Latest Software Versions

• Enhanced Connection Directory to support import and export.
• Enhanced the Preferences menu of acSELerator RTAC to improve usability.
• Added Radius and Web Proxy to Advanced Settings when reading a project.
• When reading a project, the user is now prompted to rename the RTAC project if the name already exists in the database.
• Advanced Settings are now editable in RTAC projects. Available settings include Ethernet, Hosts, and Website Description.
• Added support for SEL-T401L DDF.
• Resolved an issue that may prevent GOOSE POU moving to the Automation thread.
• Added licensing information to the Help > About section for WinSCP.
• Added improved messaging when software is opened while FIPS is enabled.
• Resolved an error that may occur when attempting to install libraries.
• Resolved an issue where IEC 61850 configuration information was lost while re-importing IEC 61850 configurations if an IEC 61850 configuration already existed.
• Resolved an error message that appeared when attempting to commission a module that did not match the project configuration.
• Resolved an error message that appeared when the Ethernet IP Explicit Message client poll period was set to 0.
• Resolved an issue where the serial IEEE C37.118 server may not flag an invalid configuration when the number of phasors and message rate exceeded the amount of data that can be transmitted via the configured baud rate.
• Resolved an issue where projects could not be sent to RTACs with firmware version R124 or R125.

QuickSet

• Added support for Windows Server 2019.
• Improved processing of user-entered Activation IDs to prevent common issues, such as trailing spaces or hyphens having been converted to long dashes.
• Updated .NET Framework to 4.6.1.
• Addressed issue where reading or sending Designer Templates required write access to the ProgramData folder, which standard Windows user accounts do not have.
• Addressed issue where the check to see if a software license would remain valid after QuickSet update could fail. In these cases, the user would not be notified their licensed features would be disabled after the software update.
• Addressed issue where QuickSet incorrectly reports canceled acSELerator Database restore operations as having been successfully completed.

QuickSet Common Files

• Added support for Windows Server 2019.
• Improved processing of user-entered Activation IDs to prevent common issues, such as trailing spaces or hyphens having been converted to long dashes.
• Updated .NET Framework to 4.6.1.
• Addressed issue where reading or sending Designer Templates required write access to the ProgramData folder, which standard Windows user accounts do not have.
• Addressed issue where the check to see if a software license would remain valid after QuickSet update could fail. In these cases, the user would not be notified their licensed features would be disabled after the software update.
• Addressed issue where QuickSet incorrectly reports canceled acSELerator Database restore operations as having been successfully completed.

QuickSet DeviceManager Plugin

• Improved performance of client data refreshes when a large amount of data is imported into a remote acSELerator Database.
• Sensitive data passed between Device Manager and the script execution engine is now encrypted.
• Updated the SEL.GeneratePassword method, used in device Password Generate scripts, to use a more cryptographically sound random number generator to generate random device passwords.
• Changed Device Manager's display of a user name from "User name (deleted)" to "User name (not active)" for a user that is associated with a settings version but not found in the acSELerator Database.
• Updated Python to 3.8.0.
• Updated DevExpress components to 19.2.6.
• Updated Npgsql to 4.0.3.
• Updated .NET Framework to 4.6.1.
• Limited the number of Devices and Folders than can be exported to DMX to 1,000 or fewer and limited the number of Devices with settings to 50 or fewer to prevent memory issues on import.
• Addressed issue where an error could occur when attempting to configure the device permissions for an LDAP group when the configured LDAP server was unreachable.
• Addressed issue where right-clicking within the Permissions area of a Device could raise an error.
• Addressed issue where the copying of a node in the Connection Explorer could result in a name that exceeded the maximum allowed length for names. Copied nodes will now have their names limited to the 128-character limit.

QuickSet GLE Plugin

• Updated .NET Framework to 4.6.1.

QuickSet Team Plugin

• Updated DevExpress components to 19.2.6.
• Updated Npgsql to 4.0.3.
• Updated .NET Framework to 4.6.1.

acSELerator Database

• Updated PostgreSQL to 10.12.
• Updated pgAdmin4 to 4.19.0.
• Updated OpenSSL to 1.1.1g. OpenSSL is used to generate certificates to support encrypted communication with the acSELerator Database.

acSELerator Database ODBC Driver

• Updated PostgreSQL ODBC driver to 12.1.

acSELerator Database Device Manager Support

• Added support for SEL Configuration API Audit operations.

SEL Commissioning Assistant

• Improved protection against maliciously modified XML files.

For devices that support functional naming, the functional name of a logical device now displays in the following additional areas:

• Datasets editor.
• GOOSE receive tab: publication LD column and source data item path.
• SV receive tab: publication LD column and source data item path.
• Print subscriptions feature.
• Dataset preview on Reports and SV Transmit editors.

Note that copy/paste to text on the receive tabs still uses the LD inst even if a functional name displays.

• Added a dedicated Alarms Viewer to the RTAC HMI.
• Added an option on Diagram Builder to enable the automatic polling of records for the Alarms Viewer.

Initial Version

Resolved an issue where Real-Time Automation Controller (RTAC) Sequence of Events (SOE) collection via the Encrypted Database method would fail.

• Improved performance of the digital chart.
• Added support for peak to rms scaling of event report phasors.
• Improved Bewley diagram.
• Changed secondary quantity suffix from “.Secondary” to “.Sec”.

• Added subgroup capability to views.
• Added option to configure number of significant figures for Numeric Display.
• Added minimum y-axis scale option for Standard Chart.
• Added option to configure signal line thickness on Standard Chart.
• Increased web client data export limit.

• Added support for SEL Grid Configurator.
• Replaced pacparser with Windows system calls for the parsing of PAC files. Pacparser, an open-source component, had a vulnerability that could allow memory overwrites.
• Addressed issue where Compass could not load local package data on computers with a time format that uses periods rather than colons as a separator character.
• Addressed issue where local time, rather than UTC time, was incorrectly used to validate HTTPS certificates.
• Addressed issue where Compass incorrectly reported success when it failed to import a QuickSet driver package.
• Established acSELerator Database ODBC Driver as a required component of the acSELerator Database. If a user chooses to install the acSELerator Database, the ODBC Driver is also installed.
• Randomized the performance of update checks to between the hours of 12:00 AM and 6:00 AM to diffuse traffic to selinc.com.
• Improved warning message displayed when Compass cannot validate an HTTPS certificate. Message now recommends that users run Windows Update.
• Improved HTTPS certificate validation. Compass can now use a browser control in attempting to retrieve missing Root CA certificates to validate certificates when users access selinc.com.

Fix for unquoted service path enumeration vulnerability.