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            FDI Package IDE Change Log for Release 1.8.0

            Modified on Wed, 4 Nov at 8:44 PM

            Release 1.8.0 - Nov 2026


            This release reflects the following Specifications:

            FCG TS62769 Revision 1.4.0


            This release reflects the following Test Specifications:

            FCG_TT20019 {2.0} HART EDD Test Specification 


            This release reflects the following Application Guide updates:

            FCG AG10101{2.6} Using the HART Standard DD



            The following CRs were resolved in this release:


            Communication Servers

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            4652Signature missing for EtherNet/IP CommServer and according FDI Package
            4773HART-IP CommServer relies on deprecated .NET 4.6.1


            Device Model Services

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            2697DMS needs to support interactive downloads so an EDD developer can test it
            4114VISIBILITY and VALIDITY does not work for PLUGIN (UIP) in RRTE
            4131Type of SEMANTIC_MAP in EDD xml is "37 - NOT FOUND"
            4314Dependent value (itself) is not refreshed
            4472Standardized command 84 processing seems to lock up RRTE
            4501Migrate DMS to .NET8
            4542Multi-Language support for DMS
            4614Extend UIP Interface with attributes Validity, Visibility, DisplayFormat, EditFormat - DMS Extension
            4636Dynamic variables as conditional in menus are evaluated only once
            4680EDDL Spec: Actions on an up/download menu must still be executed even if the up/download aborts.
            4686EDDL Spec: Add HANDLING attribute to METHODs, so that methods can be rendered as "disabled"
            4710EDDL Spec: Clarify that VARIABLEs with their VISIBILITY attribute set to FALSE are still read
            4711EDDL Spec: UI Builtin should abort if seen in bit enumerated actions
            4717Subscribing enum lists causes continous updates
            4733EDDL Spec: Clarify that ALL of variables are synchronized between online and offline, not just the modified data items.
            4742EDDL Spec: DMS: Indication on variable when post write action aborts
            4765Transfer from Offline to device doesn't work for latest version of RRTE
            4818Artifacts in the build process should be made available or integrated via NuGet
            4893Security Issue: Debug configuration should not be read in release version of DMS
            4929Possible memory leak in CommunicationOperationProcessor
            4975Adapt the Client_UID_schema in DMS for Default WAVEFORM handling and Action handling
            5019All READ and WRITE action will be executed for all protocols
            5140REGRESSION (FF): Any user abort of a running method causes RRTE to hang forever
            5149Color bands of GAUGE chart not visible anymore
            5234opening a WINDOW runs one GROUP's INIT_ACTIONS twice and reads the PAGE's direct VARIABLE without its PRE_READ_ACTIONS
            5238INIT_ACTIONS and EXIT_ACTIONS of upload_from_device_root_menu / download_to_device_root_menu (and their sub-menus) never run during a transfer
            5254HART: the first menu the user opens after the device load runs none of its action methods and every root-menu button stays disabled until the host is restarted
            5256A Send that commits two variables runs the whole MENU PRE_WRITE / POST_WRITE cascade twice


            DPCTT

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            3742Usability: creating report takes too long
            4106Update SecureBlackbox component
            4271UIP context should be passed as "offline"
            4308CTT test case P_3_2_040 should consider parameter validity
            4407CTT Tests with "NotRun" result do not have a log line indicating the test case result
            4627Extend UIP Interface with attributes Validity, Visibility, DisplayFormat, EditFormat - CTT
            4631Supporting assemblies are out of date
            4724HTML5 UIP hosting environment needs upgrading
            4832Test Summary should be added to the report
            4834build number missing
            4886P_2_7_001 displays wrong requirements
            4909P_2_11_025 needs update to new spec version
            4931Occasional hang on HTML UIP test cases
            5073Update UIP hosting to latest Typescript/Javascript hosting environment
            5075HTML5 UIP tests missing some UIP exceptions (P_4_005 and P-4_007)
            5077UIP tests: deactivation timeout does not work
            5080catalog schema is out of date
            5083Testcase signing mechanism needs updating
            5084CTT 1.8.0 apparently has timing problem with UIPs
            5110false UIP Activation error
            5123CTT must be updated to use latest attachments
            5227Test campaigns default to the 1.3.0 Package and UIP adapters instead of 1.4.1


