Welcome to the C-more Programming Software Version 2.42 (13 April 2009) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This document describes some of what's new in this release of the C-more Programming Software. It also includes known issues as well as updated information for the documentation provided with this software. The information in this file and in the Help system is more up-to-date than that in the manual. Contents 1. Welcome 2. Getting Started 3. Demo Version Notes 4. What's New? 5. Known Issues 6. Technical Support Procedures. 7. Documentation Changes. 8. Help File Changes. 9. Object Library. 10. Known Problems and Conditions. 11. Uninstalling the C-more Programming Software. 12. Contact Technical Support Part 1:Welcome AutomationDirect.com would thank you for using the C-more Programming Software. We have loaded many powerful and exciting features to the New C-more software; however we know that our customers sometimes have great ideas for features. Please feel free to give us input on the C-more product line and you may even request features that you feel would add more value to the software for your application Tell us what you think about C-more! Call our C-more comment line at 1-800-935-1084 or email your comments to Cmore@AutomationDirect.com Part 2: Getting Started See the C-more Programming Software Installation Guide for help on installing the software on your PC. Also, see the Hardware Quick Start guide that comes with every panel. You can find the same information in the C-more help files by selecting the Getting Started topic in the Software Help file. Part 3: Demo Version Notes During the install, if you do not enter a key code when prompted to do so, the Demo version of the C-more software will be installed. This version has been created to allow users to sample our latest C-more programming software before purchasing. It is limited in only a few features. DEMO DETAILS: 1. The demo software has all the features of the purchased version, except that you cannot save your project to disk or download it to a panel. 2. You can convert your existing EZTouch project and verify through the simulator that it looks and functions just like your original EZTouch project. You can save a converted EZTouch project (one-time save). 3. You can download our sample projects and explore the capabilities of C-more. 4. You can use the Simulator to test your project on the PC, and see how the Simulator can save you hours of programming time. 5. You can create your own objects, and save them in your object library. 6. You can explore the online help, and find answers to many questions that aren't covered here in the read me file. 7. You cannot use the complete language fonts. English is the only available language font. 8. The demo software comes with a demo version of Symbol Factory. To install the complete full version of the software, call our 1-800-633-0405 number and select Sales. After the order is approved you will receive a key code to install the full version of the software. Part 4: What's New? Please note that the entries in this section have been rotated to read information relevant to the current version first. 4/13/2009 – Version 2.42 Bugs Fixed 1) The Source Data becomes corrupted in the Recipe Object using Single Source Recipe in various circumstances. This only happens when converting projects from versions older than 2.40 to version 2.40 or 2.41. 3/9/2009 – Version 2.41 Bugs Fixed 1)When converting projects from versions older than 2.01 the Remote Access feature is enabled. Readme errata 2) Allen-Bradley String data type is supported in version 2.40… that note is added to Version 2.40 item 4 (Improvements) 2/25/2009 – Version 2.40 New Features 1) Remote Internet Access feature – refer to description topic and setup topics in the Help file 2) SMTP authentication supported for email 3) Sample projects install with the software – found in the Projects folder Improvements 4) Allen-Bradley Long data type is supported Allen-Bradley String data type is supported 5) Allen Bradley - DF1 Addressing is expanded to accept I1:0.0 to I1:30.255 and O0:0.0 to O0:30.255 6) Allen Bradley Micrologix L data type now supports bit level addressing 7) A-B Generic EtherNet/IP now allows multiple serial protocols 8) Screen number identifiers – The screen number identifier can be selected from the range 0-9999 (although the total quantity of screens in the project is limited to 999) Bugs Fixed 9) Tagname Import - does not work due to Error GUI-179 10) Popup window - Multistate Bitmap does not update in popup window 1/14/2009 – Version 2.23 + Service Pack 1 Bugs Fixed 1) Allen Bradley L5K Import with TagName the same as DataType causes C-more S/W to crash. 