News Archive 2010-2019

In COMPROTware:Testtool 2.19.6 protocol communication can now be imported from another source: With support of ABB Power Grids in Mannheim, DE we implemented the import of ABB MicroSCADA/COM600 logging-files. Textfiles containing protocol logging, created with the communication monitoring/debugging interface of ABB MicroSCADA/COM600, can now be imported into CPTT. All protocols implementd in CPTT are supported.

More changes:

• Further improvements and fixes around Remote I/O implementation (RIO), in particular with the integration of ABB RTU500 series: Among others monitored ABB SPA-Bus communication is now correctly displayed.
• COMPROTware:Testtool 2.19.3 is adapted to and successfully tested with MS Windows 10 version 1909 (November 2019 Update).
• Many minor improvements ...

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 2.19 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

COMPROTware:Testtool 2.19.4 news:

• Improvements and fixes around Remote I/O implementation: Particularly the integration with ABB RTU500 Series significantly improved.
• We removed UEC (User Engine Class) V1 and V2.

• Many minor improvements ...

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 2.19 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

COMPROTware:Testtool 2.19.3 is adapted to and successfully tested with MS Windows 10 version 1903 (May 2019 Update).

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 2.19 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

Many customers use COMPROTware:Testtool to ensure the availability and stability of their grid. In the 2010s to achieve this, it is necessary to carry out day- or week-long protocol monitoring or simulations.

We continued to work on this goal in the current release: When used for days or weeks a very large amounts of data is collected. In order to compensate this, we worked on our MLG file format and now compress the stored Frames. The file sizes were more than halved depending on the protocol, thus speeding up file reading.

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 2.19 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

With COMPROTware:Testtool 2.19.1, we have successfully completed some open tasks:

• Experimental: TLS-secured TCP/IP connections now for MODBUS TCP/IP too, both for client and server simulation. In this way, we support TLS-secured connections for all our TCP/IP-based protocols.
• All protocol implementations now use the CPLB Design pattern "Frame Scanner NGT 2018": This provides greater robustness and problem tolerance over faulty characters on a serial line. Additionally, the new Frame Scanners are more resource-efficient, resulting in an enhanced user experience.

• Many minor improvements ...

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 2.19 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

In the dongle licensing software "WibuKey Runtime" (by [ Wibu-Systems ] ), several security vulnerabilities have been fixed. We advise all users of our products

• COMPROTware:Testtool
• COMPROTware:Library MS Win32-Dll (Shlib)

to update "WibuKey Runtime" to version 6.50 or newer.

"WibuKey Runtime 32/64 Bit" can be downloaded from [ WibuKey Runtime ] (alternatively: [ WIBU-User Software ] ).

Wibu-Systems has provided the following user information: WibuKey-User-Information-20181219a.pdf (500K)

You can request further information about the vulnerabilities from us: e-mail info@realthoughts.de

For COMPROTware:Testtool 2.18.4, we worked hard on the general Message processing speed, resulting in noticeable improvements for every user:

• Reading and processing of an MLG file got a significant speed boost, files with more than 1,000,000 items will now be shown within seconds.
• Changing of Formatting options got a speed up, Link Layer or verbose Message display is now on the screen within seconds.

• Experimental: TLS-secured TCP/IP connections for IEC 60870-5-104, DNP3 over LAN/WAN and Raw data net, both for client and server simulation (based on IEC 62351-3).
• Many minor improvements ...

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 2.18 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

COMPROTware:Testtool 2.18.3 is one more release with a lot of changes in the core but with only a few visible.

For this release the news are:

• New keyboard shortcut in Message View window: ALT+CTRL+z clears Message Storage/View.
• In Message View window, when mouse wheel is scrolled while CTRL is pressed the font size increases/decreases, while SHIFT is pressed the windows is scrolled horizontally.

• Experimental: TLS-secured TCP/IP connections for IEC 60870-5-104 server simulation based on IEC 62351-3.
• Many minor improvements ...

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 2.18 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

With COMPROTware:Testtool 2.18.2, little has been done on the outside, but we worked intensively on the core. Everything together creates the necessary basis for providing important developments in the next releases.

