New features to the VACON NCDrive

2.0.40
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- Support for new option boards (OPTE2/8, OPTBM, OPTBN)

- Support for CAN@NET NT 420

- Fixed issues with IXXAT VCI 4.x drivers

- 115200 can be selected as Serial port baud rate

2.0.39
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- TCI Support

- Improvements for Option board monitor value support

- Fixed issue with trend file opening

- Removed VACON prefix from Neutral brand shortcut

2.0.37
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- Fixed trend file vulnerability

- First version with Option board monitor value support

2.0.35
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- Fixed bugs introduced in previous version

2.0.34
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- Added Support for CAN@NET NT

- Added Support for OPTEC and OPTBL

- Fixed probelm with WRM CAN

2.0.32
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- Added Support for OPTE3 and OPTE5 option boards

2.0.30
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- Improvements to userset loading when using CAN

2.0.29
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- OPTBL, OPTBN and OPTBM option board specific fault support added

2.0.28
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- CAN support improved

2.0.27
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- Improved functionality of the Ethernet communication through the firewall

- Windows XP support fixed

2.0.26
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- Fixed bug in datalogger file signal name search logic.

2.0.25
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- Fixed problem which caused signal binary value dialog not to open in datalogger
view.

- Improved signal name search logic for signals without names in datalogger file.

2.0.24
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- Fixed problems while opening trend record (.tlf) files from external media.

- NXS2 related datalogger fix.

- Fixed application revision formatting in driveinfo dialog.

- Danfoss specific changes.

2.0.23
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- Fixed Ethernet communication problem. Changed hmiintrf.dll to fetch HMINet.ini
settings file from the application execution folder.

2.0.22
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- Added support for Product Code Offset parameter in OPTE9 card.

2.0.21
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- Minor bug fixes.

- When opening datalogger file, datalogger signal names will be loaded from VCN-
file if signal names are missing from datalogger file.

2.0.20
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- Added support for digital input signals F.1 - F.10.

- Added support for IXXAT Usb to CAN V2 compact.

2.0.19
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- Fixed bug which caused overflow error to stop application generation in case of
certain applications.

- Fixed bug which prevented using UDINT type variable as datalogger trigger.

2.0.18
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- Fixed OPTBH card parameter visibility in online mode.

- Applications are showed in Drive|Info and in Drive|Application windows even if

the name of the application is not translated to current language.

- Datalogger poll interval fixed. The polling was not working if interval was >
65s.

- Parameter help text showing fixed. If the help text was very long, the text was
truncated.

- TLF file opening is fixed. If the tlf file was saved in a PC that has different
date and time separators than in PC in which it is opened, the tlf file was not
shown.

- Fix to the limits of one OPTE9 card parameter.

- Fixed BOOL type trigger signal Bit Mask in Datalogger when using Falling edge.

2.0.17
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- Some timeouts fixed in serial communication so that the communication would
better tolerate delays in communication.

- The binary values in Monitor window and in Datalogger window can now be shown in
two different ways. You can select the mode in Options window.

- The Datalogger setting window can now be resized.

- Fixed a bug that caused the binary value window to be empty when the Monitor
window was opened.

- The datalogger signal table is cleared before a new datalogger is opened.

Previously you could see signals that were part of the previous datalogger if the
new datalogger contained less signals than the old one.

- Fixed a bug in Operating window which caused the window to freeze and buttons to
not work in monbus communication.

2.0.16
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- Datalogger supports now up to 16 signals.

- Fixed a bug that caused Monitor window scales to freeze when the monitoring was
stopped.

- The Drive Info window and Service Info window can now show power unit information
of the latest connected power unit, but not connected while the Drive Info or
Service Info was taken.

- When saving the Service Info file, the program suggests now a file name "Service
Info " + drive's serial number in the Save As... dialog.

- Added system parameter "PreCharge Mode".

- Fixed option board number of OPTBH card from 16966 to 16968 in options.vdb file.

- Updated OPTBC card definition.

2.0.14
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- French language support added.

- If monitored drive is unselected from the drive list in Drive Select window, the
monitor window is stopped.

- Files that don�t exist anymore are cleaned from the recent files list.

- Parameter downloading issue with CAN fixed. If same parameter file was downloaded
to several drives of different size, scaling of some of the parameters of the first
drive was used for the rest of the drives.

