C-Bus Toolkit 1.

16 Release Notes
C-BUS
Table of Contents
C-Bus Toolkit 1.16.0 ................................................................................................................................ 1
Released .............................................................................................................................................. 1
What’s New ......................................................................................................................................... 1
eDLT Firmware ................................................................................................................................ 1
C-Bus – DALI-2 Gateway (5502CDGP230) ....................................................................................... 1
SpaceLogic C-Bus Controllers .......................................................................................................... 1
C-Gate 2.11.8 .................................................................................................................................. 1
Other Fixes .......................................................................................................................................... 1
C-Gate 2.11.8 .......................................................................................................................................... 2
Released .............................................................................................................................................. 2
What’s New ......................................................................................................................................... 2
SpaceLogic C-Bus Controllers .......................................................................................................... 2
Security ........................................................................................................................................... 2
Other Fixes .......................................................................................................................................... 2
C-Gate 2.11.7 .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Released .............................................................................................................................................. 3
What’s New ......................................................................................................................................... 3
Security ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Other Fixes .......................................................................................................................................... 3
C-Gate 2.11.6 .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Released .............................................................................................................................................. 4
What’s New ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Security ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Other Fixes .......................................................................................................................................... 4
C-Gate 2.11.5 .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Released .............................................................................................................................................. 5
What’s New ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Network Syncing Fix ........................................................................................................................ 5
Other Fixes .......................................................................................................................................... 5
C-Gate 2.11.4 .......................................................................................................................................... 6
Released .............................................................................................................................................. 6
What’s New ......................................................................................................................................... 6
 USB Drivers Upgraded..................................................................................................................... 6
Other Fixes .......................................................................................................................................... 6
C-Gate 2.11.3 .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Released .............................................................................................................................................. 7
What’s New ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Fix for Automation Controller Routing via Bridges ......................................................................... 7
Other Fixes .......................................................................................................................................... 7
C-Gate 2.11.2 .......................................................................................................................................... 8
Released .............................................................................................................................................. 8
What’s New ......................................................................................................................................... 8
Automation Controller Network Types........................................................................................... 8
Indicator Kill Fix ............................................................................................................................... 8
Retry Failed MMIs ........................................................................................................................... 8
Clock Master Fix .............................................................................................................................. 8
Sensor Factory Defaults Fix ............................................................................................................. 8
eDLT Impedance Fix ........................................................................................................................ 8
Other Fixes .......................................................................................................................................... 8
C-Gate 2.11.1 .......................................................................................................................................... 9
Released .............................................................................................................................................. 9
What’s New ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Windows 10 Creators Update ......................................................................................................... 9
Other Fixes .......................................................................................................................................... 9
C-Gate 2.11.0 ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Released ............................................................................................................................................ 10
What’s New ....................................................................................................................................... 10
Java 8 Update ................................................................................................................................ 10
USB Driver Update ........................................................................................................................ 10
Automation Controller Unit Support ............................................................................................ 10
New C-Gate Launcher ................................................................................................................... 10
Sync-Free Periods.......................................................................................................................... 10
Sync Padding ................................................................................................................................. 11
Automatic Clock Recovery ............................................................................................................ 11
Net Clocks Command .................................................................................................................... 11
Array Filtering................................................................................................................................ 11
PCI Polling Improved ..................................................................................................................... 11
 Command Caching Improved........................................................................................................ 11
Other Fixes ........................................................................................................................................ 12
C-Bus Toolkit 1.16.0
Released
November 2021

What’s New
eDLT Firmware
The eDLT Firmware Updater has been updated to include firmware version 1.6.0. This incorporates
support for eDLT units with the version 3 hardware.

When upgrading firmware on a unit with version 3 hardware, the updater must perform additional
steps to complete the upgrade and so the upgrade process may take longer than it does for units
with version 1 or 2 hardware.

A new option called Force font data installation has been added to the eDLT Firmware Updater.
When selected, it will force the updater to always update the font data on the unit, even if it is
already the same version. When unselected, the updater will skip the font data part of the upgrade if
it is already known to be the same version as the new firmware being installed. By default, this
option is not selected.

