Reliance 4 – Change Log

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 20 (Revision 69277)

Released: 9/17/2026

Notepad, Real-Time Trend, Real-Time Chart, Equithermal Curve components

improved handling print commands on operating systems without an installed printer (a warning is now displayed)

Reliance Design development environment

RELI-84147 – Data Structure Manager: Siemens devices – fixed order-based field addressing (when calculating addresses, a data structure field's data type is now taken into account instead of the tag type)
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – fixed setting the change flag after correcting invalid item IDs
Project Structure Manager: CSV export/import – communication channel – added the "ProtocolVersion" property
component styles: included the "Rounding" property group in the Round Bar component style
component styles: included the "Border" property group in vector component styles
RELI-85209 – component styles: "Apply Style" command – fixed handling the font name
RELI-84549 – Select Picture dialog: optimized loading pictures before displaying the dialog (previously, all pictures were loaded into memory at once)
Project Options: added the option "Warn about project operated on SSD hard drive" (Runtime > Other)

Runtime software

improved checking if the same project is already running
access to dBASE data tables via TDBF: fixed creating a new table (file) when physical field names are too long – the table is now created without those fields and an error message appears
added closing the audio file after playing it (previously, the file remained open and it was not possible to overwrite it when updating the project)
scripts: RSys.SetWord method – fixed checking the WordNumber parameter
write command log message for string-type tags: fixed the previous value shown in the message text (in some cases, it was not displayed in full)
updated the Slovak localization

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

removed the unintended movement of the main window to the primary monitor when attempting to drag it with the mouse if a custom position and size of the main window are used and window movement is disabled at the same time
historical alarm/event viewer: time filter – fixed the default date (previously 2/1/2019, now the time range of the last 10 days)
RELI-83913 – trend viewers: fixed setting the axis scale after returning from the zoom mode
trend viewer: added canceling the zoom mode before saving the trend settings

Communication drivers

fixed evaluating the error in communication with a device when the maximum number of faulty communications is reached (it is now evaluated when the maximum number of consecutive faulty communications for the given device is reached; previously, it was evaluated when the maximum number of faulty communications for a single communication packet was reached)

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed incorrectly evaluating the loss of connection to a device when updating a tag value using the "Update Tag Value" command
fixed sending a command to an incomplete segmented data-reception sequence

SNMP Communication Driver

fixed checking the numbering of a received message (the check did not work correctly if the device returns the number in four bytes)

Allen-Bradley Communication Driver

fixed reading tags whose addresses are next to each other (applies to the Micrologix and CompactLogix models)

OPC UA Client

fixed initializing the folder used for storing OPC UA client settings (previously, communication with OPC UA servers could fail and the message "The dataFEED OPC UA .NET SDK was running under the Demo Mode. The demo runtime of 90 minutes is elapsed." could be displayed)
altered the default behavior of the OPC UA client when adding monitored tags to a group (it now matches Reliance 4.9.0, Update 18; the behavior can be modified using the "DisconnectBeforeAddingItems" parameter in the configuration file %PUBLIC%\Documents\GEOVAP\Reliance4\OPCUAClient\uaclient.config)

Utilities

RDT File Editor: fixed the sort direction for columns of type Bool

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 19 (Revision 62779)

Released: 2/5/2025

Reliance Smart Client

Container component: communication channel – fixed displaying multiple containers in a single window

Allen-Bradley Communication Driver

the communication driver's address is used as a connection serial number when communicating through Ethernet/IP, which allows concurrently connecting to one PLC from two Reliance projects

OPC UA Client

accelerated adding tags to OPC groups for Wago OPC UA servers (this requires manually adjusting the configuration file C:\Users\Public\Documents\GEOVAP\Reliance4\OPCUAClient\uaclient.config)

Reliance OPC UA Server

set the default value of the NodeIdDelimiter parameter to "/" if the parameter is not defined within the configuration file (this parameter affects the generation of the NodeId identifier)

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 18 (Revision 61432)

Released: 11/7/2024

All modules

"Quick Filter" command: fixed displaying nonmatching results (previously, nonmatching results were displayed even when the quick filter was turned off)

Equithermal Curve component

fixed evaluating invalid tag values for distinguishing (bordering) the component

Reliance Design development environment

RELI-82514 – Data Structure Manager: fixed importing data structure fields of type "array of data structures" from an XML file in accordance with IEC EN 61131-3
RELI-83658 – Data Structure Manager: Siemens devices – fixed order-based field addressing (fixed calculating the address of the data structure field following a field of the BOOL data type)

Runtime software

alarms/events in an SQL database: added finding the highest record ID after losing and restoring the connection to the database server
alarms/events in an SQL database: replaced the SQL query for the number of records in the table with a query for finding the highest record ID

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

a root certificate is now not required for secure communication via HTTPS

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

alarm/event viewers: fixed canceling quick filtering (previously, filtering by device remained active after canceling the filter)
report viewer: print preview, CSV export – fixed filtering data by time range
report viewer: CSV export – fixed formatting numerical values (they no longer contain the thousands separator)

Reliance Smart Client

Combo Box component: the combo box cannot be now expanded if the component is disabled

Reliance Web Client

trend viewer: removed the "Values Format" property in the dialog for setting up the trend (the format is now set automatically based on the locale settings)
trend viewer: fixed formatting time axis values (previously, the formatting tag "tt" used for the AM/PM value was handled incorrectly)
button-type components: fixed displaying text for state 1 (text for state 0 is now used if no text for state 1 is specified; sporadically, this rule didn't work)
Web Client Launcher: updated the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to version 13.0.2

DNP3 Communication Driver

fixed receiving an unsolicited message for devices with more than one communication channel
fixed switching communication to the backup channel for devices whose "Require confirmation" option is active

KNX Communication Driver

fixed receiving data (data is now only received from a communication message of type APCI_GROUP_VALUE_RESP)

Reliance OPC UA Server

project-defined tags are now imported to Reliance OPC UA Server including the "Alias" and "Description" properties shown in the OPC UA server as "DisplayName" and "Description"

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 17 (Revision 59921)

Released: 6/12/2024

Reliance Design development environment

Device Manager: structured tags in a Teco device – fixed order-based field addressing (fixed calculating the address of the data structure fields following a field of the String or Array of String data type)
RELI-83386 – Window Manager: fixed enabling the "Delete" and "Rename" commands for a folder
String Manager: Multi-line Editor – fixed saving changes using the "Save" command (previously, changes were not saved in single-language projects)
String Manager: Multi-line Editor – fixed processing changes when moving from one string to the previous or next (previously, changes were saved even when the user didn't want to save them)
Project Structure Manager: computer – fixed the wrong display of property groups in the text field below the "Adopt primary server properties" option (the "Redundancy" page)
Restore Project from Backup Wizard: fixed restoring projects containing hidden files

Button-type components

fixed the "Offset X" property for a button's picture if the picture's alignment is set to "Top" or "Bottom"

Vector components

component editor: fixed changing the line style of the error state's border (previously, the line style could not be changed if the line's width was greater than 1)

Reliance Smart Client

fixed evaluating special internal tags at the client side
Display component: fixed displaying the component's standard popup menu
Combo Box component: added setting a default item after attempting to set the value when there are insufficient access rights

Modbus Communication Driver

fixed reading a HIMA device's alarms/events (previously, they were read even when this function was disabled)

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed decoding data received by the COV function

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 16 (Revision 59280)

Released: 4/24/2024

Runtime software

OPC UA devices: OPC group tag registration is now performed even if it is not possible to change the OPC group's state and update interval

License Service

fixed starting the service (in version 4.9.0, Update 15, the service failed to start)

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 15 (Revision 59077)

Released: 4/10/2024

All modules

selection dialog boxes: fixed the list of displayed objects in the "Flat List" view mode (previously, disabled objects could be displayed)
selection dialog boxes: fixed canceling quick filtering (sporadically, the "Access Violation" error occurred)
custom reports of type FastReport: Chart object – fixed displaying a chart in Windows with the window scale greater than 100 % (previously, the chart picture could be scaled down)

Real-Time Trend component

fixed saving a static link to a real-time trend

Reliance Design development environment

RELI-82683, RELI-82425 – Data Structure Manager: Siemens devices – fixed order-based field addressing (fixed calculating the address of the data structure field following a field of the STRING or BOOL data type)
RELI-82553 – Data Structure Manager: fixed importing a field of the DTL data type for Siemens devices
RELI-83245 – Data Structure Manager: fixed importing data structures for Allen-Bradley devices from a file exported by the RSLogix 5000 environment
Data Structure Manager: fixed importing data structures and tags from the ST format in accordance with IEC EN 61131-3 (handled the situation when the name of a data structure, field, or tag contains "TYPE")
Window Manager: fixed displaying a window's ID in the status bar
RELI-83198 – Window Manager: fixed duplicating layers when duplicating a window
Component Manager: fixed displaying identical values of common properties if multiple components of the same type are selected within a visualization window
Project Structure Manager: fixed entering a MAC address exceeding a size of 4 bytes for a connected BACnet device's communication channel
RELI-83297 – Script Manager: "Insert Parameter" command – fixed the error that caused removing the first character from the parameter text if the text starts with a "|" character
Project Options: the "Active alarm sound" property renamed "Active unacknowledged alarm sound" (Alarms/Events > Sounds)
Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing component security
Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing the "Run application" action type
Project Diagnostics: fixed checking a state list in the Time Program component

Runtime software

if a project fails to run, tags' last values are not saved to avoid overwriting a file
added passing the logged-on user's ID to scripts run for some events

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

report viewer: print preview – set numerical values' cell format based on a report item's tag when saving the report in the Microsoft Excel format (previously, all cells were in a text format)
alarm/event panel: fixed the bubble help's text for a picture displaying the alarm/event status (previously, if the alarm/event was acknowledged, the bubble help displayed "Has not been acknowledged")

Reliance Web Client

BACnet – Time Program component: fixed displaying and editing the time program
fixed loading SVG images that contained other images (e.g., PNG images)
Reliance Web Client Launcher: fixed the path to the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on Linux

Reliance Smart Client

fixed displaying a window's background picture (SVG)

Communication drivers

fixed the interval between reception and transmission during communication on a serial port

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed evaluating a 6-byte MAC address
fixed evaluating a segmented message

M-Bus Communication Driver

altered reading data with the same quantity but different encoding so that backward compatibility is preserved
fixed reading a data message containing a value of type "Specific functions"
fixed reading data stored in BCD

Allen-Bradley Communication Driver

fixed sending Ack after receiving Enq from a device

Sauter Communication Driver

fixed the error that occurred when starting communication with a device

Siemens Communication Driver

fixed decoding the value of a tag of the DTL data type if the number of nanoseconds was in a range between 999000000 and 1000000000

Reliance OPC UA Server

the "MaxRequestAge" parameter is now made available within the Monitoring Client settings (MaxRequestAge specifies the maximum age of a client request)
changed the default communication port from 65555 to 40010 (opc.tcp) and from 65554 to 40011 (http)
added logging writing a tag

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 14 (Revision 55910)

Released: 6/30/2023

Reliance Design development environment

RELI-82405 – Device Manager: changed the default properties of a Siemens device's new tag so that they match the most common usage
Device Manager: fixed the behavior when changing the address of a Siemens device's structured tag

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

fixed the error that occurred when attempting to activate a disabled window

Communication drivers

the number of repeated unsuccessful attempts to open a communication channel at the response timeout interval is now limited by the number of erroneous communications, further attempts are made at the interval for establishing communication with the device
fixed the behavior that occurred when a PLC disconnected a TCP socket during tag-controlled communication (previously, the driver did not attempt to establish communication; turning the communication on/off via a control tag helped)

Generic Driver

fixed sending a user-defined message

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed the function for detecting whether or not a received packet is segmented
fixed decoding a COV message

Johnson Controls Communication Driver

enabled enforcing writing tags on the registers ADI, BD, AI

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 13 (Revision 55237)

Released: 5/17/2023

All modules

RELI-82393 – "Quick Filter" command: fixed filtering (previously, the set filter could not be canceled)

Reliance Design development environment

RELI-81422 – Data Structure Manager: Siemens devices – fixed order-based field addressing
Device Manager: OPC UA devices – altered and expanded the "Time units in OPC UA server" property's value list
Project Structure Manager: fixed selecting a communication channel after adding a Siemens device
Script Manager: fixed the label of the "Repeat interval" property's time format (the previous label was hh:mm:ss:fff)
"Select Tag" dialog box: fixed the error that sporadically occurred when displaying the list of devices
fixed generating a security audit on Windows 11

Runtime software

fixed filtering alarms/events by groups

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

"System Information" window: fixed localizing text strings (it did not work when failing to start a project)
RELI-82350 – trend viewer: added changing the range of trend series' custom axes after zooming

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

updated the library: OpenSSL 1.0.2u

Data Grid component

fixed directly editing values using a drop-down list (previously, writing a tag occurred when starting direct editing)

Reliance Smart Client

Real-Time Trend component: fixed the behavior if there is an invalid link to a real-time trend

Reliance Web Client

alarm/event viewers: fixed saving the quick filter's settings
Time Program, Teco – Time Program components: fixed displaying a time program's columns

Communication drivers

accelerated the speed of communication by reducing the time between preparing and sending a packet
accelerated the algorithm of priority tag reading after writing data
handled the situation when a driver sends several prepared communication packets even after terminating communication through a control tag

OMRON Communication Driver

RELI-82474 – fixed reading tags of type String (previously, text was truncated if a new value was shorter than the original one)

Siemens Communication Driver

fixed fast writing multiple digital-type tags with the same address (previously, the other bits were set incorrectly)
handled the situation when a communication packet's delay is greater than the timeout (previously, the connection was lost and restored)

OPC UA Client

accelerated OPC group tag registration

Utilities

RDT File Editor: "Save As" command – previously, overwriting the existing file was impossible
RDT File Editor: "Search Results" window – fixed displaying text strings

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 12 (Revision 53378)

Released: 1/17/2023

All modules

RELI-81637 – object lists: fixed changing the position of an object within a list through a drag-and-drop operation (the list was displayed from the beginning)

Reliance Design development environment

Data Structure Manager: fixed importing the number of characters for tags of type String defined within a Siemens device (by default, it is 254 characters)
Device Manager: fixed updating controls for an M-Bus device's tag
Device Manager: increased the maximum value of a Modbus device's address from 247 (Modbus specification) to a maximum possible value of 255
Device Manager: fixed exporting/importing the "Ref" property of a Johnson Controls FX15 device's tag
Device Manager: OPC UA devices – enabled the "Security policy" property even if the "Security mode" property is set to "Digital signature"
Device Manager: Modbus devices – fixed copying archives' settings when duplicating a device
Script Manager: Source Block Tools – fixed formatting code (the "Indent" command)
RELI-81617 – Window Manager: fixed importing windows (the Combo Box component)
Project Structure Manager: improved searching using the "Find Object" command (added the Communication Channel object type to the "Select Object Type" dialog)
RELI-81439 – Project Diagnostics: fixed checking the secondary server's communication channels and object folders (when using redundancy)
Replace Object Properties Wizard: fixed text replacement for an object of type user (the operation failed if Active Directory was used for user authentication)
Replace Object Properties Wizard: ensured the preservation of the uniqueness of object names
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: fixed exporting sounds of alarms/events
fixed performing a security audit (the operation failed if the project contained redundant servers)

Runtime software

Modbus devices: fixed testing whether a Modbus device is in the Slave mode

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

"Enter Tag Value" dialog: fixed displaying notifying when exceeding the limits (user-defined text strings displayed when exceeding the specified min. and max. limits were interchanged)
"Log On User" dialog: fixed the error (exception) that occurred when closing the virtual keyboard after unsuccessful user log-on
Project Manager: improved searching using the "Find Object" command (added the Communication Channel, Trend Chart Axis, and Trend Chart Axis Folder object types to the "Select Object Type" dialog)
historical alarm/event viewer: added sending an alarm/event-related note to other computers (clients, servers)

Data Grid component

fixed the error (exception) that might have occurred when ending directly editing values after losing focus
fixed directly entering a string-type tag's value (previously, editing the value ended after it was changed)

Notepad component

"Export" command: added storing a text string's encoding in a text file

Reliance Smart Client

improved the automatic scale in the responsive mode (the entire visualization is now always displayed)
fixed painting components whose area stretched into another window (pane)
Data Grid component: fixed word wrapping
Button, Check Box components: fixed setting a tag value from the component when the main tag's negation is enabled
trend viewer: added the possibility to position the legend either on the right or on the left (outside the trend's area)

Communication drivers

added restarting a communication channel of type TCP Socket Server if no client is connected and the time that has passed since the last communication is longer than the connection timeout
accelerated searching for and deleting the oldest log files

Teco Communication Driver

fixed the name of the main log file (it contained the word "driver" twice)

GE Fanuc Communication Driver

fixed communicating with multiple devices within a single network
fixed confirming segmented messages

M-Bus Communication Driver

fixed reading a flag that indicates the continuation of a message through a special function
fixed evaluating received data if a device contains multiple tags with the same quantity definition and a different data format

OMRON Communication Driver

fixed data reading for tags addressed in the extended memory via the FINS protocol

Siemens Communication Driver

added using a channel type when establishing communication with a device
fixed the name of the main log file (it contained the word "driver" twice)

Generic Driver

fixed updating special physical tags of type "Communication packet name"

Modbus Communication Driver

fixed finding a device by address when communicating through a communication channel of type "Network (Ethernet) – server mode"

Allen-Bradley Communication Driver

fixed detecting the source address of a device sending short confirmation messages for the DF1 protocol

Utilities

RDT File Editor: fixed sorting columns of the following data types: Bool, DateTime, Date, Time, TimeSpan

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 11 (Revision 49233)

Released: 3/16/2022

All modules

Activate License Wizard: "Retrieving registration key" step – fixed saving the registration key to a file
"Select Project Language" dialog: fixed selecting an item from the list after displaying the dialog
sending an email message through the SSL/TLS secure connection: added the possibility to set the "Connection security" property to SSL/TLS
"Select Tag" dialog box: fixed displaying the Device Manager right after changing the quick filter
"Quick Filter" command: fixed filtering (sporadically, items that don't meet quick-filter conditions may have been displayed)

Internet Explorer component

added the possibility to hide the context menu

Container component

RELI-70007 – trend: fixed displaying the legend docked within a trend

Grid component

component editor: fixed indicating a change of values when editing the "Horizontal division" and "Vertical division" properties (the "Static" and "Error" pages)

Button component

fixed displaying the warning dialog box that is shown when a tag value is not set within the required range

Data Grid component

fixed displaying the data grid in case the offset's value is negative
RELI-69853 – fixed updating a column displaying a string-type tag's value when the "Automatic sorting" and "Allow changing sorting" options are inactive
RELI-69822 – fixed the background color when dynamically controlling enabling the component
RELI-81225 – fixed saving a column's sorting direction settings to a user profile

Data Tree component

fixed the background color when dynamically controlling enabling the component
RELI-81121 – Tree Structure Editor: node – fixed checking for node type changes

Edit Box component

fixed displaying a test value

Bar component

fixed displaying the component without the fill and with an odd border width

Reliance Design development environment

fixed saving BMP images when enabling/disabling project encryption and exporting pictures to a CSV file (previously, pictures with a color depth of less than 24 bits were damaged)
Device Manager: handled the situation when a tag is imported with an error if the PUB_INOUT directive is not specified in the PUB file
Device Manager: fixed retrospectively calculating DIFE2, DIFE3, DIFE4, and DIFE5 according to the subsystem's number
Action Manager: added the possibility for actions of type "Show current alarms/events" and "Show historical alarms/events" to find matches using wildcard characters
Report Manager: fixed removing a file with user-defined filters after deleting the report from the manager
Project Structure Manager: removed the "Interval between two sent packets" property for a connected AMiT device's communication channel
Project Structure Manager: added the "Maximum concurrent data request count" property for a connected AMiT device's communication channel
RELI-69614 – Project Options: CSV export/import – fixed exporting alarms/events' custom background color (Alarms/Events > Types)
Project Options: increased the maximum value of the "Repeat interval" property (Alarms/Events > Sounds)
Replace Object Properties Wizard: fixed replacing some properties for tags, alarms/events, actions, data tables, custom reports, charts, chart axes
Project Diagnostics: fixed checking dynamically controlling component blinking (Pipe, Active Text, Active Picture, and vector components)
Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing derived tags of type Array element and Array element bit in case the source tag is defined within an AMiT device
RELI-70301 – fixed creating a shortcut

Runtime software

RELI-70267 – fixed updating the project via the Web server: if the project is run from the Reliance Design development environment, the project files that can change at runtime are not continuously updated (there was no complete update at project startup); there's no update in the opposite direction either, which means that any continuous changes made to the project at the startup of the Reliance Design development environment are not sent to the update server
added locking object lists when updating a project at runtime
RELI-81230 – fixed setting a string-type tag's value to an empty string if the "Perform only write commands that change value" option is active
RELI-69851 – scripts: fixed the RTag.GetTagValueAsStr method – previously, it returned an empty string for a tag whose quality was bad when the "Return value even if not valid" option was active (Project Options > Scripts > Other)
RELI-80718 – actions of type "Select array element": fixed executing an action (it could fail if there was no link to the tag controlling array elements' strings)
notifying of alarms/events by email is now performed in the background
fixed minor memory leaks

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

RELI-70303 – fixed applying the "Disable 'Start' menu" and "Hide task bar" restrictions in a multi-monitor Windows system
trend viewer invoked by the action of type "Show tag trend": replaced the standard "Customize Trend" editor, which is part of TeeChart components, with a customized editor
tag report viewer: fixed localizing text strings after changing the project language
tag report viewer: fixed displaying a report's alias in the title
report viewer: fixed memory leaks
alarm/event viewers: removed displaying the wait cursor when filtering alarms/events
trend viewer: fixed setting time in the "Enter Time Range" dialog (it now correctly converts to local time)

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

data server redundancy: reduced the interval for attempting to establish communication with the primary/priority server
Web server: fixed session expiration during user inactivity (the browser is minimized or another browser tab is displayed) longer than 1 minute; this could cause displaying an error message on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge
Web server: increased the stability when ending a session
Web server: improved the level of security
Web server: fixed minor memory leaks

Reliance Web Client

alarm/event viewers: fixed painting the grid (previously, it was not painted if alarms/events' custom colors were defined)
alarm/event viewers: fixed bulk acknowledging alarms/events (previously, the operation failed if selecting an alarm/event that did not require acknowledgment)
BACnet – Time Program component: fixed the errors that occurred when editing the time program
Bar component: fixed drawing the component with the central gradient

Reliance Smart Client

RELI-80615 – Picture component: fixed dynamically controlling the component's visibility
trend viewers: fixed displaying a trend with multiple samples with time stamps within a second
Data Grid component: fixed displaying long text strings that contain a space or an end-of-line character

Communication drivers

fixed releasing resources when searching for log files that are to be deleted
fixed the error that sporadically occurred when updating a tag value after shifting the time back
fixed communication through the UDP protocol if a device's URL is used instead of its IP address
avoided overwriting the memory when the amount of data received is larger than the size of the input buffer

DNP3 Communication Driver

fixed sending commands before acknowledging received data
fixed the Primary flag in the control byte of the packet for acknowledging the reception of data in the application layer
altered a command if Binary Output is defined as Byte
added a function for ignoring all received characters before the initial character
fixed logging an incomplete sequence of a segmented message
handled the situation when a device periodically returns NACK
added sending "reset link" after resetting a device's communication channel

SNMP Communication Driver

fixed receiving multiple messages at a time
added support for an address whose first character is a dot
fixed data reading on some devices

Allen-Bradley Communication Driver

fixed writing a digital-type tag
fixed decoding specific data for the SLC, CompactLogix, and Micro800 models
fixed writing a tag for the SLC model

OMRON Communication Driver

fixed communication packet numbering and address checking for the FINS protocol

Siemens Communication Driver

fixed overwriting the write mask for digital-type tags with the same address, but in a different data block (the error occurred when writing a tag)
fixed reading tags of type Array of Word, Array of Double Word, and Array of Float if the array is longer than the communication packet

Mitsubishi Communication Driver

fixed writing tags of type String whose length is odd, or whose length is even and a device's "Null-terminated String tags" option is active
fixed writing/reading a Bool-type tag addressed in the area whose address size is Word (D, TN, CN...) and the bit number ranges from 8 to 15

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 10 (Revision 45040)

Released: 2/25/2021

All components

RELI-69442 – state list CSV import: altered importing an empty string (previously, the original value was preserved, now it is overwritten)

Reliance Design development environment

Device Manager: OPC UA devices – set the data type of string-type tags imported from an OPC UA server to WideString (UCS-2)
Report Manager: fixed saving a report's "Data table" property after adding the report's first item (using the "Add Report Items" command)
Trend Manager: fixed positioning the "Adopt User Settings" command in the manager's popup menu
RELI-69442 – Project Options: object list CSV import (e.g., languages, SQL connections) – altered importing an empty string (previously, the original value was preserved, now it is overwritten)
RELI-69551 – Environment Options: fixed editing the foreground and background color of the code elements in scripts (Script Manager > Colors)
Project Diagnostics: Project Options – fixed selecting controls of the link to a script (Runtime > User Inactivity)

Runtime software

logging alarms/events to the PostgreSQL database system: fixed reconnecting to a database server after a failure occurs
IEC104 devices: fixed processing array-type tags' values
Container component: historical alarms/events – fixed alarm/event filtering in case tag-controlled custom filtering is used and also filtering by device and/or by alarm/event type