- Improvements done for Drive Select window.

- Scaling of signals in tlf file improved.

- When a tlf file is opened, NCDrive is put to offline.

- Added OPTBH, OPTE3, OPTE5, OPTE6 and OPTE7 option card support.

2.0.13
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- Added OPTAN, OPTCP and OPTD9 option card support and updated option card
parameters.

- It is now possible to save compare results of two parameter files as .xls or

.html format in addition to .txt format using �print to file� button in compare
window.

- Driver files are updated for NCDrive communication through Ethernet board to
improve the communication.

- Added a new feature which can be used to automatically load the trigged
datalogger buffers from drive to the PC.

- Added Czech language support for application texts.

- Bug fixes
1. Existing option card parameter values were reset to default values if
NCDrive is used in offline and option board is added or removed.
 2. Bug fixed when trend file .trn is saved as csv (comma separated value)
file when the first monitoring channel is not defined. The saved file was occupying
huge memory space.

3. A wrong IP address was shown and used in NCDrive while using Ethernet
communication through OPTCI board.

4. Fixed a bug in Monitor window signal scaling. If you zoomed into trends,
and then changed only minimum or maximum limit in the datatable under the trends,
the y-scale was not correctly showed, until you changed also the other limit.

2.0.12
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- Version skipped.

2.0.11
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- Added support for Windows Vista. NCdrive now can be used with windows Vista. For
CAN communication through IXXAT devices, VCI3 driver need to be installed.

- Service Info is saved in parameter file when parameter file is saved. It can be
opened later with 'Service Info' button from parameter window. This way we combine
the drive info and parameter files together.

- When using NCDrive for remote connection to the drives through VPN, the IP
address of the drive to be manually selected.

- Added Trend Recorder Scheduler. WIth this trend recorder can be scheduled to
start and record signals for defined time and defined days of the week. The NCDrive
must be running on the computer for that.

- Trend recording works now also in RS232 mode.

- Trend file name, date and time are shown in monitor window's title bar

- Trend can be printed to a .CSV file. If Trend Recorder window is open, user can
select which pages of the recorded data he wants to print, or if only Monitor
window is open, only visible data is printed.

- Monitor settings like measuring interval and trigger setting are shown in monitor
settings window after opening trend file.

- Added support for IXXAT VCI3 driver.

- Added option board parameter support for new option boards.

- Fixed parameter compare window so that it is no more showing parameters that

appear to have the same value.

- If user saves a snapshot of the Monitor window, but the snapshot directory does
not exist, NCDrive gives a message to check the path, and saves the snapshot to the
NCDrive directory.

- COM port can now be greater than 8. This is useful with the computers not having
direct COM port and user used usb to RS232 converter. You can define the largest
COM port number in NCDrive.ini file (section [HMI], variable LastComPort).
2.0.10
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- Trend recorder can now be used through RS232 also. With the trend recorder the
trend or monitor data is stored in a PC hard disk for longer periods. The saved
data then can be viewed and scrolled.

- Start-up wizard available in menu Drive|Start-up Wizard can be used to set start-
up wizard parameters just like from keypad.

- Support for IXXAT USB-to-CAN II is added.

- Support for IXXAT Can@net II is added.

- Support for OPTAF (safe disable + ATEX thermistor) board has been added.

- User can now decide in datalogger if he wants to see the trend signals scaled
like before (using the last used scales) or autoscale with pre-defined margins.
User can define margins in Tools/Options/Datalogger menu.

- User can now define the curve's interpolation style: Line, Step or Centered Step.
More information can be found from the NCDrive Help menu.

- User can now enable or disable the curve properties dialog using
Tools/Options/Monitor menu. The curve properties dialog opens by double-clicking
the trend control. Default is "disable".

- The NCDrive version number has been added to the system info (Help/About/System
Info...).

- Refresh button has been added to drive select window.

- Two boards support for NXL is added also to 'Copy to clipboard' function in Drive
info window.

- The last selected drive name and number or IP address is shown in the status bar
right after NCDrive has been started.

