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RSWA 4.6.0

· 5 min read

Various optimizations and feature updates to TDS, Desktop Tools and Array Explorer.

TDS Server Download​

Features​

  • Improved TDS user-interface design.
    • Consistent color scheme across the app.
    • Datatables on user/part/reson reports.
    • Startup loading page while TDS is initializing.
    • Redesigned charts in part reports.
    • Improved progress indicators during revision send.
    • Multiple C-scan color themes as in the Array Explorer.
  • Sorting measurements by name/decision/timestamp.
  • Inspection summaries at the top of the report.
  • Indicator bars in inspections list to show pass/fail ratio.
  • CSV inspection exports include inspection id and min./max. remaining stack thickness.
  • Significant performance improvements on various Desktop Tools operations.
  • Weld measurement timestamps in inspection reports.
  • Device online status marker in device manager.
  • Imports welds and bonds, and clones parts and groups faster for Desktop Tools.
  • XML API extensions:
    • List a part's routes by querying /parts/routes/<part-id>.
    • Query multiple weld-definitions specifically via /welds/viewMany?ids=<id1>,<id2>,....

Bug Fixes​

  • Desktop Tools' search will not show deleted entries.
  • Desktop Tools' reason reordering not being saved fixed.
  • Fix average diameter/indentation calculation on part reports.
  • Inspection filters are kept across page reloads.
  • Display message when upgrading v3 passwords to v4.
  • Category color mismatch on RSWA after editing category fixed.
  • Logout user accounts that were edited in Desktop Tools.
  • Fixed security vulnerabilities regarding URL validation.

Array Explorer Download​

Features​

  • Time settings have been removed from Array Explorer.
    • Date/time can be set using the Windows Settings properly leveraging the privilege elevation.
    • 24-hour format selection has been moved to the application settings.
  • Clicking on "Recently Saved" inspection will start the same inspection again.
  • Spotweld search during inspection will also search for part and robot names.
  • Front plate thickness warnings are now displayed during setup.
  • Requiring login to perform auto-setup.
  • Enable continuous mode as default measurement mode.
    • When enabled, clicking on "GET" will start the live-mode.
    • Clicking "STOP" will stop and take the measurement.
    • When disabled - the default -, behaves like it did in previous versions.
  • Remote button 'C' now starts continuous measurement during inspections.

Desktop Tools Download​

Features​

  • Performance boosts across the whole application, including adding, deleting and editing welds and bonds, as well as cloning parts and groups.
    • Note: Faster weld/bond imports and part/group cloning requires at least version 4.6.0 of TDS.
  • "All Welds/Bonds" page.
    • These pages list welds/bonds across parts facilitating cross-part editing.
  • Clipboard exports of welds include the algorithm preset.
  • Clipboard imports automatically match columns when possible.
  • Improved interoperability between joint list, image panel and route panels.
    • Index menu links to move from image location to weld definition.
    • Route highlighting in weld definition to jump to route definition.
    • Weld selection is kept between route/image/weld panel.
  • Warning on home page if TDS might be misconfigured.
  • Reversed the revision dropdown list on Synchronization page.
  • Index menu function to flip front and back plate for welds/bonds.
  • Index menu function to calculate min. nugget diameter from plate thicknesses.
  • Improved behavior of image reordering.
    • Clicking and holding allows changing the order of images.
    • The same can be done using the index menu.
  • Improved visualization of routes spanning multiple images.
    • a route moving from one image to the next gets an arrow pointing away from its location.
    • a route entering this image from another image gets an arrow pointing torwards its location.
  • For Admins: save desktop tools configuration on system path or configure default url via CLI.
    • A webservice.ini under C:\ProgramData\tessonics\desktop-tools\4 will be used if none can be found in the user appdata.
    • Appending --url https://my-tds to the app call will auto-connect to the given TDS URL.
  • Edit -> Update will reload the part tree as well as the current page.
  • Various improved text input dialog warnings regarding length/duplicate limitations.
  • Various new keyboard shortcuts:

    • Ctrl + Shift + 1: Home Page.

    • Ctrl + Shift + 2: Synchronization Page.

    • Ctrl + Shift + 3: Template Revisions Page.

    • Ctrl + Shift + 4: Users Page.

    • Ctrl + Shift + 5: Settings Columns Page.

    • Ctrl + Shift + 6: Settings Categories Page.

    • Ctrl + Shift + 7: Settings Reasons Page.

    • Ctrl + Shift + 8: Settings Presets Page.

    • Ctrl + Shift + 9: Products Page.

    • Part Page:

      • Ctrl + N: New Part.
      • F2: Rename Part.
      • Del: Delete Part.
      • Ctrl + Shift + M: Change Material.
      • Ctrl + Shift + C: Clone Part.
      • Ctrl + E: XML-Export.
      • Ctrl + Shift + E: JSON-Export.
      • Ctrl + M: Edit Metadata Field.

    • Group Page:

      • Ctrl + N: New Part.
      • F2: Rename Group.
      • Del: Delete Group.
      • Ctrl + Shift + N: New Group.
      • Ctrl + Shift + C: Clone Group.
      • Ctrl + Shift + I: XML-Import.

    • Products Page:

      • Ctrl + N: New Part.
      • Ctrl + Shift + N: New Group.
      • Ctrl + Shift + I: XML-Import.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixed multiple situations where key-combinations and clicking would cause errors.
  • Fixed reload issues on multiple locations where editing something would not show the updated values right away.
  • Buttons in Desktop Tools which couldn't display the whole text are now larger.
  • Various operations now properly display a loading bar instead of freezing the app for a while.