SIMs and Service Packs for iFIX 5.

Last updated 06/16/2017

iFIX58_Workspace_021

* OPC data links may stop refreshing. (00307314)

* Intermittent crashes when navigating between screens or closing Workspace. (00307667)

* AutoScaleDisplayLimits method of Chart/Pens does not update the Y axis scale for static values. (00365110)

* Workspace crashes while switching modes. (00327902)

* Workspace crash when ALT-tabbing between open windows and Workspace. (00410388)

******** iFIX58_Workspace_020 ********

* When reloading the iFIX Database, the Collector Deadband changes to Absolute. (307416)

* Datalink Text expands in printing. (385651)

******** iFIX58_Workspace_019 ********

* With Mouse interaction, Keyboard focus is not completely shifting from VBA form control to ComboBox of
Expression Editor. (00378746)

* Scroll bars incorrectly appearing when running Workspace in Full Screen mode with dual monitors and "Extend
Workspace to multiple monitors support" unchecked. (00354038)

* Pie Chart Dynamo with 5 segments within Chart_Pie.fds is not circular. Center point and radius of all segments
are not uniform and start and end point of segments are not matching the radius and center. (00367616)

* On the Standard Chart, when more than 4 pens have similar or identical values, the tool tips for only 4 pens are
visible and other tooltips are overlapped. (00206310)

iFIX 5.8_SAC_003

* Bad Scan Category Error When Putting Secondary Block On Scan from a Program Block. (00407714)

******** iFIX58_Blocks_001 ********

* Added option for suspend mode in AA and DA block. (US45365)

* Added option to require electronic signature comment. (US42074)

iFIX 5.8_DatabaseManager_005

* “Illegal Alarm Priority” error occurs during Database Import when High High and High alarm priorities are both
INFO for AA tag. (00381988, 00433810)

******** iFIX58_DatabaseManager_004 ********

* DatabaseManager crash (00409890)

iFIX 5.8_DotNetControlContainer_003

********** iFIX 5.8 DotNetControlContainer_003 ********

* “DotNet Components folder” is created under iFIX5.8‟s default path even though iFIX5.8 is installed into non-
default path. (401814)

* Allow install of DotNetControlContainer SIM on top of iFIX58_SP2. (400732, 399263, 431462, 436541)

********** iFIX 5.8 DotNetControlContainer_002 ********

* .NET Control Container cannot retrieve value from the ListBox control using the GetAt() method for the first
element (i.e. GetAt(0)). (00274628)

*.NET ListBox control does not expose the .Count method when implemented within the .NET Control Container.
(00293818)

********** iFIX 5.8 DotNetControlContainer_001 ********

* Dot Net Control Dispose function is not getting called during closing of iFIX picture. (00180226)

iFIX58_iFIXToolkit_001

* Proficy.iFixToolkit.Adapter2 is throwing exception for Domain user accounts, while accessing

"FixisFixRunning()". (330801)

iFIX58_OPCAEServer_002

* iFixOPCAEServer - Actor and Electronic Signature fields are missing (00375162, 00356482)

iFIX 5.8_Networking_002

* Client connections beyond 64 fail to connect. (00400903)

iFIX58_HPDynamos_001

* Support OPC data source in HPLinearGauges.fds and HPTanksAnim.fds. (US25349, US25659)

* Support Proficy Historian data source in HPLinearGaugesHist.fds and HPTanksAnimHist.fds. (US25349,

US25659)
iFIX58_Documentation_001

* Updates to iFIX 5.8 Electronic Books.

iFIX58_TerminalServices_001

* Cannot start a Terminal Server client session even though there are Terminal Server client licenses available.
(00408997, 00408839)

iFIX58_ExportJSON_002

* JSON export log files now state for objects that do not export by design that the objects are currently not
supported for export. (DE13526)

* Expressions that contain datasources with embedded spaces enclosed in single quotes are now exported
correctly. (DE12011)

* The case of the text in datasources is now preserved when exporting to JSON. (DE12290)

* iFIX now exports both the lookup tolerance and the expression tolerance values for lookup animations.
(US44855)

* iFIX now exports historical data links and time definition properties of historical animations to JSON format.
(US40585)

* When Shapes are aligned to each other and Edge Style is set to No Edge while Edge Width >0,a White line
displays during WEB HMI rendering. (DE14743)