C-Bus – DALI-2 Gateway (5502CDGP230)

This release adds support for newer firmware revisions of the C-Bus – DALI-2 Gateway unit
(5502CDGP230) when scanning networks.

SpaceLogic C-Bus Controllers

This release adds support for SpaceLogic C-Bus Network Automation Controller (5500NAC2) and
SpaceLogic C-Bus Application Controller (5500AC2) units.

C-Gate 2.11.8
This release includes C-Gate 2.11.8. For further details, refer to the C-Gate release notes later in this
document.

Other Fixes
None

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C-Gate 2.11.8
Released
August 2021

What’s New
SpaceLogic C-Bus Controllers
This release adds catalogue support for two new controller types: SpaceLogic C-Bus Network
Automation Controller (5500NAC2) and SpaceLogic C-Bus Application Controller (5500AC2).

Security
This release includes security updates. See the following URL for details:

https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2021-103-01

Other Fixes
• EDLTF-302: Addressed an issue with the synchronization lock when writing to eDLT units.

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C-Gate 2.11.7
Released
June 2021

What’s New
Security
This release includes security updates.

Other Fixes
None

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C-Gate 2.11.6
Released
February 2021

What’s New
Security
This release includes security updates.

Other Fixes
None

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C-Gate 2.11.5
Released
September 2018

What’s New
Network Syncing Fix
Fixed an issue where failure of a second sync command for a network would stop an already active
sync command that is running for the same network as well.

Other Fixes
None

C-BUS TOOLKIT 1.16 RELEASE NOTES 5

C-Gate 2.11.4
Released
July 2018

What’s New
USB Drivers Upgraded
Upgraded the USB drivers to a newer version and improved ability to install on Windows 10.

Other Fixes
None

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C-Gate 2.11.3
Released
June 2018

What’s New
Fix for Automation Controller Routing via Bridges
When using the Automation Controller as a gateway, it was not relaying application messages across
bridges which have the Application Connect options Send to adjacent network or Send to other
remote network enabled.

CNIs already exhibit this behaviour by default because C-Gate sets the LOCAL_SAL interface option
when connecting to them. C-Gate now does the same for the Automation Controller as well so it will
function the same way as a CNI.

Other Fixes
None

C-BUS TOOLKIT 1.16 RELEASE NOTES 7

C-Gate 2.11.2
Released
February 2018

What’s New
Automation Controller Network Types
This release adds support for two new network types: Automation Controller – Ethernet and
Automation Controller – USB.

Indicator Kill Fix

Fixed the issue where C-Gate was not producing event messages for indicator-kill events. This
affected clients such as Schedule Plus which depended on these messages.

Retry Failed MMIs

C-Gate will now retry an MMI that fails during network discovery.

Clock Master Fix

Fixed the “Network not defined or available” error produced when C-Gate is configured as the
primary clock master.

Also, added two read-only properties PrimaryMasterEnabled and PrimaryMasterNextUpdateTime

to the Clock & Timekeeping Application.
Note: For the best results in time & date synchronization it is recommended to use a non-software
device with NTP support instead (e.g. Automation Controller).

Sensor Factory Defaults Fix

Multisensor and 360 PIRs will now reset to the correct factory defaults for Light Level Target and
Margin.

eDLT Impedance Fix

eDLT units will now be correctly accounted for in the Network Calculator.

Other Fixes
None

C-BUS TOOLKIT 1.16 RELEASE NOTES 8

C-Gate 2.11.1
Released
June 2017

What’s New
Windows 10 Creators Update
This release includes fixes that allow Toolkit to work on the Creators Update of Windows 10. Due to
the nature of these fixes, this release will not work with releases of Toolkit prior to 1.15.1.

Other Fixes
None

C-BUS TOOLKIT 1.16 RELEASE NOTES 9

C-Gate 2.11.0
Released
April 2017

What’s New
Java 8 Update
C-Gate now includes a Java 8 JRE instead of Java 7. This will not affect the version of Java you have
installed on your system.

