exposed when deadband is enabled on the item that is being read.
Components / Utilities
UA Configuration Manager
Fixed issue where an Instance Certificate could not be exported from the UA manager on some foreign language OSs.
We now create the rejected or trusted store if they do not exist when trusting/rejecting a certificate.
Added events and event logging support to the OPC UA Configuration Manager.
Fixed issue when changing the enabled state of an endpoint and then attempting to accept some other edit made to it.
Prevent duplicate names from appearing in the Discovery Server list.
The GUI was updated to support viewing rejected certificates on the 'Trusted Clients' and 'Trusted Servers’ pages, with the option to trust them by right-clicking and selecting “Trust”.
OPC Quick Client
A checkbox was added to the Tools | Options dialog to ignore path elements containing a leading underscore when auto-building a project.
Drivers
Allen-Bradley ControlLogix Ethernet
Added support for RSLogix version 18.
Allen-Bradley DF1
Added an option in the driver called “Allow Float access to Micrologix/SLC N Files”.
Allen Bradley DHP
Added .LEN field support for string files (PLC-5 only)
Added .EN support for block transfer files
Added status word access (.S field) to:
timer files
counter files
control files
block transfer files
Added support for new SFC status file (SC)
Added new syntax for ASCII files.
An:e maps to either a byte/char or a word data type, and contains two characters per element
An:e/b maps to either a string or a boolean data type
An:e[r][c] maps to either a char/byte or a word data type
An:e[c] maps to either a char/byte or a word data type
Enabled boolean (/b) access for the word fields of the following structured files
timer (.ACC, .PRE)
counter (.ACC, .PRE)
control (.POS, .LEN)
block transfer (.FILE, .ELEM)
PID (.FILE, .ELEM)
Enabled boolean (/b) access for BCD files
Fixed issue where the element offset was not being set for Booleans. This caused Booleans which were not located in the first word of a structured file to be read and written to incorrectly.
DNP Master Serial
Initial release of DNP drivers in 5x.
DNP Master Ethernet
Initial release of DNP drivers in 5x.
GE Ethernet
Fixed issue where PACSystem UDT discrete data types were not being read or written properly.
GE Focas Ethernet
Fixed issue where all models except the Series 15i had one or more invalid address ranges. The bug was introduced with the addition of CNC status info tags.
Hilscher Universal
Fixed issue where the driver was not applying channel property changes when the Synchronize button was clicked. The result was that the tags being generated by the runtime could be out of sync with the server configuration.
Mitsubishi Ethernet
Added support for "L" suffix to CN type.
Fixed issue where address parser allowed Date data types for bit addresses.
No longer deactivate tags for out of range errors.
Enhanced Event Log messages for read and write errors.
Added support for ZR file registers to the Q Series model.
BACnet
Fixed issue where the driver did not ask for one of the object names listed in the device when requesting Auto Tag Generation one item at a time. This name is used when “Use Object Name for Tag Group Names” is selected under the “Tag Import” tab under “Device Properties”.
Beckhoff TwinCat
Fixed issue where the driver was unable to load tags in structures from a tpy file for a BC/BX device.
Omron FINS Serial
Fixed Address Hints for the C500 IR register.
Added two new string types:
XXX as string with Only the Low Order byte (LSB - least significant 8-bits) of each word is used for read/write. , Syntax: XXXaddr.lenE
XXX as string with Only the High Order byte(MSB - most significant 8-bits) of each word is used for read/write. , Syntax: XXXaddr.lenD
Omron Fins Ethernet
Fixed Address Hints for the C500 IR register.
Added two new string types:
XXX as string with Only the Low Order byte (LSB - least significant 8-bits) of each word is used for read/write. , Syntax: XXXaddr.lenE
XXX as string with Only the High Order byte(MSB - most significant 8-bits) of each word is used for read/write. , Syntax: XXXaddr.lenD
Omron Host Link
Added two new string types:
XXX as string with Only the Low Order byte (LSB - least significant 8-bits) of each word is used for read/write. , Syntax: XXXaddr.lenE
XXX as string with Only the High Order byte(MSB - most significant 8-bits) of each word is used for read/write. , Syntax: XXXaddr.lenD
ODBC
Fixed issue where the time stamps from reads of Oracle 10g failed because the returned string includes microsecond resolution. We now truncate the string to place it in a known format.
SNMP
The default SNMP MIB template selection was changed from "Switch" to "Other".
Fixed bug where driver was using an invalid transaction id format, resulting in unnecessary transaction retries.
Added support for auto device discovery.
Custom Interface Driver (CID)
Fixed issue where it was possible to get into an infinite loop when multiple writes were made in rapid succession to the same tag.
OPC DA Client
The driver now reports a value, quality, and timestamp for invalid tags (tags that cannot be added to the remote server). Previously we would keep attempting to read the tags, expecting an initial update. In the case that the tag is invalid, we will not receive an update, and should report the tag as “Bad: Out of Service”.
The performance of Auto Tag Generation has been enhanced.
The driver now removes all items from the underlying server when the DA Client’s device is configured as “disabled”.
Fixed issue where the driver returned an invalid read value when an item did not receive an update from the DA Server. We now continue to process the read request until we have a valid return value.
OPC UA Client
The driver now reports a value, quality, and timestamp for invalid tags (tags that can't be added to the remote server). Previously we would keep attempting to read the tags, expecting an initial update (see KS-10563). In the case that the tag is invalid we won't receive an update, and should report the tag is BAD.
Fixed issue where the requested data type was not being honored when providing tag updates on monitored items.
Fixed bug where the password was not cleared in the decryption logic if the password was empty. This caused the runtime and the configuration to get out of sync with channel passwords.
The performance of Auto Tag Generation has been enhanced.
Fixed issue where we fail to connect to our own UA server if we are using a username/password and no security.
The client driver now places the server certificate in the rejected store if it fails to connect with security. In the configuration we also display a message box that allows the user to trust an untrusted endpoint.
Added synchronization and error checking for session read and write callbacks.
The driver now removes all items from the underlying server when the UA Client’s device is configured as disabled.
Fixed issue where the UA Client Driver returned an invalid read value when an item did not receive an update from the UA Server. We now continue to process the read request until we have a valid return value.
Ping
Added support for Device Discovery.
Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet
Added support for Siemens S7-1200 model.
SIXNET UDR
Reference to SIXNET files 'six32com.exe' and 'udrcom32.dll' was changed from windows\system32 to the application’s root directory. This ensures that the driver will use its compatible version and not a version installed by other applications.
Torque Tool Ethernet
A new setting was added under the Device Properties page to set the error state when a device fails to respond to writes or subscription requests.
User Configurable (UCON)
Fixed issue where the “Invalidate Tag” command would not invalidate tags inside of a “Tag Block”.
Added support for Custom #12 (8-bit) checksum. This is a variation on the Sum (8-bit) Check Sum. Input data is assumed to be in Ascii Hex. Data is converted to hex before sum. The sum is then subtracted from 0xFF.
Added model to support string based IDs. The model affects the formats available in the Write Device ID command and the Test Device ID command.
ASCII Real and ASCII Real (packed 6 bit) format property pages have been modified to be more user-friendly.
Fixed issue where Function Blocks and Global Buffer Preset were saved as part of an xml server project but were not available in the project when reloaded.
Yaskawa MP Ethernet
Fixed writes to addresses MB04096-MB65534.
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