• Compatibility with Previous ADI Releases
• Product Obsolescence Notice
• ADEPT Version 10.1 Packages
• 10.1.3
• 10.1.2
• 10.1.1
• 10.1.0

ADEPT 10.1.3

rtx Server Runtime Changes in 10.1.3

• Server-side licensing is in effect for autorun projects. A license file for the rtx server that an autorun project will be run on is required to be built and uploaded to the server in order for the project to start automatically on server boot.


• The "execute" command has been modified to support the execution of commands in addition to scripts.


• Cleanup of the ADEPT supervisor has been performed to enable asynchronous distributed communication.


• Issues related to updating server installations resolved.


• Improvements made to port management for remote logging.

The installation package transfers a tar file and script to your rtx server. Log on to each of your rtx servers as root. Run the script appropriate to your server architecture:

ARM A15 32-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-a15_10.1.3.sh
ARM A8 32-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-a8_10.1.3.sh
ARM V8 64-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-v8-64_10.1.3.sh
x86-64 64-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_x86-64_10.1.3.sh
x86 32-bit QNX	/home/adi/installrtxQNX_x86_10.1.3.sh

Make sure that the script echoes "Installing 10.1.3", to verify that it is the current installation script.

If it does not echo "Installing 10.1.3", manually update your rtx server. Follow the steps given in the System Administration Guide for your rtx server OS and architecture:

• LinuxRT ARM
• LinuxRT x86-64
• QNX x86

General Changes in 10.1.3

• Server-side licensing is in effect for autorun projects.


• Dictionary handling functionality improved.


• Processing of Python command line files has been moved to the end of the Startup process.


• XDR utilites, e.g. xdr2csv, will close incomplete/improperly formed datasets without crashing.


• Extended mode is enabled for multi-selection lists in custom dialogs. Shift and Ctrl key functions are available with the multi-selection feature.


• Client build tools have been updated:
  
  • 32-bit build tools have been removed.
  • 64-bit projects and compilers have been migrated to Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.
  • Eliminated the need to distribute a VS2010 redistributable package.

ADEPT DB Changes in 10.1.3

• Little endian byte order has been set as a default in Reflective Memory.


• uint32 constants in UDB signals are accurately written to DCT init values.

ADEPT DE Changes in 10.1.3

• A Server ID column has been added to the Server Discovery List window.


• New options are available on the Server Discovery List dropdown menu.
  
  • Copy Server ID(s) to Clipboard places the Server IDs of the selected servers on the clipboard. The Server IDs can then be pasted to a plain text file or email message and sent to ADI to generate license files for the servers.
  
  
  • Upload License File to Server... provides the means to upload a license file for autorun projects to a selected server.
  
  
  • Manage Server Security Messages... opens a new dialog for managing pre- and post-login messages.
  
  
• A warning is issued when non-hyperfast threads that are faster than the model step time are found during model validation.


• A warning is issued at Build time if there is a modified panel that has not been saved.


• Logical devices and device connections will be preserved, but disabled, when changing the bound target from a real-time server to localhost. The logical devices and connections will be reenabled when switching back to the actual target.


• Checks are made on distributed and other primary step times and model step times during project and framework validation.

ADEPT FC Changes in 10.1.3

• Improvements have been made to the user interface.


• Handles legacy fault files with macros correctly.

ADEPT GD Changes in 10.1.3

• A surface chart will reset to its default immediately on a reset command ("r" key) rather than waiting for the next mouse event.


• GD will run with CSV datasets that contain variables with subframe data.


• Charts display number of divisions and grid lines consistent with property settings.

ADEPT VI Changes in 10.1.3

• Added the ability to save a dataset in csv format.


• Unnecessary error messages are not displayed when the "Close All Projects" button is used to close a distributed framework.


• Playback schedule items will be properly created if the playback length is longer than the dataset length or when a playback dataset file has no end marker, and VI will not hang.


• The timestamp displayed with a message in the EventLog shows the time that the message was generated.


