ThingWorx Kepware Server 6.11.718.0
Version 6.11.718.0
December 21, 2021
General
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OPC DA 3.0 / Terminology
• Fixed an issue that prevented some OPC DA 3.0 writes.
• Updated terms considered non-inclusive out of respect for users of our software in the following drivers and suites: Allen-Bradley DF1, Allen-Bradley Micro800 Serial, Allen-Bradley Server Ethernet, Allen-Bradley ControlLogix Server Ethernet, DNP Client Ethernet, DNP Client Serial, IEC 60870-5-101 Client, IEC 60870-5-104 Client, Modbus Plus, and Telemecanique Uni-Telway.
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Configuration
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Persisting Fix / Device Discovery
• Fixed an issue where some server config settings were not persisting.
• Multiple devices can now be selected and added through Device Discovery.
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Configuration API
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Fixes & Updates
• Added a REQUIRED attribute which identifies properties that are required when executing requests to create objects.
• Added a server_only attribute which identifies properties that are for internal server use and should not be shown in UI clients.
• The Project ID is now returned with all successful API responses (GET/PUT/POST/DELETE) as an HTTP header.
• Added the ability to page, filter, and sort returned results.
• Property validation errors are now returned as a JSON object with property names in a separate key-value pair.
• Added an endpoint to query which ID type should be used for each device model.
• Added a Health Status Endpoint to retrieve information about the REST service status.
• Fixed an issue where the collection name was missing from some JSON response bodies.
• Fixed an issue where using the HTTPS endpoint with an HTTP port could cause a crash.
• Added X-Frame-Options, Content-Security-Policy, and HSTS headers to all requests.
• Multiple failed attempts to authenticate username / passwords will now result in a ten-minute lock-out period for the user with failed attempts.
• Fixed a memory leak associated with each request.
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Administration
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Invalid Characters / Language Change
Fixed an issue where renaming a user name with invalid characters, most notably a slash (\), would render the server unusable.
Fixed an issue where a language change failed to change in the tip info pop-up of the server admin system tray interface or in the demo warning pop-up message.
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ThingWorx Native Interface
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Thing Binding
Enhanced interface to allow more than 500 Things to be bound to a single server instance.
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OPC UA Interface
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Performance / Security / Out-of-Memory
• Fixed a OPC UA Server performance issue with read requests when the MaxAge parameter is set to a value greater than zero.
• When channel level encryption is set to None, the UserNameIdentityToken policy will now default to Basic256Sha256 instead of Basic128Rsa15.
• Corrected the data type of the MinimumSampling Attribute of tag nodes.
• The server now returns “BadOutOfMemory” when unable to service data to subscriptions due to out-of-memory conditions.
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OPC DA Interface
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New Project Settings
• Added a new project setting for Maximum Connections that defaults to 512. Any connections after the maximum allowable are rejected.
• Added a new project setting for Maximum OPC Groups that defaults to 2000. Any groups after the maximum allowable are rejected.
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iFIX Native Interface
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DefaultScanRate
Added support for DefaultScanRate in iFix.
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ABB Totalflow
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DB2 Devices
Added the ability to request EFM data by days for DB2 devices.
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Allen-Bradley ControlLogix Server
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Terminology
• Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software.
• Renamed this driver in compliance with updated terminology.
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Allen-Bradley DF1
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Terminology
Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software.
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Allen-Bradley Micro800 Serial
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Terminology
Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software.
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Allen-Bradley Server
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Terminology
• Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software.
• Renamed this driver in compliance with updated terminology.
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AutomationDirect DirectNET
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Communications
Fixed an issue that prevented all communications with devices.
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BACnet/IP
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Max Items per Request / Tag Import Group / Device Discovery
• Increased the supported values for Max Items per Request and set the default to 64.
• Updated Tag Import Group default values to better represent what customers want.
• Devices that are added through Device Discovery are now named based on the discovered device’s name, instead of putting that in the description.
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Beckhoff TwinCAT
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Automatic Tag Generation (ATG)
Fixed an issue that could cause some tags to fail generation during ATG.
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CODESYS
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ASCII Characters
Enhanced the V2.3 model to allow strings with extended ascii characters.
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DataLogger
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Log Items
• Fixed an issue where a log item’s ID might be set to 0 instead of the correct value when using alphanumeric characters through the Configuration API.
• Fixed an issue where renaming a Log Item could corrupt the Log Group.
• Fixed an issue with the default sql data type when using wide format.
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DNP Client Ethernet
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Terminology / New Internal Tags
• Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software.
• Renamed this driver in compliance with updated terminology.
• Added new internal tags _DNPClientAddress and _DNPServerAddress that replace the deprecated _MasterAddress and _SlaveAddress tags respectively.
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DNP Client Serial
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Terminology / New Internal Tags
• Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software.
• Renamed this driver in compliance with updated terminology.
• Added new internal tags _DNPClientAddress and _DNPServerAddress that replace the deprecated _MasterAddress and _SlaveAddress tags respectively.
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EFM Exporter
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Timestamp / Pathnames
• Fixed an issue where the PGAS Exporter would sometimes populate the incorrect START (trailing) or END (leading) timestamp.
• Fixed an issue where the Exporter would not report an error when EFM export file pathnames were longer than Windows allows.
