New Wonderware CPU affinity utilities available

Wonderware has recently released 2 new utilities that allow some Wonderware software to be load-balanced across multiple processors. The utilities are:

  • ViewAffinityService designed to load-balance InTouch View client sessions running on a Terminal Server. The utilities can be downloaded from WDN website.
  • wwAffinityService designed for both InTouch View and Application Server’s AppEngine (both, regular AppEngine and ViewEngine) running on either a Terminal Server or a workstation. The utility can be downloaded using this link.

Wonderware PacWest Tech Note 93 “Brief Overview of New ArchestrA Graphic Features in Wonderware InTouch 10.1” is available

Wonderware PacWest Tech Note 93 “Brief Overview of New ArchestrA Graphic Features in Wonderware InTouch 10.1” is available.

Many users of InTouch managed or published applications have been utilizing the new ArchestrA graphics introduced with the release of Wonderware Application Server 3.0 and Wonderware InTouch 10.0. Recently Wonderware released new versions of each product as Wonderware Application Server 3.1 and Wonderware InTouch 10.1. As well as resolving a number of known issues (for more information please refer to the Application Server 3.1 and InTouch 10.1 ReadMe documents) they also introduced some new features in regards to working with ArchestrA graphics.

This document, written by Nick Edgett, is to help users understand and take advantage of the new features in order to get the most out of these new product releases. Click here to review the tech note.

Wonderware PacWest Tech Note 82 “Resolving slow WindowMaker load times for Wonderware InTouch managed applications” is available

Wonderware PacWest Tech Note 82 “Resolving slow WindowMaker load times for Wonderware InTouch managed applications“, written by Hawey Wells, is available on the Wonderware PacWest website.
Default Wonderware InTouch application settings can result in long waits opening ArchestrA IDE managed applications containing a large number of windows with embedded ArchestrA Graphics.Each window is programmatically opened to complete the initial load of all ArchestrA graphics in the development environment. Adding a setting to the application’s INTOUCH.INI file can vastly improve the initial load times in Wonderware InTouch WindowMaker for instances when this delay adversely affects the speed of development. This document lists the steps necessary to locate and add the LoadAllActiveXOnStartup flag set to zero in the managed application’s INTOUCH.INI file.
Click here to review the tech note.

Wonderware InTouch 10.0 Service Pack 2 is released

Wonderware InTouch 10.0 SP2 is released. The service pack addresses several issues related to Terminal Services environments, ArchestrA symbol “InTouch:” references, and more.

Download the Service Pack and the related readme file using the links below.

Wonderware customers from outside of the Wonderware PacWest distribution area can access the Service Pack on the Wonderware Support Website.