Changelog

Version 2024.10

Improved communication with TwinCAT ADS-based devices

Version 2024.9

• Improvements of Document sync
• Improvements of History sync

Version 2024.8

• Improvements to Events:
  • Events started or ended while the Edge server is offline are now correctly registered as such once the server goes back online.
  • Creating an event within its configured time period will now appropriately start the event once its configuration is saved.
• Email notifications about newly activated alarms now correctly display the user's preferred unit type (metric or imperial).
• Quick Start Guide is now available! Check it out.

Version 2024.7

Improved password setup/recovery dialog now enforces strong password requirements.

Version 2024.6

• Tag values can now be restored from history, see Restore historical values.
• Project Lite — A Cloud-native version is now available for small-scale projects:
  • Serverless deployment — no local hardware required for the Edge server.
  • Supports all Function Tags.
  • Device support currently limited to MQTT.

Version 2024.5

• Support added for Metry API, see Metry.
• Various bug fixes and improvements.

Version 2024.4

• Non-gradient transitions for setpoint deviation.
• Transparent colors in Page Editor.

Version 2024.3

• Support added for MQTT v5.

Version 2024.2

TwinCAT ADS improvements

• Change on Value now triggers per symbol in multi-symbol array tags.
• Change on Value now supported for array data types.
• TwinCAT ADS router now auto-restarts if connection times out several times in a row.

Documentation updates

• New section: Tags
  • Improved tag management manual
  • Overhauled Tag Editor documentation
  • Revised and updated articles for all tag types
  • New article: Export and Import

Version 2024.1

• TwinCAT ADS improvements:
  • Added support for Change on Value.
  • Added support for multi-variable operations (array handling).
• Search and filter improvements.

Version 2023.12

• Tag history can now be migrated from existing tags to newly created tags, individually or in a batch.
• Added support for embedded websites in pages.
• Minor changes to docs.energymachines.cloud.

Version 2023.11

• Improved UI localization and multi-language support
• Changes in documentation:
  • New intra-page navigation in the right column
  • New article: Reports for JupyterLab
  • Updated articles: Virtual Tag Methods, Project Profile
  • Minor edits across documentation

Version 2023.10

• Mestro API can now be connected to use Cloud tags as meter data sources, see documentation.
• Changes in documentation:
  • Homepage redesign
  • Updated articles: Counter, Tag Management, Third-Party Settings
  • New article: Virtual Tag Methods

Version 2023.9

• Recalculate history is now available for Counter tags
• Added new delta units for correct conversion of temperature differences

Version 2023.8

• Implemented the Counter Tag. Read its documentation here.
• Added table view to curve regulators.
• Changed “;” to be “,” (%x2C (Hex 2C)) for use as delimiter in CSV exports per RFC4180.

Changes to docs.energymachines.cloud:

• HMI introduction
• HMI/Pages
• HMI/Alarms
• HMI/Events
• HMI/Logs

Version 2023.7

• Updated the color themes to reflect the Energy Machines brand.
• Changed the OPC-UA protocol implementation for better capabilities.

Version 2023.6

• The Energy Machines Verify (EMV) plugin has been improved to be more generic.

Version 2023.5

• Rectangles in the Page Editor may have their corners rounded.

Version 2023.4

• Added extension to JupyterLab to simplify usage using our public API.
• Made project IP address available to its viewers in the Portal.
• Allows different protocol devices and folders to use the same names once per kind.
• Temporarily removed support for the Z-wave devices.

Version 2023.3

• Simplified tag ID copy function.
• Improved two-factor authentication usage.
• Clarified project deletion.

Version 2023.2

• General enhancements on usability.

