Hotfix Patch for version 8.18.1 - Released 4th April 2022:

Bugs fixed

  • [I O] OPCUA: OPC-UA Client does not reconnect when started before OPCUA Server. [ref 28898]

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Version 8.18.1 - 11th May 2021

Bugs fixed

  • [O] OPC-UA was not connecting to io-eye MOS OPC-UA server. A error was logged with the following message. [ref 25185]
BadInvalidArgument

Version 8.18.0 - 21st April 2021

What’s new

  • [D I O] Simulation script: the property ‘Products’ has been added to the Chute equipment and also ‘ProductCount’. [ref 24636]
function DisplayProductsOnChute()
{
    let chute = GetComponentByNameAndType("Chute2", "Chute");
    LogDebug(`Product count (method1) = ${chute.Products.length}`)

    //-- or directly use:
    LogDebug(`Product count (method2) = ${chute.ProductCount}`)
    
    if(chute.Products.length > 0)
        LogDebug(`And first product name is: ${chute.Products[0].Name}`)   
}

  • [D I O] Simulation script: those following properties have been added for X-Ray Machine:. [ref 24635]

  • [D I] In property editor, when simulation is running, the Name of an equipment is read-only. It was not possible to select the name to copy it for example. It is now possible. [SUPPORT-IDEA 31]. [ref 22511]

Bugs fixed

  • [O] The OPC-UA driver is based on Softing driver. We updated the driver to latest version v5.65 of their driver to have latest bug fixes. [ref 24474] During the upgrade we fixed an issue: In simulation script, the function SetTagValue was not working for an OPC-UA source and a tag of tag DWORD.
  • [D I O] The ‘Commit’ dialog box was not rendered correctly when using high DPI. This has been fixed. [JIRA Sym3-390] [ref 24620]
  • [O] The ‘Datalog Chart’ control was crashing. [SUPPORT 2059] [ref 24818]

  • [I O] The Mitsubishi emulation datasource was not working as expected. [ref 24780]
  • [I O] We fixed an issue for the Copy/Paste when using it in a Manager panel (grid control) like Tags, DeviceIOs. [ref 24634]

  • [O] In Operator Client, using the ‘Debug Toolbar’ > Live Values’, the application was crashing when pasting some text in the search box. [SUPPORT 2056] [ref 24756]
  • [O] In Operator Server settings we have an option ‘ClientUpdateBufferingRate’ with a default value of 50ms. This is legacy code that is not required anymore. The default value has been changed to 0ms and is kept for backward compatibility. [ref 24847]
  • [I] Starting a simulation with recording was crashing Sym3 Integrator because of a particular MyEquipment. [ref 24796]