Current Release


Release 1.4.1 -
April 2020		The following issues were resolved in this release:


Device Model Services
#2885
Access Violation may happen during shutdown of DMS instance
#2890
Opening online view for an FDI Device Package crashes with stack overflow
#3019
RRTE hangs when the specific menu is opened
UI Engine
#3011
Modified values are not sending to the device instead it takes previous value


Previous Releases


Release 1.4.0 -
October 2019		Important new features in this release include:
  • HTML5 UIP Support
  • Semantic IDs proof of concept  


The following issues were resolved in this release:


Device Model Services
#2908Communication issues when executing DPCTT test P_3_2_094/095
#2757Method Builtin read_value2() does not work during transfer to device
#2826Error message needs to be improved
#2892RRTE stops communication after sending command 238 – improved DMS internal communication queue handling for nested dependencies

Fixed DMS crash when getting debug ITEM_INFORMATION from EDD Engine fails
#2889GET_DEV_VAR_VALUE builtin crashes method in offline
#2877Communication of BITSTRING for PROFIBUS/NET failed
#2743Download is not possible when variable is changed offline and REFRESH_RELATION was triggered
#2823Read value is not used when evaluating a condition (download only/pre_write_action)
#2757 Method Builtin read_value2() does not work during transfer to device
#2892
RRTE stops communication after sending command 238
#2759 
Built-in send_value does not support record member communication
#2825
An empty download list causes the RRTE to crash
#2662
RRTE hangs forever when write operation is performed in UIP for Profibus Protocol
#2747
Edit Status icon for the parameter in the method is always displayed even after written to the device
#2862
BitMask for commands support size of 8 Byte
#2860
DMS doesn't provide the different language translation string for the FF DD-IDE xml
#2779
FF MIN_VALUE_1 and MIN_VALUE_2 Conditional Acceptance Tests Reporting False Failure
#2865
At the end of up/download a precise message about errors should be shown (DMS)
#2799
Block parameters in templates should be referenced by block and block number instead of just by name
#2826
Unsuccessfull download indicated as successfull  

Added workaround to EDDW method debugging to fix/revert duplicated string escaping ("\[afnrtv\"|?]") done by tokenizers and EDD Engine functions [FDI/HART/FF] "ddi_get_string_translation()"

Improved EDD method debugging to don't hang on missing EDD "item_information" attribute and to display correct name and label of currently executing EDD method for all action nodes.
#2444
REFRESH relations not being used
#2705
Upload from device hangs; improved command selection
#2665

HART Host Test HQAOVR12010 – Float Variable,

WRITE should display the variable… in OFFLINE mode

#2289
FF DD5 Sources w/o labels not derived from variable
#2678

Undefined enumeration value causes dependent values

to go Bad; improved error handling in relation processing

#2743

Blue question marks in Refresh Relations

fixed relation StatusCode handling in param / edit cache

#2773

Access violation crash when specific package is loaded;

added support for "EUC" string EDD variable data type

#2759

Communication built-in methods read_/send_value

do not support record member communication

UI Engine

Added support for hosting HTML5 based UIPs.

  • Base Property Services
  • Device Model Services: Browse, Read, Write
  • Locking Services
  • Direct Access Services
  • Hosting Services: GetClientTechnologyVersion, LogAuditTrailMessage, GetHostingProperties, SaveUserSettings, LoadUserSettings, Trace, Import, Export
  • Removed Fdi.Ui.Log.dll
  • Added License file for open source software
  • Modified developer uip in frontend: when data type Array is being used in write then the data type of the Array cannot be specified yet
  • Added support for web assembly
  • Added “DisableContentSecurityPolicy” setting to UipWebConfiguration.json

External components:

#2804VISIBILITY FALSE on IMAGE does not hide item
#2803VISIBILITY FALSE on STYLE PAGE only hides the "tab" and not the entire MENU
#2498
Help text could not read, while presenting time is to short
#2887Crash in Reference Runtime with empty bit-enum parameters
#2631
HQACHT25010 Incorrect Color being Displayed

Size of the UIP web control can be configured via config file
EDD Engine
#2942
Decoding of ENUMERATION is incorrect.
FDI DLLs
#2799Added attribute "LongLabel" to Fdi.DeviceAccess.AttributeType

Single NuGet package is being created which includes Fdi.dll and FdiStandard.dll

Changed ProductVersion (distinct from FileVersion) back to 1.2.0.0 to match FDI Technology Specifications versioning
Release 1.3.0 - November 2018Important new features in this release include:
  • Support for Device Variants (Profibus/Profinet only)
  • EDD Logging Interface update


The following issues were resolved in this release:


