Release Notes – MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian

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These are notes that are added to and sent with each release of MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian.
Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v5.1.0 (Feb 16, 2017)
New Features and Enhancement:
 Added support for Windows 2016
 Removed support for ODBC server feature
Resolved Issues:
 22603: Unexpected File Input Failure.
 22604: File Collector misparses the milliseconds value of a string timestamp so that the
value after the decimal point is treated as an integer in thousandths rather than an actual
decimal value (tenths, hundredths, thousandths). E.g. 4:48:17.51 would be misparsed as 4
hours, 48 minutes, 17 seconds, and 51 milliseconds instead of 510 milliseconds.
 22605: File collector sample custom script file for parsing CSVs is wrong.
 22607: Sample CSV code incorrect.
 22608: After collecting file from a drive other than C:, the file is not moved to the folder
where processed files are stored.

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Known Outstanding Issues:
 22601: User gets an error (Service could not be deleted) while upgrading to ODH hub and
spoke (v5.1.0) from standalone(v4.7.0)
WORKAROUND: Refer Troubleshooting section of MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian User
Manual
 22602: Upgrading ODH 4.7.0 plus History Link separate install to 5.1.0 Hub-and-spoke
results in components being disabled in the services control panel.
WORKAROUND: Refer Troubleshooting section of MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian User
Manual
 22556: GUI issues when GUI kept open for significant periods of time.
WORKAROUND: Close GUI after finished with configuration changes.
 22557: Main Storage instance name reset to “Main Storage” from user-selected name when
upgrading from 5.0.0 to 5.1.0.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.7.0 (March 18, 2016)
New Features and Enhancement:

 Added support for the following operating systems:

o Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)

o Windows 10 (64-bit)
 Implemented auto elevation feature for Run as administrator.

 Removed Support for the following operating systems:

o Windows Server 2003

o Windows XP
Resolved Issues:
 #00020434: Removed support of MSXML 4.0.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v5.0.0 (Aug 15, 2014)
New Features and Enhancement:
 Import and export configuration tags to and from CSV files.
 Create multiple instances of the archiver, OPC client, and OPC server.
 Configure scheduled transfers from Desktop Historian User Interface.
 Create multiple instances of history transfer component. This includes scheduled transfer
and redundancy.
Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.6.2 (Aug 7, 2013)
Resolved Issues:

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  #19218: When the user tries to fetch the data for
MATRIKONAGGREGATE_TRENDFRIENDLY aggregate, the system displays the status as
Failed if there was no data found.
 #19226: Tag lifetime functionality does not work when the Tag lifetime checkbox is
selected.
Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.6.1 (May 17, 2013)
Resolved Issues:
 #19048: When MATRIKONAGGREGATE_TRENDFRIENDLY is used in a time range with no
data, the OPC Server for ODH crashes.
 #19052: ArchiverOPC.exe can crash when UHC is stopped and restarted. It does not check
incoming VARIANTs for NULL pointers and VT_EMPTY/VT_NULL vartypes.
 #19083: ArchiverOPC.exe does not check to make sure an array is 1 dimensional before
accessing it using a 1-dimensional array index.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.6.0 (March 7, 2013)

New Features and Enhancement:
 The data points that have time stamps way in the future, or time stamps that are out of file
range are discarded from the current DAT file and stored in a secondary file for future use in
.CSV format.

Resolved Issues:
 #18851: The procedure used to cleanup ELF files from the database causes a memory leak
in the Archiver component of MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian.
 #18642: There is a data loss when you add tags that have trailing spaces in the tag name
from the Excel plugin.
 #18677: HDA aggregate function "MATRIKONAGGREGATE_TRENDFRIENDLY" fails to return
values when HDA read processed calls are executed.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.5.0.0 (May 8, 2012)

New Features and Enhancement:
 Alias configuration functionality added to UI.
Resolved Issues:
 #9489: Deleting ODH's configuration results in the loss of the storage engine configuration.
A default storage engine is not set when the configuration is deleted.
 #15991: Backup Utility corrupts backup if the zip file is greater than 2GB in size.
 #18140: File sizes should be capped at 4GB to eliminate the potential for file corruption in
Windows for an FF7R data storage engine type in ODH.
 #12820: When running the Backup Utility, it failed to create a destination folder.
 #15720: Backup Utility does not create a zip backup if the directory does not exist.

