Foxboro™ SCADA 3.

Release Notes

*B0750SG* *G*

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June 2020

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Table of Contents
Preface ...............................................................................................................5
Revision Information.........................................................................................5
Related Documents..........................................................................................5
Schneider Electric Products Mentioned in this Document ....................................6
Global Customer Support .................................................................................6
We Welcome Your Comments...........................................................................6
Chapter 1: New Features of Foxboro SCADA .............................................7
View SCADA HMI ............................................................................................7
Foxboro SCADA System Disaster Recovery ......................................................7
Ordering Information ........................................................................................9
Microsoft Licenses......................................................................................9
Foxboro SCADA 3.4 BuyAutomation Part Numbers ......................................9
Wonderware System Platform Licenses .....................................................10
Chapter 2: Restrictions .................................................................................. 11
Foxboro SCADA View..................................................................................... 11
Foxboro SCADA Device Integration Objects..................................................... 11
Foxboro SCADA System Manager .................................................................. 11
Foxboro SCADA Core Application Objects ....................................................... 11
Chapter 3: Known Issues and Workarounds ..............................................12

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Preface Release Notes

Preface
This document describes the restrictions, known issues, and workarounds for the
EcoStruxure™ Foxboro™ SCADA 3.4 software packages of the EcoStruxure™
Foxboro™ process automation system.
Restrictions are temporary limitations put in place to address incomplete
functionalities or features in the product. These helps in preventing users from
accessing or generating corrupt data, which could result in abnormal installation or
termination of the Foxboro Software component.
Known issues represent temporary deficiencies in the product. Frequently, these
result from incomplete functionalities of the product.
Workarounds provide a means of bypassing known issues, enabling the user to
perform an operation that would otherwise be prohibited or difficult to execute.
This document provides the path and examples from the Windows Server 2012 R2
Standard SP1 and Windows Server 2016 Standard operating systems.

Revision Information
This revision of the document includes these changes:

Global Updated the product names.

Preface • Updated Preface, page 5
• Updated Related Documents, page
5
Chapter 1: New Features of Foxboro • Updated View SCADA HMI, page 7
SCADA
• Updated Foxboro SCADA System
Disaster Recovery, page 7
• Updated Ordering Information,
page 9
Chapter 2: Restrictions • Updated Chapter 2: Restrictions,
page 11
Chapter 3: Known Issues and • Updated Chapter 3: Known Issues
Workarounds, page 12 and Workarounds, page 12

Related Documents
Foxboro SCADA software is based on the ArchestrA™ architecture and incorporates
several Wonderware™ products. Therefore, many of the documentation written by
Wonderware is relevant for this product. When you install Wonderware software
components, the documents associated with those software components are also
installed. You can view the list of documents from the [Start] menu. Select Start >
Apps > Wonderware.
In addition, several documents describe the features of Foxboro SCADA. When you
install the Foxboro SCADA software components, the documents associated with
those software components are also installed. You can view the list of documents from
the [Start] menu. Select Start > Apps > Schneider Electric.
For the latest revisions of the documents, visit Global Customer Support at https://
pasupport.schneider-electric.com (registration required).

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Release Notes Preface

Schneider Electric Products Mentioned in this Document

EcoStruxure™ Foxboro™ SCADA
V91 EcoStruxure™ Foxboro™ DCS Virtualization Server

Global Customer Support

For support, visit https://pasupport.schneider-electric.com (registration required).

We Welcome Your Comments

We want to know about any corrections, clarifications, or further information you would
find useful. Send us an email at systemstechpubs@se.com.

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Chapter 1: New Features of Foxboro SCADA Release Notes

Chapter 1: New Features of Foxboro SCADA

This section describes the new features of the Foxboro SCADA 3.4 software.

