ChangeLog - ABC3028

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Byte swapping sometimes not applied

Fixed bug where byte swap was not always effective.

Update to Angular 15 (WEB)

Keeps web package up to date to latest standard

Configuration port behavior issue when not using the configuration port

When accessing the web using an industrial network port, the behaviour sometimes was not as expected.

Error message after FW change

Force user to open web in new tab after successful firmware update to avoid error message.

Add support for change on state legacy behavior

Adds an option to get the same change on state update behavior as in ABC Classic (do not re-send if first value is 0).

Add possibility to configure restart-on-fatal

Adds a setting to make the communicator to automaticallt restart if entering fatal state.

Added the possibility to set configuration port IP from the GUI

Added the possibility to set configuration port IP from the GUI

Added support for changing order of serial nodes

Allows the user configure in which order the communicator shall communicate with the different nodes.

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Don’t mix code and data.

Improved product stability, avoid Fatal at PROFINET SNMP.

Byte swapping sometimes not applied

Corrected problem where the byte swapping was sometimes not applied.

Add possibility to configure restart-on-fatal

Allows the user to enable a feature that reboots the communicator if entering fatal mode. Fatal is not supposed to occure, but f the operation of the communicator is located in an unconveniant location it can be motivated.

Added register to override the RS485 DE signal from software.

Enable pre post extention of serial signal

Route signal to support override of DE for RS485

Enable pre post extention of serial signal

Add possibility to configure pre/post transmission signal

Added possibility to configure pre/post transmission signals

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Remove the unused "Representation" for the Checksum

Removed the unused "Representation" field of the Checksum frame object.

Unable to access "Transaction templates"

Fixed access issue to 'Transaction templates'

Incorrect size reported in frame editor for the Checksum object

Corrected size which is reported in frame editor for the Checksum object

Modbus TCP legacy mode

Added support Modbus TCP Anybus Addressing mode from ABC Classic

Upgrade to Angular 15

Upgraded to Angular 15

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Fixed issue where an invalid message received on the modbus port could cause the module to stop responding to modbus queries.

Improved Modbus TCP Server stability

Old address is defended after DHCP has been enabled.

After DHCP was enabled the device will still defend its old address until an address was assigned by a DHCP server.

0.0.0.0 is now only accepted when dhcp is enabled.

It was possible to configure 0.0.0.0 as static IP address. If this was configured the module will be unreachable and the module needed a factory default reset.

SetKeepAlive could be called with invalid PCB

No functional change. Improved robustness.

Incorrect LED timing.

Improved accuracy of LED blink frequencies.

Fixed issue where too short modbus messages would get processed using data from previous received modbus message.

Improved serial stability

Fixed error if a message containing only 0xFF data is received on the Modbus/TCP port the module stops responding to Modbus/TCP messages.

Improved Modbus TCP Server stability

Fixed Modbus to return exceptions in the order they where detected.

Improved error management

Module could enter fatal during re-configuring.

Fixed issue that may cause the module to enter fatal during re-configuring.

Incorrect configuration of IP fragmentation.

Fixed problem with IP fragmentation of packets larger than 1280 bytes. Now up to 2560 byte-packets can be handled.

Serial tx stopped in certain situations.

Fixed problem causing serial tx to stop in certain situations.

Unmapped trigger bytes caused "Something went wrong".

Ack/Nack/Trigger transaction can not be set to unmapped.

Add support for checksum destination representation.

The serial network checksum objects' destination (i.e the serial telegram) may be configured with a representation (Binary/ASCII) independently from the transaction it belongs to.

Support larger variable data objects.

Support larger variable data objects when byte counter isn’t used.

Increase maximum telegram length.

Increase maximum serial telegram length to 1500 bytes.

Increase explicit message max length.

Increased maximum length of explicit serial messages to 1500 bytes.

Max size of general map area is 1024 bytes.

Max size of general map area is set to 1500 bytes.

Added support for user comment.

The user can add text in a text field in the top right corner.

Frame Start / End Characters.

Added support for filtering serial telegrams using start and end character to the serial protocol configuration.

