Ignition 7.6.7 version to 8.1

[eduardo.ojalvo]

Hi everybody,

Someone has migrated an Ignition 7.6.7 to 8.1?
Is necessary to follow some rules?

Thank you very much.

[Matrix_Engineering]

7.6!!!

Undocumented changes when migrating from v7 to v8

Just some items I’ve found during v7 to v8 upgrades that may not be documented (some of them might be) and can cause hiccups (and quite a bit of work, relatively speaking!). The official guide to upgrading from IA is here. Tags: UDT v7 property UDTParentType has been renamed in v8 to TypeId Tag quality string values have changed. E.g. EDITED FOR 8.1.10 below 8.1.10 “Not Found” ==> “Bad_NotFound”; “Disabled” ==> “Bad_Disabled”; 8.1.10 and above “Bad_NotFound(Error description…)”, “Bad_ErrorC…

[Matrix_Engineering]

Upgrading from 7.8.5

I am looking to plan how long it would take me to upgrade from 7.8.5 to 8.1 I see a guide for 7.9 to 8. Would that be the same as 7.8 to 8 and suffice as a guide? Or might there be additional things I should be concerned about? Also I really didn’t see in the guide, do you just import the 7.8 project into 8.1 and correct the differences in the guide, Or do you need to manually recreate windows? Thank you in advance

[pturmel]

Don't forget to check with IA for your license status. If you aren't under paid support, you'll have to pay a substantial upgrade fee.