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Change Logs

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DicksonOne v1.5.5

11/11/2022

Version 1.5.5. is a small patch release to address a handful of bugs.

Description Impact Recommendation

Bug Fixes

  • Resolved a bug where additional channels were created after a sensor was swapped at the device (note: there are scenarios where new channels can be created due to older devices or firmware limitations)
  • Resolved a bug where the Factory Calibration Date appeared as “Unknown” after a sensor was swapped
  • Resolved a bug where a LoRa gateway couldn’t be re-registered after being deleted from an account
  • Resolved a bug where reports were sending on a future date (if your report(s) still show the wrong starting date, we recommend deleting and recreating the report)
  • Resolved a bug where invalid characters prevented report emails/attachments from delivering correctly
No impact No testing needed

DicksonOne v1.5.4

09/22/2022
Description Impact Recommendation

Bug Fixes

  • Resolved a bug where additional channels were being created as part of a sensor swap and cleaned up legacy sensor mapping code for RF devices
  • Resolved a bug where Twilio messages weren’t being initialized correctly
  • Resolved a bug where reports were not respecting the configured start and end times and cleaned up report scheduling logic
No impact No testing needed

Rest API

  • Simplified login page for mobile app workflow
  • Include more detail in API search results
  • Include date/time format in REST API user serialization
Low impact No testing needed

This release solely adds support for a new component on the circuit boards of the touchscreen models. This firmware is backwards compatible with old revisions of the circuit board but offer no user-facing functional enhancements.

Description Impact Recommendation

Support for Component Replacements

  • Added backwards compatible support for new flash memory chip
  • Updated bootloader to support new flash chip
No impact No testing needed

DicksonOne v1.5.3

09/06/2022
Description Impact Recommendation

Bug Fixes

  • Updated the wording around copying a calibration as part of user calibration
  • Resolved a bug where the channels from an archived sensor were not retired correctly
  • Resolved a bug where reports that hadn’t been started were showing in the results
  • Resolved a bug with form submission when performing bulk updates
  • Resolved a bug preventing locations from being dragged and dropped on the Manage > Locations page
  • Resolved a bug where archived legacy loggers couldn’t be re-registered
  • Resolved a bug where the email and chat links from the Support menu weren’t working
  • Resolved a bug where the system was expiring passwords despite SSO being forced
No impact No testing needed

REST API

Note: these changes do not affect the front-end application. If you validate the REST API as part of your processes, then there is a Low impact.

  • Update warning and excursion naming conventions in the REST API to support differentiation between severity for alerts
  • Updated the device route to include location information
  • Added device count to locations relationship
  • Added channel count to device’s relationships
  • Rest API User routes now include locale info2
Low impact No testing needed

DicksonOne v1.5.2

07/20/2022

This version was a patch release to address some minor bugs that arose or were related to last week’s release. We also included a couple version updates for supporting packages to address minor security enhancements.

Description Impact Recommendation

Bug Fixes

  • Resolved a bug where recipients couldn’t be added to reports
  • Resolved a bug where the graph wasn’t properly displaying values equal to 0
  • Resolved a bug where the sensors page was displaying replaced loggers name instead of new logger
  • Resolved a bug where the list of devices shown on the Locations view weren’t saving their order
  • Resolved a bug where a swapped sensor was still shown as current sensor and updating last reported at time
  • Resolved a bug where the background of some reports was red
  • Resolved a bug where claimed RFLs wouldn’t appear as registered until after the page was refreshed
  • Resolved a bug where flags for annotations and alarms on the graph were not displaying their contents when hovered over
  • Resolved an issue where some reports were failing to generate
  • Resolved an issue where data was loading on the graph but the the graph indicated it was still loading
  • Resolved an issue where users who utilize SSO were only seeing raw HTML and not seeing styled pages
  • Corrected the styling of the filter on Manage > Sensors
  • Made graph generation more resilient when connecting to the database
No impact No testing needed

Security Enhancements

  • Increase version of UI component
  • Increase version of backend monitoring component
  • Increase version of component that aids in displaying information that had been previously sanitized
No impact No testing needed

DicksonOne v1.5.1

07/08/2022

This version is a hot-fix following the release of v1.5.0.