2) When Importing over 30,000 tags the Error Message text is wrong. 3) C-more importing Analog I/O Aliases in ControlLogix driver L5K import with wrong data type. 4) Import Message Database with Message Overwrite, Message Text is deleted. 10/31/2008 – Version 2.23 New Features PLC Drivers 1) AutomationDirect CLICK 2) Siemens S7-200 Ethernet Improvements 1) Add functionality to allow C-more access to security locked 2) Event Manager - Make Event Manager Database Window Sizable Bugs Fixed 1) Volume Control - Does not work in 2.2+SP1 12" and 15" Panels 09/10/2008 – Version 2.2 + Service Pack 1 For Details on New Features and Improvements see the C-more Ver. 2.2 + SP1 Release Notes included on your C-more CD Improvements 1) PLC Driver – Long data type support has been added for the Allen Bradley PLC drivers. Bugs Fixed 1) AB Tag-based Driver L5K import, all data types have wrong DataCount value. 2) Web server does not work with FireFox. 3) Importing project data from any project older than 2.1 crashes the C-more programming software. 4) Call Recipe object – If cell is configured for ASCII value and value is blank, it cannot be edited on the panel 07/28/2008 – Version 2.2 For Details on New Features and Improvements see the C-more Ver. 2.2 Release Notes included on your C-more CD New Features PLC Drivers 1) Mitsubishi FX-1N(C)/2N(C)/3U(C) (CPU) 2) Mitsubishi Q/QnA Serial 3) Mitsubishi Q/QnA Ethernet 4) Mitsubishi Q Series (Q02/Q02H/Q06H/Q12H/Q25H CPU) Improvements 1) Add functionality to allow C-more access to security locked Allen Bradley Control/Compact Logix 2) Event Manager - Make Event Manager Database Window Sizable Bugs Fixed 1) EtherNet/IP Tag Based: C-more doesn't request Float Array tags correctly 2) Screen Library - Screens can not be saved to the Screen Library 3) Screen Selector object with popup option getting corrupted and crashing customer projects 4) Screen Capture Event - RTE-012 error is displayed if there is no LOG folder. 5) Alarm History - Cannot clear the Alarm 6) Key Button - Notification does not work. 7) Screen Saver being affected by External Clock Source Tags 8) Simulator - Does not work well with attached project 9) Event Manager - Shorten the file name of the screen capture 10) Event Manager Import - Error GUI-185 when trying to Import using Select and the Action type selected is not in the XLS file. 11) C-more Clock - When 49.7 days pass, the date is reset. 12) Entivity Modbus RTU & Modbus TCP: Software should not import Strings above S-192 13) Export Screen Images With Object Name does not include object names 14) Import / Export Event Manager - Recommended Text 15) Event Manager- Error 16) Installation - L5KPreDefine_Template.txt file not getting installed into C-more Installation Folder 17) Popup Window - Viewing area shifts with each window opened 18) Bar meter with meter image and the background image upgrade to ver. 2.10 causes application error. 04/28/2008 - Version 2.1 For Details on New Feature and Improvement see the C-more Ver. 2.1 Release Notes included on your C-more CD New Features 1) PLC Drivers a) Omron CS/CJ FINS Ethernet b) Siemens S7-300 Ethernet (ISO over TCP/IP) c) Siemens S7-200 PPI Serial 2) Panel Lost Firmware / OS Recovery Tool 3) Project Memory Tool Improvements 1) Added "Read Project" to the File Menu 2) Selection to Tag Name Database Import for A-B SLC and MicroLogix 4) Added Alias Tags options to CompactLogix Tag Imports 5) Import/Export Event Manager Database 6) Option to Turn-off Scientific Notation in Panel Manager 7) Added Font Selection for Slider, Trend, analog Meter and Bar Graph 8) Added Scaling to Slider Object 9) Added Analog Meter angular position and angle selections 10) Trend - Enabled use of Mixed Data Types 11) Added Port Number for Email Server 12) Added Port Number for Web Serser 13) Added Notification Option to Key Button Object 14) Added Visibility Control to Key Button Object 15) Added Option to Panel Manager to reduce project size when using bitmaps with less than 16 Bit color 16) Added Project Memory Tool to analyze project size contributors 17) Added Range checking to Inc/Dec Object 18) ASCII String Data Type increased from 81 characters to to 128 characters. Bugs Fixed 1) Alarm History - Clear All - Inactive and Active Alarms are both cleared 2) Alarm History - Alrms clear even when confirmation is required 3) Alarm History- '>' and '<' characters