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Table of contents
New Functionality: "Direct Editing" .......................................................... 5
New Functionality: "Global Editing" ......................................................... 6
New Dialog "Placeholder objects navigator"............................................ 8
New Functionality "Copy format" and "Assign format" ............................. 8
New Functionality "Dialog splitter"........................................................... 9
New Functionality for the Undo and Redo of Actions ............................ 10
New add-on "Project Options"............................................................... 10
New add-on EPLAN PPE Web Viewer.................................................. 12
New add-on EPLAN P&ID on the EPLAN platform................................ 13
New shortcuts for "Redraw" .................................................................. 14
Form Editing.......................................................................................... 14
Data Import from EPLAN 21.................................................................. 15
Data Import from EPLAN 5 / fluidPLAN................................................. 16
Reports ................................................................................................. 17
Translations .......................................................................................... 20
Page Management................................................................................ 20
Devices ................................................................................................. 22
Device Selection ................................................................................... 23
File Selection ........................................................................................ 23
Finding and Replacing .......................................................................... 24
Change of Standard .............................................................................. 24
PDF Export ........................................................................................... 24
Interruption Points ................................................................................. 25
Printing.................................................................................................. 25
Parts Management................................................................................ 25
Settings................................................................................................. 26
PLC....................................................................................................... 27
Cable Diagram ...................................................................................... 28
Project and Page Properties ................................................................. 28
Device List ............................................................................................ 28
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Message Management.......................................................................... 29
Cables / Connections ............................................................................ 29
Parts List Navigator............................................................................... 30
Graphical Editor .................................................................................... 31
Working with Schemes.......................................................................... 31
Entry of Texts........................................................................................ 31
Restoring Projects................................................................................. 32
Working with Filters............................................................................... 32
Copying External Documents to the Project .......................................... 32
General Changes .................................................................................. 33
EPLAN PPE Translation Function ......................................................... 34
EPLAN PPE List Editing........................................................................ 34
New EPLAN Fluid Message Classes .................................................... 35
Display of Macros in the Graphical Preview .......................................... 36
Master Data: Forms .............................................................................. 37
Master Data: Symbols........................................................................... 40
Master Data: Function Definition Library ............................................... 45
Master Data: Plot Frames ..................................................................... 48
Master Data: Templates ........................................................................ 48
Inch Configuration................................................................................. 48
Activation Number................................................................................. 48
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New Functionality: "Direct Editing"
Using direct editing, you can activate an editing mode that allows you to
directly modify individual graphical texts. "Graphical texts" means any
placement of free texts and path function texts. These can be placed on
schematic pages, in reports, or in master data (such as forms or plot
frames).
In contrast to entering and editing text using the Properties dialog, the
following points should be noted:
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In addition to switching direct editing on and off using the Options menu,
there is another way of temporarily switching this on: To do this, you
press the [F2] key after you have select the text or positioned the mouse
pointer over the text.
The Properties (global) editing option is now available on the report pa-
ges and makes it possible to edit the data in a source object right from a
report page. The appropriate object-specific dialog is opened, so for the
"Function" source object, for instance, the properties dialog is opened,
while for a structure identifier the structure identifier management is ope-
ned. As soon as you confirm a change with [OK], the objects are up-
dated on all pages.
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New Dialog "Placeholder objects navigator"
In the Placeholder objects - <Project name> dialog, which you call like
any other navigator from the Project data menu, all the placeholder ob-
jects in the project are listed. You can use the popup menu to edit the
properties of the placeholder objects and assign value sets to them.
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The following buttons are also available for these functions in the toolbar:
Copy format
Assign format
• Project management
• Generate reports
• EPLAN 5 / fluidPLAN project selection for data transfer
• Properties dialog for components, tab Display
• Properties dialog for components, tab Parts
• Device selection
• Part selection and parts management
• Settings
• Edit cable
• Interconnect devices
• Dialog for selection of PLC connections
• Bus configuration navigator
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New Functionality for the Undo and Redo of
Actions
In addition to linear, step-by-step undo and redo operations, you can also
use the two functions Undo list and Redo list. In the lists, you can see
every step that you have made and search for a particular working step
up to the point where you wish to undo / redo. The undo steps are listed
with the most recently performed step at the top; the redo steps have the
most recently undone step at the top.