Reliance Web Client

fixed date formatting (previously, the "dddd" format character was incorrectly taken from the Windows settings)
BACnet – Time Program component: fixed specifying an all-day event

Reliance Smart Client

RELI-69527 – Gauge, Progress Bar, Progress Wheel, Scale components: fixed evaluating tag-controlled range limits (previously, a limit was not evaluated if the component was embedded into a window template)

Communication drivers

fixed the memory error that occurred when logging was active and when two or more communication channels were connected to a device
added an algorithm of sending all tags' values from a driver to the runtime software module that connected to the already running driver

Modbus Communication Driver

fixed reading a tag's values both through a communication zone and independently due to a different update interval

Communication drivers M-Bus, IEC 62056

fixed sending the SND_NKE function as a packet for establishing/checking communication faster than necessary with respect to the last communication with a device

DNP3 Communication Driver

fixed receiving several APDUs contained in a single message
fixed receiving data after a sequence interruption
fixed generating a new packet's number in the transport layer after receiving a segmented message
fixed the FIR and FIN flags in an Init communication packet's application layer
added support for receiving spontaneous data
sending requests for individual classes based on a flag that indicates data is ready in Internal Indications is only performed if receiving spontaneous messages is inactive

OPC UA Client

fixed the behavior of the client if an OPC UA server is not available when establishing communication (the connection will be established automatically once the server is available)

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 9 (Revision 44374)

Released: 12/11/2020

All modules

selection dialog boxes: fixed canceling quick filtering (sporadically, the "Access Violation" error occurred)
lists: CSV export/import – fixed exporting/importing items that contain an object with an ID (previously, an item ID was used instead of an object ID)

Button component

fixed the text replacement of the "Write const. value" option's value

Container component

window template: fixed updating the component in Reliance Design when changing a selected window template

Reliance Design development environment

RELI-68699 – added deleting elements that are no longer defined within the project when loading set-type properties (access rights, alarm/event groups, etc.)
managers: added displaying an error message if an error occurs while saving data to a file
Data Structure Manager: Siemens devices – fixed displaying the data type of a data structure field after opening the Data Structure Manager
Data Structure Manager: fixed importing data structures from the XML format (IEC EN 61131-3)
Device Manager: KNX devices – increased the maximum value of a tag's group address from 15 to 31
Script Manager: code completion – added the English description of the RTag.ShiftLeft and RTag.ShiftRight methods
Window Manager: prevented the user from creating multiple folders with the same name
RELI-69030 – Component Manager: fixed scrolling a blank list using the mouse scroll wheel (the "Properties" page)
Project Options: increased the DoS attack protection request limits (500/s for a single IP address and 2000/s for all requests)
RELI-68928 – Project Diagnostics: scripts – fixed checking the "Computer" property within the RDev.ConnectToCommDriver, RDev.ReceiveCustomDataReply, and RDev.SendCustomData methods
RELI-69119 – design window: fixed snapping the Container component to the grid if inserted into the window by dragging the window template with the mouse from the Window Manager

Runtime software

added deleting elements that are no longer defined within the project when loading set-type properties (access rights, alarm/event groups, etc.)
added support for connecting to Microsoft SQL Server via the Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server provider (driver)
OPC UA devices: fixed writing tags of type DateTime and Date if the "Time units in OPC UA server" property is set to "Milliseconds"
IEC104 devices: added generating alarms/events based on data received from a PLC even if a tag's time stamp is not newer than the previous time stamp
Modbus devices in the server mode: added initializing tags after restarting the communication driver
DMB devices: added initializing output tags (setpoints) after restarting the communication driver
actions of type "Run script": information on the component by which an action was invoked is now passed to a script
actions of type "Execute actions": information on the component by which an action was invoked is now passed to child actions
"Active alarm sound" property: added testing the "Standard sound" and "Custom sound" options
RELI-68916 – custom reports of type Text, Web page, and Web archive: fixed generating the name of a custom report's temporary file

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

"System Information" window: Network connections – fixed updating the list of network connections after switching the program language (previously, the number of displayed rows always changed to 1)
RELI-69034 – report viewer: fixed filtering a data table's records

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

RELI-68818 – server Web page: fixed navigating to the default page if it is set to the "Log On" option in the Project Options dialog
server Web page: report viewers – fixed displaying reports if restricting the number of records when greater than 500
server Web page: corrected the text of the error message displayed after unsuccessful user log-on if no user name was entered
the OpenSSL library's messages are now logged under the highest level of logging
corrected the SOAP API help system

Reliance Web Client

RELI-69187 – fixed links to the server (they may have contained a double slash)

Reliance Smart Client

RELI-68860 – fixed the GDI object leaks on the server that could cause the "Out of system resources" error
notifying of an insufficient license on the server is now displayed only once per Web server session
corrected the text of the error message displayed after unsuccessful user log-on if no user name was entered
trend viewer: fixed data's time range when in transition to the last data
trend viewer: fixed displaying the ruler if a series' "Stairs" option is activated
report viewers: fixed the command for restoring a report (previously, it added a page to the history)

Communication drivers

fixed listing the error that occurred when decoding received data on a secondary (backup) channel (previously, the error occurred in the packet list for the active channel)

OMRON Communication Driver

fixed optimizing communication

Siemens Communication Driver

added checking the packet number
added support for the DTL (Date_Time_Long) data type

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed receiving data from a different device with the same IP address
fixed receiving communication messages whose header also contains a destination address

IEC 104 Communication Driver

RELI-68816 – fixed repeatedly sending the StartData command after restoring communication on the primary channel; fixed switching to a secondary (backup) channel if the Disconnect command is sent by the device before the connection is interrupted; fixed sending the Disconnect command to a secondary (backup) channel if a communication error occurs on the active channel

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 8 (Revision 43193)

Released: 9/1/2020

Reliance Design development environment

Device Manager: fixed importing tags from TIA Portal in the XLSX format (previously, the import didn't work properly if the imported file contained more than 9 lines)
RELI-68792 – Report Manager: fixed the replacement of the report's link to the data table when duplicating the report

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

Web server: fixed the X-Frame-Options HTTP header

Reliance Web Client

fixed the list of available custom reports
fixed loading a window that contains an AMiT – Time Program component
alarm/event viewers: fixed displaying notifying of insufficient access rights for acknowledging alarms/events
Data Grid and Data Tree components: fixed the components' background color

Reliance Smart Client

fixed the list of available custom reports
fixed checking access rights for displaying the default window (Initial window)
fixed dynamically controlling the visibility of a Container component with an embedded window template

Siemens Communication Driver

RELI-68826 – fixed the memory error that caused a communication failure

OPC UA Client

fixed the wrong behavior of the client in case of the occurrence of duplicate session identifiers, which can happen during communication with multiple OPC UA servers at the same time

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 7 (Revision 42720)

Released: 7/21/2020

All modules

RELI-68387 – managers: accelerated duplicating multiple selected objects (e.g., tags)
managers: CSV import – fixed importing values from a CSV file's last column (previously, an empty string was not imported)

All components

fixed components' anchors in the runtime software in windows whose size can be changed

Container component

custom report: fixed changing the scale of a visualization window (zoom) in the runtime software (previously, the scale of report pages were undesirably changed)
component editor: fixed enabling controls

Picture component

fixed removing linking the component to a picture

Real-Time Chart component

fixed loading a series' settings from a user profile

Data Tree component

Tree Structure Editor: node editor – removed setting a flag that indicates a change after displaying the editor
Tree Structure Editor: fixed handling the F4 key (undesirable behavior in Reliance Design)
component editor: fixed the error that sporadically occurred when confirming the dialog

Data Tree, Notepad, Equithermal Curve components

RELI-68376 – fixed drawing the component in Reliance Design after loading a visualization window

Data Grid component

fixed highlighting the even rows with a different color while the "Select whole row" option is inactive

Reliance Design development environment

Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – fixed setting a custom template's file name
Script Manager: fixed enabling the "New Script" command
Picture Manager: fixed editing pictures in encrypted projects (previously, changes made to a picture were not saved)
Picture Manager: added the possibility to cancel editing pictures
Window Manager: fixed duplicating a window
Project Structure Manager: server connection – added disabling/enabling the "Client and server use same alarm/event table" option (previously, it was always enabled)
fixed the behavior of the "Select String" dialog (Ctrl+Space); changes can now be canceled

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

report viewer: filters – fixed filtering for columns displaying string-type tags' values
trend viewer: fixed saving series vertical axes' settings to a user profile
RELI-68668 – trend viewer: fixed automatically positioning series vertical axes above each other if some series use the same axis
RELI-68445 – historical alarms/events: custom filter editor – fixed the "Enter Value" command for the "Occurrence count" column (previously, the command did not bring up the "Occurrence count" dialog)
fixed display updates after monitor connection/disconnection

Reliance Control Server, Reliance Server

server Web page: report viewer – fixed filtering reports (previously, when no record met the conditions of report filters, the viewer displayed a line with question marks)
fixed the REST API function if HTTPS is disabled

Reliance Web Client, Reliance Smart Client

fixed the list of objects (e.g., trends or reports) available to the thin clients (the list of objects connected to the computer through the Project Structure Manager is taken into account)

Reliance Smart Client

vector components: fixed displaying a diagonal gradient
Grid component: fixed displaying the component if its border is hidden
trend viewer: fixed the behavior of the viewer when hiding series
fixed loading the settings from the Default user profile
fixed parameters in the trend viewer page's URL (removed the "d" parameter)

Communication drivers

fixed the interval between reception and transmission

Modbus Communication Driver

fixed communication with a Wago device (the problem of too long a message)

DNP3 Communication Driver

fixed processing data (the problem of a message that contained many digital values)

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed identifying a device when communicating over a BACnet router

IEC 104 Communication Driver

fixed sending the Disconnect command when an error in communication via the UDP protocol occurs (previously, the Disconnect command could be sent to the wrong device)

Installation program

Setup.exe launcher utility: increased the level of security
updated the hardware key drivers to version 8.11 (support for Windows 10 version 2004)

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 6 (Revision 41347)

Released: 4/16/2020

Real-Time Chart component

"Editing..." dialog: fixed setting the pie chart's radii

Reliance Design development environment

Device Manager: structured tags in a Teco device – fixed calculating the addresses of nested tags that follow a tag of type Array of String (previously, the "Null-terminated String tags" option was not taken into account when calculating the size of a tag of type Array of String)
Project Structure Manager: increased the maximum length of the "Community" property for a SNMP device's communication channel
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: fixed exporting window properties (the Web client didn't run scripts for window events)
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: fixed exporting sounds of alarms/events (the Web client didn't play sounds of some alarms/events)
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: exporting JNLP files for HTTPS is now performed only if HTTPS is enabled for a computer
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: fixed the wrong names of the JNLP files in the ThinClient_ConfigList.txt file

Reliance Web Client

Data Grid component: fixed undesirably setting the value of the tag that specifies a selected row to -1

Communication drivers

fixed the error in communication that occurred in projects where the packet list for the communication channel was inserted into a visualization window

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 5 (Revision 41033)

Released: 3/23/2020

All modules

RELI-67999 – logging system information: fixed the Windows build number
RELI-68000 – logging system information: fixed the list of network interface controllers
managers: fixed showing message dialogs if the "Search Results" window is open (previously, a message dialog could have stayed hidden behind the "Search Results" window)

Level Fill Picture component

fixed painting the component when exceeding the high warning or critical limits

Container component

component editor: fixed setting static links to embedded reports and custom reports

Reliance Design development environment

fixed a window file's XML format (it may have not been valid for some XML parsers)
Data Structure Manager, Device Manager: fixed importing the number of characters for data structure fields and tags of type Array of String
RELI-68062 – Device Manager: importing structured tags by ID – fixed searching for the project's existing tags by ID
Device Manager: fixed the default value of the "Tag type" property after adding a new tag to a GE Fanuc device
Device Manager: tag – added checking links to a state list and to tags on the "Range" page
Device Manager: tag – fixed the text replacement of value input bounds
Device Manager: fixed saving a HIMA device's properties (the "Advanced" and "Information" pages)
RELI-68120 – Window Manager: fixed displaying the list of windows after adding a new window folder
String Manager: fixed memory leaks

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

"Enter Tag Value" dialog: fixed writing tags of type DoubleWord and LargeInt (previously, values greater than 2147483647 could not be written)
trend viewer: fixed loading the trend legend's appearance settings
current alarm/event viewer: fixed checking positioning outside the screen during window activation

Reliance Smart Client

IP camera components – fixed an image transmission failure

Communication drivers

fixed communication with devices having the same IP address
fixed running a driver on Windows XP

IoT Communication Driver

fixed reading data from structured messages containing multiple parameters with the same name; now, the complete path (the names of all parameters separated by a period) can be entered

OMRON Communication Driver

optimized reading data via the FINS protocol; now, the driver uses the maximum communication packet length

Siemens Communication Driver

RELI-67970 – fixed communication with some types of devices when the maximum communication packet length is set to 255 bytes

Generic Driver

fixed receiving data during communication on a serial port

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed undesirably generating a ReadPropertyMultiple communication packet after project startup if a device does not have support for this communication function

Reliance OPC UA Server

fixed generating structured tags' address space

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 4 (Revision 40245)

Released: 1/21/2020

Reliance Design development environment

RELI-67902 – String Manager: fixed the fatal memory error that might have resulted in a data loss

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 3 (Revision 40186)

Released: 1/17/2020

Reliance Design development environment

Communication Driver Manager: added the Plum and GE Fanuc drivers to the list in the "Select Communication Driver Type" dialog
Data Structure Manager: CSV export/import – added the "Data type" property for a Siemens device's data structure field
Data Structure Manager: CSV export/import – added the "Property identifier" property for a BACnet device's data structure field
String Manager: fixed memory leaks
Project Diagnostics: fixed memory leaks

Runtime software

special internal tags of type "Current alarm/event count": fixed evaluating the number of unacknowledged alarms/events (only those alarms/events that require acknowledgment are counted)

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

fixed the memory leak that occurred when handling Web clients' requests
RELI-67835 – REST API: fixed the result of a request for a list of object folders (e.g., "device_folders")

Reliance Web Client

fixed processing alarms/events whose condition is of type "Event from device"

Reliance Smart Client

fixed displaying a window's background picture

Communication drivers

fixed the memory leak that occurred when multiple devices with the same IP address, the same port, and the TCP/IP communication protocol were defined
fixed communication on a serial port

Modbus Communication Driver

fixed server mode communication

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed reading the value of a Priority Array tag whose data type is Word if no priority is set for an object and the Present Value property is set to Relinquish Default
removed restricting the maximum number of a segmented message's received segments
added resetting the COV function's timers for all tags after a failure in communication with a device occurs

Installation program

added a missing file named R_DrvGEFanuc.dll

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 2 (Revision 39883)

Released: 12/18/2019

All modules

fixed the error that might have caused checking a new version of Reliance to end up in an endless loop

Reliance Design development environment

Project Diagnostics: fixed checking the uniqueness of the "WID" property for tags of AMiT devices (now, it is only checked within an AMiT device)

Reliance Design, Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

About box: fixed memory information

Runtime software

added creating a backup of a file in which tags' last values are stored if this file's contents fail to load

Communication drivers

fixed the error that might have caused processing a large number of write operations to end up in an endless loop

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed the error in communication to a device with address 1 located in another network

Utilities

Remote Control Center: fixed user authentication via Active Directory

Reliance 4.9.0, Update 1 (Revision 39826)

Released: 12/12/2019

Reliance Design development environment

Picture Manager: fixed the "Replace Picture" command (previously, changing a picture was not saved)

Runtime software

fixed logging historical data and alarms/events to the PostgreSQL database system
Active Directory: fixed changing a user password

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

scripts: RSys.PrintDbReport method – fixed printing rows that contain data from a database table
scripts: RSys.PrintDbReport method – fixed the summary calculations

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

server Web page: fixed user log-on

Reliance Smart Client

fixed logging off the user who was logged on automatically after project startup

Modbus Communication Driver

fixed server mode communication

OMRON Communication Driver

fixed respecting the maximum length of the FINS protocol's communication packet

Help and documentation

updated the Reliance Design manual
updated the Scripts manual

Reliance 4.9.0 (Revision 39695)

Released: 12/2/2019

Main Changes

Substantially accelerated running all Reliance modules.
Substantially accelerated loading a project and a number of other operations when working with large-scale projects.
Added the possibility to change the scale of visualization windows (zoom).
Added the possibility to create derived tags of different types (Bit, Array element, Array element bit, etc.).
Added a new method of updating a project – via the Web server.
Added a new method of user authentication – via Active Directory.
Added the possibility for data server redundancy to define multiple secondary servers.
Added support for sending log records to syslog servers.
Added the possibility to "Show tag report" (by choosing the command from a component's standard popup menu and by using a defined action).
Improved quick filtering: searching by using wildcard characters, filtering by object aliases, showing nonmatching results.
Added the possibility for Allen-Bradley Communication Driver to communicate with the following models: CompactLogix, Micro800, SLC5.
Added new communication drivers: a driver for GE Fanuc control systems communicating via the SNP protocol and a driver for Plum telemetry systems communicating via the GAZ-MODEM2 protocol.

All modules

used a new compiler (Delphi Rio, 10.3.2) and a user interface library (VCL)
extended the validity of the certificate by which the modules' files are signed
substantially accelerated running all Reliance modules
substantially accelerated loading and starting a project
improved logging information to a file
changed the maximum length of a user password to 72 characters (applies to passwords of users authenticated by Reliance)
changed the control for time editing
"Quick Filter" command: added searching by using wildcard characters
"Quick Filter" command: added the possibility to filter by object aliases
"Quick Filter" command: added the possibility to show nonmatching results
"Quick Filter" command: added the possibility to enforce updating the object list
managers: added commands for collapsing/expanding the object tree structure (tree-view)
managers: "Search Results" displayed after using the "Find Object" command – added handling the Ctrl+A keyboard shortcut for the "Select All" command
"Select Directory" dialog: fixed removing a directory using the Delete key
"Select Directory" dialog: fixed the behavior of the "New Folder" command
"Select Directory" dialog: fixed editing a newly added folder
"Select Directory" dialog: fixed localizing the default name of a new folder
selection dialog boxes: fixed displaying the status of the "View > Aliases" item
custom reports of type FastReport: fixed setting the DatabaseName property according to the SQLConnection property in an ADO Database object

All components

RELI-67682 – fixed displaying the border for components with invalid links to tags and for components linked to tags with invalid values

Animation component

enabled running an animation in Reliance Design when the animation speed is controlled by a tag
fixed playing an animation with its "Rewind to start" option being active
fixed dynamically controlling an animation's reverse operation

Components of type time program

enabled writing a time program into the memory of the runtime software if a device is not online

Time Program component

component editor: fixed saving changes made through the "Edit > Method" option
fixed reading a time program's configuration that was not stored in tags of type Array of Byte (8 b) and DataBlock

BACnet – Time Program component

fixed decoding a time program in the Real and Double formats
added displaying an edited value
added the possibility to edit an analog time program
added checking a time overlap of defined events

Internet Explorer component

added the possibility to run a Reliance project-defined script in the JavaScript code of the page displayed in the browser

Container component

report: fixed localizing the viewer when an error occurs (the link to a report is controlled by a tag)
report: added displaying the viewer if a database or a table is unavailable
report: added displaying an error message if a database or a table is unavailable
trend: removed the sporadic "List index out of bounds (0)" error
fixed memory leaks

Progress Wheel component

fixed drawing dynamic limits

Grid component

altered painting so that the height of rows (and the width of columns) is always the same

Picture component

fixed setting a picture's layout in the component editor

Pipe component

component editor: altered enabling/disabling the "Colors" properties' controls (the "Static" page)
component editor: fixed aligning controls (the "Static" page)

Data Tree component

Tree Structure Editor: cell editor – added the "Used" option
Tree Structure Editor: added the "Fix Missing Links" command (development environment)
added indicating an invalid link and an invalid value for tags that control node visibility
invalid links to tags and tags with invalid values are displayed based on the settings in the Project Options dialog (Components > Display)
cell of type "Display": fixed displaying units after changing the link to a tag
cells of type "Check box" and "Progress bar": fixed sorting cells in a tree column
fixed setting the sorting of a column saved to a user profile
fixed displaying changes to the link to a tag

Data Grid component

fixed scrolling outside a selected row
fixed terminating editing a real number in a cell's in-place editor
fixed word wrapping
fixed automatically sorting a data grid by column "-1"
fixed automatically sorting numeric-type tags
fixed dynamically controlling a selected row and column
fixed drawing a data grid
fixed memory leaks

Teco – IRC component

fixed evaluating an invalid value of the main tag
fixed enabling editing cooling temperatures for a selected module

Button component

added support for displaying the standard popup menu
fixed executing an action, running a script, and activating a window after clicking on a pressed button

Combo Box component

fixed dynamically controlling the component's item count

Sauter – Time Program component

fixed editing time

Wago – Time Program component

fixed displaying units

Notepad, Real-Time Trend, Real-Time Chart, Equithermal Curve components

fixed print restriction specified for a computer or user

Edit Box, Notepad components

fixed updating the components after the time specified by the "Update timeout" property expires

Edit Box component

RELI-67339 – fixed displaying values in components placed in templates embedded into Container components dynamically linked to a structured tag
fixed updating the value of a tag after writing data; the tag's value range is specified by a state list

