What's new?

Highlights in SDK 4.7, MultiTool version 7.5

Adjusting non volatile memory areas

Adjusting non volatile memory areas has been made significantly easier by adding new configurations for it in MultiTool. Memory area settings can be found from the new General tab in unit configurations. In S/E series units, the memory areas were earlier adjustable in the library parameters, but the new configurations in General tab replaces this way of adjusting the settings. In 6000/X series units, adjusting memory areas was not possible earlier. Now the possibility has been added to these units as well.

Support for xdd and xdc files

MultiTool now supports xdd and xdc files in addition to eds and dcf files. The xdd file format is a newer replacement for the eds file format, and can be used the same way as an eds file. Similarily the xdc file format is a replacement for the dcf file format.

Xdd and xdc files for Epec programmable units can be exported from MultiTool, and they can be imported back to MultiTool. CANopen slave units can be configured using an xdd or xdc file instead of an eds or dcf file.

Various smaller changes

New feature: Bit fields are now saved and restored when importing and exporting eds files

New feature: Added a popup if opening a MultiTool project made with an older version

New feature: Added CODESYS 3.5 ISOBUS documentation to programming and libraries manual

Improvement: Change unit type window changed to scalable

Improvement: Increased the adjustment limits of 6000 series operating voltage in diagnostics

Improvement: CSV editor indicates if a group name is too long

Improvement: Increased the adjustment limits of S/E series operating temperature in diagnostics

Improvement: New dialog to select which files to include in mtarchive file

Improvement: Same folder for CAN adapter dll files is used by both CODESYS 3.5 CAN gateway and CANmoon

Improvement: Increased default on delay of code template events of C2.3, 5050 and 6000 series from 0 to 100ms

Bugfix: Changing unit type from 4602 to SL84 caused incorrect threshold values in AI pins used as DI

Bugfix: Changing unit type reset the edge selection setting

Bugfix: Selection of Any protocol in 6000 series firewall settings did not work

Bugfix: Default value being under minimum or over maximum was not indicated for array type OD indexes

Bugfix: Subindexes of Array and record OD indexes were added to the wrong place in the structure in the CSV editor

Bugfix: An extra variable was added to the PDO tab in a specific use case

Bugfix: Bit variable comments were not included in the code template, if the variable was mapped to PDO

Bugfix: Exporting and importing xml of a control units OD resulted in fault if the project was not reopened

Bugfix: It was possible to adjust diagnostic limits outside maximum and minimum using arrow buttons

Bugfix: It was possible to change the names of internal I/O. This resulted in faulty code template

Bugfix: Change unit wizard crashed in a specific case

Bugfix: Opening a project containing CODESYS 2.3 units if CODESYS 2.3 was not installed, caused MultiTool to crash

Bugfix: MultiTool crashed when opening a project created with a newer version of MultiTool

Bugfix: 2000 series devices' code template did not compile if the bus speed was taken from communication parameters

Bugfix: GL84 version 1.1 xml file was missing from installation, causing projects containing the unit to not work