Version 2023.1

• Added support for third-party Nordpool Day-Ahead Market Data.
• The public API now supports delta values on grouped history.
• Tags have more predefined Imperial units to use

Version 2022.12

• Added support for EON customers to retrieve their energy data using virtual tags.
• Dropped support to the 1.0-based edge/site binaries

Version 2022.11

• Improved functionality on the search and replace tool in IDE.
• Corrections on mass edit and bulk actions.
• Added historyMin and historyMax to be used in Virtual tags

Version 2022.10

• Downloadable Configure file to be applied to simplify deployment.
• Report subscriptions can now be PDF or CSV format

Version 2022.9

• Tags can now have a dynamic filter to minimize false data stored in the history database

Version 2022.8

• New Page(s) Template function has been added and works as the user can create a template from one or a set of HMI pages to be used on other projects.
• Exceptions days to scheduler events have been adde

Version 2022.7

• New feature of Group Object Templates (GOT) does allow you to reuse dynamic object designs selectable in a private and public GOT library, which is accessible in the HMI page IDE.
• Real-time world weather data is now accessible from weatherstack, a third-party service provider.
• It is possible now to reorganize alarms, documents, pages, and tags by moving them

Version 2022.6

• Added optional flags to select engineering units and objects' names when sharing an HMI page.
• Copy and paste objects between pages in the IDE.
• Possible now to rebind all set automation binding rules in the ID.
• Improved functionality of the bar charts in Reports to visualize data.

Version 2022.5

• Added functionality to retrieve simulated data.
• Page engine is now unlocked to support color gradients and animations of flow, pulsing, and breathing effects

Version 2022.4

• Added support to change between Metric and Imperial units.
• The latest hour trend on tags in HMI now has its min and max displayed.
• Customization of HMI page object label font style and trim prefixe

Version 2022.3

• Supports now using a custom name on tags, devices, folders, and alarms along with their system name.
• The centralized alarms management allows you to specify what projects and their alarm categories and priorities to be monitored persistently

Version 2022.2

• Added support to specify BACnet BBDM on another subnet.
• We have deployed a new HMI page engine. This second-generation engine improves performance and unlocks vast potential in other enhancements and new features related to HMI pages

Version 2022.1

• Performance improvement on the HMI audit log.
• Added a progress bar on renaming tags function.
• Added an estimation on recalculation history.
• The project settings list of tags now includes their value on the right side.
• Accumulator filter to avoid false data in tag history

Version 2021.12

• Tag History data can be protected from false data by activating Tag Limits.
• Page objects improvement.
• BACNet protocol improvements

Version 2021.11

• Date and time display accordingly to a user time zone.
• Virtual tag expression assist.
• The Bit condition type of alarms that monitors the bit state of an associated tag.
• The Outlier condition type of alarms.
• Page objects improvement.
• Ability to pick several page objects in the Page Editor's Outline submenu

Version 2021.10

• Scatter charts in Portal Reports.
• A new Dashboard tab in project profiles.
• Alarms and signal watchers status display improvement.
• Short user names and passwords for Local HMI users.
• Changeable timeframes in project KPIs.
• An improvement of axis configuration in the Trends section

Version 2021.9

• Gradually changing colours for the Set Point property of Sensor and LED symbols.
• Auto Rotate property for symbols.
• EMV settings templates.
• Added 2D range condition for tag watchers.
• Distribution statistics of alarm activations

Version 2021.8

• A new `gotoURL` expression that redirects a user to a certain web page.
• Lines, polylines, polygons have got arrows to show directions of flows.
• Secondary address support for M-Bus devices.
• Create alarms using the ICMP Ping to monitor devices connectivity.
• A combined calendar with scheduler events from different projects.
• The Help icon redirecting to a related documentation article.
• Alarm activation time statistics

Version 2021.7

• Alarms section in Portal allows you to compare alarm statistics for two time ranges.
• The Settings tab is now relocated to the project profile's general tab.
• History Replay mode settings now can be predefined when creating a shared page link

Version 2021.6

• A deletion confirmation dialog improvement. There appears a list of objects marked for deletion.
• Alarm counters for active alarms that show a number of unacknowledged activations.
• Simplified alarm permission distribution.
• A list of predeifined engineering units to select among on tags format.
• A new BCD data type for M-Bus tags.
• Support of arrays for M-Bus tags

Version 2021.5

• Added EMV communication settings to the Portal.
• Alarm Statistics performance improvements.
• Added a new alarm type, 2D Range, which provides a safe zone relation between two tags.
• The Electric Boiler symbol has got the Alarms property

