I have seen a few posts on this issue, but did not see anything as far as a resolution or that it is being worked on. Given that the JPOUT channel has a 4 byte option and I didn't see anything in documentation in regards to special conditions for its use. The 4byte option does not function as I would expect on a JPOUT.

Encountered this on IQAN 4 when we wanted a quick a dirty re-transmit of a block of J1939 data.

There seems to be an issue with handling the LSB nibble. Also seems that I can't use the 2 MSB when other fields are set to 1. Not sure if this is due to error handling?

With a very simple function of a 'frame in' to 'parameter in' to 'parameter out' to 'frame out'. The simulation will not allow the parameter in to be filled with 1's. It does allow 0x3FFF FFF0.

On a system, the parameter in receives the expected value but when passed to the parameter out bits get truncated.

For example, sending 0x1F2 DBE0 is handled as expected by the JPIN but when passed to JPOUT the data is 0x1F2 DBD0. Placed real and int math channels in between the JPIN and JPOUT to verity the received value is being passed to other channels as expected, and it is. So the issue seems to be with the JPOUT.

This occurs on IQAN Design 4 as well as IQAN Design 7.

Customer is getting "Invalid vmAC resource for MD4-7(0)" when trying to flash a clone to a MD4 with IQANRun7, lastest rev. Any ideas? Do they have an address tag issue? Thank you

We have a system with MC43FS > MD5-10 > MC43FS layout. The MD5 display is central between the MC43's using the CAN in/out pins for connections. CAN terminations (software enabled) on both MC43 master and diagnostic busses (each MC43 module is end of line).

We had a fault where there was no comms on the master bus using APP IN/OUT between any of the 3 modules, just indicated red in IQAN design and state 'timeout' on the app in's. No error flash on the MC43 LED and no error message shown on the MD5.

We found that the master bus wired in the MD5 was the wrong way around (CAN high /CAN low incorrect), but it did not show this as an error, no logs suggested what the problem would be. I'm sure normally if this happens we get a bus error/ CAN fault shown on the screen, pointing us to where the problem may be, but this doesn't seem to have happened in our case. Could be helpful for future fault finding if it was available or showed a message?

IQAN Design 7.05.27.10982

Wondering if there is a method of displaying PDFs on an MD5-5.  Currently in the process of migrating our OEM application over to the MD5-5 platform from an MD4-5 and found that when pressing on the text control buttons to display pdfs the MD5 System Message popup indicates PDF viewer not available.

I had an unnecessary state in a Finite state machine (state 15), so I deleted it. This resulted in all of the states > 15 to change to a state one lower (state 16-> state 15). But all of the functions that utilize this FSM did not change resulting in all of these functions being incorrect.

Updates for cyber security

This version introduces important updates preparing for IEC 62443 cyber security compliance on target modules.

Secure boot and secure update

IQAN-MD5, -MC4xFS, -MC4x, -XC4 firmware’s are now signed. 

Signed firmware is required for installing on modules produced with secure boot.

IQAN-MD5 displays, -MC4xFS-M24 and -MC4x-M24 controllers, and -XC4x-M24 expansions will be produced with secure boot starting in 2026. Modules produced with secure boot will thus have 7.06 as minimum version (changing from 7.02 on MD5 and 7.03 on C4x-M24)

IQAN-MD4 and original version of MC4xFS/MC4x/XC4x will continue to be produced with bootloaders supporting old versions. 

Major update of IQAN-MD5 firmware

MD5 firmware is restructured to strengthen cyber security and prepare for future improvements. When updating in the field, there are key points to be aware of.

• Upgrade of MD5 to 7.06 requires 7.05 in module.
• During update, all logs in the MD5 will be erased.
• After updating MD5 to 7.06, downgrade is not possible.

Message when attempting to send 7.06 to  MD5 with version 7.02-7.04. 

Message about major upgrade of MD5 module , before sending 7.06

Project file size (.idax) increased to ~75 MB, to handle the update from 7.05 to 7.06. Clone files are smaller, ~30 MB.

Clones taken from MD5 7.06 or newer can only be sent to module with 7.06 or newer.

Message when trying to use clone to upgrade to 7.06 

Other changes

IQAN-MD5 performance enhancements

• Reduced start-up time, time to show first display page reduced with ~1 second. 
• Minimum application cycle time is reduced from 50 to 20 ms. The recommendation to use locate machine control functions on MC4 controllers remain. 

Always send firmware before application

If an update is interrupted while sending firmware, the module is now able to restart with the old application, matching the old firmware. This reduces the risk of not having a working application if a version update is interrupted. As before the firmware is double stored, an IQAN module will always have a working firmware. 

More details in Release notes
Release notes - IQANdesign 7
Release notes - IQANsimulate 7
Release notes - IQANrun 7
Release notes - IQANscript 7

Hello, 

We are experiencing a user interface issue in Iqan Design 7.05.19.10562.

When editing a page on the display and scrolling in the Layers panel (for example towards the bottom), the main screen keeps scrolling along with it.
Even though the mouse cursor is positioned in the layer navigator, the display view continues to move.

This makes working quite difficult. Ideally, the scroll action should only affect the area where the mouse cursor is located, and the display view should remain in its current position.

Has anyone encountered this behavior before, or is there a setting to prevent the screen from scrolling together with the layer panel?

Thanks.

Application Migration From MD-4(7) to MD5(8).

1. How do I migrate a chunky application without having to lose connections to my I/O's that are present on separate Expansion modules but controlled by the head master MD4-(7) when I need to migrate the application from MD4-(7) to MD5-(8)?

2. How do I keep connections between adjustment groups, adjustment parameters, logs and Monitoring channels under the same transition?

3. Basically how can I completely migrate an application contained in an MD4-(7) screen to an MD5-(8) screen without loosing connections to other hardware in the System Layout if I am using a Variance file. 

The purpose is to have 2 selectable headmasters with complete application available on both.

Hello,

I have a file that I made in 7.5 (not from from scratch but it has been updated to 7.5) and my customer keeps getting this error when trying to upload. Only timeout warnings in the software. Anyone else have any experience with this? Seems to only happen on one Md4