Unity Pro V6.

What’s New
 Content

● Unity Pro V6.0 ID

● Quantum Evolutions
● M340 Evolutions
● Improved support of online changes
● Improved OFS tag management
● Improved application services
● Better support of Third-party Applications
● Integration of LL984 language

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 ID Card

● Unity Pro V6.0 Package content

● Supported OS XP 32bits Vista Seven 64bits
Seven 32bits
● Windows XP 32 bits
DVD Unity Pro: V6.0 X X X
● Windows Vista 32 Bits
● Windows 7 32 and 64 bits DTM EtherNet IP V1.0 X X X

● Unity Pro can be run with USER Right DTM Psx RIO V1.0 X X X

- Nevertheless Administration right is Drivers: X X x

mandatory for installation and to Update Modbus Serial V1.9 IE36 V2.1 IE11 V3.1 IE11
DTM catalog.
USB driver V1.5 IE20 V2.2 IE12 V3.2 IE12

● Installation includes : UTW driver V1.10 IE22 V2.2 IE12 V3.2 IE12

● Installation of DTMs for NOC modules XIP driver V1.11 IE24 V2.3 IE13 V3.3 IE13
and Ethernet RIO
PCIway driver V1.1 IE09 V2.1 IE11 V3.1 IE11
- An update of the DTM catalog is needed
before the first use. USB-Fip Driver V1.0 IE06 V2.2 IE12 V3.3 IE13

SESU V1.1 X X X
● Installation of
Schneider Electric Software Update CD Unity Loader V2.2 X X X
- To receive automatic notification for CD ACS V5.5 X X X
Unity Pro updates
CD EIP Tool V1.1 X X X
DVD Documentation V6.0 X X X
Installed with Unity Pro installation
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 Quantum Evolutions

● Quantum Ethernet RIO architectures

● Easy configuration of Ethernet RIO
architectures
● Role Name for Ethernet Drop
● Automatic configuration
through DHCP server
● Control of IP information
(addresses compliance, gateways, subnet
mask ...)

● Integration of remote PRA configurations in

master application managing the IO scanner

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 Quantum Evolutions
● Respect of legacy platforms behavior for the migration.
● Reset % M on start from STOP to RUN by configuring a project option

● New module to extend communication distance between S908 drops

● New fiber optic module repeater : 140 NRP 954 00
● The 140 NRP 954 00 fiber optical repeater module provides communication between two or more RIO nodes
or segments of networks over a fiber optic medium.
● Each repeater contains one electrical RIO interface and two fiber optic transceivers.
● This module allows a peer to peer communication over a distance of 2 to 3 km and a maximum of thirty Km
using bus or self healing ring topology with a maximum of 12 repeaters.Unity Pro V6.0

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 M340 Evolutions

● New High Speed Counting Module

● SSI interface module: BMX EAE 0300
● Number of channels: 3
● Transmission speed per channel: 100 kHz, 200 kHz, 500 kHz, 1 MHz
● Module cycle time per channel: 1 ms
● SSI Capture inputs: Two digital inputs
● IEC 61131-2 conformity: Type3 24VDC
● Absolute SSI encoder: 19.2 to 30 VDC
● Reflex outputs: One 24VDC push-pull per channel
● SSI encoder functions : Communication, Modulo, Capture, Compare

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 Improved Support
Of Online Changes
● The following actions are allowed in RUN mode:
● Import / Export of DFB, DDT, EDT

● Creating or removing variable without limitation

● Ability to prepare a modification online and activate it when needed

● Indicator in the status bar to warn about compacting the memory

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 Improved OFS
Tag Management
● Continuity of communication with OFS during online changes

● Size reduction of data dictionary by exchanging only the necessary

variables

Note: These two options need the use of OFS version 3.35

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 Improved
Application Services
● Operation and Maintenance:

● Complete refoundation of Search/Replace Tool

● Direct access from the menu bar ●Automatic bookmark creation for quick access to the
previous searches

● Find exact location of the required variable

● Simplified cross-references window.

