06/2016 M004433-14

Release Notes
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Important:
Please contact our support ([email protected]) if you find any errors, malfunctions, missing
functions or other problems with the software. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

System Requirements
 Pentium
 Windows XP: 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
Windows Vista (32 Bit): 512 MB RAM (1GB recommended)
Windows 7 (32 Bit and 64 Bit): 1 GB RAM
Windows 8 (32 Bit and 64 Bit): 1 GB RAM
Windows 10 (32 Bit and 64 Bit): 1 GB RAM
 .NET Framework 2.0
 VGA graphic card and color monitor with 640x480 resolution and 256 colors
(a minimum resolution of 1024x768 is recommended)
 Min. 150 MB free hard drive memory
 Flash card slot (recommended)

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1 New Features ..................................................................................................................... 4

1.1 User Logger ........................................................................................................................ 4
1.2 Enhanced submasks with Bitmap and text ......................................................................... 5
1.3 Rotating text display ............................................................................................................ 6
1.4 Value entry in time format ................................................................................................... 6
1.5 BCD value display/input with decimal places ...................................................................... 6
1.6 Smart keyboard positioning ................................................................................................. 7
1.7 Tag for touch error indicator ................................................................................................ 8
1.8 Communication specific data types for “easy” communication ........................................... 9
1.9 Communications ................................................................................................................. 9
1.10 Print via USB ..................................................................................................................... 10
1.11 Polling Tags in Loop Scripts .............................................................................................. 10
1.12 XML file format of the project file ....................................................................................... 11
1.13 Optimized download dialog ............................................................................................... 11

2 Changes and Bug fixes .................................................................................................. 12

2.1 8.1.12 ................................................................................................................................ 12
2.2 8.1.11 ................................................................................................................................ 13
2.3 8.1.10 ................................................................................................................................ 13
2.4 8.1.9 .................................................................................................................................. 13
2.5 8.1.8 .................................................................................................................................. 14
2.6 8.1.7 .................................................................................................................................. 14
2.7 8.1.6 .................................................................................................................................. 15
2.8 8.1.5 .................................................................................................................................. 15
2.9 8.1.4 .................................................................................................................................. 16
2.10 8.1.3 .................................................................................................................................. 16
2.11 8.1.2 .................................................................................................................................. 17
2.12 8.1.1 .................................................................................................................................. 17
2.13 8.1.0 .................................................................................................................................. 17

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1 New Features

1.1 User Logger

NEW: It is now possible to log and store the user actions carried out on the panel in a log file.

Main Features:
- Value entries that were carried out by the user on the panel are logged.
- The execution of certain special functions is logged
(e.g. User Login, loading of a recipe, …).
- The size and the number of log files can be defined.
- The log file is stored as a text-based CSV file and can therefore be opened with any text
editor or spreadsheet program.
- Certain tags and special functions can be excluded from the logging process.

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1.2 Enhanced submasks with Bitmap and text

NEW: Placeholders for text and bitmap objects can be defined in submasks, which later can be
replaced with specific texts and bitmaps when the submask is used.

Main Features:
- On the “Text” object, a placeholder for the text to be displayed can be defined on a
submask. If the submask is later used, a project text can be selected for the placeholder,
which will then be displayed.
- On the “Bitmap” object, a placeholder for the image to be displayed can be defined on a
submask. If the submask is later used, an image can be selected for the placeholder, which
will then be displayed.

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1.3 Rotating text display

NEW: A rotation angle can be defined for the “Text” object.

Main Features:
- With the “Text” object, it is possible to select whether the text is to be rotated by 0°
(default), 90°, 180° or 270°.

1.4 Value entry in time format

NEW: The entries of tag values can be configured so that they can be entered in the time format.

Main Features:
- The display format for tags can also now be “hh:mm/mm:ss”.
- Entries in the time format are already converted to the PLC value (with “hh:mm”: value =
“hh” * 60 + “mm”)

1.5 BCD value display/input with decimal places

NEW: BCD value displays/inputs can also be assigned with decimal places.

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1.6 Smart keyboard positioning

NEW: Smart keyboard positioning can be activated.

Main Feature:
- With smart keyboard positioning activated, the input keyboards are docked to the object
which will receive the input. Ideally (if there is enough space), the object will never be
covered by the keyboard.

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1.7 Tag for touch error indicator

NEW: A tag can be set if a touch error occurs.

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1.8 Communication specific data types for “easy” communication

NEW: The specific data types (e.g. timers, counters, ...) are created in Galileo automatically when
using an “easy 500/700” or “easy 800/MFD” communication.

Main Features:
- The communication-specific data types are automatically created with correct structure as
types in Galileo.
- Instances of these communication-specific data types can be created and addressed.