2.0.9
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- Added a User Set feature which can be used to save user defined set of parameters
from an application. This .ust file can be opened any time without any other files
such as VCN files and downloaded to drive. The download is done strictly using ID
numbers only. This feature can be used to save a file with common set of parameters
and download to all drives during commissioning. With the CAN bus and NXP , the
download can be done to several selected drives by just one button click.

- NCDrive can now communicate with NX using Ethernet option board OPTCI. Each
Ethernet board is having an IP address and name. NCDrive can find all the NX Drives
with OPTCI board. The user can select any one drive as an active drive from the
list. The performance is same as with RS232. No adapter is required.

- Support for two expander boards with NXL has been added.

- NCDrive can now show both the drive serial number and the power unit serial
number.

- Datalogger log file can now be printed also to a csv (Excel) file with File/Print
To File... command.

- Additional application specific data can be added to the Service info. During
application development, an application developer can decide which additional
information to be saved in service info file. He can add variables to 'Service Info
Variables' window in NCDef (version 1.0.13). These variables will be seen in the
service info file.

- Every file type is now put into recent files list shown in File menu, not just
PAR files.

- The 'Index Nr.' parameter has been added to OPTCJ (BacNet Option board).

- User can now select the parametrization language from 14 languages

(Tools/Options/Drive Tool: Application languages in NCDrive).

2.0.8
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- Opening trend files saved with different decimal separator is fixed.

- A user will be informed about disconnected CAN interface.

- Minimum and maximum values given by user are now formatted.

- Fixed a bug which could cause a wrong signal to put in datalogger. (The source of
signal could for example show "Keypad", but the signal in the signal combo could
have been from "Firmware".)

- Fault subcodes are now shown properly.

- A bug has been fixed which caused NCDrive to show the oldest fault as latest
fault sometimes.

- The serial number of the drive has been added to parameter- and service info
printouts.

- The initial value from the parameter definition is now taken as parameter's
initial value.

- A bug has been fixed which caused an empty parameter window to open with
Diagnostic and Operating window.

- Application signals can now be selected to Monitor window even if the used
application database is a generated database.

- Unit conversion pair functionality has been fixed.

- You can now select both "Fault" and "Other" datalogger trigger types in
Datalogger window.

- 'Generate' button is visible again in the dialog which tells user about missing
application file.

- Fault window opens now automatically only with a new fault or warning.
- Special tasks are now run in download function.

- Trend log files (.tlf) created in MONBUS mode can now be opened in RS232 mode
also. However logging trends is still not possible in RS232 mode.

- Monitor window can be opened without application VCN file. Firmware signals can
still be monitored.

- NCDrive now remembers which type of file was last opened if no windows are open.
Formerly NCDrive always suggested .par files.

- The non-existing signals are now cleared from the datatable when the Monitor
window is opened. Formerly they were marked with gray color.

- The signals in Datalogger window can now be viewed as binary values. The signal
can be added to the Binary view by right-clicking somewhere on the signal's row in
the datatable.

- Also application variables can now be used in Datalogger window.

- The name of the expander board is now shown in the parameter tree with NXL.

- OPTCJ board is now supported.

- Encoder Type parameter added for OPTA4, OPTA5, OPTA7 and OPTBC.

- Initial value is fixed for 'TransformerRatio' parameter of OPTD7.

- After changing the active drive with CAN NCDrive showed control place information
from the previous drive in the status bar.

- Now the used application database is copied into the parameter file when the
parameter file is saved. This way the needed application database is always at hand
and you can open parameter file even if you don't have that application vcn in your
PC. Of course this works only with parameter files that are saved using this
version or later of the NCDrive.

- Maximum value is fixed for 'Operate Mode' parameter of OPTC6.

- The drive serial number has been fixed to get the right value in parameter
printout.

- possibility to print par and trn files from windows context menu.

- Support for Ixxat's CANblue adapter.

- Fixed a bug in signal Help function (F1).

- The last used directory using File|New is saved.

- Datalogger uses now four buffers. The buffers are used as a 'ring buffer'. The
latest data is always in the first buffer and the last ones move to next buffers.

- Trigger can now be selected to happen if either fault or user defined condition
happens in monitor window.

- 'Print Service Info' and 'Print Service Info To File...' menus removed and added
menu called Service Menu... which opens a window that user can print or save.
- Fixed the 'Search' button function in automatic VCN generating when using Monbus.