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Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.4.3.0 (January 10, 2011)
Resolved Issues:
 #16932: ELF files compound to make start-up very slow.
 #16746: Exceptions are thrown in the log file when trying to poll min or max attributes of a
tag.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.4.2.0 (September 1, 2010)

New Features and Enhancements:
The minimum software requirements are:
 Microsoft Windows XP SP1
 Microsoft Windows 2003 SP0
 Microsoft Windows 2008 SP1
 Microsoft Windows 7
Note: Currently, MatrikonOPC Performance Monitor, File Collector, and ODBC server are not
supported on Windows 7 and Windows 2008.
Resolved Issues:
 #10459: Tag Manager Excel Plug-in does not work with Excel 2007 or later.
 #14787: The hardware license key drivers are no longer included in the installation
package.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.4.1.0 (January 28, 2010)
New Features and Enhancements:
 This version adds support to collect data from products supporting the Matrikon data
interface.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.4.0.0 (October 14, 2009)
New Features and Enhancements:
 #13516, #11957: The OPC server has been modified to allow the Maximum Return
Values limit to be applied during a ReadProcessed call. When enabled in the OPC server
configuration panel, the OPC server limits the number of raw data values read to perform
the read-processed operation.
Resolved Issues:
 #13516: The Maximum Return Values limit is only enforced for the number of data
points returned to the OPC HDA client making the read request. The number of data points
retrieved in internal Read Raw operations (performed to gather the data needed to make
aggregate calculations) is not limited. Therefore, load issues can still occur when this limit is
in place.
 #12913: Backups created by the Backup Utility require manual steps to restore data into a
running system. Contact OPC Support for assistance.

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  #4947: When a tag is deleted from ODH UI, the tag can still be browsed.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.2.0.0 (August 7, 2009)

New Features and Enhancements:
 #12913: The Backup tool now includes a restore backup option, both through the Backup
Tool GUI and the command line.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.1.0.0 (June 26, 2009)
New Features and Enhancements:
 Users are now able to configure the maximum number of return values for HDA requests.
This feature will help administrators to control the maximum load an OPC client can place on
the historian.
 Users are now able to configure how much raw data an aggregate calculation retrieves to
complete the requested calculation. This feature can help mitigate the effects of bad quality
data on the results of their aggregate calculations.
Resolved Issues:
 #9890: TimeAverage aggregate calculations on sub-second intervals no longer report
incorrect results. An issue which caused precision loss for this aggregate was also corrected.
 #11773: FF7 and FF7R now support tags of type VT_R8 and VT_BOOL. Boolean data was
previously being stored and served as 1-byte integers, and REAL8 data was being stored
and served as REAL4 data.
 #12496: When a point is read across more than one data file, and one of the data files
queried for that tag has no data available, ReadRaw can return a ppErr value of
OPC_E_NODATA for a tag even if data is returned for that tag. This can cause a memory
leak in some cases.
 #11773: Boolean data is stored and served as 1-byte integers, and REAL8 data is stored
and served as REAL4 data.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v4.0.0.0 (May 14, 2009)
New Features and Enhancements:
 A new Rolling Buffer Storage Engine (FF7R) has been added to Desktop Historian.
o FF7R supports string tags.
Note: FF7R will be replacing FF4 in future versions of Desktop Historian. Users are
advised to upgrade their configurations. It should be noted that upgrading from FF4
to FF7R or FF7 will make prior FF4 data unavailable for access. Furthermore,
upgrading from FF4 will result in FF4 no longer being an available file format for data
storage.
Resolved Issues:
 #12496: ReadRaw can return an error value of OPC_E_NODATA for a tag even if data is
returned for that tag. This occurs when a point is read across more than one data file, and
one of the data files queried for that tag has no data available.

