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1. Refer to the Controller Configuration section of your user s manual for detailed information about how to make the appropriate changes OptoDisplay does not require tha directory with the same name as File gt Open Project and choose the When saving the project a is written File gt Sav File gt New Project command a project select from the Open Project dialog directory is NOT cr directory selected in the Save As dialog or in the New Project dialog command OptoDisplay will eated Winl based kernel OptoControl the new strategy OptoKernel firmware converted strategy OptoDisplay Configu configured for the open project had their strategie Modify button dialog strategy H The Tools menu op removed from this menu Under the Tool me AutoCorrect Tags in with those from the OptoDisplay tags ca been deleted from t bounds In thes strategy Additionally ey use the rator S conver The project file t the project file reside the project file itself ina To open file new into the MMI Configure gt Control select th ted Use the Strategy gt l th Project As continue to function with GML Cyrano type strategies The controllers must have the Mistic Kernel firmware If you converted your strategy to a you must update your OptoDisplay project the controller must have t
2. README OptoDisplay Maximize the Notepad window to read this file more easily Please review the following FactoryFloor topic page for information about FactoryFloor software and firmware updates and patches http www opto22 com ilp factoryfloor aspx Please review and install this separate DLL patch that affects OptoDisplay http www opto22 com site downloads dl_drilldown aspx aid 3535 OptoDisplay B4 1h Patch June 28 2010 This OptoDisplay patch requires that OptoDisplay 4 1 already be installed Do not install this patch unless OptoDisplay 4 1 is already installed Installing the Patch Follow these steps to update an earlier version of OptoDisplay 4 1 to the current version in this patch 1 Stop the OptoDispLS service a Choose Start gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services b Early versions of the install added the service under an incorrect name If you can t locate OptoDispLS in the services applet look for a name Similar to this i FACFL VersionManager ii The description might say OptoSnif c Stop the service Back up the C Windows system32 OptoDispLS exe file Replace OptoDispLS exe with the one in the zip file Start the service from the services applet Back up the current OptoDisplay executable files which are normally located in a folder similar to C Program Files Opto22 FactoryFloor 4 1 a OptoDisC exe b OptoDisR exe cC OptoDsRX exe 6
3. Recipes can now use long filenames What s New in Version R2 0f September 25 1997 Enhancements Time Changes The Runtime now supports changes to the clock If the time changes while the Runtime is running there will be no interruption in scanning Note When the time is changed all data in all trends will be reset Also if the time is set back historic and event logs will continue to use the current log file and will roll over at the next configured time This will preserve the order in which data was received but can result in data appearing to be in the wrong log file What s New in Version R2 0e August 21 1997 Bug Fixes Alarming Sounds The Play sound once when new alarm option in the Alarming Setup dialog would cause the Runtime to shut down improper ly This would prevent any Opto 22 software from loading and could only be fixed by rebooting the computer Historic Logs OptoDisplay R2 0b introduced a bug that would cause quoted strings to be invalid What s New in Version R2 0c June 20 1997 Hot Keys Graphics can now have an associated key This removes the requirement that a mouse be used in the Runtime There is an addendum in the Configurator s help file that explains this new feature What s New in Version R2 0b June 9 1997 Alarming OptoDisplay now has alarming functionality There is an addendum in the Configura
4. a project was saved or when the PopWindow dialog was opened Fixed Send Discrete dialog to allow the enabling of an I O Unit Can now use A as the destination directory for a recipe upload Could not handle closing the window that was in the middle of processing a graphic dynamic attribute e g prompting for a recipe file When changing the tag for a graphic s dynamic attributes the tag selection dialog would reset the refresh group to zero Fixed initial open window process in runtime so that closed windows don t show themselves Made choosing graphics easier allowing for 2 pixel miss Now put up a message if a draw windows doesn t exist Windows NT Installation Notes have write access to the registry and the ory to successfully install and use this product Windows NT users must Windows System direc Windows NT users must reboot after installation and after each configuration modification of communication ports Troubleshooting Communication Problems If you are a Windows NT user and are experiencing communication problems which are indicated by the following errors first try re booting your machine to ensure that all port configurations have been correctly registered with the operating system Invalid port error WinRT drivers might not have started Invalid protocol error Port setup invalid Could not find other nodes in ARCNET Uninstalling this
