Release Notes. GML Commander Software Release v4.03. Enhancements. GML Commander v4.03 includes the following enhancements and corrections:

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1 Release Notes GML Commander Software Release v4.03 GML Commander v4.03 includes the following enhancements and corrections: Enhancements To fully use the features included in GML Commander v4.03, you must use firmware v3.9 or higher. The following enhancements have been added to GML Commander v4.03: A new System Function, Get_Firmware, has been added that returns a three-digit integer value representing the controller firmware version, (e.g. version 3.9 is described as 390; version 3.9A is described as 391; etc.). This function requires no parameters. Support for the IMC S Class 1394L "One and One-Half Axis" motion controller, by adding the new selection "1394L" to the Control Type list in the General page of the configure Control Options dialog box. The 1394L motion controller is a simplified version of the IMC S Class 1394 controller, and is designed for use in either low complexity automation applications, or low complexity application components. The 1394L provides two axes: a full servo axis (AXIS0), and a master only axis (AXIS1). Support for ControlNet high-speed communications. ControlNet permits communications among up to 99 devices on a network, and lets you transfer input and output files of up to 32 words in length, and store variable values in the shared DH-485/ControlNet data files of the local motion controller. New ControlNet features include: a CNET-enabling checkbox on the General page of the configure Control Options dialog box, a CNET configuration page, added to the Configure Control Options dialog box, a CNET palette containing three new CNET-related function blocks (On CNET Status, Show CNET Status and Reset CNET), Publication GMLC-6.0-RN1 November 1999

2 2 three General System Variables (CNET_fault, CNET_fault_code, and CNET_status), a Data Bit (B65 - CNET Enabled 1394), five Data Parameters (D140 - CNET Number of Input Bits; D141 - CNET Number of Input Floats; D142 - CNET Number of Output Bits; D143 - CNET Number of Output Floats; and D144 - CNET MAC ID), new tag dialog boxes that give you the ability to create CNET Input Bits, CNET Output Bits, CNET Input Floats, CNET Output Floats, CNET Input Group Bits, CNET Output Group Bits, and CNET Local Variables, a new Global Fault: CNET Fault (Global_fault = 16), A "Copy Axis Data to" sub-menu command has been added to the floating menu bar for the Configure Axis Use dialog box for a physical axis. This command provides the ability to configure a physical axis by assigning to it the same settings of another, previously configured physical axis. See the Online Help topic "How to Enable and Configure a Physical Axis" for details of this new functionality. The Tag Explorer now displays the working value, power-up value and address for all Data Parameters and Data Bits. The Module Documentation dialog box now displays the name of the current module. A Module Documentation Button has been added to the Main Toolbar providing easier access to the Module Documentation dialog box. A "Collapse Navigation" sub-menu command has been added to the floating menu bar in the Diagram Window allowing the user to navigate "up" the branch to it s predecessor or parent modules, up to a maximum of ten levels. The Properties dialog box now includes an "Ignore Translation Warnings" selection which overrides GML Commander software generated warnings during translation to script. Using this feature while developing a diagram lets you translate your diagram and check its icode during diagram development, without having to respond to a series of messages warning that function blocks in the diagram are not connected either to each other, or to Start or End blocks. A "Module Tree" selection has been added to both the Print and Print Setup dialog boxes. Select this to include the Module Tree (from the Diagram Explorer), in text format, in the diagram print-out. Publication GMLC-6.0-RN1 November 1999

3 3 A new Shunt Resistor ID (1394-SR-10-A) has been added to the list of supported shunt resistors in the Smart Power page of the Configure Control Options dialog box. Corrections The following corrections have been made to GML Commander v4.03: If a DH-485 Local Variable is declared, with DH-485 configured for "Communications" (in the General page of the Configure Control Options dialog box), and if the DH-485 setting is subsequently changed to "Variable Only", the Auto Update checkbox in the DH-485 Local Variable dialog box remains active. This allows the user to edit the diagram and remove the Auto Update setting. Formerly, changing the DH-485 configuration to "Variable Only" grayed the Auto Update checkbox making further editing impossible. (#881) GML Commander now properly translates the Show Input Status block, with Dedicated selected as the Input Class, and with Resolver Loss Event selected as the Input. The correct icode translation is?(i{1}7=1). Formerly, v4.02 mistakenly translated the block into icode as?(i{1}8=1). (#880) If a system has only one axis module, and if that axis is configured as a Master Only axis (in the General page of the Configure Control Options dialog box), selecting the Hookups tab for that axis will no longer cause the bus to drop out. (#879) GML Commander will no longer validate the Lock Tolerance setting for a physical axis (in the Positioning page of the Configure Axis Use dialog box), where the Axis Type is changed from Servo to Master Only (in the General page of the Configure Axis Use dialog box). Formerly, GML Commander would run a validation test on the Lock Tolerance value and display an error message if the value was out of range, even though Lock Tolerance does not relate to Master Only axes. (#871) In the Output Cam block, the key sequence Alt + N activates the "Enable" selection. Formerly, the Alt + E key sequence was used, but merely set focus on the Enable selection without selecting it. (#870) In the Configure Cam block, the key sequence Alt + C key sequence activates the "Auto Correction" selection. Formerly this key sequence merely set focus on "Auto Correction" without selecting it. (#869) Publication GMLC 6.0-RN1 November 1999

