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PowerSpring Release R110.3300 Software Change Notice 1

PowerSpring R300

Software Change Notice

Revision Date: October 23, 2020 Document ID: 80-1086


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Symbol Definitions

The following table lists those symbols used in this document to denote certain conditions.

Symbol Definition

ATTENTION: Identifies information that requires special

consideration.

TIP: Identifies advice or hints for the user, often in terms of

performing a task.

REFERENCE -EXTERNAL: Identifies an additional source of

information outside of the bookset.

REFERENCE - INTERNAL: Identifies an additional source of

information within the bookset.

CAUTION

Indicates a situation which, if not avoided, may result in equipment or work (data) on the system being damaged or lost, or may result in the inability to properly operate the process.

CAUTION: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not

avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury. It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices.

CAUTION symbol on the equipment refers the user to the product

manual for additional information. The symbol appears next to required information in the manual.

WARNING: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which, if not

avoided, could result in serious injury or death.

WARNING symbol on the equipment refers the user to the product

manual for additional information. The symbol appears next to required information in the manual.

WARNING, Risk of electrical shock: Potential shock hazard where

HAZARDOUS LIVE voltages greater than 30 Vrms, 42.4 Vpeak, or 60 VDC may be accessible.

ESD HAZARD: Danger of an electro-static discharge to which

equipment may be sensitive. Observe precautions for handling electrostatic sensitive devices.

Protective Earth (PE) terminal: Provided for connection of the

protective earth (green or green/yellow) supply system conductor.


Symbol Definition

Functional earth terminal: Used for non-safety purposes such as

noise immunity improvement. NOTE: This connection shall be bonded to Protective Earth at the source of supply in accordance with national local electrical code requirements.

Earth Ground: Functional earth connection. NOTE: This

connection shall be bonded to Protective Earth at the source of supply in accordance with national and local electrical code requirements.

Chassis Ground: Identifies a connection to the chassis or frame of

the equipment shall be bonded to Protective Earth at the source of supply in accordance with national and local electrical code requirements.


Contents

1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 6

1.1 About PowerSpring ................................................................................................................................ 6 1.2 About this Document ............................................................................................................................. 6

2 Contents of Release .................................................................................................................. 6

3 Getting Started .......................................................................................................................... 6

4 Release Overview...................................................................................................................... 7

4.1 Scope of the Release ............................................................................................................................ 7

5 Previous releases...................................................................................................................... 9

5.1 PowerSpring R200 ................................................................................................................................. 9 5.2 PowerSpring R110.6 .............................................................................................................................. 9 5.3 PowerSpring R110.5 .............................................................................................................................. 9 5.4 PowerSpring R110.3 ............................................................................................................................ 10 5.5 PowerSpring R110.2 ............................................................................................................................ 11

6 Known Issues .......................................................................................................................... 11

6.1 Issues from this release: ...................................................................................................................... 11 6.2 Open Issues from Previous Releases ................................................................................................. 12

7 Third-Party Software Components ........................................................................................ 13

7.1 Embedded Software Components ....................................................................................................... 13


1 Introduction

1.1 About PowerSpring

PowerSpring is a Meter data collection (MDC) system, a critical component in realizing the full potential of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for gas distribution customers. PowerSpring Meter Data Collection eases IT integration of AMI and facilitates the distribution of the meter data across the utility enterprise by framing the volumes of interval data retrieved from the field into manageable and familiar information. PowerSpring MDC provides database repository and gas distribution business logic to:

Automate the complex process of collecting meter data from multiple meter data collection technologies

Deliver that data in the appropriate format to utility billing systems

PowerSpring MDC thus creates an immediate impact on gas distribution business processes

1.2 About this Document

This guide describes the functions and features of PowerSpring R300. In addition, this guide captures the updates that might not be reflected in the user documentation. Additionally, it contains last minute documentation updates and any special considerations for the current release.

2 Contents of Release

The models listed above include the following software and documentation components:

Table 1 PowerSpring R300

Component Part Number

Setup.exe 80-1087

PowerSpring-Installation Guide 80-1085

3 Getting Started

Please refer to the installation guide for instructions on deploying this application as a fresh instance or migrate an existing DC2009 or PowerSpring applications.