5. Replace each file with the ones in the zip file 7 Update your project a Start OptoDisplay Configurator b Open your project c Save your project 8 Go to Runtime Ow Wh Bug fixes B4 ih 9 4 09 Runtime Fixed memory leak B4 1d 4 20 07 Configurator KB57143 The Browse button for the Remote Computer under Remote SuperTrend logging was not showing the entire network only the root entry B4 l1c Runtime Corrected calculation errors for displaying a Trend with no labels B4 1b Runtime Fixed random crash related to displaying metafile images New OptoDispLS security service It no longer requires administrative privileges to launch Runtime Added Pointer support to OptoDisplay scanner Fixed a bug that could cause a crash related to checking the configured security for an output dynamic attribute when the window file was being read Fixed a bug with alarm sounds not sounding if an alarm point re appeared in an alarmed state What s New in version R4 1la January 17 2005 New Features and Enhancements Added multiple security features so you can Configure the Operator Driven dynamic attributes of an on screen object to restrict HMI use to operators who are defined in Microsoft Windows User and Group level security settings Encrypt the Runtime Operator Action Log file to provide a secure r
6. Software A utility is provided to uninstall this software The utility will remove all registry entries and files previously installed Exceptions are Previously configured controllers are not removed from the registry The installation directory tree is not removed if any user created files exist in it The Win95 program folder or Windows NT program group is not removed if any icons have been added by the user How to Get Help If you have any questions about this product contact Opto 22 Product Support Monday through Friday 8 a m to 5 p m Pacific Time E mail support opto22 com Phone 800 TEK OPTO 835 6786 909 695 3080 Fax 909 695 3017 Bulletin Board BBS http bbs opto22 com 909 695 1367 24 hours a day 7 days a week When accessing the BBS use the following modem settings No parity 8 data bits 1 stop bit Baud rates up to 28 800 Z modem protocol for uploads and downloads Please provide the following information about your system to the Product Support engineer Version of this product PC configuration type of processor speed memory operating system A complete description of your hardware system including jumper configuration accessories installed such as daughter cards type of power supply types of I O units installed third party devices installed e g barcode readers Controller firmware ve
7. ab if a LoLo value is configured to use a tag the Tag option remains selected after closing and reopening the dialog box Previously the Value option would become the default In the Alarm Notification and Acknowledge Notification dialog boxes Configure gt Alarm Points double click an alarm point click Alarm or Acknowledge the Current Value option in the Setup By field remains selected after closing and reopening the dialog box Previously the Discrete option would become the default SuperTrend log files saved to locations other than the project directory now appear in the Select Log File list A graphic placed over an imported metafile graphic object can now be moved without having other graphics placed over the metafil graphic disappear Static text no longer disappears when dynamic text is placed over Tes The keyboard can now be used to select menu commands when SuperTrends appear in OptoDisplay windows More than 48 SuperTrend objects can have the Keep File Open option selected at the same time Previously if more than 48 SuperTrend objects had this option selected a Disk Full error would occur in Runtime after 3 5 minutes Integer and Integer tables have been re added to the Discrete Tag Type dialog box The Z order option now appears in the Context menu when you right click a group that is made up of grouped objects The Refresh Time option in the Tag Selection dialog box now correct
8. ct Help buttons on the Runtime Configuration dialog and the Refresh Groups Configuration dialog now work correctly OptoDisplay Runtime now works correctly if both Enable Synchronization at Runtime Startup and Enable Auto Synchronization options are selected in OptoDisplay Configurator s Configure Runtime dialog box Metafile WMF graphics now display correctly in Windows 2000 Importing a symbol that is associated with a controller into a project that has no configured controllers no longer causes OptoDisplay Configurator to crash What s New in Version R3 1d February 15 2001 New Features An XY Plot graphic has been added Up to 6 separate pens can be displayed per graphic If the identical OptoControl strategy is running on more than one controller OptoDisplay now offers the ability to have a window switch controllers and begin viewing data from a different controller Added support for SNAP ENET D64 digital only brain Can read clear set or toggle discrete bits in 64 bit integers 64 bit integer values and tables are not supported A report displaying all configured dynamic attributes for any or all windows in a project along with all configured Alarm Points may be generated Controllers may be synched to PC s time and date manually based on a user defined schedule or each time Runtime starts The number of Refresh Groups
