RELEASE 25-01-2018

Release: 25-01-2018

Date of release/update: January 25, 2018

What's New

Device Locations

• Support for locations on devices has been added!
• An optional Device Location (Latitude and Longitude coordinates) can now be manually set when creating and updating devices on the console/UI.
• The Reekoh Plugin SDK has also been updated to support and expose new APIs for tracking and recording device locations in real-time as data is ingested through Gateway and Stream Plugins.
• Device Location information will also be included as part of the transient data that goes through the pipelines so it can be used for geo-specific use cases.
• Updates to the current suite of Gateway and Stream Plugins will be built to support this new feature so stay tuned!

Device Reading Timestamp

• Support for tracking and recording the timestamp when the last reading/packet received from devices has been added!
• This is a read-only field that can be seen under the System Information tab when viewing or editing devices in the console.
• The Reekoh Plugin SDK has been updated to automatically log and record this information for Gateway and Stream Plugins.
• Device Last Reading Date/Time information will also be included as part of the transient data that goes through the pipelines so it can be used for monitoring and alarms/notifications.
• Updates to the current suite of Gateway and Stream Plugins will be built to support this new feature so stay tuned!

Changelog

Enhancements and New Features

• PLATFORM-240 - Added support for Location (Latitude/Longitude coordinates) information for devices
• PLATFORM-152 - Added Last Reading Timestamp to track the date/time when the last packet was received from a specific device
• PLATFORM-258 - Added Support Header Menu that links to KB/Documentation and other support resources
• PLATFORM-151 - Added relevant KB/Documentation links to Console pages/modules
• PLATFORM-263 - v1.0.17 of the Plugin SDK has been published with support for Device Location API on Gateways and Streams and support for automatic tracking of the Last Reading Date/Time for Devices
• PLATFORM-113 - Updated the Node.js Plugin Project Scaffolding generator to use v1.0.17 of the Plugin SDK by default

Bug Fixes

• PLATFORM-250 - Fixed a bug on Multi-metric Time-series visualisations showing undefined values for Public Dashboards
• PLATFORM-243 - Fixed a bug to show the Application Token Secret upon creation (only once)
• PLATFORM-156 - Fixed a bug on the Node.js Exception Logger Plugin SDK to emit standard JavaScript Error Objects rather than Plain Objects on the 'exception' event
• PLATFORM-201 - Fixed a bug where Triggers lose integrity of the linked Device Command when the Device Command is updated. Updated device command information is now pulled before it is sent to devices
• PLATFORM-204 - Fixed a bug on the Marketplace page where Featured Plugins are not pulled correctly and shown on the page
• PLATFORM-129 - Fixed a bug when searching for Application Tokens on the console
• PLATFORM-261 - Fixed a bug on Datasets not accepting UNIX Timestamps
• PLATFORM-249 - Removed code validation on Filters and Converters when saving the pipeline as draft
• PLATFORM-94 - Fixed a bug when sending Adhoc Commands to devices. Commands aren't being received by devices
• PLATFORM-327 - Fixed a bug where the container image is lost when updating Inventory Sync plugins
• PLATFORM-328 - Limit the number of characters to 10,000 for Device Commands
• PLATFORM-244 - Removed the Logs and Exceptions tabs when viewing a Pipeline Draft
• PLATFORM-331 - Fixed a bug when Pipelines become corrupted when updates to the plugins and their corresponding configuration are submitted