MTConnect.NET Agents v0.5.0 Beta

Windows Installer

• This release along with any new releases will include a Windows Installer to make installation of the Agent easier

XML Validation

• Xml validation against XSD schema files was added in this release
• Validation Errors/Warnings are output to Log file(s)
• Validation Errors can be output using the MTConnectError response document
• ValidationLevel configuration file setting determines the behavior when validation errors occur
• ValidationLevel Http query parameter can be used to override the configuration file setting (useful for debugging)

Configuration File Watcher

• Configuration files will reload if changed and restart the MTConnect agent (if enabled)
• Devices.xml file is also monitored and will restart the agent (if enabled)

Windows Service

• New command line functionality to install, start, stop, and remove Agent as a Windows Service
• Added new command line parameter to override the Http Port (useful for debugging)

Agent Information File

• New AgentInformation file was added to persist the Agent Device UUID as well as other information

Better Asset Management

• Asset Buffer was updated to follow the correct circular buffer design specified in the MTConnect standard
• Remove and Remove All Asset commands were added
• Http Server supports adding Asset by POST
• Multiline SHDR Asset support

Fixed various issues

• Updated SHDR DataItem compatibility
• Fixed issue with DataSet, Table, and TimeSeries XML output when Unavailable / Empty
• Fixed issue with duplicate Observations (same value, different timestamp)
• Updated Timestamps to use Unix Ticks internally. This fixed the issue of losing precision in timestamps coming from an Adapter
• Fixed some various issues with the Http Server
• Fixed some issues with logging