• Auto-start projects on secondary servers are put in run mode after loading a multi-project distributed framework and not switched to edit mode.


• Multiple panel widgets attached to array elements using aliases are properly added to DAS streams suppressing warning messages.


• The Detach option is disabled unless a project is running.


• Only fixed point dictionary item data types can be written as entries to the upload table.

ADEPT Panel Changes in 10.1.3

• Support for OpenGL based panel components in ADEPT has been added with the introduction of the 3D Object panel component.


• Panel components representing basic 3D piping components for fluid diagrams have been added, including
  3D pipes,
  3D pump, and
  3D tank.
  


• A check box panel component has been added.


• A positional image panel component has been added.


• Scrollbar and row spacing options have been added to the selection list panel component.


• Pressing and holding the shift key is no longer required to move multiple selected objects. If multiple objects are selected, a left-click on and drag of one of the objects will move all of the objects.


• Unlit segments of a 7-segment LED component will have a fractional display intensity of the current main background color, Fill Color 1, instead of the default, black.

Device Software Changes in 10.1.3

• An EtherCAT® Slave emulator logical device, adi_esd_ecat_slave, is available in ADEPT 10.1.3.


• A low level driver for the Acromag AP560A four channel CAN card has been added.


• The logical device adi_sio4_sync, ported from ADvantage v8 to ADEPT 10.0, functions correctly in 10.1.3.


• The correct channel # disables when using rcv#_disable to disable a receive data link in the adi_bti429_mp5_10rx4tx logical device.


• The adi_sio_clntsrvr logical device has been created to implement a client-server serial protocal.

Documentation Changes in 10.1.3

• Information and instruction on new Server Discovery List dropdown options in DE added.


• A diagram illustrating a model's sequence of events during each frame has been added to ADEPT VI > Basics.


• "Grid Lines", including in ChartXGridLines and ChartYGridLines, has been replaced with the more accurate "Divisions", e.g. ChartXDivisions and ChartYDivisions, throughout ADEPT GD.


• Details added to the description of ADI_SUBSYS_CUR_TIME in ADEPT VI > Runtime Variables.

ADEPT 10.1.2

rtx Server Runtime Changes in 10.1.2

• Event Logging occurs from client to server to avoid firewall issues.

The installation package transfers a tar file and script to your rtx server. Log on to each of your rtx servers as root. Run the script appropriate to your server architecture:

ARM A15 32-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-a15_10.1.2.sh
ARM A8 32-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-a8_10.1.2.sh
ARM V8 64-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-v8-64_10.1.2.sh
x86-64 64-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_x86-64_10.1.2.sh
x86 32-bit QNX	/home/adi/installrtxQNX_x86_10.1.2.sh

Make sure that the script echoes "Installing 10.1.2", to verify that it is the current installation script.

If it does not echo "Installing 10.1.2", manually update your rtx server. Follow the steps given in the System Administration Guide for your rtx server OS and architecture:

• LinuxRT ARM
• LinuxRT x86-64
• QNX x86

General Changes in 10.1.2

• Enhancements for improved cybersecurity have been made.
  • SFTP is now used for client-server file transfer.
  • Event Logging occurs from client to server to avoid firewall issues.


• A toolbar button has been added to the Help Viewer to allow the currently displayed page to be opened in a web browser. This will allow text from the viewer to be copied and pasted to other documents.


• A message will be displayed on application startup indicating license expiration is approaching if the ADEPT license file is set to expire in less than 14 days.

ADEPT-DB Changes in 10.1.2

• The option to retain raw ARINC-429 received data has been added.


• A Python function to open or close individual project windows has been added, ShowProjectPage.

ADEPT-DE Changes in 10.1.2

• Remote logging configuration settings have been moved from the Framework Properties to the Project Properties. A range of remote logging ports is available, 57500 - 57599.
  For existing distributed frameworks, the frameworks will open with each project's logging port set to 57500. Whichever server has been connected to through an event viewer panel, only that server's log messages will be seen. To see log messages for all projects in the framework, each project will need to be reconfigured to use a unique logging port, and a connection opened to each project through the event log viewer panels.


