Ignition Release Notes
Fixes, changes and features In Ignition
Version 8.0.17
Released November 12, 2020Area
Change Type
Description
OPC-UA
Connectivity
Fixed a bug that could cause Logix Driver to get stuck in "Idle" state.
Perspective
Visualization
Fixed issue that could cause session slow-downs when using remote alarm profiles with the Perspective alarm status or alarm journal table components.
Platform - Alarms
Data Model
Alarms that clear while disabled will now generate a clear event when re-enabled.
Platform - Designer
Platform
Error, warning, message and input dialogs would only appear on the client primary desktop when spawning the dialogs from a secondary desktop.
Platform - Expressions
Platform
Tag() expression function no longer executes an initial read in Vision clients, going back to previous behavior. Also fixes a potential deadlock in the tag() function.
Platform - Scripting
Platform
An InvalidClassException was thrown when system.db.runPrepUpdate was called with parameters that resolved to BigDecimal objects.
Platform
An InvalidClassException was thrown when system.db.runPrepUpdate was called with parameters that resolved to BigDecimal objects.
Siemens
Connectivity
Prevent read failures in Siemens driver when consecutive reads of same tags happen too quickly.
SQL Bridge
Data Model
Fixed custom WHERE clause evaluation for Block Groups