Predix Edge Manager Release Notes 2.1.0

These are the new features, enhancements, and known and resolved issues for Edge Manager.

New Features

This release contains the following new features:

Additional Protocol Adapter for Data Pumps
The Intelligent Data Pump provides the ability to configure and move data from an asset on the edge to the cloud in order to process that data in the cloud (e.g., run applications, analytics, etc.).
The following protocol was added:
  • Modbus: A more general purpose, less GE-focused protocol used across industry, specifically in water, wastewater, and general purpose DCS systems.
UI Re-design
Upgrade of the Edge Manager UI to the new Predix Design System. The upgrade of front-end components enables performance improvements across the application. It also keeps our theme consistent with other Predix Design System applications.

Known Issues

This release has the following known issues:

No link for edited configurations
After deploying an edited configuration to a device, a link for the operation details is not created. All other deployments result in a link to the operation details being provided.
Browser Issues
On Firefox and Chrome browsers, there is a plug-in conflict that causes the browser to crash (GE internal only) when downloading a file, or when viewing the output of a command.

The same plug-in conflict causes an error when uploading a large file (hundreds of MB).

Firefox Workaround: Run Firefox in Safe mode to disable Firefox plug-ins.
Chrome Workaround:
  1. Run Chrome in Incognito mode.
  2. In Settings > Extensions, if you have the DGExtension, ensure that it is disabled by unselecting the checkbox.
Execution time does not get updated
When you update a Docker container, the Execution Time in the Deployment Schedule does not get updated in Edge Manager. However, Start and End times are updated and displayed correctly.
Time for operations displayed differently
Operations start, execution start, and elapsed time display differently for the top level versus operation details when there is only one operation. This is due to how the summary is calculated versus how the operation detail is calculated.
Software and configuration packages sometimes need to be re-deployed
If a device is placed in inventory but not enrolled, and software or configuration packages are sent to that device, and one of the Edge Manager services fails and needs to be restarted, then those software or configuration packages may need to be redeployed to that device.
Cannot delete groups with large number of devices
There is a known issue with deleting a group with a large number (over 5,000) of devices. Do not create such large groups, or move devices incrementally out of large groups so you can delete the group.