Release Notes For InTouch Machine Edition

Note: It is required to install the InTouch Machine Edition (ITME) DAServer 2014 (v1.0) + Hot Fix CR#138731, or newer, to exchange online tag values between ITME 2014R2 (v8.0), or newer, with System Platform.

InTouch Machine Editionv8.1 + Service Pack 1 (Friday, March 30, 2018)

ID Type Description
23105 Issue Mobile Access - Resolved issue with the TextBox "Input Enabled" option.
24890 Issue Resolved issue with the Automatic Download of custom ActiveX from Web Thin Client pages
24910 Issue Resolved instability issues in the Development Environment after deleting certain lines in the Alarm Worksheets
24927 Issue Resolved instability issue with password-protected OPC XML-DA worksheets when the user clicked on the "Cancel" button.
25102 Issue Resolved issue with the SendEvent() function not working properly when called from Secure Viewer and Web Thin Clients
26661 Issue Mobile Access - Resolved issue with Font Colors on the Alarm/Event Control
26685 Issue Mobile Access - Resolved issue with the Mobile Access feature not working properly if the Security System User's Group used to LogOn to it had Spaces.
26687 Issue Mobile Access - Resolved issue with the ComboBox object when connecting to database as the Data Source.
26688 Issue Mobile Access - Resolved performance issue when writing to tags by using ComboBox object.
18166 Requirement Improved the automatic backup procedure of the Security System files
18952 Requirement Implemented the capability of finding Text and Tags even on password protected documents. The file name only is displayed, not the contents.
20103 Requirement Added support to Save Tag Values from a IoTView runtime to Wonderare OnLine using JSON/CSV
22073 Requirement On the OPC UA Client worksheets, under the "Advanced" window, a new option has been created called "Accept Tag Name in the NodeID column". It this option is checked (default), and tags or expressions are configured between curly brackets in the Node ID column, they will be resolved during the runtime. If this option is unchecked, the runtime will not resolve the expressions between curly brackets, and they will be used as part of the NodeID
24154 Requirement Improved the performance of the Development Environment when editing screens with a large number of Text Boxes and Combo Boxes.
24170 Requirement IndraWorks - Resolved issue not saving UA external availability options
24260 Requirement IndraWorks - resolved issue with the Viewer.ocx component not working properly on the latest release
24396 Requirement Changed the OPC UA Server to properly start in case the guest user is not present in the Security System.
24647 Requirement Resolved issue with the CheckSecurityLevel() built-in function not working properly when configured to use custom properties and mnemonics.
24726 Requirement On the Security System, a new setting can be configured to set a number of Security System automatic back up files, which can be used for troubleshooting purposes. In the APP file, find the [Options] section and add the following entry with the number of desired backups (in this example, it will generate 10 backup files): MaximumSecurityBackupFiles=10
24830 Requirement Mobile Access - Improved the performance for the ComboBox object when loading values into tags.
24920 Requirement Improved the Security System stability by changing some internal operations related to saving the security files
24982 Requirement Improved the TCP Server stability when handling dead sockets.
25077 Requirement Modified the Ribbon the way the Tag Properties Window selects the Array position when called from the Ribbon interface, now keeping the Array selected by the user
25122 Requirement Modified the Tag Property/Field "Blocked" to hide all types of alarms
25133 Requirement Modified the Screen Editors to have a more consistent behavior related to the objects position when switching screens and objects are selected
25169 Requirement Modified the Trend Worksheet Header to place the "Save on Trigger "check box closed to the "Trigger" field
25170 Requirement Changed the New Project Wizard to no longer show the "Template" window
25173 Requirement Modified some development environment windows and interfaces that were not formatted correctly
25303 Requirement Resolved issue with the Security System files being corrupted in certain situations. Also, added the possibility to configure a number of Security System backup files that are created automatically.
25427 Requirement Resolved issue with EmbeddedView runtime that was causing instability if the startup user was not configured with "Start Project" permissions on the Security System.
25563 Requirement Removed the ODBC functions from the IDE GUI. Existing projects that use these functions still work but all new projects should use the DB/ERP functions
25569 Requirement Resolved issue with the built-in Shutdown() function not working properly when called from the Viewer module.
26358 Requirement Changed the Web Tunneling Gateway to work with the security system enabled on specific conditions
26656 Requirement Mobile Access - added support to the "Show ???? when quality is not GOOD" option.
26657 Requirement Increase the Custom Widget update rate on Viewer from 8 fps to 45 fps.
26658 Requirement Mobile Access - Added support for Proprietary and Binary Alarm History formats
26659 Requirement Mobile Access - The Alarm Control object was enhanced to support Alarm and Events Custom Fields.
26660 Requirement Mobile Access - Added support on the Alarm/Event Control object for Foreground and Background colors configured on Alarm Worksheets
26663 Requirement Implemented support for Viewing PDF files when using Custom Widgets being hosted on the Viewer module.
26664 Requirement Implemented support for Viewing MP4 video files when using Custom Widgets being hosted on the Viewer module.
26665 Requirement Implemented support for UTF8 characters when using Custom Widgets being hosted on the Viewer module.
26666 Requirement Implemented support for transparency color on Viewer when hosting Custom Widgets.
26667 Requirement Created a new TreeView custom widget, available into the Custom Widgets Library.
26668 Requirement Created a new Calendar custom widget, available into the Custom Widgets Library.
26669 Requirement Created a new ImageList custom widget, available into the Custom Widgets Library.
26670 Requirement Created a Custom Widgets Library, available in the Custom Widget Object Properties "Import" button. 

