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titlev4.0.12 July 28, 202221 January 26, 2024


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titleMQTT Distributor


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titleWhat's New or Improved
    Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates
  • Added custom property support for 'maxOutboundQueueSize'


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titleWhat's Fixed
  • No Fixesfixes



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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

  • MQTT Engine now excludes empty property sets on the wire which could result in problems for some Edge Node implementations

  • 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

    • only perform UDT collision detection for MQTT Transmission Sparkplug Edge Nodes

    • Improved logging to not log at info level on ignored tag collisions when a duplicate tag change event is being ignored and is identical to the original

    • Added support for excluding datatypes from CMD messages per the Sparkplug spec

    • Added support for missing datatypes in DATA messages per the Sparkplug spec

    • Added support for 'Binary Data' datatype

    • Added Engine side write support for ByteArray, DateTimeArray, and StringArray datatypes


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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

    • potential erroneous UDT collision warnings in MQTT Engine

    • Fixed potential NPE in UDT collision detection for templates with no parameters

    • Fixed timing issue that could result in Transmission attempting to read tags before the tag provider is started which could result in failure to initialize on startup

      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
    • Made 'hashing algorithm' names consistent across all modules
    • Increased the default query timeout for disk-backed history stores to improve reliability on underpowered systems
      • 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
    • excluding datatypes from DATA messages per the Sparkplug spec
    • Added support for missing datatypes in CMD messages per the Sparkplug spec
    • Added a dedup filter to prevent some edge cases where BIRTH and subsequent DATA messages could include identical tag change events
    • Added support for 'Binary Data' datatype
    • Set defaults for history store configurations


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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
    • multiple edge cases where duplicate tag change events could be sent when they shouldn't be
    • Fixed edge case that could result in some metrics failing to get aliases assigned when aliasing is enabled
    • Fixed support for ByteArray datatypes
    • Fixed potential NPEs when flushing history in-order
    • Fixed issue that could result in live data being mixed in with history during in-order history flush
    • Added Paho bug workaround to minimize leaked Paho threads
    • Fixed dataset deserialization when in use in history stores which resulted in zero values in datasets at MQTT Engine
    • Fixed issue that could result in missing aliases when using aliasing with history stores
    • Removed issue that could result in Ignition shutdown when using disk-backed history store
    • Fixed issue that required a CA cert when using client side cert auth even if using a 'real' CA



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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
    • Made 'hashing algorithm' names consistent across all modules


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixesfixes



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    titleAzure AWS 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
    • Increased the default query timeout for disk-backed history stores to improve reliability on underpowered systems
    • Added support for 'Binary Data' datatype
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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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    • Fixed multiple edge cases where duplicate tag change events could be sent when they shouldn't be
    • Fixed timing issue that could result in Transmission attempting to read tags before the tag provider is started which could result in failure to initialize on startup

    • Fixed support for ByteArray datatypes

    • Fixed dataset deserialization when in use in history stores which resulted in zero values in datasets

    • Added code to ensure a history store is not started if the Injector is disabled

    • Removed issue that could result in Ignition shutdown when using disk-backed history store



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    titleAzure InjectortitleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
      Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates
    • Increased the default query timeout for disk-backed history stores to improve reliability on underpowered systems
    • Added support for
      • SUCOR type applications
    • 'Binary Data' datatype


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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
    • Fixed multiple edge cases where duplicate tag change events could be sent when they shouldn't be
    • Fixed timing issue that could result in Transmission attempting to read tags before the tag provider is started which could result in failure to initialize on startup
    • Fixed support for ByteArray datatypes
    • Added Paho bug workaround to minimize leaked Paho threads
    • Fixed dataset deserialization when in use in history stores which resulted in zero values in datasets
    • Added code to ensure a history store is not started if the Injector is disabled
    • Fixed potential IoT Hub deadlock
    • Removed issue that could result in Ignition shutdown when using disk-backed history store



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    titleGoogle Cloud Injector
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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
    • Modified default configuration to use Clearblade IoT Core endpoint
    • Increased the default query timeout for disk-backed history stores to improve reliability on underpowered systems
    • Added support for 'Binary Data' datatype


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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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    • Fixed multiple edge cases where duplicate tag change events could be sent when they shouldn't be
    • Fixed timing issue that could result in Transmission attempting to read tags before the tag provider is started which could result in failure to initialize on startup
    • Fixed support for ByteArray datatypes
    • Added Paho bug workaround to minimize leaked Paho threads
    • Fixed dataset deserialization when in use in history stores which resulted in zero values in datasets
    • Added code to ensure a history store is not started if the Injector is disabled
    • Removed issue that could result in Ignition shutdown when using disk-backed history store
    titlev4.0.11 June 1, 2022



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    titleMQTT DistributorEFM ABB Totalflow


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new featuresMade 'hashing algorithm' names consistent across all modules


