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Retired Changelog Stream

Documentation Changelog is now integrated with the Platform Changelog and renamed to just Kelvin Changelog.

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Retired Changelog Stream

Platform Changelog is now integrated with the Documentation Changelog and renamed to just Kelvin Changelog.

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Release 4.9

January 2023 - (Release 4.9)

Whats New ?

  • New documentation on some guides to secure the Ubuntu operating system where you install Kelvin Nodes.
  • New full documentation on Kelvin Administration
  • The new Edge Sync service on the Kelvin Nodes improves performance during unreliable Internet connections allowing data to be buffered on the Node for up to 1 year or 5 GB whichever comes first (5 GB equals approximately 10 million messages).
  • Easily analyze Alarms quickly with the new See on Data Explorer button which takes you directly to the time when the alarm was activated.
  • Created new section called Kelvin Developer Tips which will contain a range of useful guides for developers.
  • Tutorial on how to force Kelvin Node core application updates. This is important to ensure all security updates are performed and the new features are deployed. This does not affect any Kelvin Apps deployed to the Kelvin Node.

Upgraded Kelvin API Documentation

All API requests listed here have gone through a rigorous upgrade to its documentation on the API description, parameter details, defaults, options and warnings.

  • All Assets API checked for completeness of documentation. API documentation updates on - Upload Assets, List Failure Overview, List Asset and Create Asset Template.
  • All Metrics API checked for completeness of documentation.
  • All Bridge API checked for completeness of documentation.
  • All Control Change API checked for completeness of documentation. New API documentation for Get Control Change Clustering.
  • All Data Labels API checked for completeness of documentation. API documentation updates on - List Label Metadata.
  • All Storage API checked for completeness of documentation. API documentation updates on - Upload Historian Metrics

New Documentation Pages

  • Getting Started Guides -> GSG Cloud Server -> GSG Securing Kelvin Nodes page created
  • Documentation -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin SDK -> SDK Clients -> Javascript -> Kelvin SDK (Javascript) page created
  • Documentation -> Kelvin Administration -> Administration Overview page created
  • Documentation -> Kelvin Administration -> Administration of Users page created
  • Documentation -> Kelvin Administration -> List of Kelvin Roles page created
  • Documentation -> Kelvin Administration -> User's Account Settings page created

Updated Documentation Pages

  • Kelvin Overview -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin Nodes page updated
  • Kelvin Overview -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Maps Overview page updated
  • Getting Started Guides -> GSG Kelvin Documentation page updated
  • Getting Started Guides -> GSG Cloud Server -> GSG Kelvin Nodes page updated
  • Documentation -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin Manager UI -> Management -> Metrics -> Metrics page updated
  • Documentation -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin Manager UI -> Connection -> Nodes page updated
  • Documentation -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin SDK -> SDK Clients -> Javascript -> AngularJS page updated
  • Documentation -> Cloud Servers -> Kelvin SDK -> SDK Clients -> Python -> Kelvin SDK (Python) page updated
  • Documentation -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Maps Dashboard page updated
  • Documentation -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Maps Asset Details page updated
  • Documentation -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Maps Alarms page updated
  • Documentation -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Map Editors -> Kelvin Maps Rules Editor page update

New Tutorials

  • New tutorials for Kelvin Tutorials -> Cloud Server Tutorials -> Getting Started Tutorials -> Browser Alert Bar for Multi-Platform Environments
  • New tutorials for Kelvin Tutorials -> Cloud Server Tutorials -> Kelvin API Tutorials -> Managing Kelvin Node Versions with Kelvin API
  • New Developer Tip Kelvin SDK - CLI Autocomplete
  • New Developer Tip Kelvin SDK - CLI Environment Variables

Updated Tutorials

  • Minor update for written tutorial Install Kelvin SDK in Windows (Written)
  • Minor update for written tutorial Install Kelvin SDK in MacOS X Catalina (Written)
  • Minor update for written tutorial Install Kelvin SDK in Ubuntu 20.04 (Written)
  • Updated written tutorial for Install and Setup Postman for API Requests (Written)

Tested Tutorials

  • Tested tutorial Install and Setup Postman for API Requests (Written)
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Release 4.8

November 2022 - (Release 4.8)

Whats New ?

  • Kelvin API Data Label detailed documentation update
  • Updated and tested all the documentation on the Kelvin SDK Clients - Command Line / Terminal, Javascript, Python.
  • Kelvin Maps improvements in the Process and Rules sections
  • Multi-Instance tools guides added
  • Added hover-over information for glossary terms to all pages
  • Major update to Changelog structure and converted to blog format for easy RSS (future feature) connections.
  • Tutorial Descriptions page improvements on layout and information

Upgraded Kelvin API Documentation

All API requests listed here have gone through a rigorous upgrade to its documentation on the API description, parameter details, defaults, options and warnings.

