AppManager

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AppManager is a Windows® based remote access tool for Vx-Works based Woodward CPUs. AppManager may be used to transfer files to and from a control, to start and stop applications, to configure the control and its network and a variety of other commands.

What’s new in version 3.17

• 3.17-2: Fixed some problems in the logic for changing the control’s network configuration
• 3.17-2: Fixed a problem losing timestamps when transferring files over FTP
• 3.17-2: Fixed an intermittent problem transferring an application to a control group
• 3.17-1: Fixed a problem issuing a stop command to a GUI application
• 3.17-1: Updated to a more secure SSH library
• No longer compatible with Windows NT controls
• Fixed a problem which sometimes prevented applications from being visible in the Application window
• Verified compatibility with Windows 11
• Increased the timeout mutexes for interactive and background connection attempts to improve their success rates
• Added missing ability to call a group start/stop for a GUI app. Started checking the stop app permissive, when available, before calling "stop"
• Added an option for a dark window theme
• Added an interface for reporting and verifying previously unrecognized SSH communications channels "fingerprint" strings

Previous versions

• 3.16-4: Compatible with 5418-7799C MicroNet control
• 3.16-3: Honors Annual Partner licenses for enterprise functionality
• 3.16-3: SSH and SFTP sessions stay connected when there are file transfer problems
• 3.16-3: Improved robustness for service packs
• 3.16-2: Fixed some SFTP connection issues which interfered with service packs on P1020 controls
• 3.16-2: Disallows overlapping subnets for controls with multiple Ethernet ports
• 3.16: Compatible with GUI file transfers on new P1020 controls
• 3.16: Fixed a timing problem which sometimes prevented TCP controls from being discovered through the Administer controls list
• 3.15-1: Fixed a bug in 3.15 which could prevent starting and stopping applications
• 3.15: Creates and stores a control information file when performing application backup
• 3.15: Checks for illegal duplication in control network configurations
• 3.15: Option to add control group name to file retrieval path
• 3.14-2: Added app.config override to disable FIPS security compliance requirement. This fixes an issue for some PC security configurations
• 3.14: Shows special browse folders for file retrieval if the control reports them
• Service pack control compatibility check (for service packs created after March 2019)
• Requires Windows Vista/7/8/10/11 (XP no longer supported)
• New features for generating system reports (log files and zip archive)
• Regular Expression support in peer-to-peer control discovery (Administer control list) 
• Can be configured to collect backup system logfiles (useful for controls which have the new tunable logfiles)  Support for a redundant network for file collection.  A backup IP Address may be specified in the file collection dialog for use if communication fails while collecting files from the primary IP Address.   
• Configurable datalog file purging
• Flex500 GUI Application View, Commands and File Exploring
• Simplified regional file time options for various control and file retrieval types (NOTE: Existing options for localization have been reset and may need to be reconfigured)
• Ability to specify the send and receive ports for Multicast messages used in control discovery