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titlev4.0.12 July 28, 2022


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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No Fixes



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • Added support for the Ignition tag 'enabled' property to be dynamically handled

  • Modified MQTT Engine to not update tags if the incoming metric value is older than the current tag value
  • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates
  • Logging improvements


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed NPE related to logging
  • Added rebirth request when Engine receives unknown alias for a metric in a DATA message
  • Fixed issue that caused 'writable custom namespace tags' to become unwritable after a module restart
  • Fixed handling of deleted Elecsys Edge Nodes

  • Added NPE protection around Engine shutdown when Engine itself is disabled via its own config

  • Fixed the validator for the 'Root Tag Folder' to allow slashes in the tag folder



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Modified the 'Auto-Connect RPC client' default to false
  • Added support for the Ignition tag 'enabled' property to be dynamically handled
  • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates
  • Logging improvements
  • Added support for the new Sparkplug STATE JSON based payloads


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed issue that prevented UDTs with 'overlapping metric names' from being properly handled
  • Fixes to synchronization in the RAM based Store and Forward mechanism
  • Fixed config keys for the Transmission 'File Records'
  • Fixed concurrency issues around BIRTH building in some complex UDT scenarios



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titleMQTT Recorder


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No Fixes



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No Fixes



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Modified config descriptions to better match the new Azure IoT Central documentation
  • Added in-editor help text for the Azure IoT Central Python configuration API
  • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No Fixes



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No Fixes



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No Fixes



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titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates
  • Added support for SUCOR type applications


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Prevent the one-short record poll after reconnect when in persistent mode



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titleEFM Emerson ROC Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added dynamic configuration handling for global definition updates for meter and periodic mappings
  • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


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titleWhat's Fixed

  • Fixed potential NPE when polling for periodic, minute, and daily history

  • Fixed issue that results in occasional 'History Request Failed' errors
  • Fixed potential issue with NPEs in ROC request/response handling



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titleEFM Export


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No Fixes



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No Fixes




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titlev4.0.11 June 1, 2022


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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed Python Scripting API bug around updating Users



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • Added Tag Path validation to configuration

  • Removed an unnecessary 'back' link in the Custom Namespace String Conversion page
  • Added Engine Info tags for tracking the count of re-ordered messages when enabled
  • Added a 'force redundancy sync' after the Primary Host ID is changed, enabled, or disabled via control tags
  • Added a feature to allow Engine to hold off on publishing the Host STATE message until conditions are met



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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Added NPE protection when handling Aliases
  • Fixed Elecsys namespace Edge Node ID filtering
  • Fixed handling of Custom Namespace JSON tags to prevent unnecessary/improper reconfiguration of tags
  • Added NPE protection to aliased metrics when handling tag writes
  • Added NPE protection when 're-ordering messages' that could prevent Edge Nodes from showing as online
  • Fixed issue with property updating in UDT members that are in member UDTs and folders
  • Fixed Elecsys namespace handling of SINT16 data types



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added a 'Friendly Name' configuration option for File Records
  • Added a 'File Scan Rate Time Unit' configuration option for File Records to allow for faster scans
  • Added additional info tags for File publishing including 'Files to Auto-Publish', 'Remaining Retries', and 'Reset'
  • Improved thread naming for File Publishers to make them more identifiable
  • Added Tag Path validation to configuration
  • Added support for treating 'Device level UDTs' as devices when converting UDTs
  • Improved Birth caching to increase performance
  • Optimized caching to reduce overall memory footprint
  • Removed excessive calls to 'getTagConfigsAsync' to increase performance


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed retry logic when publishing files
  • Added NPE protection when handling Aliases
  • Fixed an issue where updating a File Configuration could result in removing or resetting file info tags
  • Fixed issue with birth caching logic that produced failures in flushing history when flushing in-order
  • Added NPE protection when updating Transmission Info tags
  • Fixed issue that could result in DATA messages being published before the BIRTH sequence when flushing history in-order
  • Fixed startup/shutdown synchronization that could result in thread leaks
  • Fixed issue when flushing in-order that could result in an endless loop with many devices
  • Fixes to Edge Node discovery to ensure discovery and status flags update properly
  • Fixed issue with Transmission publishing incorrect (newer) metric timestamp in Birth message when using in-order/RAM store and forward
  • Added NPE check when shutting down Transmission clients
  • Fixed RejectedExecutionException that could occur when deleting tags Transmission was publishing
  • Fixed potential double DEATH publishes that could occur on device folder removal



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titleMQTT Recorder


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added Python scripting API for scripted configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improved Birth caching to increase performance
  • Removed excessive calls to 'getTagConfigsAsync' to increase performance


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed startup/shutdown synchronization that could result in thread leaks
  • Fixed issue that could result in the Push Policy reverting back to 'Push to All'



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improved Birth caching to increase performance
  • Removed excessive calls to 'getTagConfigsAsync' to increase performance


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed startup/shutdown synchronization that could result in thread leaks
  • Fixed issue that could result in the Push Policy reverting back to 'Push to All'
  • Modified scripting API to use 'AzureSetId' instead of 'AzureSet' for Set key names



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added TCP port number configuration option for connecting to Google IoT Core
  • Improved Birth caching to increase performance
  • Added Python scripting API for scripted configuration
  • Removed excessive calls to 'getTagConfigsAsync' to increase performance
  • Added a 'max throughput' configuration option to throttle data flowing to Google IoT Core


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed startup/shutdown synchronization that could result in thread leaks
  • Fixed issue that could result in the Push Policy reverting back to 'Push to All'



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improved Birth caching to increase performance
  • Added Python scripting API for scripted configuration
  • Removed excessive calls to 'getTagConfigsAsync' to increase performance


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed startup/shutdown synchronization that could result in thread leaks
  • Fixed issue that could result in the Push Policy reverting back to 'Push to All'



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titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added Tag Path validation to configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed meter type handling during auto-discovery when using applications other than AGA3, SUAGA3, AGA7, and SUAGA7



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titleEFM Emerson ROC Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added Tag Path validation to configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleEFM Export


