LinkMaster Release Notes (3.0.84.0) September 8, 2014

Runtime

  • Resolved an issue where the Runtime was incorrectly shutting down following a File | Exit of the Configuration. This issue only affected the Runtime if the Process Mode was set to Interactive and no other OPC clients were connected to the Runtime's server interface.
  • Resolved an issue where the Runtime could lock up if a project that had redundancy enabled was loaded.
  • Updated the Runtime to respect OPC ProgID Redirect settings from TOP Server. Before this update, LinkMaster was unable to connect to Third-Party OPC ProgIDs that had been redirected by TOP Server.
  • Fixed an issue where a Link Output that was not accepted by the target OPC server would keep other links from being updated.

Configuration

  • Resolved several issues where Link Items in the Configuration View were not showing the status of the link correctly. When either the input or the output of the link is not functioning, the Link Item should appear gray to indicate a problem with the link:
  • Fixed an issue where Link Items displayed green if LinkMaster timed out while waiting for a Write Complete notification.
  • Fixed an issue where Link Items displayed green if a new value needed to be written and the WriteComplete notification came back with an error.
  • Fixed an issue where the Link Item did not change from green to gray when the remote OPC server was unavailable due to a lost network connection.

LinkMaster Release Notes (3.0.75.0) April 17, 2013

Runtime

  • Fixed an issue in LinkMaster that caused some OPC servers to report “HR=C004000C (Duplicate names are not allowed)” when attempting to add groups.
  • Fixed an issue with LinkMaster’s Redundancy feature where the Secondary (Hot) and Secondary (Warm) modes would not resume as expected after a broken server connection was re-established’
  • Fixed an issue where configuration changes made to LinkMaster’s Redundancy feature could break links.

Configuration

  • Suppressed connection-related error messages from being posted to the Event Viewer during a Save or Save As operation.
  • Fixed an issue where the Configuration became unresponsive during a Save or Save As operation.

Event Viewer

  • Fixed an issue with LinkMaster’s event icon severity levels, where some events listed as errors should have been listed as warnings.

License Utility

  • Fixed an issue where the License Utility could stop running when launched on certain operating systems. The utility was using an invalid method to de-allocate specific Strings.
  • Expanded support for RAID hard drive configurations, virtual environments, and operating systems.

LinkMaster Release Notes (3.0.70.0) February 21, 2012

Enhancements

  • Initial release of version 3 LinkMaster
  • Improved support for Windows 7, Vista, and Server 2008
  • Separate Runtime and Configuration
  • Interactive Update mode for Configuration application
  • Security enhancements for User Manager feature
  • Stand-alone License Management Utility with enhanced Hardware Key support
  • Processor Affinity for Multicore Processors (Restrict process to specific CPUs)
  • Process Priority Management (Run process at a higher priority)
  • Enhanced Project Management (Project specific settings travel with project)
  • OPC Connection Security

LinkMaster Release Notes (2.40.132.0) December 22, 2010

Enhancements

  • LinkMaster now allows a connection to an OPC server whose ProgID has been redirected.
  • Extended the Dead Value range from 0 through 65535 to -65535 through 65535.
  • Added support for LinkGroup-level CSV import/export.
  • Input items will no longer be polled when “Enable Link Transfers” is disabled in the Link Group.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where if LinkMaster was running in Service Mode and the desktop shortcut (or System Tray icon) was double-clicked, the UI did not come to the foreground.
  • Fixed an issue in which scaling was not being applied to writes in certain situations despite being enabled. This occurred when a link item experienced a write failure: retries would write the raw value instead of the scaled value.
  • Fixed an issue in which a deadlock could occur when attempting to import a project-level .CSV file that contains errors.
  • Fixed an issue in which changes made to the Access Path setting in the Link Item Outputs dialog would not allow users to add or update the modification unless another setting was also modified on that same page.
  • Fixed an issue with the Redundancy functionality in which the Secondary LinkMaster application would not restart the Source or Target OPC server if its secondary redundancy mode (such as Warm, Cold, or Hot) was modified.
  • Fixed an issue where the CSV Import removed embedded double quotes.