Manufacturing Connect Edge 4.0.0

release date september 5, 2025 review the current list of limitations docid\ eax yfkpggsv lhc4um5u new features description devicehub devicehub introduces tag browsing, new drivers and driver versions, and additional features tag browsing tag browsing introduces optimized loading times for tag searches and improved navigation that makes it easier for you to find and add tags tag browsing replaces browse tags and server search functionality and improves on the previous search in several ways unified search search through one ui rather than through two separate methods which simplifies the overall search experience persistent results search results load once and persist for faster searches spreadsheet support download your search results for further processing in excel multi tasking perform other tasks in manufacturing connect edge during searches drivers a new generic device driver can be used to listen on tcp, upd, serial ports with advanced configurations for secure connections, data payload parsing, reading, writing, streaming, and more to allow manufacturing connect edge to connect to any device on the industrial plant floor you can now enable or disable new payload fields ( statuscode , sourcetimestamp , and servertimestamp ) when you select the publish additional attributes checkbox in the connect a device dialog when adding or editing a device this release introduces the following drivers abb abb robot web services ab (allen bradley) ab logix ethernet ab logix serial ab micro800 ethernet beckhoff beckhoff twincat 3 ads ethernet ge ge ethernet absolute ge ethernet symbolic generic generic device historian historian mysql server client historian postgresql server client historian microsoft sql server client ignition ignition module keyence keyence nano ethernet omron omron hostlink omron fins serial omron fins ethernet additional features with the opc ua client advanced driver, now the timestamp in tag payloads reflects the ocp ua servertimestamp when driver mode is set to subscription and additional parameters are enabled you can now use the new browse registers procedure to filter 200k+ tags with improved loading screens and cached results flows manager you can now debug and fix an unresponsive flow by enabling safe mode debug and change the flow in safe mode and then redeploy the corrected flow previously, you could not stop a flow for debugging purposes analytics analytics introduces new processor nodes, ai model and ai vision, variables and parameters support, and enhancements to existing features new ai processor nodes and models are introduced use the nodes to integrate your llms and slms with manufacturing connect edge define and manage ai model connections choose from providers such as openai, cloudflare ai gateway , grok 3 , ollama, google gemini, nvidia, and anthropic use system and user prompts for flexible ai interaction trigger ai chat calls based on user input generation link multiple ai processors for advanced workflows analytics now support user defined variables create and manage variables by navigating to analytics > variables , through the api, or with javascript and tengo script processors you can now define and reuse static parameter values in analytics use parameters to easily update and maintain consistency with your terminology the new javascript processor function allows you to write javascript the new spc charts function is available with statistical calculations the new image preview processor allows you to view image files and base64 images in analytics ui the new jsonata processor allows user to apply jsonata transformations to analytics data flows integrations a new integration connector supports mqtt v5 and enables manufacturing connect edge to connect and use version 5 features in your mqtt brokers you can now import topics from devicehub and analytics in the integration connector applications new filters support granular searches of marketplace applications filters at the top of the page on applications > marketplace enable you to filter by category and sort results by newest or oldest applications you can also apply additional search parameters depending on the applications that you are searching on you can now specify create , update , and delete settings for the modify permission for example, you can now allow a user to maintain (but not remove) running marketplace applications and containers synchronizing marketplace catalogues has been improved now you can view the last sync date and time for catalogues select specific catalogues and sync only those catalogues sync all catalogues the marketplace catalog app in manufacturing connect now supports adding fully compliant docker compose files to new application releases in manufacturing connect edge system you can now manage labels for all your edge instances through custom key value pairs (for example, environment production ) this feature supports adding, modifying, and deleting labels enhanced user analytics are available with posthog integration you can now authenticate users in manufacturing connect edge using the openid connect (oidc) protocol terminal user interface (tui) a new factory reset option allows you to reset a manufacturing connect edge device when the web ui is unavailable enhancements and improvements description devicehub devicehub provides improvements to drivers, logging, usability, tags, and more drivers now you can convert shift jis encoded strings to unicode using the keyence serial driver to read japanese data several enhancements have been made to the snmp manager driver including device and tag settings you can now configure the omron fins ethernet driver to use either tcp or udp as a connection protocol the driver also supports multiple data types, including bool , int , word , dword , and more the opc ua driver now includes support for alarms and events to enable real time monitoring the opc ua client advanced driver now supports browsing and reading extensions objects without non atomic reads you can now set retry counts and timeouts for the modbus rtu over tcp driver aligning its functionality with the enron modbus driver you can now define the station id at the tag level for the modbus tcp driver you can now configure the response timeout for all modbus drivers the sparkplug b client driver has improved features including automatic tag metadata and support for nbirth, dbirth, ndeath, and ddeath topics you can now update point type browsing for the fb107 driver updated python2 package dependency for all drivers you now have multiple python versions (v2 and v3) with improved driver scanning for all gen1 drivers you can now access logix controllers without ethernet modules for ab logix ethernet driver you can now set the persistence layer size limit during connector creation and updates the default size is set to 10mb for each connector the mssql driver performance is improved with connection handling, decimal support, and updated configuration nomenclature a new