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.10 February 7, 2022


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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions
  • Fixed bug that resulted in MQTT Distributor starting when actually disabled after a 'system disabled' restore



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions
  • Fixed NPE in Engine handling of STATE message arrival
  • Fixed tag configuration handling of properties in some edge cases
  • Modified MQTT Engine to not update tags that are disabled at the Edge
  • Fixed order of operations on start/stop when reconfiguring MQTT Engine
  • Fixed UDT paramterized property handling in Engine



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for applying Ignition SecurityContext based writes via Sparkplug
  • Added BIRTH caching to fix in-order history across Transmission/Ignition restarts
  • Added support for Transmission file publishing filenames to have date/timestamps
  • Added a retry configuration option for file publishing
  • Modified Transmission to allow file publishing even if commands are blocked
  • Fixed Example Transmitter creation on Ignition Edge systems
  • Improved disk-backed history store migration code
  • Added support to enable/disable Server Settings
  • Improved file publishing throughput
  • Improved shutdown speed when lots of Edge Nodes exist in Transmission


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed aliasing migration code to prevent malformed configurations
  • Added support to delete Disk-backed history store artifacts when an Edge Node or Device is deleted
  • Fixed 'Refresh Required' tag indicator handling
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions
  • Added null protection to configs that may omit Compression Type and Data Format Type
  • Fixed support for 'Single level Edge Node refreshing' when a Group ID is specified in the Transmitter config
  • Improved thread handling in start/stop scenarios when auto-publishing
  • Fixed handling of parameterized UDT definition members
  • Fixed handling of auto-publishing when not connected to primary host
  • Fixed to file deletion handling when auto-publishing files
  • Improved synchronization to start/stopping of threads on reconfiguration operations
  • Fixes to file publishing thread start/stop
  • Modified Transmission to not remove the 'formatString' property from UDTs
  • Fixed initialization of RAM based history stores for some startup scenarios
  • Fixed a thread leak on 'single level Edge Node refresh'
  • Removed unnecessary thread startup of Edge Nodes that could result in invalid bdSeq numbers being published in an NBIRTH
  • Fixed file publish retry logic



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titleMQTT Recorder


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing version



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing version



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for Content Encoding to be specified for IoT Hub connections
  • Added support for Azure IoT Central


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions
  • Fixed certificate upload handling and validation



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Moved private key storage to the Ignition internal DB to improve usability
  • Added support for HTTP and HTTPS proxies


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions



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titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added 'Core Diagnostic' informational tags to the managed tag provider
  • Deprecated/removed 'Poll EOT' and 'Auto-discovery EOT' timeouts
  • Improved connection status indication in the Ignition Gateway Web UI
  • Fixed null Station ID handling in configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions
  • Improved CSV config file handling
  • Fixed mandatory field handling to improve the configuration experience
  • Fixed md5sum calculations for configuration file handling



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titleEFM Emerson ROC Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improved connection status indication in the Ignition Gateway Web UI
  • Improved handling of 'Point type 0' TLPs


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions
  • Fixed md5sum calculations for configuration file handling



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titleEFM Export


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Modifications to not use 'default' (zero for numerics, false for booleans, and empty strings) values before an initial scan is performed

  • Logging improvements


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions




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titlev4.0.9 October 22, 2021


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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • General logging improvements
  • Modified MQTT Engine to only subscribe on Elecsys 'State' topics if that namespace is enabled
  • Added dialog documentation for the configuration Python scripting API
  • Added support to allow spaces in Primary Host IDs
  • Added support for non-RSA type (PKCS#8) private keys


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed tag writes for Document type tags
  • Fixed server name validation to only allow characters that are valid in Ignition tag names
  • Various NPE fixes around invalid UDT configurations
  • Fixed issue that could result in MQTT Engine publishing Rebirth requests to the wrong MQTT Server in redundant environments



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Removed the 'Node Control/Reboot' metric from the NBIRTH as it doesn't make sense for Transmission
  • General logging improvements
  • Added validation to 'Tag Provider' and 'Tag Path' configuration fields
  • Added support for 'Edge Node level Refresh' to Transmission along with Edge Node granularity 'Refresh Required' tracking
  • Fixed server name validation to only allow characters that are valid in Ignition tag names
  • Added dialog documentation for the configruation Python scripting API
  • Added support for 'Refresh Required' updates on tag property changes
  • Fixed handling of Datasets in history stores
  • Added support to allow spaces in Primary Host IDs
  • Added support for 'discovering edge nodes' with corresponding 'discover required' tag and auto-removal of Edge Nodes in Transmitter tag trees
  • Added support for non-RSA type (PKCS#8) private keys


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed detection of tag change events on Document type tags
  • Fixed potential (rare) deadlock when connecting to MQTT Servers
  • Fixed potential NPE around null bound property values in UDTs
  • Fixed issue where UDT null bound property values could be omitted from a payload
  • Fixed potential deadlock on shutdown
  • Fixed handling in Document tag types in DATA messages to prevent conversion to String datatypes in MQTT Engine
  • Fixed issue in alias handling that could result in duplicate aliases
  • Fixed potential NPE when handling a UDT definition member tag property bound to a UDT parameter
  • Fixed publishing of UDT definitions in the NBIRTH when converting UDTs
  • Fixed potential NPE that could occur in Docker startup environments when creating the 'Example Transmitter'
  • Fixed bdSeq number handling that could result in it being incorrect in NBIRTH messages after connection failures
  • Fixed potential NPEs during Transmitter shutdown
  • Various Disk Backed history store fixes around NPEs and potential DB lockout
  • Various NPE fixes around invalid UDT configurations



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titleMQTT Recorder


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added validation to 'Tag Provider' and 'Tag Path' configuration fields
  • Added dialog documentation for the configruation Python scripting API
  • Added support for pushing DDEATH messages on Device removals


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed detection of tag change events on Document type tags
  • Fixed potential NPE around null bound property values in UDTs
  • Fixed issue where UDT null bound property values could be omitted from a payload
  • Fixed potential deadlock on startup
  • Fixed potential NPE when handling a UDT definition member tag property bound to a UDT parameter