Version 2021.4

• Alarm statistics subscriptions.
• Use of custom logo in the upper left corner.
• M-Bus devices and tags support.
• Writable accumulator tags.
• Complex alarm condition improvement.
• Transmission of alarm notifications to Nimbus

Version 2021.3

• The Alarms section has now got the Statistics tab.
• Alarm notification messages improved.
• Automation Binding rules have been extended the tag name label attaches automatically.
• Beckhoff TwinCAT ADS tag import supported

Version 2021.2

• Tag Watchers are now in Portal. Configure conditions spanning over several projects.
• TFA tokens got increased active time.
• Beckhoff TwinCAT ADS protocol has been added.
• A new automated binding system is introduced. Create binidng rules for symbol properties and automatically connect tags to them.
• OPC UA export and import support.
• A new property of LED symbols that changes colour indication depending on the associated value.
• Alarm property now can be attached to the text element

Version 2021.1

• Synchronization message improvement.
• New visualization of charts.
• Communication with Third-Party service Myrspoven.
• BACnet EDE import support.
• Filter objects in the Outline view in Page Editor

Version 2020.12

• Filter alarms by their state with a new filtering improvement.
• Create links to HMI pages and share them with external users. You can manage the links on your user profile.
• Get a quick summary of tag import in a new dialog window or download details in a file.
• Notifications of the synchronization process became more informative.
• Create multilingual text elements with new Localization support.
• Multiple editing mode improvements

Version 2020.11

• Share your reports with other Energy Machines Cloud users.
• Manage shared trend groups in your Portal user profile.
• Work with individual elements of vector tags with the new Vector Element tag.
• Recalculate the history of virtual tags and accumulator tags.
• Align text horizontally and vertically with new properties of the Text element.
• Filter components and navigate with keyboards in the Schematic Components list

Version 2020.10

• Sharing trend groups in HMI. Send links to trend groups to external information consumers via Share Trend Group.
• Share and subscribe for reports. You can create shareable links for messages and make subscriptions to the reports section of Portal.
• Links to documents. It is possible to specify links to PDF files instead of uploading them in Portal.

Version 2020.9

• Page versioning. Three latest versions of a page are stored and able to revert.
• Time display improvement. Now, dates and times are displayed by ISO 8601.
• Time axis improvement in the Reports section of Portal. Excessive information on the time axis has been removed

Version 2020.8

• Editing of alarm categories. IDE's new feature that allows creating and editing of alarm categories.
• Deleting multiple objects. Now you can delete several alarms, devices, documents, folders, and tags at once.
• Generic tag editor. Edit several tags of different types at the same time.
• Tag label improvement. The display of tag labels in the trends views or Portal Reports

Version 2020.7

• Improvements related to History Replay in HMI View. Now you can see visual displays of alarm events and manual user interactions with tags. Also, you can get to the replay of an alarm event from the Alarms sectio.
• Quick snippets in the expression editor introduced. A new button helps and eases work with expressions.
• Alarm category became clearer. Now you can observe which alarms are in the class.
• Actions upon alarms can now be done from the Portal.
• The process of importing objects now has a progress bar.
• Managing projects can now be secured by two-factor authentication

Version 2020.6

• Energy Machines Verification (EMV) data-as-a-service is now integrated.
• The Comparisons evolved into the Reports. The instrument allows you to visualize several plants' performances in a single document.
• An layer gives you the ability to draw pipes, sensors, and other objects on the map of projects.

Version 2020.5

• Initial supporting of OPC UA protocol. It is possible to create OPC UA devices and tags.
• Z-Wave over IP is also available now. Z-Wave devices and editors are at your disposal.
• Regulator tags and generator tags are now available.
• The alarm editor has been added to IDE.
• The Alarms section of Portal has got a filtering tool.
• Essential project settings can be edited in the new menu

Version 2020.4

• Regulator curve editor in IDE. Create regulator curves in Portal and operate them in HMI View.
• Create and edit alarms in the latest Alarm editor of IDE.
• Trends history viewer has got a new tool. Now you can switch on and off interpolation of charts. Just click a new button in the viewer's header.