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 2.18 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

COMPROTware:Testtool 2.18.1 is the first release, which follows our new release numbering scheme.

For this release the news are:

• CPTT 2.18.1 does not run on MS Windows XP and Vista anymore. We keep on supporting MS Windows 7, 8.1, 10, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016.
• By the General Preferences "Max. Stationname width" and "Max. DataObj name width" the width of Data Object names can be specified.
• DNP3 serial and DNP3 over LAN/WAN: DNP3 Secure Authentication- resp. IEC 62351-5-Messages are now dissected.

• Drag&Drop for MLG and MLS files implemented.
• Many minor improvements ...

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 2.18 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

For this release the news are:

• For network-based protocols, for Client simulation, the IP address of a network interface can be specified as a hint to the operating system which IP address should be used ("bind to Client address").
• IEC 60870-5-101/-104: IEC 60870-5-7- resp. IEC 62351-5-Message are now dissected.
• MODBUS: Consecutive 16 bit-values are presented as 32 bit floating-point-value.

• MODBUS: Function Code 23-Message (Read/Write Multiple Registers) can now comfortably be edited.

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 1.50 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

Since the last release in July, we together with some end users did very intensive development on COMPROTware:Testtool :

• We are especially proud of Message List Single Step. With this the user can now send Link Layer Frames or Application Layer Message step by step to the opposite station.
• For many protocols we introduced the new protocol profile parameter "Time offset", which is very useful to send a device under test into the past or into the future, without the necessity to change the computer´s date&time.
• L&G TG809 also did get a lot of improvements, e.g. qualified Message List like with IEC 60870-5-101/-104.

• Data Object Database: We added extra data types for protocols with separate address spaces per data type. For the protocols IEC 60870-5-101/-104, DNP3 and L&G TG809 we introduced protocol-specific examples.
• MS Windows 10 version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) is supported.

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 1.50 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

Some details are corrected in COMPROTware:Testtool Release 1.50.5, nothing big.

Nevertheless we recommend everyone to change to this release.

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 1.50 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

There are not many visible changes in COMPROTware:Testtool Release 1.50.4, but it includes important error corrections and many improvements.

We recommend everyone to change to this release!

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 1.50 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

We are constantly developing COMPROTware:Testtool, in the just published release 1.50.3 we enhanced the address filters. With many protocols you can now use address lists, address ranges and combinations of addresses and ranges to specify address filters:

• Address list: "1, 5, 10",
• Address range: "1-5, 50-60" and
• Combinations: "1-5, 10, 50-60".

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 1.50 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

After a long period of development we now published COMPROTware:Testtool T.1.50.

Among other things, new in COMPROTware:Testtool is:

• Ported to MS Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 10. CPTT also available for 32 Bit- and 64 Bit-Linux. Adapted to Java 8.
• File operations significantly speeded up.
• Particular for long term tests: Option for File, Log to file ... to change the name of the target file regularly. Extra, Split Log file ... enhanced to get resulting filenames which may contain date and time.

• Qualified Message List with IEC 60870-5-101/-104.
• The RIO Client can now be used free of charge, when any protocol is licensed.
• Many minor improvements ...

For details and to download this release see Product | CPTT | 1.50 .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

After a long period of development of COMPROTware:Testtool , we now reached a level which is the basis of a new Approved Release.

Therefore we publish this release candidate, which regarding features and qualtity corresponds to the upcoming Approved Release. At the same time we call upon all our users to test the release candidate and if any issue found please send us a note: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

This release candidate also includes some additional improvements: In Extra, Split Log file ... you can now choose a scheme for resulting filenames, RIO Client has become more robust, we continued working on the Linux port and on the user interface.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

Our development goals of the last weeks for COMPROTware:Testtool were to bring the software on one hand on MS Windows 10 and on the other hand on 32 bit- and 64 bit-Linux. Today with these goals reached we published a new development snapshot.

Additionally CPTT got a new function which is usefull for long term tests: With File, Log to file ... you now have the option to change the target file name regularly.