• Logical devices will be preserved on a bound server change if the same physical devices exist on the new target.


• Server side adv_sc files will handle servers with dashes, '-', in their name, e.g., cloud VM rtX's. The dashes will be replaced with underscores, '_' in the adv_sc file name.


• A misc project files category has been added to project properties for additional files not to be processed but only added to a consolidated project zip file.


• A pane has been added to the Server Info panel for the display of additional server information such as CPU architecture, server OS, and # of cores.


• The x86-VME_QNX element has been restored in ADEPT.adv_cfg.


• Python
• Support for data dictionaries has been added.


• A function to open or close individual project windows has been added, ShowProjectPage.

ADEPT-GD Changes in 10.1.2

• 3D surface plotting capabilities have been added to ADEPT-GD.


• Previously, action XY charts were not assigning the Y variable properly for a second dataset.


• Python
• Python support for data dictionaries has been added.


• A function to open or close individual project windows has been added, ShowProjectPage.

ADEPT-VI Changes in 10.1.2

• Closing the Test Executive view by the window's X icon will now cause all associcated open user notebook windows to close by their X icon close process as well.


• When you attempt to set a variable to an out-of-range value, the error message now includes the name of the target variable.


• An Upset Setup can now be used to continue DAS without changing datasets, so a new dataset is not automatically created. This enables you to change schedules while leaving datasets intact.


• Python
• A function for project reattach and project detach has been added: adv.ProjectAttach.


• A function to open or close individual project windows has been added, ShowProjectPage.


• Support for data dictionaries has been added. can be created, and entries other than port direction can be added.


• The function to set the default scope can take now one of two forms, adv.Set(adv.Scope, 'modelName.scopeName') or adv.Set(adv.Scope, 'scopeName', [modelName]).

Device Software Changes in 10.1.2

• The option to retain raw ARINC-429 received data has been added.


• The clock on UART channel 3 of the SIO4BXR device will be set so that it matches the hardware when in synchronous mode.


• An application parameter, link_loss, has been added to these logical devices:
  
  • adi_bti429
  • adi_bti429_421
  • adi_bti429_423
  • adi_bti429_425
  • adi_bti429_442_0rx16tx
  • adi_bti429_442_16rx0tx
  • adi_bti429_442_8rx8tx
  • adi_bti429_mp5_10rx4tx
  in order to control the clearing of stale data in the event that the data link was lost.


• The write port range for adi_pick_lvdt_4ch is now set to -1. to 1.0 when the channel is configured as an LVDT. This will allow the Pickering device user interface to be consistent with that of the NAII LVDT that the Pickering board replaces.

Documentation Changes in 10.1.2

• The example for adv.ShowPageToolbar has been corrected and clarified to display use for showing/hiding the toolbar.

ADEPT 10.1.1

Runtime Changes in 10.1.1

• A new utility, ethercat_scan, is available on LinuxRT x86-64 and QNX x86 rtx servers. The utility configures CSV and dictionary files for use with the htm">adi_ecat_master logical device.

The installation package transfers a tar file and script to your rtx server. Log on to each of your rtx servers as root. Run the script appropriate to your server architecture:

ARM A15 32-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-a15_10.1.1.sh
ARM A8 32-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-a8_10.1.1.sh
ARM V8 64-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-v8-64_10.1.1.sh
x86-64 64-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_x86-64_10.1.1.sh
x86 32-bit QNX	/home/adi/installrtxQNX_x86_10.1.1.sh

Make sure that the script echoes "Installing 10.1.1", to verify that it is the current installation script.

If it does not echo "Installing 10.1.1", manually update your rtx server. Follow the steps given in the System Administration Guide for your rtx server OS and architecture:

• LinuxRT ARM
• LinuxRT x86-64
• QNX x86

General Changes in 10.1.1

• Support for x86 rtx servers running QNX with clients running Linux has been discontinued.


