PG5 2.0     PG5 Suite V2.0.220

   

 

PG5 Suite for Windows XP, Vista and Windows7

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This version allows to use the full functionality of PG5 2.0 for 90 days.
Link to an overview of the new features of PG5 2.0 SP2.
PG5 V2.0.220 installer for 32-bit Windows 219
PG5 V2.0.220 installer for 64-bit Windows 219
Full PG5 V2.0.220 package (complete DVD content)
Leaflet The links on the navigation page of the DVD available here until April 14 were not correct, see FAQ 101735
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Leaflet What's new in PG5 V2.0.220? 2.1
Manual Installation Guide 0.4  
Procedure for updating the PG5 2.0 from an earlier version of PG5 2.0.xxx:
  • download the version from this page
  • uninstall the previous PG5 2.0 version
  • install the PG5 version 2.0.220 (the key file for a 90 day demo is included)
One license per company is required to convert this demo package to a fully licensed installation (the amount of PCs on which PG5 is running in a company is not relevant).
 

Known issues / patches

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At the moment there is no patch available for PG5 2.0.220 0.0  -
PG5 2.0.220 must not be installed in parallel to another PG5 2.0 version, but it can be installed in parallel to PG5 1.4.
 

PG5 2.0 parts

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S-Online tools (included in the PG5 Controls Suite CD)
For customers who only need up- or downloading a built PG5 project to a PCD. The S-Online tools are a subset of the PG5 installation and does not require a license. The S-Online tools consist of:
  • Online Configurator (stand-alone configurator for Saia PCD hardware)
  • Command line Up/Downloader (tool for up- and downloading PCD program files)
  • Data Transfer Utility (tool for saving and loading a PCD Registers, Flags, Timers, etc. to/from text files)
Note that all these tools are part of PG5. In case PG5 is already installed, the installation of the S-Online tools won't have any effect.
77.0
S-WebEditor 5.15.0221 (included in the PG5 Controls Suite)
Can e.g. be used for modifying the S-Energy Manager Web project.
53.3
 

Good to know

With PG5 2.0 SP2 a new USB device driver is installed. If PG5 1.4.300 is installed on the same PC, its SCommDll needs to be updated using the according installer distributed together with the setup from PG5 2.0.220.
The main new features of the SP2 (PG5 2.0.220) are:
  • New FBoxes for the new PCD7.L79xN
  • New FBoxes for EnOcean devices from Sensortec
  • the EIB/IP driver now allows modifying the IP address of the gateway in runtime
  • the stations in the TCP/IP Settings table are now enabled by default

Together with PG5 the S-Web Editor has been updated to version 5.15.0221. This version includes the following updates (among others).

  • the loading messages during applet initialization can now be configured
  • under certain circumstances a Micro Browser could stop working if specific macros were present on the page, see FAQ 101724

For more detailed information and new features and corrections please refer to FAQ 101335 or the "What's new in PG5 2.0.220" document.

The main modifications of the version PG5 2.0.210 are listed in FAQ FAQ 101335.
The main new features of the SP2 (PG5 2.0.200) are:
  • Support of smart Ethernet RIO PCD3.T665|T666.
  • Device Configurator: New media mapping window for all I/O slots.
  • New FBox classification according functionalities in Fupla.
  • Fupla Unicode support for Russian computers
  • Web-Editor Release 5.15.02
  • Full support of 64 bit Windows systems.

For more detailed information and further new features please refer to the "What's new in PG5 2.0.150 document".

The main new features of the SP1 (PG5 2.0.150) are:
  • S-Web and FTP Server and IP Enhancements can be configured in the Device Configurator, see FAQ 101464.
  • Increased amount of available flags on a PCD3 or a PCD2.M5 to 14335 (instead of 8191), see FAQ 101447.
  • Support of new hardware (PCD1.M2120, PCD3.Mxx60)
  • Support of Windows Server 2008

For more detailed information and further new features please refer to the "What's new in PG5 2.0.150 document".

Supported operating systems are
  • Microsoft Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit version)
  • Microsoft Server 2008 (32 or 64 bit version)
  • Microsoft Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit version)
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP3 with Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 installed
    The Microsoft .Net Framework can be found in the above DVD Image in the folder "Windows\dotnetfx_2_0.exe"

Windows 95, 98, ME, NT and 2000 are no longer supported by PG5 2.0 or later.

A short list of the advantages of PG5 2.0 and when to work with which PG5 version can be found in FAQ 101282.
We recommend using a 2GHz Pentium (or equivalent) or a 1.6 GHz Dual Core processor with a minimum of 1GB RAM. The PG5 2.0 installation requires about 100MB of disk space.
     

Products not supported by PG5 2.0

The following products and protocols are not supported by PG5 2.0:
  • PCD4 and PCD6
  • S-Bus RIO (used with PCD1.T240)
  • Profibus FMS

For existing projects which are running with these controllers or protocols we recommend using PG5 1.4.300.

   

Documentation

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What's new in PG5 2.0 (Powerpoint presentation) 2.8 .ppt
Leaflet What's new in PG5 2.0 (detailled) 2.6
Manual PG5 2.0 User guide 4.7  
Additional Documentation (Manuals, Workshops) can be found on the Controls Suite DVD
      

FAQ Manager

Please refer to the FAQ Manager for frequently asked questions, hints and other useful information about our products
 

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