            EDD Engine

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            2454EDD Engine definition for COMPONENT attributes "CLASSIFICATION" and "PROTOCOL" don't support string-constants
            3348OS Independent EDD Engine Method Built-in is not working in Non Windows Platform
            4270Built-in method get_rspcode_string_by_id does not find text if REPONSE_CODES is defined within TRANSACTION
            4356Problems with Profinet method
            4357Method is aborting even though abort_on_all_comm_errors has not been called
            4683EDDL Spec: Add missing categories to the EDD classifications
            4687EDDL Spec: Add HANDLING attribute to METHODs, so that methods can be rendered as "disabled"
            4734EDDL Spec: Default HANDLING for FF Waveform should be READ & WRITE
            4738EDDL Spec: EDD Engine: Clarify that a pipe "|" character is allowed in string literals


            FF Tokenizer

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            4368Would be nice to support TOKVER in FF tokenizer
            4629GRID VECTORs do not allow cross block referencing
            4730Pre/Post Read/Write actions on menus should be checked
            4739EDDL Spec: FF Tokenizer: Add HANDLING attribute to METHODs, so that methods can be rendered as "disabled"
            4753EDDL Spec: FF Tokenizer: Add SEMANTIC_MAP as being allowed to be REDEFINEd
            4759EDDL Spec: FF Tokenizer: Add support of PRIVATE attribute on VARIABLES
            4774Legacy FF Tokenizer relies on unsupported MFC
            4848Decode of multiple action items wrong


            HART Tokenizer

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            4331clarify and make consistent the REDEFINE syntax for MIN/MAX_VALUE
            4511ARRAY elements must be searched for missing READ and WRITE commands
            4514Tok8 must support COLLECTION of ARRAY
            4538Invalid primary_variable_code reference not being detected
            4546Tok8 crash on invalid reference
            4555Increase total image size
            4557Tokenizer false failure for VARIABLEs within COLLECTIONs used in OPERATION COMMANDs
            4562Tok10 Crash when GRAPH includes illegal MEMBER
            4603Tok8 COMMAND REDEF checks insufficient
            4643Tokenizer 10.50.0.789 warning for MAX_VALUE of UNSIGNED_INTEGER (8)
            4647Tok10 not throwing expected errors with Wireless DD
            4673Improve the error detection of a VARIABLE with WRITE HANDLING but no WRITE COMMAND
            4674Tokenizer error 855 is reported when redefining enumeration for trend_digital_units.
            4684EDDL Spec: HART Tokenizer: Add HANDLING attribute to METHODs, so that methods can be rendered as "disabled"
            4692OVAL Type C 0102: EDD Engine Failed to execute operation: CreateDeviceInstance()
            4695Use DD-Stat Pipeline license to entitle usage in pipeline
            4715VARIABLE burst_mode_select can be redefined to be HANDLING WRITE
            4716Analog channel endpoints need to be allowed to have HANDLING redefined
            4721Unwarranted Warning 669 on version 8 tokenizer.
            4723COMMANDs with INDEX TYPE VARIABLE must also reference its ARRAY indexed by that VARIABLE
            4727HART Tokenizer error when BIT_ENUMERATED is set to 8 bytes
            4744EDDL Spec: HART Tokenizer: Error on user interaction for pre/post read/write actions
            4748EDDL Spec: HART Tokenizer: Add a table of maximum # of meters that fit on a chart
            4751EDDL Spec: HART Tokenizer: IMAGE is not an allowed type for VALUE_ARRAYs
            4754EDDL Spec: HART Tokenizer: Add SEMANTIC_MAP as being allowed to be REDEFINEd
            4767Unwanted graphics lib warnings
            4775HART Tok8 need build upgrade
            4786Illegal REDEFINE syntax should be removed
            4803Extra constants in REQUEST are being (erroneously) allowed
            4826REDEFINE of entire standard item must be illegal
            4829Crash on Unit Relation checks
            4838HART Tok8 : REDEFINE of standard MIN_VALUE and MAX_VALUE allowed in certain cases
            4843Error on user interaction for pre/post read/write must work for IMPORTed METHODs
            4854Bug in version 10; it is not detecting these 4 ERRORs
            4862Exception to the "Redefine of the entire standard item not allowed" rule
            4875Tokenizer to check for read/write commands in up/download menus
            4885Parser crash
            4891Warning 692/693 needs to handle referencing through ITEM ARRAYs
            4902Error 866 must have exceptions for Standard Lib
            4908Read-only Range Values handling
            4913Error 866 is being reported for HART common Practice commands
            4932Parsing enum description text reference fails for Rosemount.THUM_Adapter 0202.fma
            5000Intermittent crashes, likely caused by IMPORT race conditions
            5001Preprocessor crash in Tok10
            5038Tok10 crash (out_attr.cpp 5511/4777): user item name collides with auto-generated collection/array instance name
            5145Six HART DD Library sample DDs no longer tokenize: ERROR 426 on incremental TYPE redefinition