• A command to show/hide the ribbon bar has been added to the Python functions for:
  
  ADEPT-DB
  ADEPT-DE
  ADEPT-GD
  ADEPT-VI

ADEPT-DB Changes in 10.1.1

• The default setting for file generation format has been changed to ADEPT (rather than ADvantage).


• The P2P protocol now supports Wrap blocks.

ADEPT-DE Changes in 10.1.1

• For Simulink models, global variables in additional C-language source files are now properly added to the data dictionary.


• ADEPT-DE no longer validates the framework during dictionary generation, enabling you to use the default names for logical device initialization files, thus alleviating a circularity in using ADEPT-DE with ADEPT-DB.
  
• A model property for arguments to be passed to the ADSIM code generator has been added.

ADEPT-GD Changes in 10.1.1

• The buffer used when loading CSV files has been increased, to enable loading much larger CSV files.

ADEPT-VI Changes in 10.1.1

• Toggling data logging on and off coulg result in a host DAS server crash. ADEPT-VI continues to run, but the DAS is not acquiring data.


• Large datasets could cause an overflow on GO. The raw data buffer size has been increased.


• It is now possible to detach an ADEPT-VI session from a running target, leaving the application in its current state. Another ADEPT-VI session can re-attach to the simulation and resume interaction.


• The function adiViGetVarValue now populates the sValue member of the tAdiExportValue struct.


• A new debugger (gdb) is provided on both Linux and Windows clients for use with the GCC 6.5.0 compiler:
  

  Client	x86-64 localhost Server	x86-64 LinuxRT rtx Server
  Linux	Yes	Yes
  Windows	No	Yes

ADEPT Panel Changes in 10.1.1

• A Strip/XY chart component has been added.


• Aircraft cockpit indicators have been added to the standard set of components that you can add to your ADEPT panel:
  
  
  • Airspeed indicator
  • Altimeter
  • Attitude indicator
  • Heading indicator
  • Primary flight display
  • Turn coordinator
  • Vertical speed indicator

Device Software Changes in 10.1.1

• Support for the Moxa CP-118-a (ADI part number A200A0844) has been added.


• The ADI PCI DAC board is now supported on x86-64 rtx servers running LinuxRT.


• The Acromag 730 is now supported on x86-64 rtx servers running LinuxRT.


• A new logical device, adi_pick_straingauge_mV_6ch.htm, has been added.


• The adi_ni7852r_ao_ai_dio logical device had a syntax error.


• The adi_bti1553 logical device has an added BC chain message that executes once during a run. This is configured in the initialization file. Additionally, stopping when a pause chain is added in the schedule has been fixed.


• A new application parameter for the NI-6528 logical devices enables you to specify digital filtering on input signals:
  
  adi_ni6528_24di_24do
  adi_ni6528_digin.htm
  adi_ni6528_dio
  adi_ni6528_relay

Documentation Changes in 10.1.1

• An example showing how to use the TCP API interface has been added. It is in ADV_HOME/examples/Misc/Simulink/Tcpapi.


• The prototype for adiConnectApp has been corrected.


• The example for adiQueryApps has been corrected.


• Information on programming I/O device routines in model code has been added.

ADEPT 10.1.0

Runtime Changes in 10.1.0

• On rtx servers running the QNX operating system, the ssh daemon now starts by default.


• The pcispy utility is now available on x86-64 Linux rtx servers.


• sudo now comes pre-installed on all new LinuxRT x86-64 rtx servers.

The installation package transfers a tar file and script to your rtx server. Log on to each of your rtx servers as root. Run the script appropriate to your server architecture:

ARM A15 32-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-a15_10.1.0.sh
ARM A8 32-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-a8_10.1.0.sh
ARM V8 64-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_arm-v8-64_10.1.0.sh
x86-64 64-bit LinuxRT	/home/adi/installrtxLinuxRT_x86-64_10.1.0.sh
x86 32-bit QNX	/home/adi/installrtxQNX_x86_10.1.0.sh

Make sure that the script echoes "Installing 10.1.0", to verify that it is the current installation script.