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for Azure Edge configuration via the Python scripting API
  • Added support for 'auto-configuration' in Azure Edge Docker environments
  • Added validation to 'Tag Provider' and 'Tag Path' configuration fields
  • Added dialog documentation for the configruation Python scripting API
  • Added support for configurable character encoding
  • Added support for pushing DDEATH messages on Device removals
  • Added support for non-RSA type (PKCS#8) private keys


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed detection of tag change events on Document type tags
  • Fixed potential NPE around null bound property values in UDTs
  • Fixed issue where UDT null bound property values could be omitted from a payload
  • Fixed potential deadlock on startup
  • Fixed potential NPE when handling a UDT definition member tag property bound to a UDT parameter



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added validation to 'Tag Provider' and 'Tag Path' configuration fields
  • Made session token expirations configurable
  • Added dialog documentation for the configruation Python scripting API
  • Added support for pushing DDEATH messages on Device removals
  • Added support for non-RSA type (PKCS#8) private keys


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed detection of tag change events on Document type tags
  • Fixed potential NPE around null bound property values in UDTs
  • Fixed issue where UDT null bound property values could be omitted from a payload
  • Fixed potential deadlock on startup
  • Fixed potential NPE when handling a UDT definition member tag property bound to a UDT parameter



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added validation to 'Tag Provider' and 'Tag Path' configuration fields
  • Added dialog documentation for the configruation Python scripting API
  • Added support for pushing DDEATH messages on Device removals
  • Added support for non-RSA type (PKCS#8) private keys


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed detection of tag change events on Document type tags
  • Fixed potential NPE around null bound property values in UDTs
  • Fixed issue where UDT null bound property values could be omitted from a payload
  • Fixed potential deadlock on startup
  • Fixed potential NPE when handling a UDT definition member tag property bound to a UDT parameter



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titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added a 'watchdog' to ensure continued AAR polling
  • Added validators to global definition files
  • Logging improvements around supervisory frame status
  • Moved large configuration files from the internal Ignition DB to the filesystem which is supported in Ignition8 backup/restore operations
  • Improved AAR write times
  • Fixed issue that prevented Totalflow Application definitions from being uploaded via Windows in some scenarios


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed cleanup of 'orphaned' global definition records
  • Fixed import issue with array register templates
  • Fixed issue with 'Station ID' character lengths
  • Added support for comma characters in Totalflow Application's Name, Revision, and Parameter fields



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titleEFM Emerson ROC Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added a 'watchdog' to ensure continued TLP polling
  • Added validators to global definition files
  • Added retry logic to login attempts when login fails
  • Fixed issue where polling could stop in certain scenarios and not automatically restart
  • Moved large configuration files from the internal Ignition DB to the filesystem which is supported in Ignition8 backup/restore operations


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed cleanup of 'orphaned' global definition records



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titleEFM Export


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.8 July 15, 2021


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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for Python script based configuration changes


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improved handling of setting Edge Nodes and Devices offline
  • Added support for Python script based configuration changes
  • Improved general performance
  • Added TLS ALPN support
  • Improved logic around subscriptions that may fail due to ACL or permission issues
    • NOTE: This fix can result in MQTT Engine no longer being able to connect to the MQTT Server when attempting to subscribe on a topic without the permissions to do so. This is a configuration issue that needs to be fixed by either:
      • (1) Updating the MQTT Server ACL/permissions so Engine can subscribe on the required topics OR
      • (2) Disable MQTT Engine Namespaces and/or PrimaryHostId so that Engine is no longer required to subscribe on topics without the permission to do so.
  • Improved processing speed of custom namespace JSON payloads


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed issue that could result in Engine not sending commands when required including Rebirth requests
  • Added protection for null payload timestamps
  • Fixed issue that could result in deleted info tags associated with server settings
  • Internal tag cache fixes and improvements
  • Changed configureTag logic to only configure UDT instances when it is new



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for Python script based configuration changes
  • Added support for better QualityCode comparisons to support changes in Ignition 8.1.7
  • Added TLS ALPN support
  • Improved logic around subscriptions that may fail due to ACL or permission issues
    • NOTE: This fix can result in MQTT Transmission no longer being able to connect to the MQTT Server when attempting to subscribe on a topic without the permissions to do so. This is a configuration issue that needs to be fixed by either:
      • (1) Updating the MQTT Server ACL/permissions so Transmission can subscribe on the required topics OR
      • (2) Clear the MQTT Transmission PrimaryHostId so that Transmission is no longer required to subscribe on the STATE topic without the permission to do so.
  • Improved history store startup logic to better handle mis-configurations


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed 'Refresh Required' tag handling to show the proper state of the tag
  • Internal cache fixes and improvements
  • Fixed potential thread-leak
  • Fixes and improvements to bound properties in UDTs
  • Fixes to history store and forward when UDTs are being used



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titleMQTT Recorder


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for Python script based configuration changes


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential thread-leak



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for Python script based configuration changes
  • Added support for Azure IoT Edge Hubs
  • Added support for IoT Hub 'Application Properties' via Injector configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential thread-leak



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential thread-leak



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential thread-leak



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titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improvements to connection and re-connection logic


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed naming collision for 'periodic mappings' between ROC and ABB mappings
  • Fixed bug regarding event polling in an edge case



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titleEFM Emerson ROC Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improvements to connection and re-connection logic
  • Added 'polling state' to the ROC devices


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed naming collision for 'periodic mappings' between ROC and ABB mappings



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titleEFM Export


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.7 April 12, 2021


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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for MQTT Client IDs longer than 23 characters in length is user specified
  • Improved error handling for unsupported characters in custom namespace tag creation
  • Removed BB Wzzard namespace as the provided namespace as it can now be supported via a JSON custom namespace
  • Fixed subscriptions to prevent potential duplicate messages based on MQTT server implementations
  • Upgraded underlying MQTT library
  • Added support for 'Document' tag datatype
  • Added support for PermissionsConfig, TagEventScripts and ParameterValues
  • Modified subscriptions on STATE messages to be on STATE/phid rather than STATE/#
  • Improved processing speed of custom namespace JSON payloads
  • Added support to handle new 'Optimized UDT' DATA messages


