In case an External Function includes an output of any type (perhaps also input, haven't tried) you can assign it to the module where the external function is being used (or slave module I suppose), change pin alternatives, etc (good feature).  But, I think you should allow edit its name, once asigned, so you can give them unique names. If I want to use that external funcion several times, I will get many outputs called identically, which is a mess. I Know automatic name can be set for outputs... but for efficient diagnosis is more or less the same. You want it to have a meaninfull name.

Thanks!

Would be nice if Text Parameter Channel tied to specific mode selector logic could display values such as math channel or feedback from sensor values.

Example:

SMC has 2 stages

1. Sensor OK
2. Sensor Failure

If sensor status is ok it would be nice for TPC to display its value however if sensor fails, regular text such as "Sensor Failed" would be used.

It would be even more cool is TPC had abilities to choose text/value color to be used on the display. 

Hello,

We are making a measuring report with help of excel of our machines by using a measuring file. Almos every time when Iqan has an update from design 2 to 3 to 4 to 5 the top of the excelfile will change. By doing that we have problems with our report what is regenerating automatically. But also the properties are not constant.

We would like to have the project and the version in the properties of the excel file.

We expect in software version the version mentioned in the properties of the project. Not the version of iqan. By the way: it does not work to set 4.07 version in this cell

Is it possible to add the project version in the cell of excel. I thought that run 2 had this.

Kind regard

Laura

I would like to have a higher default value for brightness. We could change when loading the program using IQAN run, but this is not an adjustable item. I could use the backlight override parameter, but then I would have to create another adjust group to change it rather than using the standard menu system. Is there a way to adjust through IQANRun or change the default value?

Would be nice if there was an ability to import/export all the I/O data from a single project to (i.e. an XML based document?) this in order to be able to be imported in ECAD software like Eplan

Here are links to the scheduled IQAN training courses for machine designers in 2019:

IQAN training schedule US

-IQANdesign training including IQANsimulate and IQANrun

IQAN training schedule Sweden

-IQANdesign training including IQANsimulate and IQANrun

-Functional safety with EN 13849-1 and IQAN-MC4xFS

I maintain 1 program for multiple machines that are very similar, one issue I have to dance around from time to time is if 1 program uses lets say C1:25 on an XA2 as a digital in, and in another program I want to use it as a voltage in, I can not switch it as in the system layout I can only define it as one thing. My workaround is enabling or disabling the XA2's based on my IO assignments, which creates tons of duplicate logic. 

It would be nice if a warning showed up instead of locking this functionality out, giving me the flexibility of assigning IO anyway I choose. A way of safely doing this could be to force an SMC when doing this functionality. This could prevent user mistakes. I personally would rather just have the flexibility to do what I want and have my logic be the functionality decider, but with an SMC I could at least get rid of multiple modules doing 99% of the same tasks. 

I like the current features of the master bus for shared information. 

I have written several programs that require multiple screens to work as if they were the same user stations. It would be great to have the VDINS added to the master bus so that the data can be shared. Currently I am having to dedicate a J1939 bus as well as write CAN frames each way for output and feedback to control VDINs. 

I have a project that is version 2.63 and need to upgrade it to 3.19.

Shouldn't be a problem, but when opening it in 3.19 all math functions become Real-type which i don't want, some should be integer. Is there a way to handle this without needing to change everyone manually? Its about 150 functions which would take forever and most certainly go wrong here and there. Also all of my generic parameters in and out becomes J1939 parameters instead. I want them to be generic parameters.

Is there a function where you can select a channel and then replace it with another? For example I select a math (real) channel and choose replace with math (integer) channel, keeping all the functions inside.

Otherwise Is there like a texteditor where you can open the project file and search and replace function codes?

You probably already know that but just in case.  I use a multi screen set-up with 1x4K Display and  1xFull HD display as set-up for my work station.  Both displays are set with different scaling for text so my old eyes can read. 

When editing properties in IQanDesgin in the 4k display, the edit box location does not properly line-up with property title and the font size does not match the box height making it very difficult and sometimes impossible to edit.  Problem become more and more profound as you go down the list of properties . Probably the other programs have similar issues also but I rarely use them on the Work station so I cannot comment.