PcVue 12 Release Notes

Last modification date : 28/01/2021

Document revision : 1.0

Content of the document : This document contains information about changes in PcVue 12. It includes
information up to Maintenance Release 12.0.20.

See the Readme file for summary information about new features and system requirements.

Note to readers:
SPR or Software Problem Report refers not only to problems, but also to improvements requested by
customers and partners. Only new features and major evolutions are not subject to SPR references. Issues
found during version qualification and field tests are not mentioned unless they were present in a
previous version and are significant. In the same way, software feature improvements made during
software source-code maintenance phases by the R&D teams are not subject to SPR.
Items marked as Upgrade indicate a modification requiring particular attention when upgrading a project.
Please refer to the online help for more detailed information about new features, programming language
syntax…
Summary
I. Updates .................................................................................................................................................... 2
1. New features............................................................................................................................................ 2
2. Fixes ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
3. Critical fixes ............................................................................................................................................ 19
4. Enhancements ....................................................................................................................................... 21
5. Performance .......................................................................................................................................... 24
6. Installation ............................................................................................................................................. 25
7. Security .................................................................................................................................................. 26
8. Other fixes & enhancements ................................................................................................................. 27
II. Release ................................................................................................................................................... 28
1. New features.......................................................................................................................................... 28
2. Fixes ....................................................................................................................................................... 35
3. Critical fixes ............................................................................................................................................ 84
4. Enhancements ....................................................................................................................................... 89
5. Performance ........................................................................................................................................ 110
6. Audit & diagnostic................................................................................................................................ 113
7. Add-ons & tools ................................................................................................................................... 115
8. Installation ........................................................................................................................................... 116
9. Security ................................................................................................................................................ 117
10.Other fixes & enhancements ............................................................................................................... 118
III. Known Issues........................................................................................................................................ 119
 I. Updates
1. New features

Support for included mimics and popups (SPR #66242) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Included mimics and popups are now supported in WebVue. 12.0.11 Release
It was a known issue since 12.0.7 (Initial Release).

Support of iPad OS 13 Web Server Extensions.WebVue

WebVue now supports the Safari web browser shipped with iPad OS 13. 12.0.11 Release
 2. Fixes

Masked alarm reappearing after passive server restart (SPR #68378) Alarms
Under some circumstances, saved alarms were incorrectly reloaded when a passive server was 12.0.20 Release
restarting. Specifically, their saved "masked" status could be corrupted and triggered
reappearance or disappearance of alarms upon a restart.

OPC XML server not correctly created (SPR #68568) Configuration

OPC XML server were not correctly created if modeled with the Application Architect. The Url Environments.Application
property was missing. Architect
12.0.20 Release

SG-OPC - Incorrect server after synchronization (SPR #68454) Configuration

Under some circumstances, an incorrect server was set after an import synchronization. The Environments.Smart Generators
issue occurred when multiples servers were configured and the selected server was different 12.0.20 Release
from the first one.

Fatal error on passive server (SPR #68426) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

A fatal error could occur when stopping a passive server due to pending reports not deleted 12.0.20 Release
correctly.

Report groups disabled (SPR #68460) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

Under some circumstances, a report group was disabled after receiving a report that had the 12.0.20 Release
buffer overflow flag.

Fatal error when writing an SNMP variable (SPR #68479) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when writing an SNMP variable. 12.0.20 Release

Memory leak on errors (SPR #68511) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager

Under some circumstances, a memory leak could occur when facing connectivity issues with 12.0.20 Release
devices refreshed by polling. Some polled read requests were not correctly freed after errors.

HDS fatal error upon shutdown General

Under some circumstances, a fatal error of the HDS could occur upon project shutdown. 12.0.20 Release

AD user login failure (SPR #68106) General.User management

Active Directory users could not login after a restart of the computer and until it had reached 12.0.20 Release
the Domain controller at least once. From now on, group SIDs are managed in addition to user
names and their associated groups.

HDS not stopping (SPR #68314) Historical data

Under some circumstances, the HDS was not correctly stopped at project exit. The issue 12.0.20 Release
occurred after having added a new trend associated to a long update rate, and the project exit
being triggered before the end of the first update period of the new trend.
Incorrect cursor value (SPR #68428) HMI.Trend viewer
The cursor value displayed in the Trend viewer was incorrect for curves which rank was over 8. 12.0.20 Release

Initial value of new variables not loaded (SPR #68578) Networking

When updating a project version on a passive server, newly created variables (in this project 12.0.20 Release
version) were not correctly initialized with their initial value after a server switchover.

Multiple active servers in a single active server association (SPR Networking

#68379) 12.0.20 Release
In a single active server historical association, multiple servers could be active simultaneously
when started at the same time or after a network failure.

BeforeClose script not triggered (SPR #68418) Scripting.SCADA Basic

The SCADA Basic function called upon closing a mimic was not correctly triggered when the 12.0.20 Release
mimic was closed via SCADA Basic.
This fix applies to PcVue desktop only.

Instruction FOPEN - Fatal error with unknown access mode (SPR Scripting.SCADA Basic
#68097) 12.0.20 Release
A fatal error could occur when using the instruction FOPEN with an unexpected access mode
argument.

Instruction WINDOW mode CLOSEALL - Mimics close failed (SPR Web Server Extensions.WebVue
#68639) 12.0.20 Release
The SCADA Basic instruction WINDOW mode CLOSEALL was not working properly in a web
context. Some mimics could fail to close and remained open.

Trend viewer average value updated in historical mode (SPR #67633) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
In the Trend viewer legend, the average value of a paused/historical trend was incorrectly 12.0.20 Release
updated based on real-time values.

Access to previous user session (SPR #66317) WebScheduler

Under some circumstances, a session reuse could occur. 12.0.20 Release

Instruction SVLOG - Last line missing in buffer (SPR #68234) Scripting.SCADA Basic
When exporting data with the SCADA Basic instruction SVLOG, the last line was missing in the 12.0.20 Release
exported buffer. Other versions: 11.2.06097

Fatal error upon HDS shutdown (SPR #66900) Historical data

A fatal error could occur during shutdown when the HDS tried to record the exit invalid trend 12.0.20 Release
points. It only occurred when one of the trend had no previous record available in the Other versions: 11.2.06095
database.
Fatal error when closing a mimic (SPR #67571) HMI
Under some circumstances, a fatal could occur when closing a mimic. The issue occurred when 12.0.20 Release
trying to close a mimic while it is already being closed. For example, it could happen when Other versions: 11.2.06094
mimic closure required the execution of a with VBA or SCADA Basic script taking some time to
execute.

SVLOG function mode EXTRACT - Lines enclosed with double-quote Scripting.SCADA Basic
(SPR #68234, 66631) 12.0.20 Release
Since version 11.2.06066, every lines returned by the instruction SVLOG mode EXTRACT were Other versions: 11.2.06091
enclosed with double-quotes. This could cause compatibility issues with 3rd party software or
scripts used to parse the exported files.

Ethernet/IP Add-on - Handling of large arrays (SPR #68352) Add-ons and Tools
The Ethernet/IP add-on did not handle large arrays of DWord correctly. If the array was larger 12.0.19 Release
than 50 items, variables were always set to status NS (invalid).

Mimic design screen resolution no longer forced to 1440*900 (SPR Configuration

#66529) Environments.Application
Mimic generated with the Application Architect were always configured with the resolution Architect
1440*900 for the property Design screen resolution. They are now using the active resolution at 12.0.19 Release
the time of the generation.

Fatal error when configuring a license renter station (SPR #67689, Configuration
67090) Environments.Application
A fatal error of the Application Explorer occurred when editing a station to make it a license Explorer
renter. The issue occurred if no license owner station was configured, or if the owner station 12.0.19 Release
had been previously deleted.

Unable to start BRCB on a newly active server after switchover (SPR Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
#68309) 12.0.19 Release
In a configuration containing several IEC 61850 networks managed by the same server
association, the server switchover was not correctly processed for all produced networks. Some
networks remained active on the passive server, meaning that URCB/BRCB were not stopped,
and thus forbade the newly active server to start them.

Incorrect quality if range dependent on other variables (SPR #67969) Data Acquisition.OPC Client
Under some circumstance, the quality of register variables could be incorrect. The issue only 12.0.19 Release
occurred with OPC variables, when the variable range was defined by dependency to other
variables.

OPC-XML - Data types handling caused a fatal error (SPR #67622) Data Acquisition.OPC Client
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when processing data received from an 12.0.19 Release
OPC-XML server. The issue only occurred for data of type long, uint, ushort, ulong, if they were
not already converted on the OPC server side.

OPC-XML - Fatal error with a disconnected server (SPR #65755) Data Acquisition.OPC Client
A fatal error occurred when a GetStatus() request was sent to a disconnected server. 12.0.19 Release
Fatal error with .ico file in B directory (SPR #67904) HMI
A fatal error could occur when opening the Image selector on a library containing a .ico file. It 12.0.19 Release
was due to an improper handling of the thumbnails for this type of files.

Incorrect display if Print format includes tabs (SPR #67841) HMI.Alarm viewer
Alarm viewer columns were incorrectly filled when the Print format was empty or set with 12.0.19 Release
tabulation characters.

Textbox control not initialized with variable content (SPR #67452) HMI.Animations
The Textbox control was not correctly initialized with the value of a variable when used in a 12.0.19 Release
mimic with a branch.

Virtual keypad - Validate text input with key Enter (SPR #66378, HMI.Animations
65503) 12.0.19 Release
Text input could not be validated by pressing the physical keyboard key Enter (if any). The input
could only be validated with the OK button of the Virtual keypad.

Blinking effect (SPR #65506) HMI.Map control

Fix of a blinking effect on the map control when a marker position was updated. 12.0.19 Release

Fatal error on text color modification (SPR #67988) HMI.Map control

A fatal error could occur when editing the text color of a Text marker. 12.0.19 Release

Instruction EXPORT_LOG mode GETSTATISTIC - Sort order argument Scripting.SCADA Basic

ignored (SPR #68221, 68211) 12.0.19 Release
The argument StatSortOrder was not correctly taken into account when using the instruction
EXPORT_LOG mode GETSTATISTIC.
No error was returned when passing an inappropriate value, and with a correct value, it was
not taken into account and sorting was not effective.

Instruction VARIABLE, mode ASSOCIATEDLABEL - Incorrect return Scripting.SCADA Basic

value (SPR #67675) 12.0.19 Release
The label name was returned instead of the label current value when the instruction VARIABLE
mode ASSOCIATEDLABEL was called for a variable of type Bit.

Fatal error on the Web back end (SPR #67721) Web Server Extensions
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur on a Web back end server, due a trace 12.0.19 Release
message with an incorrect format. The issue could only occur when the Mimic Details trace
level was activated in the Web back end configuration.

Alarm viewer sorting not working with checkbox selection (SPR Web Server Extensions.WebVue
#68143) 12.0.19 Release
In WebVue, sorting was incorrectly done on the adjacent column when the Line selection mode
was set to By checkbox.
Tooltip displayed for hidden buttons (SPR #68024, 67993) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
The tooltip was displayed on graphic objects, even if it was hidden due to a Visibility animation. 12.0.19 Release

WebVue no longer refreshed (SPR #68066, 67305) Web Server Extensions.WebVue

Under some circumstances, when using popup mimics, WebVue was no longer refreshed and 12.0.19 Release
was disconnected after a while.

Trends not displayed correctly on large screens (SPR #68081) HMI.Trend viewer
Curves were not rendered properly if the Trend Viewer was larger than 3200 pixels. 12.0.19 Release
Other versions: 11.2.06095

OPC Watchdog treatment not fully executed (SPR #66922) Real time data
Under some circumstances, Watchdog treatment on OPC variables was not working properly 12.0.19 Release
and only part of the variables were set to NS WD on watchdog failure. Other versions: 11.2.06091

Fatal error on exit (SPR #66105) Data Acquisition.Other built-in

A fatal error occurred upon exit when using frames of type Info or Command not set to the drivers
maximum size. 12.0.19 Release
Other versions: 11.2.06088

Host name resolved even when communication not started (SPR Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager
#66228) 12.0.19 Release
Resolution of the hostname of an SNMP device was executed even when the device was not Other versions: 11.2.06084
started. Hostname resolution is now executed only when data acquisition is started for the
device.

Event selection-changed wrongly triggered in Combo-box (SPR HMI.Form controls

#68123) 12.0.18 Release
The event OnSelectionChanged was improperly triggered in the Combo-box control when
navigating in the dropdown list using the keypad. It is now only triggered upon validation of the
new item selection.

Animation not triggered (SPR #67697) Web Server Extensions.WebVue

When a symbol was part of a group, its animations were not correctly triggered on mouse-click. 12.0.18 Release

Hidden control zone (SPR #68024) Web Server Extensions.WebVue

Control zone highlight was not properly hidden when the control zone itself was hidden 12.0.18 Release
because it belonged to a hidden group or symbol.

Trend viewer toggle button Show/Hide (SPR #67701) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
The toggle button to show/hide curves (in the legend) was not working properly when trends 12.0.18 Release
were dynamically set via SCADA Basic instruction TREND mode SETVAR.

Fatal error at startup (SPR #68005) Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur at network startup on projects with a large 12.0.17 Release
number of BACnet devices among which some are disconnected.
Web component not correctly deployed on Windows 7 and Windows Deployment tools.Web
Server 2008 R2 (SPR #67994) Deployment Console
The Web components were not correctly deployed by the WDC on operating systems using IIS 12.0.17 Release
7.35 or lower, which include Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. This was due to the use
of the applicationInitialization element in the IIS configuration (only supported by from IIS 8.0
onward).

Function Keys configuration lost (SPR #68051) General

Since version 12.0.16, Functions Keys configuration was lost after restarting a project. 12.0.17 Release

Fatal error on symbol edition (SPR #67832) HMI

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when modifying symbol sub-objects via 12.0.17 Release
the Graphic Explorer.

VBA event KeyPressed not triggered (SPR #68045) HMI.Grid control

The VBA event KeyPressed of the Grid Control was not triggered when pressing an arrow key if 12.0.17 Release
the key was associated to a Function Key action.

Instruction KEY mode ADDPROG and ADDPROGS - Failure with key Scripting.SCADA Basic
code greater than 26 12.0.17 Release
The SCADA Basic instruction KEY with modes ADDPROG and ADDPROGS failed when the key
code was greater than 26.

Fatal error on Browse request by a web client (SPR #67983) Web Server Extensions
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when the configuration of a variable was 12.0.17 Release
modified while a Browse request was being processed for a web client.

Fatal error when closing a web session Web Server Extensions

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when closing a web client's session. The 12.0.17 Release
issue could be reproduced if an Alarm Syntheses was configured with the option Take the
applied Population into account, and if the value of an extended attribute was changed while
closing the web session.

Unable to filter alarms with level 0 only (SPR #67821) Web Server Extensions
It was not possible to filter real time alarms with level 0 only (minLevel=0 and maxLevel=0). 12.0.17 Release
With such requests, the maxLevel parameter was automatically set to 29.

This issue only affected web components with alarm filtering capabilities (WebVue, Web
Services Toolkit and TouchVue).
Impossible to restore communication despite time-out errors (SPR Data Acquisition.Other built-in
#67881) drivers
Under some circumstances, the communication with some TCP/IP devices could not be 12.0.17 Release
restored despite multiple time-out errors. The issue was due to the PLC not responding to Other versions: 11.2.06097
requests while the underlying socket was still in an Ok state.
From now on, after a period of 180 sec in time-out error, it is possible to force a close of the
socket, which is then re-opened at the next retry.

To activate this behavior, the following keys must be added in the file C\EqtConf.ini:

[TCPIP]
EnableCloseOnConsecutiveTimeOut = 1
MaxConsecutiveTimeOutInSec = 180

Opening a mimic containing the Grid Control (SPR #67930) HMI.Grid control
When using the Grid Control with the Variable Tracking mode activated, the height of each row 12.0.17 Release
was unnecessarily stored in the mimic (or symbol) file. It was leading to an unusual long time to Other versions: 11.2.06095
open the mimic, and could lead to a fatal error in some cases (due to timeout errors).

Trends not displayed upon request to the archives (SPR #66731) HMI.Trend viewer
Under some circumstances, trends could disappear and no longer be displayed when 12.0.17 Release
requesting historical data. The issue occurred when a real time value (for one of the displayed Other versions: 11.2.06095
variables) was received while processing the historical data.

Memory leak when changing a threshold on a passive server (SPR Scripting.SCADA Basic
#68034) 12.0.17 Release
Under some circumstances, a memory leak could occur when executing the instruction Other versions: 11.2.06095
VARIBALE mode THRESHOLD_SETVALUE on a passive server.

Associated actions and context mimic not accessible (SPR #67797) HMI
Under some circumstances, associated actions and context mimic were not accessible from a 12.0.17 Release
log or alarm viewer. The issue only occurred when the mimic was opened via a SCADA Basic Other versions: 11.2.06094
script executed at startup.

SNMP trap not sent (SPR #67679) Communication interfaces.SNMP

When configuring multiple traps with the same generic format, only the last trap was sent. Agent
12.0.16 Release

Import failed due to expressions (SPR #67558, 67545, 67276, 66885) Configuration Environments
When importing expressions via a Smart Generator or the Application Architect, expressions 12.0.16 Release
configured with a result variable that was not produced locally were only partly loaded and did
not behave as expected at runtime.

Fatal error when editing a property defined by expression (SPR Configuration

#67450) Environments.Application
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when opening the expression editor for Architect
defining a property. The issue occurred when the operating system was set for the Hebrew 12.0.16 Release
character set. Other non-English languages were potentially impacted also (reproduced with
French char-sets).
Buffered AI and AO values not recorded (SPR #66941, 66834, 66297) Data Acquisition.DNP3
The buffered values for AI and AO objects of a DNP3 device were not correctly recorded in the 12.0.16 Release
archives when they were associated to trends. These values are read when connecting to the
device at startup or upon reconnection.

Driver IpOpenWebNet - Extension modules support (SPR #67702) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
The SCS extension modules were incorrectly updated when a new measurement was received drivers
for a single Lighting Point. 12.0.16 Release

Fatal error when exporting with limited amount of exported records Data Export
(SPR #67739) 12.0.16 Release
A fatal error could occur when performing an export having the advanced property "Statistics
output.Limit exported records" activated, even if the actual number of records was lower than
this limit.

Incorrect value and boundaries for System.Localhost.Session.Type General

(SPR #67957) 12.0.16 Release
The variable System.Localhost.Session.Type had an incorrect low boundary, 0 instead of -1, and
was wrongly set to -1 where the value should have been 104 when a the client was connected
using the Web Services toolkit.
The same fix applies to the values returned by the SCADA Basic instruction SESSION mode
GETTYPE.

Instruction KEY modes ADDPROG, ADDCLK and ADDSTD - Existing key Scripting.SCADA Basic
not replaced (SPR #67955) 12.0.16 Release
When creating a new function key action with the SCADA Basic instruction KEY modes
ADDPROG, ADDCLK or ADDSTD, an existing definition of the key combination was not replaced
by the new one, leading to the execution of both actions when triggered.
As described in the help, any existing definition of a temporary key is now replaced, and the
instruction returns an error if the existing key is permanent (configured) and cannot be
replaced by script at runtime.

Improper disconnection WebScheduler

Without a user action causing a request to the web server, the user was forcibly disconnected 12.0.16 Release
after the session time-out (defaulted to 1mn). It could happen when configuring multiple
schedules before saving them at once. A keep-alive request is now sent every 10s to make sure
the connection is maintained.

Upgrade Alarm synthesis default property value (SPR #67799, 66701) Configuration
The default value of the property Take the applied population into account of Alarm Syntheses Environments.Application
items is False since version 11.2 Release. Architect
This new default value was mistakenly not applied to Alarm syntheses created with the 12.0.16 Release
Application Architect. It is now applied.
Other versions: 11.2.06094
This change may introduce a behavior change in the way alarm syntheses are calculated in
some projects. Please refer to the Known issues section for more information.

Fatal error upon copy of a variable or trend (SPR #66986) Configuration

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when copying a variable or trend. Environments.Application
Explorer
12.0.16 Release
Other versions: 11.2.06094
Fatal error at project startup (SPR #67652) Historical data
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur at project startup due a conflict in 12.0.16 Release
accessing pending event logs (event logs waiting to be recorded). Other versions: 11.2.06094

Upgrade Potential memory leak in Networking with mixed PcVue Networking

versions (SPR #67867) 12.0.16 Release
Under some circumstances, while migrating a project, a memory leak occurred on a data Other versions: 11.2.06094
acquisition server if it ran a version greater than or equal to 11.2.6086 and communicating with
a client station running with version 12.0.15 or lower. The leak occurred at each restart of a
client station, and its size was proportional to the number of variable subscriptions sent by the
client station to the server station (250 bytes per subscription - typically a leak of 2.5 MB for 10
000 variables at each restart of a client station).

Support for OID and Value in Generic Trap (SPR #67126) Communication interfaces.SNMP
Generic traps were not supporting OID and Value parameters properly. They now behaves as Agent
described in the online help. 12.0.16 Release
Other versions: 11.2.06092

Fatal error on frame modification (SPR #66627) Data Acquisition.Other built-in

A fatal error could occur when modifying a frame while the communication was starting. drivers
12.0.15 Release

Populations not correctly applied to HDS log lists (SPR #66699) Historical data
Under some circumstances, populations were not correctly applied to HDS log lists in Log 12.0.15 Release
Viewer, leading to an empty display. The issue occurred when multiple criteria were applied to
the same attribute.

Context mimic with variables attributes (SPR #67261) HMI

Since version 12.0, it was possible to open a context mimic from a graphic object animated with 12.0.15 Release
a variable attribute such as #_Q, #_T or TATTx#. Such mimics only support a context based on a
variable value.

Fatal error when opening mimics in binary format (SPR #66783) HMI
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when opening a mimic due to some 12.0.15 Release
objects being loaded twice.

Graphical interface frozen (SPR #67045) HMI

Under some circumstances, the graphical interface could freeze due to the use of AVI or GIF 12.0.15 Release
objects in mimics. The loading and display of these objects is now optimized to avoid an
overconsumption of CPU resources.

Residual objects displayed with large preview (SPR #67062) HMI

Some residual objects were displayed in images and symbols selectors when using large 12.0.15 Release
preview.

Incorrect position of a symbol in design mode (SPR #67570) HMI.Map control

In design mode, a symbol at an absolute position was incorrectly anchored in the Map Control. 12.0.15 Release
Instruction SQL_COMMAND mode READBUFFERCELL - Empty cells Scripting.SCADA Basic
were ignored (SPR #67266) 12.0.15 Release
String cells having a NULL value were ignored and skipped when using the instruction
SQL_COMMAND with the mode READBUFFERCELL. They are now interpreted as empty strings.

Several fixes & enhancements to TouchVue (SPR #67297, 66946, TouchVue

66697, 66640, 65853, 65370) 12.0.15 Release
The list of fixes & enhancements includes:

• Under some circumstances, mimics could freeze,

• Under some circumstances, users could not logout and login,
• Some variable commands were not correctly triggered when embedded in object
groups, symbols or mimic tab,
• Incorrect error messages were displayed after unsubscribing a variable.

Instruction TREND mode SETVAR - Variable description not updated Web Server Extensions.WebVue
(SPR #66637) 12.0.15 Release
In a WebVue context, the variable description was not updated in the legend when the curve
was modified with the SCADA Basic instruction TREND mode SETVAR.

Driver SAIA - Equipment not correctly initialized (SPR #67443) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
At startup, some devices were not correctly initialized and connection could not be established. drivers
Startup of devices is now serialized to enforce a proper initialization. 12.0.15 Release
Other versions: 11.2.06093

Fatal error with redundant servers (SPR #67440) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur due to trap handling in redundant server 12.0.15 Release
set-up. Other versions: 11.2.06093

Error message displayed when opening a map (SPR #66956) HMI.Map control
Under some circumstances, an error message could be raised when displaying a map at project 12.0.15 Release
startup, due to execution synchronization issues. Other versions: 11.2.06093

File & Folder filter for Project version not correctly saved (SPR #66794) General.Version management
Under some circumstances, the file selection configured in the central version management 12.0.14 Release
was not correctly saved. The issue could occur in particular when selecting the "All files in
project directory" checkbox at the project root level.

Fatal error with a variable name used in a tooltip (SPR #67020) HMI.Animations
A fatal error occurred when a variable with a name longer than 80 characters was used in a 12.0.14 Release
tooltip.

Fatal error when opening a web client (SPR #67012) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Under some circumstances, a fatal error of the web back end station could occur when running 12.0.14 Release
a WebVue client. This issue was due a synchronization issue with the server.
Invalid OPC variables after switchover (SPR #66837, 66655) Data Acquisition.OPC Client
Under some circumstances, variables mapped to OPC items could remain invalid after a data 12.0.14 Release
acquisition server switchover if errors occurred during the switchover. Other versions: 11.2.06092
The issue affected:

• Versions 11.2.06781 to 11.2.06793,

• All releases of 12.0 up to 12.0.14.

Incorrect filtered list of alarms in Alarm viewer (SPR #67009) HMI.Alarm viewer
Under some circumstances, the alarms displayed in an Alarm viewer did not match to the 12.0.14 Release
expected filter. It could occur if a filter was applied using VBA while quickly opening and closing Other versions: 11.2.06091
mimics.

IEC 104 variables not refreshed (SPR #66723) Data Acquisition.IEC 60870-5-104
Under some circumstances, some IEC 104 variables could not be refreshed at startup or on Client
server switchover. 12.0.13 Release

ActiveX controls based on .Net loaded twice (SPR #66858) HMI

ActiveX controls based on .Net components were loaded twice. 12.0.13 Release

Fatal error with symbol containing a Trend viewer (SPR #66968) HMI
A fatal error occurred when manipulating a symbol containing a Trend viewer with the option 12.0.13 Release
Save runtime properties activated.

Unable to edit symbol from the Graphic Explorer (SPR #66665) HMI
Under some circumstances, it was not possible to edit a symbol directly from the Graphic 12.0.13 Release
Explorer. The issue occurred when the anchor point of a symbol was invalid.

Images not stretched (SPR #66947, 65941) Web Server Extensions.WebVue

The option Stretch image was not taken into account when rendering images used in Images 12.0.13 Release
animations (e.g.: Image on Bit).

Incorrect colors in Trend viewer (SPR #66754) Web Server Extensions.WebVue

Under some circumstances, color of traces were incorrect in a Trend viewer. The issue occurred 12.0.13 Release
when a trend historical request was executed while another one was still in progress.

Code page displayed in string values (SPR #66842) Data Acquisition.BACnet

When the code page was different from UTF-8, string values were prefixed with the applied 12.0.12 Release
code page (UCS-2, DBCS...).

Time-out on variable initialization (SPR #66803) Data Acquisition.DNP3

Under some circumstances, a time-out could occur when initializing DNP3 variables. 12.0.12 Release

Fatal error when exiting the VCR mode (SPR #66773) Historical data.VCR
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when exiting PcVue if running in VCR 12.0.12 Release
mode and while playing records.
Trend Viewer runtime configuration lost (SPR #66736) HMI.Trend viewer
The runtime configuration of Trend Viewer was not correctly saved with branched mimics. 12.0.12 Release

Instruction CIMWAY mode READFRAME - Fatal error when read Scripting.SCADA Basic
request failed (SPR #66607) 12.0.12 Release
A fatal error could occur when a read request triggered by the instruction CIMWAY mode
READFRAME failed.

Alarm viewer with first column empty (SPR #66855, 59115) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
A fatal error of the web back end occurred when displaying a mimic in WebVue if it contained 12.0.12 Release
an alarm viewer with the first column configured to be empty.

Blinking colors not working in animation (SPR #66679) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Blinking colors were not correctly supported in an animation when changing from blinking to 12.0.12 Release
fixed color.

Blinking colors with indexed colors (SPR #66091) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Blinking colors were not properly displayed on text objects when using indexed colors. 12.0.12 Release

Fatal error with included mimics (SPR #66854) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
A fatal error occurred when an included mimic was opened with a Link open animation when 12.0.12 Release
the parent mimic was named explicitly (instead of using the * character).

Object flickering with translation animation (SPR #66725) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
In WebVue, graphic objects were flickering when configured with a translation animation and 12.0.12 Release
rendered partly outside of the visible window.

SCADA Basic script not executed on mimic opening (SPR #66785, Web Server Extensions.WebVue
66340) 12.0.12 Release
SCADA Basic script on mimic opening were not executed in WebVue when the mimic was
containing an empty Trend Viewer.

Send and Link animations not available on transparent graphic objects Web Server Extensions.WebVue
(SPR #66577, 66327) 12.0.12 Release
Send and Link animations were not executed when configured on an object with invisible
border and background. The control zone was not active nor displayed.

Translation animation with improper control zone (SPR #66230) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Graphic objects configured with a translation animation were always highlighted with a control 12.0.12 Release
zone even if the cursor mode was not activated on the animation.

Trends not set with SCADA Basic instruction (SPR #66340) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Opening a mimic and defining trends with the SCADA Basic instruction SETVAR in the same 12.0.12 Release
script was not working properly.
Fatal error when loading the content file of a tree view (SPR #66779) HMI.Form controls
A fatal error occurred when updating the content of a Tree view control by loading a content 12.0.12 Release
file defined by a variable link. The initial loading worked properly, the issue occurred when Other versions: 11.2.06091
loading another file including items with animations.

Trend Viewer runtime properties lost (SPR #66648) HMI.Trend viewer

The runtime properties of Trend Viewer was lost when a curve's label contained a comma. 12.0.12 Release
Other versions: 11.2.06090

Fatal error when creating a variable (SPR #66630) Configuration

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when creating a variable. The issue Environments.Application
occurred when a branch segment of the variable was used in another branch previously deleted Explorer
(e.g. B1.B2 and B2.B3). 12.0.11 Release

Fatal error upon modification of Equipment configuration (SPR Data Acquisition.Other built-in
#66627) drivers
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when modifying the configuration of an 12.0.11 Release
Equipment or a Frame while Communication was starting.

Associated labels not correctly displayed with Mismatch label type HMI.Animations
(SPR #66371) 12.0.11 Release
Under some circumstances, the displayed associated label was incorrect. The issue occurred
when the compatibility setting "Allow use of mismatched associated label type" was enabled,
with a variable of type alarm configured with a Bit Associated Label.

Background image position (SPR #66458) HMI.Chart control

Background image settings were not correctly interpreted in the Chart Control, leading to an 12.0.11 Release
incorrect positioning of the image.

Send Bit animation - Mode Handled and Pulse reworked (SPR #66459, Web Server Extensions.WebVue
66439, 66334) 12.0.11 Release
The Send Bit animation has been reworked, in particular the modes Handled and Pulse:

• With Handled mode, the bit value was not reverted when the mimic lost focus,
• Pulse mode was executed only when the HMI option Mimic.Animations.Send
bit.Handled & Pulse execution was set to Standard.

Time filter wrongly disabled in the Log Viewer (SPR #66606) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
The Time filter in the Log Viewer was incorrectly disabled if the access to Filtering options was 12.0.11 Release
disabled.

Fatal error when displaying libraries of mimics or symbols thumbnails Configuration Environments
(SPR #66499, 66480) 12.0.11 Release
A fatal error of the Library Explorer, the Application Explorer or the Application Architect Other versions: 11.2.06088
occurred when changing the displayed library of mimics and/or symbols if in thumbnails display
mode.
#x substitution with free archive units Historical data
The substitution #x (timestamp quality) did not work properly when used to record logged 12.0.11 Release
events on free archive units. Other versions: 11.2.06087

Font not properly initialized (SPR #66411) HMI.Graphics

Under some circumstances, text fonts were not properly initialized when using the ASCII 12.0.11 Release
format. Consequently, the text graphic item failed to load and display. Other versions: 11.2.06087

Missing warning if PcVue is not running (SPR #66092) Configuration Environments

No warning was displayed when launching a configuration tool (including the Application 12.0.10 Release
Explorer, Application Architect and Smart Generators) while the PcVue main process (Sv32.exe)
was not running.