cause a memory error 4) Call Recipe Sheet - Data not displaying in random situations 5) Call Recipe Navigation Buttons Causing Major Memory Leak 6) Call Recipe - Opening Recipe Sheet causes a memory leak 7) Email Client - Subject Line and From field are blank 8) USB Driver will not install on some PC's 9) PID Trend - Autoscale Minimum value does not autoscale 10) Print - Multistate Text Indicator Database - Only 17 messages will print 11) Screen Capture File Name Length over 244 characters causes panel to crash 12) Control/CompactLogix: Exporting bit-of-Word and re-importing - Bit information lost 13) Event Manager - Sound Action Problem 14) Object Visibility not correct when Notification & Handshake Option used 15) Application error occurs if datalogging is turned on on more than 16 Trends 16) Trend Cursor Open combined with an Event Manager Change Screen causes panel to crash 17) Trend Cursor open causes a memory leak 18) Bar Graph not always updating with PLC data when large number of bar graphs on screen 19) Bar Graph Language - Label showing two languages at once 20) PLC to Panel Screen Number higher than 999 causes system screen to display 21) Slider object does not follow touch point on touch screen 22) Line - Animation - Line length does not change consistently 23) Key Button - CALL TO SYSTEM SCREEN, bypasses the System Screen password 24) System Screen Password - Asterisk are not displayed when password is entered 25) Panel Manager - The lists in the dialog are not displayed when screen is set to 120DPI 26) TagName of "0" can not be imported 27) Numeric Entry Handshaking not working with Ethernet/IP BOOL Array 28) EtherNet/IP Float Array tags not requested correctly 29) Pass Through - The application error occasionally occurs on screen change 30) PCL to Panel - Switch to Screen Number - It doesn't work sometimes 31) Screen Saver and Message Box - If Message Box pops up and then the screen saver activates, there is no way to recover. Panel must have power cycled. 32) Project Size Calculation Error - Project will download but will not run on Panel 33) Low Memory Error- Line Trend Graph Stored Sample not included in project Size Calculation 34) Screen Saver and Message Box - If Message Box pops up and then the screen saver activates, there is no way to recover. 35) Panel to PLC - C-more Start up Screen does not get written to the PLC Register upon power up of the C-more. 36) No version checking of project when using "Read From Panel" 09/5/2007 - Version 2.0 Build 07.35A,B,C,D E Bugs Fixed 1) Allen Bradley EtherNEt/IP PLC-011 error 2) No * when entering Screen Password 3) DH-485 Communication Timing optimized Improvements 1) Retentive Tag Startup Performance Improved 2) Added Copy and Paste of Individual Records within Event Manager 09/5/2007 - Version 2.0 Build 07.35 Bugs Fixed 1) Allen Bradley EtherNEt/IP PLC-011 error 2) No * when entering Screen Password 3) DH-485 Communication Timing optimized Improvements 1) Retentive Tag Startup Performance Improved 2) Added Copy and Paste of Individual Records within Event Manager 08/6/2007 - Version 2.0 Build 07.32 New Features 1) Added Allen Bradley Drivers ControlLogix/CompactLogix Ethernet IP Tag Based Client ControlLogix/CompactLogix DF1 Full Duplex Tag Based Client ControlLogix/CompactLogix DF1 Half Duplex Tag Based Client SLC5/05 EtherNEt/IP Client MicroLogix 1100 EtherNet/IP Client Net-ENI EtherNet/IP Client Bugs Fixed 1) Internal Retentive Tag Values cleared 07/16/2007 - Version 1.31 Build 07.27 Fixed bugs as listed 1) Popup Window Memory Leak 2) Objects overlapping Text Objects causing objects to not update 3) A-B DH485 did not accept Panel Station number set to 1 4) Old project transferred instead of saved project 5) Firmware updates failures 6) Load Library Fail - Database issue with Windows 2000, missing msvcp60.dll 7) Modbus TCP/IP double requests causing "PLC-499 Error Code 0x0004" 8) Recipe Sheet in Popup window causing an error 06/01/2007 - Version 1.3 Build 07.21A - Firmware Release Only Fixed bugs as listed 1) Memory Leak in Line Trend Graph Object - will cause panel to lockup. 