9. ecord of operator activity Have the project s version number increase automatically whenever a project is modified The new access control capabilities plus new operator log encryption can be useful for organizations which must meet U S FDA 21 CFR Part 11 requirements Added a new color version of the Symbol Factory library of industrial graphics Symbol Factory graphics can now be dragged and dropped directly into an OptoDisplay project Graphics in JPEG file format can be imported into an OptoDisplay project A new on screen object has been added that can hold up to four numeric tables from an OptoControl strategy OptoControl pointer variables and integer 64 values can now be used in an OptoDisplay project Added an Alarm Point Persistence feature that lets you specify how long an alarm condition must be present before an alarm is triggered Added Automatic Re alarming after Acknowledge feature that triggers the alarm if the trigger condition remains for a set period of time after the alarm is acknowledged New silenced color for Alarm Point graphics visually indicates alarms that have been silenced and not acknowledged Runtime Logs are now in the same format as OptoDisplay historic logs Custom headers can be used in a Runtime log file A single Controller status object can now display the status of several controllers Multiple improv
10. ect in OptoDisplay 3 0 configured historic logs now appear correctly in the Configure Historic Log File list box Super Trend historic files containing header lines longer than 80 characters up to 255 characters now display correctly Super Trend remote logging now works under Windows 95 and Windows 98 Previously each computer thought it was the computer saving the data regardless of w hich computer was configured to do so Memory is no longer continuously allocated to basic trends or SuperTrends m If started without a project Runtime no Windows Date Time Properties dialog box Runtime no longer crashes if hot keys no dynamic attributes The Acknow Detailed alarms his caused all available memory to be consumed longer crashes when the is closed by clicking OK longer activate valid ledge All button now works correctly for Summary and What s New in Version R3 0b September 28 1999 Bug Fixes Integer and float tables now appear in the Tag Selection dialog box Ctrl Z and Ctrl Y key combinations now work for Undo and Redo no longer move or rotate when closing the Dynamic Attributes Lines Lines it dialog box no longer move when dragging the origin of a line to resize In the Value tab of the Alarm Point dialog box Configure gt Alarm Points double click an alarm point click the Value t
11. ected Only the dialog in Configurator showed the incorrect values Runtime Release R3 1la may cause scanning speed to be slower than previous versions R3 1b corrects this problem When opening a password protected window user now has three opportunities to enter the correct password In Discrete Alarms if the sound was set to Play sound continuously until any alarm is acknowldeged the sound was never played for new alarms after the first acknowldegement When configuring the Acknowledge notification for alarmpoints if bit indexes were used with the Discrete gt Set option a Data Range Error would appear in the event log window Memory leaks with Trends were corrected When configuring AlarmPoints if the Conditional tag was set to discrete and no Bit Index was entered in the Tag Selection dialog the condition was never met The window password dialog now masks the password What s New in Version R3 1la February 29 2000 New Features Alarm Point controller driven attribute allows graphics to change color and blink based on the status of an alarm point Colors are user configurable Controller status may now be configured as an alarm point Controller Status controller driven attribute allows graphics to change color based on the status of controllers Colors are user configurable View Controller Status operator driven attribute
12. ements in project authoring environment so you can Search and reveal tags used in projects View just the tags configured for an object View individual Dynamic Attributes for an object Format the text read from a controller as decimal hexadecimal binary or exponential What s New in version R4 0e April 14 2003 Bug fixes Configurator The Replace feature in Configurator no longer allows trying to modify a bit value greater than 31 in an Integer32 variable type It does allow modifying bits greater than 31 in Integer64 variables The View Dynamic Attributes now correctly shows recipe and Execute Menu Item dynamic attributes A bug where the Project Password dialog would sometimes fail ven when the correct password was entered has been fixed GDI resource leaks with fonts and metafiles have been fixed Runtime Synching the PC time and controller time now works correctly A problem where Runtime would hang during rollovers of log files has now been fixed Sending both a discrete and a value no longer gives an error message What s New in version R4 0d April 9 2002 Bug fixes Problems with Configurator consuming too many GDI resources has been fixed What s New in version R4 0c March 26 2002 Bug fixes Configurator displayed text improperly on some Windows 2000 systems This has been corrected When triggering mul
13. er information file is a text file that contains diagnostic information that can be useful in debugging throughput problems with the OptoDisplay scanner The file lists information about the scan groups refresh groups and tags that are being scanned by the configured controllers Opto 22 Product Support can also use this file to help resolve scanner throughput problems Runtime can now be configured to not display the Exit dialog when closing ted The OptoDsrX version of Runtime now has the View gt Controllers menu option available Label text in Configurator now displays correctly under Windows 2000 Selecting integer and float table ranges when configuring tags is only allowed if configuring an XY Plot or Historic Data Log points The option Play sound continuously now works correctly when using alarm points that are not inserted into an alarm graphic Deadbands for floats now work when configuring Text In From Controller Dynamic Attributes The Switch Controllers menu option now appears correctly in Runtime What s New in Version R3 1le March 23 2001 Updated The XY Plot Configuration dialog box now lets you easily enable or disable individual plots in an XY plot graphic object Bug fixes The XY Plot Configuration dialog box now correctly enforces th limit of 50 table elements for each individual plot in an XY plot graphic obje