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Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v3.4.0.0 (April 28, 2009)
New Features and Enhancements:
 Long Term Storage (FF7) Data Backup Utility.
o A command-line utility has been created to safely backup data stored in the Long
Term Storage (FF7) file format.
o Backup commands may be configured, scheduled and executed from the Desktop
Historian configuration utility. Scheduled backup commands are run by the Windows
Scheduled Task system.
 Support for 4 GB (232) byte data files for the Long Term Storage (FF7) file format.
o In the Data Storage Management window, the Store no more than xxx
minutes of history in each file option must be set to prevent the DAT file from
exceeding this size, and leave at least 10 percent for overhead. For example, with
5,000 tags at a 1 second update rate, this configuration setting should be set to no
more than 420 minutes (7 hours) of history in all files.
Total file size = 15 [bytes/value] * 5000[values/second] *
60[seconds/minute] * 420[minutes] * 1.1 [overhead factor of 10%] < 2 31
[bytes]
Refer to Appendix A – File Formats in the User’s Manual for specific size requirement
of storage format FF7.
 Rolling Buffer (FF4) file format configuration panel improvements
o The Storage Engine Configuration panel for the FF4 format now provides feedback on
how much hard drive space is available to store rolling buffer files.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v3.3.0.0 (April 28, 2008)
New Features and Enhancements:
 Several new features have been added to the MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian OPC client
portion of the application:
o Timestamp Processing: A per-tag configurable timestamp bias has been added.
Tags may also have their incoming timestamp replaced with the current system
time. If both a bias and system time has been selected, the bias will be applied to
the system time before recording that point in the database.
o Tag Lifetime: A tag-lifetime option has been added that causes the OPC client to
request a refresh on tags that have not been updated within a set period of time.
This feature can make use of IOPCAsyncIO::Read, IOPCAsyncIO2::Read, or
IOPCSyncIO::Read operations to retrieve the values. In the event that the OPC
server does not provide an updated timestamp for the point, the Use System
Timestamp option can also be applied to tags with Tag Lifetime enabled, to ensure
that the VQT is recorded periodically in the database even when it is not changing at
the OPC client.
 The service names for Desktop Historian have changed as listed below. This can be found in
the services.msc panel.
o Desktop Historian core is now listed as MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian.
o Client side is now listed as MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian – OPC Client.

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 o Server side is now listed as MatrikonOPC Server for Desktop Historian.
 The ServerOpts.ini file may be replaced upon install. A backup of the old ServerOpts.ini file
will be saved in the product folder as ServerOpts.ini.bak. Any changes made in the old
ServerOpts.ini file may need to be manually transferred over to the new ServerOpts.ini file.
Resolved Issues:
 MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian does not report Data Exists when inserting data to the
destination historian.
 If the MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian services were restarted while the GUI was open, the
GUI would experience a failure.
 OPC tag browse was only available through OPCEnum.
 Fixed an issue in the FF7 storage engine where it would not properly release the file handles
on data files that have been moved or deleted by the user, through Windows Explorer, or
through an automated backup script.

Release Notes for the MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian 3.0.2.0 (July 17, 2007)
Resolved Issues:
 #4224: Fixed read raw and read processed calls. Properly gets bounds when required.
Successfully interpolates data based on bounds for read processed calls.
 #4923: Fixed issue involving random values being returned when an OPC HDA
ReadProcessed INTERP aggregate request is made to the MatrikonOPC Server for Desktop
Historian and the data type of the item is an unsigned integer.
 Install will now detect if DEP is turned on and display a warning at the start of the install.
 aprxdist.exe removed from install [ActiveX SDK for very old systems].
 Web install will now allow users to overwrite existing installs with the same version number.
 OPC2XL 2.2.0.0 now included in the install instead of 2.1.0.4.
 OPC Analyzer added to install (must be un-installed separately from the ODH package).

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian 3.0.1.0 (February 16, 2007)
Resolved Issues:
 #3838: Modified the Data Storage Management configuration panel for the FF7 Storage
Engine, so that the Store more than field can be edited.
 #5569: Fixed problem whereby ReadRaw and ReadProcessed HDA queries involving
multiple tags failed to return correct results.
 #5645: Remedied error involving reversal of minutes and seconds in the file names of the
data files created by the FF7 Storage Engine.
 #5710: Modified the Desktop Historian configuration panel so that the Disable Log
Cache checkbox is included in the tabbing sequence.
 #5712: Modified the Desktop Historian configuration panel so that the Maximum log fie
size parameters can be manually edited.
 #4224: Fixed read raw and read processed calls. Properly gets bounds when required.
Successfully interpolates data based on bounds for read processed calls.

