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What’s New in MultiTool Creator 8.6

Epec releases new variant of SC4X control unit

Functional safety certified variant with improved features such as higher output currents, 3 CAN buses and increased customer application size.

See product page for more information.

Epec releases new SL84 Control Unit firmware version

SL84 control unit received updated and improved functionality with fresh firmware, software and manual versions.

See product page for more information.

Other improvements

ISOBUS C3.5 library REL1.1 contains bugfixes for VT client, TC client and TECU interface
Open and update from MTC does not change the project from simulation to hardware
The DBC importer shows a warning if a generic J1939 device is assigned as a receiver or transmitter, but no programmable device is configured as the corresponding transmitter or receiver
Added multiselect/edit pins to I/O view
PDOs sent by other responders hidden from responder RPDO view
Performance optimizations
Change unit type automatically maps CAN buses to the same bus in target hardware #85146
Change unit type expanded to Epec responder units
Updated GatE, Azure and Modem libraries

Bugfixes

Abstraction tab not visible in 6200-268
IO diagnostic library: IODiagnosticConsumer error handling improved
MTC allowed two J1939 RX messages with same ID but different priority
Change unit type resets Disable Start setting
DM log size went to 0 after changing unit type from unsupported unit
IO diagnostic receive PDO not visible in PDO view
Asynchronous parameter saving setting reset when cloning a unit
Fixes to MTC dark theme
Colour corrections in SRDO view for generic units
Installer showed CODESYS 2.3 features as installed even though the installation failed
Resetting SA library SingleCurrentValveController integrator term
Compile error in code template if AI/DI pin mapped in two machine types
CAN gateway for CODESYS 3.5 units showed CAN adapters wrong, if there were two adapters used
Wrong maximum values in default OD indices
Static analysis fixes to code template
I/O diagnostics together with machine types caused SL8X to reboot
Errors in code template after changing unit type to SL8X
Errors in J1939 code template
IO diagnostic consumer not working in 6505 and 6510
Parameters not added to CSV file
Error in S/E series I/O diagnostic when machine types in use
Fixes to eds/dcf export to make them compliant to standard
Abstraction mappings lost on project save/open
Generic unit SRDO mappings lost when disabling the message
When multiple units are selected, network editor context menu only shows items that affect several units
Safety responder configuration list order changed when reopening a project
Visual bug in J1939 device bus connection in network editor
Context menu for network not shown in network editor
Unable to clone 6200 unit if update packet not selected
Errors in code template after changing 6000 series unit type
Indication of safety variables missing from J1939 safety variables in abstraction view
Event PDOs not shown as RPDOs
Temperature scaling wrong in MTS for SL8X
MTC crashed if duplicate variables were mapped to SRDO messages
Corrupted configuration file prevented MTC startup
Missing RPDOs after changing unit type
Uninstalling MTC did not remove desktop icon
MTC did not highlight erroneous OD sub index
Special characters in folder name caused issues when exporting ISOBUS settings
Dragging a TPDO in abstraction tab caused MTC to crash
Changing responder version caused MTC to deadlock
J1939 DM2 max block size changes to wrong value
“Start MultiTool on Exit” and “Create MultiTool Shortcut to Desktop” selectable after failed install
Text alignments wrong in MTC because of Windows tablet mode
J1939 C3.5 contains fix for ETP DPO issue affecting VT client object pool loading