Release Notes for system:inmation 1.78

Create structured OPC events to hold data from In Process Control devices. The IPC-Event Lua library helps to create these events with a structured payload and also provides functions to search and retrieve events with dedicated content.

1.78.3 now includes MongoDB version 4.4.10 in the installation, this MongoDB version contains a number of fixes for issues present in version 4.4.8 that was shipped with 1.78.2. The MongoDB version shipped and installed (for new installations only - see Upgrade Notes - 1.78 for more details) will be MongoDB 4.4.10. Please be aware of the change in system requirements for MongoDB 4.4.10 before installation or upgrade.

1.78 now has full support for MongoDB version 4.4.8. In addition, the MongoDB version shipped and installed (for new installations only - see Upgrade Notes - 1.78 for more details) will be MongoDB 4.4.8. Please be aware of the change in system requirements for MongoDB 4.4.8 before installation or upgrade.

The inter-component communication between Core and Connector (and Master Core and Local Core) can now be configured to use X.509 certified encryption. Support for X.509 authentication between other components is planned for the future, please see X.509 Security Mode documentation for more details about the currently supported configurations.

The new Server Timestamp property allow the retention time of archived data to be defined in terms of the time when data was stored or updated. The server timestamp usage is configured on the data store level in the Custom Time Series Data Store allowing for different time series data stores to have different configurations.

The action pipeline delegation feature for WebStudio is now available.

The Tree widget now has search support enabling the user to search nodes and apply global and column filters to the resulting search table.

A new Delete File endpoint is now available for the Web API, extending the functional support of the File Pointer Properties.

OEE Realtime KPIs are now supported as a preview feature in 1.78 and introduces the foundation for future extensions and additions regarding OEE support and the usage of the ISA-95 Equipment Model in general. The main Configuration class is the OEE Equipment Monitor for the ISA-95 Equipment Model. This is supported by the time configuration classes TPM Site Configuration, TPM Year Configuration and other classes to provide the information about Shifts and not-scheduled and unscheduled equipment time.

Improvements and extensions have been made to the Batch Tracker including the ability to select Unique Batch Criteria and to the Batch Tracker Backfill to selectively backfill for selected batches matching a filter.

The introduction of the Certificate Management dialog for the Connector and Server services makes it easier to manage OPC UA certificates for client and server from DataStudio.

The format of returned OPC Classic event values from the getvalue and geteventhistory functions can now be made the same by using the new options in the defaults function. See Compatibility Notes - 1.78 for more details.

Styling is supported for selected tabs in the Tabs widget including icons and text alignment. This can be done for each tab or applied globally for a compilation.

Improvements and extensions have been made to the MSI Integration including more user friendly Abort and Status messages, better handling of Optional objects in messages, introduction of response code parameter and option to auto reset of the trigger for received bidirectional messages.

The OPC UA datasource now supports IO items subscribing to index ranges of UA nodes providing arrays of data.

DataStudio and the 32-bit inmation executable are now automatically updated on Local Cores by the Master Core.

The new getbackreferences retrieves the back references for objects in the system.

The System Event Store can now be disabled, and Custom Event Stores allow the configuration of the MongoDB collection name.