******** iFIX58_ExportJSON_001********

* The tolerance value that is exported to JSON for visibility lookup animations is not what is configured in iFIX.
(DE15151)

iFIX58_SEC_002

* With iFIX58_SP2 applied, Proficy WebSpace login to iFIX fails when configured to execute a single logon
prompt. (00400939)

iFIX58_EDA_001

* EDA applications may stop responding when enumerating a large database. (00400853)

iFIX58_Alarming_003

* AlmODBC crash after MSSQL service is stopped (00333308)

*********** iFIX58_Alarming_002******************

* Application crash when calling Eda.SendMsg using the EDA Toolkit for .NET applications. (00403077)
iFIX 5.8 Service Pack 2

* Windows update with KB3153199 the Workspace Toolbar will lock up on windows2012 R2. (00386808)

* Add option to support High Performance graphics to Fix User Preferences General tab. (F1923)

* "SCU file is required to start Proficy iFIX" message appears when trying to launch Proficy WebSpace Desktop
Client. (00353295)

* Added High Performance DynamoSets. (F3893)

* Unable to import a toolbar from the Import 'Toolbars dialog if the name contains an '_'. (DE16871)

* Threshold tables for color animations are now updated to display default colors based on the High Performance
Graphics setting in Fix User Preferences. (US16004)

* A new Web HMI panel has been added to the Tools tab of the ribbon to support the Web_HMI toolbox and
Picture Export. (US12142)

* Added ability to export iFIX picture properties to a JSON file for viewing within the GE Web HMI browser client.
(US10297)

* iFIX OPC A&E Server's Refresh() method doesn't return any existing alarms. (US10386)

* Send OPC A&E clients notifications when alarm priority and severity change for an alarm. (US12259)

* Fixed Refresh operation so that it now returns alarms when running on a standby SCADA. (US12551)

* Added 'Require Web HMI Security' setting to support secure alarm acknowledgement from Web HMI clients in
iFIX OPC A&E Server. (F3262)

* Increased default value of QueueSize to 1000 for the OPC A&E Server. (F1542)

* Default value for AlarmsPerCycle setting has been increased to 1000. (F1542)

* When a tag that is currently in alarm gets deleted from the database, such as when a different database is
loaded, the Bad Quality notification sent to OPC A&E clients was OPC_QUALITY_NOT_CONNECTED instead of
OPC_QUALITY_CONFIG_ERROR. (DE15062)

* OPC AE server only returns alarms generated/received after the local iFIX starts up. (US11800)

* AlarmsPerCycle and Log Level settings have been added to the INI file. (US12555)

* Performance was improved when processing a large number of alarms. (US12704)

* Electronic Signature does not work if security paths are unavailable. (00314942)

* Security corruption occurs when enabling security on Windows 8/Windows 2012/Windows 10 after installing
iFIX58_SP1. (00347576, 00347578)

* Provided additional automation methods for system tags. (00359246)

* Enhanced Failover Security Improvements. (00379936)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_018 ********

* Printing iFIX pictures or saving to PDF may lose some of the details from pictures that are using enhanced
coordinates. (00339260)

* Workspace crashes when VisiconXDataControl is connecting to "Historian Ole DB Provider" for every sixth
connection. (00250159)

* A_ENAB field in AR and DR tags shows "YES" even though it is not used. (00358822)

* When there are multiple pens in a chart configured with tag group symbols, it takes a long time to load the tag
group. (00293298)

* Updated the FactoryGlobals.fxg with functionality to support the Platinum pack operations. (00370864)

* Workspace intermittently crashes when pressing "CTRL-F4" to close a picture that contains a Trend object that
is being populated with Proficy Historian Data. (00293551)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_017 ********

* Improper EGU values are set to y-Axis of Standard Chart and chart is shifted to the right at random. (00246750,
00323971)

* Group visibility is not applying properly to the OLE (Control Container) object, when opening a picture from
another picture. (00292672)

* Garbage characters being printed while printing Japanese electronic manual. (00267271)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_016 ********

* High CPU Usage in Configuration Mode with Invisible Group. (00353924)

* iFIX Animation of Position - Failure during communication error. (00286101)

* When running in Full Screen mode, new instances of pictures are not updated to reflect changes entered in the
Global Time Control. (00303426)

* "Value out of range" error while writing value within EGU Limits to F_DEV (Deviation) of Analog Alarm (AA)
block. (00261406)

* MS Forms 2.0 Textbox receives garbled characters from barcode scanner. (00325841)

* Changing/switching language through script is incorrectly updating the Text background size. (00204505,
00223247)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_015 ********

* Cannot specify milliseconds in Pen.StartTime. (00275449)

* Data in pictures with animated sources not updating automatically after communication failure and recovery in
Workspace runtime. (00327094)
* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_014 ********

