What's new in octoplant 101.2.6 (November 2023)¶

The following table displays the optimizations that have been made in the current octoplant version.

• Device integration and version control
  • We continuously improve the functionality and scope of supported devices / editors and have now integrated:
  • Added Siemens TIA Portal fallback for project device extraction (to TIA editor, if installed)
  • Added Aruba CX 6200F Switch: Upload support
  • Added ABB AC500: Upload support (using the CODESYS V3 protocol)
  • Added Atlas Copco Power MACS 4000: Upload support
  • Added Siemens WinCC Unified: Compare support to the TIA Portal compare
  • Added Schneider Control Expert: support for an application password in Upload and Compare
  • Added Cisco Switches 9000 series: Upload and Compare support
  • Exception handling when deleting temporary files when comparing TIA Portal projects
  • Fixed Siemens TIA portal: Compare in offline/online comparisons to only compare languages/texts that the PLC supports
  • Fixed Siemens TIA Portal: Compare not detecting differences in non-symbolic addressing in logic networks under certain circumstances
  • Fixed Siemens TIA Portal: Incomplete symbolic names
  • Fixed Siemens S7: Compare crash related to jump marks
  • Parallel uploads of RSLogix 5000 jobs on the same machine no longer supported. To scale the upload, you need to have multiple agents on different machines
  • Error corrected when comparing Rockwell RSLogix 5000 projects
  • Error corrected when comparing RSLogix 500 projects so that "false positives" are not displayed
  • Error corrected for graphical comparison of Rockwell RSLogix 5000 projects
  • Error corrected when comparing Omron CX Programmer projects
  • Error corrected when comparing Omron Sysmac Studio projects so that differences in EtherCAT nodes are displayed correctly
  • Removed Omron CX Programmer Perl interpreter
  • Fixed Siemens WinCC upload failing if the database name contains hyphens
  • Fixed Beckhoff TwinCAT compare not detecting differences in safety in ports. Added Beckhoff TwinCAT compare safety CRC
  • Improved logic network comparisons for RSLogix 5000
  • Fixed CODESYS 2 project export to correctly pass credentials to the editor on modern Windows systems
  • Exception handling for JSON comparison
  • Exception handling for ASCII comparison
  • Error corrected when comparing Scalance switches
  • Error corrected when comparing EPLAN projects
• Ease of use / interface
  • For a simpler and more secure handling of and access to information, we have improved the user interface.
  • Adjustment of the description text for the Maintenance mode button
  • Possibility to hide settings in the AdminClient via INI entries
• System performance / stability
  • A stable and efficient software is vital and will be improved by these adjustments.
  • Error corrected in the export module in relation to special characters
  • Improved the security of server-client communication
  • Error corrected in the communication between octoplant server and octoplant pro hub when using a proxy
  • Error corrected when storing device information in the database using an upload agent
  • Error corrected when swapping out versions via the Archive Manager
  • Error corrected during job execution
  • Error corrected during server synchronization
  • Error corrected in the job configuration interface
  • Error corrected in the ReportClient
  • Adjustment to AdminClient so that only administrators can create a support package
  • Various 3rd party libraries updated
  • libcurl.dll removed from installation directory and HowTo created on how to remove libcurl.dlls from older versions
• Other
  • We have also conducted a number of additional changes to improve your user experience:
  • Update to 3rd party libraries and programs for the octoplant on-prem hub
  • Improved the security of the on-prem hub by updating the TLS Protocol from version 1.2 to version 1.3
• octoplant pro hub
  • We continuously expand the functionalities of the octoplant pro hub and improve its performance.
  • Extension of the functionality of the octoplant pro hub so that data can also be hosted in an MS Azure data center in the USA
  • Preparatory measures for the integration of a dashboard for the presentation of CVE information
  • Integration of a new dashboard to display job coverage on the shop floor
  • Continuous improvement of existing dashboards based on customer feedback
  • Continuous improvement of the performance and stability of the pro hub