InTouch Machine Editionv8.1 + Patch 1 (Friday, December 1, 2017)

ID Type Description
23353 Issue Resolved incompatibility with the "Confirm" windows from the dynamic properties when running on Web Thin Clients
23890 Issue Resolved issue with the columns width on the Alarm Control not being resized the first time that we open a screen that has that object, if using the "Auto Screen Scaling"feature and the resolution is bigger than the original one from the project
23903 Issue Modified the ITMEViewApp object to allow the Alarms and Tag values to be updated on the same update rate interval
23921 Issue Resolved issue with the Email functionalities not working properly when the Data protection feature was enabled
24239 Issue Resolved issue with the EmbeddeViewd and CEView runtimes enforcing the old limitations on number of concurrent drivers depending on the license size
23033 Requirement Resolved issue on EmbeddedView runtime with the Trend task not properly saving data when the project had configurations for proprietary and WW Historian
23072 Requirement Resolved issue with the Translation tool that was losing rows in certain specific situations
23143 Requirement Modified the OPC UA Client Write Counter field to also increment when the Write Triggers are used
23355 Requirement Implemented the capability of the Hint/Tooltip to follow an object in the screen when it has the Rotation Dynamic property
23908 Requirement Resolved issue with Custom Fonts not appearing on the Fonts selection Dialog
23914 Requirement Resolved memory management issues found on the Viewer module when using Custom Widgets
24138 Requirement Resolved issue with the Security System, when in Distributed mode, where the client would fail to reconnect with the Server when the Server machine was not available
24174 Requirement On the OPC UA Client, added compatibility with certain specific OPC UA Servers

InTouch Machine Editionv8.1 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017)

