MindConnect Hardware Release Notes

General

  • Firmware version: V03.04.02.04 b003

  • MindSphere provides a highly reliable system, however the MindConnect can be affected by system internal incidents.

  • The MindConnect system sends data into the MindSphere. If the data provider (e.g. OPC server) is not available a value "0" with a bad quality code will be sent up. To see the quality code in the IoT model it is necessary that the quality code is always turned on at the creation of aspects.

  • We recommend to use an OPC UA server as data source with a certificate.

  • For a connection to MindSphere Region China 1 the MindConnect Nano/IoT2040 has to have a firmware V3.3.00.04. or higher.

MindConnect Nano

Known issues

  • The read performace of the OPC UA events are reduced in this release. This can cause some lost OPC UA events if the device is already at the performance limits.

  • It is recommended to restart MindConnect Nano/IoT2040 after changing system time via SetSystemTime USB command to make sure that data collection can continue correctly.

  • The connection to a SIMOCODE, SIMOTION, SINAMICS OPC UA Server cannot re-establish automatic if the used Firmware has a MiniWeb version <V5.1. It is recommended to upgrade to a new FW version of the SIMOCODE, SIMOTION, SINAMICS device.

  • RestricedDeviceConfiguration: Any Boolean type values need to be set as string values (as shown in the documentation).

  • With the latest release, MindConnect Nano and Iot2040 boxes with firmware older than V03.03.00.00 b003 version, will no longer support configuration updates. You can still do an online or offline firmware update to keep using the Nanobox with more and extended features released in final version.

  • Command functionality ( BiDirectional communication): Write Bool values : :"true" and "false" values are expected.

MindConnect IoT2040

Known issues

  • The read performace of the OPC UA events are reduced in this release. This can cause some lost OPC UA events if the device is already at the performance limits.

  • It is recommended to restart MindConnect Nano/IoT2040 after changing system time via SetSystemTime USB command to make sure that data collection can continue correctly.

  • Currently, the performance of the IoT2040 is limited. If your configuration is at the limits (30 data points per second / 6 data provider / 10 events per second), then it might cause some read limitations.

  • The connection to a SIMOCODE, SIMOTION, SINAMICS OPC UA Server cannot reestablish automatic if the used Firmware has a MiniWeb version <V5.1. It's recommended to upgrade to a new FW version of the SIMOCODE, SIMOTION, SINAMICS device.

  • RestricedDeviceConfiguration: Any Boolean type values need to be set as string values (as shown in the documentation).

  • With the latest release, MindConnect Nano and Iot2040 boxes with firmware older than V03.03.00.00 b003 version, will no longer support configuration updates. You can still do an online or offline firmware update to keep using the Nanobox with more and extended features released in final version.

  • Command functionality ( BiDirectional communication): Write Bool values : :"true" and "false" values are expected.

MindConnect Software Agent

What's new?

  • Within this release, we provide a new firmware version: V03.05.00.01 b004

  • Within this release, the following functionality will be available. The agent can read the data from the following devices:

    • S7 devices

    • Modbus TCP

    • OPC UA

    • EthernetIP

    It can be downloaded directly from the MindSphere tenant and installed on your local Windows 10 Professional PC. It will run as a virtual machine in the HyperV environment.

Known issues:

  • MindConnect Edge Analytics is not available in this release

  • The InstallShield-Setup should just started once at a time

  • Only numbers can be entered as input for the VM-Parameters during setup. The RAM value has to be adapted manually as it shows byte instead of Kbytes

  • Stop the VM in HyperV Manager before uninstalling it

  • During re-onboarding, you have to do the onboarding twice to ensure the offboarding will be executed

  • Stop the HyperV VM (In HyperV manager) manually if you want to install the software agent on your PC

  • During setup of the MindConnect Software agent you will be prompted for the memory usage. As the default is quite high (16GB), please adapt this to your needs.

    If you do an installation update, this will be not asked again, so you have to adapt it within the HyperV application.