It was a regression affecting version 12.0 Initial and Maintenance Releases.

Fatal error at startup (SPR #66066, 66017) Deployment tools.Web

A fatal error occurred at startup of the Web Deployment Console if the computer name had Deployment Console
been changed at the operating system level. 12.0.10 Release
This was a known issue since 12.0.7 (Initial Release).

Issue when changing the binding (SPR #65998, 65964) Deployment tools.Web
When changing the binding of a web site, the Registry service end-point was not properly re- Deployment Console
configured, preventing the web site from being operational. 12.0.10 Release
The workaround was to delete and recreate the web site or to modify the WDC configuration
file manually.

It was a known issue since 12.0.7 (Initial Release).

Calendar dialog box not modal (SPR #66099) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
The calendar dialog box of the trend viewer could be improperly hidden behind the mimic. It is 12.0.10 Release
now managed correctly as a modal dialog.

Incorrect behavior of the send register animation (SPR #66236) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
If a user double-clicked on a send register animation (instead of a single click), WebVue 12.0.10 Release
improperly opened an empty confirmation dialog box that the user could not close.

Lost control zones (SPR #66209) Web Server Extensions.WebVue

Control zones were lost on polygons after executing them once. 12.0.10 Release

Smart Generator for Wago - Incorrect mapping (SPR #66348, 65717) Configuration
The last variable of a frame was incorrectly mapped if the last available index in the frame did Environments.Smart Generators
not fit the size of the datapoint to map. 12.0.10 Release
The issue occurred in particular when the last datapoint to map was of type REAL. Other versions: 11.2.06087

Failed to import multiple events (SPR #66361, 66158) Development kits.XML Generic
Importing multiple events on variable at once failed if the last part of their name was identical. Import Toolkit
The issue could be reproduced when generating multiple instances of a template comprising an 12.0.10 Release
event with the Application Architect. Other versions: 11.2.06086
Could not load or generate log reports (SPR #66341, 62750) Historical data
It was not possible to load or generate log reports from a station using a server license. This 12.0.10 Release
change also fixes an issue related to user rights for log reports (as defined in the Window tab of Other versions: 11.2.06086
a user profile).

Instruction WINDOW mode IS_OPEN - Handling of the '*' (SPR #66337) Scripting.SCADA Basic
Using the value '*' for the branch argument when calling the instruction WINDOW mode 12.0.10 Release
IS_OPEN no longer worked. Other versions: 11.2.06086
This issue was a regression introduced in version 11.2.06048.

Issue with long string literals (SPR #66255) Scripting.SCADA Basic

Using a string literal with a size longer than 80 characters generated a memory overrun that 12.0.10 Release
could lead to a PcVue fatal error. Other versions: 11.2.06086

Fatal error with image and symbol selectors (SPR #66005) HMI
It was possible to try to insert an image or a symbol using the corresponding selector even if no 12.0.9 Release
mimic was open, causing a fatal error.

Mimic incorrectly resized and positioned when switching to Design HMI

mode (SPR #66196) 12.0.9 Release
Under some circumstances, when switching a mimic from runtime to design mode, its size and
position were incorrectly recalculated due to screen resolution adaptation.

Instruction LOGDISPLAY mode FILTER - Fatal error with multiple INC Scripting.SCADA Basic
clauses (SPR #66217) 12.0.9 Release
A fatal error occurred when using a filter having multiple INC clauses and using the % wildcard.
e.g.: =(#A1 INC %Domain%) && (#A2 INC %Nature%)

Misleading message displayed (SPR #66068) Web Server Extensions

When a web back end endpoint was configured but the corresponding feature was not installed 12.0.9 Release
a misleading message was displayed at startup: "No configuration found for the backend. Use
web deployment console to deploy" instead of indicating that the feature was not installed.

Incorrect blinking color on alarms (SPR #66111) Web Server Extensions.WebVue

Under some circumstances, the blinking color of graphical items remained even after a status 12.0.9 Release
change of the alarm, typically after its acknowledgment.

Web client frozen after closing foreground mimic (SPR #66179) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Under some circumstances, the web client could freeze after closing a foreground mimic when 12.0.9 Release
another foreground or modal mimic was opened.

Web client frozen with modal mimic in background (SPR #66037) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Under some circumstances, after opening a mimic from a modal mimic, the web client could 12.0.9 Release
freeze due to the modal mimic being moved to background and no longer being accessible.
Zoom actions not working in the Trend Viewer (SPR #66048) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Under some circumstances, the zoom actions of the Trend Viewer were not working properly. 12.0.9 Release

Memory leak with Trend Logs (SPR #66205) Data Acquisition.BACnet

A significant memory leak occurred when retrieving Trend Logs. 12.0.9 Release
Other versions: 11.2.06084

BACnet helpers frozen Configuration

Under some circumstances, BACnet helpers and the Application Explorer could freeze after Environments.Application
having selected a BACnet variable which object-type is defined by its numeric Id. Explorer
12.0.9 Release
Other versions: 11.2.06078

Reports not processed in case of large datasets (SPR #66118) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
Reports were not handled properly when associated to a dataset with more than 150 members. 12.0.8 Release
The fix is validated with up to 1000 dataset members associated to a Report Control Block.

Incorrect OPC values returned (SPR #66161) Communication interfaces.OPC

Under some circumstances, OPC items could not be read correctly by OPC clients, in particular Server
when requesting a group containing invalid or unknown items. 12.0.8 Release
Other versions: 11.2.06083

VBA form issue with the map control (SPR #65854) HMI.Map control
Under some circumstances, when a VBA form was open on top of a map control, it could 12.0.8 Release
happen that mouse events were trapped by the map control, thus preventing correct user Other versions: 11.2.06082
interaction in the VBA form.

Fatal error when importing variables Scripting.SCADA Basic

Under some circumstances, when the auto-number internal identifiers (variable tagname) 12.0.8 Release
setting was not activated, a fatal error could occur when importing variables with the SCADA Other versions: 11.2.06081
Basic instruction VARIABLE modes IMPORTFILE or IMPORTBUFFER.
 3. Critical fixes

Loss of variables (SPR #68541, 66899) Web Server Extensions.WebVue

Under some circumstances, session-context and client-context variables were lost when a Web 12.0.20 Release
user logged in.
The issue only occurred if the compatibility setting Auto-number internal identifiers was
disabled.

Several fixes in the IEC 61850 client driver (SPR #67463) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
Fixes are related to the handling of communication object stop/start and includes: 12.0.16 Release
Other versions: 11.2.06094
• Fix of a fatal error that occurred when changing the configuration of several variables
linked to IEC 61850 report or dataset. The issue could be reproduced when doing an
Application Architect synchronization with IEC 61850 devices connected and
communicating actively.
• Variable updates could be frozen for 1 minute upon redundant data acquisition server
switch from active to passive.
• Failure to reconnect to URCB or BRCB upon redundant data acquisition server switch
from active to passive.

Unable to restart serial communication (SPR #67037) Data Acquisition.Other built-in

Since version 12, it was no longer possible to restart a serial communication after stopping it. drivers
The application had to be restarted to correctly reinitialize the COM port. 12.0.15 Release

Contingent purge not executed (SPR #67005) Historical data

Since version 12.0, the contingent purge was no longer executed properly. In addition, if no 12.0.13 Release
scheduled purge was configured, the issue could lead to potential storage issues and changes
no longer recorded.

Empty result when Population applied to an HDS log list (SPR #66699) Historical data
Since version 12.0 release, when a population was applied to an HDS log list, no result was 12.0.13 Release
returned nor displayed.

Polling stopped after 25 days (SPR #66766) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

The cyclic polling mechanisms used by the IEC 61850 data acquisition driver stopped working 12.0.12 Release
properly after a period of 25 days. It was necessary to restart the application to recover a Other versions: 11.2.06090
correct behavior.
The affected mechanisms were the following:

• Polling of Datagroup (all versions affected),

• Polling of DataSet (all versions affected),
• Polling of watchdog (all versions affected),
• Cyclic attempt to reconnect a disconnected device (all versions affected),
• Cyclic re-synch GI for reports (affected since version 11.2),
• Cyclic attempt to reconnect disconnected reports (affected since version 11.2).

Session context not taken into account in RealTimeData service (SPR Web Server Extensions.Web
#66609, 66410) Services Toolkit
Session context was not correctly managed in the RealTimeData service of the WST. As an 12.0.11 Release
example, the USER variable was returning the name of the user logged on the back end hosting
the services (if any) instead of the name of the user authenticated as part of the WST session.
Fix an issue with Windows updates causing a fatal error at startup General
This change fixes an issue introduced by a series of Windows Updates rolled out by Microsoft in 12.0.10 Release
August 2019 that caused a fatal error at startup of PcVue and FrontVue. Other versions: 11.2.06087,
At the time of writing, the list of suspected Windows Updates is the following:
11.1.06122, 11.0.06100,
10.0SP2_Update
Windows update Release date Applies to
KB4512508 (OS Build 18362.295) August 13th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1903
KB4511553 (OS Build 17763.678) August 13th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1809,
and Windows Server 2019
KB4512534 (OS Build 17763.720) August 17th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1809,
and Windows Server 2019
KB4512501 (OS Build 17134.950) August 13th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1803
KB4512509 (OS Build 17134.984) August 19th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1803
KB4512516 (OS Build 16299.1331) August 13th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1709
KB4512494 (OS Build 16299.1365) August 16th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1709
KB4512507 (OS Build 15063.1988) August 13th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1703
KB4512474 (OS Build 15063.2021) August 17th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1703
KB4512517 (OS Build 14393.3144) August 13th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1607,
and Windows Server 2016
KB4512495 (OS Build 14393.3181) August 17th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1607,
and Windows Server 2016
KB4512497 (OS Build 10240.18305) August 13th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1507
(RTM)
KB4517276 (OS Build 10240.18308) August 17th, 2019 Windows 10 version 1507
(RTM)
KB4512488 (Monthly Rollup) August 13th, 2019 Windows 8.1, and
Windows Server 2012 R2
KB4512478 (Preview of Monthly Rollup) August 17th, 2019 Windows 8.1, and
Windows Server 2012 R2
KB4512518 (Monthly Rollup) August 13th, 2019 Windows Server 2012
KB4512512 (Preview of Monthly Rollup) August 17th, 2019 Windows Server 2012
KB4512506 (Monthly Rollup) August 13th, 2019 Windows 7 SP1, and
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
KB4512514 (Preview of Monthly Rollup) August 17th, 2019 Windows 7 SP1, and
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
KB4512476 (Monthly Rollup) August 13th, 2019 Windows Server 2008 SP2
KB4512499 (Preview of Monthly Rollup) August 17th, 2019 Windows Server 2008 SP2

The issue affected versions 10.0, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2 and 12.0.
Earlier releases of these PcVue and FrontVue versions cannot be used if any of these Windows
Updates is installed.

Upgrade Upgrade of HDS table schema (SPR #66166) Historical data

With version 12, the length of Log list names can be up to 100 characters long (was 12). 12.0.9 Release
This change affects the schema of HDS log tables (column LogList).

The change in table schema is done automatically at startup if the size of the database is less
than 10 Gb.
If the size is higher, the traces ask you to run the migration script.

The issue is that the migration script, as supplied with the installation package 12.0.7 and
12.0.8, was wrongly altering the column EvtTitle instead of the column LogList, causing the
archiving to no longer be effective after project startup.

If you have upgraded your HDS log tables with version 12.0.7 or 12.0.8, it is advised to apply the
following changes manually:

• Alter the LogList column of Log tables to type it varchar(100),

• Alter the EvtTitle column of Log tables to type it varchar(255),
• Make sure the value of DBVersion is set to 4.

If you are upgrading your HDS log tables with version 12.0.9 or later, no specific action is
required apart from running the migration script.
 4. Enhancements

New interop property (SPR #68486) Data Acquisition.OPC Client

A new interop property is available for OPC-XML servers. It enables adding the http basic 12.0.20 Release
authentication header to all requests and is designed for OPC-XML servers that do not send the
HTTP 401 error if the header is required.

Writing the same value (SPR #68416) Real time data

Until this change, writing the same value to an internal variable was not triggering notifications 12.0.20 Release
in components such as the SV Manager Toolkit even if the global variable setting Send write
request even if the value to write is the same as the current value was enabled. In such
circumstances, it is now possible to send multiple times the same value and be notified
accordingly, which is required by some on add-ons such as the KNX driver.

It was working properly with I/O variables.

OPC-XML - Support for Http Basic Authentication (SPR #67279, 67278, Data Acquisition.OPC Client
65932) 12.0.19 Release
The OPC-XML driver now supports Http Basic Authentication.

Driver XBUS-IP-MASTER - Handling of connection termination (SPR Data Acquisition.Other built-in

#66310) drivers
In order to improve interop with some devices, it is now possible to select if a connection shall 12.0.19 Release
be terminated using the TCP RST_ACK or FIN_ACK flag. Other versions: 11.2.06085

Replication Manager - Purging previous steps before a new replication Add-ons and Tools
(SPR #65618) 12.0.18 Release
When an earlier replication failed to complete, remaining steps were still pending and stored in Other versions: 11.2.06093,
a dedicated table so that they can be processed later on. This feature had side effects in case 11.1.06120
one did not want the pending steps to be executed. It is now possible to purge this table of
pending steps before executing a new replication, by using the Database Manager tool or by
using the /P command line argument:

• /P=1 to purge the table,

• /P=0 to keep previous steps (default).

Support for dual spontaneous transmissions (SPR #68078) Communication interfaces.IEC

For interop with devices requiring such behavior, it is now possible to send a duplicated 60870-5-104 Outstation
spontaneous transmission without time-tag prior to the one with time-tag. It can be configured 12.0.17 Release
in the advanced properties of IEC 104 points.

Support of signed float 32 bits format (SPR #68105) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
New format Signed float 32 bits (swapped word) is now available for built-in drivers. drivers
12.0.17 Release
Support for extended function keys General
The list of fixes & enhancements includes: 12.0.17 Release

• Support of F13 to F16 function keys, Back Space and Tab keys,
• Support of the Alt key as a modifier,
• Error and Log messages reworked.

Instruction TRACE mode FILE - Message max length (SPR #67950) Scripting.SCADA Basic
The instruction TRACE mode FILE can now handle a message of up to 2047 characters (was 80). 12.0.17 Release

Sampling period greater than the export period (SPR #67469) Data Export
It is now possible to have a sampling period equal or greater than the export period. This 12.0.16 Release
change allows using the export feature to generate a single sampled value snapshot.

Positioning of markers (SPR #67820) HMI.Map control

It is now possible to select at design time how markers of type Symbol shall be anchored on the 12.0.16 Release
map:

• Centered
• Anchor point
• Top-left corner
• Top-right corner
• Bottom-left corner
• Bottom-right corner

New method to log messages (SPR #67826) Scripting.VBA

A new method LogInformation is available in VBA on the Project object. It can be used to send 12.0.16 Release
log messages to the Event Viewer.

ThisProject.LogInformation LogLevel,LogMsg
Where LogLevel can take value 1, 2 or 3, and LogMsg is the message to be logged (string)

• 1 = Information
• 2 = Warning
• 3 = Error

Show/hide columns WebScheduler

It is now possible to hide the columns Is Standard Week Empty and Is Exception Period Active. 12.0.16 Release
By doing so, the time to load the list of timetables is greatly reduced.
The setting to add to the WebScheduler web.config file is the following:
<setting name="HideSpecialColumns"
serializeAs="String">
<value>True</value>
</setting>
New substitution characters for timestamp formatting - 12-hour clock HMI
(SPR #67015) 12.0.14 Release
New substitution characters are available in the Alarm viewer, the Log viewer and the Trend
viewer for timestamp formatting based on 12-hour clock representation:

• #H: Hours from 1 through 12 (as opposed to #h for 00 through 23),

• #p: AM/PM designator.

In additional, only for the Alarm viewer, #H and #p support the suffix AlaOn, AlaAck and AlaOff.

Default mode of On Text animations (SPR #66983) HMI.Animations

On Text animations now use the Variable mode by default (was using of Value mode). 12.0.13 Release

OPC-XML - Support for arrays (SPR #66898) Data Acquisition.OPC Client

When using OPC-XML, it was not possible to map a variable on a specific index of an array of 12.0.12 Release
items (string, boolean, I4, UI4...). This feature was already available with the OPC-DA client.

Allow write commands when equipment is in error (SPR #66436) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
Prior to this modification, write commands were not sent when the equipment was seen in drivers
error. In particular, they were not executed on valid write only frames when another frame had 12.0.11 Release
a status error.

Now, writes commands are sent based on the frame status instead of the device status.

Ability to disable file opening after data export (SPR #65359) Data Export
From now on, when the user does not have the desktop rights, the Data Export Wizard of the 12.0.11 Release
Trend Viewer and the Grid Control no longer asks the user if he/she wants to open the
generated file, a simple information is displayed, thus preventing the access to the file system.

Small font size in Send Text animation (SPR #66342, 66038) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
When a Send Text animation was configured with direct input, the font size for displaying and 12.0.11 Release
typing the text were different.

Support of SCADA Basic modes INSERT and REMOVE for Check-list Web Server Extensions.WebVue
,Combo-box, List-box and Option-list instructions (SPR #66028) 12.0.11 Release
The SCADA Basic modes INSERT and REMOVE of the instructions CHECKLIST, COMBOBOX,
LISTBOX and OPTIONLIST are now supported in WebVue.

BACnet exception handling (SPR #66582) WebScheduler

Handling of Exception Schedule has been reworked to improve interop with devices that do not 12.0.11 Release
clear obsolete exception entries themselves. Other versions: 11.2.06089,
11.1.06123, 11.0.06101
 5. Performance

Image caching (SPR #66155) Web Server Extensions.WebVue

Images loaded in mimics and symbols were not cached by the web browser, thus they were 12.0.16 Release
loaded every time the mimic was opened.
The setting to add to the GraphicalData web.config file is the following - Value in seconds,
default to 0 (expiration controlled by the web browser) :
<setting name="CacheMaxAge"
serializeAs="String">
<value>0</value>
</setting>
There is no need for customization to take advantage of the default value.

GDI object leak (SPR #67251) HMI.Form controls

A memory leak occurred when opening mimic containing Form controls (Combo-box, List-box, 12.0.15 Release
Option-list, Tree view). One GDI object was lost for each control using a custom font.

Degraded response time (SPR #67120) Web Server Extensions.Web

Since version 12.0 Initial Release, general performances when requesting Web Services were Services Toolkit
degraded up to 50 folds (100 read requests within 50 seconds instead of 1 seconds). This fix 12.0.15 Release
restores performances to a level similar to version 11.2.

Filtering based on populations (SPR #66703, 66695) Real time data

Since version 12 Initial Release, runtime performances related to population filters were 12.0.12 Release
degraded due to a regression.
Applying a population filter could take several minutes to be fully performed. It is now almost
instantaneous.
 6. Installation

Availability of the KNX add-on (SPR #68513) Data Acquisition.KNX

The KNX add-on, available since version 11.2, was not shipped with the installation package and 12.0.20 Release
had to be downloaded from the Technical Ressources web site. It is now part of the installation
package.

Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Historical data

Update of the readme file and the online help to reflect support for SQL Server 2019 (effective 12.0.20 Release
since Maintenance Release 12.0.14).

Timestamping server for Authenticode signature (SPR #68507) Installation

Change of the timestamping server used for Authenticode signature of installation packages 12.0.20 Release
and binary files. Other versions: 11.2.06098
The trust chain of the new timestamping server is attached to the following root certificate:

• Friendly name: DigiCert

• Serial number: 0ce7e0e517d846fe8fe560fc1bf03039
• Common name: DigiCert Assured ID Root CA
• Valid from : Friday, November 10, 2006 1:00:00 AM
• Valid to : Monday, November 10, 2031 1:00:00 AM

Make sure this certificate is in the list of trusted certificates.

Documentation update General.Documentation

The product documentation has been updated: 12.0.17 Release

• Online help in Chinese - Now at the level of version 12,

• Online help in Russian - Now at the level of version 11.2.
 7. Security

Authentication password storage (SPR #68391) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

The storage of the Authentication password for IEC 61850 devices is now protected and can 12.0.20 Release
include quotes.

Vulnerabilities in the Web back end modules Web Server Extensions

The following vulnerabilities are fixed. They affect the interface between the Web & Mobile 12.0.17 Release
back end and the web services hosted in Microsoft IIS: Other versions: 11.2.06097
• A Remote Code Execution vulnerability due to the unsafe deserialization of messages
received on the interface - Affects all versions since 8.10.
• A Denial Of Service vulnerability due to the ability for a non-authorized user to modify
information used to validate messages sent by legitimate web clients - Only affects
version 12.0.
• An information exposure vulnerability allowing a non-authorized user to access
session data of legitimate users - Only affects version 12.0.
See our Security alert page and Security Bulletin 2020-1 for more information.

Access to another web session (SPR #66644) Web Server Extensions

Under some particular circumstances, a web client was able to access the session of another 12.0.15 Release
web client, leading to potential information disclosure and privilege elevation. This was due to
the reuse of a previously closed session Id, but with an access token not yet expired.

Access to the online help and potential security policy infringement General
(SPR #66776, 65910) 12.0.13 Release
Under some circumstances, access to the online help was possible before completion of project Other versions: 11.2.06091
startup.

It could occur in particular by pressing the F1 key from one of the message box opened to
indicate that network access issues prevent access to the version management central folder.
Access to the file system was therefore possible before user authentication, which could be
against the security policy on some systems.

Automatic logout not effective in WebVue (SPR #66653) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
The automatic logout was not completely effective in WebVue. 12.0.12 Release
After the inactivity timeout elapsed, it was indicated that the session ended but refreshing the
page (with F5 or Refresh button) was opening it again without entering credentials.
 8. Other fixes & enhancements

SPR #68450, 68498 12.0.20 Release

SPR #68268 12.0.20 Release

Other versions: 11.2 Update

SPR #65348, 68261 12.0.19 Release

SPR #67223, 67986 12.0.17 Release

SPR #67486 12.0.16 Release

SPR #66811, 66857 12.0.12 Release

SPR #66192 12.0.11 Release

SPR #66009, 66150 12.0.10 Release

SPR #66219, 66269 12.0.9 Release

 II. Release
1. New features

MultiTech LoRa Gateway interface Add-ons and Tools

A data acquisition driver for MultiTech LoRa Gateways is now available.

New data acquisition driver - EtherNet/IP (SPR #64622, 63343) Add-ons and Tools
A data acquisition driver for EtherNet/IP™ controllers is now available.
It supports controllers in the CompactLogix, ControlLogix, DriveLogix and FlexLogix series.

Management of Generic Traps (SPR #64853) Communication interfaces.SNMP

The SNMP Agent Add-on now supports generic traps. Agent
Other versions: 11.2.06071

Application data files modeling Configuration

If your application requires application data files, you can now model Xml and text-delimited Environments.Application
files thanks to templates and instances. Architect
Examples of use include cases where a script requires a data file containing a list of mimics, a
list of branches, a list of trended variables, a hierarchy of mimics for custom mimic navigation…
Such files can now be generated as part of your application modelling.
This new feature supports the modeling of data files required to populate the built-in form
controls.

Modelling of IEC 61850 communication items Configuration

It is now possible to define IEC 61850 Devices, Datasets, Report groups and Polling groups in Environments.Application
templates and instances. Architect

Modelling of BACnet automation objects Configuration

It is now possible to define BACnet automation objects in templates, including objects of type Environments.Application
Device, Notification-Class, Calendar, Schedule, Event Log and Trend Log. Architect

Access MS Excel files from within expressions - File reference and Configuration
Excel I/O lists Environments.Application
A set of new functions is available. They can be used in expressions to get data from 3rd party Architect
Microsoft Excel files, including TextJoin, Lookup and Match.
With the Application Architect, using such expressions to predefine variables addresses in
templates, you can use your regular Excel I/O list as an input for mapping variables
automatically without error.

These MS Excel file handling functions come with the ability to pre-configure accessible files
using the Application Explorer to define file references.
In addition to security concerns, file references allow you to pre-define how and when external
files are loaded and unloaded to prevent excessive resource consumption.
Making multiple copies of a configuration item Configuration
It is now possible to paste multiple copies of an item using the Multiple paste command. The Environments.Application
Multiple paste command is available from the context menu when a supported item is being Architect
copied.

Items supported by the Multiple Paste command:

• Template instance,
• Topology element,
• All configuration objects,
• Mimic,
• Symbol,
• Embedded template,
• All configuration sub-objects except those that can only be configured once.

Modelling of Archive Units and Log List Configuration

It is now possible to define archive units and log list in templates and instances. Environments.Application
Architect

Modelling of IEC 104 Outstation datapoints Configuration

It is now possible to define IEC 104 Outstation datapoints in templates and instances. Environments.Application
Architect

Modelling of LNS communication items Configuration

It is now possible to define LNS Networks and Nodes in templates and instances. Environments.Application
Architect

New expression items for numbering and offset calculation Configuration

A series of new expression items is available to make it easier to establish numbering or Environments.Application
offsetting rules for the value of instances' properties. Architect
This includes a counter of the number of child instances, number of embedded instances,
number of variables...

New features in the Application Explorer Configuration

The following elements are now be available in the Application Explorer:
Environments.Application
• Monitoring of active sessions, Explorer
• Web & Mobile back ends configuration,
• SQL Connections configuration,
• File references configuration.
Enhancements to the BACnet engineering process, including the automatic detection of fields in
vendor-specific EDE files, as well as support for a variety of encoding.
Upgrade Configuration of function keys (SPR #48178) Configuration
Function keys can now be configured using the Application Explorer. Environments.Application
Explorer
As part of the configuration management, a change has been introduced to simplify project
design. What used to be called 'standard' or 'default' function keys are no longer re-created
automatically at startup if they have been deleted from the function key configuration. As part
of the migration, the project designer shall make sure to delete the function keys that are not
necessary. In addition, the SCADA Basic script designed to delete all function keys and re-create
only the useful ones can now be safely removed. Please refer to the SCADA Basic online help
for more information (see the topic related to the KEY instruction).

A specific task is available in the Application Explorer to re-create all default function keys'
configuration.

Configuration of populations Configuration

Populations can now be configured using the Application Explorer. Environments.Application
Explorer
As part of this feature, a population filter can be configured using an SQL query-like editor. In
addition, population filters can now include filter elements based on extended attributes 5 to
16.

Configuration of line printers Configuration

Line printers can now be configured using the Application Explorer. Environments.Application
Explorer

New Smart Generator - SG for TIA Portal Configuration

A Smart Generator for TIA Portal is now available to automate configuration of data acquisition Environments.Smart Generators
& variables based on a TIA Portal project for Siemens PLC.

New Smart Generator - SG for OPC (SPR #65207, 64830, 64494) Configuration
A Smart Generator for OPC is now available to automate configuration of variables based on Environments.Smart Generators
browsing of OPC servers.

New Smart Generator - SG for MOXA® ioLogik Configuration

A Smart Generator for MOXA® ioLogik is now available. Based on network scanning and online Environments.Smart Generators
device discovery, it allows you to automate configuration of data acquisition and variables with
support for the ioLogik E1200 & E2500 series.

New data acquisition driver for Moxa® ioLogik controllers Data Acquisition
A data acquisition driver for Moxa ioLogik controllers is now available - It supports controllers in
the E1200 & E2500 series.

Support for the OPC UA Gateway Data Acquisition

PcVue now supports the OPC UA Gateway with built-in licensing. It includes: Other versions: 11.2.06055,
11.1.06102, 11.0.06094
• The OPC UA client gateway for data acquisition,
• The OPC UA server gateway for exposing PcVue variables to 3rd party UA clients.

See the Installation section of this Release Notes for more information.
Support for File Transfer services Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
The standard File Transfer services are now supported. This new feature includes:

• A file transfer Helper on IEC 61850 devices nodes in the Application Explorer,
• The Helper allows browsing files available in devices connected to the network, as well
as file Download, Upload and Deletion,
• A new SCADA Basic instruction named FILETRANSFER so that the File Transfer services
can be scripted,
• Background retrieval and synchronization of files.
It permits handling files generated and/or stored in field devices, in particular disturbance
recording, files containing device settings or configuration.

Append mode Data Export

It is now possible to append new data to an existing export file (Excel and CSV), to seamlessly
aggregate data over successive exports.

Web Deployment Console Deployment tools.Web

A new tool is introduced to support WebVue server & web services deployment needs. The
Web Deployment Console (WDC) is designed to support a comprehensive list of scenarios for
Deployment Console
web server deployment. It can be used side-by-side with IT admin tools:

• For system administrators, it does not require any knowledge of the Web apps & web
services being deployed,
• For automation engineers, it opens the door to web server deployments with limited
knowledge of the underlying IT technologies.

Using the Web Deployment Console, you will be able to:

• Install the Microsoft IIS web server components,

• Set-up the connection to the underlying web back end,
• Deploy the services you need to support Web & Mobile apps including WebVue,
TouchVue, the WebScheduler and the Web Services Toolkit.

The WDC also includes support for troubleshooting, as well as a re-deploy feature that turns an
update of the web server into a 1-click action.

Handling SQL Connections with the SV Manager SDK Development kits.SV Manager
A connection and request handler taking advantage of the pre-defined SQL Connections can be Toolkit
used in Add-ons developed based on the SV Manager Toolkit SDK.
SQL Connections General
Acting as a SQL bridge, SQL connections facilitate the connection of the Supervisor to 3rd party
systems. In particular, SQL connections are useful to exchange data with Enterprise systems
such as a MES, CMMS, ERP and Weather data providers.

SQL connections and the underlying SQL request handler can be used as a universal data
connector to any external data source provided that a compatible ADO.NET provider is
available. The module behind SQL connection handling helps you connect seamlessly to SQL
data sources. It includes:

• Request routing inside the Supervisor's multi-station,

• Support for single active server associations for redundancy,
• Asynchronous command handling,
• Centralized connection strings at the project configuration level.

This SQL bridge supports a large variety of database commands including:

• Select, Insert, Update and Delete queries,

• Scalar, tabular and non-query requests,
• Requests on tables, views, stored procedure execution,
• …
Requests can be scripted in SCADA Basic by using the instructions SQL_COMMAND and
SQL_CONNECTION, and the underlying request handler can be used in Add-ons developed
based on the SV Manager Toolkit SDK.

Labels associated to timestamp quality (SPR #61549) General

From now on, it is possible to configure the labels corresponding to the timestamp quality. Such
labels can be displayed in the Log Viewer, the Alarm Viewer and Animations by using the
substitution character #x.

User sessions & scope General.User management

A comprehensive user session handling is now available. It includes session monitoring & audit,
and with the concept of scope, the ability to isolate a variable’s value and associated behaviors
(events, thresholds, expressions…) within a user session.

System variables and a new SCADA Basic instruction named SESSION are also available so that
sessions can be scripted.

HMI variables HMI

HMI variables are a new kind of variables designed to be less resource-intensive than internal
variables. Managed locally on each station, they can be used to handle user inputs and
navigation activities, including WebVue. HMI variables are a complement to I/O and internal
variables that can be distributed across multi-station systems based on server and client lists.
HMI variables supersede the legacy percent variables and temporary variables.

HMI variables can be used in scripts, including SCADA Basic and VBA. They can be created and
deleted via SCADA Basic scripts by using the instruction VARIABLE (modes ADD_HMIBIT,
ADD_HMIREG, ADD_HMITXT and DEL_HMIVAR), making it easy to migrate applications taking
advantage of temporary variables.

New animations - Image on bit/register/text HMI.Animations

A series of new animations is available to switch images according to a bit, register or text
value.

