2PAA109494-200 en 800xa History Release Notes

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800xA History
Release Notes

System Version 2.0
800xA History
Release Notes

System Version 2.0
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Release: May 2013
Document number: 2PAA109494-200
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Table of Contents
Section 1 - Release Notes
Introduction .......................................................................................................................7
Product Support .................................................................................................................7
New Functionality .............................................................................................................7
Installation and Configuration...........................................................................................7
Upgrade .............................................................................................................................8
Known Problems ...............................................................................................................9
Installation..............................................................................................................9
Operation .............................................................................................................12
Configuration .......................................................................................................14
Fixed Problems................................................................................................................15
Installation............................................................................................................15
Uninstallation .......................................................................................................16
Operation .............................................................................................................17
Configuration .......................................................................................................18
Manual Changes...................................................................................................19
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Section 1 Release Notes
Introduction
This document represents the release notes for the current version of 800xA
History2.0.
This document lists the problems that have been fixed in this release since the
previous release. It also enumerates known problems encountered in the final
testing of this product release and identifies the workarounds.
This document is included on the product media.
Product Support
Contact ABB technical support for assistance in problem reporting.
New Functionality
The following functionality has been included in 800xA History 2.0:
High Availability History Server Configuration
Event Retrieval into 800xA
Event Archiving from 800xA
Supervision
Installation and Configuration
800xA History 2.0 media contains the full setup of the product software. For
installing 800xA History, refer 800xA History Installation Manual (2PAA107280*).
Upgrade Section 1 Release Notes
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For more information about administrating and configuring 800xA History, refer
800xA History Administration and Configuration Manual (2PAA107563*).
Upgrade
To perform an upgrade from 800xA History 1.0 SP2 (Revision A or Revision B) to
800xA History 2.0, refer Upgrade section in 800xA History Installation Manual
(2PAA107280*).
The 800xA History manuals are available in 800xA History Documentation
folder in the installation media.
Section 1 Release Notes Known Problems
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Known Problems
Installation
Table 1 lists the issues that may exist and affect the installation of the system or
product at the time of release. Workarounds, clarifications, or helpful hints have
been provided for each issue wherever possible.
Table 1. Installation Issue
Issue
Workarounds, Clarifications, and Helpful
Hints
Installation of 800xA History
Archiving 2.0 on 32-bit OS nodes
results in dll registration errors.
800xAHistory-IN-1022-004
Before installing 800xA History Archiving 2.0
on 32-bit OS machines, install the
vcredist_x86_vc9_6161.exe that is available
in 800xA History DVD media in the path:
..DVD/3rd Party
SW/Common/MSVC2008x86
Vtrin option appears along with
Vtrin .Net 3.5 in Start > All
Programs > ABB during the
following cases:
1. When 800xA History Embedded
Data Collector is upgraded from
version 1.0 SP2 (and its Rollups) to
2.0.
2. When a fresh installation of
Embedded Data Collector
If Vtrin option is selected, an error
message appears.
In the 800xA History Data Collector nodes,
always use the Vtrin .Net 3.5 option.
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The attribute information present in
OPC Event Attributes table of Data
Collector RTDB does not reach the
corresponding table in RTDB of
History Server.
This issue is seen during the upgrade
scenario from 1.0 SP2 (and its rollups) to
History 2.0.
After upgrading to History 2.0, perform the
below steps in History Server.
1. Navigate to
<DatabaseDrive>\Application\Config\EventFo
rwarderIniFiles.
2. Open the files EventForwarder_<DCN>.ini
and EventForwarder_<HistoryServer>.ini
3. Update the value of the key as shown
below:
ProcessOpcEventAttributes=1
4. Save and close the file.
Table 1. Installation Issue (Continued)
Issue
Hints
Section 1 Release Notes Installation
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During an upgrade or un-
installation of 800xA History
Connectivity, an error dialog may
appear:
<Filename>.tmp has stopped
working
In the error dialog, click Close the program.
The upgrade or un-installation continues and
completes successfully.
During upgrade or restore of RTDB
database in the Second node of
High Availability configuration, an
error Upgrading Database failed
[error 10] may appear and the
upgrade or restore process halts.
Install the patch in ...\History_DVD\800xA
History Patches\800xA History 2.0 TC2
folder.
Refer 2PAA111010-
002_800xAHistory20_TC2_RN for more
information.
Table 1. Installation Issue (Continued)
Issue
Hints
Operation Section 1 Release Notes
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Operation
Table 2 lists the issues that may exist and affect operation of the system or product
at the time of release. Workarounds, clarifications, or helpful hints have been
provided for each issue wherever possible.
Table 2. Operation Issues
Issue Workarounds, Clarifications, and Helpful Hints
If the corresponding 800xA History Log
template is not filled with the fields of Min
Value, Max Value and Description, 800xA
