New Features for Firmware Version 002.004.000

• Security improvements in EcoStruxure Panel Server:

  • Security patch

• Zone added to contextualization data for all devices.

  Devices can be grouped by Zone in the Device list in the following webpages:

  • Monitoring & Control

  • Trending

  • Data Management

  NOTE: Zone data is not published to Cloud or to SFTP or HTTPS servers, and it is not exported in a local csv export or Trending data export.

  For more information about creating, modifying, deleting zones, and assigning devices to a zone, refer to DOCA0172•• EcoStruxure Panel Server - User Guide.

  NOTE: Load zone is no longer available for Associated circuit breakers. Zone is added instead in Contextualization data. Existing Load zone names are not migrated to Zone contextualization data.

• Introduction of dynamic connection timeout polling strategy to help avoid overloading the Modbus communication network. When a device transitions to Not Connected state, the connection checker uses an incremental delay strategy (doubling of polling period) to manage connection polling intervals. The polling interval increases progressively as follows:

  • 30 seconds

  • 1 minute

  • 2 minutes

  • 4 minutes

  • 8 minutes

  • 15 minutes (maximum value)

  Once the polling interval reaches 15 minutes, the system continues to poll at this interval until a change in the device health state is detected and the device returns to Connected state. The polling interval then returns to the communication period set for the device.

• Support for new format of custom device models created in EPC Web tool. The new format includes the following features:

  • Enumerated values for measurements, based on a dictionary which is shared between EPC Web tool and EcoStruxure Panel Server. When creating the custom model in EPC Web tool, check in the device documentation that the measurement values you select are correct for the measurement.

    NOTE: If there is a mismatch, the measurement is displayed in the Panel Server webpages as ‘No data’ and with an icon indicating that the data measurement value is out-of-date or invalid.

  • Identification data of a device associated with a custom device model is retrieved dynamically from the device itself.

  For more information, refer to Limitations on Custom Device Models

• Support for the following new air quality measurements managed via a custom device model:

  • Volatile organic compounds (as a percentage)

  • Particle matter with a diameter of 1.0 μm or less (as a percentage)

  • Particle matter with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less (as a percentage)

  • Particle matter with a diameter of 4.0 μm or less (as a percentage)

  • Particle matter with a diameter of 10 μm or less (as a percentage)

  • Pressure (in Pa)

  • Sound pressure level (in dB)

  • Illuminance (in lx)

  • Concentration of formaldehydes (as a percentage)

  • NO and NO₂ concentration (as a percentage)

• Recommendations for optimizing networks with Modbus devices added to DOCA0172•• EcoStruxure Panel Server - User Guide.

Advanced features:

• Addition of scan function management for IEEE 802.15.4 wireless devices. The scan function of connected devices can be disabled or enabled, depending on the device. When disabled, it helps to prevent disturbance on other IEEE 802.15.4 wireless devices. It is important to understand the consequences of this action before disabling the function. For more information, refer to DOCA0172•• EcoStruxure Panel Server - User Guide.