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Product Release Letter

For further information please contact your local AVEVA support office, which can be found at http://support.aveva.com

This document has been prepared and approved by the following:

Job Title Name

Product Owner Charles Moses

Product Manager Chris Binns

Head of Operations Antony Spilman

Development Manager Phil Robins

Test Manager Kam Kundra

Head of Product Maged Selim

Senior Product Business Manager Dave Gibson

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AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2

Full Release 10480-1

Windows XP (32 Bit) and Windows 7 (32 and 64 Bit)

Dear Customer This letter introduces and describes this release, which is supported on the indicated platform(s).

This Release Contains

A Full release of AVEVA Electrical which is the first full release of: 10480-1 AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2. The separately licensed products or product components installable from or upgraded by this release are as follows:

Product Code

Product Name Version Number

V00FN288 AVEVA Electrical with following modules: (Plant) 12.1.SP2 Electrical Engineer Electrical Designer Wiring Manager Security Manager

V00FN429 AVEVA Electrical with following modules: (Marine) 12.1.SP2 Electrical Engineer Electrical Designer Wiring Manager Security Manager

V00FN697 AVEVA NET Electrical Gateway 12.1.SP2


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Prerequisite for this release - operating system:

Build Operating System Microsoft XP Professional (32 Bit)

Minimum Supported O/S Version (for each supported platform)

Microsoft XP Professional (32 Bit), Windows 7 Professional (32 and 64 Bit)

Mandatory O/S Patches (for each supported platform)

XP SP3 and above, Windows 7 Base release and above

Please note that recommended/supported hardware and software configurations are constantly subject to review, so please consult the AVEVA support web pages for the latest recommendations.

Prerequisite for this release – products:

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Flexman 5.2 and an appropriate Flexman license For further details of Flexman License Server 5.2, please see http://support.aveva.com.

AVEVA Licensing Library

All products in this release include the AVEVA licensing library cadcflex 5.2 please refer to the Flexman 5.2 Installation and Configuration Guide (or later) or the Licensing section of the AVEVA support website http://support.aveva.com for a list of licensing features supported by this version of cadcflex.

Works (is compatible) with:

AVEVA P&ID 12.1 (32 or 64 bit) AVEVA PDMS 12.1 and above AVEVA Marine 12.1 and above AVEVA E3D 1.1 AVEVA NET All Supported versions AutoCAD 2012 and 2013 Microsoft Excel 2007 and 2010 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and 2012, SQL Server Express also supported

No longer works (is not compatible) with:

AutoCAD 2011 Note: Whilst AVEVA do not foresee any problems running AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 with AutoCAD 2011, this version of AutoCAD has not been tested with AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 and is therefore not officially certified for use. Any problems encountered deploying AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 with AutoCAD 2011 will not be addressed in any subsequent fix release, or service pack.

Supersedes

10472-1 AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP1

To Install product release

Please run the setup.msi which is visible on the CD/DVD. This is a Full installation of AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=17851

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First released on

This product release is first available on AVEVA DVD AVEVA Plant Instrumentation and Electrical 12.1.SP2, release number 41249-1

List of Enhancements

This release includes the following functional enhancements: In this release

Description

Decimal Comma support The use of comma (,) as the decimal symbol or separator for numeric values is now supported in AVEVA Electrical and AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2. The use of decimal comma or decimal point is controlled by the Windows Region and Language Settings. The language settings with AVEVA Electrical or AVEVA Instrumentation have no influence over the decimal symbol. Therefore the applications can be set to use English (for example) as the language and Portuguese as the Windows region setting. This will enable all the AVEVA Electrical UI to be presented in English and support the use of the comma as the decimal symbol. Values stored in the project database will still maintain a decimal point to facilitate integration between AVEVA Electrical and other AVEVA applications. For full details please refer to the AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Update presentation AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Feature Update.pdf

Duplicate Sub-Areas It is now possible to create “duplicate sub-areas”. For example it is now possible to define the following:

Plant 1 > Area 01 > System 01

Plant 1 > Area 02 > System 01 For full details please refer to the AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Update presentation AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Feature Update.pdf