4 Release Overview

PowerSpring R300 is an incremental release in the PowerSpring MDC development cycle. After focusing on horizontal scope extension in the R200 release through the support for additional international products in both industrial and residential environments, this release will focus on vertical improvements in extending the support for existing devices to cover the full functionality offered as well as catching up with changes to already supported products. The proposed release consists of following features, enhancement and addresses selected customer/field issues.

4.1 Scope of the Release

Migrating DC2009 to PowerSpring

o Custom Report Layout

o System Monitor Trace

o System Controller

Support for Mercury devices support

o EC350

o CloudLink –R100, R110

o Integrated EC350

o ERX350

o Integrated ERX350

o CNI4 and

o MiWireless EC350 (Validation as Integrated EC350, Integrated ERX350 or CNI4)

CFX Report format support in PowerSpring.

Remote Firmware Download of Metretek Devices

Critical Customer Issue’s (26). (Listed in the below Table)

Reference Description

1 RGASMETER-48 PDF File type option is provided for RU Summary report.

2 RGASMETER-60 Developed PowerSpring equivalents for Dc2009 Custom Reports

writer, System Monitor, or System Controller. 3 RGASMETER-101 Using dial out function in PS R110 when RUID dial out fails

receive incorrect RUID back on failed call in System Monitor.

Fixed in this release 4 RGASMETER-121 When PS is running as a service, there is no notification that the

license has expired.

License information is provided in PowerSpring Web User

interface in this R300 release. 5 RGASMETER-205 Turbo Corrector Alarms supported in PowerSpring R300

6 RGASMETER-238 IP Address, Serial Number write is supported in PS R300.

User will be able to write string items using Multi member corrector

configuration and Input Configuration. 7 RGASMETER-240 Issue with CNI4 causing Data Processing restart is fixed.

8 RGASMETER-247 DST is handled in PS R300 for EC350 and ERX350.

9 RGASMETER-266 CNI4 Data Gaps

https://acsjira.honeywell.com/browse/RGASMETER-48










10 RGASMETER-404 PowerSpring DST issue - EC350's calling in hourly resulted in a

missing interval.

DST is handled in PS R300 for EC350 and ERX350.

11 RGASMETER-296 RBX events are capturing for EC350 and ERX350 devices. When

alarm clean call comes from device, PS is capturing if the alarm is

cleared because of RBX event. User can see this information in

alarm report.

12 RGASMETER-301 PowerSpring device mismatch issue of showing previous RU ID

for all other devices when calling is fixed by adding a message

saying "RU_ID is yet to be recognized", and assigning the RU_ID

to zero as soon as the call ends.

13 RGASMETER-317 CNI4 reports data in the future addressed by restricting future date

being requested from device.

14 RGASMETER-325 Addressed issue with ‘Last Call’ column sort in RU Summary

report.

15 RGASMETER-326 New role able to delete custom report

Issue with Delete Custom report with any other role not having

privilege is fixed.

16 RGASMETER-342 From here on in PowerSpring R300, the FW Version of the device

types EC350, ERX350, CNI4 will be shown in 5 digits and other

legacy devices will continue to have 4 digited FW version.

17 RGASMETER-378 CSV and Tab delimited file support for Custom Report.

18 RGASMETER-380 Supported Tamper Detected Alarms for EC350.

19 RGASMETER-427 Enabled saving Modem types from PowerSpring RU call

configuration.

20 RGASMETER-386 Fixed an issue with Input Field in PowerSpring - RU Config

Screen.

21 RGASMETER-387 Fixed issue with PowerSpring-RU Config Screen-Add inputs more

than 10-Exception

22 RGASMETER-388 PowerSpring - Auto Name ID filed is made visible and editable is

provided in Account Configuration.

23 RGASMETER-389 Avoided logging sensitive information in Installation Log files.

24 RGASMETER-395 Added Email or SMS Notification to Watchdog in PowerSpring.

Notification feature provided to send mail when PowerSpring

processing is stopped.

To send Email notification user must configure SMTP details and

Email address.

25 RGASMETER-397 Issue with PowerSpring Reading incorrect values for inputs

beyond 25 is fixed for EC350, ERX350 and CloudLink devices.

26 RGASMETER-399 The validation of Item 334 and 335 Writes in PowerSpring is

included to ensure proper configuration for next Call Time. Note

that for other devices like Mini-Max, Turbo Corrector etc. the fix is

not applicable.



