New animations on text value HMI.Animations

New animations are available to animate graphic elements according to a text value: Symbol on
Text, Colors on Text, Images on Text and Visibility on Texts.
Pie, Doughnut and Pyramid chart HMI.Chart control
A new chart control is available to represent data under the form of Pie, Doughnut and Pyramid
charts.

Textbox form control HMI.Form controls

A new form control for Textbox is available.
The new control supports scripting via SCADA Basic and VBA.

Grid control printing (SPR #63235) HMI.Grid control

It is now possible to print a mimic containing a Grid control. Prior to this fix, Grid control could Other versions: 11.2.06058
not be printed out.

Predefined station lists Networking

Several pre-defined station lists are now available when configuring variables:

• System.AllStations, a client list containing all individual stations,

• System.<StationName>, a server list containing only the indicated station.

New SCADA Basic instructions Scripting.SCADA Basic

New SCADA Basic instructions are available to support scripting of new features:

• File transfer handling: FILETRANSFER,

• Pie, doughnut and pyramid chart control: PIE,
• Session handling: SESSION,
• Textbox form control: TEXTBOX.

Several new modes on existing instructions are also added, including enhancements to scripting
for form controls, the WEBVUE instruction…

New instructions for handling of SQL Connections Scripting.SCADA Basic

The instructions SQL_COMMAND and SQL_CONNECTION are now available for scripting SQL
Connections.

As of version 12.0, the use of pre-configured Sql connections along with the SQL_CONNECTION
and SQL_COMMAND is preferred to using the verb SVSQL (based on ODBC).

Call-backs on mimic events Scripting.SCADA Basic

The SCADA Basic function to call when a mimic is open can now be configured in mimic
properties.
In addition, a SCADA Basic function can be called when a mimic is closed.

New event on Mimic size change (SPR #63877) Scripting.VBA

A new VBA event is available on Mimic objects. It is triggered when the size or zoom level of a Other versions: 11.2.06062
mimic is modified:

Private Sub Mimic_WindowSize(ByVal Height As

Long, ByVal Width As Long, ByVal ZoomRatio As
Long)
TouchVue new features and enhancements TouchVue
The TouchVue mobile app now supports simultaneous connection to multiple servers and is
able to display graphic mimics and symbols.
A re-designed interface makes it for a great user experience and better performances.

Web back end station Web Server Extensions

To allow for a better network segmentation, the Web back end station can now be deployed on
a different server than the Web server (IIS).
This permits deploying Web Server extensions in a network infrastructure taking advantage of a
DMZ.

SCADA Basic support (SPR #64634, 64633) Web Server Extensions

As part of the WebVue client re-design, several enhancements are brought to SCADA Basic
support when scripts are executed in the context of a WebVue session.

In addition, support for SCADA Basic instructions and modes when executed in the context of a
WebVue session is now detailed in the SCADA Basic section of the online help, instruction per
instruction. This includes specific indications such as:

• Supported: The instruction or mode is supported if executed in the context of a

WebVue session,
• Not-supported: The instruction or mode is not supported if executed in the context of
a WebVue session,
• Partially supported: The instruction or mode is supported if executed in the context of
a WebVue session, but have a specific behavior worth being noticed compared to its
execution in the context of the desktop client. In some cases, the specific behavior is a
known limitation that may be cleared in the future, and in most cases, it is a desired
specific behavior due to the nature of the web client.
• Not applicable: The instruction or mode is not applicable to WebVue (and therefore
not supported).

Upgrade Re-designed WebVue client Web Server Extensions.WebVue

The web client, which was originally designed as a Java applet introduced to the market in the
late 90’s, now takes full advantage of the latest web technologies. WebVue provides a graphic
interface to monitor and control your process from a web browser on any device. WebVue
combines user experience, security and ease of deployment.

New features and enhancements include:

• No installation required on the web client side,

• Cross-browser support, including desktop and mobile web browsers,
• Secured communication over HTTPS,
• Support for network segmentation,
• Multi-tab support with a single license.

The technology stack includes HTML5, SVG and REST/JSON web services over web sockets and
OAuth.

The SCADA Basic instruction named WEBVUE have been reworked to fit the new web client
design.
WebVue deployment now requires the configuration of a Web & Mobile back end (using the
Application Explorer), and the use of the Web Deployment Console on the Web Server.
Some configuration settings are deprecated and no longer used. As part of the migration
process, we recommend you to check settings related to the Web Server Extensions to make
sure they fit your needs.
 2. Fixes

svmgrHisTrendPeriod - Out of bounds values incorrectly archived Add-ons and Tools

When a variable value was out of bounds, the quality of the variable recorded was NS instead Other versions: 11.2.06064,
of NS L> or NS L>. 11.1.06112

Various fixes - svmgrHisTrendPeriod (SPR #63890, 63442, 63441) Add-ons and Tools
Two new properties have been added to modify the behavior of the add-on: Other versions: 11.2.06061,
11.1.06110
• UseLocalTimestampForTrigger: To determine if the timestamp to set on trigger is
expressed in UTC time (1) or in Local time (0, default);
• NotifyHistoricalOnly: To send VTQs to the archives only and bypass the runtime
control such as dead banding (1) or to execute the runtime control (0, default).

DB Import - Fatal error on import (SPR #63701) Add-ons and Tools

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when importing data containing Null Other versions: 11.2.06059,
values, or having the same character used as the decimal and field delimiter. 11.1.06110, 11.0.06094

DBImport - Could not import exponential values (SPR #62356) Add-ons and Tools
The DBImport failed to import exponential values (e.g. -3.4E+2). Other versions: 11.2.06001,
11.1.06068, 11.0.06087

DBImport - Incorrect truncations (SPR #62297) Add-ons and Tools

When importing data with the DBImport, some fields were truncated to incorrect sizes. Such Other versions: 11.2.06001,
truncations are now matching the constraints corresponding to the targeted HDS database 11.1.06066, 11.0.06085,
schema version. 10.0SP2_Update

Could not create Alarm synthesis (SPR #65667, 65666) Alarms

It was not possible to create Alarm Synthesis from a station that did not belong to the alarm Other versions: 11.2.06079
synthesis server list.

Several fixes & enhancements related to alarm synthesis (SPR #65035, Alarms
65022, 65021, 65020, 64887) Other versions: 11.2.06073
The list of fixes & enhancements includes:

• Improved handling of the @ character,

• Prevent creation of 2 alarm synthesis with the same result variable and different
branches,
• Enhanced input validation to prevent forbidden characters in the variable name.

Alarms with empty Domain/Nature not filtered by Population (SPR Alarms

#64998)
Alarms with an empty Domain and/or Nature were still displayed after applying a population
that contained filter on Domain and/or Nature. Text Attributes 03 to 16 were also impacted.
Alarm masked by expression instead of masked by variable (SPR Alarms
#64822) Other versions: 11.2.06071
When an alarm was masked by a variable, it was incorrectly indicated as masked by an
expression.

Unmasked alarms remained NS (SPR #64268) Alarms

Under some circumstances, alarms were not unmasked when their previous status was masked Other versions: 11.2.06071
by dependence. The issue occurred when the masking dependence had a transition from
invalid to valid.

NS alarm counters not correctly initialized Alarms

The initial values were incorrect for NS alarm counters. Other versions: 11.2.06068

Masking of alarms resulting from an expression (SPR #63223) Alarms

User masking (via the Alarm Viewer or SCADA Basic instruction) of alarms that are the result of Other versions: 11.2.06056,
an expression was not effective. The issue was not affecting masking by dependence 11.1.06102
(expression or variable).

Audit counter not correctly updated (SPR #64877) Audit

After several days, the audit counter Target manager good response UI counter not released Other versions: 11.2.06076,
was not correctly updated. It was leading to the unnecessary activation of flow control, in 11.1.06116
particular for OPC.

Client connections rejected (SPR #62859, 62858) Communication interfaces.IEC

Under some circumstances, client connections were rejected by the server. In particular with 60870-5-104 Outstation
redundant PcVue servers or on computers having multiple network interfaces. Other versions: 11.2.06034

Configuration not saved dynamically (SPR #62858) Communication interfaces.IEC

The configuration of IEC 104 Outstation was only saved on project shutdown, and not on the 60870-5-104 Outstation
Save action of the configuration environment. Other versions: 11.2.06034

Could not create IEC 104 Outstation in Chinese (SPR #62787) Communication interfaces.IEC
The dialog box to create an IEC 104 outstation never opened due to a translation issue. The 60870-5-104 Outstation
issue only occurred when running PcVue in Chinese. Other versions: 11.2.06030

Robustness when exposing a large number of items (SPR #62379) Communication interfaces.IEC
A freeze of Sv32.exe could occur at startup if the number of items exposed was large 60870-5-104 Outstation
(approximately over 2000). It was due to the subscription of the configured items. Other versions: 11.2.06001
Now the subscription is done at once upon sector start, and unsubscription at sector stop.

Fatal error on new client connection to the OPC Server Communication interfaces.OPC
Under some circumstances, a fatal error was occurring when several OPC clients were trying to Server
connect to the OPC Server at the same time. Other versions: 11.2.06076
Fatal error upon OPC group disposal Communication interfaces.OPC
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when an OPC Group was incorrectly Server
disposed of by an OPC Client. Other versions: 11.2.06071,
11.1.06115

Fatal error when adding an item (SPR #62771) Communication interfaces.OPC

A fatal error occurred when an OPC client was trying to add an item with the ItemId set to Server
NULL. Other versions: 11.2.06031,
11.1.06091

Fatal error upon alarm deletion (SPR #64152) Configuration Environments

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when deleting an alarm configured with Other versions: 11.2.06076
associated actions. The issue occurred particularly when synchronizing a configuration with the
Application Architect.

Changing variable type (SPR #65004, 64020, 61529) Configuration Environments

Changing the type of a variable through Smart Generators or Application Architect was not
working properly. The initial type of the variable was kept.

Fatal error on frame modification (SPR #64748, 60724) Configuration Environments

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when modifying a frame. Other versions: 11.2.06073

Size limit of IEC 61850 configuration properties (SPR #63761, 63760, Configuration Environments
63759)
The max size and range of several properties of IEC 61850 devices were not correctly checked in
the Application Explorer and Application Architect:

• Password (80 characters)

• Local AP IP (19 characters)
• Remote AP IP ( 19 characters)
• Local AE Qualifier (range [0..65000])

Fatal error when trying to insert a variable in a SCADA Basic program Configuration Environments
(SPR #63971) Other versions: 11.2.06063
A fatal error could occur when opening the variable selector from the SCADA Basic Editor.

Duplicated objects (SPR #62097, 16924, 15998) Configuration Environments

Under some circumstances, some configuration items were displayed twice in the Application Other versions: 11.2.06058
Explorer after creating, importing or editing them. Re-opening the Application Explorer was
solving the issue.

Max period for cyclics (SPR #61676) Configuration Environments

The allowed range for a cyclic period was not defined. From now on, the range is enforced from Other versions: 11.2.06035
1 to 359 999 sec (99h 59min 59sec).
Incorrect pre-selection in selectors (SPR #58906) Configuration Environments
Symbol, mimic, mimic template and program selectors have been improved to display and pre- Other versions: 11.2.06025
select the correct library and the correct item when being re-open.

The issue was affecting all configuration tools, in particular:

• The Application Architect when changing a symbol or a mimic template already

defined/used in a template,
• The Application Explorer when modifying a mimic action associated to an alarm,
• Smart Generators such as the SG-CAD...

Fatal error on SNMP variable generation (SPR #65293) Configuration

A fatal error occurred when generating SNMP variables after the end of the trial period. Environments.Application
Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06076

Mimic modifications lost upon synchronization (SPR #65016) Configuration

When synchronizing a project, modifications in mimics were lost. Mimics were re-created Environments.Application
instead of being updated. Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06073

Properties not displayed Configuration

Some properties of variable items were not displayed when the source was substituted Environments.Application
(ScaledValue, DeviceMinimumValue, DeviceMaximumValue, DeadbandValue, DeadbandType). Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06073

Mimic generated in the wrong library Configuration

When a mimic was generated in a library, the friendly name of the library was used instead of Environments.Application
its directory path. Architect

Could not create Associated Labels (SPR #64224) Configuration

It was not possible to create Associated Labels that were defined by expressions. Environments.Application
Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06064

Could not insert global parameters in expressions (SPR #63387) Configuration

Global parameters were not displayed and therefore could not be inserted when defining a Environments.Application
property by an expression. Inserting them manually was working properly. Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06057

Alarm Synthesis Server List not inherited by global parameter Configuration

Global parameters affecting the Server List property were not applied properly to Alarm Environments.Application
Synthesis objects. Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06038

Incorrect symbol insertion with missing parameter value Configuration

When inserting a symbol which position is calculated with a parameter and the parameter Environments.Application
value is not given (either by input or by default value), the symbol position is by default set to Architect
upper-left. A warning message is still displayed in the generation window ("missing Other versions: 11.2.06033
parameter").
Global parameters not working with unmanaged SNMP devices Configuration
Global parameters were not working properly with unmanaged SNMP devices. Environments.Application
Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06033,
11.1.06092

Could not create multiple instances at once Configuration

Multiple instantiation of inherited templates was not possible. Environments.Application
Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06031,
11.1.06091

Fatal error when resetting Initial Value Configuration

A fatal error was occurring when resetting the Initial Value property of a Register variable item. Environments.Application
Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06026

Global parameter Client List applied to Cyclic and Event objects Configuration
When configuring a global parameter for the Client List property with targeted object type set Environments.Application
to Any, Cyclic and Event items were affected even if they should not. This was leading to a Architect
failure of the generation. Other versions: 11.2.06026,
11.1.06085

Impossible to paste alarm behavior on threshold items (SPR #62664) Configuration

It was not possible to paste an alarm behavior on a variable's threshold. Environments.Application
Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06025

Setting Associated Labels on instances (SPR #62644) Configuration

A fatal error was occurring when trying to set the Associated Labels of a variable at the Environments.Application
instances level. Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06025

Could not set inhibiting bit of trends (SPR #62532) Configuration

An error was raised when generating after having changed the Inhibiting bit property of a trend Environments.Application
item in the Application Architect. Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06023,
11.1.06079

Naming rule evaluation Configuration

The naming rule was not always correctly evaluated on mimic items. Environments.Application
Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06020

Unused parameters (SPR #62493) Configuration

Under some circumstances, a parameter removed from a template could remain visible in the Environments.Application
instance panel. Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06020
Incorrect generation of mimics and symbols (SPR #62440) Configuration
Symbols and mimics were not properly generated when parameters were used to define some Environments.Application
of their properties. Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06020,
11.1.06076, 11.0.06087

Creation of alarm synthesis with branch and expression (SPR #62351) Configuration
It was not possible to create an alarm synthesis using both a branch and an expression. Such a Environments.Application
configuration was working properly when using the Application Explorer. Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06010,
11.1.06073

Message Encoding property not editable (SPR #62349) Configuration

The Message Encoding property of events of type e-mail was not editable. Environments.Application
Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06001

Missing panels (SPR #62639) Configuration

Under some circumstances, some panels were hidden due to an incorrect saving of the splitter Environments.Application
positions. Architect
Other versions: 11.1.06089

Selection lost in combo box (SPR #65578) Configuration

Entering and leaving the edit mode in a combo box caused the selected value to be reset when Environments.Application
the combo box was in a tree view such as in settings dialog boxes or in the advanced property Explorer
tab of most configuration items.

In addition to improving the user experience, this fix also avoid losing configuration values in
cases the configuration element was not actually changed.

Incomplete OPC Mapping Configuration

Some links between OPC items and variables were missing in the Mapping dialog box, despite Environments.Application
having the link correctly configured within the variable configuration dialog box. This was due Explorer
to a case sensitiveness issue.

Fatal error when browsing an OPC Server Configuration

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur in the Application Explorer when browsing Environments.Application
an OPC DA3.0 Server with a multiple of 1000 items within the browsed branch. Explorer

Thresholds behavior not refreshed (SPR #64809, 64036, 60434, 59018, Configuration
59017, 58623, 48177) Environments.Application
Thresholds behaviors were not correctly refreshed in the Application Explorer when adding, Explorer
modifying or deleting them.

Fatal error with quick connections & disconnections Configuration

A fatal error could occur in the Application Explorer when IEC 104 devices were quickly Environments.Application
connecting and disconnecting (due to network issues for example). Explorer
Trends items after archive unit deletion (SPR #63573) Configuration
Trends were not correctly removed when their associated archive unit was deleted. Environments.Application
Explorer

Unable to add Threshold on Alarm Counter (SPR #64482) Configuration

It was not possible to add Threshold behavior on System Alarm Counter such as Environments.Application
System.NoAckOn.All.Domain_*. Explorer

Fatal error on Log list creation (SPR #64564) Configuration

A fatal error could occur when creating a Log list when no default Database or Log table is Environments.Application
defined. Explorer

Copying/Pasting user profile Configuration

When copying and pasting a user profile, the associated user are no longer copied. Environments.Application
Explorer

Loss of custom format for Register variables (SPR #64153) Configuration

Custom format of register variables could be lost due to an improper initialization of the Environments.Application
corresponding property when re-opening the variable's configuration dialog box. Explorer
Other versions: 11.2.06068

Exception on pasting an item (SPR #64083) Configuration

Under some circumstances, an exception was raised when pasting an item that had been Environments.Application
deleted after being copied. Explorer

Fatal error on branch deletion (SPR #62189) Configuration

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when deleting a branch containing a large Environments.Application
amount of sub-branches and variables. Explorer

Auto-completion in expression (SPR #63968) Configuration

The auto-completion was not working properly when editing an expression. Environments.Application
Explorer
Other versions: 11.2.06064,
11.1.06113

Fatal error when editing a population having more filter elements Configuration
than authorized Environments.Application
A fatal error occurred when trying to edit a population having more filter elements than the Explorer
authorized limit (50). This could happen when a population is created using the SCADA Basic Other versions: 11.2.06058
instruction or by editing the configuration file. Now, the number of filter elements is enforced
correctly when creating a population via SCADA Basic and at loading time.
Variable modification not taken into account (SPR #63186, 63185, Configuration
63076) Environments.Application
Some variable configuration modifications were not taken into account when several variable Explorer
configuration dialog boxes were opened at the same time. Other versions: 11.2.06056

Variable browser not correctly resized (SPR #62881) Configuration

Under some circumstances, the variable browser was not correctly resized after opening its Environments.Application
context menu. Explorer
Other versions: 11.2.06038

Trends behavior not removed after deletion (SPR #62536) Configuration

Application Explorer was not correctly refreshed after deleting a HDS trend when the archive Environments.Application
unit was set for read-only or when the connection to the database was in error. Explorer
Other versions: 11.2.06034,
11.1.06093, 11.0.06093,
10.0SP2_Update

Upgrade Linking Bit Associated Label to alarm variable and vice-versa Configuration
(SPR #62606) Environments.Application
Prior to version 11.2, it was possible to link a Bit Associated Label to an alarm variable and an Explorer
Alarm Associated Label to a bit variable, which was no longer possible since 11.2.05001. Other versions: 11.2.06026
A new Compatibility setting is available to enable such a configuration. It is activated by default
when upgrading a project and deactivated with new projects.

Missing icons added (SPR #62513) Configuration

Several missing icons added in Labels configuration. Environments.Application
Explorer
Other versions: 11.2.06026

Clipboard support for Associated Labels (SPR #62514) Configuration

It is now possible to Copy/Cut/Paste Associated Labels configuration items. Environments.Application
Explorer
Other versions: 11.2.06025

Improved indications upon configuration saving (SPR #58667) Configuration

The indications related to the configuration saving process have been improved. This includes a
specific message if a configuration file cannot be saved because it is open in another application
Environments.Application
(such as Microsoft Excel or a text editor). Explorer
Other versions: 11.2.06020

Inhibiting bit on events (SPR #60551) Configuration

Removing the inhibiting bit behavior of an event was only deleting the bit variable. It now also
reset the inhibiting bit property of the event.
Environments.Application
Explorer
Other versions: 11.2.06020

Additional child nodes in navigation tree (SPR #62340, 62334) Configuration

Some child nodes were wrongly displayed in the navigation tree of the SNMP Manager and Environments.Application
BACnet. Explorer
Other versions: 11.2.06001
Default filter on variable selector for trends (SPR #61378) Configuration
The default filter on variable type was incorrect when the variable selector was used in the Environments.Application
context of trend configuration. Under some circumstances, text variables were displayed Explorer
instead of register variables. Other versions: 11.2.06001

Fatal error of the Application Explorer (SPR #62182, 62181) Configuration

A fatal error occurred when handling items having several contextual tasks in the Application Environments.Application
Explorer (tasks in the left panel). The issue was due to a leak of User system objects and could Explorer
happen after several thousand clicks. Other versions: 11.2.06001

Upgrade Log list transitions inverted (SPR #62312) Configuration

After applying a modification on a database log list, the transitions "Change to 1" and "Change Environments.Application
to 0" were inverted. Explorer
Prior to this fix, the recorded events were the ones displayed at the opening of the Other versions: 11.2.06001,
configuration window.
11.1.06066, 11.0.06087
The Generic Import had the same issue.

This issue had no side effect in the many cases when both transitions "Change to 1" and
"Change to 0" were recorded in the same log list.

XML Generic Import - Synchronization by drag & drop (SPR #64770) Configuration
When dragging and dropping a file in the XML Generic Import smart generator dialog box, a Environments.Smart Generators
fatal error occurred if the file had already been imported once. Now it runs a synchronization.

Fatal error when closing SG imports Configuration

A fatal error could occur when closing the Smart Generator imports list if a file was referred to Environments.Smart Generators
several times in the import references.

Size of the Generation dialog increasing (SPR #64477) Configuration

The size of Configuration Generation dialog was increasing after several generations, in Environments.Smart Generators
particular when generating from the Application Architect.

Fatal error on DDE configuration import (SPR #64553) Configuration

A fatal error could occur when importing an incomplete configuration of DDE Client. Environments.Smart Generators

Duplicated items after import (SPR #64077, 64076, 64075) Configuration

Under some circumstances, existing items were duplicated due to case sensitiveness issues. Environments.Smart Generators

SG-BACnet - Missing variable after synchronization (SPR #63801) Configuration

Under some circumstances, when synchronizing a project based on an EDE file, the first variable Environments.Smart Generators
declared was deleted. This was due to an incorrect formatting of the header line in the EDE

SG-CAD - Image cropping (SPR #63126) Configuration

Free cropping has been reworked and now correctly generates background images for mimics. Environments.Smart Generators
Fatal error when importing variables (SPR #63680) Configuration
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur after importing new variables when the Environments.Smart Generators
project was configured with the option Permanent scan for mimics activated. Other versions: 11.2.06059

Generic Import - Compatibility of OnVariableExpressions items (SPR Configuration

#63111) Environments.Smart Generators
Since version 11.2, it was no longer possible to use the result variable name as the id of Other versions: 11.2.06055
OnVariableExpressions items.

Generic Import - Trailing spaces removed in extended attributes (SPR Configuration

#63100) Environments.Smart Generators
Trailing space characters in extended attributes' values were removed when importing Other versions: 11.2.06054
configuration with the Generic Import. This regression appeared in the following versions:

• 11.0.06074
• 11.1.06033
• 11.2.05001

SG-Step7 - Fatal error when importing a large amount of variables Configuration

(SPR #61543) Environments.Smart Generators
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when importing a Step7 configuration with Other versions: 11.2.06038
a large amount of variables (over 100 000). It was also linked to the computer's performances.

SG-Unity - Fail to create new import (SPR #62292) Configuration

A fatal error occurred when trying to create a new Unity import after the creation of an OPC Environments.Smart Generators
XML-DA server. Other versions: 11.2.06036,
11.1.06094

Generic Import - Events not synchronized (SPR #62824) Configuration

When using the Generic import, events were not correctly synchronized due to automatic Environments.Smart Generators
naming mechanism. Other versions: 11.2.06035

SG-TwinCAT - Could not import undefined type arrays (SPR #62940) Configuration
A fatal error occurred when importing a .tpy file containing an array with undefined type. From Environments.Smart Generators
now on, in such condition, the array is ignored during the import. Other versions: 11.2.06035

Fatal error on property value update (SPR #65801) Data Acquisition.BACnet

A fatal error could occur when a property value was updated on a client station from the Other versions: 11.2.06080
BACnet helper.

Fatal error when watchdog property not defined Data Acquisition.BACnet

Since version 11.2, a fatal error could occur when the watchdog property of BACnet device was Other versions: 11.2.06080
not defined.
Fatal error when retrieving Trend Log with on-demand reads (SPR Data Acquisition.BACnet
#65515) Other versions: 11.2.06078
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when retrieving Trend Log or Notifications
with the on-demand read mechanism, in particular with configuration having many Trend Log
objects configured (>1000).

Fatal error when stopping BACnet communication (SPR #65438) Data Acquisition.BACnet
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur at shutdown if the project took advantage Other versions: 11.2.06076
of BACnet Alarms.

Column notification-class in EDE file (SPR #65083) Data Acquisition.BACnet

The column notification-class as specified in the EDE v2.3 spreadsheet is now supported.

Fatal error when loading large EDE file (SPR #65013) Data Acquisition.BACnet
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when loading large EDE files. From now
on, only the first 10000 lines of the file are loaded and a warning message will be displayed in
the Event Viewer if this limit is reached.

Fatal error upon acknowledgment notification (SPR #65187) Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstances, a fatal error occurred due to a notification of type acknowledgment Other versions: 11.2.06075
event (ACK-NOTIFICATION).

Fatal error after multiple connections & disconnections (SPR #65176) Data Acquisition.BACnet
A fatal error due to a deadlock could occur after multiple connections & disconnections. Other versions: 11.2.06073

Time-out message with Trend Logs (SPR #64891) Data Acquisition.BACnet

A time-out message was displayed at startup for all trended variables linked to a BACnet Trend Other versions: 11.2.06072
Log.

Fatal error upon alarm acknowledgement (SPR #64600) Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when processing alarm acknowledgement Other versions: 11.2.06072
in Notification-Class objects.

Trend Log not correctly retrieved after a switchover (SPR #64824) Data Acquisition.BACnet
Under some circumstances, Trend Logs could be retrieved several times after a switchover in Other versions: 11.2.06072
case of data acquisition redundancy.

Empty object-type and var-type lists (SPR #62962) Data Acquisition.BACnet

The lists of object-type and var-type were empty when the associated device was disconnected.

Truncated value sent for writing (SPR #63995) Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstances, the value sent when writing a floating point number was truncated Other versions: 11.2.06071
(e.g.: 10.3 was sent as 10)
Parsing vendor-specific columns (SPR #64479) Data Acquisition.BACnet
Fix of a fatal error occurring when parsing EDE files if a vendor-specific columns is located Other versions: 11.2.06067
before standard columns.

Fatal error at the end of the trial period Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur at the end of the trial period.

Fatal error on writing time-out (SPR #63276) Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstances, fatal errors could occur in case of time-out after sending writes Other versions: 11.2.06059,
command. 11.1.06110

Device incorrectly considered as offline Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstances, devices were incorrectly displayed as offline. The issue occurred Other versions: 11.2.06057
with devices containing a large number of notification-class objects if their initialization was
taking longer than the configured time-out.

Fatal error after stopping BACnet communication Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstance, a fatal error could occur when stopping the BACnet communication, Other versions: 11.2.06056
in particular when notification-class were operating.

Datatype Egress-Time not recognized Data Acquisition.BACnet

Properties of type Egress-Time were not correctly detected when browsing devices. Other versions: 11.2.06055

Unable to write to enumerated proprietary property Data Acquisition.BACnet

It was not possible to write a proprietary property if its BACnet datatype was "enumerated". Other versions: 11.2.06055

Unable to write XML data to SetPoint-Reference & Accumulator- Data Acquisition.BACnet

Record Other versions: 11.2.06055
It was not possible to write XML value in SetPoint-Reference and Accumulator-Record datatypes
properties.

Incorrect value retrieved for the Accumulator object (SPR #63021) Data Acquisition.BACnet
The retrieved value after calculation kept the same datatype as the present-value property Other versions: 11.2.06039
(unsigned integer) leading to rounded values (e.g. value "3.0" was retrieved instead of "3.4" for
example).

ADPU size limitation (SPR #63022) Data Acquisition.BACnet

The max APDU size in advanced settings of device is now limited to 1476 (as defined in the Other versions: 11.2.06038
standard), except in mode “Display Advanced Features” where it can be adjusted up to 100
000. In addition, it is no longer required to restart the device to apply APDU length
modifications.

Failed to write Boolean properties (SPR #62950, 62937) Data Acquisition.BACnet

It was not possible to write Bit variables linked to a BACnet property of type Boolean (such as Other versions: 11.2.06035
out-of-service).
Associated labels not refreshed (SPR #61820) Data Acquisition.BACnet
After a configuration modification, associated labels linked to Schedule objects were not Other versions: 11.2.06034
correctly refreshed in the Application Explorer.

Could not read UCS_2 character type (SPR #62833) Data Acquisition.BACnet
A fatal error was occurring when reading properties encoded with UCS_2 character type. Other versions: 11.2.06034

Handling of duplicated DeviceId (SPR #62904, 62709, 62221) Data Acquisition.BACnet

A fatal error could occur when stopping a network in case of duplicate DeviceId on the network. Other versions: 11.2.06034

Using reserved and proprietary properties (SPR #62926, 62734) Data Acquisition.BACnet
It is now possible to view and map variables on properties whose identifier is in the reserved Other versions: 11.2.06034
but undefined range (as per the BACnet standard).
Proprietary properties are also displayed in the mapping editor and variables can be map on
them.
In such cases, values will be handled correctly at runtime if the property type is standard and
supported (as per the PICS).

Fatal error with complex-event-type notifications (SPR #62861) Data Acquisition.BACnet

A fatal error occurred upon reception of a notification of type complex-event-type with no Other versions: 11.2.06032
parameter.

Improved robustness of Trend Log property reading (SPR #62785) Data Acquisition.BACnet
A fatal error of Sv32.exe could occur when receiving an incorrect response to a request for Other versions: 11.2.06030
reading some properties of Trend Log and Trend Log Multiple objects. The issue could occur at
initialization time, or when using the Trend Log Helper.

Incorrect day in Schedule helpers Data Acquisition.BACnet

In the Helper for Schedule objects, "Monday" was written in front of each days of Other versions: 11.2.06026
BACnetDailySchedule arrays.

Invalid variables for some object types (SPR #61072) Data Acquisition.BACnet
When a variable was mapped at the object level on an object of type Calendar, Group, Other versions: 11.2.06026
Averaging or Command, it was never initialized properly and its status was always NS_COM.

Fatal error on reinit message Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur, when sending a re-initialization message Other versions: 11.2.06025
to a device protected by a password.
Several fixes & enhancements (SPR #62581, 62576) Data Acquisition.BACnet
The list of fixes & enhancements includes: Other versions: 11.2.06023

• New traces and audit counters for COV subscription and unsubscription,
• General enhancement of COV subscriptions handling,
• COV unsubscriptions were not always sent, in particular in case of communication
failure or manual stop of the network,
• The minimum COV subscription lifetime is now 10 mn,
• A fatal error was occurring in the Application Explorer when applying reset property
from EDE mapping,
• Incorrect look-up of Trend Log & Trend Log Multiple in case a variable was mapped on
a BACnet object and its Present Value was trend logged at the device level. The
consequence was that the Trend Log buffer was never retrieved. The look-up was
correct when the variable was mapped on the trended BACnet object property.

