Release date: 18th August 2015
Fixes and improvements:
Installation:
| • | New manufacturer demo projects & SpecView demo projects |
| • | New drivers for: Dent Power Meter, Cincinnati Sub-Zero and Tenney |
| • | Drivers updated for: EIModbus, Procon, Eurotherm Mini8, MLS32 and Watlow F4T |
| • | The Scope code in the dongle did not appear to control the splash screen JPGs - because SplashWnd.jpg was being distributed which overrides the scope code |
| • | Watlow F4T 64-bit auto-detection module wasn't being included in the installation |
| • | Remove 'V3' from Watlow F4T project name |
Archive:
| • | If creating an Archive asks whether to overwrite the existing Archive (SVA) and answer is 'No' then get E12269 error |
Import Project:
| • | Could cause variables list lockup after import |
| • | Would not always display the imported COM ports correctly |
Autodetect:
| • | Test Comms For New Config: Ports & Protocols now scans for up to 49 COM ports and displays the first 9 available ports |
| • | TCP autodetect could be slow to get past each slave address that doesn't exist |
GDWs:
| • | Occasional slow initial value updates have been improved |
| • | Items in groups (especially Instrument Views) were not updating in some circumstances |
| • | Zoom out (down) in Runtime Mode, then go to Edit Mode but the zoom isn't reset and the bottom edge is off the screen and can't scroll down |
| • | Colour dynamics were not working in HR mode on Simple objects |
| • | The password menu was being shown while in Full Screen mode |
Trend Charts:
| • | Boolean gridlines were being incorrectly being grayed-out |
| • | Boolean Major divisions with Manual units on scales caused lockup, been disabled |
| • | Boolean senses (i.e. On/Off, Auto/Manual) were not always displayed correctly in Trend Pen setup |
| • | Rare crash on V2 to V3 trend chart conversion Fixed |
| • | Trend chart zoom would crash if a pen's parameter had been deleted |
Variables List:
| • | Adding User Vars did not always cause them to appear in the Var list |
| • | Alarm on False is displayed in Properties, but it didn't work, it has been removed for now |
| • | Can change the Address of an instrument and then go into Runtime but with no 'Save?' prompt |
| • | Short list problems when creating instruments fixed |
| • | Sometimes when re-sorting (using F5) the Recipe group opened up when not previously expanded |
| • | Various inconsistencies with drag and drop of multiple parameters not positioning the parameters correctly |
Logging:
| • | Changed Default 6 char log report name to be 4 chars, allowing 0000->9999 as log report names |
| • | Log file conversion changes for 'sparse data' and Decimal Places, separate document available |
| • | SpecView User Variable Integers were converted in log reports using 16-bit signed integers, so the max value was +32768. Now they are longs to give larger numbers |
Passwords:
| • | The Parameter List box was not respecting the setting of 'Short List' in Passwords |
Preferences:
| • | Settings tab: Problems with changing the font and/or changing it back again |
Strategy Controller:
| • | Dropping parameters on the Strategy event setup showed spurious 'N/R' |
| • | Strategy Setup enable on Bool FALSE was not redisplayed correctly |
OPC Client Driver:
| • | Values could under certain circumstance cease updating |
