Migrating V5.84 projects to V6

[grhsc]

Dear developer, I am trying to use V6, 2 questions
Can the old 5.84 project copy the corresponding folder to the new V6 file according to the content described in the previous manual? Are there any other special changes?
https://rapidscada.net/doc/content/latest/en/installation-and-run/migrate-configuration.html

In the installation instructions of V6, the RAM drive needs to be set up, is this a necessary step?
How much will the performance decrease if I don’t use a RAM drive but a hard disk?
If I use a RAM drive, will I lose log files after a power outage? Or is the RAM drive just caching ?

Thank you in advance.

[Mikhail]

Projects for Rapid SCADA 5 and 6 have different structure. Before using an old project for new Rapid SCADA, the project has to be converted. We will provide a project converter app later.

the RAM drive needs to be set up, is this a necessary step?

If you use SSD, using RAM drive is important to save SSD’s life.

How much will the performance decrease if I don’t use a RAM drive but a hard disk?

We have not measured it. RAM drive is needed to avoid much of writing to SSD.

If I use a RAM drive, will I lose log files after a power outage? Or is the RAM drive just caching ?

Some RAM drive apps allow to save files on shutdown. My favorite is ROG RAM Disk.

[grhsc]

thank you very much!
Looking forward to seeing the project converter soon

[Arkhee]

Hello,
I have the same issue with my project, can you tell me if the migration tool has been released ?
Thanks in advance

[Mikhail]

Hello,
Download the tools from this folder. See ProjConv5to6.zip, HistConv5to6.zip and EventConv5to6.zip
The project converter archive contains readme.txt

[Mikhail]

There are a lot of differences between v5 and v6 projects. It’s normal to have some questions during conversion.

[yotool]

ROG RAM Disk is apparently no longer available for download from the ROG website.

It should be in the motherboard utilities section of their site, but it seems nowhere to be found.

I’m using the DataRAM RamDISK software and it works well.

Question for Mikhail:

Why isn’t “ScadaInstanceConfig.xml” file shown as a “child” object in the “Administrator” application’s GUI (so as to quickly locate and edit like the xml ‘configuration’ files for other components)?

[Mikhail]

Why isn’t “ScadaInstanceConfig.xml” file shown as a “child” object in the “Administrator” application’s GUI

Because ScadaInstanceConfig.xml is not a part of a user’s project. It’s possible to develop an extension that provides UI for editing ScadaInstanceConfig.xml.

[tom040264]

Dear community,

This is an old topic, but I would like to use it for my issue. I have been working with version 5.x since 2018, and now I want to migrate to version 6.x. Everything has been installed, and it is possible to create new projects and open demo projects (HelloWorld).

I want to convert my old project using xxxConv5to6.exe. First, I started ProjConv5to6.exe, tried to convert HelloWorld, and got the following error message:

Convert Rapid SCADA project from v5 to v6
Choose project template language:
1 – English
2 – Russian
0 – Cancel
1
Source project: C:\SCADA\Projects\HelloWorld
Destination project: C:\SCADA\ConvertedToV6\Projects\HelloWorld

Error: Source project does not exist.

I also tried with some other projects, but always got the same result.

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
T.

[Mikhail]

Hello,
Try providing paths to *.rsproj files, I mean directory + filename.
Don’t try with HelloWorld, try with your own project. Of cause, make a backup copy in advance. Anyway, many iterations will be needed.

[Mikhail]

How many channels are in your project?

[tom040264]

Hello Mikhail,

Thanbk you for the answer. I will try it with a project file (*rsproj).

In my project I have 62 input and 9 output channels.

[Mikhail]

In my project I have 62 input and 9 output channels.

May be it would be easier to create a new project in v6. You can manually copy schemes and Modbus templates from the v5 project.

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