KEPServerEX

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Updated to the latest version of OpenSSL for improved security.
• Configuration API now defaults to 1.2 and higher for TLS connections.
• New installations require a 14-character minimum password when a password is set.

• The Application Report Utility now collects crash dumps for the Config API Service.

• Added the ability to copy the activation ID through a context menu.
• Refined some of the wording and terminology to improve clarity.

• Alias Map: Fixed an issue introduced in 6.7 where client items that contained periods in the Alias Map portion of the item path would fail item validation.
• Ethernet Encapsulation (serial drivers): Added an event log message to indicate if threads cannot be created. This can occur if the server reaches the thread limit for a process
• Advanced Statistics: The _LateData tag no longer increments on connection loss (DNRs).

• Fixed an issue where initial load for tags was slow if the tag data type was Default. This initial load time mainly affected iFIX application configurations containing recipe or batch writes.

ABB Totalflow

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Added option to rollback EFM data based on the physical device pointer (this is in addition to the currently supported functionality to rollback EFM data based on the driver cached pointer).
• Improved error handling to pass additional third-party toolkit communication error messages to the event log.

Allen-Bradley ControlLogix Ethernet

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Added support for ControlLogix firmware V32, which includes support for the CompactLogix 5400 model.

Custom Interface

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Resolved an issue where the driver did not set the configured tag Scan Rate for tags imported from a file.

DataLogger

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Fixed an issue introduced in 6.7 where string Numeric Item IDs were no longer supported. Customers using previous versions with existing projects that used string IDs are not able to upgrade to V6.7 but can upgrade to 6.8.

DNP3 Master Ethernet

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Added a new operate command (OperateWithParams) that allows the user to specify all the CROB settings in a single tag write.

DNP3 Master Serial

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Added a new operate command (OperateWithParams) that allows the user to specify all the CROB settings in a single tag write.

EFM Exporter

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• The _Polling internal tag now accurately reflects when polling is complete. This resolves an issue where the _Polling tag could return to 0 before the _LastPollEnd tag was updated. Now the _LastPollEnd tag is updated at the same time as the _Polling tag.
• Resolved an issue where EFM polls could fail to complete.

Fanuc Focas Ethernet

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Added the ability to read the program number currently selected on the device (cnc_rdprgnum).

Fisher ROC Plus Serial

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Added a pointer rollback to retrieve lost data from a device. If the device’s cache pointer is valid, rollback will be applied to cache pointer, otherwise the rollback will be applied to the current device pointer.

GE Ethernet

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Enhanced the driver to support the ability to Read and Write Symbolic type tags when OEM Protection is enabled in the physical controller.
• Resolved an issue with reading String data type format for register-based address types (R, P, L, W, AI, and AQ).

IoT Gateway

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Agents can be configured to only send updates in which the value has changed, ignoring quality-only changes.

Lufkin Modbus

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Added a user-configurable delay that allows the device to populate dynagraph tags before the server tries reading the values.

Modbus Serial

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Added support for monthly report generation for the Omni model.

Omron NJ Ethernet

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Resolved an issue where the dimensions of arrays of nested structures were not correctly handled when tags were created by Automatic Tag Generation (ATG).

OPC UA Client

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Fixed an issue where the driver would not set the _Error and related system tags when unable to establish a connection to a UA Server.

OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) Server Interface

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Fixed a thread management issue that could result in a crash on some systems.
• Resolved an issue where the server could crash due to a socket closing while in use.
• Fixed an issue where the server reported BadSequenceNumberInvalid if the initial SequenceNumber was 1023.

Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• ProgramBlock and DataBlock Tags now have comments exported (similar to PLC Tags for all supported TIA project versions).
• Exporter Project Parsing Timeout default increased from 5 minutes to 10 minutes to better handle large project sizes.
• Overall performance improved as well as other user interface enhancements to improve performance and reliability.

ThingWorx Native Interface

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Upgraded to ThingWorx CSDK Version 2.2.7.
• Resolved a race condition that could cause loss of data when Store and Forward was enabled and active.

Torque Tool Ethernet

Release Version: 6.8.796.0
Release Date: 12/17/2019

• Added support for MID’s 216-218 (relay function data).