ASE2000 Test Set Release Notes

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Release Notes

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Release Notes

Release

Details

Date Released

Version 1.52

Area	Protocol	Comment
New Features	Southern Services	Added support for Setpoint command
	BCOM-USB I/O Driver	Added a signed driver for operation under Windows 7 64-bit mode
	File Locations under Windows 7	Under Windows 7, user files are located in a user data area instead of the ASE2000 Program Files installation folder. Files created by operation of a previous ASE2000 version are copied from the old location to the new location on installation of release 1.52. Some files may not be accessible by an older ASE2000 version after 1.52 is installed.
Corrections	IEC 870-5-101 and 104	Corrected Count field in transmission of Directory Call command from 0 to 1
	Telegyr 6500	Corrected multi-point reporting
	Valmet (Tejas) series V 2-byte RTU	Added LRC and CRC security options

07-12-10

Version 1.50

Area	Protocol	Comment
New Features	Modbus	Added support for floating point values
	Modbus	Added options to modify the work orders and/or byte ordering for two-word register values (long and floating point)
	IEC 870-5-104	Added support in the Point values view by specifying RTU ID 0
	DNP3	Added ability to parse security messages in Monitor Mode
Corrections	DNP3	Corrected errors with UDP operation. This problem was introduced in 1.47 and did not exist in earlier releases.

10-12-09

Version 1.47

Area	Protocol	Comment
New Features	All	Added support for a BCOM-USB device
Corrections	All	Corrected error in line filtering. This version now supports the ability to display messages from/to a specific RTU only
	IEC 101	Corrected a problem with SBO sequences in balanced mode if the DIR bit is set in messages from the controlled to controlling station. In prior versions, the FCB bit would not change state between the select and execute steps. All other cases had, and still do, work OK.
	IEC 101	In RTU simulation mode, differentiate a response to a Delay Measurement message based on cause of transmission being Activate or Spontaneous
	Getac LP	Corrected reporting ordering for DI points
	Telegyr 6500	Corrected interpretation of analog values
	SES-92	In RTU simulation mode, changed default return code for controls to indicate success

04-30-09

Version 1.46

Area	Protocol	Comment
New Features	DNP LAN/WAN	Allow use of ports other than 20000
	DNP	Improved exchange matching logic to consider exchanges that differ only by qualifier information
	IEC 870-5-101 and 103 Slave	Added option for Short Ack to replace No Data in response to Class 1 and Class 2 requests
	IEC 870-5-104 Master	Allowed transmission of simulated point values in reverse direction
	IEC 870-5-101/104 Slave	Limits number of points to those that can fit in one block
	Network	Improved network card device detection to support more network cards
	Rockwell 5011	Added “Group” to point values view
	Binary and Generic Async	Allowed editing of exchange properties
Corrections	Amtrak	Improved exchange matching to allow for certain tag word bits to be set
	CDC Type 2	Corrected parsing of responses with an odd number of analog points
	Conitel 2025	Corrected parsing of Time Update message
	Conitel 2100H	Increased resync period to 15 milliseconds (it was 15 bits)
	DNP Master	Corrected problem with SBO relay commands where the outstation response used Data Link confirm services
	DNP Master	Added parsing for re-transmitted Data Link frames
	Getac 7020-LP	Corrected processing of inter-word gaps
	Getac 7024-BCH RTU Sim	Corrected responses coded with an odd number of analogs
	Getac 7024-BCH RTU Sim	Corrected abort when response to a CSEL contained a RENDX instead of just REND
	IEC 870-5-101/104 and DNP	Do not issue execute portion of a SBO sequence after negative response to select
	IEC 870-5-104	Respond to TESTFR command even if STARTDT was not previously issued
	Indactic 33/41	Corrected security calculation error for measurand requests sent in extended addressing mode
	Line Analyzer	Data collection used to trigger on a change in carrier signals. Added trigger on change in input data value, for use with constant carrier lines
	PG&E	Added support for 13-bit analogs
	Telegyr 6500	Correct processing of responses with multiple pulse accumulator data blocks
		Changed interpretation of pulse data from LSB to MSB
		Added option to parse analog values with an inverted binary offset representation
	TRW System 9 Version B	Corrected processing of multi-block data responses

01-07-08

Version 1.44

Area	Protocol	Comment
New Features	COM Port Version	Added support for a USB dongle
Corrections	IEC 870-5-101	Improved processing confirmation of file ASDU types
	IEC 870-5-101	Corrected parse of Directory response
	SpaBus	Added exchange for “Read Output Data”
	Raw Data Display	Increased size of raw data viewing area to accommodate larger data blocks such as used for file transfer
	Amtrak	Corrected processing of RR response for control actions

