Ignition Release Notes
Fixes, changes and features In Ignition
Version 7.9.8
Released June 7, 2018Area
Change Type
Description
Allen-Bradley Driver
Logix v21 Driver
Fixed
Fixed a bug causing StackOverflowError during read optimization.
Ignition Platform
Alarm Designer
Fixed
Fixed misleading error message when using invalid characters in an alarm pipeline name.
Alarming
Fixed
system extension tags now retain alarm configurations on gateway restarts.
Alarming
Fixed
Add alarm event UUID to audit log records for the Twilio Alarm Notification module.
Alarming
Feature
New bindable "Label" property on alarms to allow more flexibility in addition to Display Path.
Alarming
Fixed
Improved Alarm Journal Table's support for shelved alarm events.
Build
Fixed
Fixed error where Ignition Gateway daemon would not install on some linux distributions.
Client
Fixed
The Designer's Find/Replace dialog no longer renders HTML, instead it now shows preformatted text.
Client
Fixed
jar cache is no longer purged on startup or retarget if the version of the jars is the same as the running client.
Designer
Fixed
Project scoped templates will now rollback as expected when they are currently open in the designer.
Designer
Fixed
When an Edge Designer is required to restart it now loads with the correct Edge branding
Designer
Feature
Designer: Added option for overwriting or skipping all resources on project import.
Designer
Fixed
Removed unused audit settings from designer preferences panel in Ignition Edge Edition.
Designer
Feature
The Designer's OPC Browser now includes a Sorting Method dropdown that allows for both forward and reverse, Alphanumeric sorting.
Designer
Fixed
Edge Designer now excludes tips of the day that do not pertain to Edge.
Designer
Fixed
Fixed: Resource locking on designer sessions.
Designer
Fixed
Improved multi-tag editing behavior in Ignition Designer.
Designer
Fixed
Fixed NPE when creating query bindings
Designer
Fixed
If a project is overwritten while a designer is open the designer can no longer save or update preventing possible project resource duplication.
Designer
Feature
Designer scanclass drop-down is now sorted alphanumerically, non-case sensitive.
EAM
Fixed
Fixed NPE when reinstalling EAM module on Edge
GCU
Fixed
Ignition installer's final page is now more clear that it is starting Ignition or Ignition Edge.
Gateway
Feature
Edge now styles browser tabs and icons with Edge colors.
Gateway
Feature
The Launch JRE gateway setting will now automatically upgrade its value to "9;1.8;1.7;1.6;" at startup if it was previously the default of "1.8;1.7;1.6". NOTE: If Java 9 is removed from this list leave the trailing semicolon to prevent reverting to the default.
Gateway
Fixed
Progress Bars should no longer intersect with other elements, such as Gauges.
Gateway
Fixed
Fixed descenders being cut off in Gateway Search while using Firefox.
Gateway
Fixed
Gateway Control Utility now displays the Edition of the running gateway.
Gateway
Fixed
Upon installation of Windows update 1803, the gateway Windows service would throw the error 193 0xc1, and the Windows Event Viewer would contain the error "Ignition Gateway is not a valid Win32 application".
Gateway
Fixed
Historical Providers Tag Details is now left aligned for easier reading.
Gateway
Fixed
Cleaned up UI on Ignition Edge quarantine status gateway page.
Gateway
Fixed
Fixed dynamic updating of Dropped Status notifiers on the Store and Forward Details page.
Gateway Network
Fixed
Improve help text for Specified List in Gateway Network Settings.
Gateway Web Interface
Fixed
Added time units to scanclass average duration metric.
Gateway Web Interface
Fixed
In Edge, the Configuration Overview page now correctly displays trial status of Installed Plugins without the need to refresh the page.
Gateway Web Interface
Fixed
On-Call Roster tip is now Edge-appropriate
Gateway Web Interface
Fixed
Allow configuration of HSTS via system properties.
Gateway Web Interface
Fixed
Gateway webpage now blocks framing to prevent password theft and clickjacking
Gateway Web Interface
Fixed
If the edge project is disabled, the launch links on the homepage now explain that it is disabled and change to a 'configuration' link.
Gateway Web Interface
Fixed
Added pagination and filtering to several tables in the Gateway Web Interface. Notable improved performance with large amounts of data in the tables on Status pages.