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    Fixed Python Scripting API bug around updating Users
    • No fixes



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    titleMQTT EngineEFM Emerson ROC


  • 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 New or Improved
    • Made 'hashing algorithm' names consistent across all modules


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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
    • No fixes



    MQTT Transmission
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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 New or ImprovedFixed
    • No fixes




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    titlev4.0.20 November 22, 2023


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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 'actor' support to audit records for MQTT Engine to Transmission writes


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    titleWhat's Fixed

    • Removed invalid check requiring the Sparkplug sequence numbers be zero in an NBIRTH



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    titleMQTT Transmission


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    titleWhat's New or Improved

    • Added Transmission RECORD signature fields to the Python scripting API

    • 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

    • file publishing 'Reset' tag handling

    • Fixed issue that could result in Transmission RECORD config changes not taking effect

    • Fixed history store and forward migration to new table setup

    • Fixed history store and forward pruning logic for certain edge cases

    • Added support for '-' in disk-backed store and forward table names and some other special chars



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    titleMQTT Recorder


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

      Logging improvements for better diagnostics


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    titleWhat's Fixed

    • Fixed

      startup/shutdown synchronization that could result in thread leaks

      enable/disable handling via the 'Enabled' Ignition tag

    • Fixed IndexOutOfBoundsExceptions on attempts to create endpoint services and agents w/o sets defined

    • Fixed sequence number handling in pushed messages

    • Fixed Injector failover by ensuring Service startup as well as Agent startup in redundant Ignition environments

    • Fixed issue with history store enablement for a disabled service

    • Fixed issue that could result in

      the Push Policy reverting back to 'Push to All'

      duplicated BIRTH messages

    • Fixed 'Messages Stored' count in Info tag

    • Fixed potential thread deadlock

    • Fixed history store and forward pruning logic for certain edge cases

    • Added support for '-' in disk-backed store and forward table names and some other special chars




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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

      Logging improvements for better diagnostics


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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'

    • enable/disable handling via the 'Enabled' Ignition tag

    • Fixed IndexOutOfBoundsExceptions on attempts to create endpoint services and agents w/o sets defined

    • Fixed sequence number handling in pushed messages

    • Fixed Injector failover by ensuring Service startup as well as Agent startup in redundant Ignition environments

    • Fixed issue with history store enablement for a disabled service

    • Fixed issue that could result in duplicated BIRTH messages

    • Fixed 'Messages Stored' count in Info tag

    • Fixed potential thread deadlock

    • Fixed history store and forward pruning logic for certain edge cases

    • Added support for '-' in disk-backed store and forward table names and some other special chars

      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

    • Logging improvements for better diagnostics


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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'

    • enable/disable handling via the 'Enabled' Ignition tag

    • Fixed IndexOutOfBoundsExceptions on attempts to create endpoint services and agents w/o sets defined

    • Fixed sequence number handling in pushed messages

    • Fixed Injector failover by ensuring Service startup as well as Agent startup in redundant Ignition environments

    • Fixed issue with history store enablement for a disabled service

    • Fixed issue that could result in duplicated BIRTH messages

    • Fixed 'Messages Stored' count in Info tag

    • Fixed potential thread deadlock

    • Fixed history store and forward pruning logic for certain edge cases

    • Added support for '-' in disk-backed store and forward table names and some other special chars



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    titleEFF ABB Totalflow Modules
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    titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    Added Tag Path validation to configuration
    • No new features


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    Fixed meter type handling during auto-discovery when using applications other than AGA3, SUAGA3, AGA7, and SUAGA7
    • No fixes



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    titleEFM Emerson ROC Module


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    Added Tag Path validation to configuration
    • No new features


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes



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    titleEFM ExportOpto22 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




    Opto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver
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    v4.0.19 November 6, 2023


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    titleMQTT Distributor


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    titleWhat'What's New or Improved
    No new features
    • Improved logging on clearing of retained messages


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixesFixed log messages when client connections pre-empt existing connections with same client ID



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    title
    		v4.0.10 February 7, 2022
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    titleMQTT DistributorMQTT Engine


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    titleWhat's New or Improved

    • Expanded TagPath validation to ensure paths don't end in a slash

    • Added 'parentEnabled' and 'sourceTagPath' to list of default filtered properties
    • Added JSON validation for the MQTT Engine custom properties config fieldNo new features


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed
    potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions
    • writing of array values in MQTT Engine tag provider for null and full arrays
    • Fixed legacy STATE MQTT client migration when updating from older versions of MQTT Engine
    Fixed bug that resulted in MQTT Distributor starting when actually disabled after a 'system disabled' restore



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    titleMQTT EngineTransmission


