Security
• This version contains several security enhancements. Updating to this version of the product is strongly recommended.
• The Secure Deployment Guide has been updated to provide guidance on proper configuration of the UA Gateway, as well as suggestions on protecting against UNC path injection attacks.
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Event Log
Added an event log message when device discovery automatically renames a discovered device when there is a naming conflict.
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Fixes / Maximum Connections
• Fixed issue with OPC UA tag quality going bad when the tag name has trailing percent signs or other special characters.
• Increased the upper limit on OPC UA connections allowed to 256. The default value is still 128.
• Fixed an OPC UA memory leak resulting from a direct read.
• Fixed a potential crash bug in UA server.
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Max Updates per Publish / Security
• For the ThingWorx Native interface, decreased the minimum allowed value on Max Updates per Publish and provides event log feedback when a message is too large or timing out. Also adjusted the internal memory allocation buffer for better performance.
• Updated to C SDK 3.1.0 to address a race condition that prevents sending property updates for remote properties when the platform or thing restarts. This version also contains several security enhancements and bug fixes.
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Encryption
• Updated the Wonderware toolkit to support encrypted SuiteLink communications.
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Double / Block Size
• Added support for Double data types in trend files.
• Fixed an issue where register block size changes would not be applied while an active client was running.
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Crash Dump
The Application Report Utility can now configure automatic Crash Dump generation and collect crash dumps for the Store and Forward Service, Local Historian Service, and Script Engine Service.
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CFX V8.1
EFM Exporter FlowCal Exporter for gas meter types now allows exporting CFX V8.1 format.
• The CFX File Version property allows selecting Version 5 or Version 8 for gas meter types.
• History Type options for CFX File Version 5 remain Type 1, 2, 3, & 4. History Type options for CFX File Version 8 are Type 1 & 2.
• When exporting a PollGroup to CSV, the CFX File Version is now included with each FlowCal Exporter.
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Floating-Point Values
Fixed an issue reading floating-point values.
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Floating-Point Values
Fixed an issue where the formatting of non-numeric floating-point values, such as #INF and #NAN, were invalid in JSON payloads.
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Persist Rate
Users can now configure the rate at which tag values are persisted to file. The range is 5-60 seconds.
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CPU Usage
Fixed an issue that could cause high CPU usage.
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Enable / Disable Endpoints
• Added support for enabling / disabling Server Endpoints.
• Added support for enabling / disabling Client Endpoints.
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TIA Portal v17 and v18
Added support for v17 and v18 TIA Portal projects.
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