Reliance Design development environment

moved the "Back Up Project" command from the Project menu to the File menu
moved the "Back Up Project" command from the Project toolbar to the Standard toolbar
"Configure Toolbars" dialog: fixed displaying the list of command names
managers: added the "Alias" column to the bottom list
Data Structure Manager: added generating field addresses based on their order for Siemens devices
Data Structure Manager: added importing data structures from the CSV format for Omron devices from the Sysmac development environment
Data Structure Manager: added importing data structures from the CSV format for Allen-Bradley devices from the Studio 5000 Logix Designer development environment
Data Structure Manager: handled importing data structures whose names contain a character that is identical with the object name separator
Data Structure Manager: fixed importing a Siemens device's array-type data structure field from the DB format
Data Structure Manager: fixed the import of the string length while importing data structures from the XML format (IEC EN 61131-3)
RELI-67270 – Data Structure Manager: set the default string length to 80 characters when importing a string with its length undefined from the XML format (IEC EN 61131-3)
Data Structure Manager: the enumeration is imported from the XML format (IEC EN 61131-3) as Word
Device Manager: added a new tag kind – "Derived"
Device Manager: added new types of derived tags – "Copy", "Array element", "Bit", "Array element bit", "Logical product (AND)", "Logical sum (OR)"
Device Manager: added the "Perform only write commands that change value" option for a tag (the "Advanced" page)
Device Manager: added the "Generate alarms/events from archive data" option for some device types (e.g., Elgas2)
Device Manager: alarm/event CSV export – removed "Column_151" (the alarm description was exported twice)
Device Manager: disabled the "Save last value" option for structured tags
Device Manager: structured tags of Omron devices – disabled the "Symbolic name" property if generated automatically
Device Manager: structured tags of MQTT devices – disabled the "Topic" property if generated automatically
Device Manager: tags nested in a structured tag from an IEC104 device – added disabling the "Qualifier" property if specified by a data structure field
Device Manager: added importing tags of Allen-Bradley devices from the Connected Components Workbench development environment
Device Manager: handled importing tags whose names contain a character that is identical with the object name separator
Device Manager: fixed importing tags from an EDE file that contains "keyname" instead of "# keyname"
Device Manager: added the CX model for Omron devices (this model differs from the other models in that it works with the String data type)
Device Manager: added importing tags of GE Fanuc devices from the Proficy Machine Edition development environment
Device Manager: added new types of special internal tags – "Project update is available" (only available for updating a project via the Web server), "Web server – received data", "Web server – sent data", "Program thread count", "Driver Server thread count", "Program GDI object count", "Driver Server GDI object count", "Program User object count", "Driver Server User object count", "Any user is logged on", "Logged-on user has specified access rights"
Device Manager: importing tags from an OPC UA server – removed verifying the OPC UA server's endpoint URL
Device Manager: importing tags from an OPC UA server – fixed importing tags to folders created in the "Import Tags from OPC UA Server" window
Device Manager: importing tags from an OPC UA server – added importing array-type tags' element count
Device Manager: importing tags from an OPC UA server – set the array element count to 0 for array-type tags whose dimensions are not defined in the OPC UA server
Device Manager: CSV export/import – added the "Alarm/event start delay" and "Alarm/event end delay" options for a tag
Device Manager: added the "Development environment compatibility" property for a Modicon device (if the "SoMachine Basic, Twido" option is selected, the driver computes the length of the %MD, %MF addresses in another way; if the "Unity Pro" option is selected, the driver decrypts the DateTime data type as an 8-byte string stored in BCD)
Trend Manager: CSV export/import – added vertical axis types (combo box) and the "Title" option for a trend series
Trend Manager: changed the default value of the "Paging" property to "Time range"
Report Manager: added the "Word wrap" option for report rows
Report Manager: moved the column list from the "Basic" page to a new page named "Columns"
Report Manager: fixed setting the font color after changing it from the "Select Font" dialog
Report Manager: report – removed a report's title preview, column header preview, and page footer preview
Report Manager: report item – removed an item's column header preview and column row preview
Report Manager: report item – altered editing the title
Report Manager: fixed linking a report item to a data table field
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – fixed formatting report item values based on a tag whose value range is specified by a state list
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – added deleting the IniFile parameter before saving a template
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – improved the "Select Series Type" dialog for a Chart object
Custom Report Manager: added support for keyboard shortcuts in the viewer
User Manager: added a new method of user authentication – via Active Directory
User Manager: disabled the "User must change password" and "Password never expires" options if Windows is used for user authentication
User Manager: fixed duplicating the user that has not yet been saved
Action Manager: added the "Select array element" action type
Action Manager: added the "Show tag report" action type
Action Manager: added the possibility for the "Run application" action type to set a directory in which the application should start
Action Manager: added the possibility for the "Run application" action type to dynamically control the "Application file" property
Action Manager: added the "Enable context menu" option for the "www link" action type
Script Manager: accelerated replacing text in scripts
Script Manager: added the RSys.ShowTagDbReport method
Script Manager: changed the default settings of the "Find Text" and "Replace Text" dialogs' options
Script Manager: added the "Replace in Scripts" command
Script Manager: script – added the "Enable running from embedded Web browser" option
Script Manager: script – hidden the "Terminate after exceeding max. execution time" option if not used by any project-defined script
Picture Manager: added the possibility to edit a picture in encrypted projects
RELI-4545 – Picture Manager: fixed updating picture thumbnails
Device Manager, Data Structure Manager: special internal tags of type Date, Time, Date/time, Project start date/time, and Last run script date/time – added the possibility to configure the "Time stamp base" property
Communication Driver Manager: changed the default value of the "Communication channel main loop interval" property
Project Structure Manager: computer – data server redundancy – added the possibility to define multiple secondary servers
Project Structure Manager: computer – added an option for the new method of updating a project (via the Web server)
Project Structure Manager: computer – added selecting Active Directory servers
Project Structure Manager: computer – added selecting syslog servers for sending log records
Project Structure Manager: computer – added a storage location for certificates
Project Structure Manager: computer – added the "Log information to file" option (the "Other" page)
Project Structure Manager: server connection – added a property named "Server response timeout before using secondary connection"
Project Structure Manager: communication channel – added the possibility to define a reception port even for communication over TCP
Project Structure Manager: IEC104 device communication channel – fixed displaying the "Data transfer refresh interval" property's units
Window Manager: quick filter – added the "Title" column
Window Manager: accelerated bulk deleting windows
design window: added support for component styles (commands: "Copy Style", "Apply Style", etc.)
design window: removed window-template blinking if the template contains no components
design window: fixed enabling/disabling commands in grouped components' popup menu
design window: fixed enabling/disabling commands in the main menu when selecting a component by pressing the right mouse button
Replace Object Properties Wizard: fixed replacing access rights in the design window and components
Replace Object Properties Wizard: fixed replacing font names in components
Replace Object Properties Wizard: fixed replacing confirmation text in components
RELI-66624 – Replace Object Properties Wizard: fixed replacing the alarm types property in the Container component (embedded objects: Current alarms/events and Historical alarms/events)
Replace Object Properties Wizard: fixed replacing the custom filter property in the Container component (embedded object: Historical alarms/events)
Replace Object Properties Wizard: fixed replacing the communication channel property in the Container component (embedded object: Communication channel)
Back Up Project Wizard, Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: set the correct date and time for files compressed in ZIP archives
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: substantially reduced the size of the Web Client export files in case of a large number of configurations
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: substantially accelerated the export of projects with a large number of windows
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: removed unsupported commands from the computer list's popup menu
Project Diagnostics: added checking the "Terminate script on error" option
Project Diagnostics: added checking items in FastReport-type custom report templates (for ID-defined items)
Project Diagnostics: added checking circular references for actions of type "Execute actions"
Project Diagnostics: added checking the installed BDE drivers for data tables of type dBASE and Paradox
Project Diagnostics: accelerated checking custom reports of type FastReport that contain ADO Database objects
Project Diagnostics: accelerated checking SQL connections in custom reports of type FastReport
Project Diagnostics: component locations can now be detected outside the window bounds
Project Diagnostics: added notifying when the "Handled exceptions" option is active (Project Options > Runtime > Logging)
Project Diagnostics: fixed displaying the number of issues in the folder of device tags
Project Diagnostics: fixed checking updating tags in a folder
Project Diagnostics: fixed detecting the use of text strings in custom reports of type FastReport
Project Diagnostics: fixed checking custom reports of type FastReport
Project Diagnostics: fixed the wrong evaluation of an unused object of type Communication zone
Project Diagnostics: fixed the wrong evaluation of a missing value of the "ItemID" property for an OPC device's tag
Project Diagnostics: fixed the wrong evaluation of a missing value of the "NodeId" property for an OPC UA device's tag
Project Diagnostics: altered the prefix of the issue description in item lists and scripts
Project Diagnostics: Diagnostics Results, Object Usage Search Results – removed closing the window when pressing the Esc key
Project Diagnostics: fixed memory leaks
Project Options: added options for setting up the program's behavior during user inactivity (Runtime > User Inactivity)
Project Options: now, after confirming the dialog, the properties changed by the user are the only ones to be checked
Project Options: added the "Allow running in older version of program" option (Runtime > Start and Termination)
Project Options: added the "Log only write commands that change value" option (Tags > Input and Writing)
Project Options: SQL connection – added the "Backup connection" option
Project Options: added options for the new method of user authentication (Active Directory)
Project Options: added new types of log records – System information and Security
Project Options: added options for syslog servers
Project Options: CSV export/import – added the "Alarm/event group type" property
Project Options: handled setting duplicate object names in lists
Project Options: altered adding a new item to the item list (the new item is now added right below the item you select)
Project Options: Web > API – fixed enabling and disabling the controls
Environment Options: added the possibility to set up the method of browser emulation for Internet Explorer in Windows
Environment Options: fixed the picture format descriptions in the English version (Picture Manager > Editors; previously, they were displayed in Czech)

Runtime software

network communication between runtime software modules: increased the level of security
network communication between runtime software modules: added deleting a command queue when the communication with the server is interrupted
network communication between runtime software modules: client–server redundancy – now, the client switches to a connection with higher priority only after receiving the first valid communication packet from the server (previously, this was performed immediately after establishing communication)
network communication between runtime software modules: client–server redundancy – added switching to the next connection in order if the server on the current connection does not respond for a specified time
OPC UA devices: added assuming tags' values and quality after communication with the OPC UA server is restored (previously, the tags' quality remained set to bad until the next value change)
IEC104, DNP3, DLMS, MQTT devices: altered checking the sequence of real-time data's time stamps (now, the value whose time stamp is identical with that of the previous value is also processed)
scripts: handled repeatedly calling the RSys.RestartProject method in quick succession
RELI-67548 – reports: fixed checking available archive files
accelerated terminating scripts at project termination/restart
logging is now performed in a separate thread
enabled logging debug information before loading a project
after restarting a project, the user who was logged on before the restart will be logged on automatically
added sending log records to selected syslog servers

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

added the possibility to change the scale of visualization windows (zoom)
alarm/event viewers: status bar – extended the area for displaying the alarms/events' start date/time and their total number
historical alarm/event viewer: fixed the automatic update button's title
"System Information" window: removed the "Devices", "Data tables", "Tags", and "DDE sharing" pages
information about starting and terminating a project is now more detailed
scripts: added further information to the data object returned by the RScr.GetCurrentScriptDataEx method (the CustomIntPar1 and CustomStrPar1 properties)
removed the query regarding waiting for terminating a script after a request for project termination/restart
main window title bar: added displaying a visualization window's scale
components' standard popup menu: added the "Show Report" command
alarm/event viewers: added disabling/enabling the "Quick Filter" command according to the alarm/event list's row count
alarm/event viewers: fixed sorting by the "Occurrence count" column
trend viewer: tag trend – fixed loading the trend appearance's design settings
trend viewer: the ruler is now positioned on the last record after opening the viewer
report viewer: added the "Update" command for updating the Navigation panel
report viewer: added the "Auto-Update" command for automatically updating the Navigation panel
report viewer: added the "Sort" command, which specifies a report's record order
report viewer: removed the following commands from the Navigation panel's popup menu – "Collapse All", "Expand All", "Collapse Node", "Expand Node"
report viewer: altered enabling/disabling commands according to the availability of data in a data table
report viewer: fixed localizing error messages
report viewer: summary calculations – fixed calculating an average value for a column
report viewer: fixed detecting the last record loaded from a data table
report viewer: fixed displaying the time range in the viewer's status bar
report viewer: improved automatically selecting a node in the Navigation panel
report viewer: fixed displaying data from archive files
report viewer: fixed loading the viewer appearance's design settings
report viewer: accelerated loading data when displaying the viewer
report viewer: summary calculations – added formatting a report item's summary calculation values based on a tag
report viewer: print preview – fixed setting the summary calculations' legend font
report viewer: print preview – the "Export Report" command renamed "Save Report"
fixed enabling/disabling the "Change Password" command during user verification through Windows

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

network communication between runtime software modules: altered the logic of generating the message that contains information about establishing and restoring communication with clients (the message is generated only after receiving the first valid communication packet from a client)
data server redundancy: added support for multiple secondary servers
data server redundancy: data tables for which logging is turned off are not synchronized between servers
data server redundancy: fixed synchronizing data tables with data from IEC104, DNP3, DLMS, and MQTT devices (previously, a synchronization failure could occur if the primary server received data from a device before starting the synchronization)
data server redundancy: fixed adopting the primary server's properties (previously, the secondary server did not adopt the SMS driver's properties and the directory list that should be updated when updating the project)
data server redundancy: server connections defined for the secondary server are not taken into account
data server redundancy: special internal tags are now updated only if the server is active (except for those defined within the System device)
data server redundancy: the previous value of special internal tags of type "Current device's physical tag date/time" and "Current device's historical data date/time" is now preserved when the secondary server assumes the active role
updated the library: OpenSSL 1.0.2s
the OpenSSL library is loaded at project startup only if HTTPS is enabled
added support for loading certificates from a new storage location (from the Project Structure Manager)
added support for a new method of updating a project (via the Web server)
fixed the name of a window passed to the SenderName parameter in a script triggered by the Web client
IoT: added support for receiving messages from Disruptive Technologies' devices
improved the server's performance when handling some types of requests (Web Client, API, OPC server)
improved the server's performance when connecting the Web client
restricted the amount of real-time data and the number of alarms/events provided to the Web client as part of a single request
server Web page: fixed changing a user password (sporadically, the HTTP 404 error message occurred)
server Web page: added a trend displaying transferred data to the Administration > Server Diagnostics page
server Web page: lists on the Project page now display object IDs
server Web page: fixed localizing text strings in the trend legend on the Administration > Server Diagnostics page
server Web page: report viewers – fixed displaying a report's background (previously, the "Print on white background" option in the runtime software affected the display of the report on the Web page)
server Web page: report viewer – added support for changing the direction of sorting records by time
server Web page: report viewer – added support for displaying a tag report
server Web page: fixed the Web client's configuration list (sometimes, the list contained HTTPS links even if disabled)
REST API: added support for writing tag values (POST)
REST API: fixed writing tags of type String if the written value contains characters from a character set other than the basic one (e.g., Czech characters)
REST API: improved the help system

Reliance Server

removed the dependency on the "Reliance Driver Server" service (does not apply to projects already registered as a Windows service)
fixed checking whether a project was started successfully
removed the cause of the 1061 error (The service cannot accept control messages at this time) that occurred when terminating the service
added logging information about changes in the service status

Reliance Web Client

improved the performance when communicating with the data server
fixed establishing communication with the server
alarm/event viewers: fixed drawing a long alarm/event text string in the "Alarm/Event Explanation" dialog
alarm/event viewers: fixed sorting alarms/events by start date/time if having the same start date/time
current alarm/event viewer: fixed displaying internal alarms/events generated after connecting to the server
historical alarm/event viewer: the text string defined for an alarm/event is now displayed (previously, the text string stored in the alarm/event database was displayed)
historical alarm/event viewer: fixed sorting alarms/events by start date/time (previously, the alarms/events were not sorted correctly if some columns were hidden)
trend viewers: fixed saving a trend to a file (previously, the resulting picture did not show the date on the time axis)
trend viewers: when saving a trend to file, the resulting picture's size is identical with that in the viewer
trend viewers: users whose "Enable user administration" option is active are allowed to configure trends
trend viewers: fixed page orientation when printing a trend
custom trends: fixed disabling/enabling controls for setting the axis' minimum and maximum
RELI-67521 – all components: fixed displaying a component linked to a tag that is not allowed to be used at runtime
components displaying pictures: fixed displaying a picture in the EMF and WMF formats
components displaying the standard popup menu: added the "Show Report" command
Button component: added support for the standard popup menu
Button component: fixed text alignment
Data Tree component: fixed distinguishing colors for cells linked to tags with invalid values
Sauter – Time Program component: added support for the component
Time Program component: fixed loading a time program (added support for missing data types and a new time format)
Time Program component: altered checking a time program's data so that it doesn't require the sequence of time slots
Simple Time Program component: fixed displaying time stamps
Grid component: altered painting so that the height of rows (and the width of columns) is always the same
Grid component: added support for the "Different color for even rows" option
fixed displaying some components if the screen resolution is different from the visualization project resolution
actions of type "Run application": added support for a directory in which the application should start
actions of type "Run application": added support for dynamically controlling the path to the application
actions of type "Show tag report": added support for this action
Options dialog box: fixed moving the alarm/event viewers' columns
fixed displaying information based on the locale settings (e.g., the digit group separator) if started using the launcher
fixed drawing the virtual keyboard if the Web client is started using the launcher
fixed redundancy if the Web client is started using the launcher
fixed notifying when the user enters the wrong user name while logging on to the client
fixed checking the strength of a password (previously, passwords were checked even when the user was not authenticated by Reliance)
fixed changing a user password authenticated by Reliance (previously, it was not possible to leave the password field empty when checking the strength of passwords was disabled)
reduced CPU workload
Web Client Launcher: the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from OpenJDK (13) is now used
RELI-66894 – Web Client Launcher: fixed running the launcher on some Windows versions (updated the JNA library)
Web Client Launcher: fixed running the Web client on Windows with classic settings
Web Client Launcher: the R_WebClientLauncher.exe file is now signed with a certificate
Web Client Launcher: fixed running the Web client if the launcher is located in a directory whose path contains a space
Web Client Launcher: the launcher's Linux version is now provided as a tar.gz archive

Reliance Smart Client

fixed displaying a window’s title with no text
fixed formatting special internal tags’ values
fixed switching the program language (sporadically, the project language was switched as well)
fixed changing a user password (sporadically, the HTTP 404 error message occurred)
fixed the control for selecting a date in Google Chrome
fixed changing a user password authenticated by Reliance (previously, it was not possible to leave the password field empty when checking the strength of passwords was disabled)
trend and alarm/event viewers: improved navigating to the previous page
trend viewers: now, the last data is loaded when opening a trend (previously, the time axis shifted to the current time)
trend viewers: users whose "Enable user administration" option is active are allowed to configure trends
trend viewers: fixed the number of decimal places for a ruler value
alarm/event viewers: fixed filtering by device
current alarm/event viewer: fixed sorting (the latest alarm/event on top)
report viewer: added support for changing the direction of sorting records by time
components displaying the standard popup menu: added the "Show Report" command
Button component: added support for the standard popup menu
Button component: fixed painting the flat button
Picture component: added support for dynamically linking the component to a project-defined picture
Picture component: fixed support for dynamically linking the component to a picture via a URL
Animation component: fixed playing if the component is not linked to a tag
Time Program component: fixed loading a time program (added support for missing data types and a new time format)
Grid component: altered painting so that the height of rows (and the width of columns) is always the same
Grid component: added support for the "Different color for even rows" option
Gauge component: fixed painting the gauge's dial and scale if the operating angle is set to 360° or is turned off
Container component: improved the performance when generating an embedded object's contents
actions of type "Show tag report": added support for this action
actions of type select object (e.g., "Select trend"): fixed checking security
some contents are now displayed as a popup window (there is no need to navigate between pages)

Communication drivers

fixed terminating a communication driver after project termination
fixed logging (writing to the correct file when using multiple channels for communication with one device)
fixed switching communication from the backup connection back to the main one after the communication is restored
fixed reading archive data after a failure in a TCP connection
fixed loading a modem object into a communication driver if no device is connected through the modem
substantially reduced the amount of system resources (User objects) used for projects with a large number of communication channels
reduced CPU workload for projects with a large number of communication channels (sockets)
fixed communication while using multiple communication channels whose order is different from the one in which they were added to the project
fixed communication via an Ethernet modem when communicating with multiple devices with the same IP address
fixed communication when using the NVT protocol
fixed communication via a modem
fixed the behavior of a driver when terminating and restarting communication due to switching the server from the standby role to the active role (data server redundancy)
fixed reading archive data if a communication failure occurs after receiving a request for archive reading but before sending the first request for archive data
fixed evaluating an unsuccessful attempt to open a communication channel during communication over TCP in the server mode
fixed repeatedly attempting to open a communication channel during communication over TCP in the server mode
optimized logging information to a file so that there's no CPU and HDD overload

AMiT Communication Driver

extended tags' forced update interval

Allen-Bradley Communication Driver

added the possibility to communicate with the CompactLogix, Micro800, and SLC5 models
added support for communication over an RS232/Ethernet 1761 NET-ENI converter
added the Date data type for tags

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed decoding a Trend Log object's archive data if it contains values stored in different data types or with StatusFlags
added checking and restricting the maximum APDU size read from a PLC

DMB Communication Driver

added the possibility to communicate online
avoided sending commands and setpoints if any tag is not yet set (updated) by the runtime software
optimized reading archive data

DNP Communication Driver

added reading data defined as an event
added resetting the class-request timer if the response does not contain data

GE Fanuc Communication Driver

a new communication driver for GE Fanuc control systems communicating via the SNP protocol

IEC 104 Communication Driver

added interrupting the UDP connection after receiving a negative I-frame acknowledgment due to a mismatch between I-frame counters
added the possibility to communicate in the UDP server mode for use in narrowband networks
added resetting counters and a flag that indicates starting data transfer after receiving a request for establishing communication

IEC 62056 Communication Driver

fixed the addresses of tags nested in structured tags

IoT Communication Driver

improved tag identification
added the possibility to process the time stamp of a tag's received data

M-Bus Communication Driver

fixed decoding data of two quantity-addressed tags whose VIFE is identical, but VIF is different (the first tag's VIF is 0xFB, the other tag's VIF is 0xFF)

Mitsubishi Communication Driver

fixed decoding data when using the MELSEC A compatible 1E communication protocol
fixed reading tags whose update interval is tag-controlled (at the tag folder level)

Modbus Communication Driver

added support for PLC models programmed in e!COCKPIT
fixed decoding tags of type Array of Bool
added the possibility to define a tag of type Array of Bool for the Coils and Inputs register types
fixed writing an array-type tag in a device communicating via an Ethernet socket in the server mode

MQTT Communication Driver

altered the Public message (command) payload so that the JSON format is respected
added authentication
fixed decoding a value if the tag's "Parameter name" property is not specified and the value is in braces or quotes

OMRON Communication Driver

increased a tag's maximum bit number to 15
added the possibility to read/write a tag stored in BCD
fixed reading digital tags lying in the Counter or Timer areas

Plum Communication Driver

a new communication driver for Plum telemetry systems communicating via the GAZ-MODEM2 protocol

Siemens Communication Driver

RELI-66394 – fixed communication
fixed reading tags whose update interval is tag-controlled (at the tag folder level)

SNMP Communication Driver

fixed communication via the V1 protocol
fixed the wrong version of the protocol shown in a communication message
fixed reading tags whose address value is greater than 127
fixed evaluating the numbering of communication packets
fixed receiving data when there are a large number of devices on the same UDP port
optimized communication: now, the driver uses one request to read multiple tags; a communication channel's "Max. object count to read concurrently" property in the Project Structure Manager allows setting the maximum number of objects to read
fixed decoding an empty string
fixed decoding tags of type Gauge32, Counter whose size is 3 or 5 bytes
fixed decoding tags of type IP address

SMS Driver

fixed terminating communication (e.g., when switching the active role when using data server redundancy)

OPC UA Client

new versions of the libraries for communication via OPC UA (Softing OPC UA SDK 1.46)
accelerated OPC group tag registration

Reliance OPC Server

fixed the slow startup of the Reliance OPC Server module in environments with a limited Internet connection

Reliance OPC UA Server

new versions of the libraries for communication via OPC UA (Softing OPC UA SDK 1.46)
added the possibility to set automatically receiving client certificates for secure communication
fixed the error that caused duplicating the display of some objects in the address space
fixed writing a value into a tag if its units are set
fixed generating the "NodeId" property for tags whose units are set
Monitoring Client: at client startup, the status of the Reliance OPC UA Server service is checked with the option to run it
altered generating the object tree structure, similarly to how it is done in Reliance OPC Server
fixed sharing structured tags with OPC UA clients
the array length is now set for array-type tags
fixed detecting changes to a project if a tag's data type changes during runtime
fixed evaluating communication with the Web server

Utilities

Project Converter: fixed converting users (previously, the users were not assigned access rights)
Project Converter: added checking the installed BDE drivers
Reliance Remote Control Center: fixed text strings in some columns' titles in the computer table (this applies to the English version – previously, they were shown in Czech)
Reliance Remote Control Center: improved communication with the runtime software (now, the connection is not interrupted while restarting a project)
Reliance Remote Control Center: added user authentication through Windows
RDT File Editor: fixed handling the Delete key if a cell is in the edit mode (previously, the command for deleting a row was invoked)
RDT File Editor: added canceling a cell's edit mode when the "Read-Only" option is turned on by the user

Help and documentation

Data Servers manual: completely rewritten
Data Servers manual: removed the Russian version of the manual
RELI-66394 – Data Servers manual: fixed the link to the IRswCustomClientWS.wsdl interface

Reliance 4.8.1 (Revision 36493)

Released: 1/3/2019

Main Changes

Added the possibility to consolidate repeated alarm/event occurrences into one instance (if there is an unacknowledged instance of an alarm/event, new instances of this alarm/event won't be created).
Added dialogs for selecting an endpoint URL and for importing tags from an OPC UA server.
The built-in Web server has a new REST API for connecting third-party applications.
Security Audit – a new tool for generating a report summarizing all Reliance project settings that affect security and containing information about all server connections (remote IP addresses, open TCP port numbers) on the computers defined within a project.
Added support for running Web Client on Java (JRE) 11 and later using a new launcher (Reliance Web Client Launcher).
New communication drivers: Allen-Bradley (Micrologix communicating via Ethernet/IP) and OMRON (communicating via Ethernet/IP or FINS/UDP).
Increased the security level of Reliance.
Added property descriptions to project files (RP4 and RDT).