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed datatype handling for sampleMode and historyTimeDeadbandUnits properties
  • Fixed logic to only unsubscribe from STATE topics when appropriate
  • Added code to send a rebirth request in the case DDATA messages arrive before DBIRTH
  • Improved error handling in the case of missing bdSeq numbers
  • Fixed topic token filtering bug betwen Sparkplug A and Sparkplug B namespaces
  • Fixed issue where UDT definition member tag history configuration is overwritten when in a folder
  • Fixed issue that could result in Engine not correcting stale 'STATE' messages when redundancy is used
  • Fixed issue that could show RBE enabled tags stale when they were not actually stale
  • Fixed bug that didn't show online/offiine node info dataset tags properly
  • Fixed handling reporting of primary host state informational tags
  • Fixed issue that prevented rebirth requests from being sent out when 'sequence reordering' is enabled



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for MQTT Client IDs longer than 23 characters in length is user specified
  • Added 'event tracing code' to track execution time for tag change events that occur
  • Upgraded underlying MQTT library
  • Added support for 'Document' tag datatype
  • Added support for PermissionsConfig, TagEventScripts and ParameterValues
  • Logging improvements around UDT handling
  • Added bound value support for UDTs to evaluate bindings before publishing data
  • Added a configurable reconnect delay to slow reconnect attempts on low bandwidth networks
  • Added support for UDT parameter to UDT parameter bindings


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed issue with potential failed file transfers when primary host is being used
  • Fixed birth caching when aliasing is enabled
  • Fixed issue where tags were not reported as stale when using 'Convert UDTs' and they were deleted
  • Fixed Transmission to only publish RECORDs if the associated Sparkplug Device exists
  • Fixed UDT definition handling to support definitions with the same name under different folder paths



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titleMQTT Recorder


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Cleaned up AWS credential text in the configuration Web UI
  • Added 'event tracing code' to track execution time for tag change events that occur
  • Added support for 'Push to Any' option to 'Sets' as is supported for other Injector modules
  • Added bound value support for UDTs to evaluate bindings before publishing data
  • Increased the Kinesis default partition key count size as recommended by AWS
  • Logging improvements around UDT handling
  • Added support for 'periodic publishing' as an alternative to event/tag change driven publishing
  • Added support for UDT parameter to UDT parameter bindings
  • Added more randomness to partition keys per AWS recommendations to Kinesis partition keys
  • Improved processing time on tag change events when events occur on UDT members
  • Added 'Optimize UDT' option to Transmission to reduce payload sizes in DATA messages


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed implementation to publish NDEATH message when Injector is disabled
  • Fixed UDT definition handling to support definitions with the same name under different folder paths



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for MQTT Client IDs longer than 23 characters in length is user specified
  • Added 'event tracing code' to track execution time for tag change events that occur
  • Upgraded underlying MQTT library
  • Added content type and content encoding options to Azure Injector IoT Hubs to support message based routing
  • Logging improvements around UDT handling
  • Added a configuration option to support Azure Time Series Insights data/time format
  • Added support for 'periodic publishing' as an alternative to event/tag change driven publishing
  • Added bound value support for UDTs to evaluate bindings before publishing data
  • Added support for UDT parameter to UDT parameter bindings
  • Improved processing time on tag change events when events occur on UDT members
  • Added 'Optimize UDT' option to Transmission to reduce payload sizes in DATA messages


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed issue where disabled configurations of IoT Hub would still send BIRTH messages
  • Fixed implementation to publish NDEATH message when Injector is disabled
  • Fixed UDT definition handling to support definitions with the same name under different folder paths



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for MQTT Client IDs longer than 23 characters in length is user specified
  • Added 'event tracing code' to track execution time for tag change events that occur
  • Upgraded underlying MQTT library
  • Logging improvements around UDT handling
  • Added support for 'periodic publishing' as an alternative to event/tag change driven publishing
  • Added bound value support for UDTs to evaluate bindings before publishing data
  • Added support for UDT parameter to UDT parameter bindings
  • Improved processing time on tag change events when events occur on UDT members
  • Added 'Optimize UDT' option to Transmission to reduce payload sizes in DATA messages


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed implementation to publish NDEATH message when Injector is disabled
  • Fixed UDT definition handling to support definitions with the same name under different folder paths



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for MQTT Client IDs longer than 23 characters in length is user specified
  • Added 'event tracing code' to track execution time for tag change events that occur
  • Upgraded underlying MQTT library
  • Logging improvements around UDT handling
  • Added support for 'periodic publishing' as an alternative to event/tag change driven publishing
  • Added bound value support for UDTs to evaluate bindings before publishing data
  • Added support for UDT parameter to UDT parameter bindings
  • Improved processing time on tag change events when events occur on UDT members
  • Added 'Optimize UDT' option to Transmission to reduce payload sizes in DATA messages


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed implementation to publish NDEATH message when Injector is disabled
  • Fixed UDT definition handling to support definitions with the same name under different folder paths



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titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Initial GA release of the module for Ignition8


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleEFM Emerson ROC Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleEFM Export


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.6-beta1 Dec 1, 2020 (SiteWise Engine only)


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titleSiteWise Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.6 November 19, 2020


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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Modified info tags to properly re-init them if they have been deleted


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed handling of default configurations on initial module installation
  • Fix to ensure client count displays zero when MQTT Distributor is shutdown
  • Fixed to dynamic handling in configuration menus



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • General logging cleanup
  • Modified info tags to properly re-init them if they have been deleted
  • Removed support for consumption of alarm properties
  • Modified auto-RPC reconnect settings to denote whether or not to connect at all
  • Added java.sql.Timestamp support to Ignition DataSet
  • Added support for filtering by both Sparkplug group and edge node IDs
  • Added support for most Ignition array datatypes in Ignition8
  • Added primary host enable/disable control tag as well as a tag to specify the primary host ID
  • Moved 'File handling control' of MQTT Engine to the Sparkplug B Namespace settings
  • Expanded file handling support


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential sequence reordering NPE
  • Fixed history property coersion by using proper datatypes