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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
    • Optimized BIRTH building to consolidate readTag calls - helps with remote tag provider tags in BIRTH building
    • Expanded TagPath validation to ensure paths don't end in a slash
    • Added 'parentEnabled' and 'sourceTagPath' to list of default filtered properties
    • Major overhaul of disk-backed store and forward system to optimize storage and configuration
    • Added digital signature support to Transmission RECORD creation
    • Added defaults for rolling history buffer configuration
    • Added Transmission history store field validation
    • Removed the 'prune quantity' option for rolling history configuration from the web UI


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed issue where Edge Node level expression tags are null on NBIRTH
    • Fixed null value handling in RECORDs that would result in default values being set instead of null
    • Fixed cache update code that could result in BIRTH messages not publishing the most recent/valid value
    • Fixed potential erroneous data type change event when converting tags for UDT instance members
    • Fixed issue where timestamps could be set incorrectly if the tag is in a Managed Tag Provider
    • Fixed NPE on initialization
    • Fixed handling of CMD messages missing Metric datatypes per the Sparkplug spec including Rebirth requests
    • Fixed handling of tag properties that are not of a supported datatype



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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



  • 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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    titleAWS Injector
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    titleMQTT Transmission
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    titleWhat's New or Improved


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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
    New or Improved
    • Optimized BIRTH building to consolidate readTag calls - helps with remote tag provider tags in BIRTH building
    • Expanded TagPath validation to ensure paths don't end in a slash
    • Major overhaul of disk-backed store and forward system to optimize storage and configuration
    • General logging improvements


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed issue where Edge Node level expression tags are null on NBIRTH
    • Fixed cache update code that could result in BIRTH messages not publishing the most recent/valid value
    • Fixed 'enabled' value handling on setting endpoints
    • Fixed potential erroneous data type change event when converting tags for UDT instance members
    • Fixed NPE on initialization
    • Fixed Injector Info tags that could show incorrect data
    • Fixed PUSH_TO_ANY handling in Injectors when transitioning on connection status
    • Fixed NPE on fresh module installation
    • Fixed handling of tag properties that are not of a supported datatype



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    titleAzure Injector
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    titleMQTT Recorder


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Optimized BIRTH building to consolidate readTag calls - helps with remote tag provider tags in BIRTH building
    • Expanded TagPath validation to ensure paths don't end in a slash
    • Major overhaul of disk-backed store and forward system to optimize storage and configuration
    • General logging improvements
    • Added configurable SAS token expiration length
      • No new features


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed
      • potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing version
    • issue where Edge Node level expression tags are null on NBIRTH
    • Fixed cache update code that could result in BIRTH messages not publishing the most recent/valid value
    • Fixed 'enabled' value handling on setting endpoints
    • Fixed potential erroneous data type change event when converting tags for UDT instance members
    • Fixed NPE on initialization
    • Fixed Injector Info tags that could show incorrect data
    • Fixed PUSH_TO_ANY handling in Injectors when transitioning on connection status
    • Fixed NPE on fresh module installation
    • Fixed handling of tag properties that are not of a supported datatype



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    titleAWS Google 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 version
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    titleAzure Injector
    • Optimized BIRTH building to consolidate readTag calls - helps with remote tag provider tags in BIRTH building
    • Expanded TagPath validation to ensure paths don't end in a slash
    • Major overhaul of disk-backed store and forward system to optimize storage and configuration
    • General logging improvements
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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
    • issue where Edge Node level expression tags are null on NBIRTH
    • Fixed cache update code that could result in BIRTH messages not publishing the most recent/valid value
    • Fixed 'enabled' value handling on setting endpoints
    • Fixed potential erroneous data type change event when converting tags for UDT instance members
    • Fixed NPE on initialization
    • Fixed Injector Info tags that could show incorrect data
    • Fixed PUSH_TO_ANY handling in Injectors when transitioning on connection status
    • Fixed NPE on fresh module installation
    • Fixed handling of tag properties that are not of a supported datatype



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    titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module
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    titleIBM Cloud Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new featuresAdded Python scripting APIs to copy configs


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed
    potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions
    • handling of empty CFX publish cron expressions
    • Fixed a web UI validation issue 'Publish Files Folder' field



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    titleEFM ABB Totalflow Emerson ROC 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
    • Python scripting APIs to copy configs
    • Improved CRC calculation on ROC messages to account for padding


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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
    • handling of empty CFX publish cron expressions
    • Fixed a web UI validation issue 'Publish Files Folder' field



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    titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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    		EFM 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
    • No new features


  • 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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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes







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    titlev4.0.18 August 11, 2023


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    titleEFM ExportMQTT Distributor


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new featuresAdded additional 'Distributor Info' tags


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    Fixed potential class loading issues when running multiple Cirrus Link modules of differing versions
    • No Fixes



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    titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC DriverMQTT Engine


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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

    • 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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    titlev4.0.9 October 22, 2021
    • legacy client not disconnecting when control tags force offline
    • Fixed issue with cloning UDTs when using arrays
    • Fixed issue with overrides on UDT Tag properties