Description

Wiring Rule Enhancements - Spare and Reserved terminal status It is now possible to assign a status of Spare or Reserved against terminals for equipment. This will allow users to prevent connections being made to these terminals when allocating equipment (and associated cables) to other items of equipment. Manual connections to terminals set as spare are permitted and the status of spare is removed. The terminal sides are coloured blue to indicate that someone has set them as spare, thereby giving a visual indication that connections should not be made to these terminals. However users are not actually prevented from making manual connections. Manual connections to terminals set as reserved are permitted but only after the user has acknowledged a warning message indicating that these terminals are reserved and agreeing to continue with the connection. Once again following the connection being made, the reserved status is removed. The terminal sides are coloured gray to indicate that someone has set them as reserved thereby giving a visual indication that connections should not be made to these terminals. For full details please refer to the AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Update presentation AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Feature Update.pdf

Flexible Tagging AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 introduces a basic level of object classification that will enable the following:

Class level tag formats to enable different tag formats depending on class type i.e. MCC tag format different to Junction Box tag format etc.

Multiple tag formats per class to enable the tag format of a class type to vary depending on location, process, service etc.

AVEVA Electrical is no longer restricted to having a single tag format for electrical per project and the format of these tags is unrestricted. Tag formats can now be made up of (potentially) unlimited numbers of parts (tag codes). These tag codes (fields in tables) can be created by users to suit any project requirements. Tag formats and tag type codes are assigned to the project object classes thereby controlling which tag formats and function codes are available for selection on a class by class basis. During the assignment of class to type code the user also needs to assign equipment type. When creating tags the user selects equipment type first and then the correct create edit window appears with default class. Project administrators are free to define as many or as few tag classes as they require. The minimum is 1 class type for each object type. AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 ships with a set of example classes based on the class types used by Aveva P&ID. These can be deleted or altered on a project by project basis.

For full details please refer to the AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Update presentation AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Feature Update.pdf



Description

Load or Supply equipment type data transfer into other AVEVA applications It is now possible to import the full list of Load and Supply attributes into other AVEVA applications. This has been done by the creation of Load and Supply classes. The AVEVA applications covered are AVEVA Engineering Tags, AVEVA Engineering Diagrams, AVEVA Schematic Model Manager and AVEVA P&ID. During data import into AVEVA Electrical any attribute that uses a system reference will have the data value resolved and the system reference data set against the object. For example ‘Area 12’ has system reference of ‘35’. When value for Area attribute is imported as ‘Area 12’ for Motor 1 then the system reference of ‘35’ is found. Within AVEVA Electrical Motor 1 will have the system reference set to ‘35’ for Area attribute rather than the actual value of ‘Area 12’. For full details please refer to the AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Update presentation AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Feature Update.pdf Consolidated from previous fix releases First released in fix version AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP1 Fix3, Release No. 10479

Description

Enhanced Microsoft Excel Export and Import Controls within Security Manager New user Access Types added to Security Manager:

• Full Access (No Excel Import) • Full Access (No Excel Export • Full Access (No Excel Import/Export) • Read Only (No Excel Export)

The above Access Types are in addition to the existing Security Manager Access Types. Any users that are part of user groups - assigned one of these Access Types - will have restrictions imposed upon them relating to export and import actions they can perform via MS Excel. Associated buttons with the AVEVA Electrical fluent UI will be enables or disabled depending on the Access Type assigned. For full details please refer to the AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Update presentation AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Feature Update.pdf

Use of special characters in drawing numbers In previous versions of AVEVA Electrical the use of characters use as the period/dot for drawing numbers was not allowed. With this fix release the use of such characters in drawing numbers is permitted. First released in fix version AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP1 Fix2, Release No. 10476

Description

Resolution of Database Collation Issues during project upgrades AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP1 Fix 1 often failed to successfully upgrade legacy projects if database collation conflicts were detected. This new fix release of AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP1 will automatically detect and silently resolve any database collation issues when projects are upgraded.



First released in fix version AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP1 Fix1, Release No. 10475

Description

Pick List Grid Enhancements Users with applicable permissions can now assign a pick list to (almost) any field or property displayed in any data access grid. Limitations & Restrictions:

Fields that are read-only within the default grids cannot have pick lists assigned to them.

It is not possible to change the pick lists for fields that have pick lists assigned to them in the out-of-the-box default grids. For example Manufacturer and Model No.