Consider following when using instances of the communication specific data types of the „easy“
communication:
HINT: While changing a value of an „easy“ communication, a short flickering can occur on the value
display.
WARNING: Tags that are adressed on an „easy“ communication shouldn’t be used as bridged tags.

1.9 Communications
NEW: The following new communications are now available:
- Modbus ASCII
- ELC ASCII
- ELC RTU

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1.10 Print via USB

NEW: On panels of the XV 100 series, it is possible to print via the USB interface on printer which
support the PCL 3 protocol.

1.11 Polling Tags in Loop Scripts

NEW: A limited number of polling tags can be used in loop scripts.

Main Features:
- With absolutely addressed PLCs, any tags from an addressed structure can be used.
- With symbolically addressed PLCs, up to 10 tags can be used.
- Option, to run loop script only, if all tags are initialized.

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1.12 XML file format of the project file

NEW: The Galileo project file is also stored in XML format, as well as the mask files and the tag file.

This enables different project versions to be compared with a standard tool (e.g. Beyond Compare)
(in order to track changes). The use of a version control system enables more professional
development to be carried out with GALILEO.

1.13 Optimized download dialog

NEW: It is possible to enter settings in the Download dialog so that fewer user interactions are
required during the download.

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2 Changes and Bug fixes

2.1 8.1.12
Design Tool
- CODESYS 3 tag import:
o Import is now case insensitive (see also the remark below)
o String arrays get imported again
o Fixed crash if member of type “Enum” was the last member of a type
- Function “Swap Low/High Bytes” available for arrays addressed on some defined PLCs
Communication
- CODESYS 3:
o Don’t subtract license point in case of “localhost” as node name
o Fixed some communication errors regarding bits

Remark regarding the now “case insensitive” tag import:

Until Galileo 8.1.11 the structures created for objects were always imported as UPPER CASE letters
no matter what was defined in the symbol file (for example: “MainPrg.deltaTime” was imported into
the structure “MAINPRG.deltaTime”).

With Galileo 8.1.12, the casing of the symbol file gets considered. Already existing tags will be
recognized on the import correctly. That means, it doesn’t matter if the structure name is upper cased
but different in the symbol file. So importing “MainPrg.deltaTime” again will match to the already
existing tag “MAINPRG.deltaTime” and won’t create new tag.
However, if now a new tag is available in the symbol that can’t be matched with the project, the
structure in correct casing gets created. By example if “MainPrg.testTime” is now available in the
symbol file, following gets created in Galileo 8.1.12:

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To avoid that “duplicate” structure there are two options:

- Rename the structure “MAINPRG” to “MainPrg” before the new tag symbol import
- Move the imported tag “testTime” manually to the structure “MAINPRG”

2.2 8.1.11
New OS version 2.28.1 for MC2, XV-100 and KeTop.
Design Tool
- Tag import: Latest changes in symbol file format of CODESYS 3.5.5 and 3.5.6 are now
handled correctly

2.3 8.1.10
Design Tool
- Object “PLC Text”: Corrected handling of maximum text length
- Searching for texts now also searches in texts at unit translation
- Fixed bug in font selection when font is exclusively used by some other application
Runtime
- User Logger: logger file name is independent of US/EU date format settings
Communication
- CoDeSys3 PlcHandler: Fixed performance issues
- CoDeSys3 PlcHandler: “localhost” now possible

2.4 8.1.9
Design Tool
- Copy/paste of objects within same project didn’t copy visibility/accessibility settings

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- Irritating address warning for instances of Easy 500/700 CDT fixed

- Added compiler check so no empty directory paths for user management are allowed
Runtime
- Alarm History: At alarm refresh the marker jumps to the latest entry instead of the newest
- Crash if directory for user management file is missing
- Graph Start/Stop: Float tags weren’t used correctly
Communication
- Siemens S7: increased upper limit of DB range to 65534
- Fixed communication to Omron PLC
- Fixed CoDeSys3 PlcHandler communication when using read only tags on PLC

2.5 8.1.8
Design Tool
- Copy/paste of objects containing named array elements as visibility/accessibility tags
- Set correct default values for “Port Number” and “AMS Port Target” for communications
“Beckhoff BC9000 TCP/IP” and “Beckhoff TwinCAT TCP/IP” while converting old projects
Communication
- Enhanced support for ELC (TCP, RTU and ASCII):
o “D” register: support for tags of type DWord and Float
o Support for addressing “Control” and “Status” tag
- Removed too restrictive compatibility check for CoDeSys3