All modules

activated compiler optimization
"Quick Filter" command: added support for the virtual keyboard
"Select Directory" dialog: fixed renaming folders by choosing the "Rename Folder" command
managers: fixed sorting objects (an exception may have occurred after displaying a manager)
fixed drawing SVG images
custom reports: improved formatting report items' values

All components

for dynamic rotation (when the angle is controlled by a tag), the "Relative" option is now considered (Project Options > Components > Dynamic Properties)

Progress Bar component

fixed localizing the property editor

Container component

historical alarms/events: added support for dynamic links to the custom filter
fixed the error that caused changing the size of the component in the runtime software

Combo Box component

fixed updating the appearance of the component in the Reliance Design development environment after switching the project language
fixed updating the item list in the runtime software after switching the project language
RELI-65704, RELI-65936 – fixed drawing the component

Data Tree component

RELI-54561 – added a new cell type named "Check box"
RELI-54559 – added the possibility to control the visibility of nodes

Progress Wheel component

fixed property descriptions in the Component Manager
fixed displaying units in the property editor
fixed setting the value style from the property editor

BACnet – Time Program component

fixed decoding a time program with a binary value of the Present Value property
added the possibility to set the "Default data type" property to NULL

Reliance Design development environment

managers: "Search Results" window displayed after using the "Find Object" command – added searching by choosing the "Quick Filter" command
Data Structure Manager: improved displaying controls of a data structure's "Field address" property when disabled
Device Manager, Data Structure Manager: added a new data type of special internal tags ("Reliance software type flag")
Device Manager: added the "Select OPC UA Server Endpoint URL" dialog for an OPC UA device
Device Manager: added the "Import Tags from OPC UA Server" dialog for an OPC UA device
Device Manager: enabled the "New OPC Group" command for an OPC UA device
Device Manager: added the "Time units in OPC UA server" property for an OPC UA device
Device Manager: fixed exporting/importing tags to/from OPC CSV for an OPC device
Device Manager: added the "Time units in OPC server" property for an OPC device
Device Manager: importing tags from an OPC server – added the possibility to change an OPC group
Device Manager: importing tags from an OPC server – removed displaying specific properties of an OPC tag with its ID from 7 to 99
Device Manager: importing tags from an OPC server – changed the default value of the "OPC tag properties as standalone tag" option (now, it is disabled)
Device Manager: importing tags from an OPC server – fixed dynamically linking limits
Device Manager: importing tags from an OPC server – changed displaying an OPC tag's properties (currently, the properties whose ItemID is not valid are not displayed)
Device Manager: added the possibility to define alarms generated by events from a BACnet device ("Condition > Event from device")
Device Manager: CSV export/import – added/fixed exporting and importing some properties of devices
Action Manager: added action types: "Show list of windows" and "Select custom alarm/event filter"
Script Manager: fixed displaying newly imported objects in a different color than the other imported objects
Script Manager: added updating scripts in open editors after importing the scripts
Script Manager: CSV export/import – added the "Repeat end" property
Script Manager: RTag.MoveTagValue method – expanded the use of the method to array-type tags and structured tags
Script Manager: added the RScr.ExecScriptOnComputer method, which executes a script on another computer
User Manager: user – added the "Disable resizing main window" option (the "Restrictions" page)
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – improved editing the properties of a trend with a large number of series
Custom Report Manager: report item – added decoding the value of the "Test value" property based on the data type of a report item's tag
Custom Report Manager: removed the "Use states" option (replaced with the "Value format" property)
Custom Report Manager: removed the "Occurrence count" property
Project Structure Manager: computer – added the "Disable resizing main window" option (the "Restrictions" page)
Project Structure Manager: computer – added the "Log internal alarms/events" option (the "Alarms/Events" page)
Project Structure Manager: computer – added the "Keyboard type" property (the "Display" page)
Communication Driver Manager: added the "Communication channel main loop interval" property
Communication Driver Manager: MQTT Driver – added the possibility to generate and edit the client identification string
Project Diagnostics: OPC and OPC UA devices – added diagnosing the "ItemID"/"NodeId" property
Project Diagnostics: OPC devices – added diagnosing the "OPC server Prog ID" property
Project Diagnostics: OPC UA devices – added diagnosing the "Endpoint URL" property
Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing the "www link" action type
Project Options: added the "Consolidate repeated alarm/event occurrences into one instance" option (Alarms/Events > Other)
Project Options: added the "Start delay" and "End delay" properties (Alarms/Events > Other)
Project Options: added the "Date and time on toolbar" property (Runtime > Appearance)
Project Options: added the "Alarm/event list" option and a "Background color" property (Alarms/Events > Colors)
Project Options: added the "Enable SOAP API", "Enable REST API", and "Secure REST API" options (Web > API)
Project Options: added a new rule for strong passwords named "Enforce password history" (Security > Passwords)
Project Options: added the possibility to edit HTTP headers sent by the Web server (Web > Server)
Environment Options: fixed registering the Reliance 4 Driver Server service (previously, the "Register" command did not register Reliance 4 Driver Server as a COM server)
RELI-65757 – Environment Options: added the possibility to specify the color of a window's grid
RELI-65759 – Environment Options: added the possibility to specify a window template's background color (the template' transparency is indicated by the checkerboard pattern of the specified color)
design window: altered handling the arrow keys – arrows: grid movement (if the grid is enabled), Ctrl+arrows: shift by 1 pixel, Ctrl+Shift+arrows: size by 1 pixel, Alt+arrows: grid movement * 5 (if the grid is enabled), Alt+Shift+arrows: size by grid * 5 (if the grid is enabled), Ctrl takes precedence over Alt
RELI-65794 – Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: the Re-export.bat file now uses relative paths
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: removed generating files used to directly run Web Client (files with .bat, .sh, and .exe extensions)
added a tool for generating a security audit (the "Project > Perform Security Audit" command)
"Select Data Structure Field" dialog: fixed the list of available fields (previously, only the fields of a window template's data structure were available)
removed displaying the message about a time-limited license if the development environment is started using the Re-export.bat file (exporting a project for remote users)
added property descriptions to the main project file (the file with an .rp4 extension)
added the description of the structure of files located in a visualization project's Main\System directory to the Info.txt file

Runtime software

added the possibility to consolidate repeated alarm/event occurrences into one instance (if there is an unacknowledged instance of an alarm/event, new instances of this alarm/event won't be created)
OPC UA devices: added setting invalid tag values after a failure in communication with an OPC UA server occurs
OPC UA devices: added restoring communication with an OPC UA server after a failure occurs
fixed an analog value correction for tags of type DateTime, Date, Time, and TimeSpan
scripts: RTag.MoveTagValue method – expanded the use of the method to array-type tags and structured tags
scripts: added further information to the data object returned by the RScr.GetCurrentScriptDataEx method in a script triggered by an alarm/event (last occurrence time and occurrence count)
scripts: improved logging – added a script's execution time
scripts: RAlm.DbAlarmsEx method – fixed handling the From and Till parameters (now expected in UTC)
improved logging project updates (added messages about errors that occur when moving files)
license detection: fixed the wrong system message about the status of the License Service
updated support for the Turkish language

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

alarm/event viewers: added the possibility to select multiple rows
alarm/event viewers: added the "Occurrence count" and "Last occurrence date and time" columns
alarm/event viewers: the background color now depends on the settings in the Project Options dialog
current alarm/event viewer: changed sorting if alarm/event consolidation is turned on (alarms/events are now sorted by the "Last occurrence date and time" column)
historical alarm/event viewer: added a status bar showing summary information
historical alarm/event viewer: improved changing the automatic update interval (now, it takes effect immediately)
report viewer: added the possibility to define the displayed data's time range
report viewer: added the possibility to hide table columns from the column header's popup menu
report viewer: summary calculations are now displayed directly in the report viewer
report viewer: removed the necessity of logging on the user for the viewer settings to be changed
report viewer: removed distinguishing colors for valid and invalid records
action of type "Select custom alarm/event filter": added the logged-on user's filters to the list in the "Select Alarm/Event Filter" dialog
"Enter Tag Value" dialog: you can no longer enter non-numeric characters when editing numeric values
User Manager: increased the level of security
added support for the Windows virtual keyboard (the "On-Screen Keyboard" application; based on a new property named "Keyboard type")

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

updated the library: OpenSSL 1.0.2p
server Web page: fixed alphabetically sorting lists of objects (e.g., devices)
server Web page: fixed the displayed object count on the page with a list of objects (e.g., devices)
server Web page: fixed updating the page title
server Web page: fixed the sporadic error that consisted in showing a second vertical scroll bar
server Web page: added links for downloading Web Client's launchers (Reliance Web Client Launcher) for Windows and Linux
server Web page: reworked language localization (one HTML document for all language versions of the page)
added support for custom reports of type Text and Web page
Web server: added a REST API, including its help system
Web server: optimized the server's performance when providing large files

Reliance Server

RELI-50852 – scripts: RSys.PrintCustomReport method – added support for printing custom reports of type FastReport

Reliance Smart Client

added support for a new data type of special internal tags named "Reliance software type flag"
added support for a new action type named "Show list of windows"
added automatically adjusting the scale when changing the size of the browser window
vector components: fixed drawing the central gradient
components drawing a frame: fixed the color of a component's lowered/raised frame
Container component: historical alarms/events – added support for dynamic (indirect) links to the custom filter
Real-Time Trend component: fixed the number of points displayed on the time axis
Display component: fixed painting eng. units' shade
Real-Time Trend component: now, a trend makes better use of space if its title is not displayed
Edit Box component: fixed the alignment of values
Notepad component: added support for writing values (into the main tag)
Progress Bar component: fixed the wrong color of the foreground
Data Grid component: fixed the wrong color of the background and foreground of the data grid's cells if the color is controlled by a tag
alarm/event viewers: the alarm/event list is now displayed in a table with optional columns
alarm/event viewers: fixed displaying a comment on an alarm/event
alarm/event viewers: the background color now depends on the settings in the Project Options dialog
trend viewer: fixed displaying a bar chart
fixed selecting a project language
fixed executing some actions linked to user events (log-on/log-off)
some contents are now displayed as a popup window (there is no need to navigate between pages)

Reliance Web Client

added support for running Web Client using a new launcher (Reliance Web Client Launcher)
added support for a new data type of special internal tags named "Reliance software type flag"
added support for a new property named "Date and time on toolbar"
added support for a new action type named "Show list of windows"
RELI-62957 – fixed concurrently displaying multiple windows overlapped with one another
Data Tree component: fixed the background color of the component and the background color of cells
Data Tree component: fixed drawing the component if no columns are defined
Container component: historical alarms/events – added support for dynamic (indirect) links to the custom filter
Real-Time Trend component: fixed the number of points displayed on the time axis
Real-Time Chart component: added support for controlling the number of series points
RELI-65842 – Real-Time Chart component: fixed displaying the names of points
Equithermal Curve component: fixed updating the curve
Edit Box component: fixed the sequence of setting a value and executing a script that was invoked after the value had been changed
Edit Box component: fixed the edit box's border style
Progress Wheel component: fixed displaying out-of-range values
alarm/event viewers: the background color now depends on the settings in the Project Options dialog
alarm/event viewers: added support for consolidating repeated alarm/event occurrences into one instance (added the "Occurrence count" and "Last occurrence date and time" columns)
trend viewers, components containing a trend: fixed scrolling a trend
added Plastic Look and Feel
fixed establishing communication with the server using the HTTPS protocol
fixed displaying a popup menu on Linux
preset Plastic Look and Feel as default on Linux

Communication drivers

added the possibility to communicate – in the server mode – with a device whose IP address is unknown on condition that there is only one such device in the communication channel
added support for a new property named "Communication channel main loop interval"

Communication drivers M-Bus, PROMOS RT, Teco

added checking for the end character

Teco Communication Driver

fixed writing a digital-type tag if the value of the "Updating tag value after write" property in the Communication Driver Manager is other than "Immediately, before sending command to PLC"

Allen-Bradley Communication Driver

a new communication driver for Allen-Bradley's Micrologix control systems communicating via the Ethernet/IP protocol.

BACnet Communication Driver

added support for receiving current data through segmented messages
added processing all data received by the COV function (previously, only the Present Value property was processed)
fixed reading a time program if the Present Value property's data type is Bool
fixed reading after time synchronization
optimized sending COV subscriptions if tags for both the Status Flags property and the Present Value property are defined for an object
fixed sending COV subscriptions too early
fixed evaluating the receipt of an error code

DMB Communication Driver

fixed updating a special physical tag of type "Latest call date" if the communication channel type is other than modem
fixed some log messages

DNP3 Communication Driver

fixed acknowledging communication packets in the transport and application layers
added support for receiving segmented messages

Elgas Communication Driver

fixed checking the source address and port of a received message for Elgas2 devices

Generic Driver

added a function for restarting the driver after an error occurs repeatedly while receiving data
added the possibility to control the speed of communication by a special physical tag

Hima Communication Driver

handled the situation when a single tag generates two different alarms

M-Bus Communication Driver

added receiving a segmented message indicated by a flag in DIF; in such a case, the order of items will not be reset until the last message is received
fixed reading too much data after closing and opening the communication channel if the device does not support the SND_NKE command

Modicon Communication Driver

added the M241 model, which does not support the Mask Write 4X Register 22 function for writing; the Preset Single Register 06 function is used instead

OMRON Communication Driver

a new communication driver for OMRON control systems communicating via the Ethernet/IP and FINS/UDP protocols

Reliance OPC Server

fixed the memory leak that occurred when removing an OPC group
fixed loading the tag tree view if data structures are used

Reliance OPC UA Server

RELI-66117 – fixed notifying clients from OPC UA Server when a change is made to the address space

Utilities

RDT File Editor: fixed displaying information about files with an .rp4 extension
License Key Utility: fixed writing a license into the hardware key while upgrading it using a license file

Installation program

added a new module named OPC UA Local Discovery Server as an optional feature

Reliance 4.8.0 (Revision 34747)

Released: 6/6/2018

Main Changes

Added support for the OPC UA standard. Reliance 4.8.0 is both an OPC UA client and an OPC UA server.
Reliance 4.8.0 allows receiving data from IoT (Internet of Things) devices. The LoRa and Sigfox networks and the MQTT communication protocol are supported.
Added support for the Oracle database system.
The managers now allow the text replacement of object properties.
The Trend Manager now allows defining separate axes and using them for multiple series.
The User Manager now allows defining roles to easily manage users in projects where a large number of access rights are defined.
New components: Progress Wheel, AMiT – Time Program, Wago – Time Program.
New communication drivers: DNP3, SNMP, DLMS, IoT, MQTT.
Substantially increased the security level of all Reliance modules.
Improved the performance and reliability of large-scale projects.

All modules

Reliance executable files signed with a certificate with an SHA-1 time stamp are now signed with a certificate with an SHA-2 time stamp
changed the format of the main project file (the file with an .rp4 extension)
increased the security level of some parameters stored in a project
increased the security level of passwords of project-defined users
increased the security level of encrypted projects
added checking the strength of a password when changing it
added support for the Oracle database system
custom reports: added detecting changes to a report template file performed by another program
custom reports: added the possibility to read changes from a template file performed by another program
list editors: added the possibility to change the order of items using a keyboard and drag & drop operations
altered hardware verification in a software license by extending checking the computer's disk serial number and MAC address
fixed detecting a license stored in a hardware key if multiple clients were connected to the License Service
fixed software license verification on 64-bit Windows
extended detecting a license stored in hardware keys; the license for a running module is verified in all hardware keys connected to the computer
Activate License Wizard: "Retrieving registration key" step – added the possibility to create an email message with a request for sending the activation key
fixed detecting a license only for Teco OPC Server in a hardware key
optimized detecting the default printer and installing Microsoft Excel in Windows
list editors (e.g., a text list in the Active Text component): added a command for duplicating items

All components

fixed drawing rotating components in Windows 10 (rarely, a graphics card driver failure may have occurred, after which Windows was restarted)
fixed displaying a tooltip that contains the "|" character

Progress Bar component

RELI-51816 – component editor: added a property for setting a transparent background

Progress Bar, Track Bar, Scale components

RELI-56118 – fixed selecting data structure fields when defining the component's range if the component was embedded into a window template

Edit Box component

fixed formatting numeric values of tags whose range is specified using a state list; values that do not correspond to the states are formatted according to the operating system settings

Notepad component

fixed drawing the component in the Reliance Design development environment

Track Bar component

fixed localizing a query before setting a value

Check Box component

fixed localizing a query for state 0 and a query for state 1

Container component

trend: added a popup menu with commands from the trend viewer's toolbar
report: fixed the memory error that occurred in the runtime software when displaying the report viewer
added displaying the name of a structured tag in the development environment's "Information" window

Data Grid component

added the possibility to localize some text strings into all languages supported in the runtime software

Data Tree component

cell of type Display: added sorting cells in the tree's column by the cells' numeric values

Digifort component

added support for Digifort 7.2
added the possibility to choose a version of Digifort

Media Player component

VLC media player: fixed the error that caused not starting playing after setting up the file for playing

Progress Wheel component

a new component

Wago – Time Program component

a new component

Time Program component

added the possibility to alter the appearance of the time program ("Daily bar charts" and "Daily tables")
added the possibility to set up the grouping of time slots ("By order of time slots in day and order of days in week" and "By order of time slots in day")
added the possibility to set time units ("Hours and minutes" and "Milliseconds") for a time slot
added the possibility to change the value range and use a state list to display the values
added the possibility to set up a value caption
added the possibility to set a data type ("Word (16b)" and "LongInt (32b)") for a time slot's time

Time Program and Teco – Time Program components

added the "Data transfer > Timeout" property

Notepad, Equithermal Curve, Data Tree, Data Grid, Real-Time Trend, Real-Time Chart, Track Bar, Check Box, Combo Box components

fixed the error that caused drawing the component improperly after changing the component's width from the Component Manager

AMiT – Time Program component

a new component for editing time programs in AMiT devices

Combo Box component

fixed displaying the component when its font reaches a particular size
optimized drawing the component (substantially accelerated loading windows with a large number of components of this type)

Real-Time Chart component

added the possibility to set X axis values in reverse order
component editor: added checking the range of the special X and Y axes' values

Real-Time Trend component

added the possibility to automatically position a trend's series axes above each other
altered automatically positioning series axes side by side
removed automatically updating the vertical axis' range according to the properties configured in the manager if the trend is magnified

Equithermal Curve, Track Bar, Combo Box, Data Tree, Notepad, Edit Box components

fixed displaying tooltips at runtime

Internet Explorer, Media Player, Axis IP Camera, Vivotek IP Camera, Pelco IP Camera, Digifort components

removed the possibility to configure the properties of tooltips

Vivotek IP Camera component

fixed starting a project from Reliance Design if a window where a Vivotek IP Camera component is placed is open

Reliance Design development environment

managers: added the Replace Object Properties Wizard
managers: altered displaying the names of items in the lists for changing the order; the name of an object is now displayed instead of the complete name
RELI-55970 – managers: substantially accelerated sorting objects by order (states, data structure fields, report items, trend series, real-time trend series)
managers: added expanding the tree structure when opening the manager for the first time
managers: CSV export/import – added an object's ID to the export
managers: CSV export/import – the link to the original text string is now removed by an empty string when importing text
Device Manager: added support for OPC UA devices
Device Manager: added the "Max. time difference" property for a device (the "Advanced" page; it replaces the same-named property of a data table)
Device Manager: CSV export/import – added/fixed exporting and importing some properties of devices and tags
Device Manager: fixed saving the VIF property of an M-Bus device's tag if the property is set to "Manufacturer Specific"
Device Manager: added new types of special internal tags – "Memory used by Driver Server" and "Driver Server CPU load"
Device Manager: alarm/event – added the "Negation" property for an inhibitor tag
Device Manager: alarm/event – changed the default value of the "Require acknowledgment" property
Device Manager: added the "OPC ItemID prefix" property for OPC and OPC UA devices
Device Manager: added checking whether there are non-printable characters at the beginning and end of the "OPC ItemID" property for OPC and OPC UA devices' tags
Data Structure Manager: added importing data structures from the DB format of Siemens' TIA Portal
RELI-62147 – Data Structure Manager: added importing data structure arrays from the DB format of Siemens' TIA Portal
Data Structure Manager: enabled importing nested data structures
Data Structure Manager: when importing a data structure array, its array elements are now imported as separate tags independently of whether or not the "Import array elements as separate tags" option is activated in the Project Options dialog
Communication Driver Manager: added CSV export/import
Communication Driver Manager: added the "Updating tag value after write" property
Data Table Manager: data table field – added the possibility to use a tag's eng. name as the name of a physical field
Trend Manager: added the possibility to define shared trend axes
Trend Manager: added a property that allows setting the type of vertical axis for a trend series
Trend Manager, Real-Time Trend Manager: added the possibility to automatically position a trend's series axes above each other
Trend Manager, Real-Time Trend Manager: added checking the range of the axis scale
Custom Report Manager: improved the layout of the designer's toolbars when restoring the default settings
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – fixed loading custom report items (changes to the encoding of item names no longer occur)
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – fixed duplicating a report (links to Reliance objects in FastReport variables that contained national characters are now duplicated correctly)
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – fixed aligning a page when previewing a report
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – altered the "Load Report Items" command so that it doesn't load FastReport's system tags
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – added support for states
FastReport Designer: the "Copy Format Tool" command now also copies the "WordBreak" and "WordWrap" properties
FastReport Designer: the "Save As" command renamed "Save Copy As"
FastReport Designer: Alarm/Event Table Column Text object – published the DataSet property
FastReport Designer: fixed localizing Reliance's conversion functions (Int64TimeToDateTime, LocalDateTimeToUTCDateTime, UTCDateTimeToLocalDateTime)
FastReport Designer: fixed the "Highlight" command
Script Manager: added the RScr.ExecScriptForThinClient method, which triggers a script in the context of a specified thin client
Script Manager: added searching for scripts by choosing the "Quick Filter" command
Script Manager: fixed running the manager's popup menu (Source Block Tools)
Action Manager: added the "Copy tag value to Windows clipboard" action type
Action Manager: added the "Paste from Windows clipboard to tag" action type
Action Manager: action of type "Show current alarms/events" – fixed the text replacement of the link to a device ("Filter by device")
Action Manager: the "Close dialog window" action type renamed "Close window"
String Manager: added a status bar showing summary information
User Manager: added a new method of authentication (verifying Windows users)
RELI-54610 – User Manager: added the "User must change password" option
User Manager: added the "Password never expires" option
User Manager: added the possibility to define roles
User Manager: user – the "User administrator" option renamed "Enable user administration"
RELI-61871 – User Manager: changed the icon of the user that has been assigned the servicing right but doesn't have the "Enable user administration" option enabled
User Manager: user – changed the default value of the "Disable customizing trends" and "Disable customizing reports" options
State Manager: fixed sorting the state list by state value
RELI-55725 – Project Structure Manager: moved some Web server settings from the Project Options dialog to the Project Structure Manager's computer properties
Project Structure Manager: computer – added the "Servers use same alarm/event table" property to the "Redundancy" page
Project Structure Manager: computer – added copying the properties on the "Web" page when copying/duplicating an object
Project Structure Manager: server connection – removed the "Transfer alarms/events" property
Project Structure Manager: server connection – added the "Client and server use same alarm/event table" property
Project Structure Manager: server connection – altered the min. value of the "Connection timeout" property
Project Structure Manager: connected device – hidden the "MEM file" page if not in use
Project Structure Manager: communication channel – renamed the "Data transfer" property ("Connection") and its values
Project Structure Manager: communication channel – "Connection" property – hidden the "MEM file" option if not in use
Project Structure Manager: communication channel – added the "Maximum communication packet length" property (the "Other" page; it replaces the same-named property of a communication driver)
Project Structure Manager: connected data table – renamed the values of the "Connection" property
Project Structure Manager: connected data table – "Connection" property – hidden the "Direct/Indirect" option if not in use
Project Structure Manager: added exporting/importing communication channels to/from the CSV format
Project Structure Manager: CSV export/import – added the following properties of a modem: "Connection type", "TCP port", "IP address", "Command mode transition delay (ms)", "Idle period between dialing (ms)"
Project Structure Manager: CSV export/import – added the "User profiles > Directory" and "Window records > Directory" properties
Window Manager: fixed importing a window template's contents into a normal window
Window Manager: improved importing a window if a same-named window already exists in a project
Window Manager: enabled bulk exporting windows even for currently closed windows
Window Manager: the name of a window file is always the same, no matter whether one or multiple windows are exported
RELI-56113 – Script Manager: fixed the description of the parameters of the FormatCurrency, FormatDateTime, and FormatNumber functions
RELI-56873 – design window: fixed closing a window template (previously, the window was saved even when canceling changes)
Component Manager: fixed sorting the component list by type
Project Diagnostics: improved testing communication zones of Teco devices
Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing duplicate actions of type "Show historical alarms/events" and "Show current alarms/events"
Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing an embedded trend's static link in the Container component; previously, static links to trends were evaluated even if dynamic links were specified
Project Diagnostics: added diagnosing dynamic links to embedded reports and custom reports in the Container component
Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing the procedures RTag.MoveTagValue, RTag.GetTagValue, RTag.UpdateTagValue, and RSys.PrintTagDbTrend in case when the procedures were located on the last line of a script's code
Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing folders if detecting unused objects is not active in the Project Diagnostics Wizard
Project Diagnostics: Device Manager – added checking the dynamic correction of a tag's analog value
Project Diagnostics: Diagnostics Results – fixed displaying issues in the list of project scopes
RELI-61684 – Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing the project language
Project Diagnostics: Data Table Manager – added diagnosing a record's data range for MySQL and MariaDB databases
Project Diagnostics: Project Options – added detecting weak passwords for an SQL connection
Project Diagnostics: Project Options – removed diagnosing the database name for an SQL–PostgreSQL connection
Project Diagnostics: Data Table Manager – extended checking the name of a physical table and the name of a physical field with respect to illegal characters
Project Diagnostics: Action Manager – added diagnosing the list of devices for the action of type "Set tag value in multiple devices"
Project Diagnostics: Device Manager – removed diagnosing errors for tags not used at runtime
Project Diagnostics: added diagnosing the minimum size of components
RELI-4067 – finding object usages: Project Structure Manager – "Disabled windows" (computer > Display) are not evaluated as unused objects
Diagnostics Results, Object Usage Search Results: added the possibility to use the Component Manager for bulk fixing issues
Project Options: added the "Check program running" option and related properties (Runtime > Recovery)
Project Options: added the possibility to specify aliases of access rights
Project Options: added the "Encoding" property, which specifies a CSV file's encoding when exporting object properties to the CSV file
Project Options: added the "Import key" property, which determines how to import object properties from CSV files
Project Options: added the "Level", "Max. file size", and "Max. file age (number of days)" properties (Runtime > Logging)
Project Options: added the "Encoding" property for exporting data and alarms/events in the CSV format at runtime (Runtime > Data Export)
Project Options: changed the default value of the "Access right checking method" property to "Require all specified access rights" (Security > Access Rights)
Project Options: changed the default value of the dBASE table format to "dBASE VII" (Historical Data > dBASE Data Tables)
Project Options: added the possibility to run the BDE Administrator (Historical Data > dBASE Data Tables)
Project Options: added properties for setting up safe passwords (password strength)
Project Options: added the possibility to set the maximum age of a password
Project Options: added properties for setting up basic protection against DoS attacks
Project Options: added properties for setting up the handling of IoT requests (LoRaWAN and Sigfox)
Project Options: added an option that allows accessing an API description on the data server's Web page
Project Options: added options that determine which types of API methods should be enabled
Project Options: added the "Show" option (for security reasons), which allows displaying and editing the SQL connection parameters
Environment Options: added the possibility to administer Reliance's Windows services
Scale Windows and Components Wizard: fixed saving the settings when moving from one step of the wizard to the previous
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: substantially accelerated exporting a project
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: fixed moving configurations up and down the list using the arrows
RELI-55831 – Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: the file C:\Program Files (x86)\GEOVAP\Reliance4\WebServer\PagesCustom.zip can now be also located in the project subfolder \WebServer\PagesCustom.zip (this location is preferred)
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: added the possibility to automatically determine the data server address based on the Web page address (applies to the Web client run using Java Web Start)
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: the Re-export.bat file is now also part of the result of the export process; it is used for re-exporting the project (it runs Reliance Design, opens the project, exports it for remote users, closes it, terminates Reliance Design)
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: the wizard can now be completed without selecting the type of client (this is to allow removing the export from the project)
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: added the "Enable running Web Client as applet" option
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: fixed exporting some types of pictures
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: added the possibility to select access rights for Smart Client
Back Up Project Wizard: fixed sending the project backup by email on Windows 10
selection dialog boxes: added the possibility to display aliases of objects
selection dialog boxes: added the possibility to display the complete list of objects
selection dialog boxes: a standard dialog box is now used to select a communication channel
added automatically running the License Service after module startup if the service is required when verifying a license (Environment Options > License > License detection method)
Component Palette: fixed drawing text in the Component Palette's tabs on Windows 10
optimized loading windows when project encryption is turned on/off (the allocated memory and the number of GDI objects no longer increase)
handled the situation when a script's source code file is not found while opening a project (previously, such a project could not be opened)