Assigning a pick-list to a field within a grid will not automatically convert any applicable text boxes on dialogues to a pick-list

If a field is assigned a pick-list and this pick-list is locked, the applicable text box on a dialogue will become read-only

If data is imported that is not part of a locked pick-list data set, the import of the entire record will fail as the software will not accept that item of data

AVEVA Electrical and AVEVA Instrumentation still maintain independent pick lists

Enhanced Russian Version Translation The Russian language version of AVEVA Electrical has been improved based on feedback from that region

List of Fault Corrections

This release addresses defects arising from the following support incidents: In this release

SI Number Defect Number

Title

54210 90195 The positions of the cable flags and cable not being saved correctly in Cable Block Wiring Diagram layout

44963 71192 Import of an MCC using Excel does not set the rated value for the busbars

46020 71234 Regional settings cannot have decimal set to comma

90056 ANZ short circuit calculations using internal impedance has an error

44867 71196 Incorrect Excel Import and Wizard message when Supplied From value is left blank

44453 71173 When updating a drawing for the first time in AVEVA Electrical Designer, when selecting the "Plot Drawings after Save" option an invalid warning appears

56144 94312 Unable to update equipment area number via Excel import

44192 71159 After changing and saving cable block diagram, on re-opening diagram new layout is not saved

90201 Display error in Earth Fault block

55687 93428 Default Mechanical Load unit needs to be the same as default motor unit in Options window



SI Number Defect Number

Title

54552 90920 Full Load Current data in default motor catalogue is not correct

43879 35842 Unable to map the Equipment unique id when importing from Excel

43790 35843 Power factor values do not match

55987 93911 After the user has created a custom view, user receives an exception error when attempting a bulk edit

58371 99643 It is not possible to import new symbols from other project

89776 Taskbar button icons are wrong on upgrade projects using Windows 7

54002 89900 User not able to open CABLE SIZING REPORT from their AVEVA Electrical 12.1 upgrade project

53778 89680 Cable number in Cable Schedule not being set correctly for single core cable

54750 91544 Cannot import Load or Supply equipment type data into AVEVA Engineering

Consolidated from previous fix releases First released in fix version AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP1 Fix3, Release No. 10479

SI Number

Defect Number

Title

55685 93427 Cannot add attributes to a symbol for a transformer with three windings in Distribution Diagrams

55802 93835 Overflow Exception occurred in Wiring Manager following upgrade


SI Number

Defect Number

Title

56046 94058 On creation of Supply tag with new project using AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP1 Fix1 release there is a collation error

55721 93521 On editing of a Supply tag or Load tag with project using AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP1 Fix1 release there is a collation error


SI Number

Defect Number

Title

54173 90140 Application allows user to connect single phase load to single phase circuit without a neutral if other phases in circuit are combined.

55262 92434 Problems using period (full stop/dot) in file name when creating data sheets

PRODUCT QUALITY STATEMENT

The development, maintenance and testing of AVEVA Solutions’ software products is carried out in accordance with the company’s KEYSTONE lifecycle processes and this document includes a summary of the testing carried out on this release and a list of significant defects known to exist at the time of release.



Development Testing

Developers have carried out unit testing of each enhancement and/or fix in the development environment to verify that any new functionalities have been correctly implemented and identified defects have been corrected. Regression tests have been run in the development environment to verify that enhancements and/or fixes have not adversely affected the integrity of the product.

System Testing

Independent system testing has been carried out on the product, as released, to verify that it installs correctly in all supported configurations and that product functionality operates as intended, subject to any known exceptions listed below.

Acceptance Testing

This document has been prepared before Acceptance Testing. This product release will be subjected to an acceptance test by AVEVA’s Product Readiness Authority (PRA). Any exceptions found during Acceptance Testing or after release will be reported in the Product Release Latest Update Note on AVEVA's support web site http://downloads.aveva.com/10480/w10480.pdf

Exceptions – Significant Defects and Recommended Workarounds (as AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Release)

Open an AutoCAD template with Error Decrypting Data

If user tries to open an AutoCAD drawing created by CADLIB and receives the

message ‘Error Decrypting Data’, then is caused by the fact that the original

drawing was created by an application that is not trusted by AutoCAD.

