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SpecView is the US distributor for Procon Electronics who manufacture an innovative range of I/O modules which provide a simple solution for distributed I/O requirements.
SpecView Version 3.01.257.2501
Release Date
4/21/2025
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes

Build 3.1.257$$$Previous pageReturn to chapter overviewNext page$$$Release date: April 21; 2025$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$Fixes and improvements$$$ $$$$$$General$$$•tX-axis scroll bars can now scroll further to the left and right to better accommodate smaller monitors.$$$ $$$$$$Strategy Controller$$$•tPreviously; %%SpecViewInstalledPath%% would fail to point to SpecViews installed file path when used in Write Line to File/Printer.$$$•tTarget Text String parameter name is now retentive when editing Write Text to another Text String multiple times.$$$ $$$$$$Recipes$$$•tNew Feature: The Description button in Recipe Manager will now display an asterisk on the button if a description for the recipe is present.$$$ $$$$$$Trend Charts$$$•tTrend charts operating on Remotes will now store Batch JPGs locally when the Read more here.$$$•tTrend chart cursors can now be moved when the Trend chart is refreshing the plot area.$$$•tSpecView 2.5 Trend Charts$$$ $$$$$$Logging$$$•tSpecView will now display an error message when exporting a Log Report to a location that is not accessible on the network.$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$New Drivers$$$ $$$The following instruments are now supported.$$$$$$To incorporate another instrument into SpecView; please contact your SpecView representative.$$$$$$ $$$$$$Ascon Modbus$$$$$$•tH3 Line Humid & Temp Transmitter$$$ $$$$$$Automation Direct - BRX/Do More$$$$$$•tMHR String Char 64$$$ $$$$$$Omega$$$$$$•tiServer 2$$$ Precision Digital$$$$$$•tSuperNova PD500$$$ $$$$$$Sixth Sense$$$$$$•tPG10/PG20/PG30$$$ $$$$$$Watlow Modbus$$$$$$•tEZ-ZONE RMC Digital I/O$$$•tEZ-ZONE Timers$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$Updated Drivers$$$ $$$Automation Direct - BRX/Do More$$$$$$•tPreviously; MC blocks were incorrectly configured and displayed duplicated values.$$$•tUpdated instrument help.$$$ $$$$$$Eurotherm Modbus - 3500 Programmer 1$$$$$$•tParameters were updated to reflect the current firmware.$$$ $$$$$$Honeywell HC900 - HC9 SPP Segs$$$$$$•tPreviously; parameters were incorrectly configured.$$$•tAuto-detection will now complete without producing an error.$$$ $$$$$$Ramp Soak 50 Segment Program$$$$$$•tThe Ramp Soak Program can now be programmed to start at a specific time of day.$$$ $$$$$$TempCo - TEC 4500$$$$$$•tParameters were updated to reflect the current firmware.$$$ $$$$$$Vaisala - HMP Series$$$$$$•tPreviously; parameters were incorrectly configured.
SpecView Version 3.01.255.2501
Release Date
1/2/2025
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes

Build 3.1.255$$$Previous pageReturn to chapter overviewNext page$$$ $$$Release date: January 2; 2025$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$Fixes and improvements$$$ $$$$$$General$$$•tImproved communication functionality to better support controllers such as the Watlow F4.$$$ $$$$$$Import Project$$$•tPreviously; the Print Screen Button Attribute was not actionable on an imported project.$$$•tImporting a project did not reassign Variable Substitutions in Buttons or Strategy Controller.$$$ $$$$$$Variables List$$$•tAn issue with the way that changes to parameter names are propagated across Trend Charts and Strategy Controller Events and Actions has been resolved.$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$New Drivers$$$ $$$The following instruments are now supported.$$$$$$To incorporate another instrument into SpecView; please contact your SpecView representative.$$$$$$ $$$$$$Atmosphere Engineering$$$$$$•tFurnace Meter$$$ $$$Kelk$$$$$$•tRollmax DSP2$$$ $$$Novus$$$•tDigiRail - 2A$$$•tN1040$$$ $$$$$$RKC Modbus$$$•tSA200$$$ $$$$$$SuperSystems$$$$$$•teFlo 2.0$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$Updated Drivers$$$ $$$Yokagawa Modbus RTU - UP55A Program$$$$$$Added segments 31-40 and associated parameters.
SpecView Version 3.01.253.2409
Release Date
9/30/2024
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes

Build 3.1.253$$$Previous pageReturn to chapter overviewNext page$$$ $$$Release date: September 30; 2024$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$Fixes and improvements$$$ $$$$$$General$$$•tThe Help for Instrument button now displays instrument specific help files when available.$$$•tNew Feature: Additional Resize Screen and Screen Size options were implemented. Read more here.$$$•tAdded the Show Instantaneous Active Comms List button. Read more here.$$$•tDate Time Format no longer reverts back to default settings after being altered.$$$•tIn the past; writing to Boolean parameters could have occasionally caused SpecView to freeze.$$$•tAdded additional information to warning message when SpecView is unable to connect to the default printer.$$$ $$$$$$Color Dynamics$$$•tEditing color dynamics on buttons used to change the underlying color of buttons.$$$ $$$$$$Historical Replay$$$•tPreviously; it was not possible Export Chart Data to CSV while in Historical Replay.$$$ $$$$$$Trend Charts$$$•tPreviously; Export Range to CSV would not function if selected area contained the surrounding chart area.$$$•tExport Range to CSV is now enabled in Historical Replay.$$$ $$$$$$Logging$$$•tFixed incorrect disabling of the Browse button when attempting to specify a a file path to save the Log Report.$$$•tCached Log Files list to make it much faster to display on systems with several years of log files.$$$ $$$$$$Strategy Controller$$$•tNew Feature: It is now possible to write a line of text to a target text string in SpecView. Read more here.$$$•tNew Feature: Implemented %%SpecViewInstalledPath%% and %%SpecViewProjectPath%% strings to point towards SpecViews installed path and the project path respectively.$$$•tNew Feature: Startup or Disabled Events are now labeled in the Strategy Event Setup List.$$$•tNew Feature: Users can now leave notes for Events. Read more here.$$$ $$$Recipes$$$•tIt is now possible to automatically send a Recipe if Recipe filtering is on and the filter results in just one recipe being shown.$$$•tIt is now possible to use Text variables to filter Recipes in Recipe Send To Mode.$$$•tThe number of Recipes per GDW has been increased from 1;296 to 32;767.$$$
SpecView Version 3.01.249.2404
Release Date
4/19/2024
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes

Release date: April 19; 2024$$$$$$$$$Fixes and improvements:$$$$$$General:$$$There was a very occasional 30 second delay when entering either Runtime Mode or Edit Mode (Online or Offline) which has been resolved.$$$There is now a warning that a SpecView Project that was last run with a license is now about to be run without a license; see E12384.$$$ $$$Printing:$$$Printers on the network are now being correctly detected.$$$The Printer not found message box is now displayed on top of the SpecView window; not behind it.$$$ $$$Trend Charts:$$$New Feature: It is now possible to adjust the scan rates of parameters associated with Automatic Chart Notes. Read more here.$$$Previously; it was possible to experience an occasional delay in loading historical data when using Trend Charts that had Scrolling disabled in conjunction with Trend charts that had Scrolling enabled.$$$ $$$Strategy Controller:$$$New Feature: Play Sound File Strategy Controller and Button Action. Read more here.$$$New Feature: Specific User Login. Read more here.$$$ $$$Import Project:$$$Importing projects with Bitmaps on GDWs would have caused missing Bitmap Couldnt load DIB errors..$$$ $$$Updated Drivers:$$$RKC-SRZ-COM-ME - Added the following instruments; accompanying Instrument Views; and Auto Detect feature.$$$RKC-SRZ-COM-ME-1-CT-Channel$$$RKC-SRZ-COM-ME-1-CT-Module$$$RKC-SRZ-COM-ME-1-DIO$$$RKC-SRZ-COM-ME-1-Module$$$RKC-SRZ-COM-ME-1-TIO$$$ $$$Read SpecViews RKC instrument help for additional information.$$$$$$CasCade Heat Manager - Added the following instruments and accompanying Instrument Views.$$$EasyHeat$$$HeatManagerConnect 6$$$HeatManagerConnect 6+6$$$HeatManagerPro 12$$$HeatManager 6$$$ $$$Watlow Modbus - Added the following instruments.$$$EZ-ZONE PM Controller - Map 2$$$EZ-ZONE PM Profiler - Map 2$$$EZ-ZONE PM Limit - Map 2$$$ $$$Keyence Modbus - Added the following instrument.$$$MP-F Series$$$ $$$IDEC - Fixed an error in the Input and Output blocks that displayed incorrect values.$$$ $$$Eurotherm Modbus - Added Alarm Type parameter for the alarms in the EPC3000 Program instrument.$$$ $$$Eurotherm Mini-8 - Added the following instrument.$$$SuperLoop$$$ $$$Read SpecViews Eurotherm instrument help for additional information.$$$$$$Honeywell HC900 - Added the following instrument.$$$HC9 Clock Date Time$$$ $$$Procon: ModMux & ProMux Modules - Fixed incorrect parameter addressing for parameter RTD Type in the following instruments.$$$MM6RTD$$$MM6RTDB$$$PM6RTD
SpecView Version 3.01.241.2406
Release Date
1/7/2024
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes

Release date: Jan 6; 2024$$$$$$ $$$$$$Fixes and improvements:$$$$$$ $$$$$$General:$$$$$$Previously; manual log file conversion would not generate log reports for dates past 12/31/2023 and would give the error E17813 - Invalid Entry.$$$Similarly; Historical Replay when specified by date would give the same error.$$$ $$$$$$Recipes:$$$$$$Recipe downloads which are started from Strategy Controller actions; or from a button with the action Download Specific Recipe; could cause a crash.$$$
SpecView Version 3.01.231.2307
Release Date
8/14/2023
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
No
Patch Notes

Fixes and improvements:$$$$$$ $$$$$$General:$$$$$$Moved back to Visual Studio 2010 to correct full screen functionality.
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