Runtime software

added support for the new method of authentication (verifying Windows users)
fixed evaluating a special internal tag of type Program CPU load on multi-core processor systems
added support for OPC UA devices
added checking the version of Reliance with which a project was created or modified: if it is higher than the version of the runtime software, the project cannot be started
added notifying of starting an unencrypted project (it is not displayed if the runtime software is started from Reliance Design)
added updating special internal tags based on the folder
optimized evaluating special internal tags of type Current alarm/event count (added an internal list of current alarms/events for each device)
network communication between runtime software modules: increased the level of security
network communication between runtime software modules: added changing the tag quality when the server stops responding
added a separate property for the alarm/event checking interval
fixed checking hard disk drives when starting a project: previously, a connected USB flash drive could not be removed safely at runtime
alarm/event table in an SQL database: added an index on the "EndTimeStamp" column
saving to dBASE IV data tables through TDBF: fixed saving tags of type String (previously, national characters were not saved correctly)
saving to dBASE data tables: fixed saving tags of type WideString (UCS-2) and UTF8String (previously, national characters were not saved correctly)
custom reports: fixed localizing text strings from a Reliance project
reports, custom reports: fixed formatting numeric values of items whose tags' range is specified using a state list; values that do not correspond to the states are formatted according to the operating system settings
improved the message about a missing license for a communication driver (the name of the device type is now part of the message)
added logging requests for historical alarms/events
added logging the situation when it fails to assign a new value to a tag
IEC104 devices: added logging the situation when a tag value is not processed because the value's time stamp is older than the tag's time stamp
alarm/event file-based database: fixed searching for archive files if the number of characters of a table's name is not equal to 2
alarm/event file-based database: corrected the error message about an invalid file format (previously, when trying to read a damaged archive file, the message contained the name of a current file, e.g., AE.rdt)
alarm/event file-based database: the "Limit accessible archive file count" option (Project Options) is now taken into account even at runtime (previously, it was only used at project startup)
added a test when receiving data from communication drivers – it is testing whether or not the data's time stamp is significantly greater than the current time (depending on the value of the "Max. time difference" property specified for a device); if it is, the data won't be processed
alarm/event synchronization: handled the situation when a client's alarm/event is stored with a time stamp that is significantly greater than the current time
custom reports: Alarm/Event Table Column Text object – fixed displaying the value of the "Tag" and "Alarm/event type" columns
scripts: RSys.SaveCustomReport method – fixed saving reports from scripts in different threads
scripts: fixed the value of the StrPar3 property of the data object returned by the RScr.GetCurrentScriptDataEx method in a script triggered from a component in a template that is also embedded into a template
scripts: fixed the value of the StrPar3 property of the data object returned by the RScr.GetCurrentScriptDataEx method in a script triggered from a component in a template dynamically linked to a tag
custom reports of type FastReport: added the possibility for CSV report export to set a file's encoding (Project Options > Runtime > Data Export)
custom reports of type FastReport: optimized exporting reports
reports: removed setting up the page header's frame
trend viewer: fixed wrapping the date on a trend's bottom axis; previously, the date was wrapped incorrectly when using a short date format with spaces in Windows
value states: fixed getting a state's value according to the state's name; previously, when the state list contained two states of the same name, the value of the last state on the list was used (not the first one)
improved logging when reaching the maximum size of a log file (now, the file is not deleted – at least one file per day is always retained)
added logging Driver Server's system information to the runtime software's log files
added the following information to the runtime software's log files: Currently connected thin client count, Current alarm/event count, Project uptime
Motorola MOSCAD devices: removed generating alarms/events based on archive data
altered the message about creating/not creating the alarm/event database's archive file (the archive file's name is now part of the message)

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

substantially accelerated starting projects with a large number of window templates
added restoring the default state of the main window (the display of the title bar, main menu, and toolbar) after project termination
alarm/event viewers: altered the "Quick Filter" command so that filtering is not performed automatically when editing the text in the filter (filtering is started with a delay)
"Select Directory" dialog: added the possibility to localize the dialog into all languages supported in the runtime software
trend viewer: added a popup menu with commands from the trend viewer's toolbar
trend viewer: added the possibility to define a trend's time range
report viewer: added the possibility to export a report to a file in the following formats: Microsoft Excel 2003 XML (.xml), Microsoft Excel 2007 (.xlsx), and CSV (.csv)
report viewer: CSV export – the dialog for confirming overwriting an existing file is now displayed only once (previously, it was displayed twice)
report viewer: CSV export – the dialog for confirming overwriting an existing file is now displayed only if the user wants to export the data to a new file
report viewer: corrected the text of a system message that is shown when an error occurs while loading the viewer's settings
custom report viewer: fixed enabling commands in the viewer's toolbar for custom reports of type Text, Web page, and Web archive
actions of type "Edit custom report": fixed saving changes to a template file after closing the designer
actions of type "Select window": now, windows contained in the list of disabled windows (Project Structure Manager > computer) are no longer displayed in the "Select Windows" dialog
altered the action of type "Close window" so that it allows closing a window of any type
scripts: altered the RSys.CloseWindow method so that it allows closing a window of any type
accelerated saving data of real-time trends at runtime
now, if a fatal error occurs when updating a project, the "System Information" window is displayed
"System Information" window: Network connections – added a new column named "Timeout exceeded"
"Detailed Information on Alarm/Event" window: added the possibility to select the alarm/event's text (e.g., for the purpose of copying to the clipboard)
removed notifying of a project run on an SSD if the runtime software is started from Reliance Design
improved checking an SSD (previously, it took an unreasonably long time to check an SSD when multiple drives of different types were connected to Windows)
added support for requiring safe passwords
RELI-54610 – added support for the "User must change password" option
fixed checking a name during user verification (now, non-printable characters at the beginning and end of the name are removed before checking)
improved the "Previous Window" and "Next Window" commands on a computer with multiple monitors: the window is now displayed on the monitor on which it was last displayed (the mouse cursor position is no longer taken into account)
added releasing window templates from memory
altered the behavior of windows on a computer with multiple monitors: if a window is visible, it stays in the same position when activated (it is not moved to another monitor; the mouse cursor position is no longer taken into account)

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

updated the library: OpenSSL 1.0.2o
RELI-55771 – report viewer, custom report viewer: exporting reports to MS Excel is enabled only if it is installed
server Web page: removed all inline scripts
server Web page: improved the performance when generating the contents
server Web page: fixed setting the project language on the page that contains the list of tags and the list of current alarms/events
server Web page: the list of objects (e.g., tags) on the page is restricted if it contains too many objects
server Web page: added the possibility to administer access restrictions (Blacklist and Whitelist) directly on the page
server Web page: fixed displaying trends in the English version of the Diagnostics page
server Web page: trends on the Diagnostics page are now updated automatically
server Web page: added IoT requests to trends on the Diagnostics page
server Web page: added notifying of an unsupported browser (IE8 or older)
server Web page: added a periodically updated list for a current log file to the Logs page
Web server: increased the level of security
added the security.txt file
Web server: fixed setting the Last_Modified HTTP header field
Web server: added basic protection against DoS attacks
Web server: added support for handling IoT requests (LoRaWAN and Sigfox)
Web server: fixed the error (exception) that might have occurred when repeatedly starting a project
Web server: handled requests that did not contain all required parameters
substantially accelerated synchronizing alarms/events with client runtime software modules when using an SQL database at the server side
added concurrently processing thin client requests for historical alarms/events
added passing acknowledgment information to thin clients when acknowledging an alarm from the client runtime software
data server redundancy: fixed synchronizing data tables after a primary server failure (previously, the secondary server did not send data that had not yet been stored in a database)
RELI-56914 – added logging out of an HTTP session when a Smart Client session expires
substantially reduced the number of hard disk write operations needed for handling client requests
custom application interface of the Web service: GetCurrentAlarms – added the possibility to filter alarms by priority
custom application interface of the Web service: fixed checking enabling calling API functions

Reliance Server

fixed identifying service events
if Reliance Driver Server must be rerun at runtime, it runs as a Windows service

Reliance Smart Client

increased the level of security
removed all inline scripts
improved the performance when generating the contents
substantially reduced the number of messages transferred between the server and the browser
the error in communication with the server is now announced only after some unsuccessful communication attempts
fixed setting the language after startup
now, a session does not expire if a request is just being processed
added support for the new method of authentication (verifying Windows users)
added commands for setting a window's scale to 100 % and automatically (the scale adjusts to the resolution)
fixed handling the "Update Tag Value" command invoked from a component's popup menu (previously, a failure occurred when updating a tag value)
RELI-54900 – Container component: added the possibility for embedded trends, reports, and custom reports to open the browser in a separate window or tab
all components: fixed evaluating two-state information (visibility, error state, etc.) if the control tag is of type Float or DoubleFloat
all components: fixed parameters passed to a script triggered by a component placed in a window template
Container component: added support for dynamic links to embedded reports and custom reports
Container component: fixed the error that caused periodically increasing the size of an embedded trend on iOS
RELI-61989 – Check Box component: fixed the behavior of the check box when disabled
RELI-54070 – Data Grid component: added basic support for the component
RELI-55867 – Edit Box component: fixed entering a text string that contains special characters (e.g., a tab)
Display component: fixed displaying an error state
Animation component: fixed the behavior of the component if there are multiple animations running in a window
Animation component: fixed displaying an animation that is stopped if a static picture is not defined
Progress Wheel component: added basic support for the component
fixed executing actions linked "On log on user" and "On log off user"
trend viewer: fixed displaying the viewer when a series is hidden
trend viewer: improved displaying vertical axes when the "Y-Axes Above Each Other" option is active
RELI-54895 – trend viewer: if the zoom is active, it is set to 100 % by dragging from left to right
RELI-54901 – trend viewer: added the possibility to display data from a selected time range
alarm/event viewers: reworked the list to an HTML table
alarm/event viewers: added indicating (icon) that an alarm requires acknowledgment
trend viewer: fixed displaying the viewer if a trend's title text does not fit on one line
report viewers: fixed moving the horizontal scroll bar (sporadically, a popup menu was displayed while scrolling)
RELI-54913 – report viewer and custom report viewer: added a popup menu
RELI-55848 – report viewer and custom report viewer: added the possibility to set a transparent background
RELI-55849 – fixed downloading a report (PDF, XLS, etc.)
RELI-56808 – removed communication with the update server http://www.reliance.cz
added support for requiring safe passwords
RELI-54610 – added support for the "User must change password" option
fixed checking a name during user verification
fixed entering a new user password (the new password must be different from the old one)
RELI-55981 – added the possibility to change the main window's title

Reliance Web Client

extended the validity of the certificate by which the application's files are signed
added support for Java 9
fixed creating a shortcut
fixed the error that occurred at startup (#### Java Web Start Error: #### null)
handled the situation when a local copy of a project is damaged (e.g., due to an incomplete file download)
substantially reduced the number of objects in memory
improved the security of data transferred between the Web client and the server
substantially reduced CPU workload for large-scale projects
fixed memory leaks in projects with many windows
added support for the new method of authentication (verifying Windows users)
fixed language localization for tags' units
fixed user log-on if performed after the same user's unsuccessful log-on (invalid credentials)
added support for actions of type "Paste from Windows clipboard to tag" and "Copy tag value to Windows clipboard"
handled switching from a secondary (backup) connection back to the primary connection when the primary server's response is very slow
fixed handling the "Update Tag Value" command invoked from a component's popup menu (previously, a failure occurred when updating a tag value)
all components: fixed aligning text drawn with a larger font
all components: fixed the behavior of a component that activates a modal window and runs a script on a click at the same time (previously, the script was executed only after closing the modal window)
Active Text component: fixed displaying the component if a tag value is outside the range
Container component: added support for dynamic links to embedded reports and custom reports
RELI-62300 – Container component: fixed evaluating the dynamic link to the structured tag (case sensitivity for the structured tag's name should not have been taken into account when evaluating the link)
Data Grid component: added support for displaying the component (the component does not allow setting values and does not support controlling a selected row and column)
Axis IP Camera component: fixed connecting to a camera's server if a name and a password are required
Edit Box component: fixed setting a value when losing focus if the edit box is intended for entering a password
Data Grid component: fixed a selected cell's background color
RELI-62762 – Data Grid component: fixed setting a value
Data Grid component: fixed updating the value of a tag linked to an element index if the component does not allow setting a value
Data Tree component: fixed the behavior of the component if no header columns are defined
Data Tree component: fixed loading the component if a node contains cells with the wrong names
Real-Time Trend component: removed displaying custom axes that are only used by hidden series
Real-Time Trend component: fixed automatically setting the axis range
Real-Time Trend component: fixed dynamically controlling the axis range
Check Box component: added support for word-wrapped text
Combo Box component: removed updating the component if the combo box is expanded
Combo Box, Check Box, Track Bar, Edit Box, Notepad, Time Program, Teco – Time Program, Equithermal Curve components: added support for the "Update timeout" property
Progress Wheel component: added basic support for the component
added support for controlling the size of a visualization window using tags
fixed playing the sound of an alarm/event that did not require acknowledgment
alarm/event viewers: fixed the foreground and background color (sporadically, default colors were used)
alarm/event viewers: added indicating (icon) that an alarm requires acknowledgment
alarm/event viewers: added the possibility to display the following columns: "Acknowledge", "Acknowledged", "Condition", "Active", "Note"
historical alarm/event viewer: handled timeout expiration while downloading alarms/events
historical alarm/event viewer: added the possibility to automatically update the list of alarms/events
historical alarm/event viewer: disabled sorting (the list of alarms/events is always sorted by the date and time an alarm is triggered)
trend viewer: added properties for printing to the "Chart Settings" dialog
trend viewer: fixed displaying the dialog if the "Custom Range" option is active
trend viewer: fixed displaying formatting tags on the time axis (previously, this was only working on Windows Vista and later)
trend viewer: added the possibility to select a range type (point count/hour count)
CSV export: a file's encoding now respects the option in the Project Options dialog
"Download Historical Alarms/Events" dialog: added the possibility to select a defined filter from the list
optimized requests for downloading historical alarms/events
fixed entering an alarm/event note
added support for requiring safe passwords
RELI-54610 – added support for the "User must change password" option
fixed checking a name during user verification
fixed entering a new user password (the new password must be different from the old one)
RELI-55981 – added the possibility to change the main window's title
"System Information" window: fixed displaying the number of connected clients
added support for the German language

Communication drivers

fixed receiving a spontaneous message (BACnet, IEC104)
fixed the error in communication that occurred after a request for archive data reading (communication was lost without being restored)
added the possibility to communicate in modem mode on a serial port or an Ethernet socket
fixed writing a tag (if multiple write operations followed quickly, only the last value was written)
added the possibility to control DTR signals
fixed switching a connection to a backup communication channel of type modem

M-Bus Communication Driver

fixed decoding a tag that is stored in a device as an unsigned integer with conversion

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed decoding received data if there are multiple devices with a different BACnet address on a single IP address
fixed the error in communication with multiple devices over a common BACnet router

IEC 62056 Communication Driver

filtered out a parity bit during communication over Ethernet
removed switching the communication speed during communication over Ethernet
added decoding a tag value even when the tag's address is not contained in a response
fixed waiting for an ACK packet confirmation
added the Date and Time data types
added checking a message's initial character

IEC 104 Communication Driver

added an algorithm of sending a request for refreshing data transfer if the driver receives no data from a device within a specified time interval
altered receiving data: data is received even when a device first sends data and then a message (confirmation) about activating data transfer
the number of unacknowledged sent I-frames is reset after successfully adding a confirmation packet to a queue
removed the flag that indicates waiting for a response after sending a general query that causes an error in confirming received I-frames
fixed the error that caused not confirming received I-frames by the ACK packet
prevented an unwanted Connect packet from processing
sending a negative confirmation for a device of model RWE is now the same as for a device the model of which is not specified
fixed the memory leak that occurred when deleting a sent I-frame
fixed detecting a device according to ASDU
RELI-56870 – fixed communication if a Web address (URL) is entered instead of an IP address
fixed the wrong data length in the commands C_SC_NA_1, C_DC_NA_1, and C_RC_NA_1 if a tag's data type is longer than one byte

IEC 62056 Communication Driver

added unlocking a device using an access code

Siemens Communication Driver

RELI-62135 – fixed reading tags with addresses higher than 8191

KNX Communication Driver

added the "IP address" property
added new properties for optimizing connecting to the KNX TP network over a KNX IP router
fixed the wrong data length stated in the communication packet header when writing non-digital tags

Mitsubishi Communication Driver

added the possibility to define tags on the SM, SD, and SB register types
fixed encoding the TimeSpan data type
changed addressing tags from Mitsubishi devices (the register type of the address is now taken into account)
added optimizing reading data

Sauter Communication Driver

fixed the error that occurred when sending a user-defined message

Modbus Communication Driver

fixed the error in communication that occurred when the “Network (Ethernet) – server mode” channel type was chosen
added the possibility to communicate through communication zones defined for a Modicon device
added support for HIMA safety solutions

M-Bus Communication Driver

added the possibility to read tags whose VIF property is set to "Manufacturer Specific" as an array of bytes

Generic Driver

fixed the wrong return code when writing special physical tags for communication control
added checking the length of received data with respect to the length of an input string
fixed receiving data
fixed communication over a UDP/TCP port in the server mode

Johnson Controls Communication Driver

fixed setting the device's time

AMiT Communication Driver

changed the default channel type to "Network (Ethernet)"
changed the default UDP port to 59
altered the behavior of the driver that occurs when one or more tags' properties are defined incorrectly (now, no failure in communication with a device occurs and reading values of correctly defined tags is not affected)
added the function of reading and writing tags from an ActiveX object's local database, data is transferred from/to a PLC by the PLC itself

WAGO Communication Driver

fixed reading digital tags' values through communication zones defined for a Wago device

Rittmeyer WSR3000 Communication Driver

fixed the error in communication with a device

SMS Driver

fixed sending long messages

DNP3 Communication Driver

a new communication driver for the DNP3 protocol

SNMP Communication Driver

a new communication driver for the SNMP protocol

DLMS Communication Driver

a new communication driver for the DLMS protocol

IoT Communication Driver

a new communication driver for devices communicating within the LoRaWAN and Sigfox networks

MQTT Communication Driver

a new communication driver for the MQTT protocol

External Communicator

fixed terminating the communication driver
changed the location of the files that contain the communication driver settings; the files are located in "C:\Users\Public\Documents\GEOVAP\Reliance4\Settings\"
added the following parameters to the communication driver settings: UseRTS, UseDTR, RequireCTS, RequireDSR

License Service, Reliance OPC Server

fixed starting the programs if the Internet is not available

Reliance OPC Server

added support for the cryptographic protocol TLS 1.1 and 1.2
fixed an SSL connection

Reliance OPC UA Server

a new Reliance module

Utilities

added the R_IniFileWriter.exe utility for writing data to INI files
added the R_DTExporter.exe utility for exporting the contents of an RDT file to the CSV format
Reliance Remote Control Center: increased the level of security
R_HistDataToDailyArcConverter: added loading some options for accessing dBASE data tables from a project's main file
FastReport Designer: improved the layout of the designer's toolbars when restoring the default settings
FastReport Designer: added displaying the name of a custom report in the title bar of the utility's main window
FastReport Designer: added a function that allows loading recently opened templates
FastReport Designer: added detecting changes to a report template file performed by another program
FastReport Designer: added the possibility to read changes from a template file performed by another program
FastReport Designer: fixed clicking on a trend in a report's preview
FastReport Designer: fixed working with hyperlinks in a report's preview
FastReport Designer: the "Copy Format Tool" command now also copies the "WordBreak" and "WordWrap" properties
FastReport Designer: fixed the "Highlight" command
License Key Utility: added support for the SNMP, DNP3, DLMS, IoT, MQTT, and HIMA drivers
RDT File Editor: added commands for adding or deleting a record
RDT File Editor: added the possibility to open a project's main file

Installation program

added a new module named OPC UA Server as an optional feature
altered registering the License Service (the startup type is set to "Automatic (Delayed Start)")
extended the Windows Registry by values ensuring that Web pages embedded into a visualization window through an Internet Explorer component are displayed in IE8's standards mode

Help and documentation

fixed highlighting words in bold in PDF documents

Reliance 4.7.3, Update 3 (Revision 32807)

Released: 11/21/2017

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

server Web page: increased the level of security

Reliance Smart Client

increased the level of security

Reliance 4.7.3, Update 2 (Revision 31453)

Released: 5/11/2017

All modules

file selection dialogs: fixed showing the On-Screen Keyboard (launching osk.exe) on 64-bit Windows

Container component

trend: handled the “List index out of bounds” error occurring when using dynamic links and specifying a non-existent trend
communication channel: fixed the memory error that sporadically occurred when switching the program language

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

alarm/event viewers: new alarms/events are only displayed when meeting quick-filter conditions (even if only filtering by device is used)

Reliance Smart Client

fixed entering a tag value with a decimal part

Siemens Communication Driver

removed accurately checking the length of received data (sometimes, the checking caused an error in communication to S7-300 and S7-1500 PLCs)

Reliance 4.7.3, Update 1 (Revision 30960)

Released: 4/5/2017

All modules

trend property editor: removed converting format strings based on the operating system settings
report viewer: added support for states

Real-Time Trend, Real-Time Chart, Equithermal Curve components

removed converting format strings based on the operating system settings

Reliance Design development environment

Device Manager: fixed the format of the address of tags from Mitsubishi devices for some registers (Hex, Oct)
Project Options: reports – added the “Numeric value format” property

Reliance Smart Client

fixed loading visualization windows containing multiple components (sporadically, not all components were loaded)
RELI-55756 – substantially accelerated loading visualization windows

Modbus Communication Driver

fixed the error in communication that occurred when the “Network (Ethernet) – server mode” channel type was chosen

Johnson Controls Communication Driver

fixed setting time

Mitsubishi Communication Driver

fixed the format of the address of tags for some registers (Hex, Oct)

Utilities

Project Converter: fixed converting system colors
Project Converter: fixed converting the Real-Time Trend component
License Key Utility: added support for the KNX driver

Installation program

RELI-55799 – License Service: resolved the problem of verifying a digital signature (previously, the process of verification could slow down starting the service, which sometimes resulted in not completing the installation)
RELI-55799 – License Service: changed the method of starting the service so that the installation is completed even if the service fails to start
removed the registration of Reliance Server as a Windows service

Reliance 4.7.3 (Revision 30702)

Released: 3/8/2017

Main Changes

State Manager – displaying and entering numeric-type tags' values as text. Learn more
Many links to objects are now dynamic (a link is determined by another, string-type tag). Learn more
Added more options to share tags (for each connected thin client, it allows maintaining a specific tag value). Learn more
Added many new action types.
Added the possibility to choose a method of checking access rights.
Added support for displaying the standard popup menu to all components with a link to the main tag.
Container component: added the possibility to embed reports and custom reports.
Completely revamped the data servers' Web page (it can now be also displayed on touch devices).
Now, the built-in Web server has support for data compression (gzip).
Added Mitsubishi Communication Driver. Learn more
Added KNX Communication Driver.
Terminated the development of Reliance Mobile Client.

