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Version 4.1.0000, New Version Release

  • Change to the Add all items to group menu option. It now adds all items in that group plus all items in all its subgroups. To add all available items in address space to a private group at once, select Add all items to group menu option from the root. This functionality is part of browsing data access server address space.
  • OPC Server List dialog no longer searches for all know OPC server on the local computer on dialog startup. Searching will be done on-demand by double-clicking the OPC Key branch or any other OPC Category branch (DA, DX, A&E, HDA, or Batch). This will speed-up the opening of the OPC Server List dialog.
  • OPC Server List dialog allows adding a remote node to the server tree and performs OPC server browsing without the necessity of network browsing.
  • Provide a method for external sources to get tag data via the XML-RPC GetTags method call, from servers that do not support XML-DA specification. The GetTags method call returns ItemID, Value, Quality, and Timestamp of selected tags. Visual OPCTest Office will listen on a specified port and process GetTags and Ping methods.
  • New scripting function to mark tag for XML-RPC data transfer to external sources: SetXMLRPC.
  • Change DDE and NetDDE item assignment for tags. New format consists of Network.ProgID.Group.ItemID, so same item ID from different servers, groups, and networks may be used (i.e. =VOPCTO|Tags!\\LOCAL.MyOPCSrv.1.Group_.BCH8.TAG62)
  • On-line help updates.
  • Fix column processing when connected to Oracle® database.
  • Use secure SOLO server to process license activation.
  • Fix A&E Condition properties display when no attributes are present.
  • New function to clear Historical View after any scripting call to HDAxxx functions that read, update, insert, or annotate a tag: HDAClearHistoricalView.

Version 3.4.3000, Service Pack 4 Release

  • Change DDE and NetDDE item assignment for tags. New format consists of Network.ProgID.Group.ItemID, so same item ID from different servers, groups, and networks may be used (i.e. =VOPCTO|Tags!\\LOCAL.MyOPCSrv.1.Group_.BCH8.TAG62)
  • On-line help updates
  • Fix column processing when connected to Oracle® database.

Version 3.3.0000, Service Pack 3 Release

  • Updated license management library to be compatible with new license processing server. Please download version 3.3 as soon as possible and install it on top of your current licensed version 3.x. New license server will be on-line as of the end of February 2004.

Version 3.2.0000, Service Pack 2 Release

  • EUType bounds checking.
  • Remove Server busy dialog when COM calls time out..

Version 3.1.0000, Service Pack 1 Release

  • Over 320 scripting functions to automate and customize your OPC and data transfer setup.
  • Add support for Alarm and Events client/server interfaces from OPC A&E Specification 1.1.
  • Client-side support for IOPCEventServer2, IOPCEventSubscriptionMgt2, KeepAlive, and Enable2/Disable2 functionality.
  • EU Type display of items, if server supports and provides EU type information. Display EU types defined by OPC_ENUMERATED and display discrete data defined by item properties 106 and 107. EU Types main display selection is located in the Options dialog, Data Access tab, “Show EU Types when available” check box. When checked and items have been processed to get EU type information from the server, EU type data will be displayed instead of a numeric or Boolean value.
  • Write Item Dialog provides an additional way to write enumerated or discrete values via a drop down selection list. Any item with setup EU or discrete values will display its data in a drop-down list for user-friendly write selection.
  • Copy one or all items in the Log to the local clipboard.
  • Log all incoming KeepAlive notifications, set in Options dialog, Log tab, “Log all OnEvent-KeepAlive notifications (Alarm Subscriptions)” check box.
  • Set the KeepAlive millisecond time in the Event Subscription State dialog.
  • Generated Connection Script now checks if EU types for an item are set and includes an appropriate function call.
  • New script callback processing function: OPC_OnEventKeepAlive. OnEvent KeepAlive notifications may now be processed by the user via the callback scripting function.
  • Three (3) new scripting functions to set EU Type information and display: EUTypeSetupGroup, EUTypeSetupItem, EUTypeShow.
  • One (1) new scripting functions allow logging all KeepAlive notifications: LogOnEventKeepAlive.
  • Eight (8) new scripting functions to enable and disable area and condition data: EnableConditionByArea2, DisableConditionByArea2, EnableConditionBySource2, DisableConditionBySource2, GetEnableStateByAreaEnabled, GetEnableStateByAreaEffectivelyEnabled, GetEnableStateBySourceEnabled, GetEnableStateBySourceEffectivelyEnabled.
  • Two (2) new scripting functions to set or get KeepAlive time: SubscriptionSetKeepAlive and SubscriptionGetKeepAlive .
  • Six (6) new scripting functions to get event attributes: AttributeIsAvailable, AttributeGetDescription, AttributeGetVarType, AttributeIsReturned, AttributeSelectReturned, AttributeSelectReturnedClear.
  • Two (2) new scripting functions to refresh and set event subscription filter: SubscriptionRefresh, SubscriptionSetFilter.
  • Fixed release of interface while shutting down. This only occurred in servers not supporting the OPC Data Access 1.0a specifications.
  • Fix Historical Read Raw via menu and dialog box.