View SCADA HMI

• A new feature of shelving the alarms is now available for the current release. Both
$ViewSCADA and $ViewSCADA_FullHD support the shelving feature.
• In this release, the application also supports the Operator Workstation for the
Windows 10 Enterprise Operating System .
For more information, see the EcoStruxure™Foxboro™SCADA View User’s Guide
(B0750PE).

Foxboro SCADA System Disaster Recovery

• The disaster recovery service and the Foxboro SCADA VMs run on V91 servers
hosting Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Windows Server 2016 Standard
operation systems. For more information, see Foxboro™ SCADA Disaster
Recovery User’s Guide (B0750PL).
NOTE: Existing users of Foxboro SCADA can use Windows 7 Professional
SP1.64-bit but it is recommended to migrate to Windows 10 Enterprise.

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✓
Upgrade\Migrate

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Microsoft
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Microsoft NET Framework 4

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Virtualization Host for Windows Server 2016

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Virtualization Host for Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard

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Wonderware System Platform 2017

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Wonderware System Platform 2014 R3

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Wonderware Products
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Wonderware System Platform 2014 R2 SP1

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Wonderware System Platform 2014 R2 Patch 01

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Wonderware System Platform 2014

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Wonderware System Platform 2012 R2 Patch 01

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Wonderware ASP 3.1 SP3

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SQL 2014 Standard, Enterprise (NSP, SP1)

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SQL Server
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SQL 2012 Standard, Enterprise (SP1, SP2, SP3)

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SQL 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise (NSP,SP1,SP2, SP3)

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SQL 2005 Standard

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Microsoft Server 2016

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Server OS
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Microsoft Server 2012 R2

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Microsoft Server 2008 R2
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Microsoft Server 2003

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Microsoft Windows 10
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Client OS
✓
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Windows 7 SP1 64-bit

Windows XP
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Disaster Recovery Solution

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Table 1 - Foxboro SCADA Compatibility Matrix

Foxboro SCADA
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ArchestrA License Management

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DNP3 SA - V2 & V5
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DNP3 Master TCP/IP

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DNP3 Master Serial

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Foxboro SCADA 3.2 or 3.2 SP2
Foxboro SCADA 3.4
Foxboro SCADA 3.3

Foxboro SCADA 3.1

Foxboro SCADA 3.0

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Ordering Information
Foxboro SCADA 3.4 is compatible only with V91 Gen 9 Virtualization Server.
• V91 Gen 9 Virtualization Server:
◦ Windows Server 2012 R2: DVD and Microsoft licenses already received by
the customers are still valid.
◦ Windows Server 2016: Upgrade KIT K0204AK can be ordered from
BuyAutomation to upgrade the Operating System version to Windows Server
2016.
• H92 – Workstation: Upgrade Kits K0204AG or K0204AH can be ordered from
BuyAutomation to upgrade the Operating System to Windows 10.

Microsoft Licenses
You must order licenses from the BuyAutomation if they are not already purchased
with the previous installation of Foxboro SCADA 3.x versions.
• KO203DL - Embedded SQL Server Standard 2012

Foxboro SCADA 3.4 BuyAutomation Part Numbers

Below table lists the upgrade part numbers that can be used for ordering the specific
components as mentioned against each.

Table 2 - Upgrade Licenses – To upgrade from Foxboro SCADA 3.2, 3.3 versions

New Part Title Description

Number
J0201KE-U Foxboro SCADA J0201KE Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA
to Rev 3.4 Device Integration Objects [Unlimited]

J0201KF-U Foxboro SCADA J0201KF Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA
to Rev 3.4 Industry Application Objects[Unlimited]

J0201KH-U Foxboro SCADA J0201KH Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA
to Rev 3.4 System Manager

J0201KJ-U Foxboro SCADA J0201KJ Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA DNP3
to Rev 3.4 Objects [Unlimited]

J0201KK-U Foxboro SCADA J0201KK Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA Core
to Rev 3.4 Application Objects [Unlimited]