2.6 8.1.7
Design Tool
- New: Path for storing user management data can be defined.
- Fixed tag import problems regarding Control/Status
- L5K tag import improvements
Runtime
- New: Support for Galileo Open on XP500 series
- Fixed time lag in graph recording
-
Communication
- Various improvements for CoDeSys3 communication with PlcHandler

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2.7 8.1.6
Design Tool
- New: Tag import support for A. Bradley Logix 5000 (file format “.L5K”)
Following versions are supported so far: 10.02 and 19.01
Import of following defined data types is not supported:
o PHASE_INSTRUCTION
o SFC_ACTION
o SFC_STEP
o SFC_STOP
- Known bug: Addressing Control/Status tags before importing a CoDeSys3 tag file.
Workaround: Remove manually the addressing from the Control/Status tags, do the tag
import, address Control/Status again.
- Re-Importing of tags no longer overwrites the tag communication settings
- First time import of strings sets the length now correctly
Communication
- New: Additional CoDeSys3 communication using PlcHandler of 3S. Contains support for:
o BigEndian (on PLC side)
o Password usage

2.8 8.1.5
Design Tool
- CDTs were listed for removing at tag import
- No compiler warning appeared if user logger directory was empty which later lead to a
runtime error
- Tag limits weren’t restricted to numbers only
- Setting “No Help Lines” wasn’t stored
Runtime
- Refresh problem by using option “not accessible, if” at objects with transparency
- Graph: “Load last archive at panel startup” caused problems when a huge amount of graph
tags was defined
- Recipe: Check for available disk space made on boot volume instead of recipe destination
volume
- Corrected translation of Italian system messages
Communication

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- New: Allen Bradley MicroLogix EtherNet/IP communication

- Communication Galileo to AB SLC5/03 DF-1 generated a communication error when using
the highest address

2.9 8.1.4
Runtime
- GRS closes immediately after starting up if a file share between two panels is defined
- User logger function 'View current log file' doesn't open the current log-file
Communication
- New feature for Beckhoff TCP/IP: Port number can be defined with a parameter

2.10 8.1.3
Design Tool
- Before each tag import, a backup of the current tag structure will be created (for further
details, see “Galileo User Help” document which can be found on http://www.eaton-
automation.com)
- Improved tag import, if tags are already available in Galileo but aren’t addressed on the
importing link
- Improved tag import of system tags “Control”, “Status” and “Date_Time”
- Added a warning before addressing structures that are greater than the allowed maximum
block size
- Fixed bug in user logger directory definition
- Compiler returns in case of error tags within a writeable structure now only a warning
instead of an error
- FTP browse functionality uses now the specified port
Runtime
- Trigger condition for graph block wasn‘t refreshed after rebooting the panel during running
graph
- GRSW crashed if illegal number for print report mask was used and started by PLC
- Fixed cursor position problem when switching from other tasks back to GRSW task
- Detection if system window overlaps an object been wrong by 1 pixel so it calculates it as
overlapping even it‘s been exactly beside
Communication
- New communication ELC TCP

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2.11 8.1.2
Runtime
- Single User License Validation

2.12 8.1.1
Design Tool
- New panel XV-460-12TSB-1-10
- XC-152: resolution can be configured. Supported values are 320x240, 640x480 and
800x480
- New special function “Reload Auto Logout Time” to reload the auto logout time if it is
depending on a tag value
- Fixed wrong definitions for XC-152 panels
- The restriction of addressed tags within loop scripts was too restrictive
- Graph Block settings: archive name defined as dynamic wasn’t stored correctly
- User Management settings: password defined as dynamic wasn’t stored correctly
- Fixed a copy/paste bug with array elements assigned to mask objects
- Optimize function listed mistakenly Communication Dependent Types when “easy”
communication was used
Runtime
- Fixed gauge drawing bug if multiple gauge objects were placed on the same mask
Communication
- Beckhoff-TwinCat TCP/IP: fixed “AMS Protocol Error” when used with TwinCat Scope2
Setup
- Single User License will now be recognized

2.13 8.1.0
Design Tool
- New Panels XV-102-H:
XV-102-H3-35TQRL, XV-102-H4-35TQRL
XV-102-H3-57TVRL, XV-102-H4-57TVRL
XV-102-H3-70TWRL, XV-102-H4-70TWRL
- Improved optimizing of no longer used user-defined data types.
- It’s possible to change the settings for “Limit” and “Format” at instances of user-defined
data types

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- Fixed copy/paste of tags within user-defined data types

- Moving of array elements is no longer allowed
- Improved conversion of old mask files
Runtime
- No touch events recognized after screen was touched outside of a message box
- Graph special function “Save Archive File” allowed to be executed by PLC
Communication
- Comboard support for Galileo Open discontinued

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