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i4scada Version 3.9.0

Abstract

Check out the Changes and Fixed Bugs of thei4scada 3.9.0 Version. The i4scada version brings along a large number of improvements and bug fixes.

Changes

ID

Description

I4SCAD-996

Integrate the SQL Server Express 2022 in the i4scada Setup 3.9

Tip

The i4scada setup comes with an integrated SQL Server Express 2022 which replaces the SQL Server Express 2016 version. However, the SQL Server Express 2016 version is still compatible with the new setup.

I4SCAD-1008

Implement the latest SIMATIC Driver for i4scada

Tip

The SIMATIC connector as well as the OPC UA and BACnet connectors have been upgraded to .NET Framework 4.8. The WTS has been dropped in the i4scada 3.9 version and it was replaced with Nlog. The ACCON-AGLink Module was upgraded to version 6.0.0.0.

I4SCAD-1005

The advanced logging of the MessengerPro add-on has been improved around the email sending

I4SCAD-994

Improve the responsiveness when an alarm or a batch of alarms gets acknowledged, especially when the alarm horn is been playing

I4SCAD-744

Upgrade MessengerPro to .NET Framework 4.8

I4SCAD-330

Optimize the OPC UA browsing and import processes

Fixed bugs

ID

Description

I4SCAD-1047

i4Studio crashes when browsing BACnet networks with around 600+ devices

I4SCAD-1046

i4Studio crashes when trying to save more than 100.000 BACnet signals to the database

I4SCAD-1001

The Alarm viewer header and text should be aligned to the left

I4SCAD-1000

Alarm API does not sort the elements in a stable way when sorted by start date and there are the same dates

I4SCAD-999

The Alarm viewer table rows are not correctly displayed if multiple extensions are available on the same page

I4SCAD-985

Alarm delay/SuppressionDuration causes problems and the Alarm Manager no longer starts

I4SCAD-750

Configuration of the OPC UA connector gets lost

I4SCAD-1051

Performance issue when using distributed i4scada environment - clients show different status

I4SCAD-730

Security token expires after one minute on the Smart Editor visualizations

I4SCAD-671

The loading time of the Alarm Viewer list is slow

I4SCAD-613

IIS Worker Process consumes up to 100% of the CPU

I4SCAD-578

When creating a new project using the Visual Studio application some files are missing

Known limitations

If you are a MessengerPro user, make sure that you are aware of the known limitations.

Since the 30th of May 2022, Google no longer supports the use of third-party applications or devices that ask you to sign in to your Google Account using only your username and password. Therefore, delivering email notifications using the MessengerPro add-on from POP3 and SMTP email servers using only username and password authentication is no longer possible.

New Configuration Settings

Relevance

Setting

Description

Server

AlarmNotificationManagerService

To improve the Alarm Viewer performance, advanced caching was introduced in the AlarmNotificationManagerService to avoid polling the entire database each 1000ms. The render performance was improved at the level of the Webservices as well.

<endpoint address="net.pipe://localhost/Scada/AlarmNotificationManagerService" binding="netNamedPipeBinding" bindingConfiguration="LargeBufferNamedPipe" name="NamedPipeEndpoint" contract="Scada.AlarmManager.Contracts.IAlarmNotificationManagerService" />

This setting can be found under path: C:\Program Files (x86)\i4SCADA\Server\AlarmManager

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