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Get SCADA version and build no information from Citect backup ctz

Ignatius

Hi,

we've been provided with a ctz file from a SCADA system. we need to setup the same environment as per the SCADA.

is there a quick way to determine the following from the project without restoring?

  • SCADA version used
  • and service pack
  • and/or hotfixes applied?

Thanks

  • G'day Ignatius,

    Quick and dirty..... Rename the ctz to a zip file. Open project.cit in notepad. Version is in there, I think on the last line if you scroll a bit.

    bradley

  • You can also just open the ctz in any zip program, eg winrar, winzip without renaming extension. I usually turn on word wrapping when opening the CIT file so you can see it better

  • Another option assuming you have recent version of Citect Studio, is the Project Restore popup window has "Original Product Version" information which basically comes from the project.cit file.
  • I don't think it is possible to track individual HF files, best to contact Citect support regarding the site, and they should have some details about what HF have been supplied to customer. But the version info for SP and Updates should be available from project.cit.
  • that's correct too. but how would you interpret the versioning format used? eg. original product version = 8.0r0.2009
    i assume that to be citect 2016 release 0 what's 2009 then? what if update 24 was applied to citect 2016, what would be the number used?
  • Hi Ignatius,
    There isn't a simple answer...
    But here is a very general approximation you could use:
    V7.50: 7.5.X9YY,where X is service Pack, YY is Patch number. Release to market always has 0000 as last digits.
    Example: 7.50 RTM = 7.5.0000, 7.50 SP1 Patch 1 = 7.5.1901
    V8 and above: 8.MM.BBB where MM is minor version, BBB is shortened build number (drop the first digit of the actual build number).
    Example: 8.10 RTM = 8.10.000, 8.10 Patch 13 = 8.10.139 (the build was 2139)
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