2.0.7
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- Application generation possible from NXL (limited to multicontrol application)

- The monitor window shows 3000 samples also with RS232 mode.

- Help for signals is showed using F1 key in monitor, parameter and datalogger
windows.
The actual help text depends upon the application design.

- Firmware signals can be selected for monitoring in datalogger window also with
RS232 mode.

- 'Load From File' button is removed from Datalogger setting Window. Log files can
be opened
using File|Open menu command.

- A Datalogger log file can be opened directly by doubleclicking the file.

- When datalogger data is uploaded from the drive, the scaling for the signals is
used
same as previous used scalings.

- Support for unit conversion pairs

- OPTBC, OPTCF and OPTD7 boards are now supported

- Tile Horizontal and Tile Vertical menu commands are removed

- NCDrive supports now all firmware languages (non-unicode) with All-In-One

applications.

- The bug has been fixed which prevented showing System menu in the panel tree

- Logged data can be read even if the datalogger status is Idle.

- Support for parameter files with old expander board names

- Parameter set menu can be disabled by application developer.

- Application VCN generation can be prevented by application developer

- If the Step Response Window is closed before pulse time has elapsed, the step
down is done.

- Fixes has been done to menus and toolbar (disabling and enabling)

2.0.6
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- Formatting cross connection parameters in comparison window is fixed

- Parameter comparison window is updated when parameter value is changed on

Parameter Window

- Undo function is fixed

- If there was no printer installed in Windows, the program crashed when user tried
to print compare results

- Monitoring doesn't freeze anymore when max is set smaller or equal than min and
vice versa.

- Scaling that user has defined in datalogger window is now saved to datalogger log
file when the datalogger trend window is closed.

- System menu and expander board parameters can now be updated by right-clicking
the parameter value.

- When Parameter window is closed Download button and menu are disabled.

- the VCN name and application name in titlebar are not anymore cleared when OK or
Apply buttons are pressed in Options window.

- Baudrates 2400 and 4800 removed.

- Print commands are now enabled after opening trend file

- Hiding individual parameters with conceal property has been fixed

- The look of datalogger window has been changed to same as monitor window.

- Choosing signals by typing to signal name field has been fixed in Monitor window.

- Opening and closing signal type combo list doesn't delete signal anymore in
Monitor window.

- A bug has been fixed that prevented showing System Menu in parameter window if
some other language than english was used.

- Saving of drive size dependent parameters with generated application has been
fixed.

- Scaling of drive size dependent parameters when using generated application has
been fixed.

- The comparison of drive size dependent parameters has been fixed.

- The comparison of system menu parameters has been fixed.

- 'ms' label has been added after Sample Period text box in Datalogger set window.

- Binary View window is now closed automatically when Monitor window is closed.

- A bug has been fixed in Monitor window which caused wrong values to be put into
measurement when the application in frequency converter was different than last
time when the Monitor window was open.

- The Info frame in Drive Info page is changed to scrollable table to optimize the
space in the screen.

- A button has been added in Trend Recorder window which can be used to print the
trend from some range of pages.

- A bug has been fixed that prevented the application VCN generation if the path
contained spaces.

- A bug has been fixed in Monitor window that prevented reading some data from trn
file if signal number 8 was used in Monitor window�s datatable.

- Zooming of trend is now limited to Min/Max limits.

- A bug has been fixed in Trend Recorder window: if the Hour counter was so big
that it was equal to several Days, the Hour and Day counters were not updated
correctly.

- If the NCDrive is in Offline mode, the Undo feature is not trying to write the
last value into frequency converter anymore.

- The text 'Parameter revision' has been changed to 'Version'

- The text 'Application revision' has been changed to 'Revision'

2.0.5
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- Fault subcodes have been added to the Diagnostic window and Service Info
printout.

- A warning is given when user is overwriting a trend file.

- The zoom function is limited to Min and Max limits in the monitoring window.

- A five level panel address can set to the Default page parameter.

- One level panel address can be set to the Default page parameter without dot.

- The Bitmask value in the datalogger window is limited with datatype ranges.

- The functionality of Online and Offline buttons has been fixed

- The file name of the VCN file is printed to parameter printouts.

