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Cirrus Link Modules for Ignition v4.0.4 - May 20, 2020

IMPORTANT NOTE: These are not compatible Ignition 8.0.13 or later. At this time we do not have modules that are compatible with 8.0.13.

• General (All Modules)
  • Fixed documentation links in tooltips of the module config pages
  • Updated code signing cerificate
• MQTT Distributor
  • Modified TLS setup to piggyback off of native Ignition SSL mechanism
• MQTT Engine
  • Fixed retention of UDT properties across module restarts
    
  • Add custom property for 'sequence number reordering'
  • Added a cache layer for improved custom namespace performance
  • 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
  • Fixed client reinitialization after custom namespace changes
  • Improved certificate file management in the config web configuration UI
  • Fixed 'Critical App State' info tag to prevent erroneous data
  • 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
• MQTT Transmission
  • 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
  • Added a validator to primary host ID creation to prevent runtime errors
  • Fixed handling of non-memory tags (i.e. derived, OPC, etc) in Sparkplug Record publishes
  • Added parameter based UDT DataType handling when convertUDTs=true
  • Fixed potential ClassCastException around BoundPropertySet Objects
  • Added tag pacing period validator to ensure it is greater than zero
    
  • Improved certificate file management in the config web configuration UI
  • Fixed Transmission TLS connect on startup
  • Added Transmission Info Tags for tracking messsages and bytes
    
  • 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
    
• MQTT Recorder
  • None
• AWS Injector 
  • Fixed Timer thread leak on pending publish creation
  • Fixed potential ClassCastException around BoundPropertySet Objects
  • Added null checks to Injector start/stop to prevent NPEs
  • Added tag pacing period validator to ensure it is greater than zero
  • 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
  • General performance enhancements
  • Disconnect logic cleanup
• Azure Injector
  • Tooltip/help improvements
  • Fixed Timer thread leak on pending publish creation
  • Fixed potential ClassCastException around BoundPropertySet Objects
  • Added null checks to Injector start/stop to prevent NPEs
  • 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
  • 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
  • General performance enhancements
  • Disconnect logic cleanup
  • Added reconnect logic to MQTT Injectors when message pushes fail
• Google Cloud Injector
  • Fixed Timer thread leak on pending publish creation
  • Fixed potential ClassCastException around BoundPropertySet Objects
  • Added null checks to Injector start/stop to prevent NPEs
  • Added tag pacing period validator to ensure it is greater than zero
  • Added support for a connection pooling to allow for increased throughput
  • 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
  • General performance enhancements
  • Disconnect logic cleanup
  • Added reconnect logic to MQTT Injectors when message pushes fail
    
• IBM Cloud Injector
  • Fixed Timer thread leak on pending publish creation
  • Fixed potential ClassCastException around BoundPropertySet Objects
  • Added null checks to Injector start/stop to prevent NPEs
  • Added tag pacing period validator to ensure it is greater than zero
  • Added support for a connection pooling to allow for increased throughput
  • 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
  • General performance enhancements
  • Disconnect logic cleanup
  • Added reconnect logic to MQTT Injectors when message pushes fail
• Opto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver
  • None

Cirrus Link Modules for Ignition v4.0.3 - January 28, 2020

• General (All Modules)
  • Various fixes in UDT definition and instance handling
  • Fixed potential deadlock in CirrusClient disconnect
  • 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)
• MQTT Distributor
  • Fixed potential deadlock on shutdown
  • Added Distributor Info tags showing number of connected clients
• MQTT Engine
  
  • 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
  • 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
• MQTT Transmission
  • Various fixes in disk-backed history store and forward
  • Fixed potential thread leaks
  • Fixed issue with BIRTH incorrectly containing cached/old Tag values
  • Performance improvements in disk-backed history store and forward
  • Added optional 'random' delay setting to Transmitter configuration
• MQTT Recorder
  • Initial release
• AWS Injector 
  • Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration
• Azure Injector
  • Fixed shutdown issue to prevent duplicate MQTT client connections
  • Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration
• Google Cloud Injector
  • Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration
• IBM Cloud Injector
  • Added settings validators to ensure correct Injector configuration
• Opto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver
  • None

Cirrus Link Modules for Ignition v4.0.2 - October 11, 2019

• General (All Modules)
  • 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
  • Various minor bug fixes
• MQTT Distributor
  • Add support for spaces in ACL topics
• MQTT Engine
  • 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
  • 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
• MQTT Transmission
  • 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
  • Fixed publishing of derived tags, OPC tags, and other indirect types
• AWS Injector
  • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get published
• Azure Injector
  • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get published
• Google Cloud Injector
  • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get published
• IBM Cloud Injector
  • Added support for configuring which Tag properties get published
• Opto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver
  • Added scanner refresh control Tag

Cirrus Link Modules for Ignition v4.0.1 - June 19, 2019

• AWS Injector

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

  • Various tag path handling fixes
    

  • Various UDT fixes
    

  • Improvements to handling of null values
    

  • Added Agent record validation in Web UI configuration
    

• Azure Injector

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

  • Various tag path handling fixes
    

  • Various UDT fixes
    

  • Improvements to handling of null values
    

  • Added Agent record validation in Web UI configuration
    

  • Fixed publishing of NBIRTH messages for Event Hubs
    

• Google Cloud Injector

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

  • Various tag path handling fixes
    

  • Various UDT fixes
    

  • Improvements to handling of null values
    

  • Added Agent record validation in Web UI configuration
    

• IBM Cloud Injector

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

  • Various tag path handling fixes
    

  • Various UDT fixes
    

  • Improvements to handling of null values
    

  • Added Agent record validation in Web UI configuration
    

• MQTT Distributor
  • None
• MQTT Engine
  • Fixed online status info tags to denote the proper values
    
  • Added support for Ignition7/Transmission to publish to Ignition8/Engine with quality code translations
    
  • 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
    
• MQTT Transmission
  • 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
    
  • 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
    
  • Improvements to handling of null values
    
  • Fixed connected Server URL info tag handling
    
  • Added sorting of UDT definitions to ensure proper order for creation of UDTs
    
  • Added batching and caching components to improve performance
    
  • Fixed alias support
    
  • Improvements to Disk-backed history stores
    
• Opto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver
  • None
    
    

Cirrus Link Modules for Ignition v4.0.0 - May 13, 2019

• AWS Injector
  • Initial port to Ignition8
    
• Azure Injector
  • Initial port to Ignition8
    
• Google Cloud Injector
  • Initial port to Ignition8
• IBM Cloud Injector
  • Initial port to Ignition8
• MQTT Distributor
  • Initial port to Ignition8
• MQTT Engine
  • Initial port to Ignition8
  • Known issues
    • Throughput is not as good as it was in Ignition 7 compatible modules
• MQTT Transmission
  • Initial port to Ignition8
  • Removed default transmitter and now seed a default transmitter with the same functionality as the old default transmitter
  • Added support for multiple tag paths to a single transmitter
  • Added custom property to 'exclude tags' from payloads
  • Added custom property to specify which tags changes events will be stored in store and forward cache
  • Known issues
    • Throughput is not as good as it was in Ignition 7 compatible modules
• Opto22 groov EPIC and SNAPPAC Driver
  • Initial port to Ignition8

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

  • 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