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  #4923: Fixed issue involving random values being returned when an OPC HDA
ReadProcessed INTERP aggregate request is made to the MatrikonOPC Server for Desktop
Historian and the data type of the item is an unsigned integer.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v3.0.0.0 (March 29, 2006)
Changes in ODH Core (v3.0.0.0):
 Resolved the bug that some tags may not get updated if attribute High Limit or Low Limit
is set on some tags but not all the tags.
 The description for the Exception Deviation Value attribute is updated.
Changes in Storage Engine FF7 (v1.1.0.0):
 Recompiled with latest components.
Changes in Storage Engine FF4 (v1.3.0.0):
 Recompiled with latest components.
Changes in Tag Database (v1.1.0.0):
 Resolved the bug that under certain circumstances, events will not be executed until a new
event comes in.
Changes in User Database (v2.1.0.0):
 Recompiled with latest components.
Changes in Archive Database (v2.1.0.0):
 Recompiled with latest components.
Changes in ODH OPC Server (v1.3.0.0):
 Optimized performance for reading processed value for time weighted average.
 Resolved the issue that ReadRaw returns wrong return code (OPC_S_NODATA) when
reading raw with bounds and time range falls out of data range.
 Resolved the issue that when reading processed data (aggregates) from the OPC Server for
Desktop Historian with the same start time and end time, the OPC Server does not return
E_INVALIDARG as specified in OPC Historical Data Access Specification (Version 1.20).
Changes in ODH OPC Client (v1.4.0.0):
 Added configuration panel in the GUI for the OPC Client.
 Implemented a FIFO data buffer so that data being retrieved from OPC servers is not lost
when load increases on the overall core archiving process.
 Added support to collect string array elements.
 Resolved the issue that stopping the end OPC server may crash the ODH OPC Client.
Changes of the User Interface:
 Added hierarchical browsing.
 Redesigned the item grid.
 Added the functionality to allow the user to refresh the tag list in the Data Collection
Management screen.
Other Changes:

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  Created dependency between Matrikon Desktop Historian service and MatrikonOPC Server
for Desktop Historian service. MatrikonOPC Server for Desktop Historian service now
depends on Matrikon Desktop Historian service.
 Matrikon File Collector is installed with ODH 3.0 release. Matrikon File Collector enables
historical data transfer from a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file to Desktop Historian.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v2.1 SP2 (October 18, 2005)
Notes:
 This software update is considered the current supported baseline.
 This software update is available as a complete OPC Desktop Historian 2.1 SP2 installation
package for new customers. This package will also upgrade existing ODH 2.1 and ODH 2.1
SP1 customers to SP2, by updating only the necessary files.
 SP2 can be applied to all ODH 2.x installations. Applying the Service Pack will upgrade all
components and versioning to ODH 2.1 SP2.
 Applying SP2 to a running system will require a restart of the core systems. The installation
package will shut down the services for the Desktop Historian, and the OPC Client and
restart them. Existing tag database and data archive files will not be affected by the system
updates.
Changes in ODH Core (v2.1.0.9):
 Resolved the bug that modifying tag attributes from Tag Manager will possibly stop that tag
from updating data, until the ODH Core is restarted.
Changes in Storage Engine FF7 (v1.0.4.4):
 Resolved the data corruption issue with string writing.
 Optimized performance for faster reading and writing.
 Resolved the issue with error log “Failed to write header. Result: 80070005”.
 Resolved the issue of memory and handle leak when two data files have the same end time.
Changes in Storage Engine FF4 (v1.2.4.2):
 Increased the number of files limit from 100 to 15,000.
Changes in Tag Database (v1.0.1.2):
 Optimized performance so that SP2 takes much less time to add tags and load up ODH
service as compared to SP1.
Changes in User Database (v2.0.1.2):
 Recompiled with latest components.
Changes in Archive Database (v2.0.1.2):
 Recompiled with latest components.
Changes in ODH OPC Server (v1.2.0.2):
 Optimized the reading for processed data.
 Resolved the issue with case sensitive.
Changes in ODH OPC Client (v1.3.0.2):

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  Changed to use GetStatus first to ping the OPC server.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v2.1 SP1 (June 22, 2005)
Notes:
 This software update is considered the current supported baseline.
 This software update is available as a complete OPC Desktop Historian 2.1 SP1 installation
package for new customers. This package will also upgrade existing ODH 2.1 customers to
SP1, by updating only the necessary files.
 SP2 can be applied to all ODH 2.x installations. Applying the Service Pack will upgrade all
components and versioning to ODH 2.1 SP1.
 Applying SP1 to a running system will require a restart of the core systems. The installation
package will shut down the services for the Desktop Historian, and the OPC Client and
restart them. Existing tag database and data archive files will not be affected by the system
updates.
Changes in ODH Core (v2.1.0.3):
 Storage engine:
o Fixed deadlock problem with archive file read/write lock. Under certain circumstances
this could prevent data from being stored.
Changes in Tag Database (v1.0.1.1):
 Recompiled with the latest components.
Changes in ODH OPC Client (v1.3.0.1):
 Fixed deadlock problem when stopping the OPC client service. Under certain circumstances
this would prevent Desktop Historian from shutting down properly.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v2.1 (February 9, 2005)