CPTT on Linux is new for us, we still expect to have to gain more experience. Therefore we wish to be in close contact to our Linux users. Please send us an e-mail if you like to use CPTT on Linux, we will gladly provide an installation package for you: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

In the early years of telecontrol protocols the emphasis of testing lied in the interoperability between different system and device suppliers. The focus has changed in the meantime towards reliability and integrity during 24/7-operation: Today, the interest is to find even the tiniest anomalies in the protocol communication.

For COMPROTware:Testtool this means that Message Log files (MLG files) are getting bigger and bigger, operations with giant data sets (files with several 100MB size) need to be performed more and more efficiently. Reason enough to improve all file operations considerably.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

To be able to perform tests of a Controlling Station efficient and reproducible, we have introduced "qualified Message Lists" to COMPROTware:Testtool for IEC 60870-5-101/-104 . By putting Type Ident, Cause Of Transmission, Common Address, Information Object Address, ... into the Message List´s name you can react much more precisely on request messages.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

During the last month we have ported and tested COMPROTware:Testtool for MS Windows 8 and 8.1, respectively Java 8. Today we published the new development snapshot. As always, some minor enhancements have been included and problems have been corrected.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

We did some corrections to CPTT to support Java 7. A new, updated version is now available for downlooad.

To download the new version see Product | CPTT | 1.48 .


If you have any difficulties or problems, please send us an e-mail: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

A new development snapshot of COMPROTware:Testtool is ready: All network-based protocols now have the flag "Listen for Server Address only" in protocol profile. And "End of cost-free update period" is now shown in Help, About window.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

A new development snapshot of COMPROTware:Testtool is ready: The communication modules for serial and IP-based communication are modernized.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

The new Tested Release T.1.48 of COMPROTware:Testtool is ready.

COMPROTware:Testtool is now running on Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
The protocol presentation is reimplemented: In the upcoming releases you will see some major improvements. The IEC 60870-5-101/-104 Filetransfer-User Engine Class is revised.

There is a long list of improvements and enhancement in all areas.

We recommend all customers to change to this Tested Release.

For details how to download this release see Product | CPTT | 1.48 .

A new development snapshot of COMPROTware:Testtool is ready: Correction to User Engine Classes and Normalized Messages for IEC 60870-5-101 and -104.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

A new development snapshot of COMPROTware:Testtool is ready: COMPROTware:Testtool is now also running on Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
The protocol presentations for DNP3 serial and DNP3 over LAN/WAN was extended by the Object Groups Double-bit Binary Input (Object Group 3) and Double-bit Binary Input event (Object Group 4). The Edit Message window now supports the Object Groups/Variations 3/1, 3/2 and 4/1.
The Message View can now be scrolled up and down by the mouse wheel.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

A new development snapshot of COMPROTware:Testtool is ready: The protocol presentations for DNP3 serial and DNP3 over LAN/WAN was extended by single- und double-precision floating-point values for the Object Groups 30, 31, 32, 33, 40 und 41. The Edit Message window now supports single- und double-precision floating-point values for the Object Groups/Variations 30/5, 30/6, 32/5, 32/6, 41/3 and 41/4.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

A new development snapshot of COMPROTware:Testtool is ready: More protocol presentations are modernized: DNP3 serial, DNP3 over LAN/WAN, MODBUS serial, MODBUS TCP/IP, Raw data serial and Raw data Network. Already modernized protocol presentations were refined. Some errors occuring when searching for strings in the Message View are fixed.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

A new development snapshot of COMPROTware:Testtool is ready: The presentation of the protocol traffic for ABB 570/571 is now based on a modernized Dissector-API. Already modernized protocol presentations were refined.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

A new development snapshot of COMPROTware:Testtool is ready: The presentation of the protocol traffic for IEC 60870-5-102, -103, ABB SPA-Bus, Landis&Gyr TG 809 and SAT SSI is now based on a modernized Dissector-API.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de

A new development snapshot of COMPROTware:Testtool is ready: The presentation of the protocol traffic for Landis&Gyr TG 809 has been completely reworked.

For details and to download this snapshot see Download | Development Snapshot .

We are open to any suggestion or problem report! Please mail us: e-mail cptt@realthoughts.de