5 Previous releases

5.1 PowerSpring R200

5.1.1 New Features

1. Data Collection from Elster Commercial, Industrial and Domestic Meters

a. Support of Themis Uno devices using DLMS protocol

b. Support for EK280 and DL 230 devices using LIS protocol

c. Support for Themis Log using OPC connector pack.

2. Scalability

a. Bulk creation of 5000 Elster devices within 2 minutes

b. Support for Data Collection of 40K Devices within 2 hours with 4 Data Collection servers

3. System Trace log for Elster devices

a. Subsystem monitor to display all happenings in PowerSpring Backend Systems

4. Dashboard with Active alarms and KPIs

5. Support standard data exposure web APIs to external systems.

6. Internationalization of Backend components of Elster.

7. Visual Scheduler.

8. New DLMS simulator for emulating 100K devices - savings $45K in program budget

5.1.2 Enhancements/Improvements

Performance improvements to the PowerSpring web client

Dashboard with Active alarms and KPIs.

Visual Schedule for Autoload images.

5.2 PowerSpring R110.6

PowerSpring R110.6 is a patch release targeted to address below issues.

5.2.1 Issues fixed

Issue key

Description

RGASMETER-357

Control Center: User Interface issues

RGASMETER-376

PowerSpring - Daily Read Build option "All buildable inputs" is not working


PowerSpring R110.5 is a patch release targeted for mainly DST issues and few enhancements


5.3.1 Issues fixed

Issue key Description

RGASMETER-233 PowerSpring - Scaling factor is not being applied correctly

RGASMETER-244 PowerSpring does not recognize low pressure alarms reported by ERX350 configured as an ERX

RGASMETER-313 Mini Max (MINI AT with 59 inputs) issue after upgrading to PowerSpring R110.3

RGASMETER-329 Displayed DR hour, in Data Viewer, can be incorrect

RGASMETER-173 PowerSpring R110 adding RUID to list though Account screen

RGASMETER-72 Fall DST, IP based SIP = "D" in 0300 s/b 0200,

RGASMETER-73 LL CPA has missing 0600 intervals, first call after DST

RGASMETER-79 DST related issues in PowerSpring

RGASMETER-136

PowerSpring; EC350 reports a missing interval data the first call after Spring DST

5.3.2 Enhancements/Improvements

Enhancement Support added for reading ERX350 alarms and events.


The changes went in PowerSpringR110.3patch release are listed below

5.4.1 New Features

Following two new features are provided in System Preferences

1. Configuration of SMTP settings and quick test of new configuration

2. Customer logo can be upload, which would be shown in the footer of webpage

5.4.2 Problems Resolved

Following problems have been resolved in this version of PowerSpring

1. Issue of CNI2 large number of extra counts intermittently.

2. TOC for channel 2 inputs (Ch2 Inc Fixed Factor Vol and Ch2 Inc Accumulated Vo), of PA were not working as expected. i.e. “Map Time of Call data for item codes 225/226 to 0/2” was not effective for channel 2 inputs

3. When selecting Excel outputs and emailing them through Autoload, the file extension of the attachment is “XSL” instead of “XLS”. The file is unreadable unless you manually change the extension

4. Data Resync issue, Time of call value does not increment on calls after resync time frame

5. In one of the scenario, Auto Load scheduler date and time were getting modified without user intention


6. Deleting a member from an account causes an error in PowerSpring when account has more than 255 accounts.

7. Location field in custom report image does not take UNC path and does not generate report when a mapped drive is provided in the path as well.

8. The distribution of custom report and RU Summary reports were not supported over email and FTP

9. In Alarm Report image, overwrite option was not getting saved.

10. The data in the PowerSpring was offset by one interval with respect to device log time when the time zone was set to something like (UTC +/- X.30) e.g. UTC+5.30


This release is intended to provide the support for EC350 - latest EVC offering from Honeywell along with additional support for latest server platforms and browser that are given below.

a) Windows 2012 Server

b) SQL Server 2012

c) SQL Server 2014

d) IE11 browser

5.5.1 New Features

This release contains the following enhancements:

Daily Read Build UI Improvement: Feature is provided on dashboard to give the list of DR builds executed in the last 24 hours along with the execution status. User would get overall status at single glance.