Several supporting libraries have also been updated.

USB Driver Update

The Clipsal USB drivers have been updated to include better support for Windows 10.

Automation Controller Unit Support

This release includes support for the C-Bus Network Automation Controller (5500NAC &
LSS5500NAC) and Wiser for C-Bus Automation Controller (5500SHAC & LSS5500SHAC) units.

New C-Gate Launcher

C-Gate now includes a new cgate.exe launcher. The command line arguments are the same as
before so general compatibility should be preserved.

However, memory options are now respected in Service mode. Whereas previously Service mode
would always use 512MB, the maximum memory specified in the Toolkit preferences will now apply
to both Service and Console modes.

The new launcher also writes to two new log files:

• logs/launcher.txt – this captures logging specific to cgate.exe that was previously sent to
Windows Event Viewer.
• logs/wrapper.txt – this captures the stdout/stderr output that was previously only visible in
Console mode.

Note: the new launcher is based on the open-source YAJSW wrapper so it is possible for users to
create custom launch configurations. Such configurations however are not supported by Clipsal
technical support.

Sync-Free Periods
It is possible to configure periods of time to be avoided when C-Gate is scheduling background syncs.
These Sync-Free Periods are configured on a weekly cycle.

For example, a Sync-Free period of 8am to 10am on weekdays will cause background syncs to be
postponed till after 10am. This can help prevent the sync traffic from interfering with the high levels
of traffic caused by the arrival of building occupants.

This behaviour needs to be explicitly configured by the user. For more information see the C-Gate
Manual, “Reference -> Networks -> Network Syncing -> Sync-Free Periods” (section 4.9.4.3 in PDF).

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Sync Padding
C-Gate now spreads scheduled background syncs evenly across the configured sync period. This only
takes effect from the second sync onwards.

For example, if a project has 20 networks and a sync period of 1 hour then once all those networks
are opened and synced for the first time, their next scheduled syncs will be spread evenly across a
45-minute period leaving 15 minutes as a buffer.

This behaviour is enabled by default and is configurable. For more information see the C-Gate
Manual, “Reference -> Networks -> Network Syncing -> Sync Padding” (section 4.9.4.2 in PDF).

Automatic Clock Recovery

C-Gate will automatically detect and recover a network that does not have a C-Bus clock enabled. It
does this by enabling clock on the gateway unit.

For more information see the C-Gate Manual, “Reference -> Networks -> C-Bus Clock Recovery”
(section 4.9.7 in PDF).

Net Clocks Command

C-Gate has a new command to query and alter the number of units that have a C-Bus clock enabled.

For more information see the C-Gate Manual, “Reference -> Command Descriptions -> NET CLOCKS”
(section 4.5.126 in PDF).

Array Filtering
Several C-Gate commands now support a special syntax to filter arrays.

For example, instead of an arbitrary array index (first line) you can use a specific property/value pair
(second line):

dbget 254/Unit[3]
dbget 254/Unit[Address=207]
For more information see the C-Gate Manual, “Reference -> Command and Monitoring Interfaces ->
Command Interface -> Commands -> Array Filtering” (section 4.3.1.4.3 in PDF).

PCI Polling Improved

PCI Polling is now more robust. If the initial MMI fails it will fall back to a simple identify. The
likelihood of bridged networks going into error should be significantly reduced.

CG-1715 – PCI Polling fails when an interim MMI response line is missing

Command Caching Improved

Sometimes C-Gate would match a C-Bus response incorrectly to an older command. The cache
mechanism has been adjusted to favour newer commands and to drop these older commands
earlier.

CG-1865 – Improve matching of short-form responses

CG-1724 – Old commands are not getting sweeped from tx queue
CG-1725 – Commands are cached against very old commands in tx queue

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Other Fixes
• CG-1850 – New command PORT CNISCAN2, which allows selection of network adaptor

C-BUS TOOLKIT 1.16 RELEASE NOTES 12