Field Manager Software Release Notes

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05/11/2017 – Release of Field Manager V1.8.0.4

Updated splash screen and about screen graphics.

Fixed a recent bug in the smart alarm polling that was causing the process status to not be
retrieved.

Updated splash screen graphics. Fixed a few issues with downloading a station and
maintaining advanced protocol options.

04/03/2017 – Release of Field Manager V1.8.0.0

Fixed an issue with the e3 related to the number of calibratible processes being greater
than the number of the download datastructure's elements

Added code to secure passwords in INI file.

Circular charts and charts are now available within Field Manager.

Added MiscInfo1..MiscInfo4 fields to the dialog to allow user editing/viewing custom

strings.

Added hooks for the RV50 relay toggling on connect/disconnect.

06/10/2016 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.4.7

Fixed issues with scaling between different versions of windows and different DPI
settings between the pc that the edit form was created on, and the one it’s being displayed
on.

CurrUnitTypeFP defined as a single instead of a real48. This may have contributed some
roundoff that was causing issues with the config types changing.

01/14/2016 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.4.1

Added support for unit type alternate configurations. Added the ability to navigate
between edit form files with the efbutton control (only within the current station).
Fixed/added a few things with automatic engineering units.

Added time zone support.

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10/21/2014 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.3.12

Fixed an issue where station data file was being accessed without setting its path properly
due to issues in the registry to ini file conversion.

Moved the Visible = false into the uInfo class so the status Windows doesn't flash off and
on during connection sequence.

Updated with new background image, and added ... status feature.

10/14/2014 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.3.11

Updated address on main form of Field Manager Plus

Updated splash screen

10/03/2014 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.3.10

Added the ability for an edit form button to bring up Modbus configuration and math
configuration

Added a flag to the edit form controls to allow masking a password field.

7/23/2014 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.3.8

Fixed an issue where when connecting to a unit with a site id of 1, if the user selects the
option to change the site id, the StationComm.StationData would still have a site id of 1,
where field manager would have the correct “new” site id. If the user then did
something that triggered an audit trail receive then field manager would hang.

7/23/2014 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.3.8

Fixed an issue caused where the station create was hard coded to set the RTU Type to
XARTU. The software now will change the rtu type to XA32 if the firmware reports
being an XA32, and will set the unit type to XARTU if the database is configured as an
XA32 but the firmware reports that the field unit isn’t an XA32.

5/6/2014 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.3.6

Added EEPROM support for the following settings.

[179] – COM 0 Communications - Modbus Offset

[180] – COM 1 Communications - Modbus Offset

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[181] – COM 2 Communications - Modbus Offset

[182] – COM 3 Communications - Modbus Offset
[183] – COM 4 Communications - Modbus Offset
[184] – COM 5 Communications - Modbus Offset

Com Config 3 Bits

32, 'Modbus Read Only', 'Modbus ReadWrite'

64, 'Modbus Force 8N1', 'Modbus Def Serial'
128,'NO Log AdtTr Rst', 'Log Adt Tr Resset'

System Config Bits

128,'EXT Security ON', 'EXT Security OFF'
256,'Disable FORTH', 'Enable FORTH'

1/20/2014 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.3.4

Fixed a problem with the remote access feature where it wasn’t always sending the
updated configuration list to the remote.

11/21/2013 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.3.2

Changed the edit form History Grid code to pop up the Printer Config dialog box
whenever the user selects a print function from the dbl-click menu.

11/1/2013 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.3.1

- Added a new folder for calibration reports. The calibration reports will remain in
their respective station folder; however, a copy will be stored in
Stations\CalibrationReports. The Stations\CalibrationReport folder can be cleared by
clicking Clear Calibration Reports button on the Tools menu. Note this only clears
the CalibrationReports folder. The original calibration report will remain in its
respective station folder.
- Field Manager no longer uses the system registry to store configuration parameters.
All of the configuration parameters are now stored in the FMReg.ini file.

2/1/2013 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.2.12

Fixed a bug that caused reading history data to fail. It would exit the receive
loop after the first history item was received even though an end of
transmission message was not received.

