Author: Sarah Beackley

FTMaintenance Select v1.1.4.0 Release Notes

Features

  • Service Request Management
    • Request maintenance assistance on behalf of another requester.

Solutions

  • The system now notified users when character limits are exceeded or illegal characters are entered into the Number field when adding a new cost center to a service request.
  • Asset names can now contain or start with numbers.
  • Locations can now be deleted without causing system errors.
  • The Runtime Schedule option is now only enabled when an asset is assigned to the work order.
  • The visibility of an inventory item’s Carrying Cost field can now correctly be configured.
  • New service requests are now automatically approved when the service request configuration setting is set to Direct Mode.
  • Approved service requests now automatically become work orders when the service request configuration setting is set to Direct Mode.
  • Asset names now display correctly in the All Work Orders grid.
  • The Transaction Description now properly displays in transaction history.
  • Edit and delete icons are only displayed for valid items on the locations list.

FTMaintenance Select v1.1.3.1 Release Notes

Features

  • Work Order Management
    • Mark a work order as complete.
    • Automatically enter a work order completion date and time when the work order is marked as complete.
    • View completed work orders.

Solutions

  • The “Go Back” button on a service request’s edit page now works as expected.
  • Runtime unit information can be entered during the creation of an equipment record.
  • Previously uploaded record attachments now retain their original date and time stamp when new attachments are added.
  • The inventory name now loads properly when using the “Next” button during the creation of an inventory group and inventory item.
  • Manufacturer contact information (i.e., email address, phone, address) are no longer deleted when creating a manufacturer record from an asset record (via quick create).
  • Location data now displays correctly when creating or editing an equipment record.
  • Special characters (i.e., parenthesis) can now be used in a customer’s Phone field.
  • Capital letters can now be used in a customer’s Email Address field.
  • Locations can now be removed from inventory items.
  • Warning messages regarding invalid field data are reset when cancelling the addition of or edit of a location.
  • Data can now be entered in the Meter Type and Unit fields of a meter reading record.
  • Non-numerical data is no longer erroneously entered in the Quantity Allocated field on the work order Tool tab.
  • The system now notifies users when character limits are exceeded for an inventory item’s Number field.
  • Clicking the linked work order number of a closed work order displays the associated work order history record.
  • Inventory item details can now be accessed from a transaction history record.
  • Transaction history data now displays properly.
  • Locations records now properly load when creating or editing a stockroom record.
  • Attachments can now be deleted from service requests.
  • The correct dialog box now appears when editing a vendor from an asset record.
  • Activated notifications remain active after notification event information is changed.
  • A service request’s Required Date field now displays the correct time.
  • The Update button on an asset record now works as expected.

FTMaintenance Select v1.1.2.0 Release Notes

Features

  • Work Order Management
    • View who has performed work on a work order in the work order history grid.

Solutions

  • Previously uploaded record attachments are no longer removed when new attachments are uploaded.
  • A new maintenance category can now be added from Maintenance Category drop-down list fields.
  • Special characters can now be used in an attachment’s Description field.
  • The search functionality of the Property grid now works as expected.
  • Consecutive Add transactions can be performed.
  • Special characters can now be used in an equipment’s Model field.
  • Special characters can now be used in an asset’s Description field.
  • The meter reading sheet no longer removes assets from the sheet upon update.
  • Special characters can now be used in a part’s Part Class field.
  • Special characters can now be used in a tool’s Tool Type field.
  • The system notifies users when character limits are exceeded for a part’s Asset Category and Part Class fields.
  • Approved service requests that are cancelled return to a state of Pending.
  • A rejected service request’s status now properly changes to Rejected.

A work order’s Priority is no longer automatically set if a priority was not set when the work order was created.

FTMaintenance Select v1.1.1.1 Release Notes

Features

  • Inventory Management
    • Access frequently used inventory operations, such as transactions, through a graphical shortcut icon
  • Service Request Management
    • Automatically update a service request’s status when work orders are closed
    • Access a service request’s related work orders from the service request

Solutions

  • A service request’s Status can now be changed to a status other than Pending or Withdrawn.
  • Required fields for asset downtime records now work as expected.
  • The logged in user appears by default when creating asset downtime records.
  • Changes to asset, inventory, and work order configuration take place immediately.
  • The system notifies users when duplicate inventory group names are created.
    The system notifies users when character limits are exceeded for inventory  group names and descriptions.
  • A manufacturer’s Country no longer defaults to United States.
  • A manufacturer’s Type attribute now displays in the manufacturers grid.
  • Indoor locations can now be added to the locations tree.
    The number of items in a stockroom is now calculated and displayed correctly.