If you select a line in the list then all lines above this are also selected.
This means that the steps can only be undone or redone together and
that the currently selected step is included in this.
Here, too – in addition to the two symbols already known – new buttons
are available on the toolbar:
The new "Project Options" add-on allows you to define areas of a plant
and then reveal or hide them. These areas are then also no longer eva-
luated. The new "Options Navigator" is available for this, which– like all
navigators – you call up from the Project data menu.
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In the Options - <Project name> dialog, you create and edit the options
(via the popup menu); the icon next to the option indicates if it is acti-
vated. If particular customer requirements mean that you do not require
part of a machine for which an option has been defined, then deactivate
the option. The schematic and reports are then automatically adjusted.
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New add-on EPLAN PPE Web Viewer
Note:
The "EPLAN PPE Web Viewer" add-on module is not included in the
standard scope of delivery and must be licensed separately.
The new EPLAN PPE Web Viewer add-on module allows you to read all
the EPLAN PPE Project documentation online via an Internet browser.
The actual EPLAN project lies on a local server and the EPLAN PPE
Web Viewer coordinates access via Intranet or Internet and makes the
requested data available.
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The EPLAN PPE Web Viewer can be used for (e.g.) plant commissioning
and to assist the plant operator. It is easily and intuitively operated via an
Internet browser without requiring the installation of EPLAN PPE.
This allows the plant operator to access the localized plant documenta-
tion directly through the EPLAN PPE Web Viewer. Since access is done
online, this ensures that the latest project documentation is always avail-
able.
Consistently thought out to the very end: This continues the multilingual
capabilities of the system, from planning, through installation and com-
missioning, to the plant operation.
The "EPLAN P&ID" add-on module is not included in the standard scope
of delivery and must be licensed separately.
The new EPLAN P&ID add-on module provides editing functions for
P&ID tasks (plant flow diagrams, instrumentation schematics).
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This is quick, simple, and reliable, because the object-oriented structure
ensures that all information can be synchronized at any time. The com-
mon acquisition of experience-based cross-discipline P&ID data ensures
consistent planning of the plant and provides a permanent information
flow between the departments. As a central planning tool, the EPLAN
platform offers unified support for the entire engineering process: from
pre-planning in P&ID, through management and planning in EPLAN
PPE, to documentation of the automation technology in EPLAN Electric
P8.
Form Editing
Temporarily opened forms are no longer included in reports when updat-
ing report pages.
When changing form properties (e.g. the form property "Format for au-
tomatic page description") an automatic master data synchronization
now occurs when the form editor is closed.
The number of the "Property / value to graphic [x]" properties has been
increased to 10 in all forms where they are present. The number of pla-
ceholders has also been increased to 10 accordingly.
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Data Import from EPLAN 21
In EPLAN 21 projects created with older versions of the program, the
project property "Display format for interruption points" <2295> was not
always filled. This caused the interruption point names to be lost during
data import. This has now been fixed.
The voltage type stored in EPLAN 21 is now correctly imported into the
parts management.
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Data Import from EPLAN 5 / fluidPLAN
Pair cross-references that were moved in EPLAN 5 / fluidPLAN were
placed back in their original positions after an import. This has now been
fixed, i.e. the new positions are retained.
The form graphics of cable overviews are now correctly displayed after
an import.
If a terminal diagram was updated after an import, then the cable table
was output in a single line. This has now been fixed.
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The interruption points in EPLAN 5 / fluidPLAN were displayed without
plant and/or location information. After importing to P8 they are now cor-
rectly displayed, i.e. without plant and/or location information.
Reports
If the long name of the supplier (field Full name <22908> of the manu-
facturer-specific parts management data) was entered into the "Supplier"
column of the summarized parts list form, then this value was output as
many times as the part occurred in the schematic. This has now been
fixed.
When updating certain reports, e.g. the parts list, incorrect page numbers
were generated. This has now been fixed.
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To exclude certain reports from updates, the dialog Reports - <Project
name> now has in the option Freeze report pages in the popup menu.
With this option, project data in placeholder text on frozen report pages is
then no longer updated. Frozen report pages and non-frozen report pa-
ges have different icons in the page navigator.