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Possible NULL pointer access in timer handling

Increased stability under extreme interrupt load

ACD state could be stuck in conflict even after IP is recovered

Fixed bug that could keep the Ethernet connection in conflicted state after Automatic Conflict Detection (checking if IP-address is already taken) was resolved

Navigation bar and mobile mode

Navigation bar in web-gui is now automatically hidden on navigation in mobile mode

Let CPU sleep during NULL tasks

Reduces the power consumtion of the product

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Disabled timeout = 0 was not allowed during import

Allows the user to import a configuration with timeout = 0 without issues

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Full-duplex RS232 communication was not working in some HDL-releases

Full-duplex for RS232 is now working in all HDL-releases

Disabled timeout = 0 (checkbox in gui)

Allows the user to disable timeout using a checkbox, leading to set the node always online

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RS485 driver remains active up to 1 character after end of frame

RS485 driver remains active up to 1 character after end of frame, causing collision if a modbus slave device responds quicker than the specified 3.5 characters delay required by the modbus specification

Hostname change require powercycle on cfg port with SHICP

The Hostname settings were not applied correctly when modified using HMS Ipconfig

DNS1 and DNS2 address was always 0.0.0.0 after power cycle

Process data monitor

Allows the user to monitor the traffic between the serial and slave network in both directions including byte swap / endian conversion

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Incorrect gateway configuration version handling fixed

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Security LED did not operate correcty after startup

Fixed an issue causing the security LED to indicate the wrong state

Support hardware without unused security chip

Show the size to/from the serial network for each node

Allows the user to see the configured size on each node on the Nodes and transaction page with the total number of bytes to and from the serial network

Improve firmware update timeout error

Improved the error message when updating firmware

Always online with only produce transactions

A node is always in state online if the node only has one or more produce transactions

Add support for 7 data bits

Allows the user to use 7 data bits serial transmission

Offline option on serial transaction

Allows the user to set offline options on a transaction, continue or pause

No cable connected indication

Indicate No link on home view when link is lost

Import of Anybus Communicator Classic RS422 configurations

Import of Anybus Communicator Classic RS422 configurations will be allowed but converted to RS485

Import a Anybus Communicator Classic configuration

Allows the user to import the serial configuration from an Anybus Communicator Classic configuration file

Import / Export transaction template

Allows the user to save a transaction template to a file and read / add a transaction from a file

Import / Export node template

Allows the user to save a node template to a file and read / add a node from a file

Brand label

Enables brand label setups with customized identities and look and feeln for customers on customer specific order codes

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Turnaround delay could not be set to 0

Turnaround delay could not be set to 0 (disabled), it is now possible

Various web bug fixes

Various bug fixes in the user interface

Unlocked article ABC3090 support added

Allows the user to use SER-Ethernet/IP, SER-PROFINET, SER-Modbus TCP Firmware i ABC3090

General data area

Allows the user to store data in a general data area without mapping to slave network for, ex. Trigger configurations etc.

Custom request and response transaction support

Allows the user to create custom request and response transactions

Custom produce and consume transaction support

Allows the user to create custom produce and consume transactions

Update mode "Trigger"

Allows the user to user data as trigger to execute transactions

Update mode "Single shot"

Allows the user to set up a transaction to be executed once after gateway start

Offline options (clear/freeze)

Allows the user to set offline options (clear/freeze) to the transactions

Live list functionality added to serial interface

Allows the user to read a register on the slave interface with individual serial node status

Inter-telegram and inter-character delay shall be possible to set as advanced options

Allows the user to configure delay between both characters and telegrams in serial traffic

Data exchange control

Allows the user to enable/disable serial nodes using a register from the slave network

Broadcast node

Allows the user to configure node 0 as a broadcast node

Added ADD and XOR checksums

Allows the user to use ADD and XOR checksums and one’s and two’s complement on all checksums types

Acknowledge and negative acknowledge

Allows the user to map a positive feedback acknowledge to a value and a separate negative acknowledge feedback to a value

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Changed minimum update time for serial transactions to 3 ms

Allows the user to set minimum update time for serial transactions to 3 ms instead of 10ms

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The serial log rows are colored to indicate direction

The nodes in the "Nodes & commands" list and in the home page status overview are sorted by their addresses

Fixed error when duplicating transactions that cannot be fully mapped

Frame objects available in the I/O Map

The user can see different frame objects in the I/O Map

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Old address is defended after DHCP has been enabled.

After DHCP was enabled the device will still defend its old address until an address was assigned by a DHCP server.

0.0.0.0 is now only accepted when dhcp is enabled.

It was possible to configure 0.0.0.0 as static IP address. If this was configured the module will be unreachable and the module needed a factory default reset.

Serial data monitor now works on Firefox

This enables serial log functionality with the Firefox web browser.

Configurable byte swap / endian conversion

Allows the user to use different byte orders on serial network and the slave network

Standard Modbus RTU, RS232/RS485 support

Allows the user to use the gateway as a Modbus RTU Client over RS232 and RS485

Serial data monitor

Allows the user to montor the serial traffic on RS232/RS485

Update mode "Cyclic"

Allows the user to set up a transaction to be executed cyclically