Features the release of the MQTT , tree ordering, and updates and bug fixes to the Integrated Development Environment.
New Features
Major New Features in this Release
Connectors
This release introduces the new MQTT connector. Read about this connector here.
Model Explorer
It is now possible to easily order items in the Model Explorer tree. Click the gear icon at the top right of the tree (next to the Search field), and check the 'Show priority' checkbox. The order of all items in the tree will display and can be changed by editing the item and changing the value in the Order field. Remove the number display in the tree by un-clicking the 'Show priority' checkbox.
Vision
This release implements a new AI-powered Vision OCR step function that leverages modern AI vision models (OpenAI GPT and Google Gemini) for improved accuracy and flexibility in various image analysis use cases, including document processing, scale displays, industrial equipment readings, and structured data extraction.
Process Layout
- The KPI Display on Process Layouts now obeys the order of instances in the Model Explorer.
- The Area Tree and the KPI Display were not always displaying correctly according the the flyout arrow. This has been addressed on Chrome, Edge and Firefox browsers.
Connectors
- The browsable UA structure created in the model was not resembling the actual UA server data source resulting in missing nodeset xmls for objects at each level of browsing. This caused objects to be created directly under the connector in the model, instead of in the original nested structure.
Integrated Development Platform
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When multiple scripts were open in the IDE the Errors and Output tabs did not display correctly on any script except the first one. This has been fixed.
Other
- Events with HMTL in them were breaking in the Material Flow Diagram and Raw Data Report when there was blank data. This has been fixed.
- The Python Library has been updated to include the following functions:
- getFQN()
- findChild()
- findChildren()