Over the last few months, Copia has been rapidly maturing, with an aggressive roadmap to expand support and improve our product. Here are some of our recent updates you should know about.
New Features:
Function Block Diagram (FBD) support
Copia users developing in Siemens TIA Portal and/or Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 can now see their FBD code rendered alongside other project items, like tag lists, and Ladder Diagram programs, tasks and routines.
Function Block Diagram sheet from Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 project, rendered in Copia
Checkout feature
Copia’s new checkout feature allows users to revert the state of their repository to any previous commit, enabling them to recover any previous version of any tracked file.
Commit History in Copia's Desktop App, showing 'Checkout Commit' option in the context menu
Siemens TIA Portal Auto-Archive
TIA Portal projects from any supported version of Siemens TIA Portal can now be used in their native .apXX format, without the need to archive to a .zapXX file, or to use Siemens built-in Version Control Interface (VCI). Once Auto-Archive is enabled, simply place the entire project folder into a Copia repository, and Copia will automatically archive your project in the background. This means that all it takes to use Copia with TIA Portal projects is to edit and save the project to your repository normally, with Ctrl+S or File->Save, and then commit normally from Copia.
Auto-Archive feature setting in the Advanced Options menu in Copia's Desktop App
Single Sign On (SSO)
Enterprise-tier Copia customers can now utilize Copia’s Single Sign On with SAML, which allows users to log into Copia via any SAML identity provider (e.g. Google, Okta, Shibboleth)
Copia's Web App login screen, with SSO login highlighted
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
Copia now offers users the option to enroll in 2FA using any authentication app for enhanced account security
Two-Factor Authentication enrollment prompt
Updated Vendor Support:
Beckhoff TwinCAT v3
Graphical rendering of files and diffs
Beckhoff TwinCAT v3 project rendered in Copia's Desktop App
Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 v34
Supported Versions now v28-v34
Siemens TIA Portal v14 SP1
Supported Versions now v14 SP1 - v17
Lenze PLC Designer v3.24.0
Graphical rendering of files and diffs
Lenze PLC Designer v3.24.0 project rendered in Copia's Desktop App
Wago e!COCKPIT v1.10
Graphical rendering of files and diffs
Wago e!COCKPIT v1.10 project rendered in Copia's Web App
UI Updates:
Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Ladder Diagram rendering update
Copia users programming in Studio 5000 will find that their Ladder Diagram logic now more closely resembles the appearance of the logic in Studio 5000.
Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 project shown in Copia's web app with its updated rendering style
Project Tree Sidebar behavior improved
The sidebar showing project elements on the left side of Copia’s rendering window can now be resized, to more easily view both the project tree and the rendered logic, tags, and other project items.
Miscellaneous updates:
Updated Documentation
Copia’s documentation has been revamped and expanded, and is now searchable.
Email notification update
New email response for bug reports and feature requests