            IDE Plugin

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            4343Package naming rules are allowing duplicate names for different packages
            4408Document metadata file should not be listed in DeviceType.ListOfDocuments
            4701FDI Spec: Add version selection to IDE Plugin
            4856Syntax coloring for new CLASSIFICATIONs
            4871Package Generator should allow 2 uses of same image file
            4879Plugin not loading in Eclipse
            4900Update Plugin to latest schema files
            4953FDI Version required not written to catalog.xml
            4956EtherNet/IP protocol specifier not set according to PSD
            4974Schema validation problem of fdi.project file


            PB/PN Tokenizer

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            4403Debug Ant script for Profibus does not work
            4423Need to support arbitrary string definition for the PROTOCOL attribute.
            4441Tokenizer Freezes When Referenced List of Units Name is Not Updated in All Enumeration Lists
            4696PI Sample Package (Debug) buildfile does not work
            4740EDDL Spec: PROFI Tokenizer: Add HANDLING attribute to METHODs, so that methods can be rendered as "disabled"
            4783PB/PN Tokenizer is not adding unit relations into the update table for Modbus DD
            4784SBOM required
            4927Crashing on AXIS.MIN_VALUE, AXIS.MAX_VALUE


            Reference UIP

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            4626Extend UIP Interface with attributes Validity, Visibility, DisplayFormat, EditFormat - Sample UIPs
            5117HTML5 Reference UIP needs updated fdi.ts
            5118Update .NET Reference UIP to latest FDI nuget


            Reference Runtime Environment

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            3630Mandatory Properties missing in "GetHostingProperties"
            3703Need ability to view PA-DIM
            3895Profinet direct access: Loading transfer does not match FDI spec definition
            3993RRTE needs to support interactive downloads so an EDD developer can test it
            4398RRTE launch of HART Simulator (XMTR-DD) requires user acknowledgement
            4440RRTE cannot import FDI Package KSB_MIL_Controls_Limited.SMARTRONIC_iQ.01.01.00.HART 20 and hangs
            4549P_6_1_001 BAD status SoftwareRevision
            4576Validate Catalog.xml while importing packages and display errors in RRTE when validation fails
            4583Unit codes fluctuating with command 9 reads
            4586Loading a valid FM8 with Device Revision 0 fails
            4607RRTE should notify user when a PROFILE Package is being deployed
            4615Hosts shall set the FDI Technology Version if it exists in an EDD/FDI Package
            4623Extend UIP Interface with attributes Validity, Visibility, DisplayFormat, EditFormat - UI Engine
            4625Extend UIP Interface with attributes Validity, Visibility, DisplayFormat, EditFormat - RRTE
            4640Crash on Maintenance menu for specific package
            4700FDI Spec: Add RRTE support for blob storage
            4720PADIM Inspector: NamespaceUri shall not be constant for Engineering unit
            4778Color Banding Rules should be automatically implemented based on file type
            4793Update log4net to latest version
            4812CommServer configuration DD not loading
            4814RRTE does not set hosting context correctly for online/offline
            4836RRTE is not able to load the device package
            4849RRTE cannot connect/disconnect/transfer with FDI 1.3 PROFINET Communication Package
            4858RRTE calls methods "Scan" and "ResetScan" in PROFINET Communication Package (FDI1.2 + FDI1.3) from wrong MethodSet
            4868RRTE shows exception on startup if no PA DIM-Signalset is implemented
            4880RRTE searches nodes in OPC UA servers via NodeId that is not according to OPC UA standards
            4903Cannot connect to RRTE during PADIM conformance test P_6_1_001
            4911Support for FDI technology 1.4
            4965UIE to support Blob storage service specific error codes
            4988Dialog box to confirm removing blob storage is not required for every package
            5009Blob Storage - Container with the same name is not possible in different blob storage.
            5010Name of the blob storage database should be changed to "blobs.sqlite" or something meaningful
            5015Update PI physical address
            5016Dates must update to current
            5021SetContainerMetaData allows duplicate keys
            5022Blob Storage - SetBlobMetaData allows duplicate keys
            5023Blob Storage - SetBlobMetaData does not override existing key-value pairs
            5024Blob Storage - SetContainerMetaData does not override existing key-value pairs
            5026Blob Storage - GetContainerMetaData - LastModified time update
            5028Blob Storage - PutBlob does not overwrite existing data
            5029Blob Storage - GetBlobMetaData does not return correct blob size
            5037Direct access service is not working in HTML5 UIP for Profinet and Modbus
            5053Cannot connect to Xmtr-DD device
            5057Interactive Download Menu without any INIT_ACTIONS causes RRTE to hang forever
            5074FDI_TECHNOLOGY_VERSION needs to be commit from FDI host
            5141Interactive download process must abort on user request
            5155Interactive Download should not be rejected if no INIT_ACTIONS are found on the download menu
            5241FF simulation: a parameter of type INTEGER with a negative value fails every read


