******************************* GP-Pro EX V2.1 ******************************* April 11, 2008 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 Windows environment ensures operability and high performance. Table of Contents (0) Version Editor : Ver.2.10.200 Runtime : Ver.2.10.21 OS Core : Ver.2.4.1 (GP-3200 Series) : Ver.2.4.0 (Other than GP-3200 Series) Memory Loader: Ver.2.10.11 WinGP Runtime: Ver.2.10.21 (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) - Siemens AG 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 ========V2.10.200============================================================ - In some cases, the display position of Picture Display was shifted by one dot when loading a project file with Editor if the project file contained a group object made up of Call Screen parts and Picture Display. - When placing a Part with Text Table Label, the shape of the Part could be come invisible if your increasing the number of characters in the Text Table setting influenced the size of the Part. - In some cases, the project file could not be reloaded properly after you enabled the Alarm Settings for a Graph part with Shape, specified the Alarm Action by Address, changed the shape settings to No Shape and saved the changes. - In some cases, the changes were not transferred to the main display unit when executing Automatic Transfer with the transfer tool after having used Address Block Conversion feature. ========V2.10.100============================================================ - In some 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 some 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 some 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 ========V2.10.200============================================================ (Runtime) - When a fixed drawing was placed on a switch lamp, the label of the switch lamp was separately displayed on top of the fixed drawing. - The application could freeze when Image Font was used for a label as there were many lamp states. - In some cases, when changing coordinates of Window with a switch that was set as Group with Auto OFF, the switch did not work properly. - Momentary Switch did not turn off for about one second after you removed your finger from the switch. - In some cases, when Momentary Switch and Show Window Switch are set as Multi-function and Off Display is set, the Momentary Switch did not work normally. - In some cases, Alarm Display did not work properly when settings for the Data Display are set to 32 bit and Float, and the display method is set to Round Off. - Data Display (Text Display) did not work properly in some cases when Display Update Conditions were "Bit is ON" and "Address Type is set to Address". - The display unit could not start when the backup data area for Alarm History exceeded the SRAM capacity. - Placing Alarm part with Summary could cause the application to freeze when Alarm setting did not exist in the project data. - In some cases, Tank Graph did not work normally when multiple windows were displayed. - Executing Screen Change when JPEG file was displayed could cause the application to freeze. - In executing IO_WRITE Function of D-Script, data of specified size occasionally failed to be sent properly. - After having changed Clock Data (Preset Value) in System Data Area, post-change data was rewritten and changed back to the before-change data temporarily. - When executing Movie from File Manager without any Movie Player displayed, the application could freeze. - When a specific Part was placed on the screen, all the background could turn black. - Setting range for "Brightness" in Video Settings was not correct. - Going into Offline mode could cause the application to freeze when many errors were occurring in reading from PLC devices. - In some cases, WinGP did not restart after having transferred a project in Offline mode. - In the Offline mode on GP-3200, GP-3300 and LT3000 Series, setting an invalid IP address and subnet mask in the Ethernet setting could cause the application to freeze. - Brightness control did not work properly in part in changing the brightness within the 8 brightness levels on GP-3400, GP-3500, GP-3600 and GP-3750 Series. - Contrast Control did not work on AGP-3200A. - In LT3000 Series, Retentive Variable data was not uploaded when using the upload function of Memory loader. - When the display unit went into the Offline mode in updating data with Viewer, the update could not be continued even after it returned to the Online mode. - Pro-Server EX could freeze when it received transferred data. - In some cases, Cache Update Notification Function (PS_SetNotifyFromCache, PS_GetUpdateCounter) did not work properly. ========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.