History Log Configurations created in 800xA
is not synced to History Server.
800xAHistory-OL-2000-004
Populate all the fields in 800xA History Log
Template before creating the Log Configuration.
Process Portal A may sometimes be
unresponsive and eventually closes when
External Log template is used on a property
and Browse button in the Log Configuration
aspect is clicked.
Do not use the External Log option in 800xA
History Log template.
Due to the introduction of DCN Trending feature,
the External Log option will not work from History
2.0 version.
800xA History Sync Service and 800xA
History Event Collector Service does not
reach Initialize state when RTDB Services
are stopped.
Also, the Status alarms of RTDB services are
not reported in 800xA System Alarm List.
Perform the below steps as part of post-installation
in 800xA History Embedded Data Collector node.
> Navigate to the below mentioned path and
double click on Wrapper.bat file.
Path:
For x86 version: C:\Program Files\ABB Industrial
IT\Inform IT\ABB 800xA History Connectivity\bin
For x64 version: C:\Program Files(x86)\ABB
Industrial IT\Inform IT\ABB 800xA History
Connectivity\bin
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Status alarms of RTDB Services in Standby
DCN does not get reported in 800xA System
Alarm List.
No workaround.
During very high load conditions, the
CPimsEventCollector Service will utilize more
memory.
Install the patch in ...\History_DVD\800xA History
Patches\800xA History 2.0 TC1 folder.
Refer 2PAA111010-001_800xAHistory20_TC1_RN
for more information.
During very high load conditions, RTDB OPC
helper tables may consume more disk
throughput time which may cause
CPimsEventCollector service to restart
periodically.
Install the patch in ...\History_DVD\800xA History
Patches\800xA History 2.0 TC2 folder.
Refer 2PAA111010-002_800xAHistory20_TC2_RN
for more information.
Table 2. Operation Issues (Continued)
Configuration Section 1 Release Notes
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Configuration
Table 3 lists the issues that may exist and affect configuration of the system or
product at the time of release. Workarounds, clarifications, or helpful hints have
been provided for each issue wherever possible.
Table 3. Configuration Issues
Deadband configuration on Log
Configuration aspect is not available.
800xAHistory-CN-2000-003
No workaround.
Section 1 Release Notes Fixed Problems
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Fixed Problems
Installation
Table 4 lists the major system or product installation issues that have been corrected
since the previous version or service pack. A brief description of the correction is
also given.
Table 4. Corrected Installation Issues
Issue Description
Tags created in 800xA History
Embedded Data Collector does not
get updated in 800xA History
Server, if 800xA History Server is
installed in Domain Environment.
This issue is fixed.
Scenario 1:
For 800xA System versions other
than 5.1 FP3 and 5.1 FP4, when
loading System Extensions of
History 2.0, an error message
appears.
Scenario 2:
For 800xA System versions of 5.1
FP3 and 5.1 FP4, when loading
System Extensions of History 2.0,
a warning icon appears for the
selected History System
Extensions.
Uninstallation Section 1 Release Notes
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Uninstallation
Table 5 lists the major system or product un-installation issues that have been
corrected since the previous version or service pack. A brief description of the
correction is also given.
Table 5. Corrected Uninstallation Issues
Issue
Hints
Uninstallation of RTDB in 800xA History
Server and 800xA History Embedded
Data Collector nodes reports error.
Section 1 Release Notes Operation
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Operation
Table 6 lists the major system or product operational issues that have been corrected
since the previous version or service pack. A brief description of the correction is
also given.
Table 6. Corrected Operation Issues
Issue Description
If the user browse to the Control Structure
> Log Configuration aspect and navigates
to 800xA History Log Definition Tab, the
online Help does not open up.
Online help file link is provided in 800xA History Log
definition tab. On click of the Help button
corresponding help page appears.
The status alarms of RTDB Services
appeared in Process Alarm List as the
alarms were wrongly categorized as
Process Alarm for SoftAlarms. The
correct category is System Alarm for
SoftAlarms.
The status alarms of RTDB services now show the
Category as System Alarm for SoftAlarms and are
not appearing in Process Alarm List.
When a user suppresses or blocks a tag
that has an active alarm 800xA generates
several events (alarm/conflict +
block/suppress) that have the exact same
timestamp (including milliseconds). As a
result, some of these events were not
transferred to and stored in 800xA History.
They will also not appear in the OPC
Event list.
The issue was occurring due to duplicate event ID
hash code being generated for events with same the
timestamp. The fix ensures that unique event IDs
are generated for same timestamp events and all
the events are arriving in the OPC event list.
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Configuration
Table 7 lists the major system or product configuration issues that have been
OPC Client connected to RTDB OPC DA
Server of 800xA History is unable to
detect the new tags created from System
800xA.
New tags are detected only with the
restart of RTDB OPC DA Server.
Using 800xA History Properties aspect,
the Write operation of string data from
800xA History Server to System 800xA is
unsuccessful.
Table 7. Corrected Configuration Issues
Issue Description
When Log Configuration aspect is added
to a global variable at the application
level, the corresponding tag is not created
in RTDB to log the data. Also no error
message is present to indicate that the
variable is not created and logged.
800xAHistory-CN-2000-002
Table 6. Corrected Operation Issues (Continued)
Issue Description
Section 1 Release Notes Manual Changes
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Manual Changes
Table 8 lists the major system or product documentation issues that have been
Table 8. Corrected Manual Changes Issues
Issue Description
Modify the steps mentioned for change in
IP address in History Embedded Data
Collector and History Server.
800xAHistory-MC-1022-007
The procedure provided in the user
manual for restoring History Server
database was incorrect.
The split file length update is done only in
Embedded Data Collector node and not in
History Server node. This information is
missing in the user manual.
Manual Changes Section 1 Release Notes
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