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Recent Firmware History:


Version: D.5
Details:
Only ships with 10" panels, but works with all panels.

All other panels now ship with D.4, but D.5 can be used.


Version: D.4
Details:
New Features

1. Added support for new display hardware.


Version: D.2
Details:
Rev D.2 December 11, 2003

Problems Fixed

1. Fixed a problem in revision D.1 which caused some line graphs to be displayed backwords.


Version: D.1
Details:
Rev D.1 July 30, 2003

Problems Fixed

1. Fixed a problem with the large keypads on 320x240 displays. If the project attribute for the large keypad was set the panel attempted to display the large keypad regardless of the display size. The panel now checks the display size.

2. Fixed a problem returning alarm counts Previous revisions returned counts for non-existent alarms. This has been fixed.

3. Fixed a bug in line graphs with averaged readings. After clearing the line graph the first sample was not calculated correctly.

4. Allow the PLC port to control RTS when it is set to RS232 or RS422. Previous revisions only allowed this when set to RS485.

5. Fixed a problem writing multiple tag values. The exec was removing the entries from the write queue before the driver had finished writing them. This could result in the driver placing incorrect values in the tags. The firmware has been changed to wait until the driver finishes the write before removing entries from the write queue.

6. Corrected a typo in the system error message.

7. Fixed a problem scaling 16-bit unsigned values. If the slope was negative (i.e. as the PLC register increases the display value decreases) then incorrect values were sometimes calculated.

8. In previous revisions the drivers were not stopped prior to performing a reboot. This sometimes resulted in driver errors during the reboot. The drivers are now stopped before performing a reboot.

9. Fixed a problem averaging 2 or more floating point values on a line graph. In earlier revisions this caused incorrect values to be plotted.

New Features

1. Added the “allow stretching”, “stretch to fit” and “keep aspect ratio” flags to bitmap objects.

2. Added Spanish text.

3. Added international characters to the fonts.

4. Added notification & handshake tags, display & entry tags and decimal point tag to the Numeric Entry object.


Version: C.7
Details:
Rev C.7 November 7, 2002

Problems Fixed

1. Fixed a problem with the user flash card. The user program was always loaded from the card on reset. It has been fixed so that it only loads if the program in the card does not match the program in the panel.

2. Fixed a problem with the visibility control of the alarm history object. The object was either always visible or always invisible.

3. Fixed a problem with the alarm history. On power up the clear times were being overwritten with the current time.

New Features

1. Add the interrupt routine for the generic DeviceNet card.

2. Display the part number for the 15-inch displays.

3. Increased the maximum initialization time from 2 to 20 seconds


Version: C.4
Details:
Rev C.4 May 15, 2002

Problems Fixed

1. The label in the popup numeric entry is truncated to 20 characters to prevent drawing it outside of the label area in the popup window.

2. Changed the text area for objects to the full interior area of objects.

3. The user flash functions have been changed to allow any flash card programmed using exec rev C.4 or later to work with any exec rev C.4 or later. For example if an exec rev D.0 is ever released then it will be able to read a flash card programmed using exec rev C.4. The C.4 exec will also be able to read a flash card programmed using exec rev D.0.

3. If a momentary pushbutton turns invisible while it is pressed it is treated as if it has been released.

5. The size of the write queue was changed from 20 values to 40 values.

New Features

1. Added support for Ethernet communications.

2. Added large popup keypads for 640x480 displays. A selection for large keypads has been added to system attributes.


Version: C.2
Details:
Rev C.2 January 22, 2002

Problems Fixed

1. Some 6" units would power up with the display distorted. A timing delay has been added to correct this.


Version: C.1
Details:
Problems Fixed

1. Alarm counts are retained across resets.

2. The EZTouch Panel part number is displayed on the setup screen.

3. The alarm history no longer displays non-existent alarms.

4. Some panels had a problem loading the Modbus driver due to the ColdFire register settings. The settings were changed to correct this.

5. Corrected problems that caused the text in objects to be displayed differently between the program loader and the panel. This may result in some objects in earlier user programs not displaying all of the text when used with the new program loader or firmware. To correct this, use the new program loader to stretch the object by 1 or 2 pixels.

6. Objects that use scaling will now allow the values for point 2 to be less than the values for point 1.

New Features

1. Added the Multi-state Indicator object.

2. Added the Multi-state Bitmap object.

3. Added the Bitmap Button object.

4. Added the Increment/Decrement Value object.

5. Added the Draw Frame command.

6. Added a "Display Frame" selection to all objects. If this is deselected the object is drawn without a frame.

7. The Recipe object can move values from tag to tag.

8. Added scaling to the Meter and Bar Graph objects.

9. Added floating-point support to the Meter, Bar Graph, PID Faceplate and Line Graph objects. Added password protection for the alarm history and alarm counts to the Project Attributes (Alarm Protection tab). This applies to the Clear buttons on the panel’s alarm history and alarm count screens.

10. Added support for 6-inch units with 16x12 touch cells.

11. The labels for Numeric Entry objects are displayed on the pop-up keypads. The keypads have been redesigned to prevent accidental pressing of the ENTER key.