DBDOC 11.4 is available now!

DBDOC 11.4 features important new capabilities, particularly in terms of system support.  We see the first support for ABB SPE 2.4, as well as the first implementation of AC 800M support (alone, or in a mixed INFI 90 / AC 800M system).  In addition, there are significant improvements to support for 800xA and PGP graphics, as well as numerous bug fixes and improvements to Hyperview and the rest of the applications. 

Download DBDOC 11.4 Here

Powerful new support for SPE 2.4 systems. 

• DBDOC now supports S+ Engineering 2.4 systems. 

Initial support for AC 800M systems. 

• DBDOC now supports mixed INFI 90 / AC 800M and exclusively AC 800M systems. 
• Full navigational and search support is implemented. 
• Click to see all uses of a function block, and double-click to go to its location in the configuration.
• Multipage sequence diagrams are automatically merged for easy visualization and navigation. 

Improved support for 800xA graphics 

• BBA folders as well as ASSYST folders now searched by the build system. 
• Improvements to hotspot generation, placement, and sizing. 
• Improvements to dynamic bar support, and identification of more horizontal dynamic bars. 
• Text handling improved to make search more correct and complete. 

Improved support for SPlus graphics 

• Improved handling of SPO 3.3 .mimic & .bin files 
• Many improvements to hotspot, link, and text generation and placement. 

Multi-user BuildPlus buildroots 

• BuildPlus should now automatically and seamlessly handle multiple users, even of different privilege levels, seeing the same buildroots. 

Hyperview in a Web Browser 

• Various and sundry bug fixes and improvements to functionality and usability.
• More browsing and navigation idioms supported, such as browse and synch to table of contents. 
• All dbdoc file “documents” can be accessed transparently via a regular web browser url. 

Search 

• Recall search results with “R” key 
• The database of a search result is now displayed in database search results. 
• Title searches are now retained after restart, for convenience. 

Hyperview miscellaneous 

• Due to popular demand, Treeview Table of Contents has been fully reinstated. 
• Double click on a signal line on CAD/CLD goes to block source. 

Live data 

• Blue “EXTERNAL” is no longer  shown for unfetchable live data on graphics. 
• Stop fetching data for a block if Destination Node Offline error is received.

Download DBDOC 11.4 Here

DBDOC 11.3 -- Ready to download!

DBDOC 11.3 is an important release that revamps the basic Hyperview interface, provides notably improved support for SPO and 800xA/PG2 graphics, enhanced integration of SPE 2.x, improved AutoCAD and MicroStation support, and live data reliability improvements. It also contains the prototype release of Hyperview in A Browser.

Download DBDOC 11.3 Here

New Hyperview navigation & hotspot interaction.

• Hyperview now supports a “drag-pan” and “scroll-zoom” as its default interface, for better usability and compatibility with a touch-screen context.
• Hotspots highlight interactively when you mouse over them.

Improvements to error browser, search & thumbnail support.

• Errors can now be grouped by file type, including graphics type.
• Context of surrounding words for search hits can now be displayed.
• Thumbnails can be enabled separately for CAD/CLDs and general graphics.

Powerful new support for SPO and SPE 2.x systems.

• BuildPlus “automagically” detects and builds the most recent version of time/date stamped data for SPO SPlus Operations Databases and SPE 2.x Backups, without the need to rename and copy these files
• In many cases SPE 2.x can be now integrated automatically by BuildPlus without requiring an SPE backup at all.

Improved graphics support.

• Ongoing improvements to hotspot placement, live data, fonts and colors in SPO graphics.
• Many improvements to 800xA/PG2 graphics, including better hotspot placement, split Auto/Manual and Cascade/Ratio hotspots, more live data hotspots.

Improved AutoCAD & MicroStation support.

• Support for AutoCAD ODA 21.11
• Proper handling of MicroStation files with unicode names.

Live data reliability.

• Ongoing improvements to Relay and Collector modes.
• Data fetches are suppressed for the relevant block when certain HOPC errors are encountered, preventing stalls.

Hyperview in a Browser initial release

• Hyperview in a Browser prototype release: Hyperview’s basic functionality in a touch-screen friendly web browser framework, suitable for tablets over wifi on your LAN, and most browsers on any networked machine.
• Hyperview in a Browser supports basic navigation, search, and live data.
• Hyperview in a Browser works on desktop and tablets, in Edge, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox, in all versions and platforms more recent than October 2017.

Give us a call if you would like to try out Hyperview in a Browser! It's not hard to set up, and we can walk you through it.  There is documentation here.