Release Notes for ODH Hotfix 2
Notes:
 This software update is considered the current supported baseline.
 This software update is available as a complete OPC Desktop Historian 2.1 installation
package for new customers, or as an installation update (Hotfix 2) for existing ODH
customers. Applying the Hotfix will upgrade all components and versioning to ODH 2.1
 Hotfix 2 can be applied to ODH 2.0 SP1 installations. Customers with older installations
must first upgrade to ODH 2.0 SP1 before applying Hotfix 2, or use the complete ODH 2.1
installation package.
 Applying Hotfix 2 to a running system will require a restart of the core systems. The
installation package will shut down the services for the Desktop Historian, the OPC Client,
and the OPC Server, and restart them.
Changes in ODH OPC Server (v1.1.0.3):
 Implemented ReadAtTime.
 Fixed a problem with writing DA data to the archive working very slowly.
 Fixed several issues relating to how the historical data was handled.

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  Fixed a problem where setting the stepping attribute to FALSE in the ODH iC Tag Manager
panel would not be recognized, even though the value was correctly set to FALSE in the tag
database.
Changes in ODH OPC Client (v1.2.4.1):
 Added logging to better track OPC connections and callbacks.
 Changed call to CoInitializeSecurity to be less restrictive, for servers that do not run as a
system administrator or have certain DCOM configurations.

Additional Components:
 Software upgrades for OPC2XL and OPC Trender are also included in this package. For
details, refer to the Release Notes for these products.

Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v2.0 SP1 (September 17, 2004)
Note: This software update is a roll-up of corrected issues reported against several components of
ODH 2.0. This is considered the current supported baseline.
Changes in ODH Core (v2.1.0.0):
 Storage engine:
o Problems from last retrieval fix causing issues with real-time data and reverse
history lookups have been fixed.
o Fixed a bug with retrieving history where certain start times would report no history
available.
 Logging:
o Fixed bug #901 – problem with switching from forced writes mode back to non-
forced writes mode.
o Various log message improvements.
 UI:
o Changed log size dialogs to be proper colours when enabled/disabled.
o Removed resize separator from bottom panel on TagNode config screen.
Changes in ODH OPC Server (v1.0.7.5):
 Added a switch to the ServerOpts.ini file used by the OPC server to control case-sensitivity
of OPC item IDs. A new section in the INI file called [DesktopHistorian] now contains a
flag named CaseSensitive. Set this value to 1 for case sensitive behaviour, which is the
default if the flag is not present, or to 0 for case insensitive behaviour (old style behaviour
for Archiver v2.0 and older).
 #992: Problem with item attributes becoming misaligned with their data types.
 #499: Problem with browse lists being updated when Archiver items are renamed, if the
item has not bee first added to the server.
Changes in ODH Excel Tag Manager (v2.1.2.1):
 Changed data type assigned to Archiving field when adding OPC tags to fix an intermittent
COM error when communicating to the ODH core. The data type was being set to STRING
where it should have been BOOLEAN.