            Signing Tool

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            4509Migrate Signing Tool to .NET8
            4973Verifier component should be a Nuget package
            5218Installers (msm and standalone MSI) are missing assemblies


            UI Engine

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            2658VARIABLEs of TYPE DATE_AND_TIME is displayed in a strange format
            4004"Context" parameter in Fdi.UIPServices.activate() always passed as "online"
            4257TIME_FORMAT specifiers are not supported in RRTE for DURATION Datatype
            4488HTML5 UIPs are not working with UiEngine if we use OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Client package in the project
            4502Migrate UI Engine to .NET8
            4533Tokyo Keiki Inc MW-10 20 :Online Menu and Diagnostics Menu Not Displaying Same Graph
            4577Setting Real Time Clock for HART EDD gets wrong value
            4638Conditionals in BIT_ENUMERATED of a local variable
            4645FDI Spec: Blob Storage implementation in UIEngine
            4685EDDL Spec: Add HANDLING attribute to METHODs, so that methods can be rendered as "disabled"
            4688EDDL Spec: (Fixed Layout) ROWBREAKs between PAGEs are NOT ignored
            4728Add RRTE support for Handheld mode - UIE
            4831Integration of Grapecity chart library in UIEngine
            4844Cannot render maintenance menu
            4906Data in WAVEFORM is not going to be updated after changing the data
            4939UIEngine Threat #403: Data Store Inaccessible
            4941UIEngine Threat #581: Elevation by Changing the Execution Flow in HTML5 UIP
            4945REGRESSION: Crash with Legacy FF DD5 Host Test Kit EDD in build 881 of IDE 1.8.0
            4995REGRESSION: HART 512 LST21000 List Time, DD Managed - Now Failing in RRTE 1.7.x
            5002UI engine throws exception when rendering menu with WriteAsOne elements
            5004REGRESSION: HART511 GPH11000 waveform does not render
            5005REGRESSION: HART511 GPH11040 data point does not render
            5006REGRESSION: HART511 GPH11060 data plot does not display at correct x-axis point
            5007REGRESSION: HART511 GPH13010 graph keypoints and waveform are not rendering
            5025Blob Storage - GetContainerMetaData - LastModified time not in UTC format
            5027Blob Storage - GetBlobMetaData - LastModified time not in UTC format
            5056Interactive Download Menu should not be visible in a host UI
            5063Guidance Required on Upgrading UIE Component NuGet Packages to v2.3.0
            5115The unimplemented Execute service should return error, not throw exception
            5121Components are deprecated due to known security vulnerabilities
            5136HTML5 UIPs do not load in the RRTE


            Other

            CR/Bug NumberSummary
            4795Add signature to FDI type library nuget package
            4813FDI DLL : fix SamplingInterval to use correct data type
            5111Add documentation to fdi.ts for APIs only available with technology version 1.5
            4646DD STAT: pass configuration via command
            4719FdiStandard: EUInfo needs a property for the NamespaceUri
            4781Blob Storage interface definition in in FDI.DLL
            4787Extend the HTML5 sample UIP for blob storage
            4804FdiStandard.dll: EUInfo missing the attribute NamespaceUri
            5017Sample Package FDI version needs updating
            4496Unable to retrieve product data from FCG Online Repository
            4556Simulator crashes when working with 00da.fm8



            Known Issues

            Known issues at the time of release are included below. If additional notable issues are found with this version of the product, they will be added to this log for reference with the date they were reported.


            CR/Bug NumberComponentSummaryReported Date
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