Unity DIF
V14
Release
Notes
1. What’s new in Unity DIF V14
Unity
DIF V14 evolutions versus previous versions are described below:
·
Unity Dif V14 supports comparison of Control Expert Projects.
·
Unity Dif V14 supports comparison of Program Units.
·
Detect changes in (analog, digital, counting) configuration screen.
·
Improved PDF reports.
2. Limitations
2.1. Comparison in Offline mode
only
Unity DIF will compare project
files from the same PC or from remote PC. In this mode, it’s not possible to
compare a project file directly with a project embedded into a PLC
2.2. Use of Security Editor
o If the Security is ON in UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert, Unity DIF will compare project files
after asking for the appropriate profile to be used. However, for Unity DIF to
function correctly, the profile should have rights to at least do the
following: Open an existing project, Import and Save project. In case of
default UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert profile, it is recommended to use the PROGRAM profile.
o If the Security is ON in UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert, the samples cannot be used directly.
Need to modify them to provide the username and password of the correct profile
to be used for the comparison and recompile the samples.
o If the Security is ON in UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert with no login or avoidable login,
Unity DIF will still prompt for the username and password. Provide the username
and password of the correct profile to be used for the comparison
2.3. Project Settings Limitation
Since few Project Settings have been
changed from UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert 14.0 onwards, the comparison of project files of earlier
versions may contains added or deleted differences in the Project Settings
section.
2.4. Removal of whitespaces during
Project Import / Export in UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert
During project Import / Export in
UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert, it could happen that whitespaces at the beginning or at the end of
certain language elements are being removed which leads to insignificant
differences displayed in Unity DIF.
3. Troubleshooting
3.1. Uninstall and Reinstall of
UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert
In case of uninstall and
reinstall of UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert, the “Project Comparison” menu will disappear from the
UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert Tools menu. To get this menu back, reinstall or repair Unity DIF
3.2. Comparison of STU files from
a read-only server does not work
Comparison of STU files from a
read-only server does not work. Copy those files into a local folder with
read/write permissions to perform a successful comparison
3.3. Chinese OS not supported
Unity DIF does not support
Chinese operating system
3.4. Unity DIF Batch mode -
complete path mandatory
In batch mode while performing
compare, enter the complete file path (Example: C:\Program Files\Schneider
Electric\Unity Dif\Unity.stu)
3.5. Sample Projects
All sample projects have to be
built before using
4. Last Minute Information
4.1. Do not delete UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert project
files during comparison
While performing comparison on
Unity DIF, do not delete the files being compared. Deleting the files can lead
to error conditions.
4.2. Saving STU files with
different names when program sections are opened on UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert
After performing a comparison and
opening a program sections on UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert; performing "Save As" STU
file with different names, ensure that UnityPro or EcoStruxure Control Expert instances are closed before
starting next comparison or exit Unity DIF.
4.3. Manual installation of .Net
Framework 2.0 on Windows 8 and Windows 10
Manual Installation of .Net
Framework 2.0 require to run Schneider License Manager on Windows 8