FIN 5.1.3-4 (Patch)
Overview
[Release date: April 14, 2023 - v5.1.3.169]
The FIN 5.1.3-4 (Patch) is a patch to the initial 5.1.3 release that resolves the following issues.
Note: No migration required from 5.1+. Migration is required from 5.0 to 5.1+.
Notable Fixes & Enhancements
BACnet alarms
There are a small number of fixes that relate to BACnet. A few of them relate to the alarms aspect. The BACnet alarms are now split into 3 alarm cards per state as they come in. These state are : normal, offnormal, and fault. This would allow the user to view and acknowledge each state independently.
Link: BACnet Alarms
BACnet schedules
A new Sync Schedule Type button has been added in the points discover window to assign state texts to BACnet schedule objects that don't appear as the correct type when discovering points.
Link: BACnet Sync Schedule Type
Alarm resend change
We made improvements on resending alarm notifications via email when an alarm goes out of, and then back into, an alarm condition. Before, we used the Resend Alarm Emails job to resend alarm emails. Now, we have removed that job from any new projects, and that job will be deleted from an existing project upon a software update. This is now handled in the alarm engine automatically, which makes it more reliable than before because it's based on transitions from normal to alarm not based on timed intervals. The job was running and checking at minute intervals, which would miss some BACnet alarms as they transitioned between different alarm states.
Off time change
We have made changes to the Set Immediate Subscription Off Time tool on how it works. This will not be deleted on update. However, once the tool is used, it will delete the job and use the new method. The new method handles this in the background instead of using a job, and it adds two new time type tags on the user called emailSilenceEndTime and emailSilenceStartTime. Aside from that, the end result is the same; to prevent email notifications during specified off time/after hours.
Link: Set Immediate Subscription Off Time
All Fixes & Enhancements
Logic Builder: When editing a variable name, it no longer creates a duplicate of the same variable. |
KNK Connector: We have now included the VA (volt-ampere) unit. |
The Dashboard app now supports string interpolation, which means dashboard changes will now be saved when a $ character exists in any of the widgets. |
SSL Certificate upload now supported without erroring out. |
React library has been updated throughout the framework to v18. |
BACnet Alarms: BACnet alarms are now split into 3 alarm cards per state as they come in: normal, offnormal, and fault. This will allow the user to view and acknowledge each state independently. Before, if a state wasn't acknowledged before the alarm transitioned state again, the last state would not be acknowledged in the device side. |
BACnet Alarms: We have improved the alarm resend emails as the state of the alarm transitioned. Before, this was handled in a job, which could only be run on one minute intervals. This caused some BACnet alarms to be missed and not be sent to the recipients. |
BACnet Alarms: The alarm count on the Alarm Status indicator and Nav Tree no longer takes inactive BACnet alarms into account. |
BACnet Connector: We now support special character encoding when importing BACnet objects into FIN. |
BACnet Schedule Objects: We have created a Sync Schedule Type button to make it easier to assign state texts to BACnet schedule objects that don't appear as the correct type when discovering points. |