All modules

updated the FastReport library to version 5.5.6
updated the TeeChart library to version 2016.18.160504
added support for data specific to thin clients (values of internal tags for which the “Share with thin clients” option is inactive)
added support for alarm/event group types and their use in the algorithm of alarm/event filtering and notification
fixed converting a text value to a date if the date format set in Windows contains spaces (like, for example, in Windows 8)
fixed activating a time-limited license stored in a software key
custom reports of type FastReport: fixed memory errors in the RDT Table component (with the class name TfrxRDTTable)
custom reports of type FastReport: fixed the error (exception) in the TfrxRAEMemoView object that occurred during the display of text values

All components

added support for displaying the standard popup menu

Display component

added the possibility to define the component’s error state
fixed the display of a colon when using the LCD display style

Combo Box component

added checking exceeding the range of the main tag's value
fixed determining the number of items in the drop-down list (previously, the number of dynamic items was not limited by the number of array elements)

Data Grid component

fixed the behavior when the data type of the tag linked to a column was invalid (the tag was not of type array)

Container component

current alarms/events: added support for dynamic links to alarm/event groups
trend: added support for dynamic links to trends
RELI-51441 – added the possibility to embed a report
added the possibility to embed a custom report
improved the display of information about an embedded object in Reliance Design

Equithermal Curve component

RELI-39298 – fixed displaying some information

Real-Time Trend, Real-Time Chart, Equithermal Curve components

“Editing...” dialog: added basic support for using the virtual keyboard at runtime

Real-Time Trend component

fixed updating the trend after loading a window

Teco – Time Program and Time Program components

fixed the error in the time program editor that caused not transferring a change in the last time stamp of the day to the following day
fixed the error in the time program editor that caused not transferring a change in the first time stamp of the day to the previous day
fixed (in the time program editor) copying the settings to selected days (the "Copy" command)

BACnet – Time Program component

fixed the width of the time program editor at runtime

Pipe component

RELI-8364, RELI-54886 – fixed drawing 3D pipes

Pipe, Active Text, Active Picture components, vector components

component editor: fixed localizing the label of the timer that controls component blinking

Reliance Design development environment

RELI-52128 – Device Manager: added the "Transfer between server and thin clients" option for a tag (it is only enabled for internal tags)
RELI-54004 – Device Manager: tags nested in a structured tag from a Wago device – fixed the value of the “Address unit” property if the data structure’s “Individually” option for the “Field address defined by” property is active
Device Manager: added support for Mitsubishi and KNX devices
Device Manager: changed the range of a Modbus device’s address from 1–247 to 0–247
Device Manager: added the possibility for an OPC device to define a tag of type DataBlock
Device Manager: added the possibility to decode the value of a tag from a Modbus device in the BCD format (only for the Byte, Word, and DoubleWord data types)
Device Manager: analog value correction – added the possibility to control the correction properties by tags
RELI-54914 – Device Manager: fixed checking a tag's initial value (previously, the initial value could not be entered and saved in hexadecimal format)
Device Manager: structured tags can now by copied from a virtual device into the System device and vice versa
Device Manager: substantially accelerated importing alarms/events from CSV
Device Manager, Data Structure Manager: added a new data type of special internal tags (Last records from log file)
Data Structure Manager: fixed the size and alignment of the list of data structure fields in the manager's bottom right pane (when a large number of fields were defined, their order could not be changed)
State Manager: a new manager allowing you to define state lists
Data Table Manager: changed the default value of the "Time stamp base" property to "UTC"
Trend Manager: added the possibility for a line-type chart to set the line's width
RELI-54800 – Trend Manager, Real-Time Trend Manager: moved the properties for vertical axis configuration from the “Basic” page to a separate page
RELI-54800 – Trend Manager, Real-Time Trend Manager: added an option named “Automatically position series vertical axes”
RELI-54800 – Trend Manager, Real-Time Trend Manager: added properties for setting up the position of the vertical axis
Action Manager: added action types: “Select alarm/event groups”, “Select alarm/event types”, “Select device”, “Select trend”, “Select real-time trend”, “Select report”, “Select custom report”, “Select window”
Action Manager: converted actions of type “Show device's current alarms/events” to “Show current alarms/events”
Action Manager: converted actions of type “Show device's historical alarms/events” to “Show historical alarms/events”
Action Manager: actions of type “Show current alarms/events” and “Show historical alarms/events” – added the possibility to activate quick filtering
Action Manager: added the possibility to dynamically control the link to an object for actions of type “Show trend”, “Show report”, “Show custom report”, “Edit custom report”, and “Activate window”
Script Manager: improved checking scripts (project diagnostics is used when checking scripts)
Script Manager: added an optional parameter named ExecForEachThinClient to the RScr.ExecScript method (if ExecForEachThinClient = True, a script is executed in the context of each connected thin client)
Script Manager: time script – the “First execution time” property renamed “Execute every day at (hh:mm:ss)”
Script Manager: time script – added the “Repeat end” property, which specifies the time until which a script is to be repeated
Script Manager: RAlm.CreateAlarm, RAlm.EnableDeviceAlarms, RAlm.DisableDeviceAlarms methods – changed the AlmType parameter type to Variant
Script Manager: RAlm.CreateAlarm method – changed the AckRights parameter type to Variant
Script Manager: added the RScr.SetCurrentScriptUser and RScr.ResetCurrentScriptUser methods, which allow setting/resetting the user on behalf of which subsequent statements in the current script are to be performed
RELI-8283 – Script Manager: added the RProj.ObjectExists method, which determines whether or not an object (e.g., a device, tag, alarm/event) exists in a project
User Manager: "Phone number" property – added the possibility to specify a list of phone numbers separated by a semicolon
User Manager: disabled the “User administrator” option for a user that has been assigned the servicing right (such a user is always entitled to administer users)
User Manager: fixed the information about the number of subordinated objects (i.e., the user count) shown on the “Basic” page of the root folder's properties
User Manager, Project Structure Manager: added the restriction “Disable entering tag values in Project Manager”
RELI-52186 – Window Manager: improved importing the window contents from XML files (invalid links to project objects are displayed only after the import is completed)
Window Manager: improved exporting/importing the window contents to/from XML files (the name of the window is now exported and then used during the import)
Window Manager: added bulk exporting and importing windows
Project Structure Manager: server connection – added the possibility to limit the age of alarms/events downloaded from the server if the alarms/events are stored in an SQL database (the “Limit downloaded record age” and “Max. age of records (day count)” properties)
Project Structure Manager: added the "Data transfer refresh interval" property for an IEC104 device's communication channel (the "Other" page)
Project Structure Manager: Modbus device communication channel – added the “Network (Ethernet) – server mode” channel type
Project Options: added the possibility to define alarm/event group types
Project Options: the dialog can no longer be invoked more than once at a time
Project Options: Web – added the possibility to require access rights for the Project section on the Web page
Project Options: Web – added the possibility to choose the default Web page
Project Options: Web – added the possibility to embed custom HTML code into the Welcome! page
Project Options: Web – added the possibility to set the SSL version
Project Options: added the “Access right checking method” property
Project Options: added the possibility to configure the color and the width of the border for components with invalid links to tags
Project Options: added the possibility to configure the color and the width of the border for components linked to tags with invalid values
Environment Options: fixed the error that caused not updating the title bar after changing the “Show version number in title bar” option
Project Diagnostics: accelerated diagnosing custom reports
Project Diagnostics: dBASE data tables – added checking whether the maximum number of columns (allowed for a physical table) is exceeded
Project Diagnostics: fixed checking whether components are assigned an action, script, popup menu, or other visualization project functions
Project Diagnostics: added checking the definition of states for components with dynamically controlled states
Project Diagnostics: added checking missing nested tags for Container components that display a window template
Project Diagnostics: added checking the structured tag type for Container components that display a window template
Project Diagnostics: added testing archives for Motorola, Omni, and Sevbus devices
Project Diagnostics: Media Player components – fixed detecting the installation of a supported version of VLC for Windows
Create New Project Wizard: "Visualization project resolution" step – changed the default option from "Automatic" to "Custom"
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: fixed exporting pictures and real-time trends if dynamic links are used in the project
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: handled the situation when the computer address is used for a configuration, but the address is not specified in the Project Structure Manager
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: accelerated the export of projects with multiple configurations
exporting a project for remote users, Project Diagnostics: substantially accelerated performing the operation for projects with many windows
added the "X", "Y", "Width", and "Height" properties for visualization windows (it is now possible to control the position and size of windows using tags)
"Select Access Rights", "Select Alarm/Event Types", "Select Alarm/Event Groups" dialogs: added support for quick filtering

Runtime software

added support for Mitsubishi and KNX devices
OPC devices: added displaying and logging information on the process of registering OPC groups at project startup
OPC devices: added converting data types for working with time for the SIMATIC NET OPC server (an OPC server for Siemens PLCs)
fixed checking a license (previously, a false message “Connection with the license service has been restored.” was displayed)
scripts: fixed the RProj.GetObject and RProj.GetObjectList methods – previously, they didn’t return objects of type String
scripts: object of type String returned by the RProj.GetObject or RProj.GetObjectList function – added the possibility to get a text string in the active language (the “Alias” property) or in the specified language (the GetAlias method)
scripts: added further information to the data object returned by the RScr.GetCurrentScriptDataEx method in a script triggered in the context of a thin client (the WebServerSessionName and UserName properties)
scripts: methods of the RUser object that are not related to user log-on – users are searched in the list of all users defined within a project (not only those connected to the computer)
scripts: RTag.GetTagElementValue method – added testing a tag's data type (if the tag is not of type array, an error occurs)
data tables in MySQL and MariaDB: fixed the syntax of the ALTER TABLE command for adding new fields (columns) to a database table
handled the situation when the client runtime software obtains (from the data server) a changed value of the tag that it doesn’t know
historical alarms/events: message about setting the value of a tag – the “User (command)” column now shows the alias/name of the user who wrote the value into the tag (even when written from thin clients)
optimized evaluating special internal tags of type Current alarm/event count (the tags are evaluated only if there is a change in current alarms/events, e.g., when a new alarm is triggered)
network communication between runtime software modules: now, only necessary data is transferred when writing a string-type tag
network communication between runtime software modules: fixed writing a string-type tag longer than the maximum length of a communication packet
network communication between runtime software modules: altered writing array-type tags from the client side (a tag at the server side will be written as a whole only after the transfer of all data from the client side)
fixed the computer (configuration) name/ID passed as a parameter to the script triggered by a request from a thin client of type Smart Client
fixed checking the availability of the Maatrix server
added support for the Arabic language
virtual keyboard: fixed the error that caused unintentionally closing the virtual keyboard in windows where components' visibility was controlled by a tag
now, it is not possible to run a project when the number of data points is exceeded
added logging SQL statements whose execution takes more time than the specified time period (the default value is 1000 ms)
added warning of situations where the project or project version running in the client runtime software is different from the one running on the server
added logging errors and information on establishing/restoring communication with devices (PLCs)
added logging information on starting and ending playing Postmort records (writing the information to the alarm/event database and the log file)
added logging project update progress in more detail (added a list of the files that were updated and removed)

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

Managers: the "Diagnostics" page is now hidden if empty
User Manager: fixed selecting a script
User Manager: changed the display of the “Log-on/Log-off” page (now, it is only displayed to users that have been assigned the servicing right, which allows selecting scripts and actions)
Project Manager: added the possibility to enter a value for all tags
RELI-54006 – avoided multiple project startup by repeatedly clicking on a shortcut in quick succession
alarm/event panel: enlarged the left side, which shows the number of current alarms/events (when the number was big, the text extended into the graphical symbols)
added support for controlling the position and size of windows using tags
trend viewer: the “Load Design Settings” command now also restores the width of the trend's left margin
trend viewer: tag trend – a tag's compound alias is now used as the series name (previously, the tag's alias was used)
alarm/event viewers: in the “User”, “User (command)”, and “Ack user” columns, an empty string is now displayed instead of “none”
alarm/event viewers: added the “User (command)” column (if the alarm occurred as a result of writing an internal tag, the column contains the name of the user who did the write operation)
“Enter Value” dialog: fixed displaying the edit box with the calendar on multi-monitor systems
RELI-54635 – report viewer: fixed the error that caused the wrong display of column headers of report items with identical names
report viewer: fixed the error that caused not updating the names of columns in the “Create Filter” and “Edit Filter” dialogs after changing the project language
“Select Alarm/Event Types” dialog: added displaying aliases instead of names
“Select Alarm/Event Groups” dialog, list of access rights: fixed updating the alias when switching the project language
Recipe Editor: enabled some special characters for the name of a recipe
altered the size/position of controls in the user interface so that text strings in all program languages are displayed correctly

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

updated the library: OpenSSL 1.0.2k
generated a new SSL certificate: hash functions SHA-2, PKCS #1 SHA-256 with RSA encryption
added support for gzip compression (optimizing the size of HTTP messages)
fixed setting the Content-Length header in HTTP messages
improved session management on the server
substantially accelerated synchronizing alarms/events with client runtime software modules when using an SQL database at the server side
substantially accelerated synchronizing alarms/events with client runtime software modules when there are a large number of current alarms/events
the message about writing a tag from a script triggered by a thin client request now contains information on the user logged on to this thin client
server Web page: a new, responsive Web page
RELI-53809 – fixed filtering historical alarms/events by date for Web clients
server Web page: added the possibility to download all log files
server Web page: added an overview of network connections with other runtime software modules
server Web page: fixed finding an offset from UTC in the client’s Web browser
server Web page: report viewer – added the possibility to enter a time range
server Web page: custom report viewer – added the possibility to export a displayed report to the following formats: HTML, PDF, CSV, XLS, XLSX, and XML
RELI-54225 – custom application interface of the Web service: fixed encoding the return value and parameters of some functions (e.g., GetCurrentAlarms, AcknowledgeAlarms)
custom application interface of the Web service: fixed writing multiple tags at a time (the SetMultiNumericTagValue and SetMultiStringTagValue functions)
custom application interface of the Web service: fixed the functions that return the current value of a tag (sporadically, the functions could return the value of another tag when multiple clients were connected at the same time)

Reliance Web Client

RELI-52128 – added support for tags specific to thin clients
added support for state lists
if there are redundant servers in a project, the client always attempts to connect to the primary server (previously, it could stay connected to the secondary server)
fixed the height of windows of type top tray
added support for customizing the main window's title and the splash screen
trend viewer: added the possibility to set the ruler width
trend viewer: the format of time axis labels now adjusts to the range
trend viewer: fixed selecting a file type while saving a trend to a file as a picture
trend viewer: fixed options in the dialog for printing a trend
trend viewer: improved the behavior of the viewer if failing to download the trend's data from the server
trend viewer: tag trend – a tag's compound alias is now used as the series name (previously, the tag's alias was used)
trend viewer, alarm/event viewers: fixed the behavior of the separator in the Text Data Viewer
report viewer, custom report viewer: redesigned the viewers on the server Web page
alarm/event viewers: fixed setting the filter while displaying a viewer
alarm/event viewers: fixed displaying alarm/event colors
alarm/event viewers: added support for the "User (command)" column
“Alarm/Event Information” dialog: extended the displayed information
historical alarm/event viewer: fixed displaying an active alarm/event whose “Require acknowledgment” option is active
historical alarm/event viewer: fixed downloading alarms/events using the “Download Historical Alarms/Events” dialog if invoked from the historical alarm/event viewer embedded into a visualization window through a Container component
current alarm/event viewer: fixed displaying the user
“Tag Information” dialog: fixed displaying the tag data type
selection dialog boxes: fixed canceling quick filtering
all components: added support for displaying the standard popup menu
RELI-53898 – Button component: fixed writing a constant value into a digital tag that has contact labels (text strings for the states 0 and 1)
Combo Box component: fixed updating the list of items (if dynamic)
Combo Box component: fixed determining the number of items in the drop-down list (previously, the number of dynamic items was not limited by the number of array elements)
Combo Box component: improved checking the entered value
Display component: added support for the error state
Container component: current alarms/events: added support for dynamic links to alarm/event groups
RELI-54521 – Container component: added support for dynamic links to trends
Real-Time Chart component: fixed the pie chart's sector colors
Real-Time Trend component: added support for dynamic links to trends
Equithermal Curve component: fixed loading the equithermal curve’s points
Edit Box component: added checking the entered value’s format and range
Edit Box component: fixed painting the component's frame if the text is wider than the component
Pipe component, vector components: fixed displaying the component if it is linked to a tag, but no state is defined
Data Grid component: handled loading the component a column of which is linked to a non-array–type tag
Data Tree component: fixed checking access rights for entering a value in a cell
Data Tree component: fixed drawing transparent pictures
added support for new action types: “Select alarm/event groups”, “Select alarm/event types”, “Select device”, “Select trend”, “Select real-time trend”, “Select report”, “Select custom report”, “Select window”
added support for dynamic links to objects for actions of type “Show trend”, “Show report”, “Show custom report”, “Activate window”
fixed the behavior of the action of type “Show picture” if the picture was only used within the Action Manager
fixed the behavior of the action types “Select file”, “Select directory”, “www link” (dynamic URL)
fixed the behavior of actions executed after user log-on
added support for executing an action at project startup
fixed loading a project if the window after project startup was dialog
RELI-54349 – fixed automatically closing a dialog window (e.g., after user log-off)
added support for quick filtering for actions intended to show alarms/events
handled setting the program language to a language that is not supported
added support for highlighting components linked to tags with invalid values with a colored border (color, width)
fixed alphabetical sorting for objects containing characters from the extended character set
fixed the color of a selected item in menus on Windows 10 (previously, its text was white on a gray background)
when repeatedly logging on the same user, actions, scripts, and other operations related to this event are no longer performed
added support for special internal tags of type Last records from log file
inhibited access to the Options dialog box if the main toolbar is hidden
the command for restarting the application is now enabled in all operating systems

Reliance Smart Client

RELI-52128 – added support for tags specific to thin clients
added support for state lists
the color of the button for displaying the main menu in the toolbar indicates the status of current alarms/events
added the following commands to the main menu: “Log On”, “Change Password”, “Log Off” (previously, they were only available on the visualization window page
a command for changing the scale has been added to the toolbar (in the responsive mode only)
fixed the height of windows of type top tray
added support for activating tray-type windows
added support for new action types: “Select alarm/event groups”, “Select alarm/event types”, “Select device”, “Select trend”, “Select real-time trend”, “Select report”, “Select custom report”, “Select window”
added support for dynamic links to objects for actions of type “Show trend”, “Show report”, “Show custom report”, “Activate window”
fixed evaluating a special internal tag of type Current program language
fixed the behavior of the action for setting the program language
RELI-54935 – fixed the rule for automatically recognizing the program language (the Slovak language is now considered)
fixed running scripts when clicking the window
the language of the information text shown after user log-on and the user language are now the same (previously, the user language was not taken into account)
fixed displaying the information text after entering an access code
RELI-54944 – added support for customizing the main window's title and the splash screen
RELI-54902 – entering a tag value: improved entering tag values (the control for entering a value is determined by the type of Web browser)
entering a tag value: accelerated writing internal tags
entering a tag value: fixed entering the value of a tag of type Date and DateTime
trend viewer: fixed localization on the page for setting up the trend
RELI-54520 – trend viewer: fixed displaying the viewer if the viewer window is small
RELI-54799 – trend viewer: added the possibility for a trend series to set the line's width and the shadow's size
trend viewer: fixed displaying the background of the legend in Google Chrome
trend viewer: tag trend – a tag's compound alias is now used as the series name (previously, the tag's alias was used)
alarm/event information page: extended the displayed information
report viewer, custom report viewer: added the possibility to export a displayed report to the following formats: HTML, PDF, CSV, XLS, XLSX, and XML
report viewer: added the possibility to enter a time range
RELI-53982 – trend viewer: enabled automatically scrolling the trend even if the "Zoom" option is active
all components: added support for displaying the standard popup menu
components displaying text: fixed displaying text with multiple lines
Display component: fixed displaying a value while considering the locale settings
Display component: added support for the error state
Combo Box component: fixed determining the number of items in the drop-down list (previously, the number of dynamic items was not limited by the number of array elements)
Real-Time Trend component: added support for dynamic links to trends
Real-Time Trend component: a specified width of a series' line is now taken into account
Animation component: fixed starting the animation in some situations
Animation component: fixed the error that caused the animation to blink in some browsers
Animation component: fixed the behavior of the component if the total cycle of the animation is longer than the data update interval
Scale component: fixed the numbers’ color
Check Box component: fixed displaying the component for both left and right alignment
RELI-54521 – Container component: added support for dynamic links to trends
RELI-53946 – Popup Menu component: fixed displaying the component’s popup menu
Container component: current alarms/events: added support for dynamic links to alarm/event groups
RELI-51441 – Container component: added support for embedded reports and custom reports
BACnet – Time Program component: fixed checking access rights
Container component: removed double loading the contents of an embedded object
Button component: fixed displaying the component with its “Flat button” option being active
added support for special internal tags of type Last records from log file
RELI-54878 – removed logging sensitive information
added logging information on establishing an SSL connection

Reliance Mobile Client

removed the module from the Reliance system

Communication drivers

fixed the wrong evaluation of a secondary (backup) connection failure after a primary connection failure occurs
added clearing the input and output buffers before closing the TCP socket
added ending communication to devices if no client is connected

Mitsubishi Communication Driver

a new communication driver for Mitsubishi control systems (series FX or Q) communicating via the MELSEC A compatible 1E and MELSEC QnA compatible 3E protocols

KNX Communication Driver

a new communication driver for the KNX protocol, which allows connecting to devices in the KNX/IP network

Modbus Communication Driver

added server mode communication (the driver acts as a Modbus server without checking the IP address of connected clients)
fixed reading current values of tags from Motorola, Sevbus, Omni, and Elgas2 devices after a connection failure occurs when the connection is not controlled by a tag
Sevbus devices: fixed the error that caused extreme archive reading to end up in an endless loop after reaching the maximum archive record
Sevbus devices: fixed the required length of archive record no. 0 when reading a daily extreme archive
Sevbus devices: reset the archive data reading flag after receiving an error code
Sevbus devices: increased the maximum extreme archive record number to 8400
Sevbus devices: fixed the daily extreme archive address
Sevbus devices: handled the situation when – in a two-channel device – each channel's time stamp is different when reading hourly archives
Sevbus devices: added resetting a flag that indicates a request for archive reading after a failure in communication with the device occurs
Sevbus devices: added synchronizing the system time
added decoding the value of a tag from a Modbus device in the BCD format (only for the Byte, Word, and DoubleWord data types)

Modbus Communication Driver, Cimon Communication Driver

fixed updating a tag after writing data when the PLC does not respond for a longer time

Siemens Communication Driver

fixed sending an Init packet after switching to a secondary (backup) connection and then back to the primary connection
fixed the error in communication that occurred when sending a packet for writing in the time between a packet for establishing communication and a packet for communication initialization
fixed reading data after calling the UpdateValue function or after writing data
improved checking the length of a received communication packet

IEC 104 Communication Driver

fixed evaluating a time-stamped tag's quality descriptor
fixed sending a general query after writing a tag with a write type identifier of C_IC_NA_1
added sending the STOP DT command after receiving data while data transfer is not activated for the communication driver
fixed updating a tag after calling the UpdateValue function
fixed listing the set time's value in the packet list when calling the function for time synchronization
added the function of reactivating data transfer after not receiving data for more than 30 minutes if the UDP protocol is used
fixed generating a packet with the device's ASDU if ASDU is part of the tag address
added support for the "Data transfer refresh interval" property

IEC 62056 Communication Driver

filtered out a parity bit during communication over Ethernet

M-Bus Communication Driver

fixed decoding the value of a tag for which – at unit order transition – the VIB parameter changes in the following way: VIF is extended by VIFE1
fixed decoding integer data types if a tag was defined as an unsigned data type

Elgas Communication Driver

fixed reading the current value of a differential counter
a flag that indicates storing the counter’s historical data in the DoubleFloat format is now taken into account
added the reading of a statistical data daily archive
fixed repeatedly reading auxiliary tags for calculating current values after a connection failure occurs

Sauter Communication Driver

fixed the error in communication with a device that occurs when the connection is controlled by a tag and is inactive

Teco Communication Driver

fixed the sequence of writing data to a PLC if multiple commands were generated in a script at the same time

Rittmeyer WSR3000 Communication Driver

fixed loading a project into the driver

Generic Driver

increased the maximum length of a message to be sent from 3000 to 65535 bytes (characters)
increased the maximum length of a received message from 8192 to 65535 bytes (characters)

Reliance OPC Server

fixed synchronously calling the Read method – previously, an error (exception) occurred when sending a request for data of multiple tags

Utilities

License Key Utility: added automatic updates (License Key Utility Updater)
License Key Utility: added activating a license
License Key Utility: added a license for Reliance OPC UA Client
License Key Utility: added a license for Reliance OPC UA Server
FastReport Viewer: fixed opening a report of type FastReport containing a chart
RDT File Editor: added the possibility to save the contents of an RDT file to a CSV file (the “Save As” command)
Project Converter: fixed setting a picture’s automatic update interval from a Web address (URL)

Reliance 4.7.2, Update 2 (Revision 28774)

Released: 7/1/2016

All modules

dialog boxes with a message: fixed the status of the "Don't show this dialog again" option when showing the dialog

Gauge component

component editor: fixed saving the frame's properties; previously, saved properties caused an error when loading the window, which resulted in not loading the component and the following components stored in the window’s file

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

report viewer: the "Word wrap" property (set for columns' titles) is now considered

Reliance 4.7.2, Update 1 (Revision 28311)

Released: 5/12/2016

Data Grid component

fixed directly editing values (the Up and Down arrow keys did not allow changing a value)

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

Recipe Editor: fixed editing recipe item values (the Up and Down arrow keys did not allow changing a value)

Reliance Web Client

fixed checking access rights (sporadically, some operations were disabled, but should have been enabled)
trend viewer: added setting the ruler width according to the value specified in the Trend Manager

Siemens Communication Driver

RELI-53914 – fixed the byte order when writing tags of type SmallInt (16 b) and LongInt (32 b)

Reliance 4.7.2 (Revision 28224)

Released: 5/2/2016

Main Changes

The Reliance system is now supported on Windows 10.
Changed the system of access rights (the number of access rights is now unlimited).
Added the possibility to configure colors in order for alarms/events to be displayed according to their status and/or type.
The "Chart type" property can now be configured at the level of trend series. This means you can combine, for example, a line chart and a bar chart in a single trend.
Added new data types of special internal tags, such as "Logged-on user", "Free disk space", "Connected thin client count", or "Current device's valid physical tag count (%)".
Script Manager and runtime software: Added methods for working with tags (e.g., RTag.GetByte, RTag.SetByte, RTag.ShiftLeft, RTag.ShiftRight), executing actions (RSys.ExecAction, RSys.ExecActionAndWait), and other methods (e.g., RSys.ExecAppAndWait).
Script Manager and runtime software: Added the possibility to access some properties of project-defined objects (new objects RConst and RProj, new methods RProj.GetObject and RProj.GetObjectList).
Added the possibility to export the project to an SQL-based database so as to access the project's objects in database applications.
Most modules are allowed to address the operating memory up to 4 GB (on 64-bit Windows).
Added the Scale Windows and Components Wizard, which can be used, for example, to convert visualization windows to a different resolution.
Combo Box component: Added the possibility to dynamically control the list of items by an array-type tag.
Container component: Added the possibility to dynamically link the component to a structured tag.
Added support for connecting to Maatrix, an emergency communication service.
Environment Options: Added the possibility to set up displaying dialog boxes with a message, which allows you to enable/disable some prompts to confirm the operation.
Added the trend editor to Smart Client.
Smart Client: Added the possibility to change the scale of visualization windows (in the responsive mode).

