Month: October 2001

Features

• Added Network Scan “WHO” to all four communication port types: Serial, TCPIP, SA85 and Applicom with the ability to continue the scan on any bridge that may be found.
• Added a keyword search to the Documentation “Find” dialog. The keyword search checks each Tag, Description and Description Comment for text matching the user-entered string. Case sensitivity is optional.
• Added a keyword search to the logic “Find” dialog. The keyword search checks each network header for text matching the user-entered string. This search is case insensitive.
• Added online editing and quick database save to the combined mode.
• Added a Run/Stop button on the toolbar.
• Added a Header List of the first 80 or so characters of all segment and network headers along with a GoTo Segment/Network option.
• Added an automatic verify of a File Save each time a save is done. This verifies if any problem occurred during the save, which would cause the file to be unable to open later.
• Added the option for the user to choose up to 999 Backup files to be saved when saving a program file.
• Added support for ‘ and ” to insert a contact and | to insert a down branch when set for MODSOFT hot keys.
• Added modem Terminal mode to serial communications.
• Added the ability to run the software from a desktop icon, and Windows Explorer with program auto load.
• The following TCOP modules (and Zoom screens where appropriate) have been added: ACI050, ACI051, ACI052, AUI040, AVI050, DAM390, DAM490, DCF077, DDI364, DDO364, DEVNET-08, DEVNET-32, DSI353, DVO853, I2T010, I2T016, MCI1831, QUCM-SE, XBE100, ECH204, ECH208, ERT854.
• Changed the Find next/prev after a goto network, to NOT find the last found address. Instead it finds the next address AFTER the one last found if one exists.
• Added the “Compact Phase II” Config Extension.
• Added Print of I/O Scanner information and Phase II Compacts of the Configuration Extension.
• Modified the Doc Window “Find” dialog so that the string entered in the “Find What” edit box and the “Search” combo box selection of the previous ‘find’ exist on subsequent ‘finds’.
• Added a list box to the Key Update dialog, containing the names and expiration dates of all products programmed in the Rainbow key attached to the PC.
• Added the name of the program being compared, in the compare dialog, when doing program compare.
• Added timely status messages during Online Compare of ladder.
• Added the mismatched values for registers compared, in the display of the Compare results window.
• Modified the save dialog to default the 6x registers to unchecked.
• Added the ability to update the Rainbow Security Key from the “Update Key” item of the “Help” menu.

Solutions

• Corrected problem in Windows 98 with program online and in Run with status on, if a window was moved around, the window did not refresh the display properly.
• Corrected problem where the window in the cross reference dialog did not refresh properly after doing “By Network” of a network containing logic and then again “Refresh” of a different network that is empty.
• Corrected problem when in a DX Zoom screen, if located on an editable parameter and enter a numeric value through the numeric keypad, the first character typed (1 through 6) appeared as a letter (A through F), and the following characters appeared as the expected numeric values.
• Corrected problem where printing documentation always showed addresses in 6-digit mode regardless of the address size selected in Program Setup.
• Corrected problem where printing documentation in a file with shared documentation did not show all documentation on file.
• Corrected GPF when selecting “Coils Used” from the “View” menu, and then clicking “Addresses Used” in the dialog.
• Corrected problem where PeerCop Global I/O did not allow the Clear of the Global Inputs. Subfield was also not allowed to be entered. Also corrected ability to choose BCD/BIN on registers.
• Corrected problem in the module zoom of TCOP module 140 AUI 040 00 where the Temperature parameter for C or F kept defaulting back to C if it was changed to F.
• Corrected problem where PCFL instruction EQN was not checking the valid range for parameter entered, and DX Zoom was not allowed.
• Corrected problem where the 3rd parameter in a PCFL instruction was not allowed to be modified.
• Corrected problem where it was assumed that PCFL instructions use 64 implied registers when they can use UP TO 64. This value is the 3rd parameter in the instruction. XREF was showing all 64 used, even if the value was not 64.
• Corrected problem where the Momentum 171 760 00, 12K processor could not be taken out of Dim Awareness.
• Corrected GPF when doing approximately 128 on screen edits in one session in Windows 95/98/or ME.
• Corrected problem where doing a Find on a network number greater than 1000, would find the network number of first 3 digits entered. For example:Find Net 1234 would find Net 123.
• Corrected problem where opening a PGR file sometimes did not read EXE loadables correctly, and gave error “Cannot get an object from an array”.
• Corrected problem where, in SA85 communication Setup, the LAN Adapter was not used for anything. The adapter number was instead controlled by the Port type: SA85_1 (LAN 0) and SA85_2 (LAN 1). Also the user could never get to LAN 1.
• Corrected problem where searching for an Address in a program with multiple segments, and display mode was set to “Cont. By Seg”, when a new segment window was opened and then replaced in the search process, the window title was not updated.
• Corrected problem where the Cross Reference and Find did not detect the implied registers in the ‘PID Control’, ‘PI Control’, ‘Ratio Control’ and ‘Totalize’ of the PCFL box instructions.
• Corrected problem where the DX Zoom screens for some PCFL instructions were wrong.
• Corrected problem where when opening a certain PGR file, the message “Cannot open INF” occurred.
• Corrected problem where address display mode should not be set to 5-digit mode when configured address quantities are too large to display in 5 digits.
• Corrected problem where The maximum “Tag Rows” in “Program Setup” “Ladder” settings is 4 when it used to be 5.
• Corrected problem where, on an Import of the Modsoft symbol/descriptor file, if addresses in the file have a symbol, but not a descriptor, the item was ignored.
• Corrected problem where, when online with a PLC that does not have Password support in the config extension, the user could logoff but could not logon.
• Corrected problem where online loading an EXE or DAT Loadable, when canceling it still continued with the clear of logic, and the PLC would go in Dim Awareness.
• Corrected problem where printing of disabled states in 5 digits mode, printed addresses in 6 digits but wrapped the last digit.
• Corrected problem where opening a data window without any addresses, and going to program setup to change number of digits from 5 to 6, would cause a GPF.
• Corrected problem where bringing up “Address Used” when the cursor was not located on an address in ladder, caused an “Empty Parameter String” error.
• Corrected problem where merge did not support the ZEQN instruction properly. Added a check for legal NEQN instruction and code to merge the network.
• Corrected problem where doing a find offline for an NEQN instruction finds it, but when clicking ‘Find Next”, it doesn’t continue.
• Corrected problem when validating a network and getting a coils used error, the ladder would be located in the wrong segment/network number.
• Corrected problem where having 2 coils of the same address in the same network, and when validating it gives coils used error, searching for this coil would fail.
• Corrected problem where the key check checks until it finds one key with product support. It needed to go to other ports to check them all.
• Corrected problem where the description field in the Cross Reference window was partially displaying the second line of the description.
• Corrected problem where after a Node Edit Online, Network delete, add, or clear, the Find would locate on incorrect networks.
• Corrected problem where Modsoft hotkeys other than branches and the short were not working correctly in online node editing mode.
• Corrected problem where Paste with Rewire was ALWAYS rewiring with Doc included, even if it was not checked to do so.