********************************** GP-Pro EX V2.1 **************************** November 13, 2007 Digital Electronics Corp. Preface Thank you for purchasing GP-Pro EX. GP-Pro EX is software that defines the operation of graphical touch panels. The WindowsR environment ensures operability and high performance. Table of Contents (0) Version Editor : Ver.2.10.100 Runtime : Ver.2.10.10 OS Core : Ver.2.4.1 (GP-3200 Series) : Ver.2.4.0 (Other than GP-3200 Series) Memory Loader: Ver.2.10.0 WinGP Runtime: Ver.2.10.10 (1) Caution When Installing After installation, a message prompting you to restart the system is displayed. If you want to use a USB cable, be sure to restart. If you select "No" and continue without restarting, the USB cable cannot be correctly recognized. (2) New Features (3) Editor 3-1 Fixed defects 3-2 Limitations (4) Display Unit 4-1 Fixed defects 4-2 Limitations (5) Device/PLC 5-1 Fixed defects 5-2 Limitations (6) Other features 6-1 Converter 6-1-1 Fixed defects 6-1-2 Limitations 6-2 Movie Converter 6-2-1 Fixed defects 6-2-2 Limitations 6-3 Win GP 6-3-1 Fixed defects 6-3-2 Limitations 6-4 GP Remote Printer Server 6-4-1 Fixed defects 6-4-2 Limitations 6-5 Web Server 6-5-1 Fixed defects 6-5-2 Limitations 6-6 GP-Viewer EX 6-6-1 Fixed defects 6-6-2 Limitations (7) Manual This version does not support GP-3***-CA1M (CANopen Master) and CANopen Slave Unit (HTB). Even though we describe them in the manual, they are not supported in this version. - GP-3***-CA1M (CANopen Master) Models - CANopen Slave Unit (HTB) - CANopen Master I/O Driver features and settings - I/O Driver Instructions (SDOR/SDOW/DGMT/DGSL) - I/O Driver System Variable (#L_IOMasterDrv[*]) - CANopen Master I/O Driver Offline Mode - CANopen Master I/O Driver Error Messages Contents =============================================================================== (2) New Features - LT3300 Series - Alarm History Device Data Acquisition - Support IDs for security passwords - Automatically adjust text size - Thai layered fonts - Numeric Display settings, BCD without decimal point - Recipes support floats - Lamps with 256 states - Drawing compatibility with GP2000 Series - Global interlock - Synchronizing communication when starting logic - "Just-size" adjusted fonts - Using USB in D-Scripts - Operation log - Memory Link Banner Message command - Function bar - Color workspace - Importing/exporting packages - Display screens using Call Screen parts - Structured Variables support drag and drop - Delete all unused Symbol Variables - Simulate logic - Simulation I/O view - Extension of Historical Trend History Display - Extension of Remote PC Access - Alarm History Device Data Acquisition - GP-Viewer EX - GP Remote Printer Server - Web Server - CSV data transfer, option to overwrite only the defined date, time and data - USB Keyboard - Offline displays NPX project information - Changing the communication synchronization method of multiple PLCs in Sampling, Alarm History, and Common Settings - Keyence Bar Code Reader BL-80RK supported - New Drivers - HITACHI S10V Series Ethernet - Shinko Technos Co., Ltd. Controller SIO - TOSHIBA MACHINE PROVISOR TC200 - TOSHIBA Computer link SIO - Fuji Electric FA Components & Systems Co., Ltd. MICREX-SX series SIO - KEYENCE KV-700/1000 series Ethernet - Upgrade Version - Digital Electronics Corp. Memory Link (draw command and banner message support) - MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Ltd. A series CPU direct (pass-through support) - MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Ltd. Q series CPU direct (Motion CPU) - MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Ltd. Q series Ethernet (MELSECNET Control station/Remote station support) - MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Ltd. Q/QnA Serial Communication (MELSECNET Control station/Remote station support) - Rockwell Automation Ethernet/IP Driver (L5K support and improved communication performance) - Siemens AG SIMATIC S7 MPI Direct (pass-through support) - SIMATIC S7 Ethernet (New series) - YOKOGAWA Electric Corp. Personal Computer Link SIO (Thermal control) - Sharp MS JW Series Computer Link SIO (New series) - Sharp MS JW Series Computer Link Ethernet (New series) - Schneider Modbus SIO Master (Single bit read and error check support) - Schneider Modbus TCP Master (Single bit read and error check support) - GE Fanuc Automation Series90 Ethernet(Upgrade Version) - Device Monitor feature is supported by other drivers. -New Models (APL-3000B, PS-3450A, PS-3451A, PC/AT compatible machine) -In Device Access API, System variables newly aodded in GP-Pro EX V2.10 are supported. (3) Editor 3-1 Fixed defects ==========V2.10.100=========================================================== - In same cases, when a compression was set after placing an image on the screen, the project could not be saved. - In the search result, a multiple selection while holding down the Cntrl key and a batch selection while holding down the Shift key could not