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Enron Modbus
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SCADAPack
Added configurable property support for SCADAPack communication when using extended station IDs.
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Fanuc Focas Ethernet
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Added Support
• Added support for the cnc_sysinfo call.
• Extended the range for Tool Offset Number and Type limits.
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GE Ethernet
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Value Updates
Fixed an issue where values would not update after downloading a new program or changing the CPU in the device and restarting.
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IEC 60870-5-101 Client
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Terminology
• Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software.
• Renamed this driver in compliance with updated terminology.
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IEC 60870-5-104 Client
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Terminology
• Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software.
• Renamed this driver in compliance with updated terminology.
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IEC 61850 MMS Client
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Deadlock
Fixed timing related deadlock that could occur when initializing communications with an IEC61850 device with slow communications.
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IoT Gateway
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Deadband / MQTT Topic / Scan Rate / ISO Timestamp
• Fixed an issue where very small deadband values would be truncated when exporting tags as CSV.
• Fixed an issue where '$' would incorrectly be removed if it was the first character of an MQTT topic name.
• Fixed an issue in the where the _PublishesSent and _DroppedEvents system tags were not updating. Fixed an issue where the Scan Rate specified in the tags was not respected.
• Fixed instability issues that could occur on server startup.
• Added the ability to specify different ISO timestamp formats in the payload.
• Added the ability to publish additional tag attributes and a linefeed in the message templates. Refer to help for the full list.
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Mitsubishi Ethernet
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iQ-R Model / Data Updates
• Fixed an issue where the Mitsubishi iQ-R model was using the Q model’s time synchronization format, causing an error and time synchronization to fail for iQ-R model devices.
• Fixed an issue where the driver would send data change updates for string tags with no changes.
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Modbus Ethernet
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Unsolicited Sockets / Null Terminator
• Unsolicited sockets are now only listened on when a device is pointing at a local IP address.
• Fixed an issue where including a random character after the null terminator in the final word of even-length string writes.
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Modbus Plus
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Terminology
Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software.
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OPC UA Client
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Poll Mode / Tag Import / Deadband Value / Uncertain Quality
• Fixed a timing issue that could cause a crash when using Poll Mode.
• Fixed an issue where a malformed response from a UA server during Tag Import could cause a crash.
• Fixed an issue where the Deadband Value property would always load "0" from JSON projects.
• Fixed an issue where the driver would clear the values of tags with uncertain quality.
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Siemens S7 Plus Ethernet
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Siemens S7-1200 and S7-1500
Introduced this new driver to support communication with Siemens S7-1200 and S7-1500 controllers via the Siemens S7 Comm Plus protocol using symbolic addressing. The new driver supports the following:
• Read and write the following Siemens data types: Bool, Byte, Char, INT, DINT, LINT, Word, DWord, LWord, REAL, LREAL, SINT, UDINT, UINT, USINT, ULINT, STRING, Date and Time (DT) - read-only, Time of Day (TOD), Time, S5Time, Date, OB_TOD.
• Read and write members of complex types (array, structure, UDT instance, and DTL).
• Access optimized and non-optimized data blocks.
• Online automatic tag generation.
• Access to password protected PLCs.
• Auto-demotion.
• Device diagnostics.
• Localized in English, German, Japanese, and Chinese.
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Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet
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ATG / TIA Portal
• Fixed an issue where ATG on a structure would fail if the END_STRUCT had additional characters (such as a comment).
• Fixed an issue with the TIA Portal Exporter that caused crashes when users provide invalid file paths.
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Simatic/TI 505 Ethernet
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_PendingWrites
Fixed an issue that caused the _PendingWrites tag to report numbers higher than the actual number of writes.
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SNMP
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SNMP OID
Fixed an issue encoding large integers in an SNMP OID.
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Telemecanique Uni-Telway
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Terminology
• Removed non-inclusive terms out of respect for users of our software.
• Renamed this driver in compliance with updated terminology.
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Toyopuc PC3/PC2 Ethernet
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Performance
Significantly improved stability and reliability of driver through bug fixes and strategic enhancements made in collaboration with customers.
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Universal Device
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Profile Version 2.0
• Updated profile version to 2.0.
• Deprecated support for profile version 1.0.
• Made timing settings user configurable for connection timeout, request timeout, and retries.
• Added support for auto-demotion.
• Added the required functions onTagsRequest and onData to enable new protocol types, including unsolicited and pub/sub. See help documentation and template scripts for more guidance on implementing profiles with advanced functionality.
• Renamed the profile function GetDriverInfo to onProfileLoad to more accurately reflect the event that causes it to be executed.
• Added support for inbound socket connections from remote clients, configured via the onProfileLoad function.
• Renamed the profile function ValidateAddress to onValidateTag to more accurately reflect the event that causes it to be executed.
• Removed the BuildMessage required function to support new profile functionality.
• Removed the ParseMessage required function to support new profile functionality.
• Added the internal functions initializeCache, readFromCache, and writeToCache to facilitate tag cache management. See help documentation and template scripts for more guidance on leveraging this functionality.
• Updated example scripts to reflect the change to profile version 2.0.
• Added profile templates that describe the events a profile writer should handle to implement support for several communication models.
• Added event log messages to provide more context in the event of a failure.
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