Gateway Web Interface
Fixed
Fixed vulnerability in Gateway Webpage logging routes.
Gateway Web Interface
Fixed
Store and Forward status page on Edge now provides information about the Forward status based on Enterprise Remote History Provider status. When the Tag historian Module is not installed, the placeholder page now displays edge specific information.
Installers
Fixed
Ignition Upgrader now determines whether to use the CMS Garbage Collector based on what version of Java is installed during the upgrade.
Misc
Fixed
Fixed bug where EAM send tags tasks would not send tag event scripts correctly
Named Queries
Fixed
Fixed issues with named query cache maintenance.
Named Queries
Fixed
Fix bad name for named query cache manager.
Named Queries
Fixed
Improved speed of Named Queries.
SQLTags
Fixed
Security update: Disabled TLS renegotiation
SQLTags
Fixed
Numeric memory tags within a UDT instance no longer instantiate with null values
SQLTags
Fixed
Module SDK: Calls to SimpleTagProvider.configureTag are much slower after the user has defined custom settings on a previously registered tag.
SQLTags
Fixed
Possible error (ConcurrentModificationException) that can affect historical data collection in system and mqtt tags with frequent modifications and many tags assigned to a single or few scan classes.
SQLTags
Fixed
Enhanced security for default webserver keystore.
Scripting
Feature
Added additional, optional argument to system.dataset.exportExcel and system.dataset.datasetToExcel allowing for the choice between Excel default cells or empty cells.
Scripting
Fixed
system.tag.editTags(), editTag(), and addTag() functions now handle nested UDT member overrides correctly.
Scripting
Fixed
Colors entered as strings can now use either the 'grey' or 'gray' spelling
Scripting
Fixed
Fixed bug when null values added via system.dataset.addColumn()
Scripting
Feature
Added new system.math scripting functions, which also allow importing Apache Math into scripts.
Scripting
Fixed
system.tag.editTag(), editTags(), and addTag() functions now apply overrides to the passed Tag path correctly.
OPC-UA
Client
Fixed
Add BasicConstraints extension to generated certificates
Client
Fixed
Upgraded Milo to 0.2.0. Improves reconnection handling of remote OPC-UA connections.
Client
Fixed
Fixed regression that prevented operation limits from being read.
Misc
Fixed
Updated Milo (OPC UA SDK) to 0.2.1
Server
Fixed
Fix NPE when browsing UA server after setting 'Expose Tag Providers'
Reporting
Components
Fixed
PDF Viewer no longer stretches text for some underlined fonts.
Components
Feature
PDF Viewer no longer stretches text for some underlined fonts.
Components
Feature
Report Scheduled Email action now supports adding reply to email addresses. If User sources are used there is now the option of adding reply to roles. The system.report.executeAndDistribute() function now supports reply to. keys are: replyTo (pylist of addresses), replyToRoles (pylist of roles), and replyToUserSource (String). replyToRoles and replyToUserSource require the useRoles key to be set to True.
SFC
Engine
Feature
SFC Enclosing Step return parameters can now be assigned to scope parameters by enclosing the parameter's name (or scope.name) in curly braces.
Siemens Drivers
Siemens S7 Driver
Fixed
No longer throwing an NPE during address creation when the area is null.
SQL Bridge
Gateway
Fixed
Calculation of "next time" for status purposes could be different than the actual underlying calculation used for execution.
Tag Historian
Storage
Fixed
Added international character support for tag historians using Microsoft SQL Server.
Vision
Client
Fixed
Swapping windows in a project with OEM locks now performs as expected and duplicate windows are no longer created.
Components
Fixed
Removed deprecated 3D property from Pie Chart.
Designer
Fixed
Improved "All Providers" sorting in the Tag Browser.
Designer
Fixed
In the designer, windows are now accessible that are inside folders on a project with an OEM lock.
WebBrowser
Client
Fixed
Fixed rare but problematic lockup caused by rapidly opening/closing windows containing Web Browser components.
Designer
Fixed
Fixed WebBrowser crashing in some OS X installs
Misc
Fixed
Updated the Web Browser module to JxBrowser v6.18. See the Web Browser page in the User Manual for changes to compatibility: https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/Web+Browser+Component