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    titleMQTT DistributorTransmission


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new features


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes
    • Fixed issue where manually entered client ID could cause RPC client to not start
    • Fixed BIRTH building of OPC tags to ensure values are set properly when they are members of UDTs



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    titleMQTT Recorder
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    titleMQTT Engine


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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 Edge Node refresh support
    • Improved Agent and Set refresh/restart logic
  • 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 issue where BIRTH message might not get sent on Kinesis Stream enable/disable



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    titleAzure Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added Edge Node refresh support


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed IoT Central connections not publishing BIRTH
    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 TransmissionGoogle Cloud Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added Edge Node refresh support


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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
    • 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
    • No new features
  • 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
    • 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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    titlev4.0.17 June 29, 2023


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    titleMQTT Distributor


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Updated the code signing certificate
    • Improved logging around PUBLISH and DISCONNECT packet handling
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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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    • Improved session tracking and expiring of expired/disconnected sessions
    • Fixed CONNACK error code for failed authentication



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    titleMQTT Engine


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    titleWhat's New or Improved

    • Updated the code signing certificate

    • Added 'total metric count' and 'metrics per second' info tags

    • Logging improvements around timestamp collisions

    • Removed Conscript dependency to better support SSL connections on ARM platforms

    • Added support for password protected PKCS8 private SSL keys


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Added NPE protection against arriving null tag values
    • Fixed regression in String payload handling that prevented tag updates in non-JSON custom namespaces
    • Added null protection on connection lost for clients without a specified LWT/Primary Host ID
    • Fixed handling of bound parameters in UDTs



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    titleMQTT TransmissiontitleMQTT 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
    • Updated the code signing certificate
    • Optimized Birth building to improve performance
    • Added info tags for 'metric count' and 'metrics per second'
    • Added 'rolling buffer' support to preserve data during keep alive connection lost events
    • Expanded on tag event tracing for debug purposes
    • Optimized recursive tag configuration lookups on startup
    • Removed Conscript dependency to better support SSL connections on ARM platforms
    • Added support for password protected PKCS8 private SSL keys


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    titleWhat's New or ImprovedFixed
    • Fixed the return type for RandomStartupDelay in Transmission Servers createConfig Python scripting API
    • Fixed some edge cases around timestamps on metrics during startup
    • Fixed regression that previously broke device topic expansion
    • Fixed store and order buffer overflows to delete the oldest data first
    • Fixed cache updating issue when handling with disabled tags



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    titleMQTT Recorder


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Updated the code signing certificate
  • 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
    • No fixes



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    titleAWS Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Updated the code signing certificate
    • Expanded on tag event tracing for debug purposes
    • Added disk-backed store and forward support
    • Optimized recursive tag configuration lookups on startup
    • Added individual Agent enable/disable support and a name setting
    • Removed Conscript dependency to better support SSL connections on ARM platforms


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed FlushPeriod return type in the Python scripting API
    • Fixed cache updating issue when handling with disabled tags
  • 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


  • 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 New or Improved
    • Updated the code signing certificate
    • Expanded on tag event tracing for debug purposes
    • Added disk-backed store and forward support
    • Optimized recursive tag configuration lookups on startup
    • Added individual Agent enable/disable support and a name setting
    • Removed Conscript dependency to better support SSL connections on ARM platforms
    • Added support for password protected PKCS8 private SSL keys


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed cache updating issue when handling with disabled tags



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    titleGoogle Cloud Injector


    Expand
    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
    New or Improved
    • Updated the code signing certificate
    • Expanded on tag event tracing for debug purposes
    • Added disk-backed store and forward support
    • Optimized recursive tag configuration lookups on startup
    • Added individual Agent enable/disable support and a name setting
    • Removed Conscript dependency to better support SSL connections on ARM platforms
    • Added support for password protected PKCS8 private SSL keys


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed cache updating issue when handling with disabled tags



    Expand
    titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Updated the code signing certificate


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed deletion and validation of global definitions and their references



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    titleEFM Emerson ROC Module
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    titleGoogle Cloud Injector


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Updated the code signing certificate


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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
    • Updated the code signing certificate
  • 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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    • No fixes




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    titlev4.0.16 April 17, 2023


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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 thread management issue when clients continually reconnect with bad credentials



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    titleMQTT EnginetitleIBM Cloud Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added encryption of the security context hashing password

    • Added support for DATA metrics missing the MetricDataType because it is known from the BIRTH