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 Improved
Application Services
● Operation and Maintenance:

● Support unlocated data transfer after a complete application build

● New data file format, ● Add new element in structure and restore data file

dtx

● Animation tables with setting can be saved

● Set values can be saved with application, ●Populates Force value from variables forcing state
exported and imported then applied

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 Improved
Application Services
● Operation and Maintenance:

● Update initial values from the controller to the local application

● Variable with initial value and save attribute
can be updated with current value

● Local application can then be simply updated

keeping it unspoiled

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 Improved
Application Services
● Operation and Maintenance: Bit second

Period 20 ms
● Better resolution for Trends Unity Pro: V5.0
Sampling: 1s
● sampling trending adjustable up to 100 ms
Definition: 2 pixels

● Definition up to 1 pixel
to display twice as much information

Minimum sampling time

depend on the communication
bandwidth
Bit second

Unity Pro: V6.0 Period 20ms

Sampling: 100ms
Definition:1 pixels

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 Improved
Application Services
● Design:

● Import of a section in the desired location

● Symbolization of extracted bits for “Device DDT” and DTM structures

DROP_1.CRA_DIAGNOSTIC.0

DROP_1.GLOBAL_IO_HEALTH

● Improved program readability through explicit default naming of FFB

● Before V6.0 ● V6.0

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 Improved
Application Services
● Design

● New SATURATION function to control the precision of a real value

Desired Precision Error when Value > Limit Value

tested Value Limit Value for desired Precision

● New HSBY_SWAP function to program primary / standby swap

● Improved performances for BIT_TO_WORD, WORD_TO_BIT and SEL

functions
● Reduce execution time
- WORD_TO_BIT: 87%
- BIT_TO_WORD: 72% 40% cycle time reduction in applications using
- SEL: 64% massively these instructions

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 Improved
Application Services
● Design

● Locking and unlocking several DFB, selected from Data Properties window

● Display the list of modified sections ●Added protection of section

when generating the application for subroutines (SR)

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 Improved
Application Services
● Design

● No obligation to connect structure on DFB pins when it is not needed

● Before V6.0 ● V6.0

In case structures or variables are not connected,

values are set to zero or empty for strings.

● Import of DCF description files from Hardware Catalog Manager

● Allow the support of TM5 and TM7 IO modules on M340
● TM5 and TM7 DTMs are not compatible with Unity Pro…

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 Improved
Application Services
● Ergonomics

● In Ladder language activation of the mixed display mode is taken into

account for all LD sections

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 Improved
Application Services
● Ergonomics

● Possibility to not prefix Advantys variables with the island name

When disabled, user is responsible for the

uniqueness of the variables

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 Improved
Application Services
● Ergonomics

● Possibility to modify animation colors of program editors

● From configuration files in Unity pro directory ● File edit with text editor (note pad)

(Magenta)
(Cyan)

● Color coded in RGB mode ● Modifications take into account at editor openingV6.0

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 Improved
Application Services
● General

● New zipped export format ZEF includes DTM configuration

● The new zipped export format ZEF includes the DTM device configuration used in the DTM browser. It allows
the complete restitution of the project.
Note: To be able to modify the configuration of DTM devices, needed DTMs must be installed on the PC
where the application is imported.

● Viewing application information in the tooltip and properties of STU file

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 Better support Of
Third-party Applications
● Better integration of third-party tools

● Launch with context from Unity Pro

● It is now possible to launch a third party application
giving the opened project as argument

● Opening of section to a given

location row / column
● Third party application can now
open a section in a specific location

● Additional information in export file

● CANopen topology and DTM topology
● Interface Description for EF and EFB

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 Integration Of
LL984 Language
● Support of Modsoft, Concept, ProWorx NxT and ProWorx32 applications

● Hardware configuration import

● Fully automatic via mapping tables
● Customizable with partial import wizard

● Execution on Quantum platforms

● Support of all Modbus data access function calls

● Ensure LL984 execution behavior

● Network execution by column

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 Integration Of
LL984 Language
● Keep LL984 structure

● Segments and networks ●State Flow and Power Flow animation

● Equation networks available

Using IEC ST functions

●Multiple network monitoring and

editing

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 Integration Of
LL984 Language
● Support of original LL984 functionalities with same look and feel

Symbols, descriptors, short and long comments

Max. 7 rows of documentation above each
reference in the LL984 instruction

Keep register information as documentation

Programming with mnemonics instructions

quickly

Button bar & Quick bar to access all LL984

4 user definable views

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 Thank you

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