Several fixes & enhancements related to BACnet (SPR #62580, 62574, Data Acquisition.BACnet
62573, 62561, 62554, 62552, 62551, 62252, 62244) Other versions: 11.2.06020
The list of fixes & enhancements includes:

• Fixed dialog box resizing issues in the Helpers,

• Improved persistency of the Mapping Editor dialog box sizes,
• When a variable is mapped on a BACnet object, its status is now set to NS if the status-
flag is "bad" (was set to NS-COM),
• Fix of regression - The Scale property was not taken into account properly when
calculating the value of Accumulator objects,
• Trend Log buffer retrieval from the Helpers is now working properly when used from a
PcVue client station (remote BACnet data acquisition server),
• Improved fallback in case a read of a Trend Log buffer returns a "value-out-of-range"
error.
This error is returned if PcVue is trying to read buffer sequence-number that are no
longer available in the device. In such a situation, the buffer read is retried by
requesting data based on the timestamp of the older record available in the Trend Log
buffer.
In particular, Trend Log buffers are retrieved by sequence-number at start-up (if
available),
• A new setting is available to indicate whether Trend Log buffer reads via the Helpers
have to be stored in the archives or not. This setting defaults to False,
• Improved tracing of Trend Log record storage in the archives,
• In the Helpers, the selection of a Trend Log object was causing a useless read of its
buffer,
• At startup or upon reconnection, a first record was stored in the archives based on
real time values,
• Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when shutting down PcVue while
a BACnet network was already in the stop phase,
• Writing of one bit within a bitstring based on field extraction (as defined at the time of
mapping) was not working properly.

Failure on Read requests (SPR #62437) Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstances, read requests could fail due to a time-out when the device did not Other versions: 11.2.06010
support segmentation. It occurred in particular when reading properties returning large result
sets such as the object-list (Device object) or recipient-list (Notification Class object).
This issue happened in many circumstances when using the SCADA Engine simulator.

To avoid such a situation, a new setting can be edited in the file C\VarConf.dat to set the time-
out of read requests. Its default value is now 60 s (was 30 s).
Trend Log records retrieval (SPR #62387, 62370) Data Acquisition.BACnet
Trend Log records were not all retrieved and displayed in the Helper when several ReadRange Other versions: 11.2.06010
requests were necessary to process the request.

It was a known issue since version 11.2.05001.

EDE mapping (SPR #62229) Data Acquisition.BACnet

Several fixes have been implemented for the EDE mapping. In particular, proprietary objects Other versions: 11.2.06001
and alarm configuration are now properly supported.

Fatal error on network stop (SPR #62229) Data Acquisition.BACnet

A fatal error was occurring when stopping a Network with a disconnected Device. Other versions: 11.2.06001

Truncated description (SPR #62193) Data Acquisition.BACnet

Some texts comprising double-quote characters were truncated, in particular in the object- Other versions: 11.2.06001
description properties.

Values not always refreshed in the BACnet mapping editor (SPR Data Acquisition.BACnet
#62197) Other versions: 11.2.06001
The value of properties displayed in the BACnet mapping editor was not always refreshed when
opening the dialog box.

It was a known issue since version 11.2.05001.

Fatal error with multiple connection/disconnection (SPR #64497) Data Acquisition.DNP3

A fatal error was occurring in the Application Explorer in case of multiple fast Other versions: 11.2.06068
connection/disconnection.

Fatal error when sending freeze commands Data Acquisition.DNP3

A fatal error occurred when sending a freeze command to a disconnected device. Other versions: 11.2.06064

Incorrect device status on passive servers Data Acquisition.DNP3

In an association of type single active server, the device status displayed on passive servers was Other versions: 11.2.06064
incorrect. The status as seen by the active server was displayed.

Fatal error with offline devices (SPR #63750) Data Acquisition.DNP3

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when the DNP3 driver was trying to check Other versions: 11.2.06060
the IIN bits of an offline device. The issue could happen when the communication was lost
while checking the IIN.

Historical buffer not retrieved at startup (SPR #62803) Data Acquisition.DNP3

At startup, only the last change was read and not the full buffer. Other versions: 11.2.06037
Fatal error with periodic clock synch (SPR #63227) Data Acquisition.IEC 60870-5-104
A fatal error could occur at start-up when a sector was configured to use UTC timestamps while Client
also configured to periodically send clock synchronization commands. Other versions: 11.2.06055
The issue was a regression introduced recently in PcVue 11.2.0.06054.

Fatal error with multiple write commands (SPR #62402) Data Acquisition.IEC 60870-5-104
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when several write commands were Client
processed at the same time. Other versions: 11.2.06055,
11.1.06102

Various fixes & enhancements to the IEC 104 driver (SPR #63189, Data Acquisition.IEC 60870-5-104
62402) Client
The list of fixes & enhancements includes:
Other versions: 11.2.06054,
• Under some circumstances, the use of commands such as Reset, Clock synch and Test 11.1.06099
from the Application Explorer could cause the PcVue main process to shut down due
to watchdog detection,
• The Reset, Clock synch and Test commands can now be executed from a PcVue client
station or a passive data acquisition server. Until this enhancement, it could be
successfully executed only from the active data acquisition server,
• Fix of a fatal error occurring at network startup. The issue only occurred with
configurations comprising a large amount of sectors.

Abnormal long execution time for SBO with Single Point (SPR #62854) Data Acquisition.IEC 60870-5-104
It could take up to 10 sec to execute a Select Before Operate action when using the Client
corresponding SCADA Basic instruction with a Single Point. It did not occur with other data Other versions: 11.2.06038
types.

Fatal error on network start (SPR #62402) Data Acquisition.IEC 60870-5-104

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when starting an IEC 104 network. The Client
issue could be reproduced when a large number of sectors was configured. Other versions: 11.2.06024,
11.1.06080

GI, CI and ClockSync sent only once Data Acquisition.IEC 60870-5-104

The GI, CI and ClockSync commands were sent only once. Client
Other versions: 11.2.06024,
11.1.06080

Inconsistent timestamp and quality after switchover Data Acquisition.IEC 60870-5-104

Timestamp source and quality were lost after a switchover in a single active association. Client
Other versions: 11.2.06001,
11.1.06070

Handling of invalid timestamp Data Acquisition.IEC 60870-5-104

Invalid timestamps received from IEC 104 devices were interpreted as valid. Prior to this fix, Client
only the unsync qualifier was taken into account to update the timestamp quality. Other versions: 11.2.06001,
11.1.06069

Could not write bitstring (SPR #65771) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

Under some circumstances, it was not possible to write data attributes of type bitstring, when Other versions: 11.2.06080
its size was modified in the device. The same issue occurred with data attributes of type
octetstring.
Command property not enabled when variable created from the Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
Mapping dialog box (SPR #65111)
When creating a variable from the mapping dialog box (map on a new variable), the variable
was not flagged 'Commandable' even if the Common Data Class type required a commandable
variable.

Double-Point On and Off value identical (SPR #63762) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
It was possible to configure the same ON and OFF values for double-point. Now when setting
ON to [10], OFF is automatically set to [01] and vice-versa.

Command locked if control model is SBOw or DEw Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

Commands with control models SBOw and DEw were locked when they the controlled value Other versions: 11.2.06068
was not of type boolean.

Fatal error when sending a command (SPR #64550) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
A fatal error occurred when sending a control for a BSC data class. Other versions: 11.2.06068

Incorrect connection state for Data Report groups Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
Under some circumstances, the connection state of Data Report group was not accurate. This
issue mainly occurs with slow connection.

Duplicate declaration of BRCB & URCB (SPR #61065) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
It was possible to configure several URCB/BRCB referring to the same physical one.

Password with special characters (SPR #64065) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

It was not possible to define a password with special characters such as !,?,* or $.

Fatal error with Write command on SPC (SPR #64111) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur after sending a Write command on an SPC Other versions: 11.2.06064
data object.

Fatal error on SBOw and SBO command (SPR #63265) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
Since version 11.2.06040, some random fatal errors could occur when sending SBOw and SBO Other versions: 11.2.06055
commands.

SBO and DE could not be executed from client stations (SPR #61175, Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
59161) Other versions: 11.2.06040
The SBO and DE commands can now be executed from client stations, even if using the SCADA
Basic instruction M61850.

Timestamp incorrectly updated (SPR #62731, 62688) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

When processing a change of a data object with a bad timestamp, the local acquisition Other versions: 11.2.06035,
timestamp was wrongly used in case the value did not change. From now on, in such situation, 11.1.06093
the timestamp is updated only if the value has changed.
Robustness in handling EntryId Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur due to concurrent access to internal Other versions: 11.2.06034,
resources used to handle the EntryId of BRCB. 11.1.06093, 10.0SP2

Incorrect value retrieved for t data attribute (SPR #62851) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
The displayed value was incorrect when a text variable was mapped on a t data attribute Other versions: 11.2.06031,
(timestamp). 11.1.06091, 11.0.06093

Could not read data attribute Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

Under some circumstances, it was not possible to read a data attribute. The issue could occur Other versions: 11.2.06026,
when the attribute to read belonged to an object that was part of an array (or one of its parent 11.1.06084
object).

IEC 61850 & IEC 61400-25 catalogs updated (SPR #62592, 62501) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
The IEC 61850 catalog has been updated to fix a series of issues and enabling mapping of Other versions: 11.2.06026,
complex CDCs from the mapping dialog box (61400-25's SPV and alike). 11.1.06082
These changes also fix some issues when specializing or extending the catalog in a project's
specific catalog file.

Enumala did not work with IEC 61850 (SPR #62659) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
The Enumala feature was not working properly with variables mapped on IEC 61850 data. Other versions: 11.2.06025,
11.1.06081

Connection failure Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

Connection to a device was failing and leading to a critical error on the network when there Other versions: 11.2.06020,
was no DataSet configured on the device on the PcVue side. 11.1.06074

Connection failure with the IEDScout Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

Connection to the IEDScout (OMICRON) was failing when using Edition 2 behavior. Other versions: 11.2.06010,
11.1.06073

Data acquisition redundancy (SPR #65719) Data Acquisition.KNX

The redundancy was not correctly handled. Despite becoming passive after a switchover, the Other versions: 11.2.06080
formerly active server was still processing read and write commands.

Values could remain NS COM (SPR #64505) Data Acquisition.KNX

When, at driver startup, the initial read request of a variable failed due to network issues, the Other versions: 11.2.06067
variable's status was remaining NS COM until the next value change was received. Now the
initial read is retried until the gateway respond.

KNX unsolicited traffic not received (SPR #62508) Data Acquisition.KNX

When configuring a KNX interface with only unsolicited data (e.g. without polled data), it was Other versions: 11.2.06020,
deactivated after a time-period of 2 minutes without traffic. 11.1.06074

Variables remained NS COM (SPR #62889, 62835, 62722) Data Acquisition.LNS

Due to missing information when reading the LonWorks' types catalog, some references were Other versions: 11.2.06033,
not resolved and the variable remained NS COM (such as variables mapped to SCPTsetPnts 11.1.06090, 11.0.06093
data).
Could not read variables value (SPR #62722) Data Acquisition.LNS
Since versions 11.0.06081, 11.1.06048 and 11.2.05001, some enumerated variables types were Other versions: 11.2.06026,
remaining invalid (NS COM). 11.1.06087, 11.0.06092

Fatal error on LNS startup (SPR #62459) Data Acquisition.LNS

While reading the LNS catalog, a format error exception was not properly handled, leading to a Other versions: 11.2.06023,
fatal error. 11.1.06079, 11.0.06089

Values remained NS after end of simulation (SPR #63949) Data Acquisition.OPC Client
When variables were set to simulated mode and back again to real-time, they remained with Other versions: 11.2.06073
quality NS until the next data change. This issue only occurred with OPC variables in particular
scenarios when the simulated mode was changed while the OPC server was disconnected.

Incorrect timestamp after reconnection (SPR #62622) Data Acquisition.OPC Client

After a disconnection/reconnection to an OPC server, timestamp of variables which value had Other versions: 11.2.06026
not changed in the meantime were set with the timestamp of the reconnection instead of the
timestamp of the previous known valid change.

Incomplete items list in the mapping dialog box (SPR #62553) Data Acquisition.OPC Client
When browsing an OPC server, only the first 1000 items were retrieved and displayed. Other versions: 11.2.06026,
The issue only occurred with OPC Servers supporting the OPC DA 3.0 browsing interface. 11.1.06101

Fatal error when sending a recipe (SPR #62661) Data Acquisition.OPC Client
A fatal error was occurring when sending a recipe containing exclusively OPC variables mapped Other versions: 11.2.06025,
on a deleted OPC Group or OPC Server. This could happen when manually editing the 11.1.06081, 11.0.06090
configuration of the OPC Server.

Support for special characters in OPC ItemId Data Acquisition.OPC UA

The configuration of OPC Items containing some special characters was incorrectly saved. The Gateway Client
characters ", ', &, < and > are now escaped to be correctly saved and interpreted. Other versions: 11.2.06072

Driver XBUS-IP-SLAVE - Fatal error when stopping communication Data Acquisition.Other built-in
(SPR #65320) drivers
A fatal error occurred when stopping communication using the Xbus IP-Slave driver. Other versions: 11.2.06076

Driver Ferromatik - Fatal error with several networks Data Acquisition.Other built-in
A fatal error was occurring when more than 20 networks were configured with this driver. drivers
Other versions: 11.2.06068

Fatal error when starting communication (SPR #63288) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when the file C\Comm.dat was malformed drivers
and the file CTEMP\Comm.dat was read-only.

Variable not NS after Equipment stopped (SPR #62816) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
Under some circumstances, some variables could remain with quality Good instead of being NS drivers
after their associated Equipment was stopped.
Driver XBUS-IP-MASTER - Error 108 (SPR #63930) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
The error 108 occurred when the equipment was sending more data than requested. Now such drivers
frames are accepted, but only the requested data length is processed, and only if the first Other versions: 11.2.06062
receive packet has a correct transaction Id.

Driver XBUS-IP-MASTER - Fatal error upon connection close (SPR Data Acquisition.Other built-in
#63177) drivers
A fatal error could occur when a device was configured with the property Close connection on Other versions: 11.2.06054,
passive station activated. 11.1.06099, 11.0.06093
Such configuration is used when the data acquisition architecture includes serial to IP
converters with a limited max number of simultaneous TCP connections.

Driver XBUS-IP-MASTER - Fatal error using verb CIMWAY mode CFG Data Acquisition.Other built-in
(SPR #63085) drivers
A fatal error could occur when using the SCADA Basic verb CIMWAY mode CFG if the param Other versions: 11.2.06046
string exceeded 65 characters.

Fatal error when stopping CimWay (SPR #63009) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
A fatal error was occurring when stopping a CimWay driver while having pending write drivers
commands. From now on, the stop request is suspended until all queued write commands are Other versions: 11.2.06039
completed.

Thread leak when stopping communication (SPR #63018) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
A thread leak of 1 thread per device was occurring when stopping CimWay communication drivers
using the SCADA Basic instruction CIMWAY("OFF"). Other versions: 11.2.06038

Driver XBUS-IP-MASTER - Message time-out (SPR #62948) Data Acquisition.Other built-in

The Message time-out management has been improved for better performances: drivers
Other versions: 11.2.06036,
• No longer played at start-up, which speeds up the start-up process, 11.1.06094, 11.0.06093
• Only played when the previous request is valid and within the Message time-out
period, no longer all the time,
• Only played once and not at every SendReceive period.

System status variables of frame always invalid (SPR #62793) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
The System variables for the status of frames were always set to NS even when frames were drivers
started and working properly. Other versions: 11.2.06033,
11.1.06092, 11.0.06093

Driver XBUS-IP-SLAVE - Fatal error on Modbus function code 3 (SPR Data Acquisition.Other built-in
#62439) drivers
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when responding to a request for registers Other versions: 11.2.06024,
with the Modbus function code 3. 11.1.06080

Driver TwinCat - Error when writing a float value (SPR #62375) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
A fatal error occurred when trying to write a float value with a frame size larger than 350 floats. drivers
Other versions: 11.2.06001,
11.1.06068
Fatal error when editing ICMP variable (SPR #65424) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager
A fatal error occurred when editing an ICMP variable configured without polling group.

Automatic conversion of numeric values (SPR #63529) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager

String values can now be automatically converted to register values even when including Other versions: 11.2.06059
decimal and/or thousand separators.
Examples:

• 12,000.45 = 12000.45
• 12.000.45 = 12000.45
• 12,00045 = 12,00045
• 12.00045 = 12.00045

Unable to stop project (SPR #63672) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager

Under some circumstances, project did not stop when more than 64 devices were configured Other versions: 11.2.06059
with ping activated for status handling.

Fatal error on SNMP Manager startup (SPR #63215) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager
A fatal error could occur if the file mib_index was malformed, in particular if it contained a Null Other versions: 11.2.06054,
character. 11.1.06100

Fatal error at startup (SPR #63199) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur at startup. It was due to the automatic Other versions: 11.2.06054,
creation of a folder used by the SNMP Manager at the root of the system partition instead of 11.1.06099
within the PER folder. When not run with administrative privileges, the system prevented the
folder creation, leading to the fatal error.

Invalid started device counter (SPR #62579) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager

The system variable and audit counters indicating the number of started devices was incorrect Other versions: 11.2.06026,
in case of dynamic host resolution. 11.1.06078

SNMP devices without variables indicated as connected (SPR #62577) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager
Devices using SNMP v3 without any variable mapped were always indicated as connected. Other versions: 11.2.06026,
11.1.06078

Device defined with hostname not reachable (SPR #62483) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager
When a device was defined using its hostname, it was not refreshed if the hostname could not Other versions: 11.2.06020,
be resolved at startup (DNS not available). A restart of the project was necessary in such a 11.1.06074
situation.
Two options have been added to the properties of a device:

• A resolution period for the hostname to cyclically check the IP address,

• An option to resolve the hostname after a disconnection. If not activated, the initial
resolved IP address is used at reconnection time.

Variable value not refreshed (SPR #62481) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager

When a device using SNMP v3 returns an engineTime equals to 0 at the first frame request, Other versions: 11.2.06020,
variables configured as Trap with Ad'hoc sync were not correctly refreshed. 11.1.06074
Statistical data when using "Log only alarm on/off changes in log lists" Data Export
(SPR #64469, 63324, 62949, 62815) Other versions: 11.2.06066,
Log pages statistics configuration and export were not correctly handled when the project 11.1.06103
setting Archives.Log only alarm on/off changes in log lists was activated.

Fatal error upon generation of an export (SPR #65841, 65036) Data Export
A fatal error could occur when generating an export with a time-period greater than the Other versions: 11.2.06080
authorized limit. It is no longer possible to set the time period value out of bounds.

Columns not properly removed (SPR #64986, 64826) Data Export

Removing columns from a Log page was not working properly. After having applied the Other versions: 11.2.06073
removal, the columns were still present and moved at the end of the list.

Incorrect Occurrence and Duration statistics (SPR #63324, 62949) Data Export
Under some circumstances, Occurrence and Duration statistics were incorrect when the archive
setting Log only alarm on/off was activated,

Multiple Log lists in a Log page (SPR #64579) Data Export

Under some circumstances, it was possible to configure multiple Log lists in a Log page. Now,
when associating a Log list to a Log page, the previous one is correctly removed.

Incorrect aggregated statistics (SPR #64124) Data Export

When calculating aggregated statistics, the initial value was not taken into account when not
synchronized with statistic period start time, and NS values were not correctly managed. With
low frequency value changes, it was leading to erroneous calculation.

Fatal error when generating an export with a log page Data Export
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when generating an export with a log Other versions: 11.2.06071,
page. 11.1.06116, 11.0.06097

Editing Trends and Log lists from Data Export (SPR #63888) Data Export
It is no longer possible to modify Trends and Log lists directly from the Data Export
configuration. The properties of the associated items are still displayed, but they can no longer
be changed.

Data export trace mask overridden (SPR #64399) Data Export

Trace levels were not properly saved. Saving a trend page trace mask was causing an override Other versions: 11.2.06066
of the parent data export trace mask.

Cancelling an export (SPR #48217) Data Export

The Cancel action when an export was in progress was not properly handled.

Export disappear after creation (SPR #63937) Data Export

Exports configured were disappearing right after their creation, when they were configured Other versions: 11.2.06064
with a sever list to which the station did not belong.
Variable name in Trend pages was always exported (SPR #63256) Data Export
In Trend pages configuration, the property "Show variable name" was not correctly loaded and Other versions: 11.2.06064
always active. As a consequence, variables names were always exported.

Incorrect aggregated statistics in export (SPR #63863) Data Export

Under some circumstances, when exporting a Trend Page with aggregated statistics, the last Other versions: 11.2.06061,
values were incorrect. The issue could occur with HDS archive units when the exported trend 11.1.06110, 11.0.06095
had no valid value at the end of the period. In such conditions, the last valid aggregated data
was wrongly duplicated until the end of the period.

Unsupported characters (SPR #63858, 63696) Data Export

Some characters such as # (hash), / (slash), "(quote) or , (comma) were not correctly Other versions: 11.2.06061,
interpreted in data export configuration when used in various properties (File Name, Sheet 11.1.06110, 11.0.06095
Name...) or in expressions.
The issue was for example obvious when reloading a data export item where one of the
property was defined by an expression including at least 2 parameters separated by a comma -
The expression was truncated after the first comma.

Incorrect export dates (SPR #63695) Data Export

The following expression elements were not processed properly and were returning an Other versions: 11.2.06059
incorrect date:

• Export.StartDate.Year
• Export.StartDate.Hours
• Export.StartDate.Minutes
• Export.EndDate.Year
• Export.EndDate.Hours
• Export.EndDate.Minutes

Incorrect duration calculation (SPR #63041) Data Export

The duration stat for logged events could be wrong due to an incorrect calculation of the initial Other versions: 11.2.06056,
state in the calculated period. 11.1.06103, 11.0.06094

Trends not pasted when pasting a Trend page (SPR #62696) Data Export
When copying and pasting a Trend page, the associated Trends were not copied properly. Other versions: 11.2.06039

Next and Finish buttons remained enabled after an export was Data Export
cancelled (SPR #62958) Other versions: 11.2.06036
When canceling an export operation in the wizard, the Next and Finish buttons were not
disabled. Clicking on the Next button was leading to a fatal error.

First point in aggregated values (SPR #62366) Data Export

When exporting aggregated values, the first value was incorrect because the previous value Other versions: 11.2.06035
was not correctly taken into account.

For instance, with a 1 min sampling period between 10h00 and 10h10, the first row will contain
all values between 10h00 to 10h00.59.999 plus the previous value of the point if it exists. In
addition, the last row will contain values between 10h09 and 10h09.59.999.
Memory leak Data Export
Fix of a memory leak when exporting aggregated values. Other versions: 11.2.06035,
11.1.06093, 11.0.06093

Incorrect samples with weekly period (SPR #62896) Data Export

Some incorrect samples were generated when exporting trends with the sampling period set to Other versions: 11.2.06034,
Week. 11.1.06093, 11.0.06093

Matrix formula lost (SPR #62795) Data Export

Matrix formula were lost when exporting data. Other versions: 11.2.06031

Empty export for logs Data Export

Since versions 11.1.06087 and 11.2.06026, exporting logs was no longer working and always Other versions: 11.2.06030,
returned an empty export. 11.1.06089

Folder creation upon generation (SPR #61877) Data Export

When generating a csv export, any necessary folder is created correctly as part of the Other versions: 11.2.06010
generation. Until this fix, the csv file export could be aborted due to the failure of the folder
creation.

It was a known issue since version 11.2.05001.

Incorrect aggregated values and statistics (SPR #62274, 62149) Data Export
Under some circumstances, some aggregated values and statistics were wrong in the export, in Other versions: 11.2.05000,
particular the duration of alarms and number of occurrences. This was due to different Time 11.1.06065, 11.0.06085
Zones between the station generating the exports and the station hosting the archive unit.

This issue was a regression due to changes done on July 2014, and also affected version 11.0
and 11.1.

Maximum number of points reached (SPR #62184) Data Export

The message indicating that the maximum number of points is reached was not always Other versions: 11.2.04000
prompted by the wizard.

Memory leak with function SetDataSet (SPR #64852) Development kits.SV Manager
Updating a Text variable with the method SetDataSet caused a small memory leak. Toolkit
Other versions: 11.2.06082

Fatal error on project shutdown Development kits.SV Manager

On project shutdown, a fatal error could occur in particular cases when a variable subscription Toolkit
response was being received while shutting down. Other versions: 11.2.06064
Upgrade Incorrect value for inhibition bit of log lists (SPR #62332) Development kits.XML Generic
The InhibitingCondition property of LogFilter in Free, ODBC and Proprietary units was wrongly Import Toolkit
interpreted during import. Other versions: 11.2.06001
Prior to this fix the following values had to be used:

• 0 to activate the inhibition bit

• -1 to deactivate the inhibition bit

The default value was correct.

Modal warning message in service mode (SPR #64976) General

When running the Supervisor as a Windows service, some messages typically displayed in Other versions: 11.2.06072
interactive user sessions were not disabled, leading to a fatal error. These messages were
warnings related to:

• The number of GDI objects

• The number of User objects
• The percentage of used memory
• The number of opened mimics

Freeze during startup - Alarm Manager (SPR #64576) General

Under some circumstances, PcVue could freeze during project startup when loading the Alarm Other versions: 11.2.06068
manager.

Could not insert variable in a Recipe (SPR #64296) General

An improper message was displayed when trying to insert a variable defined by another Other versions: 11.2.06064
variable in a recipe. It was only occurring when both variable had a minimum value different
from 0.

SMS and Email events - Various fixes and enhancements (SPR #63697, General
63527, 63093) Other versions: 11.2.06060,
The list of fixes & enhancements includes: 11.1.06102

• An incorrect error message was displayed in the Event Viewer when trying to send a
message to an unknown user or with an unknown SMS/Email profile;
• Checking the existence of users and profiles have been improved before sending
messages;
• Messages queuing reworked in case of sending error/failure;
• Customization of modem configuration is now possible through several new settings:
XON/XOFF, CTS handshaking, DSR handshaking, DSR sensitivity, DTR circuit, RTS circuit
and Set RTS signal.

Incorrect language in window's title General

At startup and on language change, the title of the PcVue main window and the event viewer Other versions: 11.2.06057,
were not correctly updated according to the display language. 11.1.06105

Fatal error few minutes after a configuration modification (SPR General

#63152) Other versions: 11.2.06054,
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur few minutes after a configuration 11.1.06098
modification. It could happen in case of a networking application having flow regulation
activated during the modification. The fatal error occurred when the regulation stopped, if a
modified object was still in the regulation queue.
Consecutive emails not sent (SPR #63086) General
Some emails were lost when sending several of them almost simultaneously via event actions Other versions: 11.2.06047
or SCADA Basic. It was only possible to send one email per event and per millisecond.

SMS sent continuously (SPR #63075) General

When sending SMS to multiple recipients, including an incorrect one, first recipients defined Other versions: 11.2.06045,
before it were receiving continuously the SMS, while recipients defined after the incorrect one 11.1.06098
were never receiving the SMS.

Unable to run as a service General

Under some circumstances, when an unhandled exception occurred in the services Other versions: 11.2.06039
svCoreDaemon or svCoreSessionHost, the process hosting them was no longer responding. The
Service Control Manager was then terminating the process after the usual 30-second time-out
and logged the following error message:
"Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion".

Additional diagnostics messages have been added to traces in such a situation.

Email template values field options (SPR #63000) General

Email template values field options were not correctly handled as described in the help: Other versions: 11.2.06038

• Not defined by the template - The template does not provide information for that
field. This is the default setting.
• Imposed by the template - The text that you enter will be used in any message where
the template is used and cannot be changed there.
• Suggested by the template. The text that you enter will be used in any message where
the template is used but can be edited there.

Fatal error caused by large email messages (SPR #62965) General

Sending an email message longer than 10240 characters was causing a fatal error. From now Other versions: 11.2.06038
on, such messages are truncated.

Incorrect email address format (SPR #62999) General

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when sending emails to an invalid email Other versions: 11.2.06038
address used in one of the following fields: sender, reply-to, to, cc, bcc.
The dialog boxes now prevent typing in such addresses, it can happens when manually editing
configuration files, using a project developed with an earlier version or using substitution
characters.

"Open context mimic" setting not saved (SPR #62978) General

The HMI option Open context mimic was not correctly reloaded when a mimic was open via Other versions: 11.2.06038,
SCADA Basic at project startup. 11.1.06095

Libraries' modification rights (SPR #62957) General

From now on, new libraries are created with modification rights given to all users. Previously, Other versions: 11.2.06038,
they were dependent on the profile. 11.1.06095
Missing system variables STATUS and STATUSCOMP (SPR #62626, General
62394) Other versions: 11.2.06035
The system variables STATUS and STATUSCOMP are now always created automatically. The
associated setting to create them has been removed.
Automatic creation of these variables for an existing project can be done by saving variables.

Email testing with profile (SPR #62755) General

It was not possible to send a test email with a specific account profile. It was working fine when Other versions: 11.2.06027,
indicating directly an email address. 11.1.06088

Upgrade Support for secured connections to email servers (SPR General

#62558, 59910) Other versions: 11.2.06023,
To cope with the wider deployment of secured email servers, more choices are now offered to 11.1.06079
support secure connections when configuring an E-mail account to:

• No secure connection,
• Explicit TLS (STARTTLS),
• Implicit TLS (SSL/TLS).

Please note that since version 10.0, changes occurred leading to support for only Implicit TLS in
some versions, and only Explicit TLS in some other versions. You should verify your
configuration in case of migration.

SNMP Agent option not active (SPR #62490) General.Licensing

The license option allowing the use of the SNMP Agent was not correctly detected. Other versions: 11.2.06020

Automatic logoff warning message displayed too briefly (SPR #65210, General.User management
65129) Other versions: 11.2.06073
The warning message before automatic logoff was not properly handled. The configured
duration was ignored and the warning was displayed only one second before disappearing.

Priority wrongly given to Active Directory users (SPR #64637, 64377) General.User management
Since version 11.2.06063, when a built-in user had the same login name as a user from the Other versions: 11.2.06071
Active Directory, the priority was given to the Active Directory user instead of the built-in user.

Station-dependent profile no longer working with Active Directory General.User management

users (SPR #64377) Other versions: 11.2.06071
When an Active Directory user is applied different profiles according to the PcVue station it
connects to, the correct profile is now applied. Until this fix, the first profile was always
enforced.

Station dependent User profiles not applied with Active Directory General.User management
(SPR #64637, 64377, 62981) Other versions: 11.2.06042
The association of specific User profiles for different stations was not correctly applied when
using Active Directory groups. The first found profile was applied on every stations.
Windows User group containing a "." (SPR #63814, 16655) General.User management
It was not possible to associate a Windows User Group containing a '.' (dot) character to a user Other versions: 11.2.06060
profile.

Failed to edit DEFUSER details (SPR #63440) General.User management

It was not possible to edit the DEFUSER details (First Name, Last Name...). An improper Other versions: 11.2.06058
validation rule required to set a password, which was wrong for the default user.

Unable to open Variable properties dialog box (SPR #63069) General.User management
Since version 11.2.05001, users having the DEFPROFILE were not able to open the variable Other versions: 11.2.06055
properties dialog box when accessed from an animation, even if granted developments
privileges.

Unexpected automatic user logoff (SPR #61964, 60807, 60795) General.User management
User activity is now tracked at the Windows session level to avoid automatic logoff when a user Other versions: 11.2.06033,
is using the configuration tools. Until this fix, only the activity in mimics was tracked, leading to 11.1.06092, 11.0.06092
situations where the user could be automatically logged out of the Application Explorer (or
Application Architect).

Password change requested at startup (SPR #62708) General.User management

Since version 11.2.06023, a dialog box requesting to change user's password was displayed at Other versions: 11.2.06026
project startup. It was occurring when user was automatically logged in with SCADA Basic
instruction and when strong password option was activated. The issue occurred in particular
when launching the QuickStart sample project.

