December 2023

With the release of System Platform 2023 R2, Application Server received the following new features and enhancements:

Improved User Interface

The System Platform IDE has an improved user interface that provides object status at a glance.

New OMI Web Client

The web client for use with OMI ViewApps is completely new. The new client offers better performance, a look and feel more like the desktop client, and an easier way to make ViewApps available from a browser: you just assign them to an instance of the new WebViewEngine object type. The OMI web client is supported with the latest versions of the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers.

OPC UA Scripting

You can now use Application Server object scripts and/or Industrial Graphics scripts to call OPC UA servers. Method calls are executed in the OPC UA server through the OPC UA client, and are supported through the OPC client in the OI Gateway Communication Driver.

Alarm Latching and Alarm Dismiss

Latching is a new alarm state that can be enabled for a Galaxy. When latching is enabled, an acknowledged alarm that has returned to a normal value will continue to be displayed in the LATCHED alarm state. Alarms go to the LATCHED state if you ACK an alarm from UNACK_RTN state or return an alarm from ACK state. LATCHED alarms continue to be displayed to show that the alarms did occur. A dismiss command will return alarms that are in the LATCHED state to normal.