Workaround:

Open the drawing in native AutoCAD

At the command line enter

Dwgcheck

Enter a new value = 0

Save the drawing

Revision Clouding in Schematic Diagram not working correctly Revision Clouding in Schematic Diagram clouds all data links and not just the ones that changed. This is also true for Termination drawings.

Unable to login to Electrical projects through compare/update window if PDMS and AVEVA Electrical are installed on different drives

The current work around is for users to run PDMS as “administrator”. It will then be possible to login to AVEVA Electrical from Compare/Update window.

Picture/Logo Sizing on Datasheets Pictures or logo images should be sized correctly before inserting into datasheet templates. Pictures or logos inserted into datasheet templates and then sized, will

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not display correctly when viewed within AVEVA Electrical or AVEVA Instrumentation 12.1.SP1.

Problems Importing Large Datasets Importing large datasets into AVEVA Electrical can cause out-of-memory errors to be displayed and the import fails. To avoid this, break the datasets up into sets of no more than 10,000 records and import these one at a time.

Importing reports containing sub-reports into an upgraded project Importing reports containing sub-reports into an upgraded project does not import the sub-reports. To work around this issue, first import the sub-report. Then import the host report and within edit layout, set the sub-reports report source.

SQL Timeout when upgrading large projects This problem has been reported when upgrading large projects to version 12.1.SP1 if the performance of the SQL Server is poor. To prevent this problem edit the file C:\Users\<User Name>\AppData\Roaming\inst.ini and add/modify the sections in red below:

[ElecProjects] Culture=en ProjectsDb=C:\Project Folder Current Project=01 - Elec Project 1 Current ProjectID=26 TransactionScopeTimeoutSeconds=1500 CommandTimeoutSeconds=300 [Projects] Culture=en Current Project=01 - Inst Project 1 Current ProjectID=39 ProjectsDb=C:\Project Folder TransactionScopeTimeoutSeconds=1500 CommandTimeoutSeconds=300

NEC short circuit calculations using internal impedance has an error If when calculating the short circuit fault current, if the user has not defined the cable catalogue impedance for all the cables from tag with source impedance, then the system calculates an approximate impedance value using Tables 9 in the standards. At present, this calculation is wrong in certain scenarios.

Cable layout not being saved correctly in Cable Block Wiring Diagram The positions of the cable and cable flags are not being saved correctly in Cable Block Wiring Diagram layout. The workaround for this issue is to move the position of the cables by moving the associated equipment position

Unable to connect a cable to Control Station in block wiring diagram If the user creates a control station in the equipment view or in the block, wiring diagram the user is unable to drag a cable to/from the symbol in the block wiring diagram. The symbol does not display the 'Hand' icon.



The present rules for the functionality are:

If the equipment added in Cable Block Diagram is a Supply type then the user can connect a cable FROM that equipment.

If the equipment in Cable Block Diagram is a Load type then the user can connect a cable TO that equipment.

If the equipment is neither a Supply nor Load type then the user cannot connect that equipment. This is the case for "Local Control Station".

There are special cases for Equipment type Generator, Source and Field Device.

For Generator and Source, the user can always connect FROM the equipment and cannot connect TO the equipment.

For Field Device the user cannot connect FROM the equipment but can connect TO the equipment.

Help cannot be invoked from a number of windows There are 18 grids that cannot invoke the on line help. There are 15 windows (dialogues) that cannot invoke the on line help.

The data link field ElecVolts is missing for Generator symbol The data link field ElecVolts is not in the options for Generator in the User Defined

Symbol List dialogue in Setup The current work around for all missing data links for Distribution Diagram symbols

is, in Symbol Detail dialogue, to select existing data link attribute and the use Edit Text option. The user can then add any attribute name they require.

For the latest list of exceptions and other updates, please see the Product Release Latest Update Note on AVEVA's support web site http://downloads.aveva.com/10480/w10480.pdf

Importing and Integration

Due to the changes in AVEVA Instrumentation and AVEVA Electrical to enable fully flexible tagging, additional data is now required to facilitate importing tags from Microsoft Excel and also from other AVEVA integrated products such as AVEVA P&ID and AVEVA Engineering Diagrams. The fields now required for import are:

Tag Number (as per previous versions)

Area (as per previous versions)

Area Path (new requirement for SP2)

Class (new requirement for SP2)

Tag Format (new requirement for SP2)

Importing from Excel





If tags are to be imported from Microsoft Excel the fields listed above should be populated as circled below.