FTMaintenance Select v1.0.0.0 Release Notes

Initial release of FTMaintenance Select, web-based computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software

Features

  • Asset Management
    • Manage multiple asset types including Buildings, Equipment, Facilities, Parts, Properties, and Tools
    • Store comprehensive information about maintenance assets
    • Track and store information about asset manufacturers and vendors

 

  • Inventory Management
    • Control MRO inventory across a single or multiple locations
    • Track inventory items in a single or multiple stockrooms and storage locations
    • Easily access vendor and supplier information
    • Instantly identify where inventory items are stored

 

  • Location Management
    • Manage and track the locations of assets, inventory items, and where work is required
    • Track locations including indoor location, storage location, street address, and GPS coordinates
    • Define the internal structure of facility-based assets
    • Visualize the relationship between locations

 

  • Preventive Maintenance
    • Easily set up recurring work order schedules
    • Service Request Management
    • Create, view, and manage service requests
    • Generate work orders from service requests
    • Unlimited number of service requesters
    • Attach images and other files to requests to provide additional detail

 

  • Work Order Management
    • Create fully detailed work orders, including attachments
    • Generate multi-asset work orders
    • Generate full customer work orders
    • Generate full location work orders
    • Create customer work order types
    • Track multiple types of maintenance activities including corrective and preventive maintenance
    • Automatically send work order event-based email, text, or push notifications

 

  • User and User Group Management
    • Assign and manage user group permissions and user specific permissions

FTVersionTrak v2.1.1 Release Notes

Solutions

  • Multiple File Units
    • Directory units that are checked out and checked in use only their designated Working Directories in the local file system.
    • Multiple File Unit members of user-selected versions are correctly compared.
  • Version Control Operations
    • The Compare Folders dialog box correctly displays the versions selected in the History dialog box.

FTVersionTrak v2.1.0 Release Notes

Features

  • The Comments of the most recent file versions now appear in the File list.
  • Updating Folders and Files lists is greatly improved.

Solutions

  • Application Window
    • Fixed an error shown when user chooses to create a new repository while being connected to another repository and having a repository folder in edit mode (folder name is selected and being edited).
    • Fixed an error shown when user selects OK button in Browse for Server dialog in which the displayed list of Database Servers is empty.
  • Email Notification
    • Added a warning to user about missing email address of  SMTP Server Sender: “SMTP Sender User Email Account is blank. Email notifications will not be sent or received”. The warning is shown when a user with a repository permission to configure SMTP Server opens Email Setup dialog.
    • Fixed an error of new name of an email template not being saved, when user makes no other changes to the email template, besides renaming.
    • Corrected the display of a user name in a warning shown when a user that has no repository email account opens Attach/Detach Notifications to a folder dialog.
    • Updated the error shown to user when saving an email account with an empty email address to be more specific: “Could not save Email Account. Email Address must be in the format of “jsmith@example.com”. It must be less than 256 characters. It may not contain any of the following characters:\\ / : * ? ‘ ” <> | ~ { } [ ] ;”
  • File System Operations
    • Fixed the error of working directory being incorrectly set for the subfolders of a folder for which a specific local path has been set as a working directory.
    • Fixed an error of allowing user to create a repository folder with a name that contains  @ symbol or an apostrophe. If user selects such a name for a repository folder, the following error will be shown:  “Invalid repository folder name. The name contains invalid characters.  The following characters are considered invalid: @ \ / : * ? ‘ ” <> | ~ { } [ ] ;”
  • Help
    • Added Help Page to Get Latest Version dialog.
  • Network Setup
    • Fixed “DataGridViewComboBoxCell value is not valid” error when using a deleted device in MBX Bridge Mapping.
    • Fixed an error of not giving a user an option to close the Network Setup dialog without saving when the changes to Network Setup made by a user are invalid.
  • Repository Security
    • Fixed “User does not have permission to perform this action” error received when repository SQL user with the permissions to manage repository permissions of other users updates repository permissions of another repository user.
    • Added an error to be shown when a user makes an invalid change to Display Name in Email Settings of Repository User/Group dialog: “Display Name is in an invalid format. It must begin with the letter and may contain spaces, digits, hyphens, commas, dots and underscores”.
    • Added an error to be shown when a user makes an invalid change to Email Address in Email Settings of Repository User/Group dialog: “Email Address is in an invalid format. Email Address must be in the format of “jsmith@example.com”. It must be less than 256 characters. It may not contain any of the following characters:\\ / : * ? ‘ ” <> | ~ { } [ ] ;”
  • Scheduled Tasks
    • Fixed an error of repository task configured to send email notifications being shown to run successfully when the task fails to send the email notifications.
  • Version Control Operations
    • Fixed an error of Check Out, Undo Check Out, and Check In operations on shared repository files being incorrectly reported in the operation results dialog as skipped.
    • Fixed an error of Get operation on shared repository file to retrieve a local copy from only the first of its repository locations.
    • Fixed “Cannot retrieve the selected items” error shown when multiple repository files from different repository locations are selected in Search Results window for Get operation, and a repository folder of any of the selected repository files has no working directory.
    • Fixed an error of prompting user during Get operation to create a local directory for deleted repository folders.

