Ignition Release Notes
Fixes, changes and features In Ignition
Version 7.9.6
Released January 30, 2018Area
Change Type
Description
Allen-Bradley Driver
SLC Driver
Fixed
Fixed uncaught NPE in ABBrowseCache#loadBrowseCache()
Ignition Platform
Designer
Fixed
Translation manager now accepts regional variations that have variants and extensions that do not comply with Java 1.6 Locale specifications.
Designer
Fixed
On Edge if the panel plugin is uninstalled and save project is pressed in the designer a Null Pointer Exception is no longer thrown.
EAM
Fixed
Progress bar for executing agent tasks within the EAM Tasks status page now displays the correct percentage value.
EAM
Feature
An agent's global project and resources can now be selected as the source for the Send Project and Send Project Resources tasks.
Expressions
Fixed
The isAlarmActiveFiltered expression function now correctly handles relative tag paths.
Gateway
Fixed
Fixed NPE when shutting down Edge gateway
Gateway
Fixed
Message Handlers now use more secure methods to ensure that a remote gateway using the sendRequest function is placed into the correct security zone.
Gateway
Feature
Upgraded SQLite JDBC driver to 3.20.1.
Gateway
Fixed
Alarm journal gateway data filters work on edge. Filter by Display Path or Source now works in a more intuitive way.
Gateway
Feature
Module licenses now support individual expiration dates.
Gateway
Fixed
Tag history data gets quarantined in the S+F engine if the historical provider doesn't have access to create tables.
Gateway Network
Fixed
Improved remote alarm status synchronization on remote gateway restart.
Gateway Network
Fixed
Multiple incoming remote tag subscriptions against a particular tag provider can result in one subscription updating normally, where other subscriptions are updated very infrequently, or not at all, depending on the number of tags subscribed.
Gateway Network
Fixed
Gateway network now makes better use of internal http connection pooling, resulting fewer local http sockets used to send messages.
Gateway Network
Fixed
After a gateway network reconnection event, remote provider tags over a proxy could be stale and would not change to good quality unless the tag value actually changed.
Gateway Web Interface
Fixed
Fixed typo in Advanced Settings area of database connections.
Installer
Fixed
Upgrader now comments out deprecated command line flags that cause errors in Java 9
Installers
Fixed
Necessary JNLP config files for Java 9 compatibility are now added in when upgrading.
Misc
Fixed
Fixed: Formatted loggers now allow '%' as valid character.
Named Queries
Feature
Added script functions clearNamedQueryCache() which takes the query name as a string and clearAllNamedQueryCaches() to clear the caches for named queries when needed for that particular project.
Named Queries
Feature
Named Query client tags can now use tag references as parameter values
Named Queries
Feature
Added Named Query tag type to Client Tags
Redundancy
Fixed
Improved logging for redundancy connection handling.
SQLTags
Fixed
Array typed OPC tags can now be written.
SQLTags
Fixed
Certain tag properties like "AlertActive" and other alarm state properties revert to default values in the designer after refreshing tag browse tree.
SQLTags
Fixed
When importing a project with transaction groups, the gateway does not need a restart for transaction groups to work properly.
SQLTags
Fixed
Write succeeds for derived tags with 0 rate scan class when slow rate is active.
SQLTags
Fixed
Selecting a new Parent Type for a Nested UDT instance now changes the Parent Type of that instance instead of the top-level definition.
Scripting
Fixed
Fixed parameter order for system.util.sendRequestAsync to match documentation
Scripting
Fixed
Fixed: system.alert.queryStatus() source filter wildcard behavior now works as expected.
Scripting
Fixed
Fixed bug that caused system.tag.writeAll to be synchronous when invoked from a client.
Mobile
Backend
Fixed
Fixed an issue where some mobile clients were timing out before the specified session timeout
VNC
Fixed
Fixed an issue where mobile projects on headless linux gateways were not working with VNC connections.
OPC-UA
Client
Feature
Added 'Max References Per Node' advanced setting on OPC UA connections.
Client
Fixed
Removed unused 'Secure Channel Reauthentication Enabled' setting.
Reporting
Components
Fixed
In the designer on the report viewer component, when editing a boolean report parameter on a report with multiple boolean parameters, all boolean checkboxes no longer change in sync with the top checkbox. They now operate independently for each boolean value.
Misc
Feature
QueryResults class now available for importing into scripts
Report Engine
Fixed
Scheduled reports that execute at the same time are now synchronized to ensure that the expected output is provided.
Report Engine
Fixed
Reporting tables with headers that fill the entire table now shrink the header to ensure that the data will fit in the table and generate a report successfully.
SECS/GEM
GEM/SECS
Feature
Status tags are now generated in the SECSGEM tag provider to provide information about an equipment connection's status, last message sent and last message received.
SFC
Engine
Fixed
Pausing SFC instances no longer throws a Null Pointer Exception.
Vision
Client
Fixed
Retarget across gateways will now retain the initial and max heap settings from the initial JVM launch.
Components
Fixed
Tree View getSelectedItems now returns an empty array if there was no selection or only folders selected.
Designer
Feature
Added update query to named query binding conversion.
Misc
Fixed
Fixed serialization error for PyDataSets
WebBrowser
Client
Fixed
Shows a label on component when viewed in unsupported operating system.
Client
Fixed
Web Browser Module fixed on Kubuntu. Dropping support for 32-bit Linux Desktop.