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Freelance 2019
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PROCESS AUTOMATION
Freelance 2019
Release Notes
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Version designation........................................................................................................... 9
1.1.1 Released software............................................................................................... 9
1.1.2 Compatible software .......................................................................................... 9
1.1.3 Released hardware............................................................................................ 10
Release Notes 5
Table of Contents
3.1.1 General..............................................................................................................15
3.1.2 Freelance Settings .............................................................................................16
3.2 Freelance Engineering.....................................................................................................16
3.2.1 General..............................................................................................................16
3.3 Commissioning and fieldbusses ......................................................................................17
3.3.1 General..............................................................................................................17
3.3.2 Fieldbus communication ...................................................................................17
3.3.3 PROFIBUS........................................................................................................18
3.3.4 Send and receive function blocks......................................................................19
3.4 Process stations ...............................................................................................................20
3.5 Freelance Operations.......................................................................................................21
3.5.1 General..............................................................................................................21
3.5.2 Freelance Operations on less monitors than connected ....................................22
3.6 Formulation .....................................................................................................................22
3.7 Control Aspect.................................................................................................................23
3.8 Bulk Data Manager .........................................................................................................23
4 Installation
4.1 System requirements (operating system) ........................................................................25
4.2 Installation of the software..............................................................................................25
4.2.1 Project upgrade .................................................................................................27
4.2.2 Antivirus program .............................................................................................28
4.2.3 Setup .................................................................................................................28
4.2.4 UAC ..................................................................................................................29
4.2.5 Project data........................................................................................................29
4.2.6 Formulation upgrade .........................................................................................29
4.2.7 Service hotline ..................................................................................................30
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1 Introduction Version designation
1 Introduction
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Version designation 1 Introduction
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2 New in Freelance 2019
2.1 AC 900F
2.1.1 New PM 904F controller
The new controller plus version – the PM 904F processor module – enhances the
functionality provided by the PM 902F standard processor module. While featuring
extra application memory, the PM 904F supports up to four (4) communication
modules.
PM904_en.png
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Freelance Operations 2 New in Freelance 2019
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2 New in Freelance 2019 Security
2.3.2 Security
Please do remember the password well if a password was set for the project, because
there is no way to restore the password if user forgets it. Even with development
tools there is no possibility to reset the password, to read out or to reconstruct the
content of a password-protected Freelance project.
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Formulation 2 New in Freelance 2019
2.5 Formulation
The new Formulation Version 1.3 is an option of the Freelance 2019 Setup program
and can be selected during Freelance 2019 installation.
The new Formulation Version 1.3 supports recipes for up to 70 master procedures,
each with a maximum of 30 master recipes and 30 control recipes per master recipe.
The default directory for the project data has been changed:
C: \ FreelanceData\Formulation
2.6 Hardware
2.6.1 FOUNDATION Fieldbus Linking Device LD 810HSE EX
Freelance 2019 supports the new Linking Device LD 810HSE.
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3 Known Problems and Workarounds Installation
3.1 Installation
3.1.1 General
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Freelance Engineering 3 Known Problems and Workarounds
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3 Known Problems and Workarounds Commissioning and fieldbusses
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PROFIBUS 3 Known Problems and Workarounds
3.3.3 PROFIBUS
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3 Known Problems and Workarounds PROFIBUS
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Process stations 3 Known Problems and Workarounds
SR_URECV supplies new data. This behavior can cause unpredictable conditions in
the process control (#26091 - RN_2019_015).
Solution:
Connect the output variable to a process image variable. Use only the process image
variable for process control.
SR_URECV_Variable.png
Contrary to the documented behavior, the failure of both Control Net lines in the
primary controller does not cause a redundancy toggle if Control Net line A in the
secondary has also failed. (24490 - RN_2016_013)
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3 Known Problems and Workarounds Freelance Operations
SD card error
When using some already pre-formatted SD cards or an SD card that has not been
properly ejected after previous usage, the controller may indicate the error
0x80002109 (DISK_FULL). Re-formatting the SD card or deleting some files
remedies the problem. (#26163 - RN_2019_009)
Trend Server
During commissioning it may happen that the process values in the trend display are
not updated. (#23412 - RN_20161_001)
Workaround:
In Freelance Engineering always load the gateways before loading the Freelance
Operations stations.
If the gateways are loaded after Freelance Operations, Freelance Operations should
be reloaded.
Another alternative is to restart the OPC Tunnel.