Version 2020.3

• IDE 2 supports the BACnet protocol! You can create BACnet devices and tags in the View tags menu.
• Enhancements of IDE 2 made possible editing of Modbus TCP and virtual tags.
• There is a new menu in HMI View which provides the ability to observe or change the value of any tag from any page without navigating to an associated page. Find new Choose tags to see the value menu icon in the HMI View's toolbar.
• A manometer symbol is now available in the page editor.
• Connection notifications' behavior improved

Version 2021.1

• Synchronization message improvement.
• New visualization of charts.
• Communication with Third-Party service Myrspoven.
• BACnet EDE import support.
• Filter objects in the Outline view in Page Editor

Version 2020.12

• Filter alarms by their state with a new filtering improvement.
• Create links to HMI pages and share them with external users. You can manage the links on your user profile.
• Get a quick summary of tag import in a new dialog window or download details in a file.
• Notifications of the synchronization process became more informative.
• Create multilingual text elements with new Localization support.
• Multiple editing mode improvements

Version 2020.11

• Share your reports with other Energy Machines Cloud users.
• Manage shared trend groups in your Portal user profile.
• Work with individual elements of vector tags with the new Vector Element tag.
• Recalculate the history of virtual tags and accumulator tags.
• Align text horizontally and vertically with new properties of the Text element.
• Filter components and navigate with keyboards in the Schematic Components list

Version 2020.10

• Sharing trend groups in HMI. Send links to trend groups to external information consumers via Share Trend Group.
• Share and subscribe for reports. You can create shareable links for messages and make subscriptions to the reports section of Portal.
• Links to documents. It is possible to specify links to PDF files instead of uploading them in Portal.

Version 2020.9

• Page versioning. Three latest versions of a page are stored and able to revert.
• Time display improvement. Now, dates and times are displayed by ISO 8601.
• Time axis improvement in the Reports section of Portal. Excessive information on the time axis has been removed

Version 2020.8

• Editing of alarm categories. IDE's new feature that allows creating and editing of alarm categories.
• Deleting multiple objects. Now you can delete several alarms, devices, documents, folders, and tags at once.
• Generic tag editor. Edit several tags of different types at the same time.
• Tag label improvement. The display of tag labels in the trends views or Portal Reports

Version 2020.7

• Improvements related to History Replay in HMI View. Now you can see visual displays of alarm events and manual user interactions with tags. Also, you can get to the replay of an alarm event from the Alarms section.
• Quick snippets in the expression editor introduced. A new button helps and eases work with expressions.
• Alarm category became clearer. Now you can observe which alarms are in the class.
• Actions upon alarms can now be done from the Portal.
• The process of importing objects now has a progress bar.
• Managing projects can now be secured by two-factor authentication

Version 2020.6

• Energy Machines Verification (EMV) data-as-a-service is now integrated.
• The Comparisons evolved into the Reports. The instrument allows you to visualize several plants' performances in a single document.
• A layer gives you the ability to draw pipes, sensors, and other objects on the map of projects.

Version 2020.5

• Initial supporting of OPC UA protocol. It is possible to create OPC UA devices and tags.
• Z-Wave over IP is also available now. Z-Wave devices and editors are at your disposal.
• The alarm editor has been added to IDE.
• The Alarms section of Portal has got a filtering tool.
• Essential project settings can be edited in the new menu

Version 2020.4

• Regulator curve editor in IDE. Create regulator curves in Portal and operate them in HMI View.
• Create and edit alarms in the latest Alarm editor of IDE.
• Trends history viewer has got a new tool. Now you can switch on and off interpolation of charts. Just click a new button in the viewer's header.

Version 2020.3

• IDE 2 supports the BACnet protocol! You can create BACnet devices and tags in the View tags menu.
• Enhancements of IDE 2 made possible editing of Modbus TCP and virtual tags.
• There is a new menu in HMI View which provides the ability to observe or change the value of any tag from any page without navigating to an associated page. Find new Choose tags to see the value menu icon in the HMI View's toolbar.
• A manometer symbol is now available in the page editor.
• Connection notifications' behavior improved.

Version 2020.2: Energy Machines Cloud updated with IDE 2.0!

This is a milestone as the whole development environment moves away from being desktop-based software to be completely integrated into the web application, Energy Machines CLoud, which means that users can now edit their projects, add and change elements online without need for additional software.