BMS Platform R2 Build 2010

Release date: 18 May 2021

Core

New features

• Server: Extended XLogic execution logging.
• Server: New config parameter to consider longer startup times of remote OPC servers.
• Server: New option to prevent database migration in case there is no database access at all.
• Server, BACnet: mapping now supports date-value (#42) and time-value (#50) types.
• Server, BACnet: support of TimeSynchronization and UTCTimeSynchronization services.
• Server, KNX: telegrams with SYSTEM priority are sent through a prioritized queue.
• Studio: 3rd-party licenses are now included in setup installer and reachable through the Help menu.

Improvements

• Setup: TeamViewer applicance updated.
• Server: Extended logging for internal server loop monitoring.
• Server: Change of log level is now logged.
• Server: Enhanced check for invalid characters in database name.
• Service Control: Enhanced plausibility checks for Web Manager port settings.

Fixes

• Setup: Possible incomplete component registration that prevents Studio and Visualization Editor from being started after installation – fixed.
• Server: Possible alarm time program malformation during server restart – fixed.
• Server: Timestamp of latest change in OPC structure is circumstancially negative – fixed.
• Server: Upon server restart, possible execution of one-time events from the past – fixed.
• Server: Failed plugin start-up potentially prevents further plugins from being loaded – fixed.
• Server: Client XCommands BMS.*.ENABLE report error if call does not lead to a change – fixed.
• Server: Crash on exit – fixed.
• Server: Database synchronization issues during startup – fixed.
• Server, BACnet: Both driver and explorer fail to work if more than 16 network interfaces are configured – fixed.
• Server, LUA: nxaCsvHandlung.lua ignores empty fields – fixed.
• Studio: Possible memory leak prevented.
• Service Control: Memory leak when Web Manager details dialog is left open – fixed.
• Service Control: Enabled HTTPS-only option for Web Manager leads to Webserver status 1 (NOK) – fixed.

Visualization

Improvements

• Editor, Label: In operation mode control, the first assigned server item is configured to be sent to and received from by default.
• Runtime: Improved page load speed by deactivating aGIFs while switching pages.
• Webserver: Generally available HTML page for font usage reference.
• Webserver: Runtime control properties LEFT and TOP can be used in combination with variables.
• Webserver, Button: Toggle button reset timeout increased from 10 to 30 s.

Fixes

• Editor: Possible crash when switching to pages with specific contents – fixed.
• Editor, Button: Parsing error of XCommand parameter string – fixed.
• Runtime: Dynamic visibility change of a control applies geometry of wrong view – fixed.
• Runtime, Label: Input field shows formatted output instead of actual server item value – fixed.
• Runtime, Button: Title offset is not considered when aligned to the bottom – fixed.
• Webserver: Main/backup-handover issues of SQL database is not reachable – fixed.
• Webserver: Background color configured for the project is not used – fixed.
• Webserver: Unable to navigate to a page which's tab had just been closed – fixed.
• Webserver: Connection counter issues – fixed.
• Webserver, Button: Parsing error of XCommand parameter string – fixed.
• Webserver, Label: Value scaling does not work if mixed type data points are linked to the control – fixed.
• Webserver, Label: Password tooltip is not properly HTML encoded – fixed.
• Webserver, Label: Input field preset is not properly HTML encoded – fixed.
• Webserver, Internet: Control is possibly not showing content – fixed.
• Webserver, Slider: Click does not set the slider's value to the mouse position – fixed.

Web Manager

New features

• Project tree shows description of an element as tooltip.
• Alarms: Suppress/release of an alarm records the current user and an optional comment.
• Alarms: Alarm list restriction to selected folder does not happed when embedded in a visualization page.
• Metering: Cost rate is available as server item.
• Metering, Calculation chart: Optional display of labels in the plot.
• Metering, Calculation chart: New calculation type Costs.
• Trending: Allows also data points of type String for trending types all and sampling.
• Trending: Chart view is renamed to Plot view in order to prevent confusion with Trending Chart elements.
• Trending: Limit for automated aggregation in plots is available as configuration setting.
• Trending, Chart: Temporary hiding of configured trending in the plot view by clicking on the respective entry in the legend.

Improvements

• Default page size in the project tree can be configured in the user preferences.
• Selection of elements for reference is now also possible from the project tree's details pane.
• App version of connected Vision clients is noted in the log.
• Improved warning if the ports configured for the Webserver are occupied by a different application.
• Metering: Presentation of cost center, assignments of cost center and meter point elements has been redesigned.
• Metering, Calculation chart: Configuration UI has been redesigned.
• Metering, Cost center plan: Performance improvement when adding a cost center to a large cost center plan.
• Trending: Fallback trending type All for string item trendings.
• Trending, Chart: Export table view to Excel writes a single file with a separate page for each referenced Trending.
• Trending, Raw data: Import data timestamps are treated as from a specified time zone.

Fixes

• Connection loss of the backend to the Core Server possibly results in erratic frontend behavior – fixed.
• Disabled login form can be submitted by enter key – fixed.
• Command configuration: Result of the Report instance picker is assigned to multiple commands – fixed.
• General permission issues – fixed.
• General drag-and-drop issues – fixed.
• General multiselect issues – fixed.
• General UI stability issues – fixed.
• Multiselect mode is disrupted by click in the project tree – fixed.
• Explorer: Export / Import overlays interfere with underlying UI components– fixed.
• Alarm: Suppress dialog UI fixes.
• Alarm: Non-preset priority value crashes alarm list frontend – fixed.
• Alarm: On resizing the browser window, alarm list columns circumstancially disappear – fixed.
• Alarm: Alarm list cannot be scrolled under certain circumstances – fixed.
• Alarm: Moving away from an alarm with a time program leads to unmotivated "Save?" prompt – fixed.
• Metering: Initial meter reading is treated as consumption – fixed.
• Metering: Meter reading values are displayed with a temporal offset – fixed.
• Metering: Cost center tree is not updated when deleting metering items from the project tree – fixed.
• Metering, Calculation chart: Incorrect binning of the data – fixed.
• Metering, Calculation chart: Missing scrollbar in configuration – fixed.
• Metering, Calculation chart: No data in table view if too many columns – fixed.
• Metering, Calculation chart: Itemized value option cannot be changed – fixed.
• Trending: Moving a trending onto another trending deletes the source element – fixed.
• Trending: Custom plot range is not saved – fixed.
• Trending, Plot view: No display if language is set to Romanian – fixed.
• Trending, Plot view: Title is not updated when changing selection in the project tree – fixed.
• Trending, Plot view: Time axis is malformed if only a single value is displayed – fixed.
• Trending, Raw data: Export ignores user's selection of records – fixed.
• Trending, Raw data: Overlay resets underlying UI components – fixed.
• Trending, Raw data: Column sort does not work – fixed.
• Templates: Changes in alarm templates time program are not saved – fixed.
• Templates: Introducing a new variable overwrites previously usage of variables – fixed.
• Reports: Configuration is not read from file – fixed.
• Diagnosis, Item tree: Value of 0 cannot be written to numeric items – fixed.
• Diagnosis, Item tree: Write item overlay does not close after writing – fixed.

XLogic

New features

• Editor: New go-to-node function for quick navigation.

Fixes

• Editor: Saving a command circumstancially reloads the command and conceils possible messages – fixed.

Updated Extensions

• Database Interface 1.0.2
• Reporting 1.1.9
• XLogic BMS Library 1.0.2
• Toolbox 4.1.13