Released 22 May 2023, build 5686
New features
New project schema for all projects (any project that is opened/imported is automatically converted to the new schema and cannot be downgraded)
User Interface & Functionality
- Project archive
- Project list view (See here)
- Redesigned project workbench
- Open a new tab containing a panel from an existing project or App
- Toolbar with breadcrumb navigation and fixed features (See here)
- Context tabs (e.g. Group Objects, Channels, Parameters, Devices, etc.) moved on top of the window
- New sidebar container 'Groups'
- Panel selector
- Option to make a panel 'Favorite'
- Group by App developer for App panels
- Actions (close, move up/down, as a new tab, as a new window)
- A plug-in information repository is now used to allow user guidance for plug-in related errors
ETS SDK
- N/A
Improvements
User Interface & Functionality
- User Experience
- Licensing
- Show license comments added in MyKNX when activating a license
- Group licenses by product category (ETS, Apps)
- Diagnostics
- Line Scan - More information scanned and displayed
- Line Scan - When comparing to project, the Additional Addresses and Bus Interfaces are taken into account
- Group monitor - New columns 'Function name', 'Building part'
- Group monitor - New button 'Stop cyclic sending'
- Device info - Possible to copy the content via a button
- Group object icons indicating the operation of the group object (See here)
- The 'Park' button has been moved to the device's context menu
- New room types ('Technical room', 'Dressing room', 'Gym', 'Multimedia', 'Home cinema', 'Entrance')
- Panels can be closed by clicking the middle-mouse button on the panel content switcher
- When a 'Current line' has been selected it is shown in the 'Sidebar - Properties'
- The dialog to creating a new group address has now the focus on the name
- A tooltip showing the interface information which has been selected by the 'Automatic'
- When inserting devices with additional individual addresses from the catalog, the additional addresses are assigned in reverse order, i.e. 'last free'
- Project archive
- Archived date is shown when hovering a specific project version (See here)
- The dialog to convert ETS5 archived projects has now the option to be scrolled down
- The separator of the Reports panel is now resizable
- Licensing
- KNX Secure
- When making a keyring export there is an option to include the FDSK as well
Bug fixes
User Interface & Functionality
- KNX Secure
- Initial programming of secure IP Router failed when performing 'Download partial' and the KNX Serial Number is already known from the device certificate
- The programming flags were not cleared, if local factory reset had been detected for devices that had been configured as 'secure devices'
- User Experience
- Re-ordering project tabs was not possible
- Project comparison
- New functions were not shown in the content comparison
- Content comparison between local and archive had the columns swapped
- After selecting multiple elements in the detail view, it was not possible to only select the first one again
- Assigning a datapoint to multiple group addresses gave misleading warning
- Changing a device from one segment to another one with a different domain address the 'Cfg' flag was not cleared
- Changing the configuration flags from the respective column in the detail view did not work
- IP devices were automatically parked, if an IP-Router had been moved to another location in the topology
- Linking - Linking dialog - Custom group address name is not kept when pressing 'Enter'
- Reports - Project statistics report failed if building functions were present
- Manufacturer-signed projects were not importable
- Diagnostics
- Group monitor - Writing a value to a group address with a specific datapoint type worked partially (5.003 and some others)
- Group monitor - Writing a group address value did not work if a datapoint main type has been selected
- Group monitor - Multiple group address reading failed in some rare cases
- Group monitor - Colors didn't work if there was a condition about the 'Telegram Type'
- Group monitor - The tooltip in the monitor for the datapoint type 5.001 was incorrect
- Group monitor - A newly opened panel always reset the 'Currently selected' connection to 'Automatic'
- Group monitor - Information about the current bus recording / session are missing
- Line Scan - The PDF report truncated the device list
- Licensing - When cloud license is used, opening a project via taskbar failed
- The content of the column 'Function' of a linked channel was not shown
- The parameter dialog controls show a wrong value after parameter validation failed
- In some cases the 'Update application program' function did not work
- Using the 'Paste Special' function cleared the 'Grp' flag from the source device
- Extended Copy app
- The preview showed incorrectly multiple middle groups in some cases
- Pasting devices cleared the 'Grp' flag from the source device
- Split & Merge app - In some cases merging was not possible
ETS SDK
- Prevent Knx.Ets.Sdk.Root.IsConnectionAvailable being called recursively