* Running a picture which includes MS Common Dialog control resulting an empty(white) screen. (00293451)

* “Everyone” user access permissions for “Proficy iFIX” folder is getting deleted after SIM install. (00256675)

* SQL Login security enhancements. (US13660)

* Historical Trend Chart in Chart_LineHist dynamo and Real Time Trend Chart in Chart_LineRealTime dynamo
are not retaining the selected 'Line Type' property. (00327229)

* There are drastic differences in GRF file sizes while Save and SaveAs. (00327558)

* AlarmSummaryOCX user interface becomes unresponsive. (00335121)

* Added support to browse for Boolean Proficy Historian types. (00281309, 00269382, 00285995)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_013 ********

* Workspace crash at startup. (00293551)

* Standard Chart not displaying border around the whole chart when picture opened with "Start Workspace in run
mode" option. (00302158)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_012 ********

* For an AR block, a “Value out of range” error message is generated while using VBA „writevalue‟ function to
write a value to the F_CV field. (00308280)

* Cannot enter Polish diacritical characters in Login dialog box. (00299916, 00290173, 00317077, 00315979)

* Added functionality to iFixCtl.exe to start/stop the iFIX A&E Collector. (00287629)

* iFIX OPC A&E Server stops working when perform user ID is blank. (00177574)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_011 ********

* Scripts created with the OpenPicture expert on 3.5 cannot be edited using the Script Wizard in Later Versions of
iFIX. (00224321)

* Intermittent crashes when navigating between screens or closing Workspace. (00307667)

* System.CurrentTimeSecond is skipping values. (00277705)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_010 ********

* Overlapping OLE objects are drawn in reverse order. (00294455)

* SCADA console session consuming a Terminal Server connection license. (00234935)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_009 ********

* Multiple object creation is not working when a shape is selected by double click in Toolbox. (00178608)

* Workspace crashes in pictures where standard charts are being manipulated via "CGW_ApplyFileToChart"
while also animating the visibility of the chart. (00254160)

* Calling SendSignedOperatorMessage from a script without passing in userID(s) for perform or verify users will
truncate the message if it contains the character ':'. The truncated message will display in the Alarm ODBC
database. (00258181)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_008 ********

* A rounded rectangle is not filled completely when its Fill Style is set to Gradient. (00178611)

* OPC20iFix does not support E_CV field. (00258857)

* High Over Range and Low Over Range conflict with TimeCursorTime. (00215271)

* Browse buttons for SQL configuration in SCU are not functional in Polish iFIX5.8. (00268493)

* Japanese translations for Tile Horizontal and Tile Vertical are opposite in Ribbon view in configuration mode and
run mode. (00269501)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_007 ********

* After closing a picture with the Color Selection dialog still open, the error "The parameter is incorrect" displays
when trying to close the Color Section dialog. (00178136)

* Invalid Security violation in Alarm log. (00269039)

* New SCU configuration displays Network Password Error on Startup. (00178105)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_006 ********

* Zoom property not working properly the first time executed. (00178645, 00241770)

* Zoom Property not updating properly when mapped to a datalink. (00241773, 00233060)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_005 ********

* The "RunTimeVisible" property for the Picture Object was removed in iFIX 5.8. (00180654)

* While entering the data for a Datalink, the cursor is incorrectly moving down for a few configured fonts for that
Datalink. (00178741)

* iFIX automation routines (OpenPicture, ReplacePicture, ClosePicture, OpenTGDPicture and

ReplaceTGDPicture) are updating the input variable/argument with the complete picture path. (00178617)

* Intermittent WorkSpace crash when closing a picture containing multiple alarm summary controls. (00240756)

* Login Dialog cannot use the keyboard tab to navigate to some selectable/editable items. (DE6844)
********** iFIX 5.8 Startup_002 ********

* iPower support for iFIX 5.8 (00288022)

********** iFIX 5.8 SEC_001 ********

* Security.RPT Import allows duplicate Security Areas to be added to Security Configuration. (00226072)

* Added warning message that will display if the default user accounts are still active/exist, upon entry and exit of
the Security Configurator. (US10327)

********** iFIX 5.8 SCU_002 ********

* "File does not exist" message appears when trying to launch iFIX in Terminal Service session. (00341610)

********** iFIX 5.8 SCU_001 ********

* "Can Not Start SCADA on Browser session" when iFIX 5.8 and WebSpace 4.8 are installed on disk volume with
8dot3name disabled. (DE8323)

