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What's new in octoplant 101.4.0

The following is a listing of the optimizations made in the current octoplant version.

Setup, migration and update

The latest changes increase the stability and efficiency of the server system update and migration process:

  • To increase the system security, from version 101.4.0 onwards the octoplant gateway is only tested and approved for use on Windows 10 and newer operating systems.

    We recommend that you only use operating systems that are still actively maintained. However, if you wish to continue using the gateway on older operating systems (e.g. Windows 2000, Windows NT), a legacy gateway version is available for download on our portal.

    Important note: We do not provide any security guarantees for this legacy version. Furthermore, we will not update this version.

Device integration and version control

We are continuously improving the functionality and range of supported devices and editors:

  • Asset Inventory: Added support for the following projects:

    • B&R Automation Studio
    • Emerson PME
    • RSLogix 5 and RSLogix 500

  • Removed the Acronis Upload Tool from the standard setup. The tool is still available as separate EXE file in the AMDT download portal if needed.

  • Improved the ASCII and JSON compares
  • Added support for the editor versions AVEVA InTouch v2020, v2020R2, v2023, v2023R2
  • AVEVA System Platform: Corrected text error in the job configuration interface
  • Fixed the BECKHOFF TwinCAT v3 compare error to eliminate false positives
  • Improved the FTP upload to avoid errors
  • Changed the Legato interface to use a uniform file format
  • Fixed the error when comparing Lenze projects
  • Improved the Omron CX-Programmer upload to reduce errors when going offline
  • Fixed the error when handling temporary files during Omron Sysmac Studio upload
  • Added support for FactoryTalk View ME and SE v11, v12 and v13
  • Fixed the error when comparing RSLogix 5000 projects

  • Siemens TIA Portal

    • Added support for TIA Portal Project Server. It is vailable via a separate installer in the AMDT download portal.
    • Included Sinamics parameters in the comparison
    • Improved the TIA Portal compare to increase performance
    • Added ability to read TIA Portal project code directly in octoplant (SmartView) without using TIA Portal
    • Added support for the compare of know-how protected program blocks
    • Fixed the certificate issue with checksum compare

User management

For system administrators it is vital to manage their users efficiently and intuitively. This service has now been improved:

  • Implemented multi LDAP and OIDC configuration and ability to connect several Active Directories

Ease of use / UI

For simpler and more secure handling of and access to information, we have improved the user interface:

  • Published a new version of the online help with improved GUI
  • Improved the error messages in log-in dialog to support root cause analysis
  • Improved the error messages during server synchronization to support root cause analysis
  • Fixed various translation errors in the GUI
  • Fixed the bug regarding missing job events in the ReportClient

Interfaces

To improve the interaction of various product components, we are constantly optimizing the corresponding interfaces:

  • Improved the interface between the server and the octoplant pro hub to optimize the transfer of asset information from the server to the octoplant pro hub

System performance and stability

A stable and efficient software is vital and will be improved by these adjustments:

  • Updated PostgreSQL database to version 15.8 to fix vulnerability CVE-2024-7348 and to fix issue leading to occasional memory leaks
  • Improved data handling to stabilize the upload process using an agent
  • Updated various 3rd party libraries
  • Improved the VDog MasterService to avoid memory leaks.
  • Improved the Check-In process when the client system unexpectedly shuts down or the network connection is lost
  • Limited the number of external upload agents to 100 to prevent system overloads
  • Improved the internal program processes to increase general system security
  • Fixed internal process communication to avoid unnecessary PostgreSQL database connections
  • Fixed various internal process communication issues which caused occasional server crashes

Miscellaneous

We have also made a number of additional changes to improve your user experience:

  • octoplant hub on-prem: Improved the login so that the username is no longer case sensitive
  • Improved the process for transferring license information from the octoplant server to AMDT
  • Improved usage information for the octoplant server
  • Fixed the issue in the BackupClient to better handle expired licenses

octoplant pro hub

We continuously expand the functionalities of the octoplant pro hub and improve its performance:

  • Extended the functionality of the octoplant pro hub so that data can also be hosted in an MS Azure data center in Australia
  • Improved the vulnerability reporting to increase stability and detection rate
  • Improved exception handling to stabilize data transfer between the octoplant server and octoplant pro hub

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