PVP6 Firmware Upgrade Package 8.20-20170706 2017 Update
PVP6 Firmware Upgrade Package 8.20-20170706 2017 Update
PVP6 Firmware Upgrade Package 8.20-20170706 2017 Update
General Information
The following release notes contain information about the new PanelView Plus 6 (PVP6)
Firmware Upgrade Package for all the associated enhancements and anomalies listed below. The
updates have been included in PanelView Plus 6 Firmware Upgrade Package 8.20-20170706,
available for download from the Rockwell Automation Support Webpage. For the download
link, see the How to Get Firmware Updates section.
Applicable Hardware
Applicable Software
PanelView Plus 6 Firmware (previously named as "FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station
Firmware") Revisions
Component Revisions
The following table identifies the new component version information after PanelView Plus 6
Firmware Upgrade Package 8.20-20170706 is installed.
PVP6
FactoryTalk View ME 8.20.30
FactoryTalk ViewPoint 8.20.00
FactoryTalk Services Platform 2.80.14
RSLinx Enterprise 5.80.09
Operating System 2.54.00
Operating System Extensions 2.54.00
Fonts 2.00.00
Important: All PanelView Plus 6 firmware upgrade packages are cumulative, this means that
the latest available firmware release includes all previous PVP6 release updates.
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What’s New in 8.20-20170706?
PanelView Plus 6 Firmware Upgrade Package 8.20-20170706 contains updates for PanelView
Plus 6 terminals.
Note: Third party applications may need to be reinstalled after performing a Firmware Upgrade
on the PanelView Plus 6 terminal. The FactoryTalk View ME startup application may also need
to be reconfigured.
Corrected Anomalies
The following anomalies have been identified and corrected in the PanelView Plus 6 Firmware
Upgrade Package 8.20-20170706 release.
ID Anomaly Resolution
PanelView Plus 6 terminal loses Ethernet
communications.
EOI00041482 This problem is resolved.
First identified in Firmware Upgrade Package
8.00
PanelView Plus 6 terminal stops responding
when exiting an application and shows
362052 “Unloading application”. This problem is resolved.
First identified in Firmware Upgrade Package
8.10.
Device shortcut information is missing.
363884
First identified in Firmware Upgrade Package This problem is resolved.
363885
8.10.
DataStore Plus ActiveX control deletes all files
when the date is changed from Dec 31, 2016 to
364502 Jan 1, 2017. This problem is resolved.
First identified in Firmware Upgrade Package
8.20.00.
When used in an alarm message, embedded
variable shows the embedded variable syntax
instead of the result by interpreting the
364395 This problem is resolved.
embedded variable.
First identified in Firmware Upgrade Package
8.20.00.
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LDAP and logon session lease produces
MERuntime.exe error.
364512 This problem is resolved.
First identified in Firmware Upgrade Package
8.20.00.
Known Anomalies
The following anomalies have been identified in the PanelView Plus 6 Firmware Upgrade
Package 8.20-20170706 release.
ID Anomaly Description
If you use at least two pens with
the display option to isolate the Workaround:
289734 graphs, the colors of the pens will Adding and using a Next Pen button
no longer match the legend and aligns the legend with the pen.
will appear offset.
If display properties (screen saver,
appearance, etc.) are changed, and
the backup file is then created
Date of backup file is not updated
EOI00037403 (overwriting existing file), the file
after the file is overwritten.
date that is shown in Windows
Explorer is not updated but is still the
date the file was overwritten.
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An image other than the default is
selected for the desktop background
and a backup operation is performed.
Default background image is
A Terminal Reset is then performed
always selected after user restores
EOI00037616 and the backup file is restored. When
a backup file that uses a different
the terminal runs, the desktop
image.
background image shown is the
default instead of the image selected
before the backup was performed.
After signing in, a selection of updates will become available for download. Here is an example
of what you will see at the Web location:
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3. Click the download icon .
Note: Only select the FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station Release version that
applies to your actual hardware configuration. The available selections may appear
different from what is shown here.
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Firmware Upgrade Package Release Notes History
PanelView Plus 6 Firmware Upgrade Package 8.20-20160308 includes the following new
features:
Support for the electronic signature function to record and secure the execution of an
action at run time.
Support for the enhanced inactivity timeout function to execute advanced automatic
logout actions.
Support for new expanded functional capabilities:
o Chart ActiveX control - Utilizes two user-defined data types (UDTs), Chart and
DataSeries, to create a data structure.
o CSVDataLog ActiveX control - Supports a minimum periodic logging rate of
250ms and generates CSV data log files which contain tamper detection strings.
Show terminal names in the RSLinx Enterprise device browser.
Note: Third party applications may need to be reinstalled after performing a Firmware Upgrade
on the PanelView Plus 6 terminal. The FactoryTalk View ME startup application may also need
to be reconfigured.
Corrected Anomalies
The following anomalies have been identified and corrected in the PanelView Plus 6 Firmware
Upgrade Package 8.20-20160308 release.
ID Anomaly Resolution
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Applicable Hardware
Applicable Software
PanelView Plus 6 Firmware (previously named as "FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Station
Firmware") Revisions
Component Revisions
The following table identifies the new component version information after PanelView Plus 6
Firmware Upgrade Package 8.20-20160308 is installed.
PVP6
FactoryTalk View ME 8.20.00
FactoryTalk ViewPoint 8.20.00
FactoryTalk Services Platform 2.80.05
RSLinx Enterprise 5.80.07
Operating System 2.45.00
Operating System Extensions 2.45.00
Fonts 2.00.00
Important: All PanelView Plus 6 firmware upgrade packages are cumulative, this means that
the latest available firmware release includes all previous PVP6 release updates.