Released 22 June 2018, build 1109
New features
User Interface & Functionality
- Project transfer to/from ETS Inside
- New 'ETS Apps' menu listing all installed ETS Apps, with the option to pin the apps .
- Multiple read requests can be triggered from the Group Address context menu.
- Compact project files upon project export.
ETS SDK
- N/A
Improvements
User Interface & Functionality
- Online Catalog has become standard ETS5 functionality, i.e. also available in Demo mode .
- The Long Term Recorder functionality has been withdrawn as ETS5 App, instead the ETS5 command line feature has been extended: start ETS & open a specific project & open Bus/Group monitor .
- The OPC Export has been moved under the 'Project Export' menu .
- Linking a Group Object to an unassigned Group Address for which however already a Datapoint Type has been defined, results in a dialog offering the option to take over the Datapoint Type from the Group Object for this Group Address.
- The 'Scan Device Certificate' dialog has been optimized in order to scan certificates (of KNX Secure devices) quicker.
- The option to add device certificates via the project sidebar too.
- Several improvements regarding ETS Apps:
- Better structured overview regarding their availability in ETS
- Updated and hence clearer naming
- Newly introduced icons
- The possibility to make a dialog transparent via a button, i.e. make the information behind the dialog visible.
- Drag'n'drop behavior:
- Drag directly from the 'source' panel, i.e. it is no longer necessary to select it first
- The option to move associations from one Group Address to another, by holding the CTRL key while dragging
- Read-only parameters are indicated as such (i.e. as 'label' instead of edit field).
- A smarter room naming algorithm (auto-completion field) applied upon room creation.
- Column configuration maintainable via all workplaces.
- Automatic jump to device address when adding a dot to a line address (e.g. in the side bar).
- Newly created panels apply the settings of the latest used panel of the workplace.
- Collapse tree view with a single mouse click on the grid-splitter.
- Clearer error message when the maximum APDU length is not sufficient for Secure Commissioning.
- Improved handling of tunneling connection management for restarted connections.
- Intuitive sorting for the suggested device channels in the channel editor.
- Corrected text alignment for channels and pages without icon.
Bug fixes
User Interface & Functionality
- The option to deactivate 'Secure Commissioning' for devices that have been securely commissioned before.
- 'Import Selected Products' option applied when a selection of products shall be imported.
- Float parameters apply operating system (language) related separators.
- Handling of devices with Association Table size greater than 64k.
- Exporting project containing DCAs. (they were not included)
- Unloading devices outside the related project.
- Handling of the value range for Datapoint Type 8.010.
- Project copy for projects with a bus connection set in the 'Topology' panel.
- Listing Group Objects. (in certain circumstances some were shown twice)
- Detail view time stamp set to local time.
- Ordering of Group Objects in tree views.
- Plug-in install request. (for some this ran endlessly)
- Plug-in invocation after ETS restart.
- Float parameters values in the device parameter dialog.
- Problems related to the Polish edition. (e.g. adding a room or a Group Address)
- Spanish translation corrections.
ETS SDK
- N/A