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When outputting parts lists, the full name of suppliers and manufacturers
is now output. This is especially important for imports from EPLAN 5 /
fluidPLAN, since the report output is now correct after importing an
EPLAN 5 / fluidPLAN project.
The number of the "Graphical display in reports [x]" properties has been
increased to 10 in all items where they are present.
In the Settings: Output to page dialog, you can now use the Hide
structure identifier if identical drop-down list to define how DTs are to
be displayed in report pages:
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Translations
The size of the translation column in the dictionary can now be changed.
In the properties dialogs, a new option can now be stored for every text:
The setting All displayed languages (arrange horizontally) in the
Language tab now allows individual translations to be displayed next to
each other (and not automatically separated with a line break).
Page Management
The popup menu item Rename exists in the page management. When
editing master data (e.g. when editing a form in the form editor or a plot
frame in the plot frame editor, etc.) this option was falsely activated. This
has now been fixed.
The page properties "User supplementary field [1-20]" can now also be
selected in the properties of tables of contents.
The graphical preview now enables you to show previews of several pa-
ges that you have selected in the page navigator. These are now ar-
ranged vertically and horizontally in the preview. It is now also possible
to open a particular page by double-clicking the corresponding preview
image.
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The page properties "Reason for revision change (change tracking)" are
now multilingual.
The new version has a new page type "P&I flow diagram", especially for
PPE projects, which is required for drawing P&I flow diagrams with the
appropriate PCT loops.
In the dialogs Page properties and New page the Page type only offers
the interactive page types. You use the [...] button to open the Add page
type dialog for selecting an automatic page type.
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Devices
Device numbering is now possible with a starting value of 0.
When the main function is placed with several autoconnect lines, the
DTs are now correctly sequentially numbered. This has been corrected
for the actions "Insert symbol" ([Ins] key) and "Insert device" ([Alt] +
[Ins] key combination ).
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Device Selection
If cable device selection was performed using Properties (device) <...>
on the main function, then the cable data (type, number of conductors,
etc.) was written back to the definition lines, but the conductor designa-
tions were incorrect.
If the cable device selection was performed using Properties <...> on
the main function, then the cable data (type, number of conductors, etc.)
was not written back to all the definition lines, but the conductor designa-
tions were at least correct.
This has now been corrected, that is, the right cable data and the right
conductor designations are both written back.
When inserting devices, until now it was necessary to place the main
function first. It is now possible to place an auxiliary function first. The
main function (and thus the device) as well as the additional auxiliary
functions are thus created as unplaced functions.
When inserting devices or selecting multiple functions, you have the op-
tion of "paging" through the functions with the key combination
[Shift]+[Tab] and selecting the desired one. The connection designa-
tions of the selected function are displayed on the symbol.
File Selection
Using Popup menu > Insert variable you can now branch to the Select
path variable dialog in many places in the program, where you can se-
lect one of the available EPLAN-specific path variables. This dialog's size
is adjustable.
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Finding and Replacing
In the Find dialog you can now also search on special characters by in-
serting them using Popup menu > Special characters.
You can now use the Search in = "All properties of all components" set-
ting to search in placeholder objects and macro boxes as well. For macro
boxes, the properties "Name", "Version", "Source/reference" and "De-
scription" are searched, and for placeholder objects the "Name".
Change of Standard
The Change of standard dialog's size can now be adjusted.
PDF Export
Using the new Page tree sorted by setting in the company-specific PDF
settings, you can now define the page tree view for the PDF document
output: by Structure identifier or by Page type.
The project settings (under Management > PDF output languages) ha-
ve been extended with the PDF output languages area. Here, you can
now decide whether the configured display languages will appear in the
output or whether different languages (translated languages) should be
used. In data transfer from EPLAN 21, this setting is appropriately con-
sidered.
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Interruption Points
The Sort interruption points dialog's size can now be adjusted.
Printing
Texts with the activated font style settings "Bold" or "Underlined" are now
correctly output.
Parts Management
In the entries for customers and manufacturers / suppliers, the fields for
entry of the email addresses have been increased in size.
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The data fields in the product groups "Construction" and "Connections"
can now also be exported and imported. This is done using the File type
drop-down list, in which the entries have been correspondingly com-
pleted.
The [Extras] > Settings menu item has been broken down into two op-
tions: General (where you can determine the parts database and certain
display settings) and Translation for the determination of the translation
settings directly from parts management.