be operated. - In same cases, when values with a decimal point were input for the minimum values in the input and the display ranges, they were rounded to the whole numbers. - In some cases, when device/PLC settings were changed in the data display, the device/PLC filed in the attribute change dialog box became blank. - In some cases, after selecting whole in Historical Trend Graph, when it was zoomed in/out with a mouse, the swith parts and the font size of the label letter differed. - In some cases, when inner and outer circles were set as the same in the unfilled Circle Graph, they failed to be filled. - In System Keypad, the key of which the shape differs from the others was contained. - In some cases, when previewing an image, a lack of a part of the image that was called in the Picutre Display occured. - In same cases, when inputting one-byte Kana characters for an item name, if the number of the displayed characters was changed, the characters even within the number of them disappeared. - In some cases, when D-Script multiple screens were displayed, the application was shut down. ==========V2.10.000=========================================================== - When zooming in/out, because the text position changed, the reference point changed from the center to the top left of the text. - Some characters could not display on the editor using the Standard font. - "Flip" menu commands were enabled even when the operation did not work. - Edit operations did not run properly when the grid size was less than 6 pixels. - You can now change the size of the Video Module Window's display area. - Reference feature in the Address Settings window could not jump to Data Displays. - Mouse operations in the Parts List editor were improved. - A project file with large amounts of data per screen could not open successfully. - Changing display unit models caused Alarm part item names to shift. - The condition that caused D-script cross-reference errors was invalid. - Copying and pasting a D-script part may have caused the application to shut down. - D-script data could not be generated correctly in some cases. - In the text screen, decreasing the character limit during text input could delete the Line Feed code. - Project files converted by the Project Converter were sometimes not correctly loaded. - Copying and pasting Logic Programs could cause shutdown. - Sometimes data was not correctly configured when importing Alarm Settings. - The "Display Method" setting in the Picture Display was sometimes enabled. - Toolbar setup items were displayed in Japanese even when the Editor language was English. - Address block conversion could not process properly after changing the Device/PLC. - The Logic Program setting could not change to "Disable". - In some cases, no warning message for part counts displayed if parts were loaded in with Call Screen and grouped. - Alarms could not print properly when using languages besides English or Japanese. - Contents may not display properly in Print Preview. - When saving a project with parts without labels set up, the part's coordinates may not save correctly. - Search in D-Script could not operate correctly in some cases. - Improved clear operations in the Picture Display. - The display of pictures in the Picture Display was improved. - Once the Picture Display was placed, it sometimes could not be moved. - When Rockwell Ethernet/IP ControlLogix/CompactLogix Series Native Driver was used, addresses in the symbol became "Undefined" in some cases. - The method for changing addresses in the Watchdog Timer was improved. - Improved IP address field for network printers. - Fill feature of Lamp parts could not operate properly in some cases. - Rotation of parts with multiple states could not operate properly in some cases. - "Parts" using "text table" could not be browsed in some cases. - After retrieving a project file, saving the project sometimes generated the wrong message. - Transfer could not run due to Windows settings. - Auto Transfer could not run properly in some cases. - Only settings available in the "Sampling" feature can be configured. - When Call Screen is used, some previews do not display properly. - Depending on your PC settings, monitoring was not available in some cases. - In some cases, the "BCD Display" was not displayed properly in the Simulation address view. - Images and parts with blink did not display properly in some cases. - When the Numeric Display color settings were set to addressing, colors did not change after storing its color code. 3-2 Limitations - When parts are grouped and selected, the "Next Part" and "Previous Part" feature may not operate. Use the mouse to select. - When drawings are grouped and selected, the "Next Drawing" and "Previous Drawing" feature may not operate. Use the mouse to select. - If Lamp state 256 is used, the editing speed may slow down. - The progress bar during transfer may not match the actual transfer process. This does not adversely affect the