Device Model Services
#2043Handling of Octect strings is now protocol dependent. 
#2543DMS method ParameterCacheController::CheckConsistencyOfDatasets() updated to not evaluate handling of unmodified parameters and check for successful evaluation before accessing handling attribute of corresponding variable.
#2355Integrate new Logging interface of EDD engine, so that logs communicated to host system includes prefix "EDDEngine".
#2447Access violation in SignalExecutionScheduler fixed. Related to #1848, Change DelayTimer implementation to ensure that no callback is called.
UI Engine
#2471Win Form UIP's 'BeginClose()' API not invoke after clicked on close button of UIP window
#2500Page refreshing via CommissioningNextButton_image after validity change was fixed.
#2509Hang in GUI after executing or aborting method was corrected.
EDD Engine
#2253EDDEngine support local timezone of running system.
#2370Performance enhancements to loading packages.
#2539HART device managed LISTs correction.
#2397Indexing operator on a DD_STRING corrected.
#2633A GRID that contains a LABEL selector is not shown in a DIALOG, issue resolved.
#2639Updated method execution log to not crash due to long strings.
Release 1.2.1 - August 2017Important new features in this release include:
  • UIPs running within a sandbox
  • Time stamps for the FDI Package signature
  • ISA100, HART-IP/WirelessHART protocols enabled
  • New Generic Protocol Extension to allow the addition of Modbus, Ethernet/IP and future extensions as they become available
  • Implemented Download (transfer to device) for Foundation Fieldbus legacy EDD.
  • Updated build environment from MS VS 2010 to MS VS 2015 (see release notes for details)

The following issues were resolved in this release:

Device Model Services
#2322Accessing additional LIST elements which were added in online cache but not in offline cache (Reference UIP conformance test case H-3.1-012)
#2342Displayed parameter values not updated after POST_WRITE_ACTION (Profibus/Profinet conformance test case FDI_H_4_18_019_PA)
#2314Browse for “ActionSet” implemented
#2270Extended class BuiltinDialogAbortedError by UiEngineCode to indicate ActionExecutionFailedDueToInnerActionFailure with a dedicated type.
#2303Initial value calculation of index variable depending on conditioned item array not working
#2074Add DMS support for new LOCAL_B construct
#2205Newly valid variable values should display edited values if edited
#2177Variable set computed by upload_from_device_root_menu shall be transferred to offline data set
#2274LABEL Selector returns always the default language
#2294Direct Dictionary References resolve to the default language only
#2231put_string_value2() builtin does not work – improved handling of BuiltinAdapter::SetParamValue() for BITSTRING variables
#2070Enhanced logging for updating of ISA100 block instances
#2203"LOCAL TYPE ASCII space padding" according to new
specification IEC FCG TS61804-3, Ed. 4.0, 13 Dec 2016
#2221"Initial value for EDD string variable types" according to new
specification IEC FCG TS61804-3, Ed. 4.0, 13 Dec 2016
#1942


Changed handling of parameters with uncertain status code to return “null” parameter value for read and subscription service to display a blank value in UI Engine
#2109FF EDDs have no menus for function block configuration
#2058ISA100 communication response data for type VISIBLE string may by truncated (whitespaces not included)
#2130FDI_H_3_3_053_07_PA and others - Incorrect Octet String handling
#2139Download in FF HTK without download menu result in exception
#2145DD4 (.FFO) is displayed in RRTE with wrong block menu labels
#2159Not able to perform data download for HART *.fm6 legacy DD
#2104FDI.Reference.Server crashes with FF HTK DD5 (grid vector)
#2126DMS is not correctly comparing a CF file to a live FF device
#1944


Methods during upload must access offline data set by performing copy of local variables from offline to online data set at start of upload for HART/FF/ISA100 (PB/PN is already copied when a connection is established).
#2081Download throws exception if device returns warning code
#2039


FVS4000 legacy fm6/fm8 does not work by not crashing when an EDD doesn't contain one of the HART standard variables "response_code" (ID 150), "device_status" (ID 151) or "comm_status" (ID 152)
#2059Not able to load *.fm6 HART Legacy DD in RRTE
#1747HQAUIB20260 GET_DEV_VAR_VALUE - refresh action test fails by detecting when a refresh action is aborted during ParameterInputRequest()
#2043


DMS mapping "OCTET" to "StringValue" instead of "BinaryValue" by handling OCTET string EDD variables differently depending on the protocol. For FF, the FDI type "StringValue" is used; all other protocols use "BinaryValue".
#1841IUpDownloadDialog shall provide error ID that host can work with messages
#2052ISA100 BIT_ENUMRATED parameters are displayed with wrong values
#1930SPECIALIST Attribute is not generated for Actions in UID
#1990,
#1966

("The access level does not allow reading or subscribing to the node." error while writing COND0070 and COND0073 variable.) by overriding HANDLING to READ+WRITE when not set to any value.


UI Engine
#2279

Assertions in DefaultWindowFactory sometimes if there is a delay in opening UIP

#2211When a UIP is opened an empty console window is opened on Windows 7
#2212When a messagebox is opened from UIP, it does not stay on TOP
#1942Newly valid variable should be initialized to Uninitialized value
#2048FDI.dll - Update UI Engine per the new version
#2110Edit Format Examples for FLOAT Variables in RRTE are False/Misleading/Confusing
#2175Cancelling Read, Write and Browse service are not support for UIP
#2114Automatically Generated Chart AXIS is not large enough to show all data    
#2133Success rate of Reference UIP 1.2.0 tests has heavily been degraded
#1993Update development environment to VS2015 - UI Engine


EDD Engine
#2318EDD Engine EndMethod should return correct return code if UI builtin is canceled

Adopted Encoded File Format Changes to extract extended description information, tool-release, New Header, EDD profile etc.

Support for ISA100 communication profile added.