4 In the On Watch block, the Axis field is disabled if no axes have been enabled (in the Axes page of the Configure Axis Use dialog box). (#868) GML Commander will now properly translate and execute a diagram containing a Watch Control block, set to Enable Event/Action, that is the last block in an encapsulated module where the block s lower exit node is connected to the END block. Formerly, due to a translation error, a diagram constructed in this manner would run in an endless loop upon execution. (#867) GML Commander no longer crashes if a value is entered that exceeds the limit for Rack Address in the RIO page of the Configure Control Options dialog box, for compact controllers. (#865) GML Commander no longer crashes if a value is entered that exceeds the limit for Max node addresses in the DH-485 page of the Configure Control Options dialog box, for compact controllers. (#864) In the Units page of the Configure Axis Use dialog box, the Position, Velocity and Acceleration and Deceleration display formats limited the number of character placeholders (#) to 10, 13 and 15, respectively. Formerly, GML Commander failed to so limit the number of character placeholders. (#863) GML Commander no longer crashes upon selecting the Tune Servo page, while configuring AXIS1, AXIS2 or AXIS3 using a Compact controller. (#862) The error message, displayed when a value is out of range for Lock Tolerance (in the Positioning page of the Configure Axis Use dialog box), has been corrected to accurately display the lower end of the permissible range. (#860) The Configure Control Options "Finished" page (displayed by the wizard when configuring Control Options in Novice Mode) has been edited to more clearly direct the user how to create and edit tags. (#859) After selecting a module in the Flex I/O page of the Configure Control Options dialog box, using the Tab key and spacebar to make selections, the cursor automatically moves to the next non-selected module. (#858) A misleading error message, arising when declaring multiple User Variables in the SLC Input or Output Float dialog box, has been replaced by one more accurately stating the problem condition. (#852) Publication GMLC- 6.0-RN1 November 1999 Supersedes Publication GMLC-6.0-RN March Allen-Bradley Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA

5 5 In the DH-485 Value block, the DH485 variable Remote block and the DH485 variable Local block, the permissible range for Elements now varies, depending upon the selected File Type. Formerly, a maximum value of 10,000 was erroneously permitted for all File Types. For information on the permissible range of Element values for each File Type, see the Online Help topic "DH-485 and ControlNet File Elements". (#851) The DH-485 Value Block had been edited so that the Multiple Variables selection is visible only if Specify Remote Addressing is first selected. (#850) No longer does GML Commander insert a prefix of ":" to 3.9 diagrams that are translated to script in GML Commander v4.03. (#849) Print & Print Preview for the Output, Show Input Status and Input function blocks now properly presents the function block Type in the Block Details section. (#842) The firmware now properly parses the icode references for an SLC Input Bit and an SLC Input Group Bit, when these are selected in the Expression Builder. (#839) An icode translation error no longer occurs when programming a function block with a conditional branch, where the upper output node is connected to a module whose output node is not connected to another block. Formerly, configuring the On DH-485 block in this manner would cause an icode translation error. (#836 & #817) The keyboard up and down arrows can now be used to select a combo box item in the AxisLink I/O, Flex I/O, RIO & Upload dialog boxes. (#834) Selecting an icode Version 3.4 or lower, in the General page of the Configure Control Options dialog box, now disables the RIO checkbox. (#831) The keyboard tab, up, down, home and end keys can now be used to navigate the Tag Explorer and Tag Window, and also list controls contained in dialog boxes used to define a tag (e.g. DH-485 Local Floats w/ Auto Update page and SLC Input or Output Floats) (#830, #816, #762 & #658) GML Commander will now generate a validation error if a diagram includes a conditional branch with an upper output node that connects to a module block, but where the module block s output node is not connected. (#828) Entering a value of 1 for both the Unwind Fraction Numerator and Denominator (in the Feedback page of the Configure Axis Use dialog box) no longer yields invalid results. (#810) Publication GMLC 6.0-RN1 November 1999

6 6 In the DH-485 tag configuration dialog boxes, the tab order is no longer out of sequence. (# 798) The Axis selection input box now permits the selection of an axis for axis-specific data bits and data parameters. (#797) Print and Print Preview now accurately display the name of Flex I/O modules. (#793) The Imaginary Axis name input field, on the Axes page of the Configure Control Options dialog box, has been properly aligned with other controls on the page. (#792) In the SLC Input and Output Float dialog boxes, the control formerly named "Type" is now named "Tag Explorer". (#791) The tab order for the Equation block, set to Configured Type, has been corrected. (#787 & #764) The "Either Transition" selection, in both the configured and Registration pages of the Watch Control block, can be selected using the Alt + T key sequence. Formerly, the Alt + E key sequence was used in the Registration page. (#785) Copying table cells in a Build Table block, then pasting them to the end of the table (with Master Position and Slave Profile selected) no longer causes program execution to hang. (#779) The tab, up, down, home and end keys now let the user navigate and make selections in the DH-485 Value function block. (#765) GML Commander no longer erroneously displays an error message when a GML3.9 application program, containing a DH485 Value function block, is translated to GML Commander. Formerly, an error message incorrectly warned that a file name must be an integer. (#731) When a diagram containing multiple tasks is configured to trace a single task, GML Commander will trace only that task. Formerly, the trace function would skip among the several tasks. (#727) With the Diagram Window in split window mode, collapsing a module in the bottom window will no longer send the top window to the same diagram level as the bottom window. (#676) Publication GMLC-6.0-RN1 November 1999

7 7 GML Commander will display a message indicating that the velocity or torque limit for 1394 controllers (set in the Motor/Drive page of the configure Axis Use dialog box) has been changed to the maximum value that the axis/motor can accept, in the event the user has changed the velocity or torque limit to a value higher than this maximum value. Formerly, GML Commander would make this change, but did not notify the user. (#535) An error message, displayed when no selection has been made in a list box, has been edited to read "Selection list is empty or no selection is made!" Formerly, it read "Selection list is empty", which was thought to be misleading. (#511) Publication GMLC 6.0-RN1 November 1999

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