If it does not echo "Installing 10.1.0", manually update your rtx server. Follow the steps given in the System Administration Guide for your rtx server OS and architecture:

• LinuxRT ARM
• LinuxRT x86-64
• QNX x86

General Changes in 10.1.0

• ADEPT help is now available as a tab within ADEPT tools. When you open the documentation from the ribbon bar or by pressing F1, a tab opens in the View Notebook. Help is also available in a standalone tool by selecting Help from the ADEPT folder on the Start Menu or Desktop.


• ADEPT panels have been improved, using the Cairo graphics library rather than wxWidgets graphics.


• The license daemon now identifies clients by hostname as well as by IP address. This allows it to properly identify clients with multiple NICs that potentially connect with multiple IP addresses.


• The location of the license daemon log file has been changed.


• Previously, the license daemon failed to properly release ADEPT-VI tokens when ADEPT-VI was closed.


• The das_logging token is no longer required in your ADEPT license.


• The DUIconnectDas function has been eliminated. Use the DUIconnectDasByPort function to connect to a live DAS.


• Prototypes for rtl_do_user_hw_input_group and rtl_do_user_hw_output_group are now in ADV_HOME/include/rtl_device.h.


• The compiler for LinuxRT x86-64 rtx and localhost servers has been upgraded from 4.9.1 to 6.5.0. On Linux, the compiler now uses headers and shared-object libraries that are provided with the compiler rather than the client PC system headers and libraries. (On Windows, the headers and shared-object libraries have always been provided.)


• The DAS stream limit has been changed from 2048 to 20000 items.


• The GNU Scientific Library routines are now available for use with ADEPT projects.


• A new ADI runtime variable is available: ADI_FRAMEWORK_ELAPSED_TIME. It provides the elapsed time of the primary model to other distributed models, in case they become out of synchronization due to overrun.


• The naming of ADI-supplied libraries has been standardized to libidentifier.a. (Some third-party libraries might observe a slightly different naming convention.) ADEPT.adv_cfg has been updated to use the renamed libraries, so this change should be invisible to you.


• The Python script editor view toolbar now has a stop/cancel button.


• When communication between the license daemon and a client tool is interrupted, the tool will continue running.

ADEPT-DB Changes in 10.1.0

• Previously, ARINC-429 transmit messages with SDI set to "All" wrote to non-SDI data bits.


• ADEPT-DB now clears the ARINC-429 Burst fields if the Burst Name is cleared.


• In accordance with changes at the Modbus Organization, the nomenclature master/slave has been replaced with client/server.


• New and changed Python objects:
• adv.SortChannelsByNumber
• The function that returns the name of the project folder now returns the absolute path rather than the relative path.

ADEPT-DE Changes in 10.1.0

• ADEPT-DE now adds the .fmu file as a data file to a FMI/FMU model assembly so that the .fmu file will be copied to the rtx server and be available to the model code.


• ADEPT-DE now informs you when it is finished updating the server software.


• New and changed Python objects:
• adv.ServerArchArmV8_64


• ADEPT-DE now adds ADV_CUSTOM_DIR to the include path.
<-- SPR 12957 ->

ADEPT-GD Changes in 10.1.0

• Previously, upon loading an invalid CSV file, ADEPT-GD crashed.
• Action views now work properly with multiple data sources (as, for example, from two projects in a distributed framework).


• Use of the scrollbar to navigate a paused dynamic dataset has been improved.


• The Network Diary is now available on the ribbon only if your license file contains a token for the feature.


• New and changed Python objects:
• A Python module for report generation
• adv.GetConnectViList()

ADEPT-VI Changes in 10.1.0

• Handling of the files loaded onto the server for a playback schedule has been improved.


• The default trigger logic for DAS streams has been changed to True.