PLC WorkShop Suite for Siemens 505 v5.10 Release Notes

Features

  • Ladder Logic can be previewed and printed with the colors selected in Program Setup.

Solutions

  • Correct Special Function Program numbers are listed when printing PID Loops.
  • Program Setup defaults are correctly saved and restored.
  • Correct images and illustrations are restored to the online Help articles.

FTVersionTrak v2.0.0 Release Notes

Features

  • Scheduled Tasks
    • More detail is included in the Scheduled Task report.
  • SQL Server
    • Added support for SQL Server 2014 and 2016.
  • Version Control Operations
    • File history can be extracted from history to a local file system working directory.

Solutions

  • File System Operations
    • Improved support to destroy folders.
    • Folders can be created when multiple instances of FTVersionTrak are running on the same computer.
  • Multiple File Units
    • Electronic signatures for folders is supported.
    • Directory units are correctly checked back into their original folders.
  • Repository Security
    • The security privileges to create and view file version states have been coordinated.
    • Adding administrator and power editor users to SQL repositories is not limited.
  • Scheduled Tasks
    • Users can stop any scheduled task that they create.
  • SQL Server
    • Repositories can be created under SQL 2014 and SQL 2016.
    • Browsing for repositories created with SQL 2014 and SQL 2016 is supported in 64-bit operating systems.
  • Version Control Operations
    • Labeling folders is supported.
    • The Sign In dialog remains open if an incorrect username/password combination is entered which allows another combination to be entered.
    • When performing a recursive check out on a folder, the warning about overwriting files in the working folder appears only for files that are not already checked out.
    • Changes to the Require All Signatures setting are retained.
    • The Checkout Results dialog appears after check out operations, regardless of whether local working copies are overwritten or retained.
    • Clearer notification is provided when attempting to edit comments in previously destroyed file versions.

FTVersionTrak v1.9.4 Release Notes

Solutions

  • File System Operations
    • Working Directories that are mapped to subfolders are fully supported.
  • Repository Options
    • Formatted Templates are now more clearly identified.
  • Repository Search
    • Searches can be performed in Repositories that contain thousands of folders.
  • Scheduled Tasks
    • Scheduled Tasks are now removed in a safer two-step Delete-then-Destroy process.
    • Passwords longer than 15 characters are now supported.
    • Scheduled tasks that are Deleted but not yet Destroyed cannot be renamed.
    • New Tasks replace Deleted Tasks when given the same name.
    • Clearer notifications are generated for Scheduled Tasks when there are no differences between the most recent file version and the PLC program.
    • Any existing Scheduled Task settings can be revised.
  • User Interface
    • The Activity Log now uses a Progress Bar to indicate the status of the report preparation.
    • The Search feature provides a more responsive Progress Bar that indicates the status of the operation.
    • Opening Repositories now displays a more responsive Progress Bar that indicates the status of the operation.

FTVersionTrak v1.9.3 Release Notes

Solutions

  • Connection
    • A single verification is required when declining to update Repositories created by previous releases of FTVersionTrak.
  • Files System Operations
    • Root directories can be set as Working Directories for folders.
    • Each Repository folder and subfolder can be assigned unique working directories.
  • Repository Options
    • Folder history is now retained after the Activity Log is purged.
    • Activity Log entries can be purged, and the number of days to keep log entries can be adjusted without causing deletion errors.
    • When configured, users must enter a comment when checking in files.
    • The Comment field in the label dialog is resizable.
  • Repository Security
    • When configured, a signature is required when revising Repository group owners.