  • Fixed String vs Integer datatype handling for sampleMode and historyTimeDeadbandUnits

  • Fixed potential Exceptions during server connection establishment
  • Fixed handling of default configurations on initial module installation
  • Fixed Enable Latency Check Tag to only sub/unsub when state changes
  • Fixed [MQTTEngine]_types_/_types_/... bug in UDT definition creation
  • Fixed to dynamic handling in configuration menus



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • General logging cleanup
  • Modified info tags to properly re-init them if they have been deleted
  • Added primary host and BD sequence number validation on unexpected LWTs
  • Improved disk-backed store and forward Exception handling
  • Removed support for sending of alarm properties
  • Modified auto-RPC reconnect settings to denote whether or not to connect at all
  • Added java.sql.Timestamp support to Ignition DataSet
  • Added support for 'ParameterValue' objects introduced in Ignition 8.0.15
  • Added code to bind bound parameters of UDTs to tag properties if they are simple bindings
  • Added 'cached birth' option to Transmission to improve Rebirth request performance
  • Added partial support for overridden property values bound to UDT parameters
  • Added support for most Ignition array datatypes in Ignition8
  • Added the ability to transmit binary files from MQTT Transmission
  • Made the Tag Pacing Period a mandatory field
  • Added enforcement to prevent 'aliasing' and publishing of UDTs to be enabled at the same time
  • Added code to specify a default 'Set' when appropriate during configuration
  • Added code to ignore UDT removal events when convertUdts is true


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Added code to ensure Transmission connection verification accounts for random startup delay and debounce time
  • Fixed UDT quality handling issues
  • Fixed potential Exceptions during server connection establishment
  • Fixed in-order history flushing bug when many devices are are part of an Edge Node that prevented buffer from ever emptying
  • Fixed configureTag call in Transmission Record creation to properly configure the 'Publish Tag'
  • Fixed handling of default configurations on initial module installation
  • Fixed missing UDT member tag changes when TagPath is empty
  • Added null check for null DataSet values on metrics
  • Fixed UDT handling to extract the Tag provider name from when not found in the tag configuration to improve UDT handling
  • Fixed thread leak in record publishes
  • Cleaned up shutdown code to prevent RejectedExecutionExceptions
  • Fixed UDT member tag property to UDT parameter bindings for 'convert to normal tags' case
  • Fixed null value datatype coercion to prevent NPEs and tag reading
  • Fixed disk-backed store and forwarding when aliasing is enabled
  • Improved Exception handling during startup and iterating the tag tree
  • Fixed to dynamic handling in configuration menus
  • Fixed handling of parameterized datatypes
  • Fix for ClassCastException on getting compression type
  • Added Exception handling around adding parameters to UDTs to prevent UDT parsing failures that prevent them from being published



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titleMQTT Recorder


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Modified info tags to properly re-init them if they have been deleted


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed handling of default configurations on initial module installation
  • Fixed to dynamic handling in configuration menus



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Modified info tags to properly re-init them if they have been deleted
  • Added java.sql.Timestamp support to Ignition DataSet
  • Added support for 'ParameterValue' objects introduced in Ignition 8.0.15
  • Added code to bind bound parameters of UDTs to tag properties if they are simple bindings
  • Added partial support for overridden property values bound to UDT parameters
  • Added support for most Ignition array datatypes in Ignition8
  • Made the Tag Pacing Period a mandatory field
  • Added code to specify a default 'Set' when appropriate during configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed UDT quality handling issues
  • Fixed handling of default configurations on initial module installation
  • Fixed missing UDT member tag changes when TagPath is empty
  • Added null check for null DataSet values on metrics
  • Fixed UDT handling to extract the Tag provider name from when not found in the tag configuration to improve UDT handling
  • Cleaned up shutdown code to prevent RejectedExecutionExceptions
  • Fixed UDT member tag property to UDT parameter bindings for 'convert to normal tags' case
  • Improved Exception handling during startup and iterating the tag tree
  • Fixed to dynamic handling in configuration menus
  • Fixed handling of parameterized datatypes
  • Fixed potential ClassCastExceptions
  • Added Exception handling around adding parameters to UDTs to prevent UDT parsing failures that prevent them from being pushed



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Modified info tags to properly re-init them if they have been deleted
  • Added configurable MQTT keep-alive setting
  • Added java.sql.Timestamp support to Ignition DataSet
  • Added support for 'ParameterValue' objects introduced in Ignition 8.0.15
  • Added code to bind bound parameters of UDTs to tag properties if they are simple bindings
  • Added support for client based auth in Azure IoT Hubs
  • Added partial support for overridden property values bound to UDT parameters
  • Added support for most Ignition array datatypes in Ignition8
  • Made the Tag Pacing Period a mandatory field
  • Added code to specify a default 'Set' when appropriate during configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed UDT quality handling issues
  • Fixed potential Exceptions during MQTT server connection establishment
  • Fixed handling of default configurations on initial module installation
  • Fixed missing UDT member tag changes when TagPath is empty
  • Added null check for null DataSet values on metrics
  • Fixed UDT handling to extract the Tag provider name from when not found in the tag configuration to improve UDT handling
  • Cleaned up shutdown code to prevent RejectedExecutionExceptions
  • Fixed UDT member tag property to UDT parameter bindings for 'convert to normal tags' case
  • Improved Exception handling during startup and iterating the tag tree
  • Fixed to dynamic handling in configuration menus
  • Fixed handling of parameterized datatypes
  • Fixed potential ClassCastExceptions
  • Added Exception handling around adding parameters to UDTs to prevent UDT parsing failures that prevent them from being pushed