14. has been increased to 14 Graphics may now be locked to their window position Graphics displaying controller tag data may be configured to indicate invalid data by changing to a user selected Detached On Error or Detached By User color if the controller goes off line Added Discrete Acknowledge color to the Alarm Point Controller Driven dynamic attribute Background color for fill style may be chosen Multiple sounds configured for alarms and triggers are now played sequentially Printing a window that spans multiple monitors now works correctly Historic log names are now properly displayed in the Configure Historic Log Point dialog What s New in Version R3 1b June 16 2000 Bug Fixes Configurator Clearing a dynamic attribute from a graphic with a fill color would revert the graphic to white The Window Properties dialog would sometimes disable the Open when there are new alarms and Disable close if there are active alarms checkboxes when the window contained alarms Memory leaks in the Tag Selection Dialog were corrected Clicking Cancel from the Edit Dynamic Attributes dialog no longer causes a graphic to lose it s fill color and revert to white When Configuring AlarmPoints the HiHi and Hi priorities are not reset to 0 when the dialog is displayed Note the actual priorities in OptoDisplay Runtime were not aff
15. he the Win32 based kernel lers This dialog lists all For each of the controllers that controller and press the The resulting dialog is the Controller Properties Browse button to locat You will get a warning message indica problems which result from selecting the wrong st all the controllers have been updated Tags command to synchronise OptoDisplay and OptoControl tags See below for a description of this new i e the DOS CDB to use To change to the dialog in the the controllers the converted ting potential trategy use the Tool gt AutoCorrect Once The Sound files can reside in any directory in the project dire cases user must manually correct these tags ctory feature tion was changed to Tool The drawing tools were They are only accessible via the Toolbox nu there is a feature that can be used to the project It will synchronize OptoDisplay tags strategy There are a few cases in which the nnot be corrected These include tags that have he strategy and tags that index tables out of user is given an appropriate message They can optionally reside New Features Enhancements and Bug Fixes Since Version New Features The memory management for the trends was improved significantly was critical for trends with a fast sample rate This and a long time span Bug Fixes The list of PopWindows was getting reversed everytime
16. ing Includes source code hancements SuperTrends Data may be stored in ASCII or binary format SuperTrends Y axis grid may be displayed in active pen color Alarms Option to reload history alarm window data at startup Alarms Alarm columns may be dynamically sorted and moved in Runtime Alarms The Configure Alarm Points dialog now displays a reference count for each alarm point indicating how many alarm windows the point appears in Historic Data Logs Allows user selected name for tag Improved drawing and sizing functions Customizable date format for data log files alarms and SuperTrends Option to clear Forth words from controller at Runtime startup added Option to reload last Configurator project at startup added Many dialogs now remember their size and position g Fixes Alarms If a window contains alarms the Always in memory checkbox is checked and may not be unchecked Menu hotkeys are now unique Menu options are now context sensitive Available disk is space now checked before saving a project to a different location Current window now remains on top after executing Window gt Properties from main menu If files are missing from a project a list of missing files is presented and the project will not load When bitmaps are removed from windows they are now also removed from the project file What s New in Version R2 2b October 1 1998 B
17. launches Runtime s Controller Status dialog for a configured controller Allows manual detaching re attaching of controller See following item In Runtime s Controller Status dialog controllers may now be detached manually The scanner will not attempt to re attach to the controller until the Attach button is clicked An Alarm Clear notification has been added to alarm point configuration Individual windows can be protected with a password The entire OptoDisplay project can be protected with a password A monitor only version of Runtime OptoDsrX exe is provided that disables all operator driven attributes except opening closing windows Only the File and Help menus are available in this version of Runtime Enhancements Runtime no longer uses 100 CPU time Added links in the Help menu to manuals and Opto 22 Web sites When no project is loaded Bug Fixes a shortened menu is displayed Configurator no longer crashes when you try to modify a Launch Application attribute A problem displaying metafiles in Runtime has been fixed This problem was due to a bug in Windows 95 SP 4 that caused system resources to be exhausted resulting in Runtime hanging or crashing Integer blink When ope attribute Windows 98 and Windows NT tables now appear correctly when configuring the Visibilty ning an OptoDisplay version 2 2 proj