All modules

most modules are allowed to address the operating memory up to 4 GB (on 64-bit Windows)
changed the system of access rights (the number of access rights is now unlimited)
controls used to edit the link to the project's objects now have the same bubble help
selection dialog boxes: when opening a dialog for the first time, the correct item is now set by default
selection dialog boxes: revised sorting the lists that also contain folders (folders and other objects are now sorted separately in each list)
historical trends: the "Value count" property renamed "Point count"
fixed drawing SVG images
fixed logging information about the operating system on Windows 8.1 or later versions
fixed activating a time-limited license if done from a module different from the one the license was intended for
“Customize Trend” dialog and standard message dialog: dialogs are now shown on the monitor from which they were invoked (based on the mouse cursor position)
“Select Directory” dialog: the vertical bar on the left (favorite places) now contains a shortcut to the Startup folder
Activate License Wizard: altered text strings informing of the result of the license activation process
custom reports of type FastReport: the "ConnectionString" property of an ADO Database (with the class name TfrxADODatabase) renamed "SQLConnection"
managers: the tree structure is now restored to its default appearance after canceling searching by choosing the "Quick Filter" command
fixed painting menus (the error could cause CPU overload)

All components

control tags' values (e.g., visibility, enabled, position, size) is taken into account even when the tags' quality is bad
RELI-53578 – replaced the library for drawing SVG images

Active Text component

managers: added the "Vertical alignment" property to CSV export/import
fixed displaying the component in the following circumstances: the component displays multi-line text, word wrapping is enabled, the project's version is 4.6.0 or older (previously, the text was aligned vertically to the center of the component)

Animation component

fixed displaying the static picture

Text component

fixed displaying the component in the following circumstances: the component displays multi-line text, word wrapping is enabled, the project's version is 4.6.0 or older (previously, the text was aligned vertically to the center of the component)

Button component

RELI-52381 – fixed aligning word-wrapped text

Display component

fixed displaying the shade
fixed displaying aliases and descriptions of the Units zone object's properties in the Component Manager

Vivotek IP Camera component

updated the type library interface in order to support the latest models of cameras; a driver for version 4.0.0.19 or later is now required
added the possibility to set up an HTTP port

Axis IP Camera component

added the possibility to set up a port

Sauter – Holiday Program component

fixed editing a holiday

Teco – Time Program component

added support for the following time programs from Mosaic's RegoLib library: TProg1, TProg2, TProg31, and TProg41

Real-Time Trend component

fixed adopting the series line's color and width from the manager while the "Use properties configured via Manager" option is active
removed automatically repainting series according to random numbers when editing the trend in Reliance Design
to automatically generate the position of vertical axes, the "Use properties configured via Manager" option must be active

Real-Time Chart component

removed automatically repainting series according to random numbers when editing the trend in Reliance Design
RELI-52326 – added the possibility to dynamically control series point count

Real-Time Trend, Real-Time Chart, Equithermal Curve components

RELI-51903 – added the possibility to hide the component's border (a new property named "Border style")
RELI-52152 – added the possibility to set the component's background color
fixed the error that caused displaying a popup menu upon the completion of scrolling the trend

Media Player component

added a property that allows periodically playing a multimedia file
added the possibility to control muting the sound by a tag
VLC media player: updated the type library interface to version 2.2.1
VLC media player: fixed the behavior on computers on which no VLC media player is installed

Combo Box component

added the possibility to dynamically control the list of items by an array-type tag
fixed CPU overload when the component was hidden
fixed painting the confirm button's picture

Edit Box component

preset the project font for the label after placing the component into a visualization window
fixed indicating an invalid value of the main tag if the main tag was of type DateTime, Date, Time, or TimeSpan
RELI-51989 – fixed setting the edit box's background color

Combo Box and Edit Box components

RELI-51990 – reduced CPU workload while updating the component

Gauge component

fixed entering tags for controlling dynamic limits from the component editor

Clock component

added the possibility to specify the font of the dial numbers
fixed the wrong definition of marks of type Circle and Square (previously, half of a mark's size was defined by the "Size" property)

Time Program and Teco – Time Program components

fixed copying the time program

Container component

added the possibility to dynamically link the component to a structured tag
fixed duplicating the component (previously, the "Share column settings with other containers" option was not copied while duplicating the component)

Data Grid and Data Tree components

RELI-52190 – added an option that determines whether to allow highlighting the currently selected row in the specified color

Data Grid component

tag values are displayed even when the tags' quality is bad
added the possibility to dynamically control columns' visibility
added the possibility to directly edit tag values

Data Tree component

fixed the horizontal scroll bar

Scale and Track Bar components

added the possibility to control the range by tags

Reliance Design development environment

substantially reduced the number of hard disk write operations while saving data to files with .rdt and .log extensions
altered working with objects to avoid uselessly allocating GDI objects (the "Out of resources" error might have occurred in large projects)
added the "Server Web Page" command to the Tools menu
RELI-51883 – all managers: preset a valid file name when exporting objects to CSV
all managers: fixed handling the Shift+Ins keyboard shortcut (the "Paste" command)
Device Manager: changed the default value of the "Dec. place count" property for a tag (it is now set to 2)
Device Manager: added the possibility for a string-type tag to specify the value list using a tag of type Array of String, Array of UTF8String, or Array of WideString (UCS-2)
Device Manager: tag CSV export – fixed numerical constants in the description of tag data types
Device Manager: tag CSV export/import – added data/quality/time stamp change scripts
Device Manager: added adopting the "Comment" and "Description" properties from data structure fields to tags
Device Manager: added the "Share with thin clients" option for a tag (the "Sharing" page)
Device Manager: added the "Share with custom applications through Web service" option for a tag (the "Sharing" page)
Device Manager: added support for the Date and Time data types for a BACnet device's tag
Device Manager: added the possibility for an M-Bus device to suppress sending the SND_NKE function as a packet for establishing communication
Device Manager: added support for Sevbus telemetry systems, which allow connecting a Taiga device by the French manufacturer SIS
Device Manager: added support for Motorola MOSCAD telemetry systems
Device Manager, Data Structure Manager: added the following new data types of special internal tags: "Date", "Time", "Date/time", "Project start date/time", "Project uptime", "Random value", "Sawtooth wave", "Sine wave", "Free disk space", "Memory used by program", "Program CPU load", "Program version", "Project name", "Main project file", "Project directory", "Logged-on user", "Current program language", "Current project language", "Connected thin client count", "Server status (redundancy)", "Last script run", "Last run script date/time", "Current device's physical tag date/time", "Current device's historical data date/time", "Current device's valid physical tag count (%)", "Computer", "Active window", "Serial number"
Device Manager: added the "External ID" property for a device and for a tag (the "Information" page)
Device Manager: fixed the structure of the device table (the Objects_0000000C.rdt file)
Device Manager: altered importing tags into a Teco device from the ST format (IEC EN 61131-3) – the RegoLib library's time programs (TProg1, TProg2, TProg31, TProg41) are now imported as DataBlock
Device Manager: added the possibility for a tag to run a script after receiving archive data (the "Scripts" page)
Device Manager: added the "Time stamp precision" property for a tag (the "Advanced" page)
Device Manager: added the possibility for an M-Bus device to define a tag of type Date
Device Manager: fixed checking the uniqueness of the "WID" property for an AMiT device's tags (previously, a digital-type tag with the same WID could not be added)
Device Manager: the bit number is now taken into account when sorting an AMiT device's tags by address
Device Manager, “Select Tag” dialog box: structured tags in a Wago device – fixed the address of nested tags displayed in the "Address" column
Communication Driver Manager: removed the "Log interface method calls" option
Communication Driver Manager: added the "Maximum communication error count" property for AMiT Driver
Trend Manager: moved the "Chart type" property to the level of trend series
Action Manager: added action types: "Show logged-on user information" and "Acknowledge all alarms/events"
RELI-51935, RELI-52097, RELI-52144, RELI-52036 – Script Manager: added the following methods: RSys.ExecAppAndWait, RSys.ExecAction, RSys.ExecActionAndWait, RSys.GetByte, RSys.GetWord, RSys.SetByte, RSys.SetWord, RTag.GetByte, RTag.GetWord, RTag.SetByte, RTag.SetWord, RSys.ShiftLeft, RSys.ShiftRight, RTag.ShiftLeft, RTag.ShiftRight, RTag.TagExists, and RScr.GetCurrentThreadName
RELI-52097 – Script Manager: added the "Insert Action" command ("Insert Parameter > Insert Action")
RELI-52303 – Script Manager: fixed text replacement when choosing the "Replace All" command
Script Manager: added the RConst and RProj objects
Script Manager: added the RConst.ProjObjType property and its subproperties corresponding to constants of object types used in Reliance projects (e.g., device, tag, alarm/event)
Script Manager: added the RProj.GetObject method, which returns a project-defined object (e.g., device, tag, alarm/event)
Script Manager: added the RProj.GetObjectList method, which returns the list of project-defined objects (e.g., devices, tags, alarms/events)
Script Manager: added the possibility to access some properties of project-defined objects (ObjectType, ID, Name, Alias, CompoundName, CompoundAlias, FullName, FullAlias, ExternalID, Comment, Description)
Script Manager: added the possibility to access some tag properties (Value, Quality, TimeStamp, LocalTimeStamp, IsQualityGood, EngUnits, EngName, CharacterCount, ElementCount, DecimalPlaceCount)
Script Manager: added the possibility to access some alarm/event properties (Text)
Script Manager: added the possibility to access some user properties (PhoneNumber, EmailAddress, Code)
Script Manager: added the possibility to access some SQL-connection properties (ConnectionString, DatabaseName)
Data Table Manager: reduced automatically generated names of physical fields in new projects (the prefix F_ is now used instead of Field_)
Data Table Manager: disabled the "Convert to local time" option when the time stamp base is set to "Local time"
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – fixed editing trend series properties from scripts
Custom Report Manager: custom reports of type FastReport – fixed the error that caused the deletion of selected PNG images in Picture objects
Window Manager: fixed sorting (folders and windows are now sorted separately)
User Manager: added the possibility to select scripts to be run after user log-on/log-off
User Manager: added the possibility to select actions to be executed after user log-on/log-off
User Manager: added the "Run script" option for a user (the "Notification" page)
Project Structure Manager: added support for custom types of alarms/events for a printer
Project Structure Manager: added the possibility for a computer to select actions to be executed after user log-on/log-off (the "Log-on/Log-off" page)
Project Structure Manager: added the "Export project to SQL database" property for a computer (the "Other" page)
Project Structure Manager: added the option for connecting to the Maatrix service for a computer (the "Maatrix" page)
Project Structure Manager: DMB device communication channel – added the possibility to store the packet list for the communication channel in array-type tags (the "List" page)
Project Structure Manager: added the possibility to link packet list tags to a modem
Project Structure Manager: added the "Max. bad communication count" property for a communication channel (the "Advanced" page; it replaces the same-named property of a communication driver)
Project Structure Manager: added the "Evaluate communication error" and "Max. time since last successful comm." properties for a communication channel (the "Advanced" page; it allows evaluating a communication error based on the expiration of the maximum time since the last successful communication with the device)
Project Structure Manager: added the "Run script" option for a computer (the "Notification" page)
Component Manager: accelerated displaying localized property names
Component Manager: project text strings can now be highlighted in green
Component Manager: added the possibility to change a text string by selecting from the list of project-defined text strings
Project Diagnostics: fixed checking a timer in components
Project Diagnostics: fixed checking status text in the BACnet – Time Program component
Project Diagnostics: fixed activating controls of the "Outside temperature" equithermal point in the Equithermal Curve component
Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing unused structured tags in the Data Tree component
Project Diagnostics: added deleting external data (files) after deleting unused objects (windows, pictures, scripts, or custom reports)
Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing the "IP address/URL" property
Project Diagnostics: fixed detecting an invalid link to limits (previously, invalid links were detected despite the fact that dynamic limits were not defined for some tags)
Project Diagnostics: altered testing the version of drivers for Vivotek IP cameras
Project Diagnostics: fixed diagnosing the secondary server's properties
Project Diagnostics Wizard: fixed enabling/disabling the project scopes tree view (previously, an error occurred when going back through the wizard)
RELI-40154 – Project Options: added the possibility to configure colors for the display of alarms/events (Alarms/Events > Colors)
RELI-40154 – Project Options: added the possibility to configure colors for the display of alarms/events of a particular type (Alarms/Events > Types)
Project Options: added the possibility to define any number of access rights and to change their order
Project Options: added the possibility to export/import object lists (e.g., languages or SQL connections) to/from CSV
Project Options: added the "End active alarm when disabled/inhibited" option (Alarms/Events > Other)
Project Options: added the "Show error state if tags have invalid values" option (Components)
RELI-51665 – Back Up Project Wizard: set the "Next" button as default
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: added the "Use project and computer name for naming web client files" option
RELI-51882 – fixed saving locking the window
Scale Windows and Components Wizard: a new wizard that replaces the “Transform” dialog box
Restore Project from Backup Wizard: added a new method of restoring a project from a backup file (restoring a project at the end user site)
RELI-51706 – fixed positioning the development environment's windows (the Windows taskbar's position and size are now considered)
design window: when a window is closed by clicking the close button, it is now also released from memory (does not apply to templates)
design window: fixed handling the "Select All (Ctrl+A)" command when the window contained a Notepad component
fixed creating a project shortcut when the name of the project or computer contains illegal characters (e.g., a slash)
Environment Options: added the possibility to set up displaying dialog boxes with a message (confirmation)
Environment Options: removed the "Delete XML file on remove window" option
Environment Options: added the "Use main window monitor" option
“Project Information” dialog: fixed the displayed number of tags and data points used by the secondary server (when using data server redundancy)

Runtime software

substantially reduced the number of hard disk write operations while saving data to files with .rdt and .log extensions
added detecting SSD hard drives at project startup (a message on how to minimize the number of SSD writes is shown)
fixed detecting a license stored in the software key if the hardware key designed for another Reliance module was connected
fixed writing physical tags of type DoubleWord (previously, values greater than 2147483647 could not be written)
fixed saving a device's time-stamped data in case when the data involved several values with an identical time stamp: values in some columns of a database table were taken from the previous record although they were read correctly from the device by the communication driver
added checking a device's time-stamped data when receiving it from the communication driver: when a value is undefined (NaN or infinity; NaN = not a number), the runtime software does not process the value
automatic project update: the directories and files not contained in the source directory will be removed from the target directory (this applies to the following directories: Main\System, Main\Windows, Main\Pictures, Main\Scripts, Main\Strings, Main\CustomReports, Main\MMedia, ThinClients)
fixed loading real-time trends' historical data: if the number of points displayed in a real-time trend was reduced, an error occurred when loading the trend's historical data
RELI-52865 – fixed displaying the message about the loss of a communication driver license (previously, an error occurred when periodically checking the license)
RELI-51778 – OPC devices: added reactivating OPC groups in case the OPC server is restarted if the "Add OPC groups to OPC server as inactive" option is turned on
devices using native drivers: added re-enabling updating data in case Reliance Driver Server is restarted if the tags are updated based on the folder and the update is controlled by a tag
IEC104 devices: fixed generating alarms/events when using dynamic limits
fixed updating time stamps of special internal tags defined within online-connected physical devices
currently, the message "Connected to driver" is displayed only if the message "Communication driver terminated" has been shown previously
custom reports: fixed displaying a custom report item containing Text objects whose text is highlighted under specified conditions
custom reports: fixed indenting axes' titles for Chart objects
custom reports: fixed painting the grid of Chart objects
custom reports: altered (made more specific) the error description if failing to export a report to a format not supported by this type of report
RELI-51935, RELI-52097, RELI-52144, RELI-52144, RELI-52036 – added the implementation of the following methods: RSys.ExecAppAndWait, RSys.ExecAction, RSys.ExecActionAndWait, RSys.GetByte, RSys.GetWord, RSys.SetByte, RSys.SetWord, RTag.GetByte, RTag.GetWord, RTag.SetByte, RTag.SetWord, RSys.ShiftLeft, RSys.ShiftRight, RTag.ShiftLeft, RTag.ShiftRight, RTag.TagExists, RScr.GetCurrentThreadName
data/quality/time stamp change scripts: a tag's eng. name is passed to a script
added further information to the data object returned by the RScr.GetCurrentScriptDataEx method in a data/quality/time stamp change script (device/tag external ID)
added support for connecting to Maatrix
User Manager: alarm/event groups – aliases are now displayed instead of names
user aliases are now displayed instead of user names
DDE server: added loading the "DDE topic" and "DDE server" properties from the main project file
added logging information about unsuccessful user log-on
added logging information to functions for reading historical data from a database
sorting list elements: changed the QuickSort algorithm from recursive to iterative
data tables in PostgreSQL: fixed the syntax of the ALTER TABLE command for adding new fields (columns) to a database table

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

handled saving a custom report containing a trend from scripts if the target directory did not exist
RELI-52226 – substantially reduced CPU workload while using some types of components
current alarm/event viewer: fixed drawing text (sometimes, an ellipsis was shown instead of the end of the text)
current alarm/event viewer: changed highlighting alarms/events (now, the selected row remains always highlighted, not the alarm)
historical alarm/event viewer: if the virtual keyboard is enabled, the viewer is displayed as a normal window; otherwise, it is always shown on top of the other open windows
RELI-40172 – historical alarm/event filter editor: added the inequality operator (the "Not Equal" command in the toolbar)
alarm/event viewers: added support for the virtual keyboard
RELI-51852 – trend viewer: legend – fixed the value of a series that corresponds to the position of the ruler/cross if the series' "Stairs" option is activated
trend viewer: the "Load Design Settings" command now restores the visibility and position of custom vertical axes
trend viewer: the accuracy of the time displayed in the legend now depends on the value of a tag's "Time stamp precision" property
report viewer: the accuracy of the time displayed in the "Time" column now depends on the value of a tag's "Time stamp precision" property
report viewer: added the possibility to write the selected record's time stamp to a tag
report viewer: added the possibility to execute actions
report viewer: added the possibility for string-type items (columns) to dynamically control the list of available values for filtering
custom report viewer: added the possibility to export a report to the following formats: CSV, XLS, XLSX, XML, ODS, ODT, DBF, RTF, TXT, BMP, JPEG, TIFF, and GIF
custom report viewer: fixed the error that consisted in BDE Query (TfrxBDEQuery) and BDE Table (TfrxBDETable) objects to create a working table in the main directory of Reliance's program files
“Enter Value” dialog: altered the display of user-defined names for logical 0 and 1 for tags of type Bool and Array of Bool – text definition for one state will suffice to display the names
“Information on Tag” dialog: added a tag's value, time stamp, quality, and kind
“Customize Trend” dialog: the "Display style" property renamed "Paging"
“Customize Trend” dialog: added displaying page size units (points, hours)
“Customize Trend” dialog: fixed updating text strings after setting the program language to Spanish (previously, Czech text strings were displayed)
alarm/event panel: added using the "Alarm/event text font" option activated for a computer (the "Alarms/Events" page)
recipes: fixed searching for a recipe by name when controlling the recipe name by a tag (first, a recipe with an identical name is found; if there is none, a recipe the name of which starts with the name that is searched for is found)
Recipe Editor: fixed entering a value for items linked to tags of type Date, Time, and TimeSpan
RELI-51160 – Recipe Editor: added the "Duplicate" command
Recipe Editor: fixed the recipe item numerical value format (the Windows locale settings is now considered)
Postmort Record Player: added further playing speed options (100x, 200x, 500x, and 1000x faster)
Postmort Record Player: records to play will be made available even if the "Complete data recording interval" property is set to a value greater than 1 hour
fixed repainting visualization windows on monitor No. 3 or higher (in applications with more than two monitors)
scripts: added further information to the data object returned by the RScr.GetCurrentScriptDataEx method in a script triggered by a component (the component's main tag ID and the ID of the tag to which the container is linked)
delayed sending information about changes made through managers to other runtime software modules (the default value is 5 s)
removed displaying the "Error occurred" dialog in case when the logging of handled errors was active and a handled error occurred

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

updated the library: OpenSSL 1.0.2f
data server redundancy: fixed synchronizing current values of internal tags whose last value is not saved (after a primary server failure and the restoration of communication between the servers, the value of a tag from the primary server might have been used)
the HTTP server now sends clients an X-UA-Compatible header so that a Web page in Internet Explorer is not displayed in Compatibility View
RELI-51749 – custom reports: fixed displaying reports in the English version
custom application interface of the Web service: fixed the wrong behavior of the GetCurrentAlarms function that occurred when the name of the device that does not exist in the project was passed to the DeviceName parameter
custom application interface of the Web service: added the Connect3 function
custom application interface of the Web service: extended parameters passed to the GetCurrentAlarms and AcknowledgeAlarms functions
RELI-53638 – custom application interface of the Web service: added checking access rights when acknowledging alarms/events
custom application interface of the Web service: corrected the documentation

Reliance Server

fixed calling some communication driver functions when terminating a project running as a Windows service

Reliance Web Client

added support for special internal tags
added support for executing actions after user log-on and log-off
added support for the alarm/event font defined for a computer
fixed positioning the main window in the working area of the monitor
added support for a tag's "Time stamp precision" property
trend viewers: added support for background pictures (the "Back Image" property)
trend viewers: fixed the trend title in the tag trend viewer
trend viewers: fixed displaying the bottom axis if the legend is shown and positioned at the top
trend viewers: fixed setting the range of a trend's axis (the error caused the trend data to be hidden)
trend viewers: fixed the sample count displayed in the status bar
trend viewers: added support for ruler colors
fixed setting the trend range through the "Custom Time Axis Range" dialog
RELI-51852 – trend viewer: legend – fixed the value of a series that corresponds to the position of the ruler/cross if the series' "Stairs" option is activated
RELI-51720 – alarm/event viewers: added displaying information in the columns Tag, Type, and User for internal alarms/events
RELI-51750 – alarm/event viewers: fixed filtering internal alarms/events by alarm/event type
alarm/event viewers: quick filter – text searching is now performed within all displayed columns
alarm/event viewers: quick filter – added the "Match Beginning of String" command
alarm/event viewers: added support for alarm/event colors
alarm/event viewers: fixed saving settings in the dialog for downloading alarms/events
historical alarm/event viewer: fixed downloading alarms/events (previously, the time range was not considered for internal alarms/events)
fixed displaying the alarm/event panel
“Enter Tag Value” dialog: added support for editing multi-line text
fixed controlling window visibility using a tag
added support for the "Show error state if tags have invalid values" option
fixed working with keyboard shortcuts for executing actions
RELI-51740 – Real-Time Trend component: added support for background pictures (the "Back Image" property)
RELI-51740 – Real-Time Trend component: fixed the font style of the trend's title
RELI-51740 – Real-Time Trend component: fixed displaying labels on the time axis
Real-Time Trend component: added support for controlling the range of a trend's vertical axes by a tag
RELI-53659 – Real-Time Chart component: fixed displaying some types of series
BACnet – Time Program component: fixed editing the time program
Teco – Time Program component: added support for the Mosaic RegoLib library's ON/OFF time programs
Data Grid component: added support for the "Line" and "Border style" properties
Container component: fixed saving the width of columns in the alarm/event viewer
Container component: removed sending too many requests to the server
Container component: removed the memory leak that could cause slowing down applications with many containers
Container component: added support for dynamically linking the component to a structured tag
Combo Box component: added support for dynamically controlling the list of items by an array-type tag
Vivotek IP Camera component: added support for series 7000 and 8000
Gauge component: fixed updating the component when changing the range
Scale, Progress Bar, Track Bar components: added support for controlling the range by a tag
Grid component: added support for painting lines in the error state
vector components: fixed displaying the border and the fill
RELI-52796 – vector components: fixed displaying the error state
Active Text, Active Picture, Pipe components, vector components: fixed displaying the yellow frame that indicates invalid tag values
added support for actions of type "Show logged-on user information" and "Acknowledge all alarms/events"

Reliance Smart Client

updated the library: jQuery 2.1.4
fixed running the client in the Desktop mode (previously, decreasing the size of the page did not work)
fixed displaying the scroll bars
grouped some of the commands in the main menu
added the Options page
added support for special internal tags
added support for a tag's "Time stamp precision" property
fixed menu and toolbar visibility
added support for changing the scale of visualization windows (in the responsive mode)
Czech is now activated if the program language is set to Slovak (previously, English was activated)
trend viewers: added the trend editor
RELI-51852 – trend viewer: legend – fixed the value of a series that corresponds to the position of the ruler/cross if the series' "Stairs" option is activated
alarm/event viewers: added support for alarm/event colors
alarm/event viewers: improved displaying an alarm/event with a long text string on small displays
added support for the "Show error state if tags have invalid values" option
Pipe, Scale, Clock components, vector components: the components are now displayed using inline SVG
fixed components' dynamic visibility
Display component: added support for the value/unit offset
Combo Box component: fixed the appearance of the component if the number of items contained in the combo box is greater than the number of items configured for the component
BACnet – Time Program component: fixed saving the time program
Teco – Time Program component: fixed displaying the component
Teco – Time Program component: added support for the Mosaic RegoLib library's ON/OFF time programs
Time Program component: added the possibility to set a value using a scroll bar
Time Program, Teco – Time Program, BACnet – Time Program components: added the possibility to update the time program from the server
Display component: added support for the "Number format > Use locale settings" option
Container component: added support for dynamically linking the component to a structured tag
Clock and Gauge components: fixed painting the end of the dial pointer (hands)
Combo Box component: added support for dynamically controlling the list of items by an array-type tag
Real-Time Trend component: added displaying the component's frame
Vivotek IP Camera component: added support for series 7000 and 8000
Grid component: added support for painting lines in the error state
Progress Bar and Gauge components: added support for component rotation
Scale, Progress Bar components: added support for controlling the range by a tag
added support for executing an action and running a script after user log-on/log-off
added support for the action of type "Show logged-on user information"
added support for the action of type "Show options"
added saving the page settings before displaying a report
fixed switching the project language
substantially reduced the length of some links