    • Added support for topic namespace filters to be scoped to specific MQTT Servers
    • Added a custom config property to support Edge Node implementations that don't include BIRTH sequence numbers
    • Improved various RPC calls for Python scripting consistency
    • Added support for detection and logging of UDT collisions at MQTT Engine when they differ
    • Logging improvements and error handling improvements on malformed NBIRTH messages
    • Added user warnings for custom namespace subscriptions that include spaces
    • Added legacy state info tags to MQTT Engine
    • Added auditing support for remote writes in MQTT Transmission
    • Moved the 'enable primary host state' config option to the server's legacy state client config section
    • Logging improvements
    • 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
    • to ensuring client shutdown always happens when required
    • Fixed STATE message handling in multi-server environments
    • Fixed issue that could result in topic subscriptions not being reset properly on filter changes
    • Improved error handling in Sparkplug BIRTH processing
    • Improved error handling for custom namespace string payloads that can't be converted to Ignition tag paths
    • Fixed incorrect OFFLINE state values in the MQTT Engine info tags
    • Fixed null elements in array handling
    • Fixed Elecsys 'State' topic handling
    • Fixed tag/folder management for info tags when enabling primary host subscriptions
    • Fixed issue that resulted in Custom Namespace String tags not getting updated after initial creation



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    titleMQTT Transmission
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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
    • Modified to not publish cached BIRTH messages if no historical data was published
    • Added encryption of the security context hashing password
    • Added user warnings when users set very large history store capacities
    • Added support for 'ExcludeFromPayload' to prevent specific UDTs from being published via MQTT
    • Added retry logic for example tag creation on initial Transmission installation
    • Added auditing support for remote writes
    • Added support for publishing alarm events on tags via MQTT
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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
    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Initial GA release
    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes
    • Modified Transmission to cache historical births at connection loss time rather than when finished flushing
    • Fixed STATE message handling in multi-server environments
    • Fixed potential deadlock when using the disk-backed history store
    • Fixed various RPC calls for Python scripting consistency
    • Fixed issue that resulted in old timestamps being included with newly enabled tags
    • Fixed NPE when handling online transition
    • Fixed issue that could result in device discovery before a 'Refresh' is performed
    • Fixed 'Enabled' property change event reporting on UDT member tags
    • Added support to force Paho disconnect if Paho still reports 'online' state to ensure proper reconnect



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    titleMQTT Recorder


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new features
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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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    • Fixed various RPC calls for Python scripting consistency



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    titleAWS Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added support for 'ExcludeFromPayload' to prevent specific UDTs from being published via MQTT


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed 'Enabled' property change event reporting on UDT member tags
    titlev4.0.5-beta1 Sept 1, 2020 (EFM ABB Totalflow only)



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    titleEFM ABB Totalflow ModuleAzure Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    Initial release of module for Ignition 8
    • Added support for 'ExcludeFromPayload' to prevent specific UDTs from being published via MQTT


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes
    Expand
    • Fixed various RPC calls for Python scripting consistency
    • Fixed 'Enabled' property change event reporting on UDT member tags



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    titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added support for a custom endpoint server URL which results in support for Clearblade migrations
    • Added support for 'ExcludeFromPayload' to prevent specific UDTs from being published via MQTT
    • Added validation for mandatory private key upload field


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed 'Enabled' property change event reporting on UDT member tags
    titlev4.0.5-beta1 Aug 5, 2020 (EFM Emerson ROC and EFM Export only)



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    titleEFM Emerson ROC ABB Totalflow Module


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


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Added support to ensure application names during auto-discovery are unique
    • Fixed potental NPEs when updating meter and periodic config mappings
    No fixes



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    titleEFM ExportEmerson ROC Module


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Improved
    • CFX filename conventions
    • Modified Opcode table support to include the 'L' value in tag names to prevent name overlapInitial release of module for Ignition 8


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes
    Expand
    • Improved OpCode table detection logging to show failed TLPs
    • Fixed ROC clock sync to work properly when multiple device are syncing clocks
    • Fixed potential NPEs when updating meter and periodic config mappings
    • Fixed exception handling when losing connection while in the connection establishment period
    titlev4.0.5 June 29, 2020



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    titleMQTT DistributorOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new features
  • 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


    Fixed enum usage to prevent class loading exceptions when browsing/modifying gateway web UI configuration
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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixes




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    titlev4.0.15 February 9, 2023


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    titleMQTT EngineDistributor


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added return values for Python scripting API CRUD operations


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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 Device Rebirth requests
    • Disabled non-Sparkplug-B namespaces by default
    • Set max subscriptions to 8 per request to better support some third party MQTT Servers
    • Added return values for Python scripting API CRUD operations
      • 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
    • status indication for devices that fail to subscribe to the MQTT Server
    • Fixed Elecsys support for '_' chars in messages
    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
    • return values for Python scripting API CRUD operations


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • 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
    • Device Rebirth requests
    • Fixed issue that could result in missing UDT metrics in a BIRTH
    • Fixed erroneous detection of edge node and group folder removal
    • Logging improvements on startup/connect
    • Fixed issue where EFM records may not be published at startup
    • Fixed NDEATH publishing when the Transmitter is disabled



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    titleMQTT Recorder


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    titleWhat's FixedNew or Improved
    • Added return values for Python scripting API CRUD operations