18. ly shows changes made to the value after the first time it s been set In the Window Properties dialog box Window gt Properties the Always in memory checkbox now remains selected if an alarm is not in the window Projects can now be opened by double clicking the icon in Windows Explorer if the Reload last project at startup checkbox is selected in the Configurator Options dialog box File gt Configurator Options Configurator no longer quits unexpectedly when alarm points are being configured Configurator no longer behaves strangely when trying to set up controllers and strategies What s New in Version R3 0a July 14 1999 New Features 50 levels of Undo in Configurator Symbol Factory A library of 3 000 graphics designed for industrial automation SuperTrends Remote Logging collect and or save SuperTrend data on a remote computer Alarms Alarm Points may be conditionally enabled based on controller tag value Bu Alarms Alarm Point level values may be set by controller tag values Alarms Option to adjust enabling level values priorities in Runtime Support for Windows Metafiles wmf and Enhanced Metafiles emf Launch Runtime from Configurator with current project STRNDCVT A utility for converting binary SuperTrend data to ASCII text for view
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20. tiple Operator Driven Dynamic attributes in Runtime the TValue Error message is no longer generated In Runtime pressing the ENTER key when the Event Log window was active closed the window until the Runtime application was closed and restarted This has been corrected Enhancements OptoDisplay Runtime Event Log now displays the Controller Locked error message Better metafile checking has been added to Configurator to reduce invalid metafiles from being imported into the project What s New in version R4 0b February 08 2002 Sending Discrete values to bits 0 through 31 of Integer64 types now works correctly in Runtime Metafiles now properly paste after being copied Operator Logging no longer crashes Operator Logging now writes the file to the correct location Repeatedly sending discrete values no longer locks the controller What Janu New Upda s New in version R4 0a ary 15 2002 Features Operator runtime logging allows all actions and modifications resulting from Operator Driven Dynamic Attributes to be logged to a file Actions that can be logged include changing process values or discrete items downloading or uploading recipes launching applications running menu commands and detaching or attaching controllers Modifications to alarm point values can also be logged Scanner Information File A scann
21. tor s help file that explains the new features What s New in Version Bl 2a March 7 1997 Networking Instead of using NetBios communications to OptoMds This version of OptoDisplay uses RPC communications to OptoCds The advantage of RPC over NetBios is better reliability easier network setup and better throughput If using OptoDisplay to OptoCds network support you ll need to install OptoServer Use of RPC instead of NetBios solves problems such as determining correct LANA numbers inability to work while other network protocols are used Leaks This version fixes some memory leaks Backup controllers now a backup controller can be specified and it doesn t matter if the controllers are local or server based control lers New compiler This version is compiled with the newer Borland 5 01 compiler instead of 4 52 Newer Borland DLLs are required These DLLs are cw3220 dll mbds50f dll amp mowl50f dll What s New in Version R1 1 Contents What s New in Win32 New Features Enhancements and Bug Fixes Windows NT Installation Notes Troubleshooting Communication Problems Uninstallation of this Product How to Get Help What s New in Win32 If you are a user of the Mistic MMI and you are going to be converting a project created with that product the only requirement is that the controllers be registered before running the OptoDisplay Runtime
22. ug Fixes SuperTrends A memory leak caused when opening and closing a window containing a SuperTrend has been fixed SuperTrends Problems with graphic labels interfering with a SuperTrend have been fixed Printing A memory leak when printing has been fixed What s New in Version R2 2a June 15 1998 New Features SuperTrend A combined real time and historical trend Enhancements Integer bit scanning The scanning of integer bits has been substantially improved Scanner Overruns The Scanner Overrun Error message has been changed to Scanner Overrun Notification Bug Fixes Alarms AutoCorrect Tags now works with Alarms Alarms Alarm comments can now be longer than 50 characters Alarms Problems with choosing the log file s location have been fixed Copy Window Canceling a Copy Window command no longer causes a crash What s New in Version R2 1a October 2 1997 New Features Tag Search amp Replace A new tool to facilitate changing tags in graphics Controller verify When pasting graphics from another project or symbol file the controller in each tag is now verified to exist in the new project Color Palette Colors in the palette dialog can now be customized TrueType Fonts Text can now use any installed TrueType font Enhancements Alarm Logging Alarm log files now have an extension of ALM gging g Recipes

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