Release Notes - Events2HVAC Event Automation - Version 1.5.0

Note: This is a recommended update for all previous versions.

Upgrade Information

If you are upgrading from v1.3.x or earlier versions, please review the system requirement changes section below.

• The latest version of .NET framework 4.5.2 or 4.6.x may require a server restart after installation.
• Makes sure you are not using SQL 2005 (v9.0.x) for the Events2HVAC database before you try to upgrade. The update scripts might fail with this version.
• Make sure you make database backups as with any upgrade. If there is a problem during upgrade and you need to revert back to the previous version, you must have a database backup of the previous version.
• If you want to take advantage of the Professional edition features (multiple event providers), you will need to upgrade your license to Professional.
• Your existing license will work as a "standard" edition license.
• Make sure you "Rediscover" your device interfaces if you are using any of the new actions in this release. Device Interface Manager - Rediscover Devices

Please review this link before updating software:

• Upgrading an existing installation of Events2HVAC

Improvements & Fixes

• New Feature: BACnet local object visible for scheduler online status so that automatic failover to HVAC schedules can be performed on BACnet controllers.
• New Feature: Allow multiple BACnet heartbeat targets to push heartbeats to controllers for schedule failover.
• New Feature: Allow multiple JCI MSEA heartbeat targets to push heartbeats to controllers for schedule failover.
• New Feature: Add a minimum stop gap time to equipment zones to prevent short cycling between last event stop and new event start.
• New Event Provider: e360 ChMS Event Provider.
• Improvement: Enable schedule importer to fail event queries if event cache is unreliable.
• Improvement: Allow R25 users to use “X25 Building” custom attribute for room building names instead of partition name.
• Improvement: Enable schedule importer to fail event queries if event cache is unreliable.
• Improvement: Allow user to ignore a version update alert
• Fix: Rebuild rooms doesn’t clear old rooms if local cache has events stored for the rooms.
• Fix: Alert message screens don’t get properly removed in UI.
• Fix: Schedule importer event provider doesn’t flag missing events as deleted in the event cache.
• Fix: Don’t allow schedule importer users to select remote queries in event viewers.
• Fix: Some exchange errors were getting masked as a different error.
• Fix: P2000 request/response logging was not working.
• Fix: Re-initialize command from client does not properly reinitialize device manager.
• Fix: Changing a user subscription should prompt a restart of the service.
• Fix: Support all BACnet exception schedule datatypes (for Tridium).
• Fix: Misc bug fixes when testing SendExceptionSchedule actions.
• Fix: SendExceptionSchedule action was not handling events that crossed midnight correctly.
• Fix: Performance issue with logger and large log files
• Update XML-RPC component for P2000 to v2.5.0.1.
• Allow corrupt EMS and ChMS event schedules to be ignored instead of failing entire query.
• Meeting Planner Event Provider is obsolete and no longer supported.
• Documentation updates