- 32 bit variable support

- Missing Unit Temperature value has been added to the service info printout

- Snapshot of the monitored data can be taken with F2 button or with Snapshot
button in the Monitoring window. The snapshot is saved in BMP (bitmap) or TRN
format (Trend file). The file type can be choosed from the options dialog.

- The application generation doesn't ask for the communication speed anymore. The
VCN file generation uses the communication speed which is selected from Options
dialog.

- The application generation can be used now also through Monbus. The system
software version must be later than NXP00002V131 (18.4.2003).

- The Monitor window is not closed anymore when a datalogger buffer file is opened.
Measurements are stopped.

- The CAN bus diagnostic window has been added

- The graphs are showed now when a trend file (TRN) is opened in Online mode.

- The printing of multiple copies is fixed.

2.0.1
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- NCDrive prints now all parameters with Print and Print To File commands.

- Years and Days are printed to the Service Info printout if operating days > 365.

- Parameter value can be updated by right-clicking it in the parameter window.

2.0.0
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- Datalogger support has been added. Please note that only NXP drives support
datalogger.

- NCDrive now supports also communication to NXP drives through CAN bus if required
hardware /software is installed on the computer.

- Drive status information such as Ready, Run, Fault, Control Place, datalogger
status (only for NXP) has been moved to the main window. This was earlier visible
in the Operating window only.

- The alarm status information has been added to the main window.

- Alarms are now shown in the Fault window.

- The compare function compares now all parameters. Hidden parameters are not
compared.

- The result of the parameter comparison can be printed to a text file.

- Print service info function now collects complete information.

- Parameter sets 1 and 2 can now be saved and loaded with NCDrive also.

- The tool will now remember the last used directories for parameter and trend
files. (.par and .trn)

- Crash with the big structure of the application directory has been fixed.

- The Drive Info window will also show years in the Operating Days item if days >
365.

- The Fault window will also show years in the Operating Days column if days > 365.

- The minimum and maximum columns in the Monitor window are now enabled also in
offline mode.

- The communication with NXL system software NXL00005V138 doesn't work if bitrate
is higher than 9600 bps.

1.0.12
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- 'Print Service Info' function has been fixed

- The serial number of the frequency converter is now saved correctly to the
parameter file

- The saving of the parameter file has been fixed

- The name of the parameter file is printed to parameter printouts

1.0.11
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- Expander board parametrization

- System Menu parametrization (works with system softwares dated after 23.09.2002)

- 'Print Service Info' and 'Print Service Info To File' commands have been added to
File menu

- 'Real Time Clock' tab has been added to the 'Options' window. It is now possible
to set the real time to the frequency converter

- Real time column has been added to the 'Diagnostic' window. The real time set by
NCDrive can be seen in the 'Recorded' field

- Cancel button has been added to the 'Generating Application VCN...' window.

- The baudrate during the generation of then VCN file can now be changed

- The System Menu's language parameter can now be changed with 'Drive|Language'
menu

- 'Conceal' function is fixed

1.0.10
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- The license splash screen from the monitor window is removed. It will appear only
in version 1.0.9.

1.0.9
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- NCDrive works now also with NXL series.

- Fixed a bug in DriveInfo page's Copy to Clipboard function.(BrakeChopper label

was printed twice)

- File|PrintToFile asks a comment.

- If a variable is connected to a conversion pair table (parameter or value shows
it's value with text instead of number), the monitor page shows the value with
text. The older versions showed these with numbers.

- Now the F4 function button (Run/Pause) in Monitor page works also if some other
window in NCDrive is active.

1.0.8
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- The setting field of application language is moved to 'Options' dialog's 'Drive

Tool' folder.

- Application language setting is now saved to registry. If the language doesn't

exist in the application parameters are shown with default language.

- Conceal function is fixed

1.0.7
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- The VCN filename is now visible in the Drive Info window. It shows the name of
the VCN file that is loaded to the drive.

- MWH Counter, OP Day Counter ja OP Hour Counter are now visible in the Drive Info
window.

- Fault history is not updated automatically anymore. It can be updated by pressing

the Update button on the Fault window.

- Parameters shown in the Parameter window can be printed in three different file
formats (.txt, .html, *.xls). Information of the application and the drive is also
printed to text file.