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Release Notes for MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian v2.0 (August 4, 2004)
Note: Product name has been rebranded from Archiver to Desktop Historian. Note that for
simplicity, component names are still referred to as Archiver.
Changes in ODH Core (v2.0.4.5):
 Changed software license library to quickly pick up a good license if it does not have one
(when provided by the user), and not overload the system if it already has one.
 Added support for ITagCallback2 interface, to fire an OnModifyTag event when a tag is
renamed.
 Bug fixes to storage engine and tag database to prevent data corruption.
 New versions of storage engine and core iC configuration panels to improve UI.
 Added improved real-time data caching into storage engine for more efficient OPC DA
operations.
 Changed version reporting to more accurately report the version number of its component
modules.
 Fixed a problem with real-time data updates not being cached or retrievable properly after
restarting.
 Added periodic tag database “flushing” that writes changes to the tag database on a daily
basis. Also, older tag database catalog (.ECF) and journal (.EFL) files will be deleted when
this flush occurs.
 Upgraded to latest version of Sauron/iC server toolkit.
 Configuration options for OPC server are now available as configuration nodes on the ODH
configuration screen.
 Information that is not relevant to the particular type of storage engine configuration is
hidden from the user’s view until the correct storage engine is selected.
 #0706: When adding tabs, every 51st tag is missed.
 #0865: Errors in creating a storage file are not handled correctly.
 #0863: Problems with storage engine configuration UI.
 #0901: Log file sizes specified do not seem to work.
 #0864: UI spin controls do not operate in a good fashion.
 #0900: Exceptions are thrown when characters are added to numeric fields.
 #0862: Licensing does not take effect until after restart.
 #0659: New tags have old history.
 #0681: Unconventional character strings cause file segmentation.
 #0479: No error/warning message when changing to a different storage engine, or
changing other settings.
 #0535: Location of log files is not obvious.
 #0534: Default data type is INT1.
Changes in ODH OPC Server (v1.0.7.5):

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  OPC Server is not iC enabled.
 OPC server is the OPC Server for Desktop Historian instead of Archiver.
 Added support for new ITagCallback2 interface which receives notifications for
OnModifyTag events (renaming tags). The OPC server will now show renamed tags as new
OPC items, and make the old name (and old OPC item) quality go bad.
 Using LOCALHOST:<tag name> is no longer supported to allow colons to be used in the
tag name. Simply use just the tag name to access OPC items.
 Added better feature checking for HDA update capabilities. The OPC server will now return
E_NOTIMPL for HDA update calls, if the client makes calls against the advice of the update
capabilities.
 Fixed a problem with getting item properties on aliases that are not linked to a device item.
 Removed _LookupDevItems to prevent a crash when retrieving item properties.
 Fixed a problem with real time history reads (DA data) from items with no history. If the
read call is delayed slightly, it would cause an exception.
 Changed COM progid from Matrikon.OPC.MatArc.1 to
Matrikon.OPC.DesktopHistorian.1.
 Changed all relevant display or information strings to indicate Desktop Historian instead of
Archiver.
 Fixed issue where reading multiple history items with bounds causes errors, and eventually
crashes the OPC server.
 Item names are not case-sensitive. For example, if an item was added as MyTag, it
previously was returned in the OPC server as MYTAG. Now the item name will be MyTag,
and will not work with MYTAG. See issue #0817 below.
 #0871: Only gives interpolated values after restart on an unchanging Boolean value.
 #0499: Renamed tag does not appear in OPC server tag browse list.
 #0817: Tags in the OPC server are always returned as upper case.
 #0815: Colons in tag name cause the tag to not archive/be displayed.
 #703: Crashes when a configuration is loaded.
 #0721: Returns S_OK for delete history.
 #0811: Does not always show new tags added until restart.
Changes in ODH OPC Client (v1.2.3.2):
 Added better support for custom OPC qualities, so they get mapped to their base quality
(GOOD, BAD, UNCERTAIN).
 Log directory is now created with open permissions to everyone, enabling the program to
still be able to write log files even after the user has been changed (changing service
settings and permissions).
 #0318: OPC qualities of UNCERTAIN and GOOD are incorrectly qualified as BAD in some
cases.
 #0536: Does not log if not running as LocalSystem user.
 #0606: Cannot connect to DA 1.0a OPC server.

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Release Notes for Matrikon Archiver v2.0 (April 30, 2004)
Changes in Archiver Core (v2.0.4.3):
 Can now browse the OPC server when the DCOM settings on the localhost are set to run the
application on a remote computer.
 Can browse the address space of OPC servers located on remote machines.
 Can browse OPC Server containing an address space of more than 1,000 item IDs.
 Can modify tags using the Tag Manager (Excel Add-in).
Changes in Archiver OPC Server (v1.0.7.2):
 List of Tags is correctly synchronized during add and remove operations in the Tag
Management screens.
Changes in Archiver Client (v1.2.3.1):
 Can now connect to DA 1.0 only servers.
 Can connect to a server that has its DCOM settings on the localhost set to run the
application on a remote computer.
Additional Components:
 An Excel plug-in is now available, which allows configuration of tags (Add, Remove, Modify,
Activate/Deactivate, etc.) using Excel. Refer to User Manual for details.
 The Matrikon Archiver 2.0 User’s Manual now describes the use and operation of the Excel
plug-in.

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