write response topic is now available for various drivers that allows you to view a success/failure responses for write requests that the driver sends write responses are now supported for the following drivers ab, generator, mitsubishi, mqtt, omron, siemens, and snmp a subscription register type has been add to the osi agent advanced driver logging a new improved logging system has been introduced for the following drivers danfoss fc/tsc, dh agent, emerson, euromap, historian, modbus, network utilities, opc ua, osi pi, omron, opc ua, osi agent, profinet, and sql usability you can now edit existing metadata key/value pairs directly using the edit (pencil) icon you can now select from a dropdown menu to browse for tags where on going and completed tasks are sorted by latest timestamps improved usabilty for asset discovery now an error displays on the edit device dialog box when entering an incorrect formula in the tag formula field an error message displays when creating a new item with unsaved changes in the metadata section, along with clear buttons for active input fields tags you can now view tags organized in ndata and ddata folders with tagnames indicating their types for browsing the sparkplug b driver you can now copy the masked tag token directly from available topics browsing is easier through improved tag retrieval, better loading times, and background processing additional updates you can now display system events and ui notifications for browsing tasks you can now use int64 and uint64 data types, along with h string and i string registers for modbus tcp power meter applications you now have improved handling for time types (time, date, dt, tod) as u64 , formatted into appropriate strings the asset discovery feature now lets you discover devices on the profinet protocol this includes a new rest api for profinet, integration with the asset discovery ui, rbac, and license permissions the asset discovery feature has been added for manufacturing connect edge docker builds to discover plcs and industrial assets on the network you can now discover mdns devices through asset discovery you can now define metadata keys using the hyphens symbol flows manager minor ui improvements have been implemented you can now selectively delete flow related files in the ui analytics you can now manually trigger the inject processor using a new button on the inject, filereader, and filewriter nodes navigation is improved in analytics as page transitions now automatically save configurations and the connect wire process no longer prompts for definitions by default usability enhancements have been introduced in the ui the filewriter and filereader processors now support csv and parquet as output and input file types you can now parse utc time values in parquet files using filereader the code editor now ensures that code is properly aligned applications you can now group containers by application on the catalog apps page for expanded views, status indicators, and quick action options the error message now displays more details for failed catalog synchronizations you can now filter catalog applications logs by container tag to provide targeted insights for each container you can now update marketplace applications where the old version stays active until the new version is fully downloaded you can now see all ports for connected docker containers you can now update docker images to the latest version with an enhanced button that triggers a docker pull image command you can now view publisher and category metadata on application tiles in the marketplace integrations improvements have been made to connectors, subscriptions, security, and to product usability connectors an updated create > create connector button was added to the add a connector dialog box for creating new connectors integration connectors have been enhanced in the following ways optimized streaming throughput and data handling improved resources management and lower cpu and memory usage persistent storage management options per connector improved logging and error handling template enhancements allow for scalable create and update connector workflows you now have an increased limit to maximum parallel publish count for nats connector to 100,000 the add connector dialog box now has an improved display for limit hits in numeric fields you can now view providers organized into groups in the create connector form each group includes a name, logo, and a detailed list of providers you can now access cloud storage features from the integrations menu in manufacturing connect edge docker builds performance and animations improved in the add connector ui subscriptions you can now enable, disable, or remove all subscriptions simultaneously with enhanced backend endpoints to handle over 30,000 subscriptions you can now enable and disable all subscriptions using ui icons consistent warning banner styles now display across subscriptions and instance dialog boxes security you can now choose oauth 2 0 as an authentication option for rest api integration connector when connecting to external applications handling of credentials has been improved in the ui and with api use usability you can now schedule jobs to run on a specific day and time in a week in cloud storage sync cloud storage sync has improvements to the ui and performance, including provider logos in the selection drop down readme displays for each cloud provider opcua warning messages are improved for invalid security mode and policy combinations during configuration improvements include support for importing up to 100k nodes in the opc ua hierarchy support for seven aggregation functions improved ldap and ad login options updated devicehub type conversions a new statistics tab in the server ui replaces the connections tab system the following improvements have been made to systems general you can now easily add multiple topics by separating topic names with commas in system > access control > tokens and write topics you can now access existing events from various components in the edge device in your manufacturing connect a notification now displays to indicate that your license is about to expire nfs file systems have improved recognition for manufacturing connect edge deployments in kubernetes clusters the external storage feature has been enhanced with new events for adding, editing, and removing external storage mounts the docker template option has been renamed to docker binding ip for clarity when exporting templates in the packet capture page file details now display including interface, start time, stop time, and size, and options to download or remove the file files now remain available for download for one hour this allows for multiple downloads within that period before you need to manually delete to start a new capture you can now use the enhanced grpc streaming feature to transfer up to 1,000,000 tags for backup and restore purposes you can now successfully import templates and restore backups, even if certain