2024-12-20 - Release 1.8

Highlights

  • Initial support for Unified Namespace: Tricloud Nexus now supports collecting data from a MQTT Broker and write the measurement to other Data connectors. It also supports writing measurements from any Tag to an MQTT Topic.

  • Introduction of Update Center: Tricloud Nexus now features a new Update Center that allows easy management of both Module and Application updates across all devices in your fleet

  • Scheduled Deployments: Deployments of Device Configurations can now be scheduled to run at a predefined date-time from both Device Configuration, Deployments and Update Center

  • Improved Usability in Tag Configuration: Configuration of Tags now got a lot easier with a new and improved UI for easy configuration of Tags, Sampling rates, Access, storage etc.

  • Added new Tag Editors: Increased usability by adding several new Editors to customize Tag settings including ModBus- & Formula Editor

  • Import public containers: Added ability to import containers from public available docker registries, configure settings for the container and deploy them to devices

New Features

  • Added MQTT Read/Write support, making it possible to write any Tag to a MQTT Connector publish Topic

  • Added Update Center that allows updates of Modules or Applications to be performed immediately or scheduled across all devices in a single operation

  • Introduced UI for viewing and re-scheduling deployments in the management portal

  • Added new UI to support import and configuration of 3rd party containers from public docker repositories

  • Added Formula Editor that lets you easily specify advanced operations on the measurements using Tags as references

  • Added ModBus Editor to improve usability when configuring Tags for a ModBus connector

  • Improved Monitoring adding ability to see metrics from each running Module on the Information Tab of the Module

  • Hierarchy validation now supports less restrictive naming rules for data connectors

  • Management Portal now loads the last selected hierarchy when opening Asset modelling

  • Added support for Debian 12 in Edge compatibility

  • And many more...

Fixes

  • Deployment is no longer possible if the Device Configuration contains an Application that no longer exist

  • Fixed delayed synchronization of asset hierarchy to ADX during initial deployments

  • Resolved errors related to Modbus read address validation

  • Fixed deployment scheduling issues, including incorrect or missing scheduled deployments

  • Addressed multiple UI inconsistencies, such as button placements and tooltip visibility

  • Resolved issues with duplicate modules and outdated deployment logs in monitoring views

  • And many more...

Breaking Changes

  • Removed support for legacy Asset Hierarchy naming convention based on only Asset.Tag naming. ISA95 naming convention is now the future standard

Security Updates

  • Updated IoT Edge Runtime 1.5.15 LTS

  • Upgraded Tricloud Nexus Edge Modules to .NET 8

  • Upgraded CLI Tool to .NET 8

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