Ignition Release Notes
Fixes, changes and features In Ignition
Version 8.1.28
Released June 1, 2023Area
Change Type
Description
Alarm Status
Alarming
Fixed an issue with alarms after a gateway restart to send out alarm notifications when Notify Initial Events is set to true.
Auditing
Security
Fixed a SQLException preventing the Gateway audit logs being shown when using a SQLite database
Security
Added user roles to auditing when adding or editing user profiles in the internal user source
Databases
Tag Historian
Fixed an issue where named queries that included double dash strings would fail to execute properly.
Designer
Swing
Overridden resource folders in the Designer now correctly match their actual overridden state in the Project Browser
Swing
Fixed an unintended behavior by removing the ability to rename the transaction group root node in the project browser
Swing
Fixed a problem with table columns in Dataset editor coming up fix-sized and not fitting to the table size.
Drivers
Comms
Resolved a Wicket error that occurred when editing addresses on a disabled Omron NJ device
Comms
Added the new Mitsubishi driver to support the following MELSEC hardware series over TCP: iQ-R, iQ-F (FX5U), Q, L. Features include: manual addressing syntax for read and writing Device items, optional address mapping configurations for requesting Device items, and import/export of browsable addresses using CSV format.
Comms
Added support for the following data types in the Logix driver: DT, LDT, TIME32, TIME, LTIME.
Comms
Renamed terminology in driver tag addresses page: DNP3 - from "Path" to "Browse Path", Omron FINS - from "Tag Path" to "Browse Path", Omron NJ - from "Name" to "Browse Name".
EAM & Redundancy
Gateway Network
Changed the result of system.eam.queryAgentHistory() so that the N most recent rows be returned instead of the first N rows when using the limit parameter.
Gateway Network
Added a Max Concurrent Agents setting to the Send Project EAM task and the Send Project Resources EAM task, which fixes issues with long running EAM tasks.
Gateway Network
Fixed an issue where Send Project Resources EAM task would fail if the total size of sent resources exceeded byte limit.
Gateway Network
When scheduling EAM tasks, regular expressions starting with "/", "-", or "," will no longer be considered valid.
Gateway Network
Gateway Network
Fixed issue where gateway network would connect a proxy route to a redundant server even though proxy settings were set to not allow proxying.
Installers
Foundation
Binary installers now support SymLinks in the install directory, following them for installs and upgrades. Uninstalls do not follow symlinks, but preserve a copy of the symlink for future cleanup by the user. This also ensures that the ownership of the install is not altered on upgrades and is retained on uninstalls
Launchers
Foundation
Added a Go to Gateway action to Designer Launcher's list view.
Foundation
Added a persistent Launcher view preference feature, which saves the last selected card or list view to the Launcher's JSON across restarts
Licensing
Platform Core
Leased Activation license status information is now provided via System Tags.
OPC
Comms
Allow devices to be created in the disabled state via `system.device.addDevice`.
Comms
Added support for writing to a Boolean OPC tag that is mapped to an integer datatype in the OPC server.
Comms
Fixed an issue where device names weren't being URL encoded when navigating to the device status details page.
Other
Platform Core
Added support for taking the given locale into account when converting from a string to a date, integer, float, or string.
Perspective
Perspective
The Delete menu item in the context menu in Perspective is now disabled when a root container is selected.
Perspective
Upgraded JxBrowser for the Perspective Designer workspace and Vision Web Browser module to use Chromium 108.0.5359.215.
Perspective
Node-fetch has been upgraded from version 1.7.3 to 3.2.3. Isomorphic-fetch has been updated to the latest release.
Perspective
Added a free-form text field for the CSS backgroundSize property in Perspective style editor.
Perspective
Added new 'Request Print' component action and new 'requestPrint' script callable component method. Choose to print the page, the view, or the component. (Web only. Mobile app functionality pending.)
Perspective
Corrected the descriptions of row and rowIndex values for the expand and collapse subview events initiated by the Table's script callable methods expandSubviews and collapseSubviews.
Perspective
Added tooltip to grid/list view button in Component Palette.
Perspective
Added tooltip to grid/list view button in Component Palette.
Perspective
Resolved Perspective Designer Chromium crash related to Big Sur or higher.
Perspective
Fixed DateTimePicker Component not advancing the calendar to a new date when `props.value` was modified through the Designer, binding, or scripting.
Perspective
Fixed an issue where marker icon colors were not being applied when the icon path, style, or size were changed.
Projects
Platform Core
Added the system.project.requestScan function and an SDK-accessible method to request that the projects directory be scanned for project and resource updates.
Remote Data Sync
Tag Historian
Fixed an issue where file descriptors weren’t closed properly when using Edge Data Sync with the Alarm Journal and the Audit Log.
Reporting
Reporting
Fixed issue with X, Y, Width, and Height properties for Report module tables being editable when they should be read-only.
Reporting
Added a configureChart script event to the Pie Chart, enabling users to modify the chart prior to rendering. Added a Show Chart Shadow property to the Pie Chart, allowing users to toggle the background shadow.
Reporting
Updated default selection when creating a new row version in a table to select the row rather than the components contained in the rows. Fixed the Fill Color properties to now show null states when there is no selected color.
Reporting
Added the ability to load images with URLs containing queries for the Image component.
Scripting
Scripting
The function system.util.jsonEncode now returns a floating point value instead of a string when encoding BigDecimal Java types.
Scripting
Added the new boolean system parameter, ignition.smtp.sendpartial, which allows users to define the send behavior where an invalid notification email is provided. Now defaults to true.
SQL Bridge
Data & Logic
Fixed "Ambiguous column name" error when Transaction Groups target an item that is also used as a custom index.
Store & Forward
Tag Historian
Added a DateTime picker dialog to the Named Queries Testing panel for better usability when setting DateTime value
Vision
Swing
Fixed an issue where find/replace of components with no extension functions populated would throw a null pointer exception.
Swing
Fixed Easy Chart issue with inconsistent Spinner and Dropdown display when the chart was maximized and in real-time mode
Swing
Fixed an issue where Vision's tab strip customizer would resize tabs as fonts were changed in an inconsistent manner for selected/unselected tab configuration.
Swing
Fixed an issue where some menu item tooltips in a Vision Client cannot be localized.
Swing
Fixed an issue where the touchscreen keyboard would not correctly hide the password if invoked from the user management component.
Swing
Fixed an issue that caused a read-only attribute error when setting the Level Indicator value property via script.
Swing
Fixed issue with Month View Component failing to create a new column for new events
Swing
Overhauled Vision's Touchscreen Keyboard with support for custom and international formats, including French, German, Italian, and Spanish and a new, simplified English layout.
Swing
Updated the MigLayout layout engine to 11.1.
Webserver
Platform Core
Updated Jetty server version to 10.0.15