Datonis Edge 5.0 Release Notes

• Revamped adapter configuration UI
  • Basic adapter configuration UI is completely updated to eliminate the need of advanced configuration
  • Easy switch between basic configuration and advanced configuration with all changes reflected instantly
  • Discover and configure multiple things per adapter with single click, easily select desired thing with advanced search
  • Add same thing multiple times with different configuration like monitor tags, scan intervals, different metrics etc.
  • Tag and connection help in-built in the UI, no need to refer documentation for simple stuff
  • Connection Config Tab
    • Configure multiple connections per thing, replicate single connection change across all things
    • Connection configuration now supported picking allowed values from drop down
  • Read Tags Config Tab
    • Read Tags configuration UI allows adding new tags to any existing connection
    • Map existing or new read tags to any metric easily
    • Remove existing metric mapping or remove tags entirely
    • While mapping tags to metrics, select tag aggregations like max, min, avg, sum, count and many more including custom defined
    • Configure derived tags using multi line JavaScript support
    • Sync and select discovered read tags through advanced search
    • Advanced tag configuration UI allows drop down values e.g. Modbus register type, value types etc.
  • Write Tags Config Tab
    • Configure write tag for supported adapters easily e.g. OPC UA and Modbus
    • Sync and select discovered write tags through advanced search
    • Generate sample instruction json to be used at Datonis
  • Monitor Tags Config Tab
    • Add monitor, scan and date time tags easily from already configured tags
    • Pick supported aggregations depending upon monitoring tag type
  • Intervals Config Tab
    • Configure scan, send and heartbeat interval from single pane
    • Configure thing mode easily

• Seamless tag discovery support for OPC UA, OPC DA and CSV adapters, no need to type tag values
• Added support to pass JVM options like Xmx and Xms through launch batch or shell script commands
• New data types added in Modbus Adapter: String, BCD, LBCD, Word, DWord, Char. New connection options added in Modbus as well e.g. Device Id moved to connection, First Byte/Word/DWord low or high setting etc.
• Improved adapter CSV configuration
  • Now downloaded CSV contains all configured tags
  • Uploading CSV for a one thing does not alter or remove other configured things
• Auto update of Activity dashboard, no need of manual refresh while monitoring things, rules or ML models
• Edge now supports Websocket protocol support for Mqtt connections, Websocket support will be enabled at cloud side shortly
• Many core infrastructure improvements e.g. Kura 3.0 support, tremendous improvement in OSGi build process, third party library updates
• Added file logging support to installer, added silent upgrade support
• Fixed issues - Linux HTTPS not working, Advanced config-json editing does not enable Apply, Generate config-json fails for things with no metrics
• Improved error logging across all components (from build 5.0.496)
• Added auto horizontal scrolling to drop down widget in case listed item length exceeds widget width
• Fixed reserved suffixes computation logic to consider scan boundaries (i.e. count, avg, max, min, sum)
• Added error handling logic across all type of tag processing, tag and its suffix variables will be computed as null to avoid not defined error (from build 5.0.516)
• Added functionality to send scan errors as alerts to Datonis
• Supported disabling send or scan task based on negative value
• Optimized tag suffix evaluation, now evaluation will happen only when required
• Added functionality to fire single task if send interval is multiple of scan interval
• Added within grid ordering support for Derived Tags in Read Tags tab
• Added update read and write tag functionality, supported grouping of tags in drop down
• Added functionality to add/edit/delete custom suffixes via a new Global Suffixes tab
• Fixed Web Console login edit issue (from build 5.0.518)