Excessive CPU consumption (SPR #62596) General.User management

When the user.dat file was encrypted, it was reloaded every second even if no change Other versions: 11.2.06023,
occurred. 11.1.06078, 11.0.06089

Rework of defaults objects for Databases, Tables and TrendGroups Historical data
(SPR #66751, 65310, 65306, 64664, 64566, 64562, 63536, 62609,
61371)
The management of the Set as default property of Databases, Tables and TrendGroups has
been reworked to ensure always having one default object.

ODBC - Could not store deferred attributes (SPR #65190) Historical data
Deferred attributes can now be archived in ODBC archive units. Other versions: 11.2.06080

Deadband ignored if value out of range (SPR #65308) Historical data

Deadband configured on a register variable was not taken into account when the variable was Other versions: 11.2.06076,
out of range (NS L> or NS L<). It was leading to unnecessary archive records. 11.1.06117

Fatal error when reading recent proprietary archives (SPR #65103, Historical data
64663) Other versions: 11.2.06073
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when requesting log or trend data
recorded recently in a proprietary archive unit.
Free Archive Unit created on consumer stations Historical data
When exiting a project, Free Archive Unit files were generated on consumer stations instead of Other versions: 11.2.06071
only on producer stations.

File histo.sav not flushed upon exit (SPR #64037) Historical data
Under some circumstances, the file histo.sav may not be correctly flushed on project exit. The Other versions: 11.2.06068
issue occurred only when the Archive folder had been modified and if trends were configured
on the archive unit.

Unable to read comma character (SPR #64291, 64136, 61173) Historical data
The comma character was not correctly interpreted in the Log Viewer when used in some Other versions: 11.2.06067
events/fields such as "failed log attempt" or variable description.

Checkstructure parameter not taken into account (SPR #64258) Historical data
The Checkstructure setting that can only be directly edited in the \C\HDSConf.dat file, was not Other versions: 11.2.06064
correctly taken into account.

It can be set to 0 to disable schema verification when loading the HDS, and thus enabling a
given version of the product to archive data in a database created with a more recent version.
Note that it may lead to incompatibility format issues and data loss.

HDS stopped recording (SPR #16941) Historical data

Under some circumstances, the HDS was no longer recording data when the temporary file .hds
was over 2 Go. Now, when the file reaches such a size, an error message is displayed in the
event viewer and the file is no longer processed, meaning it has to be manually imported in the
database.

Fatal error of the HDS in case of overflow (SPR #65968) Historical data
Under some circumstances, a fatal error of the HDS could occur when it was both in an Other versions: 11.2.06081
overflow situation due to Insert requests and heavily solicited with Select requests by PcVue.
The fix consists in a better control over the switchover to another PcVue archive producer
station, i.e. set the availability rate to 0 when the HDS does not respond to PcVue requests in a
timely fashion.

Unable to read old archive files (SPR #63967) Historical data

Since version 11.0, it was no longer possible to read old proprietary archives files (format with Other versions: 11.2.06063,
extension .idx) if the option "without attribute" was activated on the archive unit. This option is 11.1.06112, 11.0.06097
no longer editable in the configuration dialog boxes and is deactivated by default in new
projects since version 11.0.

Handling of the trend invalid point on communication loss (SPR Historical data
#63742) Other versions: 11.2.06060,
Prior to this fix, on a communication failure, an invalid point was always recorded in the 11.1.06110
archives for each trend upon communication loss. When communication was restored, an
attempt to record the retrieved value was done. In the particular case of HDS, it was leading to
primary key violation when the VTQ did not changed during the communication loss.
From now on, the invalid point is recorded only when the communication is restored, and if the
variable's VTQ is different.
Filtering with multiple Populations (SPR #63137) Historical data
Requesting historical data from a Database archive unit with a filter while more than one Other versions: 11.2.06055,
populations were applied was not returning the correct set of records. 11.1.06101

Failed to start project (SPR #63210) Historical data

Under some circumstances, it was no longer possible to start a project, due to an infinite loop Other versions: 11.2.06054
in the loading of the archive manager. This issue was a regression and only occurred with
existing proprietary archive unit when a trended variable did not have any record stored in the
archives.

Use of negative filter in Log Viewer (SPR #62497) Historical data

When archiving logs in a HDS archive unit, it was not possible to apply a filter for retrieving Other versions: 11.2.06039,
empty fields or negative filter such as #A3="" or #A1!=Domain1. 11.1.06097

Field ValueTriggeringThreshold in HDS databases (SPR #62614) Historical data

An additional field named ValueTriggeringThreshold is now available when selecting the Other versions: 11.2.06038,
property Threshold in Trend and Log tables. 11.1.06096

HDS Databases update (SPR #62324) Historical data

As documented, from now on, when upgrading a project to version 11.2, if a HDS database is Other versions: 11.2.06030
larger than 10 Gb, the HDS loading is aborted and an error message is traced.
As part of the migration process, databases' schema has to be updated using the T-SQL scripts
provided in the file bin\UpgradeDatabase.sql before starting PcVue and the HDS.

It was a known issue since version 11.2.05001 - The T-SQL scripts were not up to date for
upgrading to 11.2.

[Edit 11.2.060030] - The scripts in earlier updates were still incorrect.

Could not filter logs by both domain and nature (SPR #62702, 62497) Historical data
Since versions 11.1.06029 and 11.2.05001, when using HDS archive units, it was no longer Other versions: 11.2.06026,
possible to apply a filter with a combination of both a domain and a nature. 11.1.06087

Incorrect register value recorded with threshold events (SPR #62614) Historical data
The register value recorded alongside a threshold event (bit or alarm) was incorrect. The trigger Other versions: 11.2.06026,
value was registered instead of the current value of the register when the threshold was 11.1.06082
triggered.
The issue only affected HDS archive units.

Trends remained invalid after project startup (SPR #62165) Historical data
When using HDS archives units, invalid points were recorded at project exit (quality=64). Under Other versions: 11.2.06023,
some circumstances, no valid point were recorded at project startup, in particular with 11.1.06072
timestamped data or when archive and data acquisition servers are on separate machines, due
to a primary key violation (identical VTQ). Thus, trends were wrongly displayed as invalid in the
Trend Viewer. This behavior was also occurring in case of networking failure (quality = 24).

From now on, the invalid points are recorded at project startup, only if the data has changed in
the meantime.
Filtering extended attributes with space characters did not work (SPR Historical data
#61117, 61112) Other versions: 11.2.00010,
It was not possible to apply a filter to retrieve historical data (for example with SCADA Basic 11.1.06029
instructions SVLOG or LOGVIEWER) when conditions on extended attributes contained space
characters.
Now it works correctly if enclosed in quotation marks.
e.g.: =(#A5=="x y z"))

Error messages no longer prompted in preview mode (SPR #65133) HMI

Error messages such as missing mimic template are no longer prompted when a mimic is
loaded to be displayed in preview mode.

Such message prompts could occur when loading mimics in the following contexts: File.Open
dialog box, mimic selector, Application Explorer...

GDI object leak (SPR #65069) HMI

Fix of a GDI object leak. Up to 4 GDI objects were leaked when closing a mimic. Other versions: 11.2.06073

Toolbars and menus could not be clicked HMI

Under some circumstances, toolbars and menus could not be clicked when positioned over a
Map Control.

Template mimic size not retrieved HMI

The property Keep the mimic template size was not working when the mimic template size was
higher than the initial mimic size.

Loss of the color palette (SPR #64107) HMI

Under some circumstances, the color palette was not correctly initialized, leading to the Other versions: 11.2.06064,
replacement of indexed colors by fixed colors. 11.1.06113

Editing symbol with the Graphic Explorer (SPR #63857) HMI

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when editing nested symbols using the Other versions: 11.2.06064
Graphic Explorer.

Fatal error at startup (SPR #63747) HMI

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when at startup a mimic was opened via Other versions: 11.2.06064
SCADA Basic. The issue only occurred if the mimic had both the Navigator activated and SCADA
Basic function executed on the Before open callback. The fatal error appeared only after
switching the mimic to the design mode.

Removed unnecessary Save prompt (SPR #63823) HMI

When a mimic containing ActiveX controls was switch to design mode, and then back to Other versions: 11.2.06064
runtime mode, a prompt asking for saving the mimic was displayed even if no change was to be
saved. From now on, built-in ActiveX and controls no longer cause this prompt. The message
will still be raised if the mimic contains a third-party ActiveX for which there is no guarantee
that configuration change is correctly transmitted to the ActiveX container.
Fatal error when loading a mimic (SPR #63956) HMI
Under some circumstances, a fatal error occurred when loading a mimic containing an ActiveX. Other versions: 11.2.06063
The issue occurred when the ActiveX was not installed properly on the computer and
configured with the property Save properties as text activated.

Check box list and Option button list not selectable (SPR #63057) HMI
Under some circumstances, the selectable items (check box or radio button) could disappear Other versions: 11.2.06062
when changing the font of the control.

Function keys not effective (SPR #61582) HMI

Under some circumstances, function keys (F2...) were not effective. The issue could occur when Other versions: 11.2.06034,
the graphic item having the focus was a component such as a Trend Viewer or a Combo box. 11.1.06092

Virtual keypad not opened in the correct region (SPR #62585) HMI
The Virtual keypad was not always opened in the correct region, in particular with a 4-screen Other versions: 11.2.06031,
configuration. 11.1.06089

Mouse wheel behavior reversed (SPR #62647) HMI

The mouse wheel behavior when zooming was reversed compared to usual implementations. Other versions: 11.2.06025,
11.1.06081

Inadequate suggested name for "Save as" actions (SPR #61890) HMI
Suggested names for mimics and symbols when using "Save as" were inadequate and could Other versions: 11.2.06020,
lead to overwriting existing objects. 11.1.06074

Warning icon not always displayed (SPR #62421) HMI

Under some circumstances, the warning icon was not displayed on objects having missing or Other versions: 11.2.06020,
non-existing variables in animations. 11.1.06074

Alarms not displayed HMI.Alarm viewer

Under some circumstances, new alarms were not displayed in the Alarm viewer after an alarm Other versions: 11.2.06074
was removed from the list. In particular, the issue occurred when the list of potential alarms to
display was greater than the buffer size.

Maintenance filter button in toolbar not saved HMI.Alarm viewer

The "Maintenance filter" toolbar button was lost when saving mimics in ASCII mode. Other versions: 11.2.06038,
11.1.06095

Missing alarms after zooming or scrolling (SPR #62764) HMI.Alarm viewer

Under some circumstances, when scrolling or zooming with the mouse wheel in an Alarm Other versions: 11.2.06031,
Viewer, some lines were disappearing. 11.1.06088

Could not select lines (SPR #62506) HMI.Alarm viewer

Since versions 11.1.06048 and 11.2.05000, it was no longer possible to select a line in the Alarm Other versions: 11.2.06020,
Viewer when the viewer was configured to display context mimics and context mimic was left 11.1.06075
undefined.
Unable to remove animation Visibility on Variable presence and HMI.Animations
Visibility on Text (SPR #65505) Other versions: 11.2.06078
It was not possible to remove animations of type Visibility on Variable Presence and Visibility on
Text from graphic objects.

Incorrect value sent with Send Register animation (SPR #63471) HMI.Animations
Incorrect values were sent with the Send Register animation. The issue occurred when the
animation was configured with both "direct send" and "variable copy", and only if the source
variable was in an invalid state.

Max size of comments for tooltips (SPR #63245) HMI.Animations

The maximum size of the comment in the animation is now 255 characters (was 80). Other versions: 11.2.06061
When several animations are configured on the same object, their concatenated total length is
now limited to 2500 characters (was 80).

'Send bit' animation on 3D object not working well (SPR #63053) HMI.Animations
Animations Send bit created for graphic objects of a 3D model did not work. Only the last one in Other versions: 11.2.06054
the model's hierarchy was working properly.

Mouse wheel in combo box leads to fatal error (SPR #60767) HMI.Animations
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when using the mouse wheel to scroll a Other versions: 11.2.06038,
combo box control for several seconds. 11.1.06094

Fatal error when selecting new item in a Tree view Control (SPR HMI.Animations
#62832) Other versions: 11.2.06036,
Under some circumstances, a fatal error was occurring when rapidly changing the index value in 11.1.06094
the Tree view Control (e.g. by clicking on different items).

Instruction WINDOW, mode OPEN - partly working with animation HMI.Animations

Run macro (SPR #61939) Other versions: 11.2.06025,
Animations Run macro executing the instruction WINDOW mode OPEN in a mimic saved in 11.1.06081
ASCII format failed if the mimic name passed as argument included a simple quotes.

Incorrect error message on interlock condition (SPR #62372) HMI.Animations

The error message prompted when the interlock condition was defined by an expression was Other versions: 11.2.06020,
incorrect. 11.1.06072

Axes properties not saved (SPR #64045) HMI.Chart control

When using the ASCII format, the axes properties of Chart control were not correctly saved. Other versions: 11.2.06064,
11.1.06113

OnSelect event not triggered (SPR #64932) HMI.Form controls

The OnSelect event of listbox controls was not triggered after loading items with the SCADA
Basic instruction LISTBOX, mode LOAD.
Fatal error with incorrect file (SPR #64026, 16215) HMI.Form controls
A fatal error could occur when a Form Control was configured to load a file with an incorrect
format.

Unselect all items in listbox (SPR #64491, 64490) HMI.Form controls

It was not possible to unselect all the items in a listbox Form control.

Relative path not properly handled (SPR #64132) HMI.Form controls

Relative paths other than \TP were not correctly handled in Form controls (Combo-box, List- Other versions: 11.2.06070
box, Check-box list, Option-button list and Tree-view). Only absolute paths were recognized. As
of now, relative paths to any of the project sub-folder can be handled correctly in a relative
way, and folders outside the project are handled as absolute.

Animations misconfigured after reordering tree view nodes HMI.Form controls

When reordering nodes in a Tree view control, the animations were wrongly reassigned.

Default font not restored (SPR #63978) HMI.Form controls

Unchecking the custom font in Form Controls was not restoring the default font.

File full path not displayed HMI.Form controls

In the content tab of the Form controls, only the file name was displayed (instead of its full
path) when not located in the TP directory of the project.

Selection not triggered for OptionList and CheckList (SPR #63318) HMI.Form controls
The linked variables (User Data, Index and State) were not updated when selecting an item
without changing its state. The variables were only updated when the state (checked/not
checked) of an item was changed.

Tree View - Selection notification when switching to runtime mode HMI.Form controls
(SPR #63313)
A selection notification was triggered when switching from edit to runtime mode, even if the
selection did not change in the meantime.

Tree View selection not changed upon UserData update (SPR #63230) HMI.Form controls
Updating the variable linked to UserData of a tree view was not updating the selected item of
the tree view.

Moving items in a tree view control (SPR #63497, 59554) HMI.Form controls
It was not possible to reorganize root items in a tree view control. In addition, animations were Other versions: 11.2.06058
lost when moving items.

User data not updated after loading a file (SPR #61351) HMI.Form controls
The UserData was not updated when the content of a List box was reloaded from a file defined Other versions: 11.2.06058
by a variable.
Data and Index not initialized in form controls (SPR #63211) HMI.Form controls
In the form controls - Check box list, List box, Option button list and Tree view - the Index and Other versions: 11.2.06055
User Data values were not set according to the default selection at initialization stage.

Fatal error when changing Z-order (SPR #62393) HMI.Graphics

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when changing the Z-order of graphic Other versions: 11.2.06037,
items in a mimic having a symbol with VBA code inside. 11.1.06094

Rotation angle (SPR #62482) HMI.Graphics

The rotation angle is now saved in the mimics. Other versions: 11.2.06024,
Previously, when applying a rotation, the graphic items were rotated directly, and the rotation 11.1.06080
angle was reset to 0. After successive rotations, the graphic items could be distorted due to
rounding calculation.

Invisible border for Tree view (SPR #62527) HMI.Graphics

It was not possible to make borders invisible for the Tree View control. Other versions: 11.2.06020,
11.1.06076

Value formatting in historical mode (SPR #63356, 63207) HMI.Grid control

It is now possible to configure the formatting of register values when using the Historical mode. Other versions: 11.2.06056
In particular, the number of digits and heading/trailing zeros.

Incorrect export in demo mode HMI.Grid control

Exporting data from the Grid control while in demo mode was generating a file with only one Other versions: 11.2.06035,
correct line out of two. 11.1.06094

Fatal error when no trend is configured (SPR #62564) HMI.Grid control

A fatal error was occurring when opening the Data Export Wizard from the Grid Control Other versions: 11.2.06020,
configured in Historical mode with no trend configured. 11.1.06077

Manual configuration of thresholds HMI.Grid control

Unchecking the automatic mode was not effective, preventing from entering specific values for Other versions: 11.2.06020,
thresholds. Even if the automatic mode was unchecked, the fields for entering threshold values 11.1.06073
remained greyed.

Thresholds in branched mimics HMI.Grid control

When using the Grid control in historical mode in a branched mimic, thresholds were not Other versions: 11.2.06020,
correctly retrieved, causing an incorrect coloring of the cells. 11.1.06072

Fatal error with mouse wheel (SPR #64914) HMI.Log viewer

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when scrolling quickly using the mouse Other versions: 11.2.06072,
wheel in a Log Viewer. 11.1.06118

Fatal error with Free log lists (SPR #64108) HMI.Log viewer
A fatal error was occurring when a Log viewer was configured with a log list defined in a Free Other versions: 11.2.06064
archive unit. As Free archive units are write only, they cannot be used in log viewers. Such a
configuration now returns an empty Log viewer.
Login/Logoff filter always active (SPR #63048) HMI.Log viewer
In the Log Viewer filter configuration, the "Login/Logoff" filter option was not correctly saved Other versions: 11.2.06041,
and always restored as selected. 11.1.06097

Filtering of Login, Logoff and Login failure events in Log Viewer lost HMI.Log viewer
(SPR #62404) Other versions: 11.2.06023,
The Login, Logoff and Login failure events filters were lost when navigating in the list of logged 11.1.06079
events. These filters can only be applied by SCADA Basic or VBA.

Markers not displayed HMI.Map control

Markers were hidden after using the instruction MAPDISPLAY mode LOADMARKERS. They were Other versions: 11.2.06081
refreshed after moving, zooming or clicking in the map.

Map markers editor - Inserting a marker in a dynamic layer HMI.Map control

In the Map markers editor, toolbar buttons to insert makers were not disabled when a dynamic
layer was selected.

Map markers Editor - Zoom level modified upon marker insertion HMI.Map control
In the Map markers editor, when an invisible layer was selected, the zoom level was
automatically set to the layers' max level, every time a marked was inserted.

Missing symbol not indicated HMI.Map control

As of now, a warning is displayed at design time if a symbol used for a marker is missing.

Unable to validate Map positioning animation HMI.Map control

It was not possible to select No change in the Zoom level property of the animation Map
positioning.

VBA code embedded in symbol not executed HMI.Map control

VBA code embedded in a symbol was not correctly loaded and executed when used as a
marker.

Map markers editor - Automatic zoom on layer double-click (SPR HMI.Map control
#64015)
In the Map markers editor, the zoom level was not correctly set when double-clicking on a layer
to adapt the display to show all the markers.

Map markers editor - Duplicated layers after copy/paste (SPR #64014) HMI.Map control
An additional layer was inserted after a copy/paste action of a non-default layer.

Symbols displayed incorrectly (SPR #64263) HMI.Map control

Symbols were not correctly displayed when crossing the Map control border. It was only
occurring with symbols including rectangle with dotted border.
Fatal error when resizing a Map control (SPR #64558) HMI.Map control
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when resizing a Map control at design Other versions: 11.2.06097
time.

Dotted border around symbols (SPR #64263) HMI.Map control

A dotted border was incorrectly displayed around symbols. Other versions: 11.2.06081

Markers not displayed after provider change (SPR #64521) HMI.Map control
Under some circumstances, when changing the map provider at runtime (for example with Other versions: 11.2.06068
SCADA Basic instruction), some markers could disappear. The issue occurred when the layer
levels of markers did not include the minimal zoom level of the map. Markers' were properly
refreshed and displayed after moving the map or updating the zoom level.

Marker position modified when switching from runtime to design HMI.Map control
mode (SPR #63804) Other versions: 11.2.06062
Under some circumstances, the position of symbol markers in the Map Control was wrongly
modified when switching from runtime to design mode.

Improper default zoom limits (SPR #62683) HMI.Map control

When creating a new .gpx file (markers) or a new layer, the zoom limits of the default layer are Other versions: 11.2.06060
now applied by default. Until this fix, it was possible to introduce zoom limits discrepancies,
because the zoom range [1..20] was used by default.

Incorrect markers position in Remote Desktop sessions (SPR #63378) HMI.Map control
Under some circumstances, when running in a Remote Desktop Session, markers were wrongly Other versions: 11.2.06058
positioned top-left in the map control. The issue only occurred after disconnecting and
reconnecting to a session. Re-opening the associated mimic was repositioning markers
correctly.

Markers position and visibility not refreshed properly (SPR #63203, HMI.Map control
62727) Other versions: 11.2.06056
Visibility of markers of type Symbol was not always correctly maintained with regards to layer
visibility, position changes and zoom modification.
Performance of marker rendering is also improved.

Map not correctly displayed with local cache HMI.Map control

Under some circumstances, local map tiles were not correctly displayed after loading and/or Other versions: 11.2.06056,
using the Map position animation. In particular, the issue could occur when the map was 11.1.06103
loaded with a zoom level that was not selected at the time the map had been locally cached.

OpenStreetMap cached map HMI.Map control

Following a previous fix to disable OpenStreetMap maps due to license restrictions, a fatal error Other versions: 11.2.06034
was occurring when using such a map stored in the local cache.

Access to OpenStreetMap tiles blocked HMI.Map control

OpenStreetMap has blocked online access to their tile servers from 3rd party applications. The Other versions: 11.2.06027
OpenStreetMap provider was therefore no longer usable and has been removed from the list of
available map providers.
Fatal error after a marker disappeared (SPR #62724) HMI.Map control
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur after a marker disappeared from the Other versions: 11.2.06027
visible area (due to zooming or map scrolling), in case it had an opened popup linked to it.

Impossible to save GPX file HMI.Map control

The Save button was always disabled when editing an existing GPX file with the Map Marker Other versions: 11.2.06027
Editor.

Several fixes & enhancements of the Marker editor HMI.Map control

The list of fixes & enhancements includes: Other versions: 11.2.06026
• Under some circumstances, the preview was not working for Symbols markers,
• Upon selection of a marker on the map, the marker properties were not displayed if
the marker was not in an expanded part of the tree view in the right-side panel,
• Under some circumstances, the Save button could stay greyed after changing a user
data or a property.

Truncated value in semi-log mode (SPR #65347) HMI.Trend viewer

Values displayed at the cursor in semi-log mode could be truncated. Other versions: 11.2.06076

Scientific notation in scales (SPR #64696) HMI.Trend viewer

Scales were not using the scientific notation with large values. Other versions: 11.2.06072

Incorrect trend displayed after modification (SPR #64766) HMI.Trend viewer

When changing the displayed trend at runtime, it could happen that the curve and the cursor Other versions: 11.2.06071,
values were not updated. The issue occurred when the newly selected trend was not associated 11.1.06115
to an archive unit.

Minimal value displayed HMI.Trend viewer

From now on, the minimal value the Trend Viewer can display is 10e-30 (was 10e-15). Values Other versions: 11.2.06071,
lower than this limit are rounded to 0. 11.1.06115

Value lower than e10-6 not displayed HMI.Trend viewer

Value lower than e10-6 were displayed as 0.

Truncated value in scale (SPR #64657) HMI.Trend viewer

Under some circumstances, value displayed in scale were truncated when using scientific Other versions: 11.2.06070,
notation. 11.1.06114

Label field not updated in the legend (SPR #64577) HMI.Trend viewer
When changing the displayed variable in the Trend Viewer, the associated Label field in the Other versions: 11.2.06068
legend was not updated when it was configured to use the variable's description (Label left
empty at design-time).

Value with e-10 not correctly displayed HMI.Trend viewer

When using the scientific notation, the particular case of e-10 was not correctly displayed. The Other versions: 11.2.06064,
trailing zero was removed and the value wrongly displayed as e-1. 11.1.06113
Small values not correctly displayed in the legend (SPR #63856, 63670) HMI.Trend viewer
Small values, lower than 0.001 where displayed as 0 in the legend. They are now displayed Other versions: 11.2.06061,
using scientific notation. 11.1.06110

Curve color not updated (SPR #62998) HMI.Trend viewer

Curve were not immediately updated when modifying curve color with the SCADA Basic Other versions: 11.2.06038,
instruction TREND, mode SETCOLOR. 11.1.06095

Invalid point displayed with Points curve type HMI.Trend viewer

When curve type was set to "points", both valid and invalid values were displayed and could be Other versions: 11.2.06031,
wrongly interpreted. From now on, only valid points are displayed. 11.1.06091

Language for variable descriptions in the legend (SPR #62311) HMI.Trend viewer
Variable descriptions were not dynamically changed when switching the project language. Other versions: 11.2.06001,
11.1.06066

Trends not well displayed (SPR #62319) HMI.Trend viewer

Trends were not correctly displayed when scales were larger than the display area of the Other versions: 11.2.06001,
trends. 11.1.06066, 11.0.06085

Online printing not working (SPR #60929, 27775) Miscellaneous

Online printing was not working when no Proprietary archive unit was configured.

Fatal error when editing expression (SPR #63694) Miscellaneous

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur after several modifications of an existing
expression, when some of the modifications were incorrect.

All kind of expressions were affected: Expression on variable, template expression and
expression in animations.

System variables for printers remained invalid (SPR #62839) Miscellaneous

Since version 10.0, system variables for printers were no longer initialized at startup and Other versions: 11.2.06031
remained invalid (NS).

Incorrect error message in three-level architectures (SPR #65191) Networking

In a three-level architecture, some incorrect messages were displayed at the gateway level Other versions: 11.2.06076
regarding the archiving. Despite the error messages, logs were correctly routed.

Fatal error on network message processing (SPR #65030) Networking

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when a network message containing data Other versions: 11.2.06072,
changes larger than 32 Kb was being processed. 11.1.06116
Variables indicated as NS in mimics Networking
Under some circumstances, some variable values could be displayed as NS in animations and as Other versions: 9.0SP3,
valid values in the Application Explorer. 11.2.06027, 11.1.06088,
The issue could only occur in a specific scenario after a time-out on a variable subscription and 11.0.06092, 10.0SP2_Update
the fact that flow regulation was active when the first subsequent subscription response was
received.

Incorrect project version in RDS session (SPR #63655, 62583) Networking

Under some circumstances, projects started in a Remote Desktop Session were loaded with an Other versions: 11.2.06060,
incorrect version. The issue could occur due to incorrect user permissions on the project folder. 11.1.06110, 11.0.06094
From now on, a warning is displayed when the user has improper permissions and project
startup is aborted.

Unable to modify the activation trigger of an alarm (SPR #63724) Networking

It was no longer possible to modify the activation trigger of an alarm (positive or negative) from Other versions: 11.2.06059
the Application Explorer or by import (Smart Generator, Generic Import, Application Architect)
if the station belonged to a single-active association. It can now be done on the active station of
the association.

Status NS L> and NS L< not correctly distributed to client stations (SPR Networking
#63592) Other versions: 11.2.06059,
Under some circumstances, the status NS L> and NS L< were not correctly transmitted to client 11.1.06110
stations and were simply interpreted as NS. As a consequence, the associated value was not
displayed on client stations.

Erroneous messages removed (SPR #62955) Networking

Under some circumstances, false error messages were displayed when a HDS trend variable Other versions: 11.2.06036,
was produced by a station and archived by another station. The issue could be reproduced 11.1.06094
when a variable was timestamped at the source level, with the Trend group period set to 0 sec.
The following messages were displayed:
5,W,,5582,,2,Send ask refresh for OPC.Bit01
variable
5,W,,5586,,2,Station number=4 retry number=1
Time Out=20s
5,W,,5582,,2,Send ask refresh for OPC.Bit01
variable
5,W,,5586,,2,Station number=4 retry number=2
Time Out=20s
These messages had no impact on the system behavior.

Alarm synthesis not updated (SPR #64619, 64483) Real time data
Under some circumstances, alarm syntheses were not updated due to multiple use of the result Other versions: 11.2.06072
variable. It was possible to configure several alarm syntheses having the same result variable. In
such a situation, only the last created or loaded was executed. The error handling is also
improved to better warn user when creating an Alarm Synthesis from the Application Explorer,
Application Architect or Generic Import.

Template Expression using a variable several times (SPR #64525) Real time data
Under some circumstance, a fatal error could occur when modifying an Expression template. Other versions: 11.2.06067
The issue occurred only when the calculated expression contained a reference to a given
variable more than once.
Unknown variable in expression Real time data
Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when an unknown variable was used in an Other versions: 11.2.06066
expression.

Consecutive writes not all sent Real time data

Under some circumstances, when the option Write only if the value is different was activated,
consecutive write instructions done in SCADA Basic were not correctly managed if the initial
value was used in the sequence.

For instance, with an initial value set to 1 and the following sequence:
Variable = 2;
Variable = 1;
Variable = 3;
Variable = 1;
Only values 2 and 3 were sent.

NS COM status not correctly refreshed (SPR #63869) Real time data
Under some circumstances, the status of a variable was wrongly set to NS instead of NS COM Other versions: 11.2.06061,
after a communication loss. The issue occurred if the variable was previously in status Out of 11.1.06110
range (NS L> or NS L<).

DNP3 and IEC104 system variables remained invalid (SPR #60107) Real time data
System variables linked to IEC104 and DNP3 data acquisition drivers could remain invalid at Other versions: 11.2.06038,
startup when the option Activate at start-up was not checked. 11.1.06095

Handling of corrupted persistent data (SPR #62906, 62757) Real time data
Improved handling of the files VariablesSaved.dat and AlarmSaved.dat if they are corrupted. Other versions: 11.2.06034
From now on, backup copies are used in replacement.

Fatal error upon variable deletion Real time data

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur upon variable deletion. The issue occurred Other versions: 11.2.06031,
if a variable mapped on an equipment data acquisition driver was deleted after a command was 11.1.06091
sent and before the command acknowledgement was processed.

Timestamp discrepancy after a communication restart (SPR #62733) Real time data
In case of a single active server association, when restarting the communication on the active Other versions: 11.2.06031,
server, the timestamp type and value could differ on the active server compared to client 11.1.06088
stations. It was occurring with saved variables when the setting Use the local timestamp upon
device reconnection was enabled. In such condition the timestamp type and value was set to
the local SV timestamp on the active server instead of the last known PLC timestamp, as it is on
client stations.

Alarm synthesis not loaded Real time data

When several synthesis had the same criteria (same extended attributes value for example) and Other versions: 11.2.06024,
the only difference was the branch, only the first one was correctly loaded, others were 11.1.06080
ignored.
Truncated associated labels (SPR #58811) Real time data
Following the modification of the maximum length of associated labels to 255 characters, such Other versions: 11.2.06023
labels were wrongly truncated:

• When using the #E substitution in the alarm and log viewers,

• When used as part of a log list filter on proprietary log lists.

Incorrect expression result after a server switchover (SPR #62566) Real time data
Under some circumstances, in a single active server association, expressions could be incorrect Other versions: 11.2.06023,
after a switch from passive to active. 11.1.06078

'$' character not recognized in expressions (SPR #62505) Real time data
The '$' character was not recognized as a part of a variable name. Thus expressions using Other versions: 11.2.06020,
synthesis such as @System.NoAckOn.ALL.Domain_$ were not considered valid. 11.1.06075

Filtering on numerical values for Text attributes (SPR #62594) Scripting

Since version 11.2.05001, filters applied to Alarm and Log Viewers comprising numerical values Other versions: 11.2.06023
for text attributes were no longer working (if executed in SCADA Basic or in VBA).

