Release Notes

• NEW: Added new chart types:
  • Circular gauge
  • Dual-Range circular gauge
  • Compass
  • Pie
  • Donut
  • X-Y
• IMPROVED: Gauge chart appearance
• NEW: Added new "Custom View" dashboard type with two new sub-types:
  • External Page: Load external webpage with a URL as dashboard
  • Web App: Load a local HTML file as dashboard
• NEW: Added data access APIs to access real-time and historical data
• BUG: Fixed an issue in the built-in simulator that caused certain JEDI SKUs to exit.

• NEW: JSON Forms-based custom GUI support for external plugin data collectors.
• NEW: Added CLI commands to delete users, delete licenses, and manage debug level.
• UPDATED: Color theme improvements.

• NEW: Built-in IoT data simulator.
• UPDATED: License updates for JEDI Community Edition.

• FIXED: Time range setting in reports is now processed as local time instead of UTC.
• FIXED: Configuration error while configuring transforms with delta function.
• FIXED: Configuration error while setting the chart height in HTML reports

• NEW: Option to disable data aggregation in reports and send full resolution data.
• NEW: JEDI now logs error messages to a file for easy debug.
• NEW: View JEDI message log inside the web interface (Diagnostics)
• UPDATED: Scheduler time window calculations now use server timestamp instead of UTC.

• NEW: Perform calculations and translations on real-time data.
• NEW: Send rich HTML or CSV reports by email.
• NEW: Diagnostics log to simplify and speedup debugging errors.
• NEW: Modbus-RTU, Modbus-TCP, and LabJack (Modbus) data collectors.
• NEW: Option to skip operations if the operation results in an error.
• UPDATED: Simplified terminology. "Source ID" is now "Device ID", "Property" is now "Metric".
• FIXED: In some limited cases, users were unable to update their user profile.
• FIXED: In some cases, the HTTP data collector failed to initialize in response to a restart command from the CLI.
• FIXED: Now allows host names in target_ip field of HTTP data collector payload.
• FIXED: Issues related to SparkFun Artemis OpenLog data collector.

• Fixed: Resizing a line chart using its frame was not resizing the visualization canvas of the chart.
• Fixed: In some cases, users were unable to select the precision and little-endian configuration options in Modbus client action configuration.
• Fixed: In some cases, changing the type of chart to bar/scatter did not change the configuration options to match the type of chart.
• Fixed: Rendering issue when multiple liquid level charts are added to a system dashboard.

• IMPROVEMENT:* User experience of Modbus and LabJack action configuration.

• NEW: You can now set the font size in tile, data table, gauge, and radial charts.

• NEW: Added support for Modbus and LabJack write operations in scheduled rules.

• IMPROVEMENT: Adjusted font size for data table and device dashboard tables for improved readability.

• Minor bug fixes, improved form validations.

• NEW: Modbus-TCP and Modbus-RTU support through rules engine action.

• NEW: LabJack (Modbus-TCP and Modbus-RTU) support through rules engine action.

• NEW: Transform data to/from Modbus and LabJack actions using expressions.

• NEW: Updated license management to support custom embedded linux images used in some IoT gateways.

• NEW: Updated license management to support integration into next generation of network and IoT gateways.

• NEW: Grid and layout enhancements in data dashboard to support higher chart density and cleaner look.

• NEW: Added precision setting for numerical data charts in data dashboards.

• NEW: Ingest Node-RED "msg" objects forwarded by "Machinechat Bridge for Node-RED" and decode the "msg" using user-defined JavaScript and built-in JavaScript scripting engine in JEDI. Refer to "Machinechat Bridge for Node-RED" and Custom Decoding for Node-RED in JEDI documentation.

• NEW: Ingest any data format as HTTP API payload and decode the payload using user-defined JavaScript and built-in JavaScript scripting engine in JEDI. Refer to Custom Decoding with JavaScript in JEDI documentation.

• NEW: Added CLI command to display existing users.

• Bug Fix: Corrected the restriction on mixed-case letters in user registration and user ID validations.

• Bug Fix: Addressed issue where timestamp display was appearing under the data table chart when only one metric was added.

• Bug Fix: Fixed a problem where the step plot configuration was applied incorrectly to all metrics that came after when setting up a single measure for step plot visualization.

• NEW: Event chart for visualizing boolean data

• NEW: Timeseries chart is a hybrid chart that allows you to visualize different metrics using line, area, bar, scatter, and step plots, all in one chart.

• NEW: Command shell. Application now loads and starts a admin command shell. Type help at the mcjedi shell prompt to see supported commands.

This release includes bug fixes, performance improvements, and usability enhancements.

• NEW: Enhanced Line Chart Visualization: Machinechat JEDI now includes the ability to visualize multiple metrics in line charts, with added features such as multi Y-axis support. Users can also set auto-ranging or define their own minimum and maximum values for the Y-axis.

• NEW: Added Time stamp Setting Option: Users can now select between ISO 8601 and Unix Milliseconds for data storage time stamp format from the application settings page.

• NEW: Handling Invalid Characters in Metric Names:Unsupported special characters (except hyphen and underscore) will be replaced with underscores.

• IMPROVEMENT: Enhanced the Onboarding Experience for Fresh Installations: Users now have the ability to sign up for access to the application after accepting the End-User License Agreement (EULA).

• BUG FIX: Target Limit Error Handling: Resolved a problem where exceeding the number of targets resulted in an internal server error, specifically indicating a failure to send data due to exceeding the maximum number of targets.

• BUG FIX: HTTP Listener Settings Persistence: Corrected the issue where changes to the DefaultHTTPListener port and deletions of the defaulthttplistener were not saved after a server restart.

• BUG FIX: Creation of the Data Directory from Root Access and Execution as a Service: Fixed the issue to ensure the creation of the data directory within the executable's directory for a user with root privileges and run as a service.

• NEW: You can now send alerts using Telegram instant messaging service.

• NEW: License management to add or upgrade features through feature licenses

• NEW: Custom branding through feature license

• NEW: Performance and usability enhancements

• KNOWN ISSUE: Starting with v3.5, new licenses won't work with application configurations created using older licenses supporting more resources.

• NEW: You can now use the trial version to participate in cool new contests from Machinechat and friends. Coming soon!

• NEW: Enhanced support for custom branding in Machinechat JEDI Pro. Contact sales@machinechat.io to learn more.

• NEW: Serial and SparkFun OpenLog data collectors can now uniquify field names, for e.g. when using multiple sensors of the same type.

• Bug fixes and other performance enhancements.