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New features of GenConfig-2.6.4
Available documentation:
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GenConfig-2.6 Online Help
GenConfig-2.6.4 New Features
Main changes in GenConfig-2.6.4

New features
UserDongle and locked off-line archives
- It is possible open off-line archives if GenConfig was started from InteliMonitor with valid data
from UserDongle and appropriate rights
Bug fixes
Import PLC Setpoints
- Solved problem when archive with PLC (and PLC setpoints) used for protections was imported
Import configuration with ECU MIC850
- Solved problem when configuration with MIC850 1.0 was imported into config with MIC850 1.1

Bug fixes
FirmwareImport started from GenConfig
FirmwareImport did not replace old files with new ones when started from GenConfig
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New features
MODBUS registers
- Extended description of bits in Protections section of MODBUS registers (Generate Cfg Image)
ECU Size
- Added Extra Large size for ECUs (depends on ECU type and archive)
RailCon
- Support for RailCon unit
Pictures
- Updated pictures of controllers in Modules list
Bug fixes
ECU
- Solved problem when added ECU with properties Add screens=No
Show only relevant objects
- Fixed some incorrect views when checked option Show only relevant objects in Settings like
serial port RS232 (2) mode for some types of controllers
Decimal places in Force values
- Fixed mistake when Forced value has decimal number. Mistake was that number was rounded
to integer

Bug fixes
FW upgrade process
- Solved problem when used function FW upgrade (from existing configuration)...
Problem with nonsensical setpoint values after FW upgrade
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- After FW upgrade were in some fields nonsensical setpoint values for some setpoints like CT
ratio sec. GenConfig was unable rewrite this setpoints during Write to controller function.
Controller functionality was not affected.
Main changes in GenConfig-2.6

New features
ScreenEditor
- ScreenEditor function has been implemented to alllow the user modifying the layout of IV5 and
IV8 screens.
- ScreenEditor is available in Advanced mode and works only with archives IG/IS-NT-2.6 and
above.
SNMP MIB table export
- MIB table export now works for archives IG/IS-NT-2.6 and above.
Configuration lock in default archives
- Configuration lock can be activated also in default archives, but the lock does not take place
until the archive is uploaded to a controller and downloaded back.
Overwriting of synchronized setpoints
- If GenConfig is set to overwrite setpoints in the controller by values from the archive after
programming of an archive (configuration) and there is not any other controller connected to
the CAN2 bus, synchronized setpoints will be overwritten as well.
Setpoints at different hardware modifications
- Setpoints that do not have any function at selected hardware modification are not displayed.
E.g. IP address setpoint at IG-NT which does not have ethernet port.
- Setpoints that are fixed in selected hardware modification are displayed with lightblue
background and cant be changed. E.g. CT ratio sec at IG-NT where this ratio is fixedly set to
5A.
- Target controller hardware modification is to be properly selected in the Modules tab.
Bug fixes
Export of MODBUS registers
- There were swapped columns "Protection #1" and "Protection #2" in the table with description
of registers with protection states.
PLC editor keyboard shortcuts
- PLC keyboard shortcuts were active also if the PLC tab was not displayed and using them
caused error message.
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New features
MIB table export
- If the archive contains SNMP MIB information it can be exported into MIB table file, which is
then imported into a SNMP manager. The SNMP manager is then able to resolve the OID tree
for the particular controller and communicate with it using the SNMP protocol.
- This function is reserved for future use with IB-NT or Ix-NTC-BB with IB-COM-1.1.
- This function does not relate to the GNOME SNMP converter (which has fixed MIB table,
available for download at www.comap.cz)
Bug fixes
Cfg image (Modbus registers Used)
- The modbus registers containing alarm information were not icluded in the exported list of used
registers.
Firmware upgrade from existing configuration
- The firmware upgrade from existing configuration (i.e. the combined function of firmware
upgrade and configuration import) did not work in version 2.5.1.
Analog output at IM-NT-BB
- It was not possible to configure analog output at the IM-NT-BB controller.
Column width at I/O tab
- In versions 2.5 and 2.5.1 it was possible to hide the columns at the I/O tab by dragging the
vertical splitter to the leftmost position of the tab. After that it was not possible to restore the
columns again.

