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800xA HistoryRelease Notes

System Version 2.0

800xA History Release Notes

System Version 2.0

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Release: May 2013Document number: 2PAA109494-200

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Table of Contents

Section 1 - Release NotesIntroduction .......................................................................................................................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

IntroductionThis 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 SupportContact ABB technical support for assistance in problem reporting.

New FunctionalityThe 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 Configuration800xA History 2.0 media contains the full setup of the product software. For installing 800xA History, refer 800xA History Installation Manual (2PAA107280*).

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For more information about administrating and configuring 800xA History, refer 800xA History Administration and Configuration Manual (2PAA107563*).

UpgradeTo 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.

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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

IssueWorkarounds, 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\EventForwarderIniFiles.

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)


Hints

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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)


Hints

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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.


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.


Table 2. Operation Issues (Continued)


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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.

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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.



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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


Hints

Uninstallation of RTDB in 800xA History Server and 800xA History Embedded Data Collector nodes reports error.



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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 corrected since the previous version or service pack. A brief description of the correction is also given.

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

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Manual Changes

Table 8 lists the major system or product documentation issues that have been corrected since the previous version or service pack. A brief description of the correction is also given.

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.



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