Month: October 2003

PLC WorkShop for Modicon v5.42 Release Notes

Posted: 10/29/2003

Features

  • Network headers are now included in the export to ProWORX NXT .FIL file.
  • Added support for CPS12420 power supply.
  • Added support for MPM-204 Zoom module
  • Added support for:
    • Quantum NOA 622 00
    • Quantum NOE 771 01
    • Quantum NOE 711 11
    • Momentum ANR 120 91
    • Compact DEP 256
    • Compact DAP 258
    • Compact ADU 256
  • Print font dialogs now display not only the screen fonts, but also the printer fonts.
  • Feature: Profibus support in Configuration Extension.
  • Feature: Flash Ram support for 434.
  • Added support for second Modbus port on 785.

Solutions

  • After Windows 2000 Hot Fix KB824141 was installed, the first character a user typed in ladder logic was repeated several times. The WorkShop code has been changed to prevent this behavior.
  • EXE loadables are now saved from 113-03 processors correctly.
  • Corrected a problem with the configuration of ASCII messages in Quantum 113-03 processors.
  • Corrected a condition where an E275 PLC sometimes failed write to Internal Flash or PCMCIA cards when communicating through the Modbus+ port.
  • Correctly shows module number for unconfigured slots. Recognizes more IO modules.
  • TCOP now correctly counts the number of modules.
  • Added check to verify that the number of drops does not exceed the number of segments.
  • The Remote 984 I/O Drop for DCP:3x registers now increments correctly.
  • Zoom screens for Momentum AAI 030 00 and AAI 140 00 modules have been corrected.
  • Support added for constants up to 65535 in Quantum timers and counters.
  • Enhanced the merge function to better check for features used in the source program that are not supported in the target PLC.
  • Added support for the ProWORX 2.0 .fis file format, which is different from the later versions of that format.
  • Improved cursor navigation the node editor in online programming prevents some errors resulting from unusual combinations of keystrokes.
  • Corrected a condition where copying and pasting addresses with full documentation fields would cause a system error.
  • Corrected a situation where editing some Config Extensions would result in an application error due to the size of the config extension.
  • Corrected a situation where saving an EXE loadable to a DOS PRG file caused an application error.
  • Improved the copy/paste process in the node editor to prevent a condition where a “coil in use” error would be generated even though the coil in question is the one being cut.
  • Corrected a condition where the DX Zoom for an EMATH instruction could cause a resource error.
  • The TCOP 140 AVI zoom dialog now accepts any of the channel range selections for any channel.
  • Corrected a condition where File Compare reported configuration differences on non-existant Modbus ports.
  • Ladder display improved to prevent a sequence of opening and closing ladder logic windows and the data window from confusing the range display.
  • Cut and Paste Special now includes address documentation.
  • Documentation is now printed for 5 digit addressing even if it was originally produced under 6 digit addressing.
  • Corrected a condition where documentation would be printed even when not selected in the main print dialog.
  • Corrected a condition where printing only single items would result in a system error.
  • Several idiosyncrasies in printing have been eliminated.
  • Corrected printing of TCOP locations.
  • FasTrak security no longer allows an existing password to be changed to blank.