Instruction WINDOW mode ZOOM - Mimic back in the foreground Scripting.SCADA Basic
A mimic was brought to the foreground after setting its zoom level from a value lower to 100 to
a value greater than 100 with the instruction WINDOW with the mode ZOOM.

Instruction WINDOW, modes CURRENTNAME and CURRENTBRANCH - Scripting.SCADA Basic

returning an invalid value
The SCADA Basic instruction WINDOW with the modes CURRENTMIMIC and CURRENTBRANCH
generated an "incompatible type" error when no mimic was opened.

Instruction WINDOW, mode SELECTTAB - incorrect return value on Scripting.SCADA Basic

error
The mode SELECTTAB of the instruction WINDOW returned 1 instead of 0 when the index of the
tab was out of range.

Fatal error with instruction VARIABLE mode IMPORTBUFFER Scripting.SCADA Basic

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur when using the instruction VARIABLE Other versions: 11.2.06079
mode IMPORTBUFFER.

Instructions LOGDISPLAY & ALARMDISPLAY, modes GETLINES & Scripting.SCADA Basic

GETSELECTEDLINES - not working (SPR #65392) Other versions: 11.2.06076
The modes GETLINES and GETSELECTEDLINES of instructions LOGDISPLAY and ALARMDISPLAY
were not working properly. The parameter LineStart was ignored and always considered equal
to 1. As a consequence, the first line was always returned.

Incorrect Intellisense for instruction BACNET mode LOG_RETRIEVAL Scripting.SCADA Basic

The Intellisense for the instruction BACNET mode LOG_RETRIEVAL of was incorrect.
BRANCHE is a reserved word (SPR #65039) Scripting.SCADA Basic
It is no longer possible to use BRANCHE as a function or a variable name.

Instruction MAPCONTROL - Incorrect return type Scripting.SCADA Basic

The return type for the SCADA Basic instruction MAPCONTROL was inconsistent. In case of
error, some return types were not the one expected. For instance, the success return type of
the mode GETZOOM is double, and in case of error, the instruction was returning an integer.

Intellisense of instruction TRACE (SPR #64804) Scripting.SCADA Basic

The instruction TRACE was not correctly highlighted in the SCADA Basic Editor.

Line numbering not correctly refreshed (SPR #64805, 63774, 63773) Scripting.SCADA Basic
Under some circumstances, the line numbering in the SCADA Basic Editor was not correctly
refreshed, in particular once activated or with numbers only comprised between 1 and 11.

Upgrade Instruction BACNET, mode LOG_RETRIEVAL - Incorrect Scripting.SCADA Basic

timestamp type (SPR #63604)
Timestamps used with the instruction BACNET mode LOG_RETRIEVAL were UTC instead of
local.

Instruction KEY - Various fixes & enhancements Scripting.SCADA Basic

It includes:

• Intellisense for modes DELSTD and DELCLK were inverted,

• Intellisense for modes ADDCLK and ADDSTD were incorrect,
• Success return value of all modes was 0 instead of 1,
• Incorrect return values were not all handled properly,
• New argument DelAllMode for modes DEL and DELALL,
• Fixed a compatibility issue with project version control.

Instructions ALARMDISPLAY and LOGDISPLAY, mode ISLINEVISIBLE - Scripting.SCADA Basic

Incorrect return value (SPR #64693)
The mode ISLINEVISIBLE of instructions ALARMDISPLAY and LOGDISPLAY returned -1 instead of
0 when the line to retrieve was not visible. The issue occurred when the viewer was configured
with a buffer size larger than the number of lines it could display.

Instruction CHART, mode LINE_CLEAR - always returned 0 (SPR Scripting.SCADA Basic

#64723)
The mode LINE_CLEAR of the instruction CHART always returned 0 even when executed
successfully.

Instruction CHART, mode RANGE_REMOVEPOINT - not working (SPR Scripting.SCADA Basic

#64721)
The mode RANGE_REMOVEPOINT of the instruction CHART was adding points instead of
deleting them.
Instruction CHART, mode SETENDTIMEPERIOD - not working (SPR Scripting.SCADA Basic
#64726)
The mode SETENDTIMEPERIOD of the instruction CHART was not recognized as valid nor
executed.

Instruction TOC - Support for type LONGLONG (SPR #64639) Scripting.SCADA Basic
The TOC instruction returned an empty string when the input argument was of type
LONGLONG.

Instruction EVENT, mode DEL - not working (SPR #63999) Scripting.SCADA Basic
The SCADA Basic instruction EVENT mode DEL did not work properly. Other versions: 11.2.06068

LOGDISPLAY filtering modes not waiting EXECUTE (SPR #64548) Scripting.SCADA Basic
Under some circumstances, the SCADA Basic instructions to modify the filter applied to a Log Other versions: 11.2.06068,
Viewer could be executed immediately instead of waiting for the EXECUTE command. This issue 11.1.06114
was occurring when the Log Viewer was configured with the auto-refresh mode.

Intellisense for instruction OPC (SPR #64373) Scripting.SCADA Basic

The Intellisense for the instruction OPC modes SETTRACE, RESETTTRACE, PUTMASKTRACE and
SAVEMASKTRACE was incorrect.

Instruction WINDOW, mode GETSUBWINDOW - not working with #U Scripting.SCADA Basic

and #I (SPR #64005, 63017)
Incorrect results were returned when using the instructions WINDOW mode GETSUBWINDOW
with submodes #U and #I.

Instruction HISTORY - failed to import (SPR #64158, 64157) Scripting.SCADA Basic

Since version 11.2, trend values were not properly imported when using the instruction Other versions: 11.2.06064
HISTORY with the mode IMPORTTREND and the VarFlag parameter set to 1.

Error management related to Form Controls (SPR #63372) Scripting.SCADA Basic

Several SCADA Basic instructions and modes related to Form Controls were not handling errors
correctly:

• CHECKLIST, modes LOAD, INSERT and SETSTATE,

• COMBOBOX, modes LOAD, INSERT and SETSELECTED,
• LISTBOX, modes LOAD and INSERT,
• OPTIONLIST, modes LOAD, INSERT and SETSTATE,
• TREEVIEW, modes LOAD, INSERT, SETSELECTED, EXPANDNODE, COLLAPSENODE and
REMOVENODE.

Instruction BUFTOEXCEL, mode MERGE - not working (SPR #63520) Scripting.SCADA Basic
The mode MERGE of the instruction BUFTOEXCEL did not work correctly and generated a
corrupted file.

Instruction SELECTOR - returning negative color values (SPR #63744) Scripting.SCADA Basic
The modes GETCELLBACKCOLOR and GETCELLTEXTCOLOR of the instruction SELECTOR were
returning negative values for some colors (greater than the hex value 0x7FFF).
Instruction STATION_FILTER, mode APPLY - Incorrect population Scripting.SCADA Basic
name (SPR #64024)
No error was returned when using the instruction STATION_FILTER mode APPLY with an
unknown population.

Variable substitution not working (SPR #63793) Scripting.SCADA Basic

Under some circumstances, variables substitutions were not working in SCADA Basic programs, Other versions: 11.2.06062
in particular with multiple substitutions in the same function.

Instruction TREND, mode SETPERIOD - New argument (SPR #63582) Scripting.SCADA Basic
A new argument named ForceHistoricalRequest has been added to the SCADA Basic instruction Other versions: 11.2.06060,
TREND, mode SETPERIOD. When set to 1, a request to the archives is executed to refresh the 11.1.06110
buffer for the newly set time-period, otherwise, the buffer is not modified.

TREND("SETPERIOD", Window, Branch, Identity,

Duration[, ForceHistoricalRequest])
Executing this instruction without setting this argument could lead to partially rendered curves
because the buffer may not contain data for the new period.

Instruction RECIPE, mode NETWORKBROADCAST (SPR #63124) Scripting.SCADA Basic

When using the instruction RECIPE mode NETWORKBROADCAST, the status variable allowing Other versions: 11.2.06054
controlling the correct execution was never refreshed. It was always in status NS.

Intellisense for instruction M104 Scripting.SCADA Basic

The Intellisense for the instruction M104 mode STPV_COMMAND was incorrect. The online Other versions: 11.2.06046
help was correct.

Instruction CIMWAY, mode CFG / EQT_ADDRESS - no longer working Scripting.SCADA Basic

with Modbus devices (SPR #62913) Other versions: 11.2.06046,
The instruction CIMWAY mode CFG sub-mode EQT_ADDRESS was no longer working with XBUS- 11.1.06093, 11.0.06093
IP-MASTER driver. This regression was introduced in the following versions:

• 11.2.06026
• 11.1.06086
• 11.0.06092

Instructions HEX and CONVERT - support for 64-bit values (SPR Scripting.SCADA Basic
#62671, 17452) Other versions: 11.2.06043,
Instructions HEX and CONVERT (modes BINTOA, OCTOTOA, HEXTOA and BCDTOA) were not 11.1.06097, 11.0.06093
correctly processing 64-bit values (>= 2147483648).

Instruction TREND, mode THRESHOLD_GETMODE - Wrong return code Scripting.SCADA Basic

(SPR #62879) Other versions: 11.2.06036,
When a curve was configured in threshold auto mode but without associated threshold to the 11.1.06094
variable, then the function was returning -1 instead of 0.
SCADA Basic Editor - Line numbers moving (SPR #62697, 61932, 60539, Scripting.SCADA Basic
59463) Other versions: 11.2.06035
Under some circumstances, the lines numbers were moving. It was occurring when the file was
starting with several carriage returns.

Instruction M61850, modes SBOW_SELECT and SBO_SELECT - Scripting.SCADA Basic

Incorrect return type (SPR #62903) Other versions: 11.2.06034
The type of the Value argument for the instruction M61850, modes SBOW_SELECT and
SBO_SELECT was incorrect. It is now of type Integer for consistency with the equivalent
instructions for IEC 104 and DNP (was String).

For compatibility with existing projects, support for the Value argument of type String remains.

Instructions FOPEN and FCLOSE - Could not open/close files (SPR Scripting.SCADA Basic
#62914) Other versions: 11.2.06034
Since version 11.2.05000, the instructions FOPEN and FCLOSE were no longer working properly.

Instruction ASCIIFIELD was limited to 256 fields (SPR #62670) Scripting.SCADA Basic
The SCADA Basic instruction ASCIIFIELD was limited to 256 fields and could cause a heap Other versions: 11.2.06034,
corruption if handling a larger buffer. From now on, the instruction is no longer limited in 11.1.06093
number of fields.

Instruction SVSQL with a SQL Server database (SPR #62899) Scripting.SCADA Basic
A fatal error could occur when using the instruction SVSQL to query a SQL Server database. It Other versions: 11.2.06034,
only happened when the "SQL Server" ODBC driver was used. It did not happen with the "SQL 11.1.06092, 11.0.06093
Server Native Client" ODBC driver.

Instruction CIMWAY - fail to handle frames (SPR #62716) Scripting.SCADA Basic

Since version 11.2.05001, modes of the instruction CIMWAY applying to a frame were no longer Other versions: 11.2.06030,
working properly, including: 11.1.06089, 11.0.06092
• STOP
• START
• READFRAME
• SCANMDF
• READAFTERWRITE

Instruction SVTREND, mode GETTREND - Incorrect extraction (SPR Scripting.SCADA Basic

#62700) Other versions: 11.2.06026,
Under some circumstances, when retrieving sampled values, some data were incorrectly 11.1.06087, 11.0.06092,
extracted. 10.0SP2_Update
This instruction is deprecated and its usage is discouraged. Use EXPORT_TREND mode
GETSAMPLE instead.

Instruction M61850, modes START_DATAGROUP & Scripting.SCADA Basic

STOP_DATAGROUP (SPR #62725) Other versions: 11.2.06026,
The modes START_DATAGROUP and STOP_DATAGROUP are now operational as indicated in the 11.1.06086
help. They replace the previous modes START_GROUP and STOP_GROUP those are now
deprecated and kept for compatibility only.
Opening a program from a missing library (SPR #62417) Scripting.SCADA Basic
When trying to open/edit a SCADA Basic program from a missing library, the legacy SCADA Other versions: 11.2.06023
Basic Editor was opened instead of raising a warning. From now on, an error message is
displayed in the event viewer.

Instruction TREEVIEW, mode GETROOT - not working (SPR #62542) Scripting.SCADA Basic
The SCADA Basic instruction TREEVIEW, mode GETROOT did not work properly. Other versions: 11.2.06020,
11.1.06076

Instruction VARIABLE, mode SETLONGLABEL - Missing Intellisense Scripting.SCADA Basic

(SPR #62429) Other versions: 11.2.06020,
The auto-completion was missing for the SCADA Basic instruction VARIABLE mode 11.1.06072
SETLONGLABEL.

Instruction SVTREND - Robustness (SPR #62293) Scripting.SCADA Basic

Since version 11.1, a fatal error occurred when using the instruction SVTREND if the Begin or Other versions: 11.2.06001,
End datetime was earlier than the first record of the database. A similar issue occurred when 11.1.06066, 11.0.06087
the returned buffer was empty.

Embedded VBA scripts on event not executed (SPR #62631, 62604) Scripting.VBA
When a symbol embedding VBA script was inserted several times, the events subscribed within Other versions: 11.2.06024,
(on variables or graphical items) were fired only for the first instance. 11.1.06080

Embedded object renaming upon insertion of symbol (SPR #60947) Scripting.VBA

When inserting a symbol several times in a mimic, its embedded objects were renamed Other versions: 11.2.06020,
(numbered copy). From now on, embedded objects are no longer renamed. 11.1.06076

Robustness of VBA method Execute Scripting.VBA

Calling the VBA method Execute on a Log viewer object now returns an error if such a call is Other versions: 11.2.06020,
already being processed. 11.1.06073

Exception returned when requesting RealTimeData services (SPR Web Server Extensions.Web
#63144) Services Toolkit
The RealTimeData Browsing, Read and GetProperties services were returning an exception Other versions: 11.2.06054,
when trying to retrieve information about a variable having an xml reserved character in its 11.1.06098
description (for example: <, >, &, ', "...). Characters are now escaped properly.

Wrong deferred attributes returned (SPR #62963) Web Server Extensions.Web

It was not possible to read deferred attributes of several variables at once. The first retrieved Services Toolkit
value was wrongly duplicated for all the other variables. Other versions: 11.2.06038,
11.1.06095
Branches and variables browsing (SPR #62726, 62444, 62443, 62380) Web Server Extensions.Web
When requesting branches and variables having a specific branch, all branches and variables Services Toolkit
containing the specified text were returned. Other versions: 11.2.06030,
For example, with these variables:
11.1.06090, 11.0.06092

• @Test.B1
• @Test.B2
• @Test1.B1
• @Test1.B2

When requesting with the branch "Test", only the first 2 ones are now returned. Until the fix,
the 4 variables were returned.

In addition, when the description of a variable was empty, the full variable's name was
displayed instead of only the leaf as described in the help.

Both issues had consequences on installation browsing and variable view in TouchVue and the
Web Services Toolkit.

Popup mimic not correctly positioned (SPR #65963, 65962) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Popup mimics were not correctly positioned when the opening button was at the edge of the
parent mimic.

Handle leak with Trend viewer Web Server Extensions.WebVue

Two handles were lost every time a WebVue mimic containing a Trend viewer was closed. Other versions: 11.2.06066

Alarms and logs incorrectly returned (SPR #62814) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Alarms and Logs were incorrectly returned when some text properties (associated label, Other versions: 11.2.06031,
description...) contained a comma. 11.1.06091

Could not filter log list by Domain or Nature (SPR #62550) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Requests to HDS log lists were not correctly processed when filtering on Domain or Nature. Other versions: 11.2.06023,
11.1.06078

Texts in mimics not correctly displayed (SPR #62569) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Texts in mimics generated with the Smart Generator for FactoryLink® were not correctly Other versions: 11.2.06023,
displayed. 11.1.06078

Could not filter Domain and Nature having the same name (SPR Web Server Extensions.WebVue
#62374) Other versions: 11.2.06010,
Filtering in the Alarm and Log Viewers in WebVue was not working properly if the configuration 11.1.06072
included the same name for both a Domain and a Nature. When applying such a filter on a
nature, it was wrongly filtered against the domain criteria.

Inconsistent cursor position and date & time (SPR #61757) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
In the Trend Viewer, the date & time in Cursor mode was incorrect when some configured Other versions: 11.2.06001
scales were hidden.
Fatal error when executing the SCADA Basic instruction WINDOW Web Server Extensions.WebVue
mode CURRENTNAME (SPR #107474) Other versions: 11.2.06001,
A fatal error occurred when executing the SCADA Basic instruction WINDOW mode 11.1.06065
CURRENTNAME in a WebVue context.

Unable to save exception interval (SPR #63364, 63335) WebScheduler

Under some circumstances, it was not possible to save exception intervals. The issue occurred Other versions: 11.2.06056
with BACnet schedules after deleting an existing exception based on the AnyMonth wildcard.

Could not read BACnet Schedule without standard week or exception WebScheduler
period (SPR #62842) Other versions: 11.2.06037
A fatal error was occurring when, in a Schedule object, the weekly-schedule or the exception-
period property was missing. According to the BACnet standard, both properties are optional
but at least one of the two must be present.

Improved robustness WebScheduler

Improved handling to make sure all pending Http requests are closed when navigating away Other versions: 11.2.06026,
from the start page. 11.1.06086

Access rights enforcement (SPR #62407) WebScheduler

When navigating and editing schedules in multiview, an issue related to user rights Other versions: 11.2.06010
enforcement was preventing from saving modifications even if the user was granted such
authorizations.

In addition, access to the standard week, special days behavior, effective period and properties
pages was checked against the CalendarRead right instead of the StandardWeekRead right.

Edition of recurring intervals (SPR #62435, 61793, 61792, 61766, WebScheduler

61765) Other versions: 11.2.06010
The edition of recurring intervals for BACnet Calendar objects was not correctly handled.
Depending on the recurrence pattern, it could lead to one or more of the following
consequences:

• Additional occurrences displayed,

• Additional occurrences inserted in the Calendar object,
• Incorrect datetime of the last occurrence,
• Next intervals only displayed in edition mode.

Wrong default label for intervals on Cron schedules (SPR #62384) WebScheduler
The default mode was always 1 (=Active). From now on, the default mode depends on the Other versions: 11.2.06001
send-mode of the schedule. It is 0 (=Inactive) for Bit Cmd to 1 and 1 (=Active) for Bit Cmd to 0.

It was a regression in version 11.2 that did not affect earlier versions.
 3. Critical fixes

Alarm behaviors not saved (SPR #63263) Communication interfaces

Since version 11.2.05001, behaviors associated to alarm variables were not automatically saved Other versions: 11.2.06055
when leaving the project.

Event actions not saved upon shutdown (SPR #63960, 63789) Configuration
Under some circumstances, modification to Event actions were not saved when shutting down Environments.Application
the project. Explorer
Other versions: 11.2.06064

Failed fast synchronization was not rolled back (SPR #61684) Configuration
After a failed fast synchronization, the reference file was not rolled back leading to a Environments.Smart Generators
discrepancy with the actual configuration. Subsequent fast synchronizations were then Other versions: 11.2.06066
considered as successful. It was then necessary to execute a full synchronization to regenerate
this reference file.

This was affecting all of the Smart Generators able to execute fast synchronization and the
Application Architect.

Improper redundancy switchovers (SPR #65321) Data Acquisition

When a server station belonged to more than one associations, a switchover of one association Other versions: 11.2.06075
to which it belonged could cause the other associations to also switchover. This could have
severe side effects, in particular if associations were used for data acquisition, in particular:

• IEC 61850: Communication with devices could be halted,

• BACnet: Communication for Notification class, Schedule, Calendar and Log objects
could be halted,
• SNMP: Values already processed by an active server could be replayed on a passive
server.

Trend-Log buffer lost at startup (SPR #63268) Data Acquisition.BACnet

At startup, the first retrieval of Trend-Log buffer could be performed before the subscription to Other versions: 11.2.06055
the HDS, leading to the loss of the retrieved values.

COV re-subscription issue Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstances, COV re-subscription messages were not sent, leading to situations Other versions: 11.2.06054
where one or more BACnet device stopped sending value changes while PcVue was expecting
them (and failed to detect the abnormal situation). The symptom was that values were no
longer refreshed for one or more device, but remained valid. Stopping and starting PcVue was
required to recover up-to-date values, stopping and starting BACnet communication objects
was not enough.

Data exchanges frozen (SPR #62581) Data Acquisition.BACnet

Under some circumstances, data exchanges could freeze, leading to situations where values Other versions: 11.2.06054
were no longer updated. In addition, browsing and helpers did not work properly in such cases.

The issue could occur on projects with a large number of BACnet variables and significant
network traffic. It was related to computer clock & timer resolution.
Wrong BBMD started (SPR #63174) Data Acquisition.BACnet
Under some circumstances, a wrong BBMD list could be started when an application comprised Other versions: 11.2.06054
more than 1 BACnet network.

Fatal error when using Schedule and Trend Log objects (SPR #62800) Data Acquisition.BACnet
In networked architectures, a network overload could occur due to undesired messages being Other versions: 11.2.06030
sent back and forth between PcVue clients and PcVue data acquisition server when handling
schedule or trend log configuration items.
At some point, a fatal error occurred on the PcVue server side.

The issue occurred in a scenario when at least one PcVue client was already running at the
moment a data acquisition server was started. The same could occur when re-connecting or re-
starting a BACnet network (or BACnet device) when at least one PcVue client was already
running.

Alarm/event initialization (SPR #62740, 62738) Data Acquisition.BACnet

The alarm/event initialization was not working properly for some event types. A series of fixes Other versions: 11.2.06026
& enhancements have been done to the BACnet alarming handling including:

• Some event types were not taken into account at initialization: ChangeOfBitstring,
ChangeOfCharacterstring, ChangeOfLifeSafety, ChangeOfState and
ChangeOfStatusFlags,
• At the time of mapping a variable to a BACnet alarm/event, the device level
timestamp was not retrieved,
• Using the Mapping Editor in online mode, it is now possible to map alarms directly on
event-enrollment objects. The same could already be achieved from the variable
dialog box,
• It is also possible when using the Mapping Editor in offline mode, except that all
event-types are displayed and it is up to the application designer to pick up the correct
one (EDE files do not include enough information about events).

BRCB buffer purged on reconnection (SPR #62804) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

Upon reconnection after a communication failure, the buffer of BRCB was purged, leading to a Other versions: 11.2.06030,
data loss. 11.1.06090

Buffer overflow loop on reporting (SPR #62704) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

Fix of an interop issue related to the buffer overflow handling. Other versions: 11.2.06026,
11.1.06085
The behavior was not correct with devices indicating buffer overflow after a purge of the buffer
and was dependent on the level of implementation of tissues #278, #329 and #453 by device
vendors.
The handling has been changed to avoid an infinite loop in the following scenario: (1) reception
of a buffer overflow indication, (2) disable report, (3) purge buffer, (4) enable report, (5)
reception of the buffer overflow indication.

Driver XBUS-IP-MASTER - Fatal error when using shared connections Data Acquisition.Other built-in
(SPR #63085) drivers
A fatal error could occur when stopping and restarting devices if they were configured to share Other versions: 11.2.06046
the same connection.
Driver XBUS-IP-MASTER - Value discrepancies (SPR #62791) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
Since versions 11.0.06087, 11.1.06084 and 11.2.06026, discrepancies could occur on received drivers
data due to multiple requests being sent if the delay of the response from the PLC is greater Other versions: 11.2.06030,
than 1 sec and the time-out configured on the node is greater than 1 sec. 11.1.06090, 11.0.06092
In this context, the acquired values may be wrongly interpreted on the PcVue side. As a
consequence, monitored values may be wrong, thresholds or alarms may not trigger or trigger
false positive.

Partial log data export (SPR #65933, 65905) Data Export

Exported log data was improperly limited to 150 lines per log page. Other versions: 11.2.06081

Multiple clicks on the Save Button (SPR #63194, 62768) General

A fatal error could occur when the saving process was called several times and already in Other versions: 11.2.06033
progress.

Unknown user in User.dat file (SPR #65312, 65235) General.User management

When the Advanced security strategy was activated, an attempt to login in with an invalid user Other versions: 11.2.06074
account was causing the creation of a dummy user in the built-in user directory.

Cannot login when domain server is not reachable (SPR #63309) General.User management
Despite having activated the setting "cache the credentials", it was not possible to login with a Other versions: 11.2.06060
Microsoft Windows User when the domain server was not reachable.

Could not login after strong password setting activation (SPR #16676) General.User management
After activation of the setting Impose strong password, users with "simple" password were no Other versions: 11.2.06023
longer able to login. From now on, when this setting is activated, users with a "simple"
password are requested to change it at next login.

Incorrect optional columns configuration saved (SPR #61950) Historical data

Under some circumstances, columns configured in the HDS were not correctly saved.

Fatal error on HDS switchover (SPR #64016) Historical data

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occur after a switchover of HDS servers. The Other versions: 11.2.06071
issue could be reproduced with a single-active HDS server association with a large amount of
data to record at the time of the switchover.

Histo.sav file incorrectly loaded Historical data

When the histo.sav was read at startup, trend values with quality 192 were incorrectly Other versions: 11.2.06071
interpreted as if their value was 52428 leading to incorrect records in the archives. This issue
only affected proprietary archives units.

Backup files lost (SPR #61941) Historical data

It was possible to configure several proprietary archives unit configured with the same backup
directory. In such a configuration, some backup files were lost due to file being overridden.
Now the Application Explorer prevents such configuration, and an error message is displayed at
project startup if need be.
Prevent wrong backup folder configuration (SPR #61941) Historical data
This fix prevent from using the same backup folder for several proprietary archive units.

Using the same backup folder for different archive units causes backup files of one unit to be
overridden by files from other units, leading to unrecoverable data losses.

Administrative privileges no longer required (SPR #61058) Historical data

Since changes brought in with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, administrative privileges on the Other versions: 11.2.06060
SQL Server instance were required to connect to a SQL database using the HDS. The issue
resided in evolutions of the Microsoft SQL-DMO library. The HDS implementation has been
changed to take advantage of the more recent Microsoft SQL-SMO library that does not require
such high privileges on the SQL Server instance.

The Database Manager and the Replication Manager have also been changed accordingly.

Contingent shrink for databases (SPR #62710) Historical data

The contingent shrink mechanism was not working efficiently with large databases (over 10 Other versions: 11.2.06032,
Gb). It has been redesigned to fasten its execution and hence minimize the time window during 11.1.06090, 11.0.06093
which blocking database operations are performed.

Note that the contingent shrink should be executed only as a last resort to free disk space.
While being executed, the data recording is not guaranteed. The usage of Maintenance Plan to
delete smaller amounts of records on a regular basis is recommended to free space without
taking the risk of blocking database recording.

Early events at startup not recorded in log lists (SPR #62646) Historical data
When the compatibility setting enabling the recording of events from all stations was activated, Other versions: 11.2.06026,
some early events during the startup could fail to be recorded by a remote archive server 11.1.06084
because they occurred before the connection to the source station was established.

The issue could be reproduced with Login events in case the Windows user auto-logon was
enabled.

HDS redundancy regression (SPR #62649) Historical data

Since versions 11.1.06072 and 11.2.06010, in an architecture with a single active historical Other versions: 11.2.06024,
server association, when a server switched from passive to active, it failed to record data to the 11.1.06081
database. As a consequence, no new record were stored by the HDS. It was mandatory to
restart all the servers of the association to resume recording.

Email and SMS sent multiple times (SPR #65316, 65072, 65002) Miscellaneous
Under some circumstances, Email and SMS were sent multiple times. Other versions: 11.2.06076

Upgrade Fully qualified domain names not recognized (SPR #63160) Networking
Since versions 11.1.06077 and 11.2.06020, fully qualified domain names were no longer Other versions: 11.2.06054,
recognized as valid station names in the networking configuration. Only IP addresses could be 11.1.06099
used.

Regression on network messaging between servers Networking

Since version 11.0.06044 and 11.1.05000, when a distributed attribute was modified at least Other versions: 11.2.06001,
twice in less than 200 ms, new values were sent back and forth between the active and passive 11.1.06071, 11.0.06087
servers of the producing association.
Inconsistent configuration on servers Networking
A fatal error of a data acquisition server was occurring in case of an inconsistent configuration Other versions: 11.2.06001,
between servers, when a bit variable was configured as a temporized alarm on a server and as a 11.1.06070, 11.0.06087
simple bit on another server.

Support for double back-slash in expressions Real time data

Expressions including a double back-slash to display it on multiple lines in the expression editor Other versions: 11.2.06001,
failed to load, and the result variable was never updated at runtime. 11.1.06075
The issue was a regression following modifications in the expression engine in version 11.1.

Multimode timetables - Various fixes and enhancements (SPR #64289) WebScheduler

The list of fixes & enhancements includes: Other versions: 11.2.06066

• Critical: Under some circumstances, multimode timetables were displayed with the
wrong mode when not all modes were used in at least one interval;
• When deleting more than one exception interval at once, the operation failed and a
misleading error message was displayed;
• The button to navigate backward in time in the Calendar view could be disabled,
preventing from coming back to the current week. The button to go to 'Today' was
working properly in these circumstances.
 4. Enhancements

License Utility - Display .lic file content (SPR #64048) Add-ons and Tools
The License Utility is now able to display the content of .lic files prior to updating/upgrading a Other versions: 11.2.06064
license.

User privileges to access audits Audit

Users can now access the Audit information in the Application Explorer if they are granted
Diagnostics permissions in their profile.
Until this change, audits were only accessible to users having development permissions.

Time Sync request handling (SPR #65668) Communication interfaces.IEC

It is now possible to acknowledge positively a Time Sync request even if the service is not 60870-5-104 Outstation
supported. This change improves interoperability with IEC 104 clients that do not handle Other versions: 11.2.06079
negative ack properly. In all cases, the computer clock is not changed.

Invalid timestamp quality Communication interfaces.IEC

It is now possible to set the timestamp quality of the items exposed by the IEC 104 Outstation 60870-5-104 Outstation
when using the SCADA Basic instruction SYSTEM with the mode SETSYNCHRONIZEDCLOCK. This Other versions: 11.2.06001
instruction is global and is applied to all the items exposed by the IEC 104 Outstation.

SnapshotPeriod range modified Communication interfaces.SNMP

The range for the SnapshotPeriod setting is now limited to [50 ms, 10 min]. Agent
Other versions: 11.2.06071

Status bar (SPR #62890) Configuration Environments

Additional information is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the Application Explorer
and Application Architect:

• Current user,
• Current station name,
• Total number of I/O variables configured,
• Max number of I/O variables.

Sorting of the Tpl_Instances file Configuration

The elements in the file Templates\Tpl_Instances.xml are now sorted, which enables easier file Environments.Application
comparison between multiple versions of a project. Architect

Generate mimics in libraries (SPR #62862) Configuration

It is now possible to indicate if a mimic has to be generated in the local, common or shared Environments.Application
library. Architect

Local branch for symbols (SPR #63193) Configuration

It is now possible to configure a local branch for symbols. Environments.Application
Architect
Reorganization of the intermediate file Configuration
The intermediate file generated by the Application Architect has been reorganized to group and Environments.Application
sort elements in a more efficient way regarding the import performances. Architect

New function support in expressions - StrLen Configuration

It is now possible to use the function StrLen in expressions to get the length of a string. Environments.Application
Syntax: Int = StrLen(String) Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06034

SNMP Manager mapping editor (SPR #62368) Configuration

The mapping editor for the SNMP Manager now supports array objects. Environments.Application
Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06010

OPC items list Configuration

The OPC items are now sorted alphabetically in the Mapping dialog box. Environments.Application
Explorer

Custom Expression property of OPC variables Configuration

It is now possible to edit the property Custom Expression of OPC variables in the Advanced tab Environments.Application
of the variables properties dialog. This property was already available by editing the Explorer
C\Varexp.dat file.