- Trends on the Monitor window can be printed in two file formats (*.csv, *.bmp).
Spreadsheet program can be used to open the CSV file.

- The default value of the measuring interval is changed from 100 ms to 200 ms.

- The measurements can be started and stopped by pressing the F4 button

- The PC memory usage in the Monitor window is removed.

- Control place is read to the Operating window from firmware variable called
'ControlPlace'.

- The 'Generate database' function has been fixed to some extent.

- The 'Conceal' function has been implemented to the online mode.

- Some additional information has been added to the 'Communication Error' dialogue.

1.0.6
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- Application's name added to the message box that says "Can't find application..."
when opening a parameter file.

- Appearing of an empty parameter window removed when changing to Offline mode.

- Select Application window now opens the directory where an application was last
selected.

- Parameter printout is now better. Includes now also device and application
information.

- Removed +/- 5% adding from the y-scale in trend window.

- All parameter classes are loaded to freq.conv. by default. User can define which
classes are loaded by selecting the classes in Parameters tab in Options window.

- Fixed a bug in min and max columns that caused the color of the column to change
to wrong color when the parameter window was closed and re-opened in online mode.

- Fixed the saving of the window sizes and places.

- Closing of the Drive Info window is allowed only after all the data is read from
the freq.conv.

- Fixed the Date field, when the data in the Drive Info window is copied to
clipboard.

- Added serial numbers to the end of the option card information in Drive Info
window when the data is copied to clipboard.

1.0.5
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- The value range limits in offline mode form the minimum and maximum limits. The
text 'n/a' is then shown in the Minimum and Maximum fields in the Parameter window.
Added a dialogue window telling the user that the minimum and maximum limits will
not be checked in offline mode.

- The entire content of the Conversion Pair Table is displayed in offline mode, in
spite of the minimum and maximum limits.

- In online mode, the content of the Conversion Pair Table according to the minimum
and maximum limits is displayed.

- Also the parameter scaling values are saved in the Parameter File. The parameter
scaling value is used for these parameters in offline mode. This applies mainly to
pairs CurrentFormat � CurrentScale, FreqFormat � FreqScale, UnitNomPowerFormat �
UnitNomPowerScale and RpmFormat � RpmScale.

- The Initializing phase runs now about 60% faster

- Parameter selection with mouse in the keypad structure of the parameter window
made faster

- Changing of task-related parameter values made faster

- The function of the arrow symbol in the Conversion Pair Selection List fixed
- Toggling between offline and online modes improved

- The Edit Mode Lock in the parameter window fixed

- The "cross connection" parameter values (TTF programming method) now take the
same form in the combo box as in the keypad.

- The column width is set automatically according to field length.

- Changing of column width through double-clicking is now possible.

- More shortcuts for keyboard control added

- The text on the Reset button in the Fault window now changes between 'Reset
Active Faults' to 'Reset Fault History' according to view.

- The measuring of the application variable Control_Place_Selection (Var ID: 125)

now fixed for generated applications.

- The Undo function (F12) locked when in the parameter window in edit mode.

- Variable selection in the parameter window fixed.

- All controls reachable through pushes on the Tab button

- The name of the parameter file now appears in the title field of the parameter
window

- If entering of parameter fails e.g. because of running motor, the old value will
be restored

- Control Card Serial Number and Power Card Serial Number added in the Drive Info
window; Option board serial numbers added in the I/O and Expanders window.

- Functions NominalPower and NominalVoltage disabled temporarily.

- Parameter window update after toggling from offline mode to online mode fixed

- Language change function fixed

- A rotating symbol added in the Progress dialogue; It tells the user that the
program runs.

- The directory listing and file listing of the 'Select Application' dialogue fixed

- The information of those VCNs including an application with the same AppID but
different other fields is now also visible in the Info field. This kind of
information is shown red.

- Editing of the serial port settings in online mode is blocked.

- The updating procedure of RecordedData in the Fault window fixed

- Target, SerialNumber and Date added to the Parameter File.

- Generation of Application Description File fixed.

- PC control is terminated when NCDrive is closed.

- The Time axis is now updated after change of measurement interval.

- After launching the application, only the main level is shown, not the whole
keypad view.

- The version number of NCDrive added to About/System Info window.

- The option board serial numbers are now visible in the Drive Info window.