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Modified info tags to properly re-init them if they have been deleted
  • Added configurable MQTT keep-alive setting
  • Added support for 'ParameterValue' objects introduced in Ignition 8.0.15
  • Added code to bind bound parameters of UDTs to tag properties if they are simple bindings
  • Fixed UDT member tag property to UDT parameter bindings for 'convert to normal tags' case
  • Added partial support for overridden property values bound to UDT parameters
  • Added support for most Ignition array datatypes in Ignition8
  • Made the Tag Pacing Period a mandatory field
  • Added code to specify a default 'Set' when appropriate during configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed UDT quality handling issues
  • Fixed potential Exceptions during MQTT server connection establishment
  • Fixed handling of default configurations on initial module installation
  • Fixed missing UDT member tag changes when TagPath is empty
  • Added java.sql.Timestamp support to Ignition DataSet
  • Added null check for null DataSet values on metrics
  • Fixed UDT handling to extract the Tag provider name from when not found in the tag configuration to improve UDT handling
  • Cleaned up shutdown code to prevent RejectedExecutionExceptions
  • Improved Exception handling during startup and iterating the tag tree
  • Fixed to dynamic handling in configuration menus
  • Fixed handling of parameterized datatypes
  • Fixed potential ClassCastExceptions
  • Added Exception handling around adding parameters to UDTs to prevent UDT parsing failures that prevent them from being pushed



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Modified info tags to properly re-init them if they have been deleted
  • Added configurable MQTT keep-alive setting
  • Added support for 'ParameterValue' objects introduced in Ignition 8.0.15
  • Added code to bind bound parameters of UDTs to tag properties if they are simple bindings
  • Fixed UDT member tag property to UDT parameter bindings for 'convert to normal tags' case
  • Added partial support for overridden property values bound to UDT parameters
  • Added support for most Ignition array datatypes in Ignition8
  • Made the Tag Pacing Period a mandatory field
  • Added code to specify a default 'Set' when appropriate during configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed UDT quality handling issues
  • Fixed potential Exceptions during MQTT server connection establishment
  • Fixed handling of default configurations on initial module installation
  • Fixed missing UDT member tag changes when TagPath is empty
  • Added java.sql.Timestamp support to Ignition DataSet
  • Added null check for null DataSet values on metrics
  • Fixed UDT handling to extract the Tag provider name from when not found in the tag configuration to improve UDT handling
  • Cleaned up shutdown code to prevent RejectedExecutionExceptions
  • Improved Exception handling during startup and iterating the tag tree
  • Fixed to dynamic handling in configuration menus
  • Fixed handling of parameterized datatypes
  • Fixed potential ClassCastExceptions
  • Added Exception handling around adding parameters to UDTs to prevent UDT parsing failures that prevent them from being pushed



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titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleEFM Emerson ROC Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Initial GA release


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleEFM Export


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Initial GA release


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • If a controller tag is scanned as invalid, all of it’s expanded (un-optimized) root tags will be marked as stale. For example, if a table is invalid, all of it’s table elements will stale or an integer scanned becomes invalid, all of its boolean, bit-picked, and integer values will stale.

  • Reconnect algorithm has been streamlined to minimize lag


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titleWhat's Fixed

  • Tags are refreshed on each occurrence the scanner connects to the controller




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titlev4.0.5-beta1 Sept 1, 2020 (EFM ABB Totalflow only)


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titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Initial release of module for Ignition 8


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.5-beta1 Aug 5, 2020 (EFM Emerson ROC and EFM Export only)


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titleEFM Emerson ROC Module


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Initial release of module for Ignition 8


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleEFM Export


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Initial release of module for Ignition 8


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.5 June 29, 2020


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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for Ignition Maker Edition
  • Added support for breaking 'SecurityContext' API change in Ignition 8.0.13
  • Added backward compatibility support so v4.0.5 will run on Ignition v8.0.12 and before


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed enum usage to prevent class loading exceptions when browsing/modifying gateway web UI configuration



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for Ignition Maker Edition
  • Added support for custom namespace charset selection for binary encoding support - set default to UTF-8
  • Added support for breaking 'SecurityContext' API change in Ignition 8.0.13
  • Added backward compatibility support so v4.0.5 will run on Ignition v8.0.12 and before
  • Modified certificate display in Server configuration to not show any certs since we can't show all of them
  • Improved handling for missing bdSeq numbers in faulty Sparkplug edge client's LWTs
  • Added alarmEvalEnabled to default property filter list
  • Added support for modified 'configureTag' behavior in Ignition 8.0.14


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed enum usage to prevent class loading exceptions when browsing/modifying gateway web UI configuration
  • Fixed access to property matching for proper property filtering



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for Ignition Maker Edition
  • Added support for breaking 'SecurityContext' API change in Ignition 8.0.13
  • Logging improvements
  • Added backward compatibility support so v4.0.5 will run on Ignition v8.0.12 and before
  • Added alarmEvalEnabled to default property filter list
  • Added support for modified 'configureTag' behavior in Ignition 8.0.14
  • Added code to ignore _invalid_ tag paths when traversing the tag tree


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed enum usage to prevent class loading exceptions when browsing/modifying gateway web UI configuration
  • Fixed Transmission version reporting in the Transmission Info tag
  • Fixed NPE when getting the module version
  • Fixed 'reset metrics' info tag to always be writable



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titleMQTT Recorder


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed enum usage to prevent class loading exceptions when browsing/modifying gateway web UI configuration



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for breaking 'SecurityContext' API change in Ignition 8.0.13
  • Added backward compatibility support so v4.0.5 will run on Ignition v8.0.12 and before
  • Added code to ignore _invalid_ tag paths when traversing the tag tree


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed enum usage to prevent class loading exceptions when browsing/modifying gateway web UI configuration
  • Fixed issue with null-check on S&F type
  • Fixed 'Edge Nodes' folder creation to occur the the correct tag provider



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for breaking 'SecurityContext' API change in Ignition 8.0.13
  • Added backward compatibility support so v4.0.5 will run on Ignition v8.0.12 and before
  • Added code to ignore _invalid_ tag paths when traversing the tag tree


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed enum usage to prevent class loading exceptions when browsing/modifying gateway web UI configuration
  • Fixed issue with null-check on S&F type
  • Fixed issue with 'Push Policy' not being persisted properly
  • Fixed 'Edge Nodes' folder creation to occur the the correct tag provider



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for breaking 'SecurityContext' API change in Ignition 8.0.13
  • Added backward compatibility support so v4.0.5 will run on Ignition v8.0.12 and before
  • Added code to ignore _invalid_ tag paths when traversing the tag tree


