Month: December 2004

Solutions

• Corrects a situation (introduced in version 3.60) in which the software crashed when attempting to go online with a PLC that does not support Profibus.

Features

• Added option to display inline address documentation in Cross Reference Window.
• Added export and import of Ramp Soak Steps to a text file for use with external editors.
• Added detailed information to the Access Activity Audit records.
• Added export and import of V and K addresses to a text file for use with external editors or transfer to another program.
• Added the ability to copy and paste complete Special Function Programs and Subroutines.
• In the Find dialog the ‘Search Wrap’ check box now retains its last value.
• Added the ability to ‘save by parts’ TCP values from the PLC and ‘load by parts’ to the PLC.
• Added 575 processor indicator (A, B, etc.) in the Status Bar ‘Path’ frame when attached to a 575 processor.
• Added the ability to replace a range of BITS-of-WORD within the replace table.
• Added new FTLogger and FTTrend help files to the install tree.
• Added the ability to delete individual address documentation items from the ‘Edit Documentation’ dialog.

Solutions

• Page information prints can now follow the left and right margins.
• TISOFT read-only files can now be opened in 505 Workshop.
• In NT Security the user name given by the operating system is now the user name displayed in the Activity Audits.
• The Special Function Compare mismatches are stated more clearly and identify the line numbers that do not match. The comparison will continue until the maximum number of mismatches is found.
• Corrected problem reading the enabled/disabled and compiled/not compiled Special Functions setting from a TISOFT file.
• Corrected problem within the Data window using the Fill dialog on a 575 PLC.
• The Tag and Description is now displayed for register addresses with leading ‘@’.
• The Tag and Description is now copied with SBR and GTS instructions.
• The edit boxes within the documentation window can now accommodate longer addresses (i.e. VMM123456).
• Corrected problem when launching 505 WorkShop by double-clicking a program file.
• Format of rung comments and descriptions is now consisting upon loading from TISOFT and then exporting back to TISOFT.
• Deleting a Special Functions Program line online will flag the special function save requirements.
• Changes to Program Setup will flag the Program Setup save requirement.
• Clarified wording in the Program Setup – Change Colors: ‘Status Foreground’ is now ‘Status: Instruction Foreground’, ‘Status Optimize Foreground’ is now to ‘Status: Value Foreground’.
• The print settings are now saved in the registry when pressing the ‘set as default’ button. These settings are then used in a new program and when ‘Restore Defaults’ is used.
• The ‘Find’ dialog will now inform the user if an illegal search address has been entered.
• ‘IP Port’in the TCP/IP communications setup dialog has been changed to ‘TCP Port.’
• Corrected problem with the Data Window going blank when canceling a close program command.
• Corrected problem with TIWAY ladder status.
• Profibus slaves are now cleared before downloading new program to PLC.
• Corrected entering ranges above the configured limit for SBR or GTS address within the replace dialog.
• Improved dialog message regarding the Cross Reference table not being up to date.
• Corrected misleading error when message with the ‘Unique Address’ feature.
• Corrected the error checking for RLL instructions using the DSP register address.