Added preliminary support in the EEPROM editor for the NXRTU/5.

7/24/2012 – Release of Field Manager V1.7.2.10

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Added option to overwrite all files when importing new stations.

3/30/2012 - Release of Field Manager V1.7.2.7

Fixed a problem that was introduced a while back that caused the Meter ID not to work
properly.

3/13/2012 - Release of Field Manager V1.7.2.6

Updated the code to fix a problem when the date/time from the remote is invalid. The
date in question was 2/29/11 which occurred in a year that wasn’t a leap year. The code
now traps the exception and prompts the user to allow them to set the time to correct the
problem.

12/10/2010 - Release of Field Manager V1.7.1.1

Updated code to catch up with changes made to the Talon base code

Fixed a problem that was causing the AutoUpdate feature to not work properly on the
Edit Forms.

7/26/2010 - Release of Field Manager V1.7.1.0 <THIS VERSION ISN’T

VALID>
Modified the communications code to accommodate changes made to Talon’s Edit Form
communications code.

Added code to the IDRemote dialog that will automatically pop up a list of available
communications ports if the currently selected port doesn’t exist.

4/07/2010 - Release of Field Manager V1.7.0.1

Finished implementing the Remote Access user support.

4/01/2010 - Release of Field Manager V1.7.0.0

Added support for remote user login lists with audit trail support.

Test code was added for testing RTU time adjustments.

1/08/2010 - Release of Field Manager V1.6.8.7

Improved handling of errors when connecting via TCP.

Added a button on the Tools Page for changing the RTU’s baud rate.

10/09/2009 - Release of Field Manager V1.6.8.2

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Corrected an issue where data items received in history messages were not marked
properly to indicate whether they were floating point, integer, or string data. Data items
that are floating point are checked to see if they are valid floating point numbers. If the
wrong columns/items are marked as floats, then the poll may fail when it shouldn't due to
the floating point validation code.

Changed the value column on the alarm display in Field Manager to show the extreme
value of the alarm instead of the current value.

9/30/2009 - Release of Field Manager V1.6.8.1

Updated the communications code to set the message timeout to 15 seconds when the
communication type is set to TCP/IP. The message timeout defaults to 7 seconds for
dialup and direct communication links.

Added Meter Prover Reports to edit form button

Added support for running the Units Changer on the Field Manager Tools page.

4/9/2009 - Release of Field Manager V1.6.6.3

Added support for TCP/IP communications.

Added support in communications code to automatically reset the Lantronix XPort

module if a TCP connection cannot be established. This fixes an occasional lockup
problem with the XPort device.

Added a new error message for TCP/IP connection error that prompts the user to try to
ping the device before contacting Eagle for technical support.

12/11/2008 - Release of Field Manager V1.6.5.11

Fixed a problem with the remote access password when decimal values are used.

Added support for selecting 1-byte or 2-byte ModbusID lengths for the Modbus Switch.

Added a checkbox to the security configuratio to enable/disable showing the button to

select HexAscii Protocol Optimizations during the connect sequence.

Fixed a problem where TalonCommServer would not properly handle a IP Host Name
that began with a number instead of a letter (like 1234.eairlink.com). Previously, when
the first character was a number, the TCP client would handle as an IP address. Now, the

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code searches the entire string and treats as a host name if any char in the string is not
0..9 , : or /.

9/19/2008 - Release of Field Manager V1.6.5.8

Fixed a problem with the older calibration routines that were keeping them from working
properly on windows systems with any international language setting that swapped
commas with periods in the number formatting.

6/11/2008 - Release of Field Manager V1.6.5.7

Fixed an oversight in the combo box comparison code.

6/10/2008 - Release of Field Manager V1.6.5.6

Changed button appearance on edit forms to be raised instead of flat.

6/06/2008 - Release of Field Manager V1.6.5.5

Fixed an issue with the edit forms not properly doing a visibility item refresh if a change
was cancelled.

Fixed a fp round off problem that cause combo items to not detect matching values
properly

Updated the Modbus ID entry control to allow for easier user interface. Previously you
couldn't select the value in the edit box and then replace by typing over it.