transfer result. ============================================================================== (4) Display Unit 4-1 Fixed defects ==========V2.10.100========================================================= (OS Core) - In some cases, when frequently acessing a CF card , Read/Write to the file occasionally could not run. - In some cases, if a momentary switch and an other switch were placed in overlap on GP-3200 Series, by the timing of releasing the switch or when pressing the other switch, the buzzer did not stop sounding. (Runtime) - In some cases, if a pie was placed, the both two ends of the arc part of the pie (the intersection point of the radius of the pie and the arc) were a few dots away from its proper position to be drawn. - When a pie is drawn with fill, the border was drawn regardless of the border settings. - When a chamfer rectangle (circle) was set to Dash Line, the chamfer part could not be drawn properly. - In Display for CSV data transfer, if "(double quotation) was included in the condition name, it could not be displayed. - In some cases, when Historical Display of Historical Trend Graph is pressed, the application was frozen. - An alarm message that its bit is not ON was displayed at power ON in some cases. - In some cases, when repeatedly pressing the PLAY button in the File Manager of the Movie Player, the application was frozen, or could not be changed to Offline Mode. - In some cases, when selecting the type of two image windows lined from side to side in the VM Unit window settings, the image windows on the right side could not be displayed. - When trying to display System Area List Display screen, Remote Viewer screen was displayed. ==========V2.10.000=========================================================== (OS Core) - COM1 could not output RI signal properly. - Communication errors occurred in some models using the Siemens AG, SIMATIC S7 MPI Direct protocol. - Running transfer separately caused memory leaks. (Runtime) - If a screen changed while displaying a popup keypad, the popup keypad remained on the screen. - When switches were drawn overtop the display position of the system menu, sometimes the switches to continued displaying when displaying the Brightness/Contrast bar. - When data was written by a word switch set up with addresses [#MEMLINK]0013 or [#MEMLINK]0013, the buzzer did not sound. - When Delay feature's Double Touch was set up on a switch set up with address [#MEMLINK]0010], the buzzer did not sound the second time it was touched. - Some part shapes were different between the Editor and Display unit. - On Window screens, switches did not turn off when grouped, and the Auto OFF feature was set on the group. - At screen change, sometimes the data part's popup keypad did not erase. - In Alarm History Batch Printing, while printing, switching to Offline mode caused printing to not work after returning to Online mode. - When Thai text was specified for the Alarm History's Sub Display, text did not display. - When 128 characters or more were registered in the Alarm settings, garbage data was displayed in Alarm messages. - When the alarm trigger of an alarm display bit turned ON, sometimes a different alarm displayed. - In Active or Historical alarm displays, extra blank spacing sometimes appeared before the alarm row. - If an Alarm History part was set up on both base and window screens, clearing the alarm message on the base screen also cleared the message on the window screen. - If the system menu was displayed on the Logic Monitor screen while the banner alarm was being displayed, the system menu displayed on the bottom even though it was set to display at the top part of the screen. - In the Sampling "Display CSV Setting", if the data format was set to "Float", float values in the output CSV file were invalid. - Right after the Sampling clear bit turned ON, exiting auto save mode could cause the application to freeze. - In Historical Trends, setting the input range to }1000 sometimes caused different historical data display values from actual address values. - Using Write Data and CSV Save features at the same time could cause the application to freeze. - In the Historical Trend Graph, during the historical display mode, clearing sampling data then exiting historical display mode and restarting the sampling display caused the graph to not display anymore. - If the difference between the maximum and minimum values of input and display range settings in a Data Block Display Graph was small, sometimes the graph could not display properly. - When a CF file was created in D-script, the file name became lowercase instead of uppercase. - Using the _CF_dir function, a dot was added at the end of the filename with no extension. - When the IO_Write function was used with the 5V Power Supply signal line, it did not operate properly. - While using the File Manager to play a movie from the FTP, even if an unrelated error occurred, sometimes the error was not set to the status address.