Mapping the tag component fields (tag codes) is not mandatory, but it is recommended.

Importing from AVEVA Integrated Applications

If integration is required between AVEVA Instrumentation or AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 and integrated applications such as AVEVA P&ID, AVEVA Engineering Tags/Diagrams/Schematic Model Manager, additional attributes will have to be added for the new required fields and mapped for import/export. New User Defined Attributes (UDA’s) will be required for Area Path, Tag Class and Tag Format and these attributes will have to be added to existing mappings and populated for Compare/Update to work successfully. To perform successful Compare/Update actions for loop and instruments these UDA’s will have to be added to projects deploying AVEA P&ID, Engineering Tags, Engineering Schematics and Schematic Model Manager. The following example shows the mapping for importing instruments from AVEVA Engineering Tags. Note the additional mapped fields/attributes of TagFormat, ClassName and AreaPath.

These fields will need to be mapped and populated for the integration to be successful. As with importing tags from Excel, it is recommended that each component part of the tag number is mapped and imported, however this is not mandatory. Similar mappings are required to integrate with Aveva P&ID, Engineering Schematics and Schematic Model Manager.



Please refer to the AVEVA Instrumentation 12.1.SP2 Release Update presentation for more information. This document contains notes and screen captures for all integration scenarios.

Previously Integrated Projects

To enable continued integration of AVEVA Electrical with other AVEVA schematic applications on existing projects, the following steps must be followed.

Upgrade AVEVA Electrical projects to 12.1.SP2 o This creates Area Path, Tag Class and Tag Format data in the AVEVA Electrical

database

Create new UDA’s for Area Path, Tag Class and Tag Format in integrated application o Aveva P&ID, Engineering Tags, Engineering Schematics, Schematic Model

Manager

Add Compare/Update mappings for Area Path, Tag Class and Tag Format

Execute Compare/Update to pull new data from AVEVA Electrical o This populates Area Path, Tag Class and Tag Format from the AVEVA Electrical

database

Complimentary application data should now be updated and in synch with AVEVA Electrical

Non-integrated Projects – AVEVA Electrical as destination for data

To enable integration of AVEVA Electrical with other AVEVA schematic applications on projects where data has not yet been exchanged, the following steps have to be followed.

NOTE: This scenario assumes that the AVEVA Electrical database is empty and is the destination for the exchanged data.

Create new UDA’s for Area Path, Tag Class and Tag Format in source application o Aveva P&ID, Engineering Tags, Engineering Schematics, Schematic Model

Manager

Populate these UDA’s in the source application o Area Path, Tag Class, Tag Format

Upgrade AVEVA Electrical project to 12.1.SP2, or create a new project

Add mappings for Area Path, Tag Class and Tag Format in AVEVA Electrical

Execute Compare/Update to pull new data into AVEVA Electrical

Data should now be updated and in synch

Non-integrated Projects – AVEVA Electrical as source of data

To enable integration of AVEVA Electrical with other AVEVA schematic applications on projects where data has not yet been exchanged, the following steps have to be followed.

NOTE: This scenario assumes that the AVEVA Electrical database is populated and is the source for the exchanged data.

Upgrade AVEVA Electrical project to 12.1.SP2, or create a new project o This creates Area Path, Tag Class and Tag Format data



Create new UDA’s for Area Path, Tag Class and Tag Format in destination application o Aveva P&ID, Engineering Tags, Engineering Schematics, Schematic Model

Manager

Add mappings for Area Path, Tag Class and Tag Format in destination application

Execute Compare/Update to pull new data into destination application

Data should now be updated and in synch

General Integration Points

If Area Path and Tag Class are not mapped and populated, Compare/Update will not work

If Area Path and Tag Class are mapped, but Tag Format is blank, AVEVA Electrical will assign the primary tag format for the tag class

Aveva P&ID will not allow UDA’s to be created for Loops o These UDA’s must be created and populated using AVEVA P&ID Reports

For more information on integration please refer to the AVEVA Electrical 12.1.SP2 Release Presentation available for download from the AVEVA website.

Release Timeline and Upgrade Path

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