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What's new in IIH Essentials V2.1?

Release date

2024-03-31

Feature overview

Store alarms from the WinCC runtime

The IIH provides a centralized place for accessing and storing alarms. It allows users to consolidate alarms from different connectors, such as S7+ into a unified IIH alarm storage.

With this release, the WinCC runtime has been added as a supported alarm source. This runtime can run on Edge or the UCP.

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Connect to MQTT and Senseye via WebSocket

The latest update introduces a new option to configure the MQTT and Senseye northbound synchronizations to use "MQTT over WebSockets" to push data.

This enhancement allows users to leverage the same communication port that is already used for normal HTTP or HTTPS communication, also for the northbound synchronization. It allows the connection without violating existing corporate firewall rules.

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Advanced alarm filter options

Additional operators have been added to filter stored alarms in UI and via API. Available operators are:

  • Is in / Is not in
  • Contains / Does not contain
  • Exists / Does not exist

It is possible to use these operators with the existing properties and these new properties:

  • AlarmID
  • AlarmText
  • Active
  • Acknowledged
  • Confirmed
  • Timestamp

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Model hierarchy tree view

This setting allows users to switch back to the familiar tree-like view of the asset model. This view is similar to the tree view used in previous 1.x versions of the software. It also resembles the common presentation style of OPC UA models.

Presenting the hierarchical structure in a tree-like view provides a more traditional and intuitive way to navigate and visualize the asset data.

It has, however, drawbacks with regards to performance, which is why the flat view is still available and recommended.

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Native display of OPC UA model in IIH model

This enhancement extends the hierarchical representation of the asset model to cover more object types and link types.

The key change is that the hierarchy now also incorporates the linking mechanism used for translating an OPC UA model to the asset model.

As a result, the hierarchical view of the asset model is now aligned with the way the OPC UA model is presented in IIH. This alignment allows you to see and navigate the asset data in a manner that is consistent with the standard OPC UA model representation.

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In-app quick guide for the model configuration

The quick guide provides detailed instructions on utilizing the UI to effectively configure the model.

It highlights a variety of key features that may not be immediately apparent to all users. These features are designed to significantly enhance both the efficiency and ease of the model configuration process, ensuring a more streamlined and user-friendly experience.

The guide is shown automatically when opened for the first time and can be accessed again via the UI.

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Bulk map tags to attributes

Mapping to an existing model can be tedious. If the tags and existing attributes are in the same order, this feature provides a quick way to map.

Selected attributes will be mapped in alphabetical order to selected tags. Incorrect mappings can be corrected before confirming.

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