********** iFIX 5.8 SAC_002 ********

* Alarm Counters are incorrect. (00272784, 00307304, 00318813)

********** iFIX 5.8 SAC_001 ********

* Alarm counters does not show correct values in Alarm Summary during COMM errors and remote acknowledge.
(00272784)

********** iFIX 5.8 Networking_001 ********

* Enhanced valid client connection authentication to prohibit unsubstantiated clients from connecting to SCADA
machines. (00284495)

* ******** iFIX 5.8 Historian_001 ********

* Support for Historian 6.0 SP1 client tools to support mirror server feature. (00355208 )

********** iFIX 5.8 Failover_001 ********

* Unauthorized Access Error When Disabling Maintenance Mode. (00226889)

* Maintenance mode switch causes SCADA Synchronization to stop too soon. (00221965)

* ******** iFIX58_DatabaseManager_003 ********

* Cannot query for current value "????" in the DatabaseManager spreadsheet. (00356917)
* ******** iFIX58_DatabaseManager_002 ********

* iFIX Database Manager is not updating the row count in the title bar after executing a new query on Windows 8
and Windows Server 2012. (00178135)

* iFIX Database Manager is not updating the row count in the title bar after deleting a block, adding a block, or
after doing a refresh. (00178135)

********** iFIX 5.8 Charts_003 ********

* PrintChart function displays error message on cancellation of printing process. (00301593)

********** iFIX 5.8 Charts_002 ********

* 'RefreshChartData()' method throws an exception when a Line_Multiline Chart Object has DataSet(s) of type
'External'.

* Automation methods updated for the GeneralDataSet object. (US5187)

********** iFIX 5.8 Alarming_001 ********

* Alarms will not print to a USB printer using Windows 2012 Server. (00289009)

iFIX58_SP1 – iFIX 5.8 Service Pack 1

******** iFIX 5.8 Service Pack 1 ********

* Environment protection support for Windows 8 or newer Windows shell. (Jira IFIX-334 and IFIX-474)

* Enable on-screen keyboard (TabTip) support for iFIX applications on Windows 8 and newer operating systems
when there is no physical keyboard present such as Windows tablet. (Jira IFIX-334 and IFIX-474)

* 'Me.Close' no longer works with pictures in sub directories. (1-3569080011)

* Ctrl+Alt+Del gets disabled when windows user either locks or logsoff while iFIX runs in a service mode. (1-
3552861781)

******** iFIX 5.8 FixControlContainer_001 ********

* Intermittent Workspace crash when closing pictures. (1-3821143308)

******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_004 ********

* Accelerator keys in Upgrade to Enhanced Coordinates Wizard are hardcoded with English letter in button
accelerator property. (42656)

* "Close Zoom to Fit" button is too small for European languages. (42655)
* Send-to-Back and Zoom-To-Fit on same Ctrl+B keyboard combination. (1-3715583421,1-3843952751,1-
3916743793)

* Standard Chart Configuration dialog cannot show fully on non-English Windows8, characters and control
contents are cut off into outside of dialog. (41928)

******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_003 ********

* Picture does not display correctly on dual monitor system when Full Screen in Run Mode is enabled. (1-
3533412820, 1-3533136931, 1-3452264627, 1-3570908051)

******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_002 ********

* Missing translation found in Upgrade Pictures To Screen Independent Enhanced Coordinates dialog. (42590)

******** iFIX 5.8 Workspace_001 ********

* Enhanced iFIX to provide support for the new Proficy Licensing Server. (1-3413293951)

* When trying to run iFIX as a service on a "blind" SCADA, error code 117 displays: "Windows could not start the
Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX service on Local Computer". (1-3413293951)

* Able to install an older iFIX SIM on top of a newer iFIX SIM. (1-1481494747)

******** iFIX 5.8 DatabaseManager_001 ********

* Some strings were not translatable in DatabaseManager - Options. (42579)

******** iFIX 5.8 OPCAEServer_001 ********

* When acknowledging from a client, only the first acknowledgement in a multiple alarm acknowledgement is
performed. (1-2993733711)

* OPC AE Client does not receive acknowledgement events when alarms are acknowledged through
Acknowledge All. (1-3622732011)

* iFixOPC AE Server sends only 20 alarms per second to clients. (TFS41614)

* Cannot acknowledge from OPC AE Client if alarm returns to normal before being acknowledged. (1-
3689565061)

* iFixOPC AE Client loses alarms when standby SCADA is started up. (1-3689565134)

******** iFIX 5.8 Startup_001 ********

* License not recognized by iFIX58 Chinese and Russian. (42565)