05/17/2007 - Version 1.3 Build 07.21 New Features 1) Recipe Object - New Multiple Source Recipe Selection 2) Recipe Object - Added Tag Name Trigger 3) Call Recipe Object 4) Recipe Sheet Database 5) Recipe Backup and Restore through FTP, CF or USB Pen Drive 6) Trend Object - Time Stamp Option 7) Trend Object - Touch Cursor Data Display 8) Trend Object - Added Pause Button that does not stop logging 9) Improved Bitmap Drawing and Graphic Performance 10) Improved Calendar Time Clock Accuracy 11) Added support for POP3 before SMTP Mail Server Authentication 12) Added Floating Point for Modbus Protocol 13) Generic Ethernet IP Retentive Value Setting 14) Added Omron FINS protocol Support for CS/CJ series PLC's 15) Made other improvements 16) Fix Critical, Major and Minor Bugs 1) Allen Bradley DF1 use with Pass Through Feature 2) Allen Bradley DH-485 Token Passing Issues 3) Screen Sort Causing Program Error 4) Large Bitmap causing "Not Enough Buffer Memory" even though enough memory exists 5) Long Tag Name Import Causing Tool to Crash 6) Message Database Importing more than 500 Tags causes program crash 7) Loop back test for RS422/RS485 8) Datalogging Clock Offset by 0.5s 9) Floating Point Accuracy 10) 100% CPU Usage issue 11) Screen Change from PLC Does not cause Screen to come back on 12) Conflicting IP Addresses displays 0.0.0.0 for IP address 13) Bad Network Connection causes IP Address to display 0.0.0.0 02/02/2007 - Version 1.21 Build 06.18K - Firmware Release Only Fixed bugs as listed 1) Floating Point Accuracy Bug 2) Floating Point Data Display Bug with the following Objects Numeric Display Numeric Entry Slider Bar Meter PID FacePlate Analog Meter 3) Trend Graph Update Bug related to clock adjustments 10/19/2006 - Version 1.21 Build 06.18I - Firmware Release Only 1) Corrects Performance issues related to the EA7-T12C and Ea7-T15C panels 08/23/2006 - Version 1.21 Build 6.18E 1)Fixed Bugs -Major Bugs listed General 1. Added Fonts that had been in version 1.1.1.3a but were removed in 1.21 Build 6.18A: Arial Bold, Arial Italics, Arial Bold Italics 2. USB driver breaks after new install 3. Firmware Update fails repeatedly 4. Autosave not saving 5. Message Database import bugs 6. Transfer to External Memory Device - Project broken if not saved first 7. Project Save error associated with password setup from an object dialog box 8. FTP server account and password not working 9. Russian Language causing software to crash 10 Tag Database will not accept Russian character set 11. Creating 999 screens causes an error 12. Screen Change Value of '0' from the PLC should cause panel to go to previous screen Objects Numeric Entry 13. Floating Point data type not displayed correctly 14. Downloading Project with Numeric Keypad Open causes error 15. Displaying wrong number of digits 16. Displayed current value is not the same as keypad current value Shape Objects 17. Drawing Speed very slow when shape object overlaps another object with blink. 18. Animation on shape objects causing EA-Run.exe Exception Error Pop Up Window Frame 19. If Pop Up Window is displayed and PLC initiates a screen change, panel freezes. Analog Meter 20. Bug in selecting tags for Alarm bands PLC Communications 21. PLC Serial Communication Loop Back Test Bugs Changes 23. Autosave and Backup set by default 05/23/2006 - Version 1.21 Build 06.18A 1)Fixed Sharing Violation Bug 04/21/2006 - Version 1.2 1)National language support 2)Line Trend Graph - New Logging & Resuming features. 3)PID Faceplate Trend - New Logging & Resuming. 4)Bitmap Text - Support for other Language Scripts. 5)Import/Export CSV files -Tag Name Database & Address Book 6)Fixed Bugs -Major Bugs listed General 1. Clock Source - Write to PLC - If Synchronize Schedule left unchecked panel performance affected. 2. Background Screen causes beeper to stick. 3. PLC ---> Panel - Beeper Specification not correct. 4. USB programming connection - Disconnecting panel from PC or powering down panel causes PC to crash with a blue screen. 5. Backlight Error on Panels with no backlight problem. 6. Project Size with BMP - Project gets larger every time the BMP is edited. 7. Panel Information Revision information incorrect when viewed in software. 8. Screen Library - Screen Options - Screen Description does not show correct data. 9. System Screen Restore - Restore from USB to Panel with CF1 installed, project loaded to internal memory instead of CF1. 10.Tag Database Import - Lower case letters imported but not changed to upper case. Lower case not allowed in the Tag Database. 11.Tag Database - Importing tag-names with lower case causes PLC timeouts PLC Communications 12.DH-485 fails when RSLinx Autobrowse is ON 13.DH-485 Framing Errors on screen changes. 14.Modbus TCP - PLC Comm Timeout not consistent from panel to panel 15.Ethernet/IP stops communicating when screen has no objects with PLC tags Event Manager 16.Event Manager - Message Box and Sounds conflicting - Sounds not repeating as programmed when message boxes used in same Event. 