Factry
Release Notes
Always check the compatibility matrix below before installing a new version.

Compatibility

Collectors of all versions >= v1.0.0 are compatible with all Factry Historian versions >= v4.0.0, in both directions. However, for certain functionalities, certain minimum versions of the collector and Factry Historian are required.
More information is always available in the release notes.

Feature Compatibility Matrix

This is the compatibility matrix for version listed on this page. If you have downloaded a newer version than the one listed on this page please check the release notes of that version.

Feature OPC-UA Collector Version Factry Historian Version
Collector Auto Update >= v1.6.0 >= v6.4.0

v1.8.1

Released on 06/09/2024

Bug fixes

v1.8.0

Released on 12/06/2024

Changes

  • Unknown status codes now have the status code appended to the status message
  • Added documentation about common OPC-UA status codes

v1.7.2

Released on 07/06/2024

Changes

  • Added support for performance monitoring with Pyroscope

Bug fixes

v1.7.1

Released on 23/05/2024

Changes

v1.7.0

Released on 24/04/2024

Changes

  • Added settings to be able to only collect one value from an array node based on the index

Bug fixes

  • Fixed arm6 and arm7 builds

v1.6.3

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug where the collector would get stuck reconnecting to the OPC-UA server

v1.6.2

Changes

v1.6.1

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug where the collector would not pause a measurement

Changes

v1.6.0

Changes

v1.5.8

Changes

  • send error points with BadFactryMonitorError when a monitor request fails

v1.5.7

Changes

  • Disabled CGO

v1.5.6

Changes

v1.5.5

Changes

v1.5.4

Changes

v1.5.3

Changes

v1.5.2

Changes

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug in the OPC-UA library causing the client to be stuck in an infinite loop

v1.5.1

Bug fixes

  • Monitored measurement whose monitor request failed will periodically retry to monitor
  • Added MonitorRetryTimeout advanced setting

v1.5.0

Changes

  • Added the event collection type for OPC-UA Alarms & Conditions

v1.4.3

Bug fixes

  • Fixed crash if buffer path could not be opened
  • Collector no longer tries to register collector if historian API is unavailable

v1.4.2

Changes

  • Added support for Idle state
  • Removed warning, error, panic and fatal as possible log levels

v1.4.0

Changes

  • Removed eventbuffer, this functionality has been moved to a separate collector

v1.3.6

Changes

  • upgraded to gopcua library v0.3.5

v1.3.4

Bug fixes

  • Restart collector on changed failover settings.

v1.3.0

When updating to this version keep in mind that environment variables that had a different value will need to be set in the Historian.

Changes

  • Changed most environment variables to be configured as advanced collector settings in the Historian.

v1.2.1

Bug fixes

  • Fixed panic on invalid node id

Changes

  • Added timeout to cancel of OPC-UA subscription
  • Fixed bug where collector might start polling twice when settings and status are changed within the collector polling window

v1.2.0

Changes

  • Added preliminary support for redundancy
  • The collector will not repeat logs regarding connection errors to the historian server

v1.1.8

Changes

  • Added gzip compression for new buffer files, old buffer files will still work
  • Added general environment variable, BUFFER_DISK_BATCHES, which determines how many batches will be written to a buffer file. Default value is 20
  • Added priority for handling of buffer items, prioritizing logs and statistics over points
  • Changed default value for BUFFER_MAX_BATCHES from 10 -> 100
  • Points with value ‘Good’ now also get counted as good points in the statistics
  • Added deploy trigger for OPC-UA documentation

v1.1.7

Bug fixes

  • Fixed possible index out of range exception when getting system statistics
  • Added measurement error status for unsupported values, FactryBadUnsupportedType

v1.1.6

Changes

  • Changed ‘MaxAge’ property in OPC-UA requests from 2000 -> 0
  • Added retries for NodeID registration
  • Added possibility to disable registration of NodeID’s by setting MAX_NODES_PER_REGISTER to 0

v1.1.5

Changes

  • Added first version of OPC-UA documentation

Bug fixes

  • Fixed expired certificate problem

v1.1.4

Bug fixes

  • Fixed crash on points with nil values
  • Changed all points with nil values to 0

v1.1.3

Bug fixes

  • Fixed potential out of bounds exception in buffer memory
  • Fixed data race when calculating buffer size on disk
  • Fixed handling of array values

v1.1.2

Changes

  • Skip registration of integer node id’s

v1.1.1

Bug fixes

  • Fixed last index of event buffer not getting processed
  • Made quotes optional in event buffer node id’s

v1.1.0

Features

  • Added event buffer functionality

Bug fixes

  • Fixed OPC-UA client not connecting with some URL’s