components are not running you can now modify the mtu (maximum transmission unit) setting directly in the update network interface dialog you can now track user logout events similar to user login templates now a dialog box displays all items in a template upon upload to prevent the import of incorrect templates you can now export and import cloud storage configurations security you can now regenerate oauth client secrets, manage secret rotation, and set new expiry dates for expired clients directly from the access control tokens interface you can now configure oidc providers with the addition of client id and client secret fields in the edit oidc provider dialog box logging you now have unified structured logging across all edge device components you can now track ftp service changes with new event logging for server start/stop, user addition, and user removal user interface the login page has an improved ui resolved issues description devicehub fixed issue where large metadata tag values were truncated fixed issue with pagination not displaying the correct number of pages after applying a search filter in the tags table view fixed issue where an error occurred when attempting to create a tag for a device with an expiring license fixed issue where w eb ui responsiveness decreased over time when modifying watchdog settings for 50+ devices bacnet fixed issue where the bacnet driver could not write analog values for a tag dnp3 ethernet with fb extensions fixed issue with emerson dnp3 fbx driver where an application alarm contained a null value fixed issue with emerson dnp3 fbx driver where calibration events contained a null value fixed issue where the emerson dnp3 with fb extension driver did not reconnect after power cycling a device fixed issue where tagging a time device using tunneling incorrectly used fb device value, ensuring accurate data representation for fb3000 device fixed issue where tag values were incorrect with the dnp3 ethernet with fb extensions driver when the network connection was disconnected and connected again fixed issue where time data type values were parsed incorrectly when retrieved from fb3000 devices by the dnp3 ethernet with fb extensions driver fixed issue where dnp3 ethernet with fb extensions did not publish the latest event for hae records euromap fixed issue where the euromap63 gen1 driver read old tag files instead of the latest, causing operational disruptions ge fanuc fixed issue where the fanuc cnc ethernet (gen1) cnc rdcommand function would consistently return a command value of 0 in the payload opc ua fixed opc ua client advanced driver issue where a badcertificateuntrusted error occurred after 45 minutes of connection fixed issue with pagination not displaying the correct number of pages after applying a search filter in the tags table view modbus fixed issue where a modbus tcp driver published incorrect data when zero based addressing was disabled roc800 fixed issue where the roc800 ethernet driver would return null for history registers when opcode 139 requested more than 60 points fixed issue where the roc800 ethernet event register excluded the old value for w\&m events from the payload the roc800 ethernet driver now makes proper index requests based on the opcode 6 code from roc800 devices analytics fixed issue where enabling pass through value in analytics resulted in an array output instead of a string fixed issue where the define connection feature did not allow users to assign custom names when creating events/values connections fixed issue where the switch node incorrectly displayed data type errors when using int or uint fixed issue where no data being returned after applying a filter to a database batch input fixed issue where copying an analytics flow resulted in all connection names reverting to default values applications fixed issue where last run time and next run time did not reflect the sync timer interval defined in cloud storage sync fixed issue causing 500 server errors on applications pages and registry id not found errors fixed issue where users could not disconnect a running container from a docker network using the ipvlan driver fixed issue where the links field in docker compose files returned nil fixed issue where you could not delete docker containers stuck in a restarting state after deploying grafana release 8 5 0 fixed issue where containers launched from the marketplace with unless stopped restart policy were incorrectly starting after a reboot integration fixed issue preventing users from defining empty local topics for inbound subscriptions fixed issue where the mssql connector failed to transition to a failed state when disconnected the kafka connector now alerts you when there is a failure in sending data to the cluster, instead of displaying a misleading connected status search for local topics when adding a new subscription topic to an integration connector now returns only alias or raw topics, and excludes write, pollonce, and batchwrite topics now an accurate connection status displays for the azure event hubs connector opc ua server fixed issue with opcua hierarchy api that intermittently resulted in the generation of duplicate tags fixed issue with long overlapping opcua node names fixed import issue where number of failed tags was negative this occurred when importing a large number of tags fixed import issue where a memory leak occurred when importing tags with arrays containing many values you can now directly import analytics topics from datahub into the opc ua hierarchy system fixed issue where an opc ua server would not start on a docker instance running on an arm processor fixed issue where manufacturing connect edge did not start because an invalid certificate was generated from manufacturing connect in this case, a ' failed to start nginx server ' message displayed fixed issue where password policy setting descriptions were missing on the access control page fixed issue where the ok button was missing, allowing users to bypass the time zone difference warning and successfully log in resolved the following vulnerabilities in zerotouch binary cve 2024 45337 cve 2024 45338 fixed issue where multiple hostnames could only be added in one entry if the first hostname was a fully qualified domain name (fqdn) fixed issue where users encountered a dm error couldn't get wg info file does not exist error upon activation after upgrading from latest lts version user interface activating manufacturing connect edge with an invalid activation code resulted in two different error pop ups causing confusion about the specific error reason when changing your password, a new password and current password must be different error message displayed even after modifying the current password docker deployment of manufacturing connect edge new features description new deployment support arm64 manufacturing connect edge docker container is now available support bundle you can now download a support bundle for the manufacturing connect edge docker version