J0201KL-U Foxboro SCADA J0201KL Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA View
to Rev 3.4
J0201MB-U Foxboro SCADA J0201MB Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA
to Rev 3.4 Device Integration Objects [Medium]

J0201MC-U Foxboro SCADA J0201MC Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA DNP3
to Rev 3.4 Objects [Medium]

J0201MD-U Foxboro SCADA J0201MD Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA Core
to Rev 3.4 Application Objects [Medium]

J0201ME-U Foxboro SCADA J0201ME Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA
to Rev 3.4 Device Integration Objects [Small]

J0201MF-U Foxboro SCADA J0201MF Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA DNP3
to Rev 3.4 Objects [Small]

J0201MG-U Foxboro SCADA J0201MG Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA Core
Upgrade to Rev 3.4 Application Objects [Small]

J0201MJ-U Foxboro SCADA J0201MJ Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA
to Rev 3.4 Industry Application Objects [Medium

J0201MK-U Foxboro SCADA J0201MK Upgrade Upgrade License for Foxboro SCADA
to Rev 3.4 Industry Application Objects [Small]

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Wonderware System Platform Licenses

Foxboro SCADA 3.4 requires Wonderware System Platform 2014 R2 SP1. Licenses
can be ordered in BuyAutomation by using the S56 Model Configurator.
To specify that the configuration is for Foxboro SCADA product, select:
• Option 2 - Foxboro SCADA Include only Foxboro SCADA
• Edition 3 – 7.0
B0203DK is available to order Installation DVDs.

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Chapter 2: Restrictions Release Notes

Chapter 2: Restrictions
This section describes the restrictions while running the Foxboro SCADA 3.4
software.

Foxboro SCADA View

The restrictions while running the Foxboro SCADA View software are:
• Do not modify the windows and scripts supplied with the Foxboro SCADA View
software. Your edits to the standard windows and scripts will be lost when you
upgrade the application. All standard windows are named with “Z” as a prefix.
• Name all standard QuickFunctions, Data Change, and Conditions scripts with
either “hmi” or “Z” as a prefix.
• Retain the word “SCADA” while renaming the instances created from the
“ViewSCADA” template.

Foxboro SCADA Device Integration Objects

The restrictions while running Device Integration objects in the Foxboro SCADA
framework are:
• The DNP3 Master Adapter custom SOE will not work if you indirectly reference
the objects. The input reference specified in the Application objects must not be
in the form of AdapterName.Group.AttributeAdapterName.Group.
Attribute. Instead, it should be Adaptername.GroupName.Item
Reference.
If the system is configured with 16000 I/Os and 80 RTUs, then you can configure
a maximum of 250 SOE points.
• The present implementation of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
agent is limited to the SNMP protocol version 1.

Foxboro SCADA System Manager

The System Manager can only monitor SNMP v1 compatible devices.

Foxboro SCADA Core Application Objects

The restrictions while running the Foxboro SCADA core objects are:
• Multiple I/O objects can have a maximum of eight field attributes (combination of
analog and digital).
• Communication Infrastructure object can have a maximum of 100 item
references.

