cocsbob said:...there are no v28 release notes because its identical to v27 except for list of bugs, v27 release notes only shows support for Win8.1
Be careful with sweeping statements my friend!
They are far from identical.
There are Release Notes available for both v28.00.01 and v28.00.02. But I will agree that they are somewhat sparse with information on anything other than existing Known Anomalies and there are indeed no details on supported Operating Systems. Why? I do not know? Perhaps someone is taking an inordinate amount of time in drafting a final copy up, because of all the new features? Here they are in their presently unflattering format...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ljgmadlg2..._Release Notes_v28.00.01 - v28.00.02.pdf?dl=0
A note on version 28, for those not in the "know", as the available Release Notes do little to point this fact out...
Studio 5000 v28 was released in line with the latest ControlLogix L8x processors; namely the 1756-L83E and 1756-L85E. These processors use firmware revision 28 minimum. Only v28 or above of Logix Designer can be used to program these newer processors. Versions 21 to 27 cannot be used with these processors. That's not all v28 does, but it is its primary reason for existence. v28 software/firmware, and the newer processor hardware, improve on a whole host of functions not available prior to v28. So no, you could not say that v28 and v27 are identical in all but some bugs.
Besides looking at Release Notes for OS support, I usually go to the Product Compatibility & Download Center (PCDC)...
http://www.rockwellautomation.com/global/support/pcdc.page?
From here you can see that both v27 and v28 are compatible with both Windows 8 & 8.1 64-Bit Professional Edition. But i already knew that. Studio 5000 has supported these Editions of Windows 8/8.1 since v24.
What I am waiting for is Rockwell to start listing Windows 10 against products like Logix Designer.
At present they do not...
You will, however, see products like RSLinx Classic with Windows 10 listed, but unsupported...
And FactoryTalk View Machine Edition...
So again, I'm sure, over the following weeks and months the amount of products listed against Windows 10 will grow.
But which products, and versions of those products, will be supported, we will have to wait and see.
Regards,
George