New features
Version of application
- The application version is displayed in the application title.
Generating screens for DetCon20
- The screens for IV5 and IV8 that display DetCon20 binary values are created only with such a
number of visible bits which corresponds with number of configured cylinder sensors.
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Bug fixes
PLC Editor: copy/paste and undo problem
- Clipboard operations as well as undo operation in the PLC editor caused damage of the whole
PLC drawing.
IV5 screens generating
- The IV5 screens for analog input modules were generated in a form of digital values regardless
of the adjustment in the module properties.
Other minor bugs
- Several other minor bugs have been fixed.

New features
New firmwares, controllers and modules supported
- IG-NT-2.5 firmware
- IS-NT-2.5 firmware
- IG-NT-BB, IG-NTC-BB, IS-NTC-BB, IM-NT-BB controllers
- IS-AIN8TC thermocouples module
Renaming of Remote switches
- At the tab Miscellaneous it is possible to rename the Remote control outputs. Their names
appear then in the window Remote switches in InteliMonitor as well as in the single line
diagram in InteliMonitor.
Translator: controller texts are marked
- Several groups of texts, which are listed in th translator tab, are displayed only in GenConfig
and not on the controller display. In some cases it may be sufficient to translate only the
controller texts and save time needed for the translation.
- The groups of texts used in the controller are marked with a small controller icon.
Color scheme
- The color scheme of the program has been changed to a fixed set of colors, independent on
windows colors setting. This will avoid occasional problems with visibility of some items.
Sensor fail
- The Sensor fail option in the analog input protection window can be selected independently on
the selected protection type/level. That means it is possible to configure analog input with a
shutdown protection without sensor fail evaluation.
- The feature is intended for ECU analog inputs. Is not recommended to configure classic
analog inputs with a protection and without sensor fail option.
- The feature is available for controller firmware 2.5 and above.
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Controller hardware modifications

- There are new controller modifications: IG-NT-BB, IG-NTC-BB, IS-NTC-BB, IM-NT-BB, which
are compatible with IG-NT, IG-NTC, IS-NT and IM-NT.
- There are one firmware for the group of IG-NT modifications, one for IS-NT modifications and
one for IM-NT.
- However, the modifications within one group have slightly different features, e.g. IG-NTC-BB
does support Ethernet interface and the other controllers from the same group dont.
- To hide or show only relevant adjustment according to the target controller modification, we
have introduced changing the controller modification in GenConfig at the Modules tab. The
section Available modules contain a list of compatible hardware modifications that can be
inserted into the configured modules section.
- This feature works for controller firmware 2.5 (standard branch) and above.
- You should select the hardware modification correctly according to the target controller.
Binary outputs type change (HSS / LSS)

- The type of the binary outputs (high side switches or low side switches) can be selected if the
currently used controller modification supports it.
- Highlight the controller in the configured modules tree and then change the outputs type in the
module properties table below the tree.
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Intelivision-5 firmware/font programming

- Use the menu File -> Firmware upgrade and clonning -> Display GC font change to
upgrade firmware and/or font in your InteliVision-5. Do not use the menu "InteliVision FW
upgrade" as it is intended for InteliVision-8 only.
Bug fixes
Cfg image (Modbus registers All)
- The file exported using the function Generate cfg image (Modbus registers all) did not contain
all registers. There was a gap of cca 50 registers at the position 43855
PLC: import sheet from file
- If a sheet was imported from file the names of PLC outputs were assigned incorrectly. The
function of such sheet was correct.
Configuration import
- Importing a configuration, which had other than default power format setting, resulted in
incorrect values of some setpoints and their limits in the target archive.
- Message texts of PLC blocks Force Prot were not imported. Default texts remained in the target
archive instead.
Using GenConfig with enlarged system fonts
- Some parts of the program were not displayed properly if it was running at operating system
with system fonts adjusted to a nonstadard value (e.g. 125dpi).
- It might occur especially at Laptops with high resolution screen and relatively small screen size,
where the users often adjust the system fonts to 125dpi as the standard fonts are very small.
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New features
This version contains only several changes in the internal functions which do not affect the
behavior from the external point of view.