04-12-06

Version 1.43

Area	Protocol	Comment
New Features	All	Issue warning when a “master simulation” session is started that includes an enabled relay control operation. User must acknowledge before proceeding
New Features	Modbus	When a holding register exchange is configured to request digital input data, the digital points are identified by bit positions 0 to 15 within each holding register address
Corrections	All	Improve “stop on communication error” event processing. Prior releases may have stopped one message too late
	IEC 870-5-101 and 104	Change incorrect identification of ASDU Type 7 from unknown to Bitstring
	IEC 870-5-103	Correct display of “Measurand 2” values in the Point Values view
	IEC 870-5-103	Identify “Invalid” bit when set in a time field
	Tejas 5	Correct calculation of starting index for status points
	TRW 9550	Fix parsing of responses longer than eight blocks

12-13-05

Version 1.42

Area	Protocol	Comment
New Features	Amtrak	Add new protocol
	DNP3	Add capability to write multiple binary output points (object 10, variation 1)
	DNP3 and IEC	Identify messages with no matching entry in the exchange list as “Unknown Exchange”. In the past, no exchange name was shown
Corrections	CDC Type 1	Correct display of CRC byte for Scan responses
	Conitel 2100H	In the point values view, differentiate points in Status Group 1 from those in Status Group 2
	DNP3	Correct RTU Simulation response to control output requests spanning more than one Data Link frame
	IEC 870-5-101/104	Process User Data [Confirm] response to control request in balanced/Master Simulation mode
	SC 1801 version 6	Correct processing of ‘L’ bit in SOE responses
	SpaBus	Correct parsing of response messages

08-11-05

Version 1.41

Area	Protocol	Comment
New Features	DNP3	Added support for BCD (object 101)
New Features	DNP3	Added capability to send binary event with relative, unsynchronized, time
Corrections	Capture Files	Corrected possible abort if a long capture file name was entered. Also corrects issue which occasionally required entering a full path for the file name (e.g., C:\temp\capture.cpt instead of just capture.cpt)
	DNP3	Corrected data link and application confirm processing to binary input event messages with relative time (Object 2, variation 3)
		Corrected occasional issue that would stop communication if a response was received from an DNP address other than as specified in the Exchange defaults menu
		Corrects transmission of Octet String objects
	IEC 870-5-103	Response to a General Command (ASDU type 20) has been corrected to be a Time Tagged Message (ASDU Type 1)
	Telegyr 6500	Corrects display of RTU number in Point Values view
	Telegyr 8979	Corrected processor utilization problem when “A” and “B” cables were interchanged. Corrected processing of trip/close responses with exception blocks

05-18-05

Version 1.40

Area	Protocol	Comment
New Features	All	Removed support for ISA-bus BCOM2 card under Windows 2000 and XP
	All	Changed color of Point Values view to be more readable in sunlight
	DNP3	Recognizes Data Set Object Groups
	IEC 870-5-103	Added entry of Generic Command data set information for multiple data sets
	Rockwell 5020	New protocol
Corrections	All	Corrected points values display for point indices 256 and greater
		No longer required to un-check “Capture Enabled” option before viewing a capture file
		Correctly capture file usage when name in a newly loaded configuration file is different from the default
	IEC 870-5-101	RTU Simulation Mode: Corrected balanced mode responses to general interrogation requests
	IEC 870-5-103	Master Simulation Mode: Corrected Generic Command transmission when no data sets are defined
	IEC 870-5-104	RTU Simulation mode: Corrected common address values contained in responses to control output sequences
	Redac 70H	Corrected parsing of 24-bit pulse accumulators
	S/Comm 11.1	Fixed CRC positioning for long messages
	Telegyr 8979	Corrected parsing of ADC responses with six points
	Telegyr 8979	Enhanced parsing of multiple block messages
	Wisp+	Corrected interpretation of Digital Report exchange

11-12-04

Version 1.39

Area	Protocol	Comment
New Features	DNP 3	Adds support for 2-bit digital input points (objects 3 and 4)
		Obtains Virtual Terminal data from an external file, allowing entry of non-printable characters
		Adds ForceError option to prevent Nack response to Data Link Confirm messages received before a Reset Link
	IEC 870-5-104	In Master Simulation mode, restarts message transmission sequencing whenever the controlled station reconnects. This allows STARTDT to be transmitted on the initial connection and each subsequent reconnection.
	IEC 870-5-104	Adds “Step Position with Date/Time” exchange
	SPS	Add support for Southwestern Public Services protocol
Corrections	Capture Files	Corrects read error for some large capture files
	Conitel 2100H	Inverts point identification for pass select and analog scan responses
	DNP3	Corrects RTU Simulation-mode abort on reception of an Assign Class message
	IEC 870-5-101 and IEC 870-5-104	Corrects problem reading messages with fewer octets than expected
	IEC 870-5-103	Corrects cause of transmission code used in response to a General Command message
	Network Protocols	Corrects reading a protocol message arriving in multiple IP packets
	Rockwell 501x	Ignores state of unused bits in a data response header

03-03-04

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