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Release Notes
Chapter 3: Known Issues and Workarounds
Table 3 - Known Issues and Workarounds
Change Issue
Request
HYIF#1709 Initial startup time for the
HMI is more than 30
seconds.
HYIF#695 The AGA faceplate’s gas
calculations display
values only up to the
second decimal.
HYIF#1065 The name of the filter is
not displayed in the
Window - SOE Event
History Panels.
HYIF#1066 An Alarm Panel window
does not display the same
columns as the other two
alarm panels.
HYIF#1068 When an IDE license is
not installed, Galaxy
Preparation does not
create objects
automatically.
HYIF#1708 Help for Foxboro SCADA
View Framer and Alarm
Management is not
available in
Foxboro SCADA.
HYIF#1710 The CLS-Conitel Protocol
Tertiary Scan Offset
scheduling does not work
properly.
HYIF#726 The SNMP Device object
does not work if a string
attribute is configured with
spaces.
HYIF#1784 Duplicate Slave address
across the DNP3Master
Adapters
HYIF#1781 If an upload or download
is initiated when Foxboro
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Chapter 3: Known Issues and Workarounds
Description Workaround
During the initial startup, None
Foxboro SCADA View connects to
the SCADA winplatform to collect
platform data. This delays the
startup.
Currently, you cannot configure the None
decimal location for AGA faceplate’s
gas calculations.
Example: If the actual value of the
object is 123.1254, then the display
value in the Foxboro SCADA View is
123.12.
When you select a filter from the None
SOE Panel, the data is filtered but
the filter’s name is not displayed.
The Alarm Panel window can be None
displayed in three formats: Small,
Medium, and Large. The "Medium"
display format is different from the
"Small" and "Large" display formats.
Install a temporary IDE license for Install the ArchestrA
GR 3.6 or GR 4.0, depending on License prior to running
whether you are using ASP 2012 R2 the Galaxy Preparation
or ASP 2014. tool.
Help for Foxboro SCADA View Contact GCS for the
Framer and Alarm Management is InFusion™View Framer
currently not a part of the and Alarm Management,
EcoStruxure™Foxboro™ SCADA Foundation Edition
View User’s Guide (B0750PE). (B0750BF).
The CLS-Conitel Protocol does not None
send requests to the RTU when
configured on the basis of the
Tertiary Scan Offset.
Within a SNMP Device object, if you None
try to configure and deploy a string
attribute (long text) with spaces in it,
then the object does not display the
other attribute values that are
already configured with it.
DNP3Master Adapters can be Export all the adapters to a
unstable if they have been CSV file using
configured on the same DNP3 GalaxyDump, then search
channel, causing the addresses of for duplicates in the
the incorrectly configured DNP3 SlaveAddress column.
slaves to be duplicated.
The Write Request timeout Retry the connection or
warning message indicates that disconnect and reconnect
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Table 3 - Known Issues and Workarounds (Continued)

Change Issue Description Workaround

Request
RTV is connected to the if the RTV does not
SCD5200, SCD6000, or the transactions between the RTV respond within three
RTU50 using the File and the RTU are delayed due to the attempts.
Transfer Agent and DNP3 time required for request and
Master under normal response of normal class polls.
polling conditions, the
RTV displays a Write
Request timeout
warning.
HYIF#1782 After resetting the RTU, After a file is downloaded to the RTU, Retry and establish a new
the RTV is unable to in order to initiate the new changes, connection after the RTU
establish communication the RTU is reset using the File menu restarts. The RTU may
with the RTU. command. After the reset is initiated, take up to two minutes to
the RTU restarts, goes online, and restart, causing the
then tries and does not establish a connection to time out.
connection with the RTV.
HYIF#1785 When the RTV is When the RTV is connected to the No workaround is available
connected to the RTU SCD5200, SCD6000 or RTU using and no loss of functionality
through File Transfer the FTA and DNP3Master, the initial has been observed due to
Agent (FTA), in RTV the communication triggers this error this detected error.
device manager file whenever a connection is made.
open failed -301 error
is observed.
HYIF#1711 The Acknowledge menu System Manager does not support Set Alarm
item is disabled and Alarm Acknowledgement or Alarm Acknowledgement and
alarms cannot be added. Inhibit. Alarm Inhibit from
Foxboro SCADA View.
450338 Foxboro SCADA - FTA When the FTA for Foxboro SCADA is None
disconnects when used used to connect to the RTU through
with the RTV. the RTV, the connection is lost
frequently or works slowly causing
incomplete file transfers (download
and upload).
488422 Foxboro SCADA 3.4 — When the FTA for Foxboro SCADA is None
FTA disconnects when used to connect to the RTU through
used with RTV and the RTV, the connection is lost
pactware frequently or works slowly causing
incomplete file transfers (download
and upload).

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