Version 2.4.5 was skipped.

New features
Favorite place
- The GenConfig home directory for archives has been added to the favorite places bar into the
open/save archive dialog. This feature allows the user to return to the GenConfig home
directory in a simply way.
Drag and drop
- An archive can be opened by dragging the file and dropping it into the GenConfig window.
There must not be opened any other archive in GenConfig at that moment.
New peripherial modules
- DetCon20 and ECON-4 modules supported.
Cylinder temperatures configuration wizard
- The cylinder temperatures wizard has been changed. The requested protections (level 1 and/or
level 2) are now configured only onto the value Tcyl max instead of configuring them
individually onto each analog input. The T cyl max value is a controller value that is
computed as maximum of all logical inputs Cyl Temp x. This method saves controller
resources.
- If there is an archive in which the cylinder temperatures were configured by the wizard in
GenConfig-2.4.3 or older and then the archive is opened in GenConfig-2.4.4 and the wizard is
launched, the previously configured protections are removed and then replaced byone set of
protections as described in previous paragraph.
- The wizard removes any other universal protection from the value T cyl max.
Decimal resolution of setpoints in configuration import
- If a setpoint has different decimal resolution in the source and target archive, its value is
automatically recalculated.
- Example: setpoint VT ratio, decimal resolution in the source archive is 1.0, in the target one is
1.00. If the setting in the source archive is e.g. 6.3, then the setting after import will be now
6.30 instead of 0.63 as in previous versions of GenConfig.
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Bug fixes
Ocassional freezing of PLC editor
- It could very rarely happen that the PLC editor tab became empty (no PLC drawing was
displayed) after several switching to different tabs. After restart of GenConfig and reopening
the archive the PLC was then displayed normally.
Negative constants at PLC blocks

- If a negative constant (e.g. -1) is configured to an analog input of a PLC block, next time the
archive is opened and this PLC block properties window is displayed the constant is displayed
as unsigned value, i.e. 65536 instead of -1. This bug concerns only displaying of the value in
GenConfig, not the PLC function in the controller.

New features
Overwriting default archives
- Warning message is displayed when the user is attempting to overwite an archive in the default
archives directory (...GenConfig\Archives\Default\ ) to avoid accidental overwriting of some a
default archive. The default archives directory is not intended for storing of user archives,
which are to be stored one directory level above (...GenConfig\Archives\ ).
Bug fixes
Stream read error
- Stream read error message occured in version 2.4.2 while an archive without PLC module was
beeing imported into another archive.

New features
IS-NT-FL-1.2 Support
- New types of PLC blocks PID Ana B and PID Bin
Trial period for PLC Editor
- The 30-days trial period for PLC Editor has been cancelled. The PLC editor is now available
without activation.
PLC blocks tree menu
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- The PLC blocks tree menu in the left part of the PLC tab is filtered to show only the PLC blocks
that are supported by the particular firmware/archive.
Bug fixes
PLC editor undo history
- Saving of the PLC editor undo history was accidentally switched off when the program had
been terminated incorrectly.

New features
IGS-NT-2.4 Support
- New controller firmware v. 2.4 is now supported.
Configuration of analog outputs
- The method of configuration of analog outputs was changed from the firmware version 2.4.
- The output characteristic is now defined by two couples of points [X1, Y1] and [X2, Y2]. This
allows to configure any kind of linear characteristic.
- Example 1: Generator voltage 0-250V as current output 4-20mA. Adjust X1=0, X2=250,
Y1=2000 Y2=10000.
- Example 2: Generator power 50-500kW as voltage output 2.5-7.5V. Adjust X1=-50, X2=500,
Y1=2500 Y2=7500.
- Example 3: Speed request 0.0-100.0% as TSC1 requested speed 1200-1550RPM. Adjust
X1=0.0, X2=100.0, Y1=1200 Y2=1550.
Bug fixes
Legacy PLC editor
- The legacy PLC editor is not functional in the version 2.4.
PLC editor in basic mode
- The new PLC editor was visible also in basic mode in the version 2.4
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Handling of keyboard shortcuts

