What's new in QuickOPC 2019.2

See also: Versions; Previous version: What's new in QuickOPC 2019.1

Internal version number: 5.56

Key changes:

• OPC UA PubSub support

Technology

• For .NET Standard OPC UA, uses OPC Foundation's OPC UA .Net Standard Library 1.4.357.28.

Packaging

• For easier debugging, added NuGet symbol packages for OpcLabs.QuickOpc and OpcLabs.QuickOpc.Forms, with PDB files for .NET Core.

Installation and Uninstallation

• Simplified setup choices by merging together the installation components for individual tools.

Component Improvements

• OPC UA PubSub is now supported, initially with UADP message mapping and OPC UA UDP and OPC UA Ethernet transport protocol mappings.

Specialized Client Objects

• A new EasyUAPublishSubscribeClient component allows (read-only) access to OPC UA PubSub configurations, accessed either through an information model in an OPC server, or stored in a binary file.

Component Refactorings

• Unexpected exceptions from UA SDK are now propagated (and not just logged as internal errors), making it easier to diagnose them.

Tools and Online Services

• The OPC Command-line Tool (OpcCmd) is now deployed during the installation, and a link to it (in interactive mode) added to the Start menu.
• The OPC-UA Demo Publisher (UADemoPublisher) is now deployed during the installation, and a link to it added to the Start menu.

Product Options

StreamInsight Option

• StreamInsight Option updated from StreamInsight 2.1 to StreamInsight 2.3.

Examples

• Added examples for OPC UA PubSub.
• Object Pascal examples are now in Delphi 10.3 Rio.
• Removed F# examples for .NET Framework (kept F# examples for .NET Core).
• Removed C++ portable examples (with use of STLSoft and VOLE).

Documentation and Help

• The Concise Reference CHM file (present in some build configurations) has been remade into a Concise Reference page in the User's Guide, and is now present in all builds.