Description Impact Recommendation

Bug Fixes

  • Resolved a bug where RFG settings tabs were empty.
  • Resolved a bug where the alarms tab on a device turns blank and freezes (note: this existed prior to the v1.5.0 release).
No impact No testing needed

User Experience

  • Improved performance on the Manage > Sensors page.
  • Redefined the scope of the Calibration widget on the dashboard to only include sensors that are actively in use.
No impact No testing needed

DicksonOne v1.5.0

07/07/2022
Description Impact Recommendation

Bug Fixes

  • Resolve a bug where RF LoRa Gateways (RFGs) do not respect the firmware update settings.
  • Resolve a bug where Alarms on the Alerts page display the wrong time when first loaded.
  • Resolve a bug where RFLs would not appear on the Unassigned Loggers screen if they had communicated through any gateway not owned/registered by the user or organization.
No impact No testing needed

Accessibility

  • Improved the visual components of the application to make them more accessible.
  • Improved structure for screen readers.
  • Improved keyboard navigation.
No impact No testing needed

User Experience

  • The Manage > Sensors page was added enabling users to see and filter all their current and historical sensors. 
  • Refactored how sensor swaps are handled
  • Updated the Calibration widget on the Overview Dashboard for clearer understanding of the information and improved readability/accessibility.
  • Updated iconography throughout the application for consistency and recognizability setting the foundation for future features as well.
  • Improve the date/time selection for the reporting suite to allow the reported timeframe for one-off reports to be customized down to the second!
  • Update differential pressure audible alarms to support more than tenths as the related variables extend beyond tenths. 
  • Improved handling of deleted roles related to templates and notification policies so that they would resolve cleanly.
  • Code to support future User Calibration functionality has been released.  
Low impact No testing needed

Application Upgrades and Security

  • Updated back-end server frameworks for improved stability, security, and features
Low impact No testing needed

New Sensors

  • Released support for CO2 sensor
  • Released support for universal 4-20mA sensor
Minor impact Check new functionality

Calibration Certificate Repository

NOTE: At this time please rely on hard copy certificates sent with your sensors for your calibration records as the source of truth while we continue to update this functionality.

  • Released a new page, Calibration > Certificates, where users can view/download their calibration certificates.
Minor impact Check new functionality

DicksonOne v1.4.2

05/05/2022

This was a patch release to resolve bugs and update the version of software components.

Description Impact Recommendation

Bug Fixes

  • A bug that caused billing problems for monthly credit card subscriptions when a replacement credit card had been re-issued by a bank has been resolved.
No impact No testing needed

Software Version Updates

  • We have implemented non-functional version upgrades for our supporting software packages to address minor bugs and ensure ongoing compatibility
No impact No testing needed

DicksonOne v1.4.1

03/10/2022

DicksonOne patch releases focus on addressing system bugs/issues and have no impact on validation. The purpose of a patch release is to restore any features back to specification so that users do not experience further issues with the system.

Description Impact Recommendation

Bug Fixes

  • A bug that caused manual data uploaded to not be properly processed on the device’s graph page was fixed.
  • A bug regarding RFL data loggers only that caused incorrect sensor serial mappings on the sensors page of a device was fixed.
  • A bug regarding PDF reports including additional characters in the report date range was fixed.
  • A bug that caused the timestamp to not respect the timestamp account format in PDF reports for excursion events was fixed.
  • A bug that caused pressure units to not be programmed on the devices when updates are made was fixed.
  • A bug that caused the notifications, custom alarms, and alarm template pages to become inaccessible when user roles are deleted was fixed.
  • A bug that causes email addressed to not properly be removed from the DicksonOne emailing lists was fixed.
  • A bug that prevented OTA updates for RFG gateways when the account default option was selected has been resolved.
No impact No testing needed

THIS RFG FIRMWARE IS A REQUIRED UPDATE - All RFG gateways must be updated to this new firmware version by March 25, 2022.

Description Impact Recommendation
  • Updated the LoRa server to point at TTN V3 infrastructure
  • Update SDK to latest RAK version
  • Resolved a bug where static IPs for the WiFi and Ethernet controllers couldn’t be edited in the admin UI
  • Resolved a bug where gateways were unable to connect to hidden SSIDs
Minor impact Check new functionality