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Formulation 3 Known Problems and Workarounds
3.6 Formulation
Freelance Formulation V1.2 TC01 supports up to 70 Master Procedures from now
on. While working with Freelance Formulation the database should not exceed a
size of 1.8 GB. The actual database size can be seen in menu Help > About
Formulation > Database size.
FormulationInfo_en.png
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3 Known Problems and Workarounds Control Aspect
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Bulk Data Manager 3 Known Problems and Workarounds
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4 Installation System requirements (operating system)
4 Installation
Use the USB flash drive delivered with the product to install the Freelance software.
Prior to starting the installation procedure of these programs, accordingly prepare
the PCs by loading the appropriate Windows operating system and making the
necessary system settings.
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Installation of the software 4 Installation
RollUps
Once you have installed your system as described in the Getting Started manual,
it may be required to install additional RollUps.
RollUps provide important correction functions for errors that have been discovered
after the product release and corrections that were not available at that point of time.
Please open the RollUP folder at the top folder level on your installation medium.
There is a subfolder (RU1, RU2, etc.) for each RollUp. Another source for RollUps
is the ABB Library or in myABB/My Control System.
Please install first the RollUps in ascending order, if two or more are available. Each
subfolder contains a Release Note file with installation instructions and short
descriptions of the fixed errors.
Language-specific installation
If Freelance is installed in a language that uses a character set not complying with
the standard character set of the operating system (for example: if Freelance is
installed in Chinese on a German operating system), the Windows locale (region
settings) must be selected accordingly.
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4 Installation Project upgrade
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Antivirus program 4 Installation
Before installation it is strongly recommended that you export all your projects with
the currently installed version of Freelance Engineering.
Existing project configurations can be upgraded without any problems when
changing over from one Freelance version to the next higher (e.g. from Freelance
2016 to Freelance 2019). For a project upgrade, simply export the project into a
CSV file using the previous version of Freelance Engineering and then import
that CSV file using the latest Freelance Engineering version.
When skipping several Freelance versions, however (e.g. when upgrading from
Freelance V9 to Freelance 2019), it may be necessary to use one of the ‘skipped’
versions when upgrading the project (e.g.: 9.2 -> 2013 -> 2016 -> 2019).
For more details please contact the ABB Service or your local ABB organization.
As from Freelance 2016 the transmission rate of the AC 700F and AC 900F
diagnostic interface is changed to 19,2 kBit/s. When connecting a radio clock
ensure that the transmission rate of the radio clock and the controller match (see
M&I AC 900F and M&I AC 700F).
4.2.3 Setup
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4 Installation UAC
4.2.4 UAC
During the installation, the Freelance Setup program will recognize whether User
Account Control (UAC) is enabled. If not, the following warning is indicated:
UAC_us.png
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Service hotline 4 Installation
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Appendix A Compatible Hardware Versions
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Appendix A Compatible Hardware Versions
(1)
Not for plugging and unplugging with switched on power supply.
(2)
Please note that with former software versions than 5.1 the CPU modules with HW revision
index 40.14, 50.03 and higher are not supported any longer!
(3)
There are some restrictions for several firmware versions and the corresponding hardware
revisions. These restrictions cannot be displayed within this table. Please contact the service
organization for detailed information.
(4)
Only at V2 compatibility mode, that means: not for use with an redundant system, mixture
use with newest V3 eproms is allowed
(5)
See hardware release note 102 ‘Eproms for I/O cards’, note 2
(6)
DPT 09.00 and DPT 9.01 are only allowed with DAI 04 HW Index 30.06, 30.07 or 09.00. It
is strongly recommended to update DPT 9.00 to DPT 9.01.
(10)
Can be used in PM803F (16MB controller) also.
(11)
No battery backup with this version in PM803F (16MB controller).
(12)
Cannot be used within PM 803F (16MB controller).
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(13)
After loading the new EPROM version in a FieldController select, this controller must be
switched off for at least 2 minutes. During this time also the battery must the removed.
Afterwards the FieldController select can be loaded from Freelance Engineering. (21899)
(14)
Starting with FI 840F hardware index 03.00 again 4 FI 8540F modules can be used in one
controller.
(15)
For usage of the PROFIBUS functionality at least hardware version A3 of the CPU module
must be used. PROFIBUS with AC 700F is not supported with older versions of AC 700F
CPU module.
(16)
For usage with FOUNDATION Fieldbus the Linking Devise LD 800HSE (firmware version
1.46.1.02) is required.
The CI 910F CAN modules can be used for Freelance Rack I/O only with
firmware versions > 4.0 which supports redundancy.
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