17.Event Manager- Screen Capture Action and an Email Action with attached screen capture used in same Event, email will have no attachment. 18.Event Manager - Logging Messages to the USB Pen Drive - Data not correct 11/22/2005 - Version 1.1.1.3 1)Fixed Application error occurs when power on Problem.(Very few case) 2)Fixed Screen Change stops at PLC to Panel Problem.(Very few case) 3)Fixed Software crashes using Static Bitmap Problem.(Very few case) 11/15/2005 - Version 1.1.1.1 1)Fixed 15inch(EA7-T15C) VGA Mode Problem. 2)New Help file version 1.1 11/10/2005 - Original Release C-more Programming Software Ver. 1.1.1.0 Part 5: Known Issues Software features not yet available. These items may be disabled or grayed-out in the software. 1) Time Server - New feature. 2) ECOM Module ID - Used to support with ECOM module Dip Switch settings without IP address. The following is a list of known issues that could not be corrected before this software release. Every effort will be made to correct these issues in the next release. 1) Tag Database for all protocols: The software does not cross check objects assigned to tags for Read/Write properties. Panel will attempt to write to Read Only Addresses. 2) Message box and Web Server - Popup Message Box prevents Web Client from viewing Screen 3) Key Button - Cap Locks - Does not change appearance of keys and does not cause Upper Case characters to be entered. 4) Log - Not enough Memory Space in %Device% (RTE-001) due to conversion overflow of 8.3 file naming 5) T4:11.ACC does not work in simulation mode on the PC when using the DH485 and all the DF1 drivers. T4:11.ACC DOES work when run in the panel to a PLC. Part 6: Technical Support Procedures If you need technical assistance, you may find the information you need on our web site at www.automationdirect.com/support. If you prefer, you can send us your inquiry at http://support.automationdirect.com/techinquiry.html.Or you may call Automationdirect at 1-770-844-4200 -- our technical support team is available to answer your questions weekdays from 9 AM - 6 PM EST. Or you can fax the information to us at 1-770-886-3199 any time of day. Please provide the Version information when requesting technical support. You'll find it under the Help/About C-more Programming Software Version. Part 7: Documentation Changes There are none at this time. We request that you contact us with any corrections, enhancements, changes that you would like to see in the documentation via fax (1-770-886-3199) or inquiry at http://support.automationdirect.com/techinquiry.html. Please always check the On-Line Help files and our web site at www.automationdirect.com/support for updated and new information. Part 8: Help File Changes We request that you contact us with any corrections, enhancements, changes that you would like to see in the documentation via fax (1-770-886-3199) or inquiry at http://support.automationdirect.com/techinquiry.html Please always check the On-Line Help files and our web site at www.automationdirect.com/support for updated and new information. Part 9: Library C-more Programming Software includes Object Library which contain examples for your project. Please take the time to review these samples to get a feel for the types of objects which C-more Programming Software uses. You can also register your Object Library to User Object Library. Object Library selecting Tool > Object Library from the menu. We will list new objects in this section of the read-me file when they are available Part 10: Known Problems and Conditions Find a Problem? Please check the version of your Windows once again. C-more Programming Software runs under the following Windows Operating systems (Windows Vista/XP Pro/XP Home/2000 with SP4) Please report any problems to Automationdirect via http://support.automationdirect.com/techinquiry.html or by calling 1-770-844-4200. Part 11: Uninstalling C-more Programming Software Before Starting: Data Backup If you have saved projects that you feel are important to you, then you will need to make a backup of these files. Please backup your files such as Project files and Library files before uninstalling. Before Starting: Remove USB Cable If the C-more Panel is connected to the PC USB port, then the USB driver will be active. Please Remove USB Cable between PC and C-more before Uninstalling. Part 12: Contact Technical Support Telephone: 1-770-844-4200 Our technical support hours are from 9am to 6pm Eastern Standard Time Monday through Friday. 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