  • Data Label API

Get Data Labels Clustering, Create Data Label, Filter Data Label, Create Label, List Label, Create Label Metadata Bulk, Delete Label Metadata Bulk, Delete Label, Get Label, Create Label Metadata, List Label Metadata, Delete Label Metadata, Get Label Metadata, Update Label Metadata, Update Label, Get Data Label Last, List Data Label, Get Data Label Range, Delete Data Label, Get Data Label, Update Data Label

New Documentation Pages

  • Getting Started Guides -> GSG Working with Dev, Test & Prod Instances page created
  • Documentation -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin API Categories -> Data Labels page created
  • Documentation -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin API Categories -> Labels page created
  • Documentation -> Kelvin SDK -> SDK Clients -> Javascript -> Node.js page created
  • Documentation -> Kelvin SDK -> SDK Clients -> Javascript -> Vue page created
  • Documentation -> Kelvin SDK -> SDK Clients -> Javascript -> React page created
  • Documentation -> Kelvin SDK -> SDK Clients -> Javascript -> Angular page created

Updated Documentation Pages

  • Kelvin Overview -> Recommended Reading page updated
  • Getting Started Guides -> Getting Started Guide Overview page updated
  • Getting Started Guide -> GSG Guide by Profession page updated
  • Getting Started Guide -> GSG Kelvin Documentation page updated
  • Getting Started Guides -> GSG Cloud Server -> GSG Kelvin Manager UI page updated
  • Getting Started Guides -> GSG Cloud Server -> GSG Kelvin SDK page updated
  • Kelvin Overview -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin Nodes page updated
  • Documentation -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Maps Dashboard page updated
  • Documentation -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Maps Asset Details page updated
  • Documentation -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Maps Rules Editor page updated

Updated Tutorials

  • Kelvin Tutorials -> Cloud Server Tutorials -> Kelvin API Tutorials -> Create a New Control Change Request API page updated
  • Kelvin Tutorials -> Cloud Server Tutorials -> Kelvin API Tutorials -> Create and Monitor a Control Change with Kelvin API page updated
  • Kelvin Tutorials -> Cloud Server Tutorials -> Foundational Tutorials -> From Scratch to MQTT Data Inflow (Written) ≧ 4.3.0 page updated
  • Kelvin Tutorials -> Cloud Server Tutorials -> Kelvin Bridges -> Creating an OPC UA Bridge (Video) ≥ 4.0 page updated
  • Kelvin Tutorials -> Cloud Server Tutorials -> Kelvin Bridges -> Create a Modbus Bridge page updated
  • Kelvin Tutorials -> Cloud Server Tutorials -> Machine Learning Tutorials -> Real Time Edge Computer Vision to Kelvin Metrics page updated
  • Kelvin Tutorials -> Kelvin Maps Tutorials -> Create a Kelvin Maps Process and Control an Air Conditioner page updated

Tested Tutorials

  • Kelvin Tutorials -> Kelvin Bridges -> Creating an OPC UA Bridge (Video) ≥ 4.0 was tested with some notes added for the minor differences between v4.0 and v4.8.
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Release 4.7 Update 1

October 2022 - (Release 4.7 / 1)

Whats New ?

  • Kelvin Maps has a new Kelvin Rules Editor for creating complex control change algorithms.
  • Kelvin Apps and Kelvin Bridges can be installed at a Kelvin Node offline physically by downloading the image, transporting by USB stick and installing through the terminal interface of the Kelvin Node.
  • Some minor improvements to the documentation pages

New Documentation Pages

  • Documentation -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Map Editors -> Kelvin Maps Rules Editor page created

Updated Documentation Pages

  • Kelvin Overview -> Recommended Reading page updated
  • Kelvin Overview -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin Nodes page updated
  • Kelvin Overview -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin Apps page updated
  • Kelvin Overview -> Kelvin Maps -> Kelvin Maps Overview page updated
  • Getting Started Guides -> GSG Kelvin Maps -> GSG Create Enterprise Hierarchy page updated
  • Documentation -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin Manager UI -> Connection -> Bridges -> Bridges page updated
  • Documentation -> Cloud Server -> Kelvin Manager UI -> Connection -> Nodes page updated

New Tutorials

  • Install a Kelvin App or Kelvin Bridge to Offline Kelvin Node (Written) ≧ 4.7 tutorial created

Tested Tutorials

This section shows all tutorials that have been tested with later versions of the Kelvin release package from when they were first written.

  • Bridge Tutorials -> Create a Modbus Bridge (Written) tested on v4.7