ID Type Description
18579 Issue Resolved issue when opening a screen that has mnemonics, Checkboxes and Radio buttons did not receive the parameters from Custom Properties unless placeholder Tag was configured
20363 Issue Resolved issue with the Trend Task, when configured to use Redundancy, the Synchronization was not working as expected when there were more than 1024 records to be synchronized.
20646 Issue Resolved issue with the Redundant Database option for Alarm History, where the automatic synchronization was not working properly when the secondary DB became unreachable and, after coming back up, it was leaving out the Record that triggered the Synchronization.
21307 Issue Resolved issue with the Alarm Control object not working as expected depending on the "Selection" field configuration for the Alarms
21308 Issue Resolved issue with the Database Gateway *StADOSvrCE.exe" not working properly on Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE)
21848 Issue Resolved issue with the Tag Integration for Siemens TIA Portal that was not working with user defined structs contaiting arrays of nested structs.
22019 Issue Resolved issue with the "Condition" field on the GRID Control object, which was not working when we use the NOT LIKE comparison option
22045 Issue Improved the TCP Server and Clients communications reliability to avoid communication problems when messages are discarded by the client and the server send a late response.
22069 Issue Resolved issue with the TwinCAT (TWCAT) Tag Integration which did not save a use a custom TCP port different than 851
22126 Issue Resolved issue with the runtime Viewer module when starting several instances at the same time
22463 Issue Improved stability and performance of all the Tag Integration data sources
22472 Issue Resolved issue with Tag Integration for TwinCAT (TWCAT) creating an extra array position and causing communication errors
22475 Issue Resolved issues with the Siemens TIA Portal Tag Integration functionality when using user defined structs that contain arrays of structs or structs of arrays
22507 Issue Resolved issue with the Alarm/Event Control that was not properly filtering the messages depending on the Start Date and Time and the Time Zone
22703 Issue Resolved issue with the Alarm Configuration for the  Rate  type which, after saving a Alarm Worksheet containing that Alarm, it would overwrite any Rate setting to 1/s
22764 Issue Resolved issue with the Tag Integration for RSLogix 5000 (ABCIP) configuration window not accepting host names, only IP Addresses
23284 Issue Resolved a Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability
18121 Requirement Implemented support to the Smart Message native object in the Mobile Access solution
18122 Requirement Implemented support to the List Box native object in the Mobile Access solution
18123 Requirement Implemented support to the Push Button native object in the Mobile Access solution
18142 Requirement Improved the Trend Control in the Mobile Access solution with the addition of the "Auto Scale" capability
19936 Requirement Added the Alarm and Event Control objects to the Mobile Access solution
20102 Requirement Implemented OPCUA Server on IoTView, Embedded View and Windows Runtime.
20105 Requirement Implemented a new unified way to license Thin Clients
20380 Requirement Improved the Tag Fields usage on the Mobile Access solution to allow a behavior similar to the Local Viewer
20479 Requirement Unified the OpenSSL versions across the different Requirements
20679 Requirement Modified the Insert Linked Picture command to allow keeping the image original size
20821 Requirement Resolved issue with Retentive Values being lost sporadically on the FullIntegrationSDK and on Windows Embedded Compact (WinCE) runtimes
21055 Requirement Modified the "Reset Tags Database" command to also reset the Tag Quality to GOOD (192)
21226 Requirement Modified the Event Logger to start creating records when an invalid user is entered when trying to Log On
21390 Requirement Improved the VBScript debugger to have a better performance including popping up variables and tag values when hovering the mouse over them
21549 Requirement Increased the stability when stopping the OPC-UA client task.
21822 Requirement Re-implemented the System Tag "LastCodeChar_"
21850 Requirement Implemented new parameters on the ITMEViewApp object to allow the user to configure the Publish Rate for Alarms and Tag Value changes
22098 Requirement Improved the Mobile Access solution to add support for the built-in Grid object
22099 Requirement Migrated the Windows OPC UA Client to use OpenSSL 1.0.2k
22144 Requirement Modified the "Previous" column on the Event Logger Control to start collecting also the first time that a tag value has changed
22390 Requirement Implemented an option on the App file so that the built-in $Open() function, when resizing objects, do not resize the fonts
22713 Requirement Improved the Trend Control object to increase the precision of the Cursor Value property,
22841 Requirement Improved the RSLogix5000 ABCIP Tag Integration to implemented support for StringFamily Tag Family Types
22948 Requirement Improvements on the PanelMate Import Wizard related to Wrapping the Captions inside the imported objects
22953 Requirement Modified the Development Environment to stop capitalizing the letters of screen names when they were being added to Screen Groups
23178 Requirement Improved the tcp server protection against clients connecting with a different version of the tags database.
23427 Requirement Improved the Studio Database Gateway to always close all the open database resources avoiding denial of service on projects that require substantial database queries.
23460 Requirement Implemented the WriteOutOfRange custom parameter to work also on Web Thin Clients
23908 Requirement Resolved issue with Custom Fonts not appearing on the Fonts selection Dialog