Configurable default associated labels Configuration

Some labels that used to be hard-coded are now fully configurable to allow for a greater Environments.Application
customization. This includes labels associated to user actions (login, logout...), timestamp Explorer
quality...

Initialization Bit of Chronometer (SPR #16517) Configuration

The Initialization bit variable of a Chronometer behavior is now optional Environments.Application
Explorer

LonWorks items list Configuration

LonWorks items (Networks and Nodes) are now sorted alphabetically in the Application Environments.Application
Explorer. Explorer

Station without node (SPR #62063) Configuration

When creating a new station in the Networking configuration, canceling the node creation was Environments.Application
not cancelling the station creation leading to a station configured without a node. Explorer

Paste items from context menus (SPR #61660, 16515) Configuration

It is now possible to paste branches and variables from context menus. Environments.Application
Explorer
Other versions: 11.2.06026
HMI for settings related to Event and Cyclic actions Configuration
Following the addition of settings allowing executing event and cyclic actions on all servers or Environments.Application
only the active servers of an association, these settings can now be changed via the Application Explorer
Explorer HMI. Other versions: 11.2.06001

Imports list (SPR #63082) Configuration

The list of imports is now sorted alphabetically. Environments.Smart Generators
Other versions: 11.2.06055

Several fixes & enhancements of the BACnet Smart Generator (SPR Configuration
#63820, 63817, 63807, 63803, 63800, 63799, 63797, 63792) Environments.Smart Generators
The list of fixes and enhancements incudes:

• Select variables dialog box reworked to reduce flickering in list views,

• Fixed several issues with the selection persistency for devices and automation objects,
• Fixed an issue when replacing characters in automation object names,
• Fixed a validation issue of BACnet Device Id for IEIEJ import. Values outside of the
range [0..4194303] are no longer allowed,
• Improved progress notification upon parsing of input file.

Selecting Smart Generators to display (SPR #62834) Configuration

It is now possible to select which Smart Generators are available in the right-side menu Import Environments.Smart Generators
references of the Smart Generators main window.

Handling of time tagged data Data Acquisition

It is now possible to set how to handle the timestamp upon reconnection to OPC servers: Other versions: 11.2.06001,
11.1.06067
• Use of the local station timestamp,
• Use of the last known timestamp.

The new setting named Use Local Timestamp Upon Reconnection is available as part of the OPC
Client settings.
It is set to true for existing project, and defaults to false for new projects.

Similar settings already existed for the IEC 104 client and DNP3 drivers.

Support for UTF-8 and OEM encoding for EDE files (SPR #65095, Data Acquisition.BACnet
64376)
It is now possible to load EDE files with ANSI, UTF-8 or OEM encoding. Previously, only ANSI
encoding was supported.

Property selected by default in Helper (SPR #62936) Data Acquisition.BACnet

When creating a List of property reference in the BACnet Helper, the property selected by
default is now present-value instead of the first in alphabetical order.

EDE mapping coloration Data Acquisition.BACnet

In the EDE mapping dialog box, properties are now displayed in red when read request failed.
Configurable column mapping for EDE files (SPR #63340) Data Acquisition.BACnet
From now on, it is possible to select how the loading of each EDE file is handled, either with the Other versions: 11.2.06066
automatic detection mode, or with a customized mode by selecting:

• The column delimiter;

• The column header's names.

Support for the time-delay-normal property Data Acquisition.BACnet

The BACnet driver now supports the property time-delay-normal (id 356).

Execute Read request after Write request Data Acquisition.BACnet

From now on, it is possible to execute a synchronization read request on a BACnet object or Other versions: 11.2.06041
property that has been updated by a write request.
Such behavior can be configured at device level with the advanced property
Writing.Synchronize values after writing (enabled by default).

It has been designed to ensure user awareness in cases where the command is successfully
executed end-to-end, but, because there is already a higher priority command, the command
issued from PcVue is not reflected in the object value.

Prevent mapping of unknown objects Data Acquisition.BACnet

It is no longer possible to map variables on BACnet objects that are of an unknown type (e.g. Other versions: 11.2.06037
object type Id in the range of Proprietary or Reserved object types for example).

Reading specific index of a BACnetArray (SPR #62817) Data Acquisition.BACnet

From now on, it is possible to map a variable onto a specific index of a property of type Other versions: 11.2.06035
BACnetArray (such as priority-array or weekly-schedule properties) by specifying
BACnetArray(x) in the advanced property Field of the variable, where x corresponds to the 1-
based index in the array. If the specified index is higher than the array size or if the value
cannot be converted (according to the variable type), the quality of the variable will be set to
NS_FMT. Index 0 can be used to get the size of array.

This syntax only applicable to BACnetArray, it is not applicable to properties of type BACnetList.

Incorrect list of properties when browsing Data Acquisition.BACnet

When the service ReadPropertyMultiple with a property reference set to ALL is not supported Other versions: 11.2.06031
by the requested device, the property list defined in the built-in XML catalog is used instead of
the default one.

Max segments accepted increased to 64 Data Acquisition.BACnet

The max number of segments accepted has been increased to 64 (was 16) to improve the Other versions: 11.2.06026
interoperability with some devices that were not considering this capability element correctly.

Clear Restart IIN and Refresh Attributes Data Acquisition.DNP3

It is now possible to configure if a request to clear IIN1.7 (Restart IIN) and Refresh Attributes Other versions: 11.2.06071
need to be sent when a connection to a device is established.

Time zone overridden Data Acquisition.DNP3

Under some circumstances, it happens that the time zone sent by the device is incorrect (i.e.: Other versions: 11.2.06064
misconfiguration). To avoid erroneous data reading and recording, a new advanced property is
available at variable level to enable overriding the time zone sent by the device.
DNP3 time synchronization Data Acquisition.DNP3
A new advanced property named Synchronization type is available on DNP3 devices. It allows Other versions: 11.2.06055
defining whether time synch messages sent by PcVue should be formatted as defined by the
DNP3 LAN or DNP3 Serial standards (defaults to LAN). This new option allows support for
devices that only support DNP3 Serial time synch messages over TCP.

DNP3 device redundancy support Data Acquisition.DNP3

In addition to data acquisition server redundancy, the DNP3 client driver now also supports Other versions: 11.2.06043,
device redundancy. 11.1.06097

Support for the ONLINE flag Data Acquisition.DNP3

The flag ONLINE of DNP3 objects was not taken into account in the status of variables. It is now
taken into account in addition to the COMM_LOST flag.
Other versions: 11.2.06020,
11.1.06075

Improved connection management Data Acquisition.IEC 60870-5-104

In order to avoid multiple connections/disconnections, the communication is stopped after 3 Client
connections and disconnections in less than a second, and restarted after 30 seconds. Such a Other versions: 11.2.06038,
behavior could be generated by an erroneous configuration in the project and could cause 11.1.06095
network traffic overload.

New time zone property (SPR #62568) Data Acquisition.IEC 60870-5-104

It is now possible to configure the time zone (Local or UTC) used by a Sector for timestamped Client
data. It can be set in the advanced properties of Sectors. Other versions: 11.2.06023,
11.1.06079

Support for Report Control Block reservation (SPR #61065, 60875) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
Control Block Reservation is now supported for URCB and BRCB, including RCB reservation in
redundant data acquisition architectures.
SCADA Basic instructions to change global settings (SPR #58835) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850
New modes are available for the SCADA Basic instruction M61850 to modify the IEC 61850
global settings by script:

M61850("SET_GLOBAL_ORCAT", <Value>)
where <Value> can be "not-supported", "bay-control", "station-control", "remote-control",
"automatic-bay", "automatic-station", "automatic-remote", "maintenance" or "process".
Defines the value used for the OrCat parameter when sending Controls

M61850("SET_GLOBAL_ORIDENT", <Value>)
where <Value> can be "00", "01", "10" or "11".
Defines the value used for the OrIdent parameter when sending Controls.

M61850("SET_GLOBAL_TEST", <Value>)
where <Value> can be 0 or 1.
When set to 1, all controls sent will be by default flagged as "Test".

M61850("SET_GLOBAL_CHECK", <SynchroCheck_Value>, <InterlockCheck_Value>)

where <SynchroCheck_Value> and <InterlockCheck_Value> can be 0 or 1.
When <SynchroCheck_Value> is set to 1, all controls sent will be by default flagged for synchro-
check.
When <InterlockCheck_Value> is set to 1, all controls sent will be by default flagged for
interlock-check.

M61850("SET_GLOBAL_CHECK", <Value>)
where <Value> can be "00", "01", "10" or "11".
Similar to the previous mode with the following value definitions:
"00" SynchroCheck_Value = 0 and InterlockCheck_Value = 0
"01" SynchroCheck_Value = 0 and InterlockCheck_Value = 1
"10" SynchroCheck_Value = 1 and InterlockCheck_Value = 0
"11" SynchroCheck_Value = 1 and InterlockCheck_Value = 1

Double-point configuration at device level Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

It is now possible to configure at device level how double-points should be interpreted Other versions: 11.2.06055
([01]/[10] or [10]/[01] for true/false). This setting overrides the one which was already available
in the global IEC 61850 settings.

Port configuration (SPR #61675) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

It is now possible to customize the TCP port for connecting to IEC 61850 devices. The new Other versions: 11.2.06046
property is available in the device's advanced properties.

Support for 3V16, 4V16, 3F16 and 4F16 data formats (SPR #65791) Data Acquisition.KNX
The KNX add-on now supports the 3V16, 4V16, 3F16 and 4F16 data formats. Other versions: 11.2.06080

New setting for initial read at startup (SPR #64505) Data Acquisition.KNX
A new setting named InitialReadItemsNumber is available in the KNX configuration file. It Other versions: 11.2.06068
specifies the maximum number of items refreshed at once on project start-up. The driver
refreshes all the items flagged as R at the rate of TimeOutInSec*30s until all the items are read.
Default value is 200.

Non-compliant OPC group name (SPR #63246, 63147) Data Acquisition.OPC Client
A new advanced property named OPC group name imposed by the server is now available. It is Other versions: 11.2.06055
designed to solve interop issues when an OPC server imposes a group name that cannot be the
name of a configuration item in PcVue (due to special characters or name length). As an
example, taking advantage of timestamping at the PLC level with Schneider Electric OFS
requires using an OPC group named ##TSEventsGroup##.
IP Mewtocol - Several enhancements (SPR #65277) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
The list of enhancements includes: drivers

• Data range is increased from 999 to 65535,

• New equipment supported : FP2SH-LAN (no IP header),
• Support for the bridge feature up to 3 levels for FPX-LAN,
• Size of frames is increased from 30 to 500 words.

Mitsubishi TCP/IP - Maximum address range for R and D data (SPR Data Acquisition.Other built-in
#63996) drivers
The maximum address range of D and R data for Mitsubishi Q series PLC is now 65535 (was Other versions: 11.2.06064
12287).

UTF-8 and MSDOS PC-8 support for text variables (SPR #61431) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
Support for UTF-8 and MS DOS PC-8 encoding for text variables mapped on CimWay frames. drivers
The encoding can be set in the advanced properties of the corresponding variables. Other versions: 11.2.06026
In case of UTF-8, it is possible to indicate a byte size (from the source) that may differ from the
text variable size.

Driver XBUS-IP-MASTER - Several enhancements (SPR #62301) Data Acquisition.Other built-in

Several enhancements of the XBUS-IP-MASTER driver to better support IP to modem drivers
converters, including: Other versions: 11.2.06026,
11.1.06086, 11.0.06092
• Improved handling of the connection time-out and retry,
• Information frame enhanced with timeout and retry values:

• INFO 0004: max Timeout value,

• INFO 0005: current Timeout value,
• INFO 0006: max number of retries,
• INFO 0007: current number of retries,

• Improved management of the serialization of several devices using the same

connection channel,
• New option at device level to indicate if it is a Fixed timeout or Standard device:

• When Standard is selected, the time-out is not played if the

corresponding socket is not opened on the device (default value),
• When Fixed timeout is selected, the timeout is forced even if the socket
is not opened.

In addition, new submodes are available for the SCADA Basic instruction CIMWAY, mode
SENDMSG:

• To enable the usage of a specific connection channel to a device:

CIMWAY("SENDMSG",NetworkName,"EnableConnect
ion;EqtName;CnxNb")
• To disable the usage of a specific connection channel to a device:
CIMWAY("SENDMSG",NetworkName,"DisableConnect
ion;EqtName;CnxNb")
• To activate CWAudit traces on the selected communication object:
CIMWAY("SENDMSG",ObjectName,"TraceOn")
• To deactivate CWAudit traces of the selected communication object:
CIMWAY("SENDMSG",ObjectName,"TraceOff")
Driver XBUS-IP-MASTER - Default slave Id (SPR #62357) Data Acquisition.Other built-in
In order to follow official recommendations, the default slave Id is now 255 (was 1). drivers
Other versions: 11.2.06001,
While discouraged, it is now also possible to configure a slave Id equal to 0.
11.1.06068

New extraction string Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager

A new extraction string NOTENUM(x$y$z) is available for bit variables. It enables setting a bit
variable to 1 when the source item value is not contained in the given enumeration (here x or y
or z).

Configuring alarm on Trap of type text (SPR #63262) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager
It is now possible to configure an alarm on a trap of type text. In such case, the Field property Other versions: 11.2.06058
has to be set to StrCmpare(<string>), where <string> matches the text that will trigger the
alarm.

Max size of authentication and encryption keys (SPR #62918) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager
From now on, the maximum size of authentication and encryption keys is 255 characters (was Other versions: 11.2.06034,
30). 11.1.06093

Enhanced Command reception Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager

The handling of command reception has been improved to enhance performances. Until this Other versions: 11.2.06026,
change, all the configured devices were processed. From now on, only the devices having 11.1.06079
pending commands are.
In addition, a device was not able to receive traps while waiting for a command reception. Both
actions are now dealt with separately to avoid any delay in traps handling.

Starting position of exported data Data Export

It is now possible to indicate for each export page the starting position of the data in the page.

Out of memory fatal error when exporting (SPR #61990) Data Export
Under some circumstances, when exporting a large amount of trends or on a long period with
short sampling, an Out of memory exception could be raised. To prevent such a situation, new
settings have been added to Exports.

Exporting previous point (SPR #64448) Data Export

When exporting trends in raw mode, it is now possible to include the last point prior to the
export period.

Date and time format Data Export

It is now possible to configure date and time:

• Date only,
• Time only,
• Dante and Time.

A new argument has been added to the SCADA Basic instruction EXPORT_TREND.
Export of interval start and end timestamps Data Export
It is now possible to export both the start and end date and time of each interval in aggregated
statistics.

Filtering logs (SPR #63382) Data Export

In addition to filtering event types, it is now possible to apply an additional filter based on
extended attributes to a Log list when exporting it.

Start date and End date on the same line Data Export
Start date and end date are now displayed on the same line for aggregated statistics.

Support for special characters in settings (SPR #63475) Data Export

Characters '#' and '/' are now supported as part of the replacement strings for unknown and Other versions: 11.2.06064
non-significant data.

This enhancement allows the use of the replacement string '#N/A' (without quotes) which is by
default interpreted by Microsoft Excel as a non-significant value (including formula...).

Improved filtering of logged data export (SPR #63382) Data Export

When using data export for logged events, it is now possible to filter according to all usual Other versions: 11.2.06061
variable attributes including Domain, Nature and Extended Attributes.
A new tab named Attributes is available on Log Filter items to configure the expression filter to
be applied to the associated log page.

Data Export limits (SPR #62613) Data Export

In order to ensure nominal performances, the number of items that can be configured for the Other versions: 11.2.06026,
Data Export is now limited to: 11.1.06085
• 100 exports
• 10 pages per export
• 100 trends per page

These limits can be modified in the file \C\svConf.dat. Warning messages are displayed in the
Event Viewer when these limits are reached.
Performances may degrade when exceeding default limits.

Number of GDI & USER objects, Desktop heap General

It is now possible to use the SV Core Management Console to change the size of the desktop Other versions: 11.2.06073
heap and to set the maximum number of GDI and User objects that can be created per-process.
Changing these Windows system-level settings is sometimes necessary to handle more mimics
when a PcVue web back end runs as a Windows service.

Changing these settings is sensitive; in particular, setting the desktop heap to a value too high
can put the system in a no-boot situation due to the Windows kernel not being able to allocate
memory properly to even get Session 0 set up.

Improved mechanism for detecting running Sv32 instances General

The detection mechanism of running instances of the Sv32.exe process has been improved. It is Other versions: 11.2.06026,
mainly useful with RDS-based architecture. In addition, new diagnostic messages related to this 11.1.06087, 11.0.06092
mechanism have been added.
Change for dev licenses General.Licensing
Development licenses now offer up to 4 hours of continuous data acquisition.

User password length (SPR #64047) General.User management

The maximum password length is now 127 characters (was 16) Other versions: 11.2.06064

Filtering Active Directory User Groups (SPR #62674) General.User management

When associating a User profile to an Active Directory User Group, it is now possible to filter Other versions: 11.2.06026,
the AD User Groups. This feature is particularly interesting when there is plenty of User Groups. 11.1.06082, 11.0.06090

Excluding files by extension (SPR #63198) General.Version management

When managing project versions, it is now possible to exclude files depending on their
extensions.
For instance, to exclude all xml files of the C directory, use the following syntax:
f1=C\*.xml

Unable to load project from Central folder (SPR #62583) General.Version management
When the Windows user does not have the correct permission on the USR folder, loading a
project from the Central folder could fail. Now a warning message box is displayed in such a
situation.

Decreasing station priority on HDS failure Historical data

The availability rate is now automatically set to 0 when the HDS is not answering requests. As a
consequence, requests are automatically redirected to a server having a higher availability rate.

Log on/off alarm changes setting (SPR #63324) Historical data

The archive global setting Log only on/off alarm changes in log lists is now read-only when an
archive unit with a log list is configured. Changing this setting while having already archived
alarms leads to misinterpretation of archived data.

Max length of names for archive configuration items increased Historical data
Max length for names of archive configuration items are now:

• Archive unit name is now up to 80 characters (was 12), except for ODBC,
• HDS Database name is now up to 100 characters (was 32),
• HDS Table name is now up to 45 characters (was 32),
• HDS Trend group name is now up to 100 characters (was 32),
• Log list name is 100 characters is now up to (was 12), except for ODBC.

ODBC archives - Compatibility with MySQL and MariaDB (SPR #63386) Historical data
It is now possible to set a specific column delimiter to be used in the handling of ODBC Other versions: 11.2.06059,
databases. In particular, it enables the usage of MySQL and MariaDB database engines. 11.1.06110
Invalid points for trends after communication failure (SPR #62964) Historical data
From now on, invalid points are no longer recorded for trends in case of communication failure, Other versions: 11.2.06038,
in particular with networking architecture having separated servers for data acquisition and 11.1.06096
archiving.
When communication is recovered, if the VTQ has changed, then an invalid point with the
timestamp of the start of the communication failure and the new VTQ is recorded.

Filtering by username (#N) (SPR #62427) Historical data

From now on, it is possible to filter archived HDS and proprietary log lists by User name (#N). A Other versions: 11.2.06037
new column and a new attribute have been added to their respective configuration.

Deletion of referenced Log table (SPR #62910) Historical data

From now on, it is no longer possible to delete a Log table when it is referenced by a Log list. Other versions: 11.2.06035,
Allowing such deletion was leading to configuration inconsistency and logs were no longer 11.1.06093
recorded without notice.

Low resource warning system for GDI and USER objects HMI
Rework on the low resource warning system for both GDI and USER objects:
Other versions: 11.2.06073
• Changed the GDI and USER object monitoring configuration to use a percentage of the
resource limit rather than an absolute value,
• Changed the message displayed in the warning dialog box when the application
exceeds the maximum resources allocated to it,
• Added monitoring of USER objects by default for new projects.

Default export folder (SPR #64190, 61952) HMI

The default export folder when exporting data from the wizard of the Trend viewer or the Grid
Control is now configurable with the setting Data Export Wizard.Working folder.
It defaults to the Documents folder of the currently logged Windows user
(C:\Users\<UserName>\Documents).

Empty comments in exported translations (SPR #64154) HMI

When exporting mimic and symbol resources for translations, empty comments are no longer
exported.

Default filter of image selector HMI

By default, the image selector now displays all files (was only displaying .bmp files).

List of available SCADA Basic functions (SPR #63269) HMI

The list of available functions in a program is now displayed when configuring:

• A Run Program animation,

• Form Controls,
• OnOpen and OnClose functions in mimic properties.

Image picker and file types HMI

The image picker now displays all files by default, instead of only *.bmp files. Other versions: 11.2.06054,
11.1.06099
Dialog boxes' position reset HMI
The position of dialog boxes is now reset automatically when they are detected in a non-visible Other versions: 11.2.06038
part of the desktop workspace.
Such issues occur when changing operating system display setting, for example when switching
from 2 screens to 1.

Configurable Navigator's border color and thickness (SPR #62306) HMI

It is now possible to configure the border color and thickness of the Navigator from the menu Other versions: 11.2.06020,
Preference/Colors. 11.1.06072

Variable substitution dialog box (SPR #62304) HMI

The dialog box to configure variable substitutions on a symbol has been enhanced. It is now a Other versions: 11.2.06001,
sizable window and supports column resizing for a better display. 11.1.06071

Default value for property "Original size" of symbols (SPR #62304) HMI
A new HMI option named Mimics.Symbols."Original size" selected when inserting symbol is Other versions: 11.2.06001,
available to indicate whether the Original size property shall be ticked or not when inserting a 11.1.06067
symbol in a mimic.

Disabling right-click in the workspace (SPR #62022) HMI

A new HMI option named Mimics.Context menus.Disable workspace right click popup menu is Other versions: 11.2.06001,
available. 11.1.06061
When activated, the context menu will not be displayed on right-click on the workspace.

Replacement text for AlaOn, AlaOff & AlaAck substitution characters HMI.Alarm viewer
(SPR #61869) Other versions: 11.2.06001,
A new HMI option named Mimics.Animations.Replacement symbol if alarm timestamp does not 11.1.06067
exist is available to customize the replacement text for the substitution characters of type
#xxxAlaOn, #xxxAlaOff and #xxxAlaAck, when the corresponding timestamp does not exist.

Enhanced text animations HMI.Animations

Enhancements include the ability to use pre-defined labels associated to an enumeration.

Case sensitive comparison in text animations HMI.Animations

A new HMI global option allows using case sensitive comparison in animations based on text
value (defaults to Non-sensitive case comparison). The option is named Enable case sensitivity
for animations that compare text strings and is available in the Animation category.

Keyboard shortcut for Run Program and Run Macro (SPR #63103) HMI.Animations
It is now possible to configure keyboard shortcut accelerators for the animations Run Program
and Run Macro.

Enumeration associated labels in Text animations (SPR #63878) HMI.Animations

It is now possible to use the Enumeration Associated Labels in text animations. Prior to this Other versions: 11.2.06062
enhancement, they were only usable in the WebScheduler.
Tooltips for wrapped labels in Form controls (SPR #62586) HMI.Form controls
Wrapped labels are now fully displayed as tooltips in Form controls. Other versions: 11.2.06064

Branch selection for symbol in branched-mimic HMI.Graphics

Now, the selection of the local branch of a symbol takes into account the context branch of the
mimic if any.

Selected layers of pasted graphical object (SPR #61084) HMI.Graphics

From now on, when copying and pasting a graphical object, layers configured in the original
object are also copied. Previously, layers were set according to the displayed ones at the
moment of the pasting.

New sorting option in historical mode HMI.Grid control

It is now possible to sort data according to their timestamp. It defaults to newest data on top of
the list.

Ability to display statistical data HMI.Grid control

The Grid control Historical mode is now able to display sampled trend and statistical data, in
addition to raw data. Used in conjunction with the Data Export wizard, users can now export
any trend data in their preferred format.

Disabling command sending (SPR #63424) HMI.Grid control

It is now possible to disable the possibility for the user to send commands in Variable tracking Other versions: 11.2.06058,
mode. 11.1.06105

Enumeration labels in the Log viewer HMI.Log viewer

It is now possible to display enumeration labels configured for Register and Text variables in the
Log viewer.

Automatic refresh period HMI.Log viewer

The minimum value of the Automatic refresh period property is now 1 sec (was 5). Other versions: 11.2.06038,
11.1.06095

Initial position of the map (SPR #64012) HMI.Map control

When inserting a Map control or modifying the provider, the initial position and zoom level are
now identical to the ones used when the map was cached with the Map Cache Creator.

Markers visibility HMI.Map control

It is now possible to link the visibility of a marker to a variable.

Support for external GPX files (SPR #63249) HMI.Map control

It is now possible to configure dynamic layers linked to external GPX files. A URI property can be
defined at the layer level in the Map Markers Editor to indicate its source.
Centering symbol markers on anchor (SPR #64254) HMI.Map control
It is now possible to configure whether symbol markers shall be positioned according to their Other versions: 11.2.06068
anchor or to their center.

Embedding Markers and Local Map into the project folder HMI.Map control
It is now possible to store the configuration of markers and map cache into the local GIS folder Other versions: 11.2.06058
of a project (could only be stored in the Common folder until this change). As for other
graphical objects, the local folder is referenced by a starting '/' in the file name.

Trend Viewer - Support for 16 curves HMI.Trend viewer

The trend viewer now supports up to 16 curves simultaneously.
As part of this evolution, colors for the trend viewer can be pre-configured using the color
preferences.

Max length for description (SPR #65149) HMI.Trend viewer

The maximum length of trend description is now 255 characters (was 60). Other versions: 11.2.06074

Scientific notation HMI.Trend viewer

Scientific notation was always used in the legend and scale areas when value was greater than Other versions: 11.2.06070
100 000. It is now possible to configure if this formatting has to be used or not.

Time-axis limits (SPR #63088) HMI.Trend viewer

From now on, it is possible to configure the horizontal axis period and time capacity buffer from Other versions: 11.2.06055,
1 to 14400 for each time unit: Seconds, minutes, hours, days (was 3600). 11.1.06101

Max number of points HMI.Trend viewer

The maximum number of points that can be retrieved to draw a trend curve is now up to 48000 Other versions: 11.2.06039
(was 12000).

Upgrade Backup/restore of the file Settings.ini Installation

In order to ensure proper update of the product at installation time, the file \Bin\Settings.ini is
now explicitly deleted upon uninstallation.

Because this file potentially stores important settings such as the configuration of Thread pools
and Web thread pools, it is important that you back up this file prior to uninstallation and make
sure you restore those settings that are key to your project set-up after installation.

New system variables (SPR #65265) Miscellaneous

The list of new system variables includes:

• @System.Localhost.Environment.RunningAsService: Indicates if PcVue is running as a

Windows service,
• @System.Localhost.Environment.RunningInRemoteDesktopSession: Indicates if PcVue
is running in a remote desktop session,
• For compatibility, the variable @System.WTS is kept updated if it exists, but it is no
longer created and shall no longer be used.

Accuracy of timer for cyclic functions Miscellaneous

Improved accuracy of the timer used for cyclic functions. Other versions: 11.2.06073
Syntax control (SPR #64583, 64413, 16442) Miscellaneous
The syntax control has been reinforced for new projects. While it was only executed at design
time in earlier versions, syntax control can now also be executed when loading a project.

For compatibility purpose, the new setting is only activated for new projects. It is
recommended to activate it on projects developed with earlier versions. The setting in named
Syntax check and is available in the section Advanced.Compatibility.Syntax.

Description property limited to 255 characters (SPR #61530) Miscellaneous

The description property of various items are now limited to 255 characters (was 80).
It includes:

• Archives Units and associated objects,

• Alarm synthesis,
• Alarm Associated actions,
• Messages items (profile, templates, SMS and Email),
• Function keys,
• Cyclic,
• Events,
• Expressions (template and on variable),
• ...

Enhanced robustness upon archive server switchover Networking

The robustness of the switchover mechanism has been improved for archive server association Other versions: 11.2.06010,
when configured as single active. In addition, traces have been added to better monitor 11.1.06072, 11.0.06087
switchover.

Expression without a variable (SPR #60832, 60831) Real time data

From now on, expressions defined without a variable are evaluated and no longer remain NS. It
applies to expressions on variable and expressions in animations.

Chrono now limited to 1h (SPR #48048) Real time data

Period of a Chrono variable is now limited to 1h (was 655 sec).

Notification of timestamp change Real time data

It is now possible to configure whether the Alarm Manager and the User Interface shall be Other versions: 11.2.06001,
notified when only the timestamp changes. 11.1.06069
The new settings are located in the file C\VarConf.dat:
[DeviceTimestampChangeNotification]
ToAlarmManager=1
ToUserInterfaceManager=1
For both settings, the value 1 indicates that the corresponding manager is notified, their default
value is 1.

This permits updating real time data and alarms on value change or on timestamp change.

Instruction TREND - New mode SHOW_LEGEND (SPR #63254) Scripting.SCADA Basic

A new mode SHOW_LEGEND is available for the instruction TRENDVIEWER. It enables showing
and hiding the legend of a given Trend viewer.
Instruction TREND - New modes related to thresholds (SPR #62758) Scripting.SCADA Basic
New modes have been added to the SCADA Basic instruction TREND: Other versions: 11.2.06034,
11.1.06092
• TREND("THRESHOLD_GETMODE", Window, Branch,
Identity, Trace);
Returns the current mode of the selected trace:
-1: no threshold,
0: automatic,
1: ppphigh/pphigh/phigh/high,
2: pphigh/phigh/high/low,
3: phigh/high/low/plow,
4: high/low/plow/pplow,
5: low/plow/pplow/ppplow.
• TREND("THRESHOLD_ISCHECKED", Window, Branch,
Identity, Trace, ThresholdNumber );
Returns the current mode of a given threshold (0: not activated; 1: activated).
• TREND("THRESHOLD_GETVALUE", Window, Branch,
Identity, Trace, ThresholdNumber );
Returns the value of a given threshold.
• TREND("THRESHOLD_ISDRAWLINE", Window,
Branch, Identity, Trace, ThresholdNumber );
Indicates if the limit line of a given threshold is displayed or hidden (0: hidden, 1:
displayed).
• TREND("THRESHOLD_GETCOLOR", Window, Branch,
Identity, Trace, ThresholdNumber );
Returns the line color of a given threshold (RGB code in double format).
• TREND("THRESHOLD_GETSTYLE", Window, Branch,
Identity, Trace, ThresholdNumber );
Returns the style of the line of a given threshold:
0: solid,
1: dash,
2: dot,
3: dashdot,
4: dashdotdot.

Go to the definition of a function (SPR #61506) Scripting.SCADA Basic

It is now possible to go to the definition of a function in a SCADA Basic program by using the
corresponding entry of the context menu displayed when right clicking on a function name.

Upgrade Instruction LOGDISPLAY - Context parameter reworked Scripting.SCADA Basic

The argument Context of the instruction LOGDISPLAY, which enables delaying the application of
the filter until the mode EXECUTE is called, has been reworked as following:

• It is renamed DelayExecution,
• When set to 0, the instruction is immediately executed,
• When different from 0, its execution is delayed until the mode EXECUTE is called,
• It is optional for all applicable modes and defaults to 0.

This argument can be used with the modes DOMAIN, EVENTMASK, EVENTMASKEX, FILTER,
LOGLIST, NATURE, MINMAX and SETDATETIME.

