OPC Server for Web-IO and serial communication

• New Windows DCOM requirements implemented

• New Web-IO 4.0 Digital 4xIn/Out #57733 is recognized and supported
• New Web-IO 4.0 Digital 12xIn, 8xRelay Out #57738 is recognized and supported

• New Web-IO 4.0 Digital 12xIn, 12xOut, 1xRS232 #57731 is recognized and supported

• Winsock communication stabilized
• Error corrected: The idle polling for the Web-IO Climate was done for deactivated devices as well.

• JSON upload for reconfiguration revised

• Error fixed: In exceptional cases certain packet sizes could cause the OPC server to crash
• Error fixed: With Web Thermometers the status BAD (last known) could be briefly displayed unnecessarily
• Error fixed: Web-Thermometer polling optimized
• Error fixed: Analog Web-IO polling could result in freezing of the second channel

• Count value detection when incorporating many Web-IO boxes

• Supports Web-IO 4.0 #57734

• HTTPS support
• The Properties dialog for I/O Server now also allows direct entry of a product number.
• The "Identify" button for I/O Server now tries inventorying on up to four connections at the same time: HTTP on Port 80, HTTPS on Port 443, also (if not already included in the two combinations) corresponding to the current user entries in the dialog and the live opened device data. The main advantage is that "Identify" can now also recognize when a device has been reconfigured from HTTP to HTTPS (or the reverse).

• Support for current W&T devices
• Fixed: The HTTPS option for Web-IO was not stored
• Fixed: Selective disabling/enabling of the option checks and entry fields when scrolling the combobox was defective

• Starting and stopping the OPC service also possible without Admin rights

• Connection status available as an item

• Support for W&T models #57620 and #57618

• Item Quality when using Web-Thermographs remained "good" following connection faults
• Fixed decimal point counter states from Web-Counter were incorrectly processed

• Detection time for inactive devices reduced

• Handling of counter items for Web-IO Digital after OPC server restart optimized

• Combined installation package, German, English
• *msi download format
• Optional automatic configuration of OPC mode for Web-IO Digital

• Support for W&T models #57630(M), #57631(M), #57634(M)
  (Models with 2MB memory recognizable by firmware starting from V3.xx / Feb 2011)

• Support for W&T models #57638 (ERP 2+2 PoE), #57655 (IP Watcher PoE), #57656 (Trap-Receiver)
• Optimized installation of the OPC server

• Items for counter values (Web-Count) optimized

The OPC Server 4.xx is not a direct update for Versions 3.xx. It is installed as a new service with new Server-ID parallel to any existing older Version 3.xx and does not affect the latter’s functionality. Detailed instructions (importing configuration profiles for Version 3.xx, converting OPC clients to new version, etc.) can be found in the online help.

• Supports W&T models Web-IO 6xI, 6xO, Digital Logger and Web-Thermograph Relay
• Optimizing for synchronous item matching in client access

The OPC Server 4.xx is not a direct update for Versions 3.xx. It is installed as a new service with new Server-ID parallel to any existing older Version 3.xx and does not affect the latter’s functionality. Detailed instructions (importing configuration profiles for Version 3.xx, converting OPC clients to new version, etc.) can be found in the online help.

• Support for the W&T Web-Count and Web-Alarm models
• Optimization for rejected connections to Web-IOs and Com-Servers

The OPC Server 4.xx is not a direct update for Versions 3.xx. It is installed as a new service with new Server-ID parallel to any existing older Version 3.xx and does not affect the latter’s functionality. Detailed instructions (importing configuration profiles for Version 3.xx, converting OPC clients to new version, etc.) can be found in the online help.

• Polling rate over the network can be limited
  (minimum requirement Web-IO Digital firmware 1.58/2.17)

The OPC Server 4.xx is not a direct update for Versions 3.xx. It is installed as a new service with new Server-ID parallel to any existing older Version 3.xx and does not affect the latter’s functionality. Detailed instructions (importing configuration profiles for Version 3.xx, converting OPC clients to new version, etc.) can be found in the online help.

• Improved reopening of the network connection to Web-IO Digital after infrastructure interruptions, e.g. for DSL connection
  (minimum requirement Web-IO Digital firmware 1.58/2.17)

The OPC Server 4.xx is not a direct update for Versions 3.xx. It is installed as a new service with new Server-ID parallel to any existing older Version 3.xx and does not affect the latter’s functionality. Detailed instructions (importing configuration profiles for Version 3.xx, converting OPC clients to new version, etc.) can be found in the online help.

• New:
  Additional support of the OPC standard Alarms&Events (for Com-Servers, Web-IO Digital and RFID Servers)
• Installation includes OPC system files
• Optimized Reconnect after connection interruptions
• Expansion of the Mini-OPC client for A&E

The OPC Server 4.xx is not a direct update for Versions 3.xx. It is installed as a new service with new Server-ID parallel to any existing older Version 3.xx and does not affect the latter’s functionality. Detailed instructions (importing configuration profiles for Version 3.xx, converting OPC clients to new version, etc.) can be found in the online help.

• New architecture: The OPC server works as a background service with separate configuration program
• Support for OPC DA 3.0 (OPC Alarms&Events in development)
• New mapping concept for Web-IO Analog and Climate data
• Updated and expanded online help
• Various internal optimizations/changes

If when or after starting the OPC client a message appears that no OPC servers are available, the system may be missing the required OPC core components. You can download these in Version 3.00.102 here and install them. Alternately you can always find the most current version in the download area of the OPC Foundation at https://opcfoundation.org (OPC Core Components x.xx Redistributable).

• Supports new W&T devices: Web-IO, 12x Digital Input, 6x Digital Relay and Web-IO Thermohygrobarometer
• With the Web-IO Digital the command for setting outputs is not issued over the network until the output actually changes its state

• Installer change: Registers the program again in "App Paths"
• OPC server for very fast computers optimized
• Collision recognition over multiple sessions (e.g. under XP with
  fast user changing)
• NEW: OPC item names are now freely definable

• Clearer indication of started OPC servers
• Supports Web-IO Analog-In (V+A)
• Various corrections in the response for opening a connection to the Web-IO Digital
• Error eliminated: An OLE problem was erroneously reported when WinSock was not installed.

• Optimized reopening of the TCP connection after faults in the network infrastructure

• Supports EnOcean module type STM 250 (window magnet sensor)
• Errors corrected: EnOcean transceivers were mistakenly set for hardware handshake.
• Optimized: Connection to Web-IO Digital was opened delayed by one clock
  of the polling rate
• Optimized: Connection to Web-IO Digital was sometimes unnecessarily
  disconnected and reopened

• New file-based configuration concept in place of
  registry entries
• NEW: Support for Web-Thermo-Hygrograph
• NEW: Support for EnOcean-Com-Servers

• Optimizing when writing variables when connections are faulty
• Detailed error logging
• Optimized window layout

• Installation will now take place as an MSI package
• Optimization of the self-registration

• Functions for Web Thermometers added

• Extended OPC server functions for Web-IO Digital
  (password protection and read-out of the counters)

• When called by the client application, the OPC server starts invisibly in the background (protection against the user manipulating the application)

• Error in the namespace browser rectified
• VBA example revised