The group "Process technology" has been added to the existing generic
product groups.
In the Function template tab, the column Symbol has been added to
the Device selection table. Here, you have the option of entering a
symbol which will be used when placing the corresponding device func-
tion.
Settings
The multilingual entry of conductor / connection colors is now possible.
In the user-specific settings for parts selection, you can now use the Ge-
nerate part if not found check box to define that a part which is not
found in the internal parts database should be automatically generated.
This setting can be made specific to a scheme.
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PLC
Analogous to the device navigator, there is now also the option in the
PLC navigator to set a filter for "Function is placed with representation
type <...>". Using this functionality, you can quickly and easily place all
connections still unused.
The configuration data of the PLC controls of bus systems can now only
be entered on the main function. In a query dialog, you can decide
whether the configuration data should automatically be corrected or the
project only opened in read-only mode (unchanged). Moreover, the con-
figuration data can now be exchanged with different PLC configuration
systems (e.g. PcWorx or Siematic). This data exchange takes place us-
ing XML files. For this reason, the dialogs for the import and export of
PLC data and the PLC box and Bus data tabs in the properties dialogs
for PLC objects have been reworked.
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Cable Diagram
For the conductor properties, there are now also the properties "User
supplemental fields [1-20]" available as placeholder texts.
Device List
In the device list, the columns Trade and Subtrade have been added.
When inserting a part, the trade is now prepopulated with the first trade
settings set for the part, while the subtrade must be entered manually.
This also makes it possible now to filter for trade and subtrade. When
inserting / placing from the device list, the trade and subtrade are trans-
ferred to the functions / components.
The trade here can take the following values:
Electrical engineering, Mechanics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Cooling, Lu-
brication, and Process engineering.
The subtrade is an arbitrary character string.
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Message Management
Since connection point designations are possible for busbars, but not re-
quired, missing connection designations are now no longer treated as
errors with the message "P007006: Function without connection point
designation".
Cables / Connections
For cable and connection lengths, the number of decimal places has
been increased to three. The zeroes in the decimal places for reports
and display, however, will now be abbreviated: "1.100" will be "1.1" and
"1.000" becomes "1".
In the Parts tab of the property dialog, only whole-number values can be
entered in the Number of units / quantity field. For length specifications
of cables / connections and accessories (e.g. shrink sleeve or insulation)
in decimal values, there are the new part reference properties "Subset /
length", "Subset / length in units of project", and "Subset / length with unit
of project". These can also be used in reports like parts lists, summary
parts lists, etc. For the main part of a cable (that is, the top part in the
list), these properties will be synchronized with the Length field in the
Cable tab.
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There is also the new property "Set / subset in unit of project", which can
also be used in reports. If the property "Subset / length" has a value (not
0), then this value is entered for "Set / subset" in reports, otherwise
"Quantity" is used.
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Graphical Editor
When selecting parts from the graphical editor, like in parts manage-
ment, the [Extras] button has been integrated. Via Settings you can na-
vigate to the Settings: Parts management dialog, where you can (e.g.)
configure the tree view without interrupting your workflow.
Using Edit > Other, it is now also possible in the graphical editor to align
elements horizontally and vertically.
In the View menu there is now also the option of displaying property na-
mes as well as hidden elements. The View > Hidden elements setting
now works immediately and not just only after paging.
Entry of Texts
In all dialogs where multilingual text can be entered, the status bar now
displays the current language setting:
When entering texts and path function texts, you can now decide in the
Text tab which text type this is and whether the text should automatically
be translated or not. Here, the two check boxes Path function text and
Do not translate automatically are available.
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Restoring Projects
When restoring projects, EPLAN now also checks whether the project to
be restored exists and may be overwritten.
• The project exists but is not currently open. In this case, a message is
generated on restore and you can decide whether you wish to over-
write the project.
• The project exists and has been opened by the current user. In this
case, a message is generated on restore and you can decide whether
you wish to overwrite the project. When you confirm the restore, the
currently open project is closed, then overwritten with the "old" data
and reopened. Note that, in this case, any current changes are lost
when the project is overwritten.
• The project exists and has been opened by another user. In this case,
a message is displayed on restore and the process is canceled.
