4.90.0
11/9/2023
The Mister and the Dump Table features were created as part of the Tube Mill controller option.
This change makes these available as standard features. When not a tube mill controller they are available if MODBUS is enabled and Extended IO has been configured to support them.
The Dump Table is only available in Non-Stop Shearing applications.
SCN 4570 added the press number to Missed Punch Target Errors. It also added a function that was supposed to get called to display all such errors. However two places were missed, one in the Open Loop Press Task and one in the Closed Loop Press Task. This resulted in the the text %2w being displayed instead of the press number when the error was reported in these two locations.
This has been resolved.
The full documentation of the Welded Coils functionality will come in a later SCN when the feature becomes enabled for use in the software. This SCN is a place holder that allows code to be checked in, documenting the reason for the change.
There is a sequence number stored in the Previous License Code that is required to generate a new License Code. There was a potential issue caused by the sequence number in the prior license not matching the sequence number stored in persistent memory. If this were to happen, the newly generated license code would not work on the controller and there was no convenient way to fix it. This has been resolved.
We already have the ability to send the selected Material data string to the PLC to allow the PLC to setup for the material. However, there was no provision to also send the material properties like Width, Gauge, Color, or the Material Description. This change adds that capability. Details of the change can be found in the MODBUS spec in version level 126.
Any Warning, Message, or Error window will now have the ability to lock out the run mode until the window is cleared.
It may have appeared that this was already a feature, but it was very inflexible because it was dependent upon which Task the window was initiated by. The display function had the ability to be a blocking call, or not. If called as blocking from the run task, it could prevent re-entering the run mode. This is not at all convenient.
This new method can be either blocking or non-blocking and still lock the run mode, which is a lot more flexible.