- The keyboard shortcuts as e.g. DEL key were received by the new PLC editor even if the PLC
editor tab was not active. This bug might cause e.g. accidental deleting of a PLC block when
the DEL key was pressed e.g. during editing of a binary input name at the I/O tab.
ECU analog outputs
- It was not possible to configure any controller source value onto some ECU analog outputs as
e.g. Speed demand switch or Speed demand analog for the MTU ADEC engine.
PLC editor vs. configuration import
- If the configuration import was cancelled, the PLC editor was not functioning properly after first
clicking to the PLC editor tab.
- If the target archive already contained a PLC drawing, the program generated List index out of
bounds message and did not import the PLC from the source archive correctly.
PLC editor activation computer serial number
- The PC serial number was not displayed in the About window if the windows system font size
was set to different than standard size (96dpi).
Stream read error message
- If the trial period of the PLC Editor was expired and the user opened an archive with a PLC
program created by PLC editor, the program issued Stream read error message when the
PLC Editor tab was activated.
Access violation message during configuration import
- Access violation occured during the import of the configuration if the source archive contained
a protection without any protection type assigned. Such archive could be created by
configuration import in GenConfig-2.3.4 or older.
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New features
PLC Editor
- New graphic PLC editor is now available in GenConfig. The editor works in trial mode, which
allows to try it and get first experience within 30 days after first run of the GenConfig-2.4. Fillin the web questionnaire http://www.comap.cz/questionnaire/plceditor/ to get your
registration number for time-unlimited access for free.
Selectable configuration language

- The controller language in which all names of setpoints, inputs, outputs etc. will appear is
selectable from the languages that are already defined in the archive.
- Note: This option selects only language for controller texts. GenConfig menus remain in
english.
- Use the menu item File -> Select configuration language to select the language.
GenConfig help
- The program is provided with completely new help. Context help for most functions is now
available by pressing F1 key.
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Exhaust temperature configuration wizard

- A wizard for easier configuration of cylinder temperature inputs was added.
- It makes easy to configure measurement and 2-level protection with common setpoints for up to
32 cylinder temperature sensors.
- Go to the I/O tab, then select the analog input where the first cylinder is connected and press
the icon with thermocouple symbol to start the wizard.
Last saved archives

- A new menu item File -> Recently saved archives was added. This menu provides fast access
to the archives that were saved to disk recently.
Pulse counter rename
- The tab Power formats was renamed to Miscellaneous and new edit boxes for renaming of the
Pulse counter values were addred to this tab.
ECU value as constant
- If a constant is sent to a ECU value, GenConfig indicates it and does not allow to configure any
source for such output.
Controller HW info
- The items in the Controller/Archive info window were extended to provide full information about
the controller hardware.
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Universal protections of the same type at one value

- It is possible to configure more than one universal protections of the same type at one analog
value. However the protections must be different in at least one setpoint. I.e. it is possible to
create a protection with progressive delay using 2 or more protections of the same type with
different level and delay.
Bug fixes
Progress bar
- The progress bar at the bottom of the main window did not work properly.
History capacity estimation
- The estimation of the capacity (number of records) in the history configuration window did not
work correctly with default IG-NT archives.
Error saving archive
- Rare problems with saving the archive were fixed.
Missing index files
- Access violation could occur when working with an archive of a firmware version which was not
present (imported) in GenConfig, i.e. the appropriate index file was missing.
Resolution mismatch in CRV files
- If a CRV file was open and the primary resolution in the file was different than the resolution
required by GenConfig for the particular analog input, the sensor points from the file were not
read correctly.
Grid cells size
- The grid cells at some places were resized so that the texts fit there and do not overflow.
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