Upgrade Information for Version 7.20

  • Client Connection Control

    Version 7.20 has introduced the ability to control the client connection to the alarm, trend and report servers. Two new configuration parameters have been added:

    • [ServerType.ClusterName.ServerName] Priority
    • [ServerType.ClusterName.ServerName] DisableConnection

  • Persisted I/O Memory Mode

    It is recommended that data assigned to disk I/O devices be migrated to the new persisted memory I/0 mode.

  • Super Genies and Environment Variables

    Prior to upgrading to PowerSCADA Expert 7.20, identify and record Super Genie instance page environment variables. After the upgrade, reinstate the Super Genie instance page environment variables. If not, existing Super Genie template environment variables will override the variables, due to synchronization.

  • Launch Power Operation

    An automatic upgrade of your projects will occur when you initially start Power Operation

  • Configure Tags to Use Clustering

    Alarms, reports, trends, SPC tags, and accumulators can now be configured to run in a specific cluster.

  • Run the Migration Tool

    The automatic update that occurs when you initially launch Power Operation Expert does not fully upgrade your projects, as such it needs to be followed by running the Migration Tool.

  • Creation of roles for existing users

    The migration tool will update all existing user definitions to use roles. In 7.20, both users and Windows groups use roles as a common base for security definition. When the migration tool updates the users, an existing role will be used if it matches the configuration of the user, otherwise a new role will be created, such as Role_1, Role_2 etc.

  • Copy of XP_Style menu items

    The migration tool will copy any existing XP_Style menu entries to the new menu configuration database. The menu configuration database is a new feature in version 7.20. It is supported by default in the Tab_Style templates and the menu configuration can be accessed using the new menu Cicode functions.

  • Compile the project

    Once you have configured your project, compile it and verify that there are no issues.

  • Run the Computer Setup Wizard

    Run the Computer Setup Wizard for each computer running the project. At each stage of the Wizard, configure the appropriate settings for that computer.

  • Super Genies

    Performance improvements in v7.20 remove the page display delay which was in previous versions.

    The page properties for a graphics page have a new tab added for associations. This can be used to document existing SuperGenie associations used on pages or SuperGenies. 7.20 allows for associations to support names in place of a numbered index.

    By default, the ability to open and edit an instantiated SuperGenie is not allowed as SuperGenies should be edited via the library. The parameter [CtDraw.RSC] AllowEditSuperGeniePage can be used to enable access to directly edit the instantiated page if required.

    When upgrading from a previous version, existing Super Genie template environment variables will override Super Genie page environment variables. Any manual updates that were made to Super Genie page environment variables prior to the upgrade will be lost.

    Graphics enhancements have been added in version 7.20. Any existing Super Genie Cicode will function as in previous versions. In version 7.20, Super Genies can be launched using meta-data to remove the need for Cicode functions to be created. Super Genie associations support name references and can have properties defined via the page property form.

  • System Migration

    Version 7.20 has added trusted network authentication between SCADA servers. The Computer Setup Wizard will allow a system password to be set on each server on your network. Servers that have been configured with the same password will be able to participate in the trusted network for inter-server communication. There is now a requirement to have at least one user defined.

    A compile error will be raised if no user is defined within the project. Version 7.20 installs with the multi-process configuration parameter set to use multi-process. For upgraded projects, this setting should be confirmed when using the Computer Setup Wizard.

  • Value, Quality and Timestamps

    Animation that does not have a tooltip will automatically receive a new tooltip that shows the value, quality and timestamp of the variables. This behavior can be disabled using the parameter [Page] EnableQualityToolTip.