5.5.2 Problems Resolved

This section provides an overview of the problems resolved in this release. Following field issues were addressed in this release

a) DST-Spring 2015- system time was not adjusted correctly (1-8304719396) b) Spring DST: CNI2’s as SIPs after first call in after DST w/ missing interval (1-8588620134) c) DR hour changing when syncing a unit through browser UI (1-8539773991) d) Web UI does not display the most current scaling factor values (inputs tab) (1-8561857484) e) FW 297 endless event log loop when a MMX is communicating w/ PowerSpring (1-

8598198747)

6 Known Issues/Observations

6.1 Open Issues from this release:

Based on information and data available to us to date, this section describes some currently identified issues related to this release.

Reference Details

1 RPOWERSPRING-3120,3092

In RU Summary Report while adding columns with Miscellaneous information, ‘Total Calls’ can only be selected and for EC350, ERX350, CloudLink devices.


‘Total Conn Avg’ and ‘Total Miss Avg’ cannot be selected. RU Summary report-Once Sort option is chosen for configured column, User will not be able to change to option ‘None’ henceforth.

2 RPOWERSPRING-3073 In few instances, Start and Stop of new DC/ DP processes fails on the first attempt but succeeds in sub sequent attempts.

3 RPOWERSPRING-2681 RPOWERSPRING-2473

In Traces User interface, when error codes are seen please refer to the respective device user manual. Traces User interface may not show messages for new Device type exactly same as Legacy Processes shown in Console but equivalent messages are provided.

4 RPOWERSPRING-3109 Scheduler page- ‘Copy from’ field in Scheduler page allows to enter non-existing image however image is not created.

5 RPOWERSPRING-3066

Sometimes user might experience delays in below operations: 1). Selection of inputs in Remote Unit configuration taking almost 15-20 seconds to reflect in the selected inputs. 2). Creation/Addition of new EC350 Integrated Devices. 3). Delay in selecting/saving of Parameters in Multi member corrector configuration. 4). Browsing of remote units’ selection in Diagnostic and Statistics reports in PowerSpring Web interface.

6 RPOWERSPRING-3351 During database migration when user moves all processes, the ‘sysmonport’ will be disabled. User must enable it manually.

6.2 Open Issues from Previous Releases

PAR Reference Description Reported In

1 RPOWERSPRING-350 Observed delays in Page navigation when PowerSpring having about 40k RU in PS database,

R200

2 RPOWERSPRING-186 User click on Print report; the preview page shows pages but while printing to printer/pdf the page is cropped.

R200

3 RPOWERSPRING-577 Web trace does not show Alarms/Events/TOC related log records.

R200

4 RPOWERSPRING-691 There is no scroll bar provided in Month view day data of Visual Scheduler, if number of auto loads in a calendar day exceeds 20.

R200

5 RPOWERSPRING-211 At times when date range selected for report is huge, it times out with an error message.

R100

6 RPOWERSPRING-210 Mini-AT digital input alarms are not showing up in PowerSpring. Data Collection needs to be modified, alarms need to be added

R100

7 RPOWERSPRING-213 The Report Header is not displayed in the last page of a report on the webpage.

R100

8 RPOWERSPRING-222

The ANSI data in data viewer is supported for profile data only.

R100

9 RPOWERSPRING-205 [R110] Print report format is not proper in Google chrome

R100

10 RPOWERSPRING-635 Sometimes PowerSpring Web page gives an error when user click twice while request for first time is in Progress. It is recommended to not to click twice on any of the buttons.

R200

https://acsjira.honeywell.com/browse/RPOWERSPRING-3066






7 Third-Party Software Components

7.1 Embedded Software Components

These software components have been included with this software installation.

Component Version

AjaxControlToolkit 18.1.1.0

AutoMapper NA

Entity Framework 5.0

jqPlot 1.0.8

jQuery (jquery) 1.4.1. & 1.8.2

Unity NA

ThreeMammals/Ocelot 12.0.1

FullCalender 3.9.0

PDFSharp 1.50.5147.0

MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel 1.50.5147.0

NserviceBus 7.2.1.0

Log4net 2.0.8.0

GuruX.DLMS/Net/Serial 0.0.1

Newtonsoft.Json 12.0.1

RabbitMQ.Client 5.1.2

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