Month: December 2009

PLC WorkShop for Modicon v5.71 Release Notes

Posted: 12/22/2009

Solutions

Issues with importing Modsoft program files have been corrected.
Adding the 170 AAI 030 00 module in Traffic Cop as an I/O Bus now reserves the proper number of registry addresses.
Integration with FTVersionTrak has been improved.

Posted: 12/16/2009

Features

FTVersionTrak Programmer Edition (PE) has been released with this version. FTVersionTrak PE is a lightweight, easy-to-use tool for specially designed for PLC WorkShop users to track, view, and compare changes to their PLC programming files. FTVersionTrak PE requires very little setup to get started and does not disrupt the user’s workflow or programming environment.
The FTVersionTrak demo now includes a variety of sample files to facilitate testing and validating FTVersionTrak’s features.

Solutions

FTVersionTrak can now properly connect to a PLC during a scheduled upload task using COM Ports greater than 4.

Posted: 12/16/2009

Solutions

The Profibus Configurator now properly allows the maximum number of discrete points in a Profibus configuration.
Special Function subroutines that contain the Print instruction no longer become disabled when attempting to edit the subroutine while online.
Profibus GSD file support has been improved in the Profibus Configurator.
Attempting to search for X or WX addresses as outputs is no longer allowed.
The Data Window Fill command now operates properly from the context menu.
Cross Reference now builds properly when a network contains a Special Function program or subroutine.
Attempting to access the Special Function editor with multiple Data Windows open no longer causes an error.
Word outputs with bit-of-word addresses no longer display as forced in the logic window.
Attempting to open a program file that has a long file name no longer causes WorkShop to close unexpectedly.
Profibus module parameter support has been improved in the Profibus Configurator.