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixes
  • 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 RecorderAWS Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added 'refresh required' info tag and removed the 'auto-discover' feature
    • Added return values for Python scripting API CRUD operationsNo new features


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed
    • Agent name initialization that could result in NPE at startup
    • Fixed handling of enable/disable of endpoints via the control tag
    • Fixed NDEATH publishing when the Agent is disabled
    • Updated logic to support connects without BIRTH messages when appropriate
    • Fixed Agent validation to allow duplicate records
    Fixed enum usage to prevent class loading exceptions when browsing/modifying gateway web UI configuration



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    titleAWS Azure 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
    • Expand
    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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    • 'refresh required' info tag and removed the 'auto-discover' feature
    • Added return values for Python scripting API CRUD operations


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed Agent name initialization that could result in NPE at startup
    • Fixed handling of enable/disable of endpoints via the control tag
    • Fixed NDEATH publishing when the Agent is disabled
    • Updated logic to support connects without BIRTH messages when appropriate
    • Fixed Agent validation to allow duplicate records



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    titleGoogle Cloud titleAzure Injector


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    titleWhat's New or ImprovedNew or Improved
    • Added 'refresh required' info tag and removed the 'auto-discover' feature
    • Added return values for Python scripting API CRUD operations
  • 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
    • Expand
    • Agent name initialization that could result in NPE at startup
    • Fixed handling of enable/disable of endpoints via the control tag
    • Fixed NDEATH publishing when the Agent is disabled
    • Updated logic to support connects without BIRTH messages when appropriate
    • Fixed Agent validation to allow duplicate records



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    titleEFM ABB Totalflow ModuletitleGoogle Cloud Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added support for Meter Configurations
    • 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
    • CFX file creation
    • Improved INI polling status tracking
    • Logging improvements
    • Added a 'not licensed' status indicator
    • Added support for user-selectable INI files
    • Added protection of 'double click' events during config that prevented DB access


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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
    • Expand
    • NPE that could result in N/A device connection status
    • Fixed issue that could result in 'empty application name' in config menu
    • Fixed issue that prevented access to an internal application map during config
    • Fixed issue that resulted in failure to obtain meter config when using PERSISTENT connections



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    titleEFM Emerson ROC ModuletitleIBM Cloud Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improvedor Improved
    • Added support for CFX file creation
    • 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
    • OpCode Table polling as templates
    • Added a 'not licensed' status indicator
    • Added validation for CSV file uploads to ensure proper format


  • Fixed enum usage to prevent class loading exceptions when browsing/modifying gateway web UI configuration
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    titleWhat's Fixed
    Fixed
    • Fixed race condition that resulted in errors when the history poller is stopped
    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
    • Logging improvements


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixes




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    titlev4.0.14 December 14, 2022


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    titleMQTT Distributor


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Replaced core MQTT Server code with clean room implementation
    No new features


    No fixes
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    titleWhat's Fixed
    Fixed
    • Fixed MQTT over Websocket handling

    • Fixed NPE during anonymous connections

    • Fixed memory leak around uses of QoS greater than 0



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    titleMQTT Engine


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    title
    		v4.0.4 May 20, 2020
    What's New or Improved

    • Added support for Sparkplug v3.0.0 STATE messages

    • Added optional/configurable legacy STATE support for Sparkplug 2.2 clients
    • Logging improvements on Threadpools
    • Added a precheck on message decoding Sparkplug messages in case of invalid message payloads
    • Added support for custom namespace overlap on incoming messages
    • Added support for parenthesis in tag paths
    • Added native support for 'reordering timeouts' to support Sparkplug v3.0.0

    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

    All Modules
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    title


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Updated code signing cerificate
    Fixed
    • Fixed potential NPE and ConcurrentModificationException in Primary Host handling
    • Fixed support for the 'enabled' tag property
    • Fixed Info tag initialization
    • Fixed config validation of multiple topics on a single entry
    • Fixed UDT handling for disabled UDTs via the 'enabled' tag property
    • Fixed Elecsys sys02 sending to correct server in multi-server environments
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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed documentation links in tooltips of the module config pages



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


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added support for Sparkplug v3.0.0 STATE messages
    • Improved File auto-publisher performance
    • Increased maximum number of concurrent file publishers

    • Fixed

    • No fixes
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    titleMQTT Engine

    • possible deadlocks around file, record, history, and live tag publishing

    • Added thread names for improved logging in file publishers
    • Added logging of time spent on file publish operations
    • Added support for null/empty dataset values
    • Optimized File publishing by removing sync on tag change events
    • Added force sending of pending publish before DDEATH sending
    • Improved inline help text for Store and Forward settings
    • Added support for disk-backed Sparkplug bdSeq numbers


