The Vinci Software changelog

Important changes:

• The improved user experience by asking to save before exiting. Previously every instance was asking to save the log into a file. Now that became optional.
• License activations - now the software has a license activation feature. All customers having Vinci Expert and Commercial licenses can register their licenses. 

• Lookup values - now that enables to change in statistics shows commands states names as you prefer.

• IEC 60870-5 Commands now have Select Before Operate (SBO) control possibilities.

• Now in IEC 60870-5-103 Master protocol, you can control the startup routine by freely setting Link layer settings.

• Now Modbus master supports commands with functions 5, 6, 15, and 16. 

• Now Modbus master you can send commands from the Tag window directly.

• Added support of many number formats to represent measurements. That works both way to show values as well convert on commands execution.

Other improvements:

• NEW: Freemium version is limited to 50 tags.
• NEW: New Tag saves on the "enter" key press.
• FIX: Tag Import CSV file headers are now case insensitive and became easier with import/export.
• FIX: Improved Tag import/export behavior.
• FIX: removed unnecessary files from the installation folder.
• FIX: remove a single item from the filter.
• FIX: enabled the possibility to copy multiple rows from the console tab.
  

• IEC 60870-5:
  • NEW: IEC103 now supports the 23rd data type.
  • NEW: added type and number to all commands and indications by the standard.
  • FIX: IEC104 master t3 timer resets after receiving test frame activation.
  • FIX: IEC104 master reconnection issue fixed.
  • FIX: Display warning if Telegram structure doesn’t match with structure Settings.
  • FIX: IEC103 slave doesn’t establish a connection after receiving an ACK.
• Modbus:
• FIX: issue commands with registers higher than 255.
• FIX: Modbus Start button was not responding to clicks after importing tags.

Important updates and bug fixes:

•  Modbus TCP stability (avoid a crash);
•  Modbus format of registers conversion into various formats has bad interpretation;
•  IEC 60870-5 protocols command COT-x fixed;
•  IEC 60870-5 some data types become hidden because they cannot be in use by protocol description;
•  IEC 60870-5 time sync fixed;
•  IEC 60870-5-103 and 104 GI fixed;