When upgrading a project from an earlier version, a particular attention must be given to the
mode SETDATETIME that was working differently (instruction delayed only when the argument
was omitted).
Upgrade Instruction M61850 - return code reworked Scripting.SCADA Basic
The return codes of the instruction M61850 has been reworked for the modes:

• START_NETWORK
• STOP_NETWORK
• START_PHYSICALDEVICE
• STOP_PHYSICALDEVICE
• START_DATAGROUP
• STOP_DATAGROUP
• START_DATASETGROUP
• STOP_DATASETGROUP
• START_REPORTGROUP
• STOP_REPORTGROUP

The new return values are the following:

• -1, Command in progress

• 0, Command successfully executed
• 1, Not implemented
• 2, Object not found
• 3, Not enabled
• 4, Already enabled
• 5, Already disabled
• 6, Not produced by local station
• 7, Message lost and nack
• 8, Stopped
• 9, Already stopped
• 10, The owner is not started
• 11, Already connected
• 12, CommObj already connecting
• 13, Connection lost
• 14, Already disconnected
• 15, CommObj already disconnecting
• 16, The owner is in bad state
• 17, Object undefined
• 1001, Stack issue
• 1002, Remote access error
• 1003, No datareport associated
• 1004, Report is already used
• 1005, Bad configuration for scope request
• 1006, No dataset associated
• 1007, Error during browsing

Instruction OPC - Group identifier separator Scripting.SCADA Basic

The instruction OPC now supports both '.' and '/' as separator for group identifier.

Instruction ASSOCLABEL - New modes (SPR #16728) Scripting.SCADA Basic

New modes are available for the instruction ASSOCLABEL to set a specific associated labels
type:

• SETBITLABEL
• SETALARMLABEL
Instruction CYCLIC, mode DELALL - New argument Scripting.SCADA Basic
A new argument DellAllMode is available for the instruction CYCLIC mode DELLALL. It can have
the following values:

• 1: Delete all temporary items by program (default value),

• 2: Delete all permanent items by program,
• 3: Delete all temporary and permanent items by program.

Instruction EVENT, mode DELALL - New argument Scripting.SCADA Basic

A new argument DellAllMode is available for the instruction EVENT with the mode DELLALL. It
can have the following values:

• 1: Delete all temporary items by program (default value),

• 2: Delete all permanent items by program,
• 3: Delete all temporary and permanent items by program.

Instruction GETARG - New modes Scripting.SCADA Basic

Several modes dedicated to event actions have been added to the instruction GETARG:

• TS_VALUE: Get the timestamp of the triggering variable,

• TS_TYPE: Get the timestamp source of the triggering variable,
• VARVALUE_BIT: Get the triggering variable value as an integer,
• VARVALUE_TEXT: Get the triggering variable value as a string,
• VARVALUE_REGISTER: Get the triggering variable value as a double,
• VARVALUE_ALARM: Get the triggering variable alarm status.

Upgrade Instruction SYSTEM, mode CHANGEPASSWORD - New return Scripting.SCADA Basic

value (SPR #63047)
New return values are available for the instruction SYSTEM, mode CHANGEPASSWORD:

• 0: Syntax error,
• 1: Success,
• 2: User name or old password error,
• 3: New password is empty,
• 4: New password length is less than 6 characters, for the advanced security option
only,
• 5: New password has already been used, for the advanced security option only,
• 6: New password does not meet the strong password criteria, for the strong password
option only,
• 7: New password is the same as the old one.

Instruction TREEVIEW - New modes Scripting.SCADA Basic

Several new modes have been added to the instruction TREEVIEW:

• CLEAR,
• INSERTNODE,
• REMOVENODE,
• SORT.

Instruction WINDOW - new mode GETCOLLECTION (SPR #63129) Scripting.SCADA Basic

A new mode GETCOLLECTION is available for the instruction WINDOW. It enables retrieving an
XML fragment with the list of opened mimics.
Instruction XMLPATH - new mode COUNT Scripting.SCADA Basic
A new mode COUNT has been added to the instruction XMLPATH. It returns the number of
nodes in the Xml fragment.

Instruction CRONTAB - new modes EXECUTE_TABLE & Scripting.SCADA Basic

EXECUTE_ALLTABLES (SPR #63444) Other versions: 11.2.06062,
Two new modes EXECUTE_TABLE and EXECUTE_ALLTABLES have been added to the instruction 11.1.06111, 11.0.06096
CRONTAB to execute the standard timetable or active exceptions:

• CRONTAB("EXECUTE_TABLE", TableName)
returns 0 if the TableName does not exists
returns 1 otherwise
• CRONTAB("EXECUTE_ALLTABLES")
always returns 1

Instruction WINDOW, mode IS_OPEN - Branch now optional (SPR Scripting.SCADA Basic
#62748) Other versions: 11.2.06031,
From now on, the branch is an optional parameter when using the SCADA Basic instruction 11.1.06088
WINDOW, mode IS_OPEN. It enables to check if a mimic is opened whatever the branch is.

Instruction LOGDISPLAY- new mode GET_NAME_FROM_LINE Scripting.SCADA Basic

A new mode is available for the SCADA Basic instruction LOGDISPLAY: Other versions: 11.2.06020,
11.1.06075
• GET_NAME_FROM_LINE: Returns the variable name associated to a given line
number.

Instruction CRONTAB - new modes ADDPROG_EX and DELPROG_EX Scripting.SCADA Basic

(SPR #15208) Other versions: 11.2.06001,
Two new modes are available for the instruction CRONTAB: 11.1.06066

• ADDPROG_EX (15) to add a program schedule by

CronType/Frequency/Program/Branch/Function and its function arguments & active
bit.
CRONTAB("ADDPROG_EX", CRONTYPE, Date, Time,
Program, Branch, Function [, Arguments [,
ActiveBit]]);
• DELPROG_EX (16) to delete program schedules with different arguments & active bit.
CRONTAB("ADDPROG_EX", CRONTYPE, Date, Time,
Program, Branch, Function [, Arguments[,
ActiveBit]]);
The modes ADDPROG and DELPROG are now obsolete.

SetImage method with absolute path (SPR #63487) Scripting.VBA

The VBA method SetImage now support absolute path, thus allowing loading images that are Other versions: 11.2.06058
not stored within a project or library folder.

New events on the Grid Control (SPR #63425) Scripting.VBA

Two new VBA events have been added to the Grid Control to indicate when it starts and Other versions: 11.2.06058,
completes the update of the variables. These events are useful when the Grid control is in 11.1.06105
variable tracking mode:

• OnBeginUpdatingVariables()
• OnEndpdatingVariables()
Change a picture dynamically in a mimic (SPR #62685) Scripting.VBA
A new VBA method SetImage is available for the Bitmap objects. It enables to dynamically Other versions: 11.2.06026
change a picture in a mimic. Only pictures stored in the libraries (Common, Shared or Project)
can be used.
myObject.SetImage "/myLib/newImage.png"
It returns:

• -1 if the image does not exist,

• 0 if the format is invalid,
• 1 when successful.

Alarm value in VBA (SPR #60978) Scripting.VBA

A new HMI option named Scripting.Variable Value returns alarm value if variable is an alarm is Other versions: 11.2.06001,
available. 11.1.06065
When activated, the VBA property Value of Variable items is an Alarm value (see below),
otherwise it is a Bit value (0 or 1). It is not activated for new projects and activated for existing
projects.

In addition, a new VBA property AlarmValue is available on Variable items. If a variable item
corresponds to an alarm, it returns the alarm value as follows:

• 0: Off
• 1: On, Not Acknowledged
• 2: On, Acknowledged
• 3: Off, Not Acknowledged
• 4: Masked operator
• 5: Masked program
• 6: Masked variable
• 7: Masked expression

Web Extensions - WebScheduler Web Server Extensions

In order to simplify deployment, the WebScheduler now accesses the built-in timetable
configuration directly via an API.
The configuration of the path to the Cron.dat file is no longer necessary and ignored if present.

Support for Alarm maintenance mode Web Server Extensions

WebVue, TouchVue and the associated Web Services now support the maintenance mode of
alarms.

Upgrade Week numbering (SPR #63363) WebScheduler

Week numbering in the WebScheduler is no longer based on the CalendarWeekRule setting Other versions: 11.2.06056,
from the web.config file, but on the culture associated to the language selected at login time 11.1.06103
(or the culture settings of the web browser, if the Default language is selected upon login).

This change makes it easier to adapt to a variety of users operating in areas with different
standards for week numbering, but may affect existing users if their browser configuration or
language selection do not correspond to how the CalendarWeekRule setting was configured on
the WebScheduler server.

Configuration of associated labels on Schedules (SPR #62625, 61819) WebScheduler

It is now possible to configure associated labels at the schedule level instead of only within the Other versions: 11.2.06038
properties of referenced outputs. This new property has a higher priority than properties of
reference outputs. It offers the possibility to have suitable labels in the WebScheduler even if
schedule outputs are not configured at the PcVue level.
Default number of schedules displayed (SPR #62557) WebScheduler
A new setting GridViewPageSize is available in the web.config file of the WebScheduler. It Other versions: 11.2.06030,
enables to set the number of schedules to be displayed in the schedule page. Defaults to 20. 11.1.06089
 5. Performance

Alarm counters Alarms

Performance enhancements in the handling of alarm counter system variables. Other versions: 11.2.06066

Alarm syntheses loading time improved Alarms

Loading time of Alarm Syntheses has been significantly improved with a better handling of filter Other versions: 11.2.06066
defined without branches.
As an example, the loading of 7300 Alarm Syntheses now takes only 7 mn instead of 37 mn.

Saving of the file HDSTrend.dat Configuration Environments

The file C\HDSTrend.dat is now saved on demand, and only when trends have been added,
modified or removed. Prior to this fix, it was saved each time a trend was modified leading to
strong performances issues when importing configuration with a Smart Generator or the
Application Architect.

HDS Trends configuration saving (SPR #62905, 62900) Configuration Environments

From now on, the configuration file containing HDS Trends is only saved in the following cases: Other versions: 11.2.06039

• Completion of an import (Generic Import, Smart Generators, Application Architect),

• Application Explorer Save action,
• Project exit.

This file was previously saved upon all single modification of a HDS Trend, causing imports to
perform poorly.

Improved performances of the variable selector (SPR #62849, 62838, Configuration Environments
62571) Other versions: 11.2.06035
Improvement of the variable browsing implementation. As a consequence, the variable selector
is much more responsive.

Slow display of templates with Global parameters Configuration

The time to display templates and instances having global parameters has been greatly Environments.Application
improved. On large number of instances, the time to display is reduced from 15 sec to 3 sec. Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06081

New settings for performance improvements Configuration

Two new settings have been added to improve general performances when displaying object Environments.Application
composition: Architect
• Skip reference calculations for generation - This setting affects the generation of
properties requiring access to an Excel function. The properties are not generated in
the output from the Application Architect. The affected properties do not exist - they
are not just empty. This is to ensure the correct synch when de-selecting the option.
• Do not display detail of included templates for instances - This setting affects the
instances tab. If not selected when you click on a template instance, the inputs, input
parameters and expressions appear in the lower part of the screen for both the
selected instance and any child objects particularly those from included templates. If
set, inputs, input parameters and expressions for the included templates are not
displayed. This is used to improve the display of the Application Architect's HMI,
particularly for templates including other templates that have many parameters to
evaluate.
Rendering performance on template/category creation Configuration
Rendering performances when adding a new template or category to a library has been Environments.Application
improved. Architect

Synchronization time reduced Configuration

The time to synchronize with the Application Architect has been improved, in particular when Environments.Application
the configuration contains alarm synthesis, expression on variables, cyclic and HDS trend items. Architect
Other versions: 11.2.06026,
11.1.06088

Excessive time to import Associated Actions (SPR #61908) Configuration

Importing alarm Associated Actions was taking an abnormal long time to perform due to Environments.Smart Generators
multiple file accesses. Other versions: 11.2.06026,
Prior to the fix, importing 6000 Associated Actions took around 12mn. The import time has 11.1.06085
been decreased to less than a minute.

Improved responsiveness Data Acquisition.BACnet

On-demand reads are heavily used by the mapping editor and Helpers for device objects Other versions: 11.2.06038
discovery, introspection of property lists, and value retrievals.
This series of enhancements increases performances by reducing both the network traffic and
improving the user experience. When using the mapping editor and Helpers, the time to display
or refresh information is reduced, making use of these tools much more comfortable for users.

The improvement is significant when connected to devices with limited support for
segmentation, small max APDU size, or having large sets of objects and properties (object-list,
arrays...).

Resources usage (SPR #65770) Data Acquisition.IEC 61850

Improvements to CPU and resources usage for the IEC 61850 driver, leading to more responsive Other versions: 11.2.06080
data exchanges. CPU consumption has been reduced by 40%.

Excessive time to stop a network (SPR #62605) Data Acquisition.SNMP Manager

In case of dynamic host name resolution, stopping a network could take a long time. Now the Other versions: 11.2.06031,
name resolution is stopped when a device is stopped. 11.1.06078

Several performance improvements General

Several performance improvements, including:

• Faster start-up, reduced generation and synchronization time with the Application
Architect and XML generic import,
• Improvements to CPU and resources utilization for the IEC 61850 driver, leading to
more responsive data exchanges,
• Improvements to on-demand reads with the BACnet driver, leading to more
responsive configuration and diagnostic tools,
• Improvements to the variable browsing to improve the user experience with the
variable selector,

Improvements to the WebScheduler responsiveness when displaying BACnet Schedules and

Calendars.

Max framerate HMI.Map control

The framerate is now limited to 33 fps to avoid CPU overloading. Other versions: 11.2.06045,
11.1.06098
Loading time of the Trend Viewer (SPR #62336) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
The time to load historical data points in the Trend Viewer has been reduced. Other versions: 11.2.06001,
11.1.06068

Asynchronous loading of schedules (SPR #62557) WebScheduler

The loading time of schedules has been improved by using asynchronous calls. In addition, Other versions: 11.2.06045
selecting a schedule before the end of loading interrupts it to enable a faster display of the
selected schedule.

BACnet Calendar loading time (SPR #62435) WebScheduler

When displaying a BACnet Calendar, multiple reads were done, slowing down the loading time Other versions: 11.2.06010
of the calendar page.
 6. Audit & diagnostic

Archives audit (SPR #62846) Audit

Audit counters for archives items have been enhanced. The following counters are now
available:

• Trends linked to Free Archive Units,

• Trends linked to HDS Archive Units,
• Trends linked to ODBC Archive Units,
• Trends linked to Proprietary Archive Units,
• Trends linked to other outputs (printer),
• Trends without output,
• Log lists linked to Free Archive Units,
• Log lists linked to HDS Archive Units,
• Log lists linked to ODBC Archive Units,
• Log lists linked to Proprietary Archive Units,
• Log lists linked to other outputs (printer),
• Log lists without output.

New audit counters for IEC 104 Outstation Audit

New audit counters are available for IEC 104 Outstation.

Pending export (SPR #64508) Audit

A new system variable is available to indicate the amount of pending exports per station:
System.<Station>.DataAnalysis.DataExport.Pending
Exports

Additional messages in FORM.ERR (SPR #64265, 64264) Audit

New messages are recorded in the FORM.ERR file when incorrect properties are defined in the
Varexp.dat file, in particular:

• Range of alarm acknowledgment level between -1 and 29,

• Range of alarm masking level between -2 and 29,
• Range of alarm maintenance level between -2 and 29.

Value -1 means that the corresponding property uses the Alarm Priority level.
Value -2 means that the corresponding property uses the Alarm Acknowledgment level.

Additional traces and messages for Email and SMS Audit

Additional traces and messages can be activated for diagnosis purpose for Messages (Email and
SMS).

CwAudit startup enhancement (SPR #63029) Audit

CwAudit was able to connect to PcVue only one time after startup. Now it can be started, Other versions: 11.2.06038
stopped and restarted on the fly while PcVue is running.

CwAudit - Max number of equipments (SPR #63019) Audit

The maximum number of equipments CwAudit can managed is now 2018 (was 256). Other versions: 11.2.06038,
11.1.06096, 11.0.06093
New traces for the SNMP Agent driver (SPR #62378) Communication interfaces.SNMP
New traces are added to the SNMP Agent driver, for a better diagnosis of incorrect loading of Agent
the configuration file. Other versions: 11.2.06001

Additional report in case of fatal error (SPR #65060) Configuration Environments

In addition to dump file, plain text files are now created in case of a fatal error of the
Application Explorer or Smart Generators.

New dump files (SPR #16703) Configuration Environments

From now on, dump files are generated upon fatal error of the Application Explorer, the Other versions: 11.2.06035
Application Architect and Smart Generators.

Application Architect tracing Configuration

Logs and traces generated by the Application Architect have been improved for better diagnosis Environments.Application
and tracking of the sources of configuration errors. Architect

New traces for the KNX driver (SPR #62378) Data Acquisition.KNX
New traces are added to the KNX driver, for a better diagnosis of incorrect loading of the Other versions: 11.2.06001
configuration file.

Enhanced robustness of the Event Viewer (SPR #62901, 62763) General

Under some circumstances, a fatal error could occurred when too many traces were sent to the Other versions: 11.2.06067
Event Viewer. Now the Event Viewer updates the displayed traces 3 times per seconds instead
of on every new trace.

Warning message when no reference project/library (SPR #65102) General.Version management

A warning message is now displayed in the event viewer when the project is started using the
command line option -r or -r_delta if no reference version is defined.
 7. Add-ons & tools

BACnet server Add-on (SPR #63008) Communication interfaces

A BACnet server interface is now available as an Add-on. It supports BACnet/IP with the profile Other versions: 11.2.06057
B-ASC.
The Add-on is licensed.
 8. Installation

Dream Report version 5.0 Add-ons and Tools

The newer installation package for Dream Report is available in the Add-ons & Tools section of
the DVD.

New Add-on - OPC UA Gateway Add-ons and Tools

PcVue now supports the OPC UA Gateway with built-in licensing. It includes: Other versions: 11.2.06063

• The OPC UA client gateway for data acquisition,

• The OPC UA server gateway for exposing PcVue variables to 3rd party UA clients.

The OPC UA Gateway is available in the Add-ons & tools section of the DVD.

New and updated libraries General

New and updated libraries:

• Railway: A new library including a set of images and symbols for Urban & Main lines
signaling systems and station assets such as ticketing machines and security gates,
• Navigation: Updated mimic templates with new styles in dark and light themes.

Documentation update General.Documentation

The product documentation has been updated:

• Online help in Chinese - Now at the level of version 11.2 update.

 9. Security

Weak password set by the administrator (SPR #64326) General.User management

When resetting a user's password, the administrator was able to set a weak password even if a
strong password policy was enforced.

OpenSSL library updated Security

The OpenSSL library has been updated to version 1.0.2q (20 Nov 2018).

Latency when starting the application (SPR #63384) Security

Under some circumstances, a huge latency (up to 1 min) could be noticed when starting an Other versions: 11.2.06060
application (project selector, Application Explorer...). The issue was due to the validation of the
code-signing certificate regarding the certificate revocation list (CRL).

FIPS enforcement deactivated Security

FIPS has been deactivated at the application level for all the provided executables that are Other versions: 11.2.06058,
based on the .NET Framework and are likely to use cryptographic algorithms that are not FIPS 11.1.06110
compliant.
 10. Other fixes & enhancements

SPR #14068, 60149, 61490, 61879, 61935, 61967, 61968, 61978, 62014,
62792, 63301, 63897, 63922, 64068, 64514, 64567, 64645, 64675,
64695, 64815, 64816, 64817, 65180, 65225, 65245, 65470, 65703,
65768, 65796, 65920

SPR #62538 Other versions: 9.0SP3, 11.2

Update, 11.1 Update, 11.0
Update, 10.0SP2

SPR #60690, 61039, 62541, 63095, 63164, 63255 Other versions: 11.2 Update, 11.1
Update, 11.0 Update

SPR #16300, 61080, 61718, 61858, 62167, 62251, 62414, 62496, 62672, Other versions: 11.2 Update
62734, 62749, 62762, 62786, 62806, 62811, 62875, 62881, 62912,
63030, 63046, 63119, 63163, 63174, 63183, 63208, 63226, 63229,
63277, 63334, 63355, 63375, 63383, 63438, 63493, 63532, 63580,
63607, 63668, 63730, 63749, 63764, 63815, 63873, 63889, 63893,
63923, 63949, 63974, 63988, 64018, 64125, 64315, 64503, 64531,
64555, 64596, 65074, 65090, 65313, 65463, 65491, 65496, 65513,
65617, 65701, 65720, 65725, 65840, 65931, 65958

SPR #62034, 62290, 62409, 62451, 62535, 62585, 62668, 62741, 62845, Other versions: 11.2 Update, 11.1
62874, 63152, 63338, 63403, 63486, 63723, 63894, 64042, 64316, Update
64463
III. Known Issues

Audit counter mean values are inaccurate (SPR #65251) Audit

Calculation of mean values is wrong for audit counters (error every 27 hours). 12.0.7 Release

Lost instances (SPR #67013) Configuration

Under some circumstances, all instances are lost. Investigations indicate that this may be Environments.Application
caused by the deletion of the root node. Architect
While the investigations continue to uncover and fix the source of the issue, changes have been
12.0.13 Release
made to mitigate and prevent the root node deletion.
Specific diagnostic traces have been added to indicate that an attempt to delete the root node
occurs. In addition, a specific backup (in addition to the rolling backup files) is now performed
to ensure that instances configuration will not be lost.
These changes are in effect starting with the Maintenance Release 12.0.13.

If you run an earlier release of version 12, and notice that the instances root node is not
displayed in the Instances tab of the Application Architect, you have probably ran into the issue
and the instances are lost. In such situation, stop PcVue and recover a valid instances
configuration from the rolling backup files located the C\Templates\Back folder. Do not restart
PcVue multiple times before you recover your configuration as it exposes you to losing the
useful rolling backup.

Upgrade Potential behavior change for alarm syntheses (SPR #67799, Configuration
66701, 60594) Environments.Application
Starting with version 11.2 Release, by default, new alarm synthesis items created with the Architect
Application Explorer or the XML Generic Import do not take the population filter into account. 12.0.16 Release
This change was not introduced for alarm syntheses created with the Application Architect, Other versions: 11.2.06094
leading to the following potential issues if your project includes populations and alarm
syntheses created based on templates and instances with the Application Architect:

• If you have migrated or are migrating a project from version 11.1 or earlier to version
11.2 or 12, you should check with the Application Explorer that alarm syntheses are
configured to fit your requirements (take into account or ignore population). If
configuration does not fit, reverse the value of the 'Take population filter into account'
using the Application Architect and proceed with a full synchronization.
• Do the same verification and configuration changes if your project was once migrated
to 11.2 (earlier than 11.2.06094), and is now being migrated to 11.2.06094 or later.
• Do the same verification and configuration changes if your project was once migrated
to 12 (earlier than 12.0.16), and is now being migrated to 12.0.16 or later.
• In all cases, pay particular attention to alarm syntheses created with version 11.2 and
12, as it is likely that the population filter property is not applied as it used to be with
earlier versions.

You are not impacted by this issue if you do not use population filtering in your project, or if
alarm syntheses are not created based on application modeling with the Application Architect.

Supported operating systems for the KNX Add-on (SPR #68507) Data Acquisition.KNX
The KNX add-on is only supported on the following operating systems, with the exclusion of any 12.0.7 Release
virtual environment: Other versions: 11.2.05001
• Windows 7 SP1 (x64),
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64).
Supported operating systems for the LNS data acquisition driver (SPR Data Acquisition.LNS
#68507) 12.0.7 Release
The LNS data acquisition driver is only supported on the following operating systems: Other versions: 11.2.05001

• Windows 7 SP1 (x64),

• Windows 8.1 (x64),
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64),
• Windows Server 2012 (x64).

Xbus-IP-Master - Handling of connection termination (SPR #66310) Data Acquisition.Other built-in

Some devices require connection termination using the TCP FIN_ACK flag instead of the usual drivers
RST_ACK. 12.0.7 Release
In the case, receiving the TCP RST_ACK caused the device to reboot.

In order to improve interop with such devices, a change was implemented to make it possible
to configure if a connection shall be terminated using the TCP RST_ACK or FIN_ACK flag.
This change is available since version 11.2.06085 and will be available in a next Feature Release
of version 12.

Statistical data when using "Log only alarm on/off changes in log lists" Data Export
(SPR #64469, 63324) 12.0.7 Release
Log pages statistics are not properly handled when the project setting Archives.Log only alarm
on/off changes in log lists is activated. In particular, the behavior is not fully consistent
Other versions: 11.2.06066
depending on the type of archive unit (HDS or Proprietary).

[Fixed] Issue when changing the binding (SPR #65998, 65964) Deployment tools.Web
When changing the binding of a web site (from hostname to IP or IP to FQDN for example) and Deployment Console
re-deploying, the Registry service end-point is not properly re-configured, preventing the web 12.0.7 Release
site from being operational.

The workaround is to delete and recreate the web site or to modify the WDC configuration file
manually.

[Fixed in 12.0.10]

[Fixed] WDC will not start after changing the computer name (SPR Deployment tools.Web
#66066, 66017) Deployment Console
Because the WDC checks that the IIS configuration it holds matches the computer where it is 12.0.7 Release
run, if the computer name of an IIS Web server is changed after a deployment with the WDC,
then the WDC will fail to start again.

[Edit: Fixed in 12.0.10]

Upgrade [Fixed] Upgrade of HDS table schema Historical data
With version 12, the length of Log list names can be up to 100 characters long (was 12). 12.0.7 Release
This change affects the schema of HDS log tables (column LogList).

The change in table schema is done automatically at startup if the size of the database is less
than 10 Gb.
If the size is higher, the traces ask you to run the migration script.

The issue is that the migration script, as supplied with the installation package 12.0.7 and
12.0.8, was wrongly altering the column EvtTitle instead of the column LogList, causing the
archiving to no longer be effective after project startup.

If you have upgraded your HDS log tables with version 12.0.7 or 12.0.8, it is advised to apply the
following changes manually:

• Alter the LogList column of Log tables to type it varchar(100),

• Alter the EvtTitle column of Log tables to type it varchar(255),
• Make sure the value of DBVersion is set to 4.

[Edit: Fixed in 12.0.9] If you are upgrading your HDS log tables with version 12.0.9 or later, no
specific action is required apart from running the migration script.

SQL filtering on HMI variables (SPR #65903) HMI.Grid control

When using the Grid control in variable tracking mode, the Sql syntax cannot be used to filter
HMI variables.
12.0.7 Release

[Fixed] Potential memory leak in Networking with mixed PcVue Networking

versions (SPR #67867) 12.0.16 Release
Under some circumstances, while migrating a project, a memory leak occurs on a data Other versions: 11.2.06094
acquisition server if it runs a version greater than or equal to 11.2.6086 and communicates with
a client station running with version 12.0.15 or lower. The leak occurs at each restart of a client
station, and its size is proportional to the number of variable subscriptions sent by the client
station to the server station (250 bytes per subscription - typically a leak of 2.5 MB for 10 000
variables at each restart of a client station).

[Edit: Fixed in 11.2.06094 - The leak is fixed whatever version 12 build is running on the client
station]
[Edit: Fixed in 12.0.16 - The leak is fixed whatever version 11.2 build is running on the serve
station]

BeforeClose script not triggered (SPR #68418) Scripting.SCADA Basic

Since version 12.0.7, the SCADA Basic function called upon closing a mimic was not correctly 12.0.20 Release
triggered when the mimic was closed via SCADA Basic.
[Edit: Fixed in 12.0.20 for PcVue desktop]
A fix for WebVue is planned for a later release.

Issue with host name resolution on Android (SPR #65724) Web Server Extensions
Android versions earlier than 5.1 are known to be affected by a bug related to host name 12.0.7 Release
resolution.

When using DHCP, the issue prevents from using a host name other than a Fully Qualified
Domain Name even if the host name is properly registered in a local DNS and the DNS server
automatically updates itself to reflect DHCP leases. The issue is that Android devices do not use
the DNS search path provided by DHCP.
Please refer to the Google Issue Tracker for more information:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36916949
[Fixed by Apple] Issue in the Trend viewer with the Safari browser Web Server Extensions.WebVue
(SPR #65731) 12.0.7 Release
With the Safari Web browser, the hexadecimal code of colors is displayed instead of the actual
colors in the Trend viewer's legend.

The fix is available in Safari 12.1 shipped with iOS 12.2 and macOS 10.14.4. It is also available
for macOS 10.13.6 and 10.12.6. (Added support for <input type="color">)

[Fixed] Limited support for included mimics and popups Web Server Extensions.WebVue
Support for included mimics and popups in WebVue is still limited compared to the behavior of 12.0.7 Release
the desktop client.

[Edit: Fixed in 12.0.11]

Drag handling with Firefox Web Server Extensions.WebVue

If a position animation with Cursor mode enabled is used on an image, the user needs to click
twice in Firefox to perform the action.
12.0.7 Release

Known limitation related to hiding control zone highlighting Web Server Extensions.WebVue
At the time of writing, hiding the control zone highlighting (according to the HMI option) is only
implemented for rectangle shapes.
12.0.7 Release

Known limitation related to the animation Send register in Step mode Web Server Extensions.WebVue
The '+' and '-' buttons are not rendered in WebVue when using the Send register animation 12.0.7 Release
with the Step mode enabled.

Restrictions related to web browsers Web Server Extensions.WebVue

Each web browser can come with its own restrictions, in particular when security is at stake. 12.0.7 Release
Below is a list of known behaviors, specific to one or the other web browser available on the
market at the time of writing. These restrictions may be cleared and others appear depending
on web browser updates and their publisher's strategy.

• Safari on iOS - When the Safari web browser is closed without logging out from
WebVue, WebVue is re-open by default the next time the user opens Safari, but the
user will not be able to successfully login, and will be stuck on the WebVue loading
page. This is due to the Safari snapshot of the last visited page where Safari display the
web page without actually requesting the web server. The solution is to go to the
address bar and click the Go button, or ask Safari to reload the page.
• Google Chrome - The password manager of Chrome does not store credentials if the
connection to the web server is insecure. As a consequence, if you do not have a
proper certificate on the web server, users will not be able to use the Chrome
password manager to store their credentials.
• Microsoft Edge - Edge does not store the session cookie when using the local
computer as a web server with a binding on the hostname at the IIS level. As a
consequence, you cannot successfully log in, and can see a warning message
indicating that the version of the client is not compatible with the server. The solution
is to add .local to the computer host name when setting up the web site binding with
the Web Deployment Console (for example, https://mycomputername.local instead of
https://mycomputername).

SCADA Basic scripting of form controls (SPR #65938) Web Server Extensions.WebVue
When scripting form controls in SCADA Basic in a WebVue context, the GET modes such as
GETSELECTEDINDEX, GETTEXT... do not return the correct value if the currently selected item
12.0.7 Release
was selected either via the keyboard or another script (with a mode such as
SETSELECTEDINDEX).

These GET modes work properly if the selection was done via mouse-click or a tap (on a touch
device).
Support for WebFont requires manual installation on Windows 7 SP1 Web Server Extensions.WebVue
(IIS 7.5) (SPR #65847) 12.0.7 Release
If the Web Server runs IIS 7.5 - a Windows 7 desktop or Windows 2008 R2 server computer -
the default font (Times New Roman) is used instead of the Roboto Web Font for texts inside
pre-defined WebVue pages and mimic tittles. Texts used in animations within mimics and
symbols are not affected.

This issue is due to the lack of pre-configured support for WebFont in IIS 7.5.
The solution is to install the MIME type handler for .woff files manually using the IIS manager.

This issue may be fixed in a later version of the Web Deployment Console.

Upgrade WebScheduler migration issue WebScheduler

In order to fit with Microsoft Windows default privileges for the IIS_IUSRS group, the 12.0.7 Release
configuration files of the ScheduleData service are now stored in the folder
ScheduleData\AppData on the IIS Web server.
These files, namely ScheduleDataAccess.xml and SchedulesAccess.dat, used to be stored in the
folder ScheduleData\config.

Upon migrating a project to PcVue 12.0, it is advised to move the files manually to avoid losing
customization of any piece of configuration. The manual copy shall take place after installation
and deployment of the WebScheduler (using the WDC).
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