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed enum usage to prevent class loading exceptions when browsing/modifying gateway web UI configuration
  • Fixed issue with null-check on S&F type
  • Fixed issue with 'Push Policy' not being persisted properly
  • Fixed 'Edge Nodes' folder creation to occur the the correct tag provider



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for breaking 'SecurityContext' API change in Ignition 8.0.13
  • Added backward compatibility support so v4.0.5 will run on Ignition v8.0.12 and before
  • Added code to ignore _invalid_ tag paths when traversing the tag tree


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed enum usage to prevent class loading exceptions when browsing/modifying gateway web UI configuration
  • Fixed issue with null-check on S&F type
  • Fixed issue with 'Push Policy' not being persisted properly
  • Fixed 'Edge Nodes' folder creation to occur the the correct tag provider



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.4 May 20, 2020

These modules are not compatible Ignition 8.0.13 or later. If using 8.0.13 or 8.0.14 use v4.0.5 Cirrus Link modules

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titleAll Modules


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Updated code signing cerificate


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed documentation links in tooltips of the module config pages



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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Modified TLS setup to piggyback off of native Ignition SSL mechanism


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Add custom property for 'sequence number reordering'
  • Modified to create default reasonable history config on all dynamic MQTT Engine tags
  • Added a validator to primary host ID creation to prevent runtime errors
  • Added support for non-clean session and QoS1 support in custom namespaces
  • Added additional tooltip info for Custom Namespace writable tags
  • Improved certificate file management in the config web configuration UI
  • Fixed 'Critical App State' info tag to prevent erroneous data
  • Added a cache layer for improved custom namespace performance


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed retention of UDT properties across module restarts
  • Fixed client reinitialization after custom namespace changes
  • Fixed Edge Node Tag staling from NDATA message
  • Added staling of custom namespace tags on namespace deletion
  • Fixed 'empty' property filter setting to allow all



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added a validator to primary host ID creation to prevent runtime errors
  • Added parameter based UDT DataType handling when convertUDTs=true
  • Added tag pacing period validator to ensure it is greater than zero
  • Improved certificate file management in the config web configuration UI
  • Added Transmission Info Tags for tracking messsages and bytes


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed dynamic update of client ID under MQTT Transmission Info tags
  • Added support to allow RPC clients to not automatically reconnect
  • Improved DB reconnect logic for the Disk-backed store and forward mechanism
  • Fixed Timer thread leak on pending publish creation
  • Fixed to caching of Transmission Info metrics to prevent erroneous data
  • Fixed handling of non-memory tags (i.e. derived, OPC, etc) in Sparkplug Record publishes
  • Fixed potential ClassCastException around BoundPropertySet Objects
  • Fixed Transmission TLS connect on startup
  • Fixed NPE from caching BIRTHs when TransmissionClient is shutdown
  • Removed properties and parameters from being improperly published in DATA messages
  • Fixed missing Sparkplug IDs on Transmitters page
  • Added code to ignore _types_ folder when creating Edge Nodes
  • Fixed handling of EdgeNode tag removal events
  • Added new custom property 'ConfiguredTagPath' to tag properties
  • Fixed RPC clients to update on server setting change
  • Fixed 'empty' property filter setting to allow all
  • Fixed fetching of the tag provider name by ignoring case
  • Fixed device detection when auto-discovery is enabled
  • Fixed NPE on aliased metrics in NCMD messages
  • Fix for Tag add/remove root path comparisons
  • Fixed folder detection on tag structure change events
  • Fixed check history stores to update Transmitters on configuration changes



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titleMQTT Recorder


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added tag pacing period validator to ensure it is greater than zero
  • Disconnect logic cleanup
  • General performance enhancements


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed Timer thread leak on pending publish creation
  • Fixed potential ClassCastException around BoundPropertySet Objects
  • Added null checks to Injector start/stop to prevent NPEs
  • Removed properties and parameters from being improperly published in DATA messages
  • Added code to ignore _types_ folder when creating Edge Nodes 
  • Fixed handling of EdgeNode tag removal events
  • Fixed device detection when auto-discovery is enabled
  • Fix for Tag add/remove root path comparisons
  • Fixed folder detection on tag structure change events



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Tooltip/help improvements
  • Added tag pacing period validator to ensure it is greater than zero
  • Removed unused certificate file upload field
  • Added support for a connection pooling to allow for increased throughput
  • Disconnect logic cleanup
  • General performance enhancements


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed Timer thread leak on pending publish creation
  • Fixed potential ClassCastException around BoundPropertySet Objects
  • Added null checks to Injector start/stop to prevent NPEs
  • Removed properties and parameters from being improperly published in DATA messages
  • Added code to ignore _types_ folder when creating Edge Nodes 
  • Fixed handling of EdgeNode tag removal events
  • Fixed device detection when auto-discovery is enabled
  • Fix for Tag add/remove root path comparisons
  • Fixed folder detection on tag structure change events
  • Added reconnect logic to MQTT Injectors when message pushes fail



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added tag pacing period validator to ensure it is greater than zero
  • Added support for a connection pooling to allow for increased throughput
  • General performance enhancements
  • Disconnect logic cleanup


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed Timer thread leak on pending publish creation
  • Fixed potential ClassCastException around BoundPropertySet Objects
  • Added null checks to Injector start/stop to prevent NPEs
  • Removed properties and parameters from being improperly published in DATA messages
  • Added code to ignore _types_ folder when creating Edge Nodes 
  • Fixed handling of EdgeNode tag removal events
  • Fixed device detection when auto-discovery is enabled
  • Fix for Tag add/remove root path comparisons
  • Fixed folder detection on tag structure change events
  • Added reconnect logic to MQTT Injectors when message pushes fail



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added tag pacing period validator to ensure it is greater than zero
  • Added support for a connection pooling to allow for increased throughput
  • General performance enhancements
  • Disconnect logic cleanup


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed Timer thread leak on pending publish creation
  • Fixed potential ClassCastException around BoundPropertySet Objects
  • Added null checks to Injector start/stop to prevent NPEs
  • Removed properties and parameters from being improperly published in DATA messages
  • Added code to ignore _types_ folder when creating Edge Nodes 
  • Fixed handling of EdgeNode tag removal events
  • Fixed device detection when auto-discovery is enabled
  • Fix for Tag add/remove root path comparisons
  • Fixed folder detection on tag structure change events
  • Added reconnect logic to MQTT Injectors when message pushes fail