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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
    Fixed
    • Fixed file 'auto-publisher' threads to terminate on shutdown with performance improvements
    • Added synchronization to STATE message handlers to prevent timing issues on STATE handling
    • Fixes to online/offline handling and manual file publishing
    • Fixed 'Publish File Count' metric value
    • Fixed reset of 'Publish Files Folder' value when 'Reset' is set true
    • Added NPE protection on handling of null tag configs
    • Fixed Topic token validation in config operations
    • Fixed support for the 'enabled' tag property
    • Added NPE protection when publishing DDEATH messages
    • Fixed Info tag initialization
    • Fixed potential overwrite of 'Offline DateTime' with null value
    • Fixed disk backed history store inserts with special characters
    • Fixed validation of Group/Edge ID collisions when they are in different Server Sets
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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 TransmissionRecorder


  • 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 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 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
    New or Improved
    • Optimized 'rebirth' publishing to not rescan the tag tree
    • Added force sending of pending publish before DDEATH sending
    • Added support for disk-backed Sparkplug bdSeq numbers


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Added NPE protection on handling of null tag configs
    • Fixed Topic token validation in config operations
    • Fixed potential deadlock when pushing payloads under heavy load



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    titleAzure Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Optimized 'rebirth' publishing to not rescan the tag tree
    • Added force sending of pending publish before DDEATH sending
    • Added support for disk-backed Sparkplug bdSeq numbers


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    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Added NPE protection on handling of null tag configs
    • Fixed Topic token validation in config operations
    • Fixed potential deadlock when pushing payloads under heavy load



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    titleGoogle Cloud Injector
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    titleMQTT Recorder


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Optimized 'rebirth' publishing to not rescan the tag tree
    • Added force sending of pending publish before DDEATH sending
    • Added support for disk-backed Sparkplug bdSeq numbersNo new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Added NPE protection on handling of null tag configs
    • Fixed Topic token validation in config operations
    • Fixed potential deadlock when pushing payloads under heavy load
    No fixes



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    titleAWS IBM Cloud Injector


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    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Optimized 'rebirth' publishing to not rescan the tag tree
    • Added force sending of pending publish before DDEATH sending
    • Added support for disk-backed Sparkplug bdSeq numbers
    • 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
    • Added NPE protection on handling of null tag configs
    • Fixed Topic token validation in config operations
    • Fixed potential deadlock when pushing payloads under heavy load



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    titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


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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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    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixes




    v4.0.3 January 28, 2020
    Expand
    titlev4.0.13 September 21, 2022


    Expand
    titleMQTT Distributor


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixes



    Expand
    titleMQTT EnginetitleGoogle Cloud Injector


    Added tag pacing period validator to ensure it is greater than zero
    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved

    • Added support for

      a connection pooling to allow for increased throughput
    • General performance enhancements

    • DateTime Arrays and String Arrays

    • Logging improvements/

      Disconnect logic

      cleanup


    Expand
    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
    • Expand
    • issue with file transfers of files with invalid characters in the filename
    • Fixed issue with BED Edge Node names
    • Fixed issue with Tags not getting updated
    • Fixed issue with nested property sets



    Expand
    titleMQTT TransmissiontitleIBM Cloud Injector


    Expand
    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
    • support for DateTime Arrays and String Arrays
    • Added validation to Transmitter record creation to ensure duplicate Sparkplug Edge Node descriptors don’t collide


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed issue with history lost on MQTT Transmission info tags
    • Fix for newly added device tag folders
    • Fix for Error_TypeConversion error
    • Fixed issue with UDT name matching



    Expand
    titleMQTT Recorder


    Expand
    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
    New or Improved
    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixes



    Expand
    titleAWS Injector
    Expand
    titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No
    fixes
    • Fixes



    Expand
    title
    Azure Injector


    Expand
    title
    		All Modules
    Expand
    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)
    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixesFixes



    Expand
    titleMQTT DistributorGoogle Cloud Injector


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new featuresAdded session token auto-refresh


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed potential deadlock on shutdown
    • Added Distributor Info tags showing number of connected clients
    • No Fixes



    Expand
    titleMQTT EngineIBM Cloud Injector


  • 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
    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixes



    Expand
    titleEFM ABB Totalflow Module


    Expand
    titleWhat's FixedNew or Improved
    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixes
  • 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



    Expand
    titleMQTT TransmissionEFM Emerson ROC Module


  • Performance improvements in disk-backed history store and forward
    • Added optional 'random' delay setting to Transmitter configuration
    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixes



    Expand
    titleEFM Export


    Expand
    titleWhat's FixedNew or Improved
    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixes
  • Various fixes in disk-backed history store and forward
  • Fixed potential thread leaks
    • Fixed issue with BIRTH incorrectly containing cached/old Tag values



    Expand
    titleMQTT RecorderOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Initial releaseNo new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No
    fixes
    • Fixes




