Another couple weeks month, another beta a release candidate:
v2.0.3.230882157
{ Can you tell I spent time on vacation? }
Key items:
- Boolean breakage fix.
- Large packet slow response handling fix.
- Further memory usage optimizations.
- Regression fixes for Class 1 drivers.
- Updated the manual. Including additional usage notes for Rockwell AOIs.
One of the rabbit holes I went down was some Function Block diagram code in a sample AOI from a tester. It turns out that some function block instructions have unreadable members--which makes it impossible to optimize the AOI they are embedded within. Ugh. Just say no to Function Block Diagrams (in AOIs).
The slow response handling issue was triggered by stalls on my L81E's class 3 comms processor under very high load. A couple seconds at a time on all concurrent buffers. Somewhat improved with firmware v33+ over v32, but still there. Prior to this fix, it would trigger a pathological disconnect/reconnect cycle.
If installing over prior betas, be sure to restart the gateway. There are changes to the localization files, and those don't update until restarted.