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.3 January 28, 2020


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titleAll Modules


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improved logging
  • Improved BD sequence number handling
  • Improved event handling
  • Improved CirrusClient disconnection and LWT handling
  • Updated auto-client ids to be 23 characters or less (required by some MQTT server implementations)


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed potential deadlock on shutdown
  • Added Distributor Info tags showing number of connected clients



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support to records to pull data from ManagedTagProviders
  • Improvements in Edge/Device cache
  • Added support for 'writable tags' in Custom Namespaces
  • Improvements in Metric caching


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Added staling of MQTT Engine Tags on startup
  • Fixed various staling issues affecting MQTT Engine Tags
  • Fixed issues with MQTT Engine restarts and deleted tags reappearing
  • Fixed MQTT Engine client subscription handling to only subscribe to topics STATE/# and SM/<client_id>/# when necessary
  • Fixed potential concurrency issues in MQTT Engine on reconnect
  • Fixed the enabling/disabling of Namespaces on a configuration update



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Performance improvements in disk-backed history store and forward
  • Added optional 'random' delay setting to Transmitter configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Various fixes in disk-backed history store and forward
  • Fixed potential thread leaks
  • Fixed issue with BIRTH incorrectly containing cached/old Tag values



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titleMQTT Recorder


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Initial release


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed shutdown issue to prevent duplicate MQTT client connections



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.2 October 11, 2019


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titleAll Modules


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Security improvements
  • Added validation to ensure passwords can not be null, empty, or only whitespace
  • Added ability to delete certificates from configurations
  • Updated all existing password/secret configuration fields to use the "enter twice" validation


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Various minor bug fixes



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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Add support for spaces in ACL topics


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for updating/changing incoming tag datatypes
  • Added 'Hostname Verification' setting to optionally enable TLS hostname verification
  • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get filtered/ignored on incoming publishes
  • Improved tracking of BIRTH/DEATH counts


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed Custom Namespace support for periods (".") in MQTT topics, now interpreted as folder separator in the resulting tag path
  • Fixed "Online Nodes" dataset initialization error
  • Fixes for handling legacy quality types



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Replaced "Default Transmitter" with new "Example Transmitter" and associated example Tags.
  • Made the publishing of UDT definitions in BIRTH messages configurable
  • Added 'Last Refresh' Tag to denote time of last Refresh button click
  • Added 'Refresh Required' Tag to denote if an MQTT Transmission refresh is required/needed
  • Added protection against configuring the same History Store setting on multiple Transmitters
  • Added 'Hostname Verification' setting to optionally enable TLS hostname verification
  • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get published


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed publishing of derived tags, OPC tags, and other indirect types



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titleMQTT Recorder


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get published


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get published


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get published


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get published


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added scanner refresh control Tag


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.1 June 19, 2019


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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Added support for Ignition7/Transmission to publish to Ignition8/Engine with quality code translations


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed online status info tags to denote the proper values
  • Fixed multiple tag write issues
  • Various tag path handling fixes
  • Fixed issues with property merging in MQTT Engine
  • Various UDT fixes
  • Fixed typing of JSON tags in custom namespaces



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titleMQTT Transmission


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Improved Transmitter field validation in the Web UI configuration
  • Added support for multiple tag paths in a single Transmitter configuration
  • Added support for additional topic tokens to be published via special char sequence in a Sparkplug Device folder
  • Improvements to handling of null values
  • Added batching and caching components to improve performance


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • Fixed multiple tag write issues
  • Fixed support for auto-detected Edge Nodes in tag trees
  • Fixed issue that could result in Transmitter Threads running after Transmission shutdown
  • Various tag path handling fixes
  • Various UDT fixes
  • Fixed connected Server URL info tag handling
  • Added sorting of UDT definitions to ensure proper order for creation of UDTs
  • Fixed alias support
  • Improvements to Disk-backed history stores



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • Improvements to handling of null values

  • Added Agent record validation in Web UI configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed

  • Fixed support for auto-detected Edge Nodes in tag trees

  • Various tag path handling fixes

  • Various UDT fixes



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • Improvements to handling of null values

  • Added Agent record validation in Web UI configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed

  • Fixed support for auto-detected Edge Nodes in tag trees

  • Various tag path handling fixes

  • Various UDT fixes

  • Fixed publishing of NBIRTH messages for Event Hubs



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • Improvements to handling of null values

  • Added Agent record validation in Web UI configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed

  • Fixed support for auto-detected Edge Nodes in tag trees

  • Various tag path handling fixes

  • Various UDT fixes



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • Improvements to handling of null values

  • Added Agent record validation in Web UI configuration


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titleWhat's Fixed

  • Fixed support for auto-detected Edge Nodes in tag trees

  • Various tag path handling fixes

  • Various UDT fixes



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • No new features


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes




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titlev4.0.0 May 13, 2019


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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Inital port to Ignition8


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleMQTT Engine


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Initial port to Ignition8 
  • Known issue that throughput is not as good as it was in Ignition 7 compatible modules


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No fixes



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titleAWS Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • Initial port to Ignition8


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titleWhat's Fixed

  • No fixes



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titleAzure Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • Initial port to Ignition8


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titleWhat's Fixed

  • No fixes



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titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • Initial port to Ignition8


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titleWhat's Fixed

  • No fixes



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titleIBM Cloud Injector


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titleWhat's New or Improved

  • Initial port to Ignition8


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titleWhat's Fixed

  • No fixes



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titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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titleWhat's New or Improved
  • Initial port to Ignition8

  • Improved tag writing throughput working with massive tag lists and during episodes of congested writes


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titleWhat's Fixed

  • An initially scanned floating point value of Not-A-Number (NaN) is better handled

  • Scanner waits for acceptance of tags before publishing data

  • Duplicate tag definitions are prevented

  • In extreme cases, 32- and 64-bit integer values may have erratically updated