******************************* GP-Pro EX V2.1 ******************************* Jun 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.2.10.400 Runtime : Ver.2.10.33 OS Core : Ver.2.4.1 (GP-3200 Series) : Ver.2.4.0 (Other than GP-3200 Series) Memory Loader: Ver.2.10.29 WinGP Runtime: Ver.2.10.33 (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 added 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. - In the situation that a part with the "Text Table" specified for Label was placed: When you increased the number of characters in the Text Table settings which could have an impact on the part size, the shape of the part became invisible. - In a Graph part with "Shape": When you enabled the Alarm Settings, specified "Address", changed the "Shape" setting to "No Shape" and saved the data, the project file could not be reloaded properly. - 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. - When Device/PLC settings were changed in Data Display, the Device/PLC field in the "Change Attributes" dialog box became blank. - In some cases, after selecting whole in Historical Trend Graph, when it was zoomed in/out with a mouse, the switch 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 Preview, a part of the image called in Picture Display was missing. - 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============================================================ - Since the text position was shifted inappropriately when you zoomed in/out, the reference point was changed from the center to the upper left of the text. - Some characters could not be displayed on 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 could not be displayed properly in Print Preview. - When you saved a project that includes parts without the specified label display, the part's coordinates could not be saved 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 was used, some previews could not be displayed 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 =====V2.10.400====================================================== (Runtime) - When "USB Port" was specified for the bar code reader and "Data Display" was specified for "Data Save in", the memory leak occurred. - When the RPA display was turned ON immediately after it was OFF, the subsequent RPA connection became disable. - When the data value was obtained using "Read Data From Each Alarm" in "Alarm History", hang-up occurred. - Going into Offline mode could cause the application to freeze after having executed 'Save Data' of Alarm information. - When frequent writing (e.g. Large quantities of data were written to the internal device in the constantly-operating D-script) occurred to devices, the system error was displayed on GP and the display unit could stop on rare occasions. - Under the condition that the "Change Screen" switch and Data Display with Interlock Settings were overlapped: When the password input screen was displayed after "Screen Change" was executed, the subsequent operation could not be performed. ========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 there were many lamp states and the image font was used for a label. - When you changed the coordinates of the window where the Group with Auto OFF" setting-specified switch was placed, 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 were set as Multi-function and Off Display was set, the Momentary Switch did not work normally. - In some cases, Alarm Display did not work properly when settings for the Data Display was set to 32 bit and Float, and the display method was 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" was 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. - When the clock data (Preset value) in System Data Area was changed, the changed data was temporarily rewritten to the data before change. - 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 accessing a CF card , Read/Write to the file occasionally could not run. - When a momentary switch and other switches were placed in overlap on GP-3200 Series, the buzzer did not stop sounding at different times - when you released the switch, and when you pressed other switch. (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 was 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. - When Historical Display of Historical Trend Graph was pressed, the application could freeze. - An alarm message that its bit was 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.