We’re excited to announce an update to our Neutral Text Copying feature in Copia’s Rockwell PLC file viewer! You can now select and copy multiple rungs at once, streamlining the process of transferring rungs from existing Rockwell Studio 5000 projects in Copia's Web App directly into Studio 5000. With this upgrade, simply click to select multiple rungs, and the Neutral Text for all selected rungs will be copied to your clipboard in one go—saving valuable time by letting you paste them all together into the IDE directly from your browser.

Start using Multi-Rung Neutral Text Copying today and make your workflow even more efficient! Visit our Documentation to learn more about this new feature.

We’re excited to announce the latest update to our Desktop App, which introduces the Commit Graph—a powerful visual tool that helps users better understand and navigate their Git repositories.

Many of you have shared how invaluable the web-app commit graph is for learning Git and increasing your confidence in using it. Since we know that for many of you, most of your work happens within our Desktop App, it only made sense to bring this feature directly to where you spend your time.

The Commit Graph provides a clear, visual representation of your repository’s history, making it easier to track changes, follow branch workflows, and generally understand a repository's history. This feature is especially helpful for those looking to gain a deeper understanding of how branches interact and evolve.

To ensure a smooth rollout, the Commit Graph won’t be enabled by default in this release. However, you can get started today by enabling it in the app’s settings. Check out our Documentation for step-by-step instructions on how to start using the Commit Graph today.

We’re looking forward to hearing how this new feature enhances your workflow!

Happy branching!

We are excited to announce two powerful new features for our Advanced Merge Tool (AMT) for Siemens TIA Portal projects: Data Block (DB) and Tag Table merging.

With these updates, you can now resolve conflicts at a more granular level within DBs and Tag Tables, rather than being forced to choose between entire branches. This enhancement offers greater flexibility, enabling teams to collaborate more effectively by selecting specific variable changes from each branch and reducing the occurrences in which you are required to manually resolve these conflicts outside of the Advanced Merge Tool.

These features allow smoother project development and reduce the time spent manually resolving conflicts. We’ve designed these tools to align with the current Rockwell tag-level merge tool, providing a consistent, efficient experience.

Read more about Copia's Advanced Merge Tool for TIA Portal project in our Documentation.

Happy merging!

Hello Copia users!

We are excited to announce the latest enhancement to Copia's DeviceLink platform: seamless integration with Siemens' Step 7 5.x software. This integration is a game-changer for organizations utilizing Siemens PLCs, enabling a new level of efficiency and collaboration within your industrial automation processes.

With Copia DeviceLink and Step 7 5.x integration, you can:

• Streamline PLC Programming: View the most recently backed-up version of your industrial code and easily compare that code with the version of record 
• Enhance Visibility and Control: Visually compare code revisions in one place for quick troubleshooting and management of code changes
• Best-in-Class Code Change Management and Practices: Get a handle on code drift by monitoring the frequency and content of unexpected code changes.
• Backup and Rapid Disaster Recovery: Schedule and review automatic backups of PLCs and other devices from anywhere and receive notifications of any code changes by email
• Dashboards and Metrics: View backup performance, current status, and statistics

This integration builds upon the proven benefits of Industrial DevOps, as highlighted in our recent report, the 1st annual State of Industrial DevOps:

• 97% of respondents agree that their team would benefit from Industrial DevOps
• 2.5x more employee time spent on value adding work vs. unplanned work and/or rework when using Industrial DevOps
• 50% of all downtime currently caused by industrial code

Unlock the full potential of your Siemens PLC systems with Copia DeviceLink and Step 7 5.x integration. If you have any questions about these new features, please contact us. To learn more on your own, please visit our documentation center.

Sincerely,

The Copia Team

Hello Copia users!

Have you been using DeviceLink’s Graphs? A few weeks ago, Copia introduced these features to provide a visual overview of your backup job runs across all sites in your organization.

With DeviceLink Graphs, you can:

• Spot Trends: Quickly identify patterns in failed or timed-out job runs, helping you proactively address issues.
• Monitor Code Changes: Observe which projects have undergone code modifications and get a complete picture of how quickly your organization's operational code is changing.
• Diagnose Errors: Easily navigate to the details view of failed jobs for efficient troubleshooting.
• Customize Your View: Filter by date range, job status, and more to tailor the graphs to your specific needs.

Ready to see your backups in a new light? Log into DeviceLink and give these Graphs a try!

If you have any questions about these new features, please contact us. To learn more on your own, please visit our documentation center.

You can also access more information and see images of these updates in our recent blog post here: Copia Blog | Product Launch: DeviceLink Graphs 

Sincerely,

The Copia Team

We are pleased to announce that Copia now provides source control and ladder rendering support for Siemens Step7 5.x (versions 5.6 SP2 – 5.7 SP1). This allows engineers users to easily visualize their ladder logic, while providing a complete git-based source control experience in the cloud. This makes it easier than ever for users to track changes and view revision histories.

Copia also includes an auto-archive feature, similar to Siemens Step7 TIA Portal, to save time and manual steps.  In addition, code-commenting enhances the code review and collaboration process, by allowing users to add comments directly on the Ladder during the Pull Request process.

We hope these new features will help engineers get the most out of their Step7 projects!  If you have any questions about these new features, please don't hesitate to contact us, and to learn more about this new feature, see our documentation!

We are excited to announce that Copia now offers a graphical rendering feature for Codesys SFC (Sequential Function Chart)!

With this newly added graphical rendering feature, users can easily view and compare their SFC-based logic directly in the Copia Desktop and Web App, in it's native form. This feature simplifies version control by providing a straightforward overview of the project’s logic, making it faster and easier to identify differences between versions.

In addition, we also provide Code Commenting for this feature as well, to allow users to add comments directly on the graphical code, for quick and easy code review!

We’re proud to offer this new feature and we hope it will help our users better manage their automation projects.

We have exciting news to share with all our Codesys users! We are proud to announce that Copia now supports the rendering of Codesys Function Block Diagrams (FBDs).

Based on user feedback and requests, we have expanded our Codesys support to include this popular language.  Having the ability to view FBD in its native graphical format should greatly simplify the process of reviewing and debugging code.  In addition, code commenting is provided, which allows you to add comments to the graphical diagrams as well.

We hope that this new feature will help our users design, create, review and deploy their control systems more efficiently.  If you have any questions about the feature, please don't hesitate to contact us.  We look forward to hearing from you!

Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of a new feature to DeviceLink – Slack notifications for your Site backup results!

We understand how important it is for you to make sure your backups are running correctly and successfully. That’s why we’ve added this new feature to give you peace of mind that your data is being properly backed up. 

It's easy to set up the feature using webhooks.  In a matter of minutes, you can receive notifications in your favorite Slack Channel if a backup has detected changes or not, or if there was a failure, perhaps due to a device issue.

Thank you for using DeviceLink! We’re always looking for ways to make your experience better, and we hope you find this new feature helpful. Read more about it in our Documentation.  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

It is our pleasure to announce that Copia now renders Rockwell Studio 5000 Sequential Function Chart (SFC) language. This new feature allows users to view, compare and analyze SFCs for their projects.

Rockwell SFCs are a common language used in automation.  With Copia’s new feature, customers can use either the Web or Desktop app to visualize their SFC routines.  In addition, Copia provides Code Commenting during the Code review and Pull Request process, so that users can add comments directly on the SFC diagram.  

Copia’s new SFC rendering and code commenting feature is an invaluable tool for users looking to streamline their code development and review processes.