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General Changes
In order to use the correct terminology for EPLAN Fluid as well, the na-
mes of properties have been reworked in many areas. Thus we no lon-
ger speak of "Wire/conductor cross-section", "Wire/conductor color", etc.,
but rather of "Connection cross-section" and "Connection color".
The settings for the contact image have been renamed: Instead of "motor
overload switch" and "contactor", we now use the terms "at component"
and "in path".
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EPLAN PPE Translation Function
In the new version, EPLAN PPE is also capable of completely translating
the project data into any language, based on the EPLAN dictionary. The
popup menu of the property fields allows multilingual input.
All project data can be translated at the push of a button, which helps the
participating engineers in their work. The localized project documentation
ensures that communication difficulties do not occur in the installation or
commissioning processes. Mistakes and queries are reduced and the
commissioning time is also reduced.
The tables, and the input fields they contain, now allow multi-line and
multilingual input, so that the advantages of the new translation functions
can now be simply and easily used.
Bulk process of data offers the greatest potential for saving project time
and the consequent rationalization of the entire engineering process. The
list editing offers list editing features for this (copying, pasting, deleting)
with multiple selections and also offers copying and pasting of data to
and from Excel.
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This openness makes editing easier and simplifies the handling of large
quantities of data through the use of clear tabular representation. The
ability to fix certain table areas also simplifies orientation, for example,
the PCT loop numbers can remain always visible in the first column, e-
ven when using the scroll function to navigate through large tables.
Changes are now only saved after confirmation with the [OK] button, so
that you can cancel the editing process without changing any of the data.
• P24001: The Work line / control line property does not match the
Working / control port property at one of the connection points.
• P024002: Connection between different trades
• P024003: Electrical function with a fluid character is not present as a
pair cross-reference representation.
When starting check runs (Project data > Messages > Check project)
a new schema "Fluid" for the relevant fluidics check runs can now be se-
lected.
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Display of Macros in the Graphical Preview
The Graphical preview dialog, which is adjustable in size, is now also
used for displaying macros. On insertion of macros, a preview of the
macro is now shown in the Select macro dialog and also in the Graphi-
cal preview.
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Master Data: Forms
New dynamic forms for connection diagrams have been created and
these are useful in reducing the number of report pages. The forms allow
the output of more than one terminal strip / plug / cable on a report page.
The setting "Combine" (Output to page) generates the next terminal strip
/ plug / cable on the same page (assuming sufficient space remains on
the page).
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• A new dynamic form of type Terminal connection diagram is now
available (F11_007.f11).
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• A new dynamic form of type Pin connection diagram is now
available (F21_004.f21).
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Master Data: Symbols
• For P&ID projects, the symbol library "PID_ESS" with 325 symbols
has been created.
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• The electrical engineering symbol libraries have been extended:
Version 1.7.12 Version 1.8.4
Number of IEC symbols 583 709
Number of GOST 583 709
symbols
Number of NFPA 453 709
symbols
New symbols:
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• The newly created one, two, three, and four pole power circuit break-
ers, and their associated different switch operating elements, are
available under the numbers 1501-1566 are:
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• The following text in the symbols has been appropriately rotated:
Old representation:
New representation:
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• The special symbol library SPECIAL has been extended with new pro-
cess technology symbols (No. 340–384).
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• Two new PLC connection symbols of type "Output" have been cre-
ated (PLCCPPO/385 and PLCCPPOJIC/386):
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• A new category "Process engineering" has been created for process
engineering:
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• A new category "Electrical engineering: circuit-breaker" has been cre-
ated for electrical engineering:
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Master Data: Plot Frames
A plot frame for the page size DIN A0 has been created (FN1_010, DIN
A0 landscape, 15 columns, 1 row, 1 ladder).
The text size of the level for path function text (EPLAN110) has been
changed from 3.5 mm to 2.5 mm in the IEC templates (IEC_bas001.epb,
IEC_tpl001.ept, Num_bas001.epb, Num_tpl001.ept).
Inch Configuration
In forms using assignments to graphics, and which thus reference graph-
ics in the GRAPHICS symbol library, the entry for the symbol library has
been corrected (from GRAPHICS to GRAPHICS_en_US).
Activation Number
You need a new activation number in order to use this new version of
EPLAN.
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