|
The Wi-Fi section has moved to System > Network as a new tab. A new NTP Client Status section in System > Network > DNS / NTP Servers displays information on the status and time synchronization of the NTP Client. The OPC UA Server performance is now enhanced by moving to the Unified Automation Stack. When you activate Manufacturing Connect Edge through Manufacturing Connect , a validation is now available to ensure the connection is valid. You can download an event history in a CSV file by navigating to System > Events > Events History. You can retrieve topics for events by navigating to System > Events. When upgrading Manufacturing Connect Edge by uploading or downloading the upgrade file, you will now need to download a backup of your Manufacturing Connect Edge before proceeding with the upgrade. When downloading a support bundle, you now have the option to download config and log details, or only download log details. When importing a template and one component fails to be imported, the import process doesn't stop. The failed component is skipped and the template process continues. When a license activation fails, the error messages now provide more relevant information on the cause of the error. The grace period to allow a disconnection from the license server before a connection must be re-established is now increased from 8 hours to 24 hours.
|
|
Several enhancements have been made to the Server Search feature. You can now search for tags in all devices from DeviceHub > Tags. If there is a system reboot, the status of devices is maintained. For example, if a device is stopped and Manufacturing Connect Edge is rebooted, the device will remain in a stopped state when Manufacturing Connect Edge restarts. The Keyence Nano Ethernet (Gen1) driver now has more data types available. When you click a device tile and then click the Tags tab, you can now manage the list of tags for the device.
|
The Google Pub/Sub connector now allows you to define custom attributes. The Google Pub/Sub connector now allows you to upload the value for the Service Account Key field. You now have the option of uploading a CSV file of topics for connectors. You can now download the topics for a connector. You can now clear logs for connectors. Connectors that have certificate variables now allow you to upload certificate files. The inbound option for topics has been removed from connectors that only support outbound topics. In connector tiles, the text Manage Tags is now renamed Manage Topics.
|
You can now do the following: Define the network interface to expose the OPC UA server from. Re-initialize the server when any changes are made to the server configuration. Place items under the root or at the parent level. Create a custom hierarchy with folders, devices, and tags. Reset the hierarchy with the following options: All, Manually Created Only, Imported Only. Pass any NATS topic as a message as long as it follows the standard DeviceHub structure.
The OPC UA server now does the following: A new OPC UA server Node ID field is now available. The following new policies are now available: Aes256_Sha256_RsaPss Aes128_Sha256_RsaOaep
|
|
Starting with Manufacturing Connect Edge version 3.5.2, the user interface prompted you to configure an external timeseries database and not an internal one. You now have the option of configuring either an internal or external timeseries database with no plan to deprecate internal timeseries databases.
|
|
|