 

  • Scheduled Tasks
    • Successfully executed Scheduled Tasks are reported correctly.
    • When configured, Scheduled Tasks that detect no differences between the current PLC program and its most recent file in the Repository will email appropriate message.
  • Version Control Operations
    • Electronic signatures are accepted when checking out folders.
    • Electronic signatures are not required when viewing unedited comments.
    • Dialog that confirms deleted or destroyed files closes automatically.
    • A warning dialog appears when checking out a file that will be copied over an edited working copy.

FTVersionTrak v1.9.2 Release Notes

Solutions

  • New local folders into which working copies of checked-out files are placed can be created during check out.

PLC WorkShop Suite for Siemens 505 v5.00 Release Notes

Features

  • Added the ability to cut, copy, and paste Profibus slave devices within the Profibus Configurator. Cut and copied slave devices can be pasted within the same PLC program or into another program.
  • Added the ability to exclude unconfigured PID Loops and Analog Alarms from their respective directory listings.
  • Added support for PID Loop and Analog Alarm addresses within the Replace Table.

Solutions

  • The Profibus Freeze/Sync and Lock/Unlock parameters are set correctly for slave devices that support these options.

FTVersionTrak v1.9.1 Release Notes

Solutions

  • Installation of SQL 2008 is now optional.
  • When installing FTVersionTrak, previous installations are now recognized.

FTVersionTrak v1.9.0 Release Notes

Features

  • Expanded workflow management tools including:
    • Ability to configure signature requirements for file and/or security operations
    • Ability to create comment templates for each comment type, create additional fields for comment entry, and require entry of information to comment fields
  • Improved auditing capabilities through increased access to, and granularity of, user activity information including:
    • Ability to view comment details within the Repository Activity log
    • Ability to view signature details within the Repository Activity log
  • Improved automatic file comparisons (Scheduled Tasks) including:
    • Ability to configure the areas of the program that will be compared by the scheduled task
    • Ability to attach Comparison Report and/or copy of the file from the PLC to notification emails
    • Ability to configure whether scheduled tasks that identify differences will automatically upload a new file version to the FTVT repository
  • Improved the ability to manage group/user permissions including:
    • Ability to Undo My Checkout
    • Ability to Undo Checkout of Others
    • Ability to View Repository Options
  • Added the ability to view the most recent file version comment from file properties
  • Improved the ability to compare and view the contents of Repository Labeled Sets

Solutions

  • Improved the formatting and function of the Find Label feature
  • Improved load time performance of the repository tree view
  • Improved support for Windows 8 & Windows 10
  • Improved the performance of the color picker used within the Compare Label Results feature
  • Improved performance of Scheduled Tasks for PLC WorkShop files created by older versions of PLC WorkShop

PLC WorkShop Suite for Siemens 505 V4.90 Release Notes

Features

  • Added the ability to sort TCP/IP settings by description or IP address.

Solutions

  • Improved the performance of line deletion edits within Special Function programs.
  • Improved the Cross Reference Table to:
    • Correctly identify GEQ compare instructions.
    • Include addresses of all Special Function programs.
  • Updated network deletion functionality to place and/or keep the PLC in edit mode.

FTVersionTrak v1.7.3 SP1 Release Notes

Solutions

  • An issue with comparing files outside the repository has been corrected.
  • A file format issue with saving 505 files using scheduled tasks has been corrected.

PLC WorkShop Suite for Siemens 505 v4.81 Release Notes

Solutions

  • Improved the display of APV and LPV addresses within the cross-reference table
  • Improved handling of online program updates that exceed available ladder memory
  • Added support to the replace table for Ondelay and Offdelay timers

FTVersionTrak v1.6.0 Release Notes

Features

  • Added versioning control capabilities for PLC WorkShop for Siemens 505 programs that use control relays greater than 32,768.
  • Improved support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.
  • Added support for additional SQL servers (SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Express).

Solutions

  • Improved the performance of the audit log interface.
  • Improved the validation and performance of some WorkShop file comparison operations.
  • Added several minor modifications to the user interface, providing users with a more accurate definition of the actions they can perform.

PLC WorkShop Suite for Siemens 505 V4.80 Release Notes

Features

Solutions

  • Improved the validation of Watchdog Timer Settings.
  • Improved the operation of PID loops containing more than one step.
  • Improved the operation of ramp soak steps that use certain R/S Flag addresses.