Communication drivers

fixed restarting a project running as a Windows service (previously, the Reliance Driver Server service had to be restarted to load the current project)
Reliance Driver Server – a specified directory for log files is now taken into account
Reliance Driver Server is no longer blocking Windows termination
removed displaying a window with an error message when reading/writing data from/to a serial port
fixed communication when the number of TCP sockets is limited
fixed automatically establishing communication during tag-controlled reading
added setting a flag that indicates a communication error if failing to create a packet for establishing communication
fixed terminating the communication driver during communication over TCP in the server mode
fixed releasing the communication driver from memory after driver termination if multiple serial ports were used in the project
fixed reestablishing communication in the server mode after a connection failure occurred
fixed modem control
added updating special physical tags' time stamps every 10 seconds
fixed switching the program language (under certain circumstances, Czech text strings were written to log files also in the English version)
to automatically update special physical tag values' time stamp, the "Allow reading" option must be active
fixed the error (exception) that occurred during project termination
fixed evaluating a communication error when disconnecting the device due to the line being idle
fixed repeatedly sending a communication message to establish a connection on a secondary (backup) channel

Teco Communication Driver

fixed the memory error that occurred when reading a string-type tag through multiple communication zones
added support for the "TC650" model (for this model, only even-length communication packets are generated)
fixed writing values greater than 2147483647 into tags of type DoubleWord

DMB Communication Driver

added DMB Communication Driver

M-Bus Communication Driver

added the possibility to communicate in the server mode
added the possibility for the Itron Cyble model to read tags from different frames
added decoding a variable-length value to the array data type
added decoding the DATE AND TIME data type as DateTime and Date
added the possibility to define the Date data type
added the possibility to read all values contained in the data message header through special physical tags

Siemens Communication Driver

optimized (accelerated) reading tags located in the address space of type DB – Data Block
added the possibility to specify the length of a communication packet
added checking received data block count
fixed the communication error caused by generating too long a message
fixed reading tags addressed as Peripheral Inputs and Peripheral Outputs

IEC 104 Communication Driver

RELI-52031 – handled receiving a frame with any transfer cause
fixed the communication error that occurred when receiving data divided into multiple messages
fixed establishing communication on a secondary (backup) communication channel
fixed the data transfer interruption on the active channel when establishing communication on a secondary (backup) channel

Modbus Communication Driver

added support for Sevbus telemetry systems, which allow connecting a Taiga device by the French manufacturer SIS
RELI-51815 – fixed reading Inputs in the server mode
RELI-52121 – fixed receiving data of the Preset Multiple Registers 16 function in the server mode
RELI-51815 – fixed responding to a request for data from the Coils and Inputs register types in the server mode (invalid values of the other bits were returned by the driver)
fixed writing a tag of type DateTime
altered reading digital tags from the Coils and Inputs register types so that even fewer than eight bits would be read
added support for Motorola MOSCAD telemetry systems

AMiT Communication Driver

added repeatedly sending a request to which no response was received
fixed releasing the communication driver from memory after project termination

Elgas Communication Driver

fixed writing a tag that controls communication with a device
fixed reading a differential counter
fixed hanging up a modem after the completion of historical data reading
fixed logging the date and time of an archive record (a daily and a binary archive)
fixed evaluating date and time if the DST offset function is activated in the device
fixed reading data from an Elcor-94 device

Johnson Controls Communication Driver

fixed writing digital-type tags
fixed mask write for multiple digital-type tags at a time

Generic Driver

fixed decoding received data if the device sends the data spontaneously – with no previous request
added the possibility to communicate in the server mode

SMS Driver

fixed sending messages containing a line ending and some special characters

BACnet Communication Driver

fixed the error in communication with a device located in another network
fixed acknowledging received data during communication with a device located in another network

Reliance OPC Server, License Service, License Key Utility

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is now used by the modules

Auxiliary tools and utilities

fixed the path to the executable file of Reliance OPC DA Wrapper
Project Converter: fixed converting components with links to a non-existent popup menu
Project Converter: fixed the undesirable change of the original project's main file format (a file with a .prj extension)
Project Converter: fixed text in the English version (previously, it was shown in Czech)
Project Converter: fixed converting windows if the program language is set to French
Reliance Remote Control Center: added displaying text information on the process of restarting the project running in Reliance Server as a Windows service
Custom Report Designer, custom report viewer: added the possibility to export a report to the following formats: CSV, XLS, XLSX, XML, ODS, ODT, DBF, RTF, TXT, BMP, JPEG, TIFF, and GIF

Installation program

removed .NET Framework 2.0

Reliance 4.7.1 (Revision 25172)

Released: 5/20/2015

Main Changes

Added support for accessing dBASE tables – TDBF.
Added support for Omni 3000 and Omni 6000 devices.
Added the possibility to define custom alarm/event types.
Added the possibility to store log files in the project directory.
Runtime software and thin clients: Added support for automatic user log-on.
Digifort component: A new component for the Digifort IP surveillance system.
Runtime software and Reliance Web Client: Added French and Spanish as program languages; also updated support for the Russian language.
Added saving data of real-time trends at runtime and after project termination.
Alarm/event viewers in the runtime software: Added searching by choosing the "Quick Filter" command.
Reliance Web Client: Added support for redundancy.
Reliance Web Client: The client now saves user settings (e.g., trend appearance settings) to a user profile on the server.
Reliance Web Client: Added support for the BACnet – Time Program component.
Reliance Smart Client: Added support for the so-called app mode (the possibility to display an application in full screen mode on Android OS and iOS).
Reliance Smart Client: Improved the trend viewer by adding support for separate axes and zooming and by allowing vertical axes to be positioned above each other.
Reliance Smart Client: Added support for embedding trends, current alarms/events, and historical alarms/events into a visualization window using the Container component.
Reliance Smart Client: Added support for component rotation.

All modules

used a new compiler (Delphi XE5) and a user interface library (VCL)
updated the FastReport library to version 5.11
TDBF – new support for accessing dBASE tables (BDE substitution)
RELI-51271 – modified the "Quick Filter" command to be case-insensitive for letters with diacritics
trends, real-time trends: fixed saving vertical and horizontal axis positions configured for a trend series
RELI-51245 – trends, real-time trends: fixed setting axes' multi-line labels

All components

component property editor: controls for defining a link to objects – when saving the changes, the link to an object is now saved even if the object is not used (i.e., when the check box is turned off)

Button-type components

fixed drawing status text for buttons with the use of rotation

Popup Menu component

component editor: added the possibility to add items linked to actions by selecting from the "Select Action" dialog

BACnet – Time Program component

added the "Default data type" property

Gauge component

added support for controlling the range by a tag

Data Tree component

fixed saving the link to a tag after adding a new node
fixed saving text strings with Unicode characters to a node or cell
fixed duplicating a node (previously, the child nodes were automatically sorted)
fixed setting the row height

Time Program component

component editor: altered enabling/disabling controls based on the "Editing > Method" property
component editor: improved controls for editing numerical values by adding up-down controls

Progress Bar component

fixed displaying the component when exceeding the range (previously, the segmented indicator did not display the state corresponding to the maximum value)

Container component

current alarms/events: added the possibility for filtering based on types and groups
current alarms/events: added searching by choosing the "Quick Filter" command
historical alarms/events: added the possibility for filtering based on types and custom filter
historical alarms/events: added searching by choosing the "Quick Filter" command
RELI-51695 – communication channel: fixed checking the specified channel before saving the changes (sporadically, a message about the non-existence of the channel was shown)

Real-Time Chart, Real-Time Trend, Equithermal Curve components

fixed saving a back image

Digifort component

a new component for the Digifort IP surveillance system

Reliance Design development environment

managers: added the "Synchronize alias" property to CSV export/import
managers: fixed the sporadic "Access Violation" error that might occur when saving changes within managers
managers: fixed saving the display style in the bottom left pane (View > List/Details/Thumbnails)
managers: changed the way the Project Structure Manager is displayed after adding a new object and saving the changes – now it is only displayed if this object's connection has any properties to configure in the Project Structure Manager (device, data table, recipe type) – otherwise, it is connected to the computer automatically
Device Manager: updated the descriptions of exported properties (tag data types)
Device Manager: added the possibility for a Siemens device to import tags from a file in the XLSX format exported by DB Import from a STEP 7 project
Device Manager: fixed importing an array-type tag's array element count and date type from the TIA Portal (the XLSX format) for a Siemens device
Device Manager: fixed the "List index out of bounds" error occurring when importing tags from an EDE file that does not contain optional columns
Device Manager: added the "Check real-time data time stamp sequence" property for an IEC104 device
Device Manager: added the possibility for tags of an M-Bus device to define the address by the order in the communication message
Device Manager, Data Structure Manager: added new types of special physical tags for an Elgas2 device (Serial number, Firmware version, Device name)
Device Manager, Data Structure Manager: added a new data type of special physical tags for an M-Bus device – System status (the tag value is contained in the communication message header)
Device Manager, Data Structure Manager: added a new data type of special internal tags (Current alarm/event count)
Device Manager: added the minimum interval of alarm/event notification (E-mail, SMS)
Device Manager: added support for Omni 3000 and Omni 6000 devices
Device Manager: replaced the label "Address" with the "ASDU address" option for an IEC104 device
RELI-51628 – Device Manager: added the "ASDU address" option for an IEC104 device's tags and tag folders (tags within a single IEC104 device can now be defined with different ASDU addresses)
Data Structure Manager: disabled the "Order" option of data structures for device types without support for this option
Data Structure Manager: fixed the default value of the "Field address defined by" property of data structures for some device types
Data Structure Manager: added the possibility for a Siemens device to import data structures from a file in the XLSX format exported by DB Import from a STEP 7 project
Data Structure Manager: fixed the "List index out of bounds" error occurring when importing data structures from an EDE file that does not contain optional columns
Data Table Manager: added the "Redundant table" property for a data table (the "Other" page)
RELI-51714 – Data Table Manager: removed restricting the length of the "Physical table name" property's value for a data table
Project Structure Manager: added the "Automatically log on user" property for a computer (the "Log-on/Log-off" page)
Project Structure Manager: added the "Alarm/event text font" property for a computer (the "Alarms/Events" page)
Project Structure Manager: the "Connection timeout" property of a computer (the "Redundancy" page) – the minimum allowable value is now set to 1 s
Project Structure Manager: properties of a computer – some properties from the "Alarms/Events" page have been moved to the new page "Notification"
Project Structure Manager: fixed saving a Siemens device communication channel's "TCP/UDP port" property's value when the default value has changed
Project Structure Manager: added the "Network number" and "MAC address" properties for a BACnet device's communication channel (the "Other" page)
Project Structure Manager: added the "Maximum unacknowledged sent I-frame count (k)" property for an IEC104 device's communication channel (the "Other" page)
Project Structure Manager: renamed the "Maximum unacknowledged I-frame count" property for an IEC104 device's communication channel (the "Other" page) to "Maximum unacknowledged received I-frame count (w)"
Project Structure Manager: added the "Delete oldest data" property for a connected data table (applies to SQL-based data tables)
Project Structure Manager: connected devices – added the "Type" column to the bottom left pane
Project Structure Manager: computers – added the "Address" column to the bottom left pane
Project Structure Manager: computer CSV export/import – fixed importing/exporting the list of directories to automatically update
Project Structure Manager: connected devices – added displaying the properties even if devices of a different type are selected
Script Manager: added CreateObject, GetLocale, SetLocale, Escape, and Unescape to the list of available functions
Script Manager: added Empty, Null, Nothing, True, and False to the list of available constants
Script Manager: added the RAlm.CurrentAlarmsEx method, which allows displaying current alarms/events that meet the specified parameters (the possibility for filtering based on the device, types, groups, and time range)
Script Manager: added the RAlm.DbAlarmsEx method, which allows displaying historical alarms/events that meet the specified parameters (the possibility for filtering based on the device, types, custom filter, and time range)
Script Manager: added the RUser.GetUserAlarmGroups method, which returns the specified user's alarm/event groups
Script Manager: fixed selecting whole words
User Manager: user properties – the "Alarms/Events" page has been renamed "Notification"
Custom Report Manager: added a new component named TDBF Table (with the class name TfrxTDBFTable) designed for accessing files with a .dbf extension
Custom Report Manager: fixed automatically synchronizing ID-based custom report items' name if the item was not named
Custom Report Manager: fixed searching for a custom report item by ID (previously, it was searched for in the list of all defined items, not in the list of the custom report's items)
Real-Time Trend Manager: fixed selecting a tag for a trend series
RELI-51290 – Real-Time Trend Manager: fixed saving the "Blocking tag" option
RELI-4017 – Picture Manager: improved the behavior when adding a picture folder
Action Manager: added the "Show application help contents" action type
Action Manager: added the possibility for the action of type "www link" to use the default Web browser
String Manager: added searching by choosing the "Quick Filter" command
Project Options: added the possibility to set up the method of accessing dBASE data tables (Historical Data > dBASE Data Tables)
Project Options: added the possibility to display alarms/events' date/time with millisecond precision
Project Options: added the possibility to define alarm/event types
Project Options: added the possibility to delete alarms/events older than the specified value
Project Options: added the possibility to set up an alias for the System device
Project Options: added the possibility to set up the dialog for entering a tag value (the "Show tag alias/name" and "Show device alias/name" properties)
Project Options: changed the tree structure on the left side of the dialog
Project Diagnostics: added the possibility to reperform the diagnostics from the "Diagnostics Results" window
Project Diagnostics: Diagnostics Results – "Perform Scope Diagnostics" command – fixed diagnosing the Component scope
Project Diagnostics: Diagnostics Results – removed listing unused objects in a different color
Project Diagnostics, finding object usages: the settings are now saved separately
design window: fixed changing the component size by dragging the mouse (previously, an error occurred when pressing the Esc key while dragging the mouse)
changed the way of releasing visualization windows from memory when closing a project (sporadically, the "Access Violation" error occurred)
RELI-39399 – design window: fixed selecting grouped components
RELI-7153 – design window: fixed updating container components after a change in a window template
Export Project for Remote Users Wizard: added the possibility for individual configurations to specify the data server address
Back Up Project Wizard: updated the backup directory list
Environment Options: added the possibility to store log files in the project directory
Environment Options: added the possibility for paths to restore the default settings

Runtime software

real-time trends: added saving data at runtime and after project termination
added support for automatic user log-on
logging writing a tag: added the previous tag value to the message
extended alarm/event text formatting tags
alarms/events linked to a Bool-type tag: text for the logical 0 (1) state is now displayed instead of a value of 0 (1)
fixed sending messages using the RINet.SendMail function (previously, message text duplication occurred)
data tables: improved generating time stamps for new records (this ensures the uniqueness of time stamps even when adding multiple records in a short time)
data tables: added saving sampled data to a physical database before each access to data
data tables: fixed initializing the last record from the last tag values if it is not possible to open a physical table after project startup (this only applies to data from an IEC104 device)
data tables in MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL: fixed testing the cause of the error that occurred when saving a new record
added the implementation of the following methods: RAlm.CurrentAlarmsEx, RAlm.DbAlarmsEx, and RUser.GetUserAlarmGroups
fixed initializing values when using an analog value correction for a tag defined within a Modbus device in the Slave mode
scripts: fixed running a script with its "Run on thread initialization" option activated and the "User interface (GUI) thread" option selected
files in the directories "C:\Program Files (x86)\GEOVAP\Reliance4\Cert" and "C:\Program Files (x86)\GEOVAP\Reliance4\Config" can now be located in the project directory, for example, C:\Project1\Main\Cert" and "C:\Project1\Main\Config" to be part of a project backup
RELI-51663 – IEC104 devices: fixed generating alarms/events linked to structured tags
IEC104 devices: added generating alarms/events in offline mode
fixed sending an email message through the SSL/TLS secure connection
added logging potential errors while sending an email or text message
added logging information about successfully sending an email or text message
added support for the French language
added support for the Spanish language
updated support for the Russian language

Reliance View, Reliance Control, Reliance Control Server

RELI-51291 – fixed the action of type "Run application" (previously, the action failed to run applications the names of which contained spaces)
altered handling the action of type "Run application" so that it is possible to use some of the commands supported in the command prompt (e.g., "start www.reliance-scada.com")
scripts: the dialog displayed by calling the MsgBox and InputBox functions from a script run with its "User interface (GUI) thread" option selected is now modal
alarm/event viewers: changed the default size of the toolbar's buttons to small buttons
historical alarm/event viewer: added searching by choosing the "Quick Filter" command
current alarm/event viewer: added searching by choosing the "Quick Filter" command
current alarm/event viewer: the appearance of the viewer and the appearance of the historical alarm/event viewer are now the same
report viewer: fixed previewing a report (previously, the report preview disappeared while preparing for printing)
report viewer: substantially accelerated loading data when choosing the "Load All Records" command
RELI-51653 – report viewer: translated the names of some properties in the "Create Filter" and "Edit Filter" dialogs
custom reports: fixed displaying a Chart object (the error could cause not displaying data in all series)
removed the message "Cannot show window. Insufficient access rights for this operation." when activating a window after project startup
added the possibility to stop loading historical alarms/events when a file-based database is used
historical alarms/events filter editor: changed the way of selecting a device, tag, computer, and user (the drop-down list replaced with a selection dialog box)
extended the area for displaying the title in visualization windows' title bar
RELI-40040 – trend (report) selection dialog – added saving the "Insert trend window into main window" ("Insert report window into main window") option
fixed repeatedly switching between visualization windows – it no longer causes an inserted trend viewer/report viewer to close
trends, real-time trends: fixed loading user settings (the axis title's angle was undesirably changed to 90°)

Reliance Server, Reliance Control Server

updated the OpenSSL library to version 1.0.2a
RELI-51254 – server Web pages: report viewer – fixed the time range when displaying a report
RELI-51550 – fixed the list of connected thin clients, which is returned by the RWS.GetThinClientList function
fixed the error that might have caused terminating the generation of reports from data stored in relational databases
data server redundancy: secondary server – distinguished waiting for establishing communication and waiting for a response from the primary server
data server redundancy: added the possibility to store both servers' historical data in a single database
custom application interface of the Web service: added the LogonUser, LogoffUser, GetCurrentAlarms, and AcknowledgeAlarms functions
added logging information about user log-on/log-off to/of the server from a thin client

Reliance Control Server

fixed the error that sporadically occurred when successively running multiple projects with thin clients of type Smart Client within a single instance of the data server

Reliance Server

fixed running the service if the "Automatically update project" option was active (it could cause turning off the service if the update took a long time)
fixed terminating the service (sporadically, the following error occurred: "DDE Server Window: R_Srv.exe – Application Error")
RELI-51239 – data server Web page security no longer applies to Smart Client's Web pages

Reliance Web Client

removed switching to the main window when communication is restored
added the possibility to restart the Web client (only if it is run through Java Web Start)
added support for automatic user log-on
users not connected to the computer can no longer log on
user settings (e.g., trend appearance settings) are now saved to a user profile on the server
added support for redundancy
selection dialog box: added the possibility for quick filtering
added support for the System device's alias
dialog for entering a tag value: added support for the "Show tag alias/name" and "Show device alias/name" options
trend viewers: added support for another trend type (area)
trend viewers: fixed setting a date in the dialog box for specifying a trend's custom range
trend viewers: added the possibility to assume another user's settings and pass user settings to another user
custom trends: added support for separate axes for series
alarm/event viewers: added support for the "Show milliseconds" option
alarm/event viewers: fixed filtering a device's internal alarms/events
alarm/event viewers: added support for alarm/event types and groups
Real-Time Trend component: added support for separate axes
Real-Time Trend component: added support for localizable axis labels
Gauge component: added support for controlling the range by a tag
Container component: current alarms/events – added the possibility for filtering based on types and groups
Container component: historical alarms/events – added the possibility for filtering based on types and custom filter
Data Tree component: fixed changing a tag value in cells of type Progress bar (previously, tag values could not be changed)
Data Grid component: added support for the "Element index" property (corresponds to the selected row)
added support for the BACnet – Time Program component
added support for the Digifort component
added support for the "Show application help contents" action type
fixed the sporadic error that caused updating tag values to be interrupted
added support for the French language
updated support for the Russian language

Reliance Smart Client

updated libraries: jQuery 2.1.3, jQueryMobile 1.4.5
RELI-51479 – added support for the so-called app mode (the possibility to display an application in full screen mode on Android OS and iOS)
RELI-51420 – the link to the main window is now independent of the window's ID
menus are now displayed in the side bar
added the possibility to turn on/off the quick search filter
fixed entering from the keyboard on iOS 8
fixed displaying the client in IE9
added support for automatic user log-on
users not connected to the computer can no longer log on
added support for the System device's alias
added support for the "Show tag alias/name" and "Show device alias/name" properties on the page for entering a tag value
trend viewers: added support for other types of trends (bar, area)
trend viewers: added support for separate axes
trend viewers: added support for zooming
trend viewers: added the possibility for vertical axes to be positioned above each other
trend viewers: fixed displaying trends if the data came from different data tables
alarm/event viewers: added support for the "Show milliseconds" option
alarm/event viewers: added support for alarm/event types and groups
fixed the value of the tag that generated an alarm/event on the page with information on the alarm/event
added support for component rotation
RELI-51550 – fixed the parameters passed to a script when clicking a component
Real-Time Trend component: added support for separate axes
Real-Time Trend component: added support for controlling the range of vertical axes by a tag
RELI-51242 – Edit Box component: fixed entering characters with diacritics
Gauge component: added support for controlling the range by a tag
Gauge component: added support for displaying limits
Container component: added support for embedding trends, current alarms/events, and historical alarms/events
added support for the Time Program component
added support for the Digifort component
added support for the "Show application help contents" action type
added support for opening a Web page in a new panel using the action of type "www link"
RELI-51298 – added help

Communication drivers

fixed registering Reliance Driver Server as a COM server by running the batch file R_DrvSrv_RegServer.bat
fixed terminating communication channel threads
RELI-3027 – localized text strings in log files into English
the communication test interval is now ignored when tag-controlled communication with a device is activated
fixed automatically establishing communication with a device when the connection was controlled by a tag

Sauter Communication Driver

fixed reading data using packet 80
fixed decoding tags with the following data words: D, E, N

BACnet Communication Driver

removed a time program's write priority
added the "Network number" and "MAC address" properties
added the possibility to suppress reading tags using the Read Property Multiple function (instead, the Read Property function is used)
added the possibility to specify a nonstandard property identifier even for a standard ASHRAE object

Siemens Communication Driver

fixed restoring tag-controlled communication with a device
added reading and writing long arrays and strings
fixed the wrong reading/writing a tag with an address higher than 8191
fixed writing an array-type tag located in data blocks
fixed decoding the DATE AND TIME data type

Teco Communication Driver

fixed writing a tag of type Array of String

IEC 104 Communication Driver

removed checking the CMNA address for the RWE model (only IP address-based identification is now used)
fixed decoding a tag value with a type identifier of M_ME_TD_1 – a normalized time-stamped value
RELI-51628 – added support for tags with different ASDU addresses within a single IEC104 device
acknowledging sent I-frames is carried out by receiving any I-frame
RELI-51305 – fixed the processing of received data so that the driver would accept time-stamped data even for tags having a non-time-stamped type identifier
RELI-51666 – fixed the wrong information in the packet list for the communication channel
added support for the "Maximum unacknowledged sent I-frame count (k)" property

M-Bus Communication Driver

fixed reading data if the device contains a variable-length value
fixed reading data if the device used VIF-code 7C – VIF in following string

Modbus Communication Driver

fixed reading data if the device contains a variable-length value
fixed reading the serial number from the data message header
added support for Omni 3000 and Omni 6000 devices

Cimon Communication Driver

added writing an array element

Elgas Communication Driver

fixed writing a tag of type Gas composition
fixed the evaluation of initial character checking

AMiT Communication Driver

fixed reading a bit tag lying in a substitution tag of type LongInt (32 b)

Generic Driver

added more detailed logging of an input string

SMS Driver

RELI-51074 – fixed sending a message if the 7-bit encoding was used (the message text was duplicated when sent)

External Communicator

fixed clearing an input buffer

Auxiliary tools and utilities

Project Converter: fixed converting a project to a newer version (sporadically, the conversion was not completed)
Custom Report Designer: added support for the French and Spanish languages
custom report viewer: added support for the French and Spanish languages

Installation program

added a new setup launcher utility (the program named Setup.exe on the top level of the directory structure) – the recommended installation method
the new setup launcher utility is signed with a certificate from a trusted certificate authority (Thawte)

Help and documentation

Reliance Design manual: added MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL to the list of supported database systems
Reliance Design manual: added links to FAQ on the website
RELI-51112 – Reliance Design manual: added the description of the Button component's "Set digital tag directly" property
VBScript manual: added the documentation for the following functions: Escape, Unescape, SetLocale, GetLocale, and CreateObject
VBScript manual: added the documentation for the constants Empty and Null
VBScript manual: added the documentation for the locale constants
VBScript manual: added the documentation for the error code constants