• A system preference to disable auto-save of the project workspace has been added.


• You are now prompted only once to reset the servers in a distributed framework after an improper halt of the previous run.


• ADEPT-VI now enforces the data dictionary Control Schedulable property. Variables that do not have this property set cannot be used in a schedule. As a result of this, ADEPT-DE now generates the Control entry to be Tunable|Schedulable for ADSIM variables whose Write Access property is not Read Only.


• Test Executive panel performance has been improved.


• It is now possible to initialize variables in an auto-run project by setting variable values (for example, ADI_END_TIME) in ADEPT-VI.


• Previously, ADEPT-VI would sometimes crash when performing certain GUI operations (notably with schedules and overrides).


• ADEPT-VI now informs you when it is finished updating the server software.


• The TCP/IP interface to ADEPT-VI was returning fixed-point values as longs.


• The ADI_TRIGGERS runtime variable is now tunable, so it can be set by an ADEPT panel control.


• The Network Diary and Test Executive are now available on the ribbon only if your license file contains a token for the feature.


• New and changed Python objects:
• adv.ServerArchArmV8_64
• Performance of scripted overrides has been improved. The OverrideAdd and OverrideDelete functions now have variants that accept a list of overrides and add/delete them in one operation.
• If the models in multi-project framework (for example, in a distributed framework) have different names, when you provide a fully scoped model variable name, ADEPT-VI finds it even if the active project does not contain that model variable.
• The output of adv.OverrideList now displays the override mode (Pre or Post).
• A Python module for report generation
• adv.OverrideReplace has been changed to adv.Set(adv.OverrideValue, varName, value).
• adv.OverrideActivate has been changed to adv.Set(adv.OverrideActive, varName, activeFlag).
• Override mode can now be set with adv.Set(adv.OverrideNode, varName, mode).


• The sine and square waveforms now end at the last half-cycle within the runtime. The end time is converted to the number of half-cycles and the waveform is truncated after the last half cycle.


• For the periodic waveforms (sawtooth, sine, square, and triangle), when the Phase Shift Offset is set to Target +, the waveform uses the relative position of the target variable within the wave as the phase shift (rather than the raw value of the target variable). This makes the waveform continuous from the current target variable.

Device Software Changes in 10.1.0

• Support for compound logical devices has been added.


• The General Standards cPCI66-16CLI8CL04-4-R250 (ADI part number A200A0830) is now supported on x86-64 rtx servers running LinuxRT and on x86 rtx servers running QNX.


• Previously, with adi_modbus_tcpip_DB, requesting large register data would crash the system socket connection.


• A null low-level device driver is available. This driver can be used to write a logical device driver when there is no I/O hardware, such as with a localhost server.


• The adi_na75g5_12sd has these changes:
  
  • A new application parameter for setting the bandwidth
  • The sd_bit_status port is now a 16-bit integer, where each bit corresponds to a channel
  • New ports: sd_sig_status (signal loss status) and sd_ref_status (reference loss status)
  • The BIT test sequence now triggers only every 2 seconds


• The device driver for the TPMC851-10R board now uses manufacturer-supplied calibration functions to improve the accuracy of values provided by the board. The logical device drivers now also have the ability to use function and calibration files.


• The P2P board did not work for ACE-REU to REU communication.


• Previously, SCRAMNet distributed and regular SCRAMNet reflective memory did not work together in the same project.


• In accordance with changes at the Modbus Organization, the nomenclature master/slave has been replaced with client/server.


• The read_mode application parameter was removed from the adi_ni6220 logical device because it was unused by the logical device driver.

Documentation Changes in 10.1.0

• Because the Matlab R2010b toolbox has been obsoleted, the example Matlab model files are now provided .slx format.


• It is now possible for you to extend the ADEPT documentation with your own content.

Simulink Toolbox Changes in 10.1.0

• Matlab R2020b is supported with a new toolbox version. See Toolbox Configuration for information on setting ADV_MATLAB_VER to use the new toolbox.