    Expand
    titlev4.0.12 July 28, 2022


    Expand
    titleAWS InjectorMQTT Distributor


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration
    • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No
    fixes
    • Fixes



    Expand
    titleAzure InjectorMQTT Engine


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved

    • Added

      settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration

      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


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed
    shutdown issue to prevent duplicate MQTT client connections
    Expand
    titleGoogle Cloud Injector
    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration
    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes
    Expand
    titleIBM Cloud Injector
    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration
    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes
    • 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



    Expand
    titleMQTT Transmission
    Expand
    titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new features
    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes
    Expand
    titlev4.0.2 October 11, 2019
    All Modules
    • 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
    Expand
    title


    Expand
    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
    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
    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    Various minor bug fixes



    Expand
    titleMQTT DistributorRecorder


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    Add support for spaces in ACL topics
    • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No
    fixes
    • Fixes



    Expand
    titleMQTT EngineAWS Injector


    Expand
    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
    • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No Fixes
    Expand
    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



    Expand
    titleMQTT TransmissionAzure Injector


    Expand
    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
  • 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


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    Fixed publishing of derived tags, OPC tags, and other indirect types
    • No Fixes



    Expand
    titleMQTT RecorderGoogle Cloud Injector


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

      Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No
    fixes
    • Fixes



    Expand
    titleAWS IBM Cloud Injector


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get publishedImprovements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No
    fixes
    • Fixes



    Expand
    titleAzure InjectorEFM ABB Totalflow Module


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates
    • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get publishedSUCOR type applications


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    No fixes
    • Prevent the one-short record poll after reconnect when in persistent mode



    Expand
    titleGoogle Cloud InjectorEFM Emerson ROC Module


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get publisheddynamic configuration handling for global definition updates for meter and periodic mappings
    • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


    Expand
    titleWhat's FixedFixed

    • 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
    No fixes



    Expand
    titleIBM Cloud InjectorEFM Export


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration
    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixesFixes



    Expand
    titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    Added scanner refresh control Tag
    • Improvements to handling of redundancy synchronization after record updates


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No
    fixes
    • Fixes




    Azure Injector
    Expand
    titlev4.0.11 June 1 June 19, 20192022


    Expand
    titleMQTT Distributor


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixesFixed Python Scripting API bug around updating Users



    Expand
    titleMQTT Engine


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or ImprovedWhat'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 metAdded support for Ignition7/Transmission to publish to Ignition8/Engine with quality code translations



    Expand
    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
    • 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



  • 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
    Expand
    titleMQTT Transmission
    Expand
    titleMQTT Transmission
    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved


    Expand
    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
    Expand
    titleAWS Injector
    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved

    • Improvements to handling of null values

    • Added Agent record validation in Web UI configuration

    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed

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

    • Various tag path handling fixes

    • Various UDT fixes

    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
    Expand
    title


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved

    • Improvements to handling of null values

    • Added Agent record validation in Web UI configuration

    Expand
    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

    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



    Expand
    titleMQTT Recorder
    Expand
    titleGoogle Cloud Injector


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

  • Improvements to handling of null values

    • Added Agent record validation in Web UI
    • configuration


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed

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

    • Various tag path handling fixes

    • Various UDT fixes

    • No fixes



    Expand
    titleIBM Cloud AWS Injector


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

  • Improvements to handling of null values

    • Added Agent record validation in Web UI configuration


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • Fixed
    support for auto-detected Edge Nodes in tag trees

  • Various tag path handling fixes

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



    Expand
    titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC DriverAzure Injector


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Improved Birth caching to increase performance
    • Removed excessive calls to 'getTagConfigsAsync' to increase performance
    No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes
    Expand
    titlev4.0.0 May 13, 2019
    • 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



    MQTT Engine
    Expand
    titleGoogle Cloud Injector
    Expand
    titleMQTT Distributor


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Inital port to Ignition8
    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes
    Expand
    • 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
    		title


    Expand
    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
    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes
    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'



    Expand
    titleIBM Cloud
    Expand
    titleAWS Injector


    Expand
    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 performanceInitial port to Ignition8


    Expand
    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'
    No fixes



    Expand
    titleAzure InjectorEFM ABB Totalflow Module


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Initial port to Ignition8Added Tag Path validation to configuration


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixesFixed meter type handling during auto-discovery when using applications other than AGA3, SUAGA3, AGA7, and SUAGA7



    Expand
    titleGoogle Cloud InjectorEFM Emerson ROC Module


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Initial port to Ignition8Added Tag Path validation to configuration


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes



    Expand
    titleIBM Cloud InjectorEFM Export


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    Initial port to Ignition8
    • No new features


    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes



    Expand
    titleOpto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver


    Expand
    titleWhat's New or Improved
    • Initial port to Ignition8

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

    • No new features


  • 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
    Expand
    titleWhat's Fixed
    • No fixes




    Release notes for earlier module versions available here