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What is new in Industrial Edge 02/24?

The following features are inside Industrial Edge 02/24 and its components:

Component Features Bug fixes
IECTL v2.6.8
App Publisher CLI v1.14.6
UI v1.14.6
IE Plugin v1.1.0
IE Plugin v1.1.0
  • Andy developer now can set app configuration in Industrial Edge Plugin.
  • User-specific data are transferred to the app via app configurations (e.g. data for a proxy server or a database)
This is particularly relevant for apps that do not have a user interface, since dynamic values for executing the app can be modified using the configuration. You can create several app configurations in the Management UI of the IEM before you install the app. ​
  • PUBCLI: Andy app developer now can fetch application versions list from IE Hub​
  • IECTL: Mendix license can now be added in created application via IECTL commands​
  • IECTL: While deploying the application along with OSS Files using IECTL commands, Andy now is able to follow till OSS files are virus scanned​
IEM new UI v1.13.0 User can now click "Discover a new experience" and he will get redirected to a new Experience where we plan to deliver RT by RT new features. This button is available for every page where we take currently care of. Right now, it is available for the Device Overview page only.
New Features
Device Overview Improvements​
  • A new List View has been implemented in the Device Overview, allowing users to switch between card and list views for a more customizable experience.​
  • Summary Tiles Filter: Users can now click on summary tiles to filter device overview results according to their preferences.​
404 Page Navigation​
  • We have added a navigation bar to the 404-error page, ensuring users can easily navigate to their intended destination even if they encounter an error.
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Cloud Connector v1.14.0 New Feature
  • Cloud Connector local lake and AWS clients now support data publish by maintaining the topic names as subscribed from Databus/MQTT server without any manipulation. Unlike before with having the need to enter a single custom topic name for publish (e.g. "CloudConnector/").​
  • Optionally a common prefix can be added to the subscribed topic names for publish.
This feature serves enhanced data security requirements of the customer.​
Bugs and security fixes​
Connector for Azure v1.4.1 Improvements
  • App can now include topic names in data payload to cloud when bundling of data packets is enabled, i.e. when the "Customize Publish Rate" feature is enabled, "Raw Payload" option is un-checked.
This enables the customers to filer data in cloud based on topic names and improve data analytics.
Bugs and security fixes
Flow Creator v1.17.0
Flow Creator (arm64) v1.2.0
Configurator v1.8.0​
Improvements
Bugs and security fixes
Data Flow Monitoring v3.0.7​ Description
  • Data Flow Monitoring provides a holistic view of the IE Apps and interconnectivity among them.​
  • Data Flow Monitoring will help you understand the data flow in your IED.
New Features and Improvements
  • Now from the ping window you can search for services and FQDNs which can communicate from any particular container using a search bar.​
  • Layer2 interface discovery along with the network name and mac address in network view​
  • Filter options for layer 2 connectivity of the containers to distinguish between default network and layer 2 network​
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Edge OPC UA Server v2.1.3​ Improvements
  • When user stop/start the Edge OPC UA server manually by IED UI -> Edge OpcUA Server Context Menu stop/start the server option, Edge OPC UA server can update the same in Server status tab and in the message view now​
Vulnerability issues are fixed
DataXess v1.4.2​ New Feature
  • DataXess configurator is available as an IEM app and can be used in IEM v2 environment
Fix for vulnerability issues​
Metrics Agent V1.7.4​ New Feature
  • Device builders with different OS or system setups can integrate their logs with Metrics Agent, and can further forward them to IEM or 3rd party IT tool.​
  • Current supported system log drivers include systemd, syslog, and log file.
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IE Identity and Access Management v1.5.0 (included in IEM) Use Industrial Edge Management accounts in Industrial Edge Devices​
  • Connect IED to central user management in IEM.
  • Manage access to IED in central user management in IEM.
  • Login to IED with IEM account.
Easier identification of IEM service in IAM
  • IEM service client is renamed to "ie-management"
  • Security Updates of underlying components​
  • Selecting locale is restricted to Account Management
Industrial Edge Device Kit v1.17.0 New Feature
GPU Allocation: Device features have been extended with GPU plugin to enable AI app use cases​
  • GPU resource plugin allows supported GPU cards to be accessible by the requested applications.
  • Device builders can enhance their device features by including GPU resource plugin into their firmware.​
  • NVIDIA GPUs (without partitioning) are supported.​
  • GPU resource plugin is only available with x86-64 distribution.

  • Improvements
  • Improve communication between Edge and applications.​
  • Addressing vulnerabilities by upgrading to the Debian 12 "Bookworm" version.​​

  • Notes:
  • IE Device Kit 1.17.0 is compatible with Docker 20.10.5 and above versions.
  • IE Device Kit Ntp Service utilizes Ntp-Classic is excluded from IE Device Kit zip starting with the version 1.17.0 hence only the service utilizes Ntp-Sec is available in the zip.
  • IEDK Test Suite has been adapted to make "setProxy" case optional.
  • Underlying 3rd party components of IE CPU and Network resource plugins have been updated to fix security vulnerabilities.​
  • Golang version has been updated to 1.21.3 for IE Device Kit Reference Services & CLI
  • Fixed bug where IEDK Test Suite get fails if device has only one network interface.
  • Further Security Updates and Bug fixes of underlying components.
Industrial Edge Device Catalog v1.16.3
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  • Underlying 3rd party components have been updated to fix security vulnerabilities​
  • Bug fixes of other underlying compones
Industrial Edge Device Type Generator v1.2.3​ -
  • Fixed a bug where invalid error message appears during file upload on Assets page.
  • Fixed a bug where long text cause UI distortion during saving .zip file.
Industrial Edge State Service (included in IEM) New design of backup workflow​
  • The updated backup workflow offers a split screen for device selection and backup configuration.​
New design of restore workflow​
  • The updated restore workflow displays device capabilities and the origin device of the backup for a simplified target device selection.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the restore failure of a backup with an older device firmware (n) to a device with a newer firmware (n+1)​
  • Fixed the incorrect calculation of the backup's description length​
  • Security updates & Maintenance
IE State Service v2.5.20 (for IEM OS)
IE App Configuration Service v1.3.2​
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  • Fixed a bug that caused the service to crash on Openshift​
  • Security updates​
  • Maintenance
Industrial Edge Hub Resource Management on Hub
If application is configured with certain*resource requirements, user can see the resource needs of an app from an edge device will be visible in the app detail page on Library menu.
* CPU Allocation, GPU Allocation, NIC Allocation, Shutdown API ​​
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