ETS v6.1.1

Released 15 November 2023, build 6264

New features

User Interface & Functionality

• Download and handle devices based on their KNX Serial Number
• Project semantic export 

ETS SDK

• RF Multi-specific properties and methods are now available for use
• Block of all ETS actions on a device instance via ETS SDK (not applicable for DCAs)
• New options to delete and park additional individual addresses
• The last received telegram 'AdditionalInfo' is now available for use
• New feature to allow control of the undo transactions in online scripts

Improvements

User Interface & Functionality

• User Experience
  • A 'Close panel' button has been added next to the panel selector
  • Enhanced context of linked group objects
  • Display of the selected items in the list view tab counter pill
  • New options in the navigation 'Open in a new panel', 'Open in a new tab', 'Open in a new window'
  • All devices of a project (even those that are not assigned to a room) are now shown when clicking the root element of the 'Buildings' panel
  • Reports - A new filter option is available that allows to filter out the automatically created project traces
  • Search folders
    • Rename of the 'Dynamic Folders' to 'Search Folders'
    • Possible to expand the Search Folders
    • Counter indication showing the contained results
    • New default Search Folder 'Cabinets'
    • The Search Folders are always shown on top of the tree-view
    • The default Search Folders 'Initial devices' and 'Modified devices' are merged
  • Project archive
    • Additional information shown on the project entries 'Locked by', 'Locked since', 'Last synchronized'  
    • New filter option 'Checked out by'
    • The 'Unlocked' icon on the project tiles has been removed
    • New option 'Lock the archive copy for others' when being in Collaboration mode and the option 'Keep local copy' is selected
  •  Licensing
    • Rename 'Computer' to 'Cloud'
    • Performance improvements in case of having many licenses in an account
  • Diagnostics
    • Programming Mode - New scan option 'Whole installation'
    • Line Scan
      • It's now possible to select specific segments
      • Scanning an RF segment also searches for SLE devices
      • Scanning in RF segments always scans on 'Slow'
      • Scanning in RF segments continues until no more responses are coming in
    • Group monitor
      • An indication for active real-time logging is shown in the monitor status bar
      • Possible to filter messages from SLE devices when an RF Multi interface is used
      • Display an error message when encrypted messages have been selected to be replayed
      • Two new filter criteria (Building Function, Building part) in the monitor options  
      • For conditions that hide telegrams there is an indication shown in the monitor
      • When the amount of recorded telegrams reaches 90k, there is an indication shown for the maximum amount that can be shown
      • When clearing the telegrams, it's now possible to select to not be asked again for confirmation
      • Display of current interface configuration in the status bar
    • Device info
      • If the entered individual address matches that of a device in the project and Device Info finds that the addressed device is in secure mode, try with the Loaded Tool Key from the project
      • The read-out individual address from the device is shown in the 'General' (for the master-reset devices)
  • 'Connection selection' dialog
    • The status information of the tried interfaces has been added to the list of interfaces
    • The KNX Serial Number of the interface is now included in the list
    • The checkbox 'Use for future operations' is now enabled by default
    • It's possible to select an interface by double clicking  
  • Multiple RF Multi enhancements
    • Support of RF Multi USB interfaces 
  • Handling of additional individual addresses
    • It is now possible to park unused tunnelling interfaces in order to save individual addresses on the line
    • When copying a device with additional individual addresses, the additional individual addresses follow now the default/selected copy strategy of the main address
  • An icon for the DCA tab has been introduced
  • Manufacturer-specific icons are now shown in the 'Catalog' and the App menus
  • When multiple projects are selected in the Project List or the Project Archive, the amount of projects is shown in the sidebar
  • The button 'Hide Online Catalog items' from the 'Catalog' panel has been removed
  • The button 'Address Free' is now disabled for modern KNX/IP interfaces
  • When switching to the 'Catalogs' panel, the 'Favorites' section is now shown
  • Visual feedback has been added to the tree-view items when using keyboard navigation
  • The checkbox style has been updated
  • Extended handling of non-unique KNX Serial Numbers
  • Device data persistence enhancements

Bug fixes

User Interface & Functionality

• KNX Secure
  • When trying to activate the programming mode of a secure device, which was also part of another project, it did not show any error message
• User Experience
  • Search filter was not applied when the tree-view node selection changed
  • It was not possible to search a value from dropdown lists in parameters using the keyboard (in the parameter dialog)
  • Find and replace did not rename group addresses from different middle groups
  • Selection in DCA list view caused exception messages under certain conditions
  • Delete option was disabled from the menu bar when a DCA tab was opened
  • The keyboard shortcuts were incorrectly processed when working in a DCA
  • The calculation of the filter tables was very slow during download
  • Linking a group address to a group object could take longer than expected
  • Sidebar was broken after connecting via remote desktop to a PC with a running ETS6
  • The search results of the 'Groups' container in the sidebar are now aligned with the list view search
  • Licensing - Cloud licensing workflows did not always correctly assign a license to a session/workset
  • ETS froze when deleting the maximum number of main, middle and group address
  • The multi-selection of identical parameters was not displayed correctly in the parameter dialog
  • The USB interface was not properly recognized after a power cut
  • Update application program did not work for devices in segments
  • The context menu (in the List view) did not always show the right content
  • The 'Edit' menu entries in the main toolbar were blank when the device parameter dialog was opened
  • 'Connection selection' dialog - When the name of a KNX/IP interface changed, the name was not shown immediately in the list of interfaces, but only after ETS restart
  • The display of the 'Shortcuts' page in the ETS settings was not displayed correctly when the Windows screen scaling was higher than 100%
  • Reports
    • It was not possible to open an export of Excel format
    • It was not possible to make an export of Word format
    • In some rare situations the Single device report showed an incorrect message
  • Diagnostics
    • Line Scan - Scanning the individual address of a semi-directional device took longer than expected
    • Group monitor
      • Writing to a group address with datapoint type 240.800 set the wrong attribute bits 'ValidHeightPos' and 'ValidSlatsPos'
      • The time period input for the datapoint types 7.2 until 7.7 and 8.2 until 8.7 was incorrect
      • The options to write a value to a group address having the generic datapoint type '1-bit' were disabled
      • The options for the settings are not visible in languages where the strings are too long
      • The statistics were not updated in real time
  • Extended Copy App - The device description was not renamed

ETS SDK

• The ETS SDK function GroupCommunicationReadSync did not work for plain Group Addresses