Product Updates
2023

Manufacturing Connect Edge 3.5.2

5min

Release Date: May 4, 2023

New Features

Description

DeviceHub:

  • Support is now provided for the following Gen 2 drivers:
    • AB CompactLogix Ethernet Advanced
    • Mitsubishi A Serial Series
    • Mitsubishi Q/L Ethernet
    • Modbus RTU Advanced
    • Modbus RTU over TCP
    • MQTT Client
    • MQTT Server
    • Omron Fins Ethernet
    • OSI Agent
  • The new Server Search feature allows you to search for and add pre-defined tags to DeviceHub devices.
  • A new DataHub page replaces the DataHub > Configuration page. The DataHub (Legacy) page will be removed in a future release. You will need to create new configurations and migrate existing DataHub (Legacy) configurations to the DataHub page.

Integration:

  • Support is now provided for the following connectors:
    • DB - Mongo v4+
    • REST API

System:

  • You can now use Zerotouch installation, which allows you to pre-define a Manufacturing Connect Edge configuration and use it to deploy edge devices on-site with no additional human input.

Enhancements and Improvements

Description

DeviceHub:

  • Additional data types have been added in the Register Table for the Sinumerik 808D Serial (Gen1) driver.
  • When searching for tags, you can now use the search filters contains and equals to.
  • When you create or update Gen 2 drivers, you can select the Enable logging check box.
  • When using Browse Tags, you can now cancel active browse requests.
  • You can now download new versions of Manufacturing Connect Edge from the UI. Navigate to System > Device Management and refer to the new Update Files section.

System:

  • You can now download new versions of Manufacturing Connect Edge from the UI. Navigate to System > Device Management and refer to the new Update Files section.

Resolved Issues

Description

DeviceHub:

Fixed the following issues:

  • Not being able to successfully add all tags using Browse Tags with the AB CompactLogix Ethernet driver.
  • Messages not displaying with the poll-once command using the OPC UA Advanced driver.
  • Not being able to delete all tags at once for a device.
  • The Modbus TCP driver reporting incorrect values when the tag count is greater than 1.
  • The connection automatically closing with Gen 2 drivers.
  • Fixed issue with tag-level metadata not being transported when importing templates.
  • Fixed issue with device names not updating in Manufacturing Connect.

Integration:

  • Fixed issue with not being able to import a large number of tags with the Google Cloud Pub/Sub connector.
  • You can now use special characters in passwords for SQL connectors.
  • Fixed issue with errors when editing connector topics that are connected and enabled.
  • Fixed issue with the show mapping option in SQL Connectors causing failures.

System:

  • Fixed issue with activation fails for node-locked licenses (online and offline) after downloading the latest Docker image.
  • When there is an issue creating a template, the error message now provides information on what caused the failure.
  • Fixed issue with metrics not being available for Manufacturing Connect Edge devices connected to Manufacturing Connect.
  • Fixed issue with the Manufacturing Connect Edge Docker not forwarding events to Manufacturing Connect.

Analytics:

  • Fixed issue with the Database Output processor not working successfully.

Flows Manager:

  • Fixed issue with the Deploy only modified flows option causing errors.

Known Issues

Description

DeviceHub:

  • The Siemens S7 (Gen2) driver may have issues publishing data.
  • Uploading a CSV file of tags may not be successful if the file contains an existing tag in Manufacturing Connect Edge.
  • The AB CompactLogix Ethernet FreeTag (Gen2) driver contains a spare word in write requests.
  • When using Browse Tags for the OPC UA Client Advanced driver, the Select all function may not work.
  • The CAN Raw device may not be able to connect to HPE EL300.
  • The OPC UA Client Advanced driver may not be able to connect to some OPC UA servers.
  • Links in device tile warning messages may not successfully launch correct documentation pages.

Analytics:

  • An error message may display after connecting a Statistical Prediction node to a Moving Average node.
  • Error messages for the Change of Value node may persist even after addressing the error.
  • The debug window may not display data for nodes not connected to an output node.
  • Data formatted as INT may not display properly.

Integration:

  • When running an Influx DB locally with a Docker command and adding an Influx DB connector to Manufacturing Connect Edge, the connector may not be able to run successfully.

System:

  • When using VirtualBox, a "Login incorrect" message may display on the Terminal User Interface during startup.
  • When uploading a template, you may mistakenly receive the error message license sync exceeded.
  • Large template files may not be restored successfully.
  • Activation errors messages may not display or not display clear reasons for the error.

Deprecated Components and Features

Description

DeviceHub:

  • The Refresh icon for device tiles is removed.
  • The following drivers are no longer offered:
    • AB CompactLogix (Gen1)
    • AB ControlLogix (Gen1)
    • AB MicroLogix (Gen1)
    • Mitsubishi QJ71E71 (Gen1)
    • OPC UA Client (Gen1)
    • Siemens S7-1200 (Gen1)
    • Siemens S7-1500 (Gen1)
    • Siemens S7-300 (Gen1)
    • OPC UA Client Subscribe (Gen1)

Integration:

  • The DB - Oracle connector is no longer offered.