Release date: September 30, 2024
Fixes and improvements
General
| • | The 'Help for Instrument' button now displays instrument specific help files when available. |
| • | Added the Show Instantaneous Active Comms List button. Read more here. |
| • | Date Time Format no longer reverts back to default settings after being altered. |
| • | In the past, writing to Boolean parameters could have occasionally caused SpecView to freeze. |
| • | Added additional information to warning message when SpecView is unable to connect to the default printer. |
Color Dynamics
| • | Editing color dynamics on buttons used to change the underlying color of buttons. |
Historical Replay
Trend Charts
| • | Previously, Export Range to CSV would not function if selected area contained the surrounding chart area. |
Logging
| • | Fixed incorrect disabling of the Browse button when attempting to specify a a file path to save the Log Report. |
| • | Cached Log Files list to make it much faster to display on systems with several years of log files. |
Strategy Controller
| • | New Feature: It is now possible to write a line of text to a target text string using Variable Substitutions. Read more here. |
| • | New Feature: Startup or Disabled Events are now labeled in the Strategy Event Setup List. |
| • | New Feature: Users can now leave notes for Events. Read more here. |
Recipes
| • | It is now possible to automatically send a Recipe if Recipe filtering is on and the filter results in just one recipe being shown. |
| • | It is now possible to use Text variables to filter Recipes in Recipe Send To Mode. |
| • | The number of Recipes per GDW has been increased from 1,296 to 32,767. |
New Drivers
The following instruments and their associated parameters are now available.
Acrel Meters
Automation Direct BRX/Do More
| • | MHR Blocks (Integers and Floats) |
Alicat Modbus
| • | Basis 2 Meters and Controllers |
ComWinTop
| • | Temperature Humidity Sensor |
Eldex
FutureDesign
| • | Signal Conditioner (RSC) - 0DP |
| • | Signal Conditioner (RSC) - 1DP |
PowerScout
| • | PowerScout HD - Metrology Points |
| • | PowerScout HD - Pulse Inputs |
| • | PowerScout HD - User Config Points |
| • | PowerScout HD - Wye Float Model |
HCS
| • | AT03 PID Temperature Controller |
Heidolph
Jumo Modbus
NexThermal
| • | Single Channel Control Panel |
| • | Single Channel Control Panel Programmer |
Parker Hannefin
| • | Parker Hannefin DB Series |
Schneider Electric
SuperSystems
Teracom
Tidal Engineering
Trumeter
Updated Drivers
Delta/Solo/Love/B&B/Omega - Solo SLM
Previously, parameters were incorrectly configured.
Eurotherm Modbus - Euro 26/2700
Previously, parameters in the instrument were incorrectly configured.
Eurotherm Modbus - 3200 Series
Previously, the following parameters were incorrectly configured.
Eurotherm Mini-8 V5.00+
The following parameters are now supported.
Fireye - NX6100/PPC6000 TCP/IP
The instrument was reading values in the incorrect data format.
Generic Modbus - 3X IEEE Float Register Little Endian
The instrument used to read values from the incorrect register.
Honeywell Modbus - UDC 2800
Updated the UDC 2800 Instrument View SP button to now alter Setpoint 1 in the controller.
The following parameters were updated to reflect the changes in the current firmware.
| • | Loop Status - Digital Input |
| • | Loop Status - Guaranteed Soak |
| • | Motor Time for Positional Proportional |
Julabo - Julabo Dyneo DD Commands
| • | Previously, the Generic ASCII driver used to randomly crash SpecView. |
Procon: ModMux & ProMux Modules - PM8TC
| • | Parameters were updated for enhanced communication efficiency. |
Procon: ModMux & ProMux Modules - PT8TC
| • | Parameters were updated for enhanced communication efficiency. |
Procon: ModMux & ProMux Modules - PM6RTD
| • | Previously, parameters were incorrectly configured. |
Procon: ModMux & ProMux Modules - PT6RTD
| • | Previously, parameters were incorrectly configured. |
RKC Modbus
| • | Instruments from older releases now appear under the instrument group. |
RKC Modbus - RKC RB Modbus
| • | Previously, the Instrument View displayed an incomplete graphic. |
Stride - SIO-MB04THMS
| • | Previously, the following parameters were incorrectly configured. |
SuperSystems
| • | The following instruments were updated to reflect the changes in the current firmware. |
| ▪ | SSI9205 & SSI9220 - Old Firmware |
| ▪ | SSI9205 & SSI9220 - New Firmware |
TempCo -TEC4500
| • | Segment 0 parameters are now supported. |
Watlow Modbus
| • | The following instruments were updated to reflect the changes in the current firmware. |
