Release Notes

Registration

You will need a product registration code to run this application. If you have received this distribution on a CD, or are accessing it from our web site, the registration file provided has been generated for you specifically and will be installed during the installation process.

Operating System Requirements

SSA has been designed to run on Microsoft Windows Server. Windows Server fully integrates required operating system components used by SSA.

Build Specific Release Notes

The following is a list of changes made which include recent customer enhancement requests and fixes to field reported problems

(Version 1.6.24)

  • Addressed an issue with inventory reporting during a probe-missing alarm condition.
  • Removed blank “Status” field from SCALD/CSLD report.
  • Addressed an issue causing duplicate records in sensor reports.
  • Addressed TLS-450 polling issues causing tanks to be reported as manifolds.
  • Addressed an issue with the product name reported on inventory reports.
  • Addressed a reliability issue with the Router service.
  • Corrected use of allowed methods for variance calculation in reconciliation reports.
  • Addressed an issue with reports generated when there are special characters in group names.
  • Added kilopascal (kPa) pressure unit.
  • Fixed time reporting in Tank Test Detail report
  • Fixed time-zone offset in emails.
  • Removed dependency on MSXML 4.
  • Fixed date formatting in Monthly Reconciliation Summary report.
  • Addressed an issue with the display of an image in the report header.
  • Added product name to delivery and reconciliation reports.
  • Added support for British English.
  • Added Sensor Alarm History Report.
  • All references to SCALD changed to SCALD/CSLD

(Version 1.6.23)

  • Sensor Status report improved to correctly report test status.

(Version 1.6.22)

  • Addressed issues with email functionality. Users can now set values for ‘From Address’ and use multiple recipients in exported emails.
  • Increased the maximum length and size of reports to allow for larger report generation.
  • Updated Regulatory Reports to remove unneeded columns and add result details.
  • Updated Line Leak reports to now indicate a result of ‘Unknown’ when no test result was included in a test record.

(Version 1.6.21)

  • Support for polling a VR TLS-450 ATG
  • Report generation engine rewritten to address many of the complaints about the previous report engine. No longer reliant on Crystal Report Runtime, now using open-source LaTeX.
  • Generated reports now translated to the language selected in user preferences
  • Applying the user defined preferences for decimal precision and symbol, grouping symbol, negative number formatting, and date formatting to the PDF reports
  • ATG type now listed in several reports - Tank Test, Line Test, SCALD, and Regulatory
  • Added the ability to schedule Delivery Forecast reports as an export
  • Sales during delivery information included in the Delivery Report
  • SMTP mail server authentication

(Version 1.6.11)

  • Added the ability to E-mail export inventory and delivery data
  • Added the ability to schedule and email PDF reports
  • Added the ability to adjust delivery and sales data in reconciliation
  • Changed the software so it would display device name instead of the device id's

(Version 1.6.5)

  • Modified Passed test descriptions for clarity on Regulatory Report
  • Modified SCALD test report to indicate Test Type for all ATG models
  • Corrected issue of polling attempts not happening under certain conditions
  • Corrected issue where scheduled polling could be interrupted under rare conditions
  • Modified Inventory component of Export feature to use ATG date/time vs. SSA server date/time

(Version 1.6.0)

  • Upgrading to this version and future versions will require a new registration code. See the upgrade page for details.
  • Updated Alarm List with latest known alarms
  • Added the Colibri to to the Setup page
  • Increased the Host Address field to 40 characters in setup to support Dynamic DNS addresses
  • Added an Export feature allowing customers to export delivery or inventory data three formats: TelaPoint, Trimac, or CSV
  • Changed the report options to update the year automatically based on the current year
  • Made several improvments and correction to the Regulatory Report
  • Fixed the Tank Test Report to remove duplicate data
  • Fixed the incorrect total on the Totals Only Delivery Report
  • Made several changes to the Reconciliation Reports to correct issues and make improvements

(Version 1.5.84)

  • Added new report Total Delivery Report
  • Updated TSA alarm list

(Version 1.5.83)

  • Added mag sensor support
  • Fixed bug in SCALD slope unit conversion
  • Added flow units label to SCALD Test report

(Version 1.5.82)

  • Line Test Report fixes
  • Resolved issue related to event log table

(Version 1.5.81)

  • Added support for TS-5 manifold SCALD data
  • Fixed Line Test Report for groups
  • Improved speed of Line Test Report

(Version 1.5.80)

  • Fixed bug in SCALD report
  • Fixed bug in Regulatory report

(Version 1.5.79)

  • Improved VRM Monthly report
  • Improved VRM Daily report

(Version 1.5.78)

  • Improved VRM Monthly report
  • Improved VRM Daily report
  • Fixed Alarm report

(Version 1.5.77)

  • VRM Monthly report fixes
  • Improved VRM Daily report
  • Improved DIM Summary report
  • Fixed Daily Sales Report 'Last available'
  • Added VRM to Group and Site status
  • Added missing events on VRM Monthly report for Veeder-Root
  • Improved automatic event log table clean up

(Version 1.5.76)

  • Changed VRM Monthly report
  • Changed VRM Daily report
  • Fixed bug in Line Test report
  • Fixed bug in Regulatory report
  • Fixed Veeder-Root VRM EVR type bug
  • Fixed Veeder-Root VRM missing requirements bug

(Version 1.5.75)

  • Added polling commands for VRM
  • Added VRM reports
  • Added automatic event log table clean up

(Version 1.5.74)

  • Fixed bug in VR dial-in feature

(Version 1.5.73)

  • Fixed bug in line leak report
  • Fixed missing manifold reconciliation data bug

(Version 1.5.72)

  • Fixed bug in regulatory report

(Version 1.5.71)

  • Added VR-350 Smart Sensor support
  • Added new VR-350 alarm codes
  • Added new TS-5 alarm codes
  • Improved alarm data processing speed
  • Fixed bugs in Sensor Status report
  • Fixed charts on Internet Explorer 7
  • Fixed bug related to database connection name containing spaces

(Version 1.5.70)

  • Fixed bug related to report time format
  • Added preliminary Hindi language support
  • Included Subversion revision in the version number

(Version 1.5.68)

  • TS-5 ATGs modem polling improvements
  • Changed the way Sensor status data is added to tables to speed it up
  • Fixed Compliance All Tanks/Lines shown even when no tests completed

(Version 1.5.67)

  • Added ability to poll TS-5 ATGs using modem
  • Added ability to receive TS-5 Alarms via modem
  • Updated TS-5 alarm code list
  • Fixed problem with saving Setup info(SQL 2000 compatibility issue)
  • Fixed old T1 series Auto Acknowledge does not remove clear alarms

(Version 1.5.66)

  • Added ability to disable poll on demand for modem sites (GCA)
  • Implemented Carbon Copy and Blind Carbon Copy e-mail feature (GCA)
  • Updated Chinese dictionary
  • Fixed conditional failure to poll TS-5 for pump status

(Version 1.5.65)

  • Updated Chinese dictionary
  • Fixed number of handles used during polling grows

(Version 1.5.64)

  • Added "Compliance Status Change" as a Rule Event option

(Version 1.5.63)

  • Added ability to create a Non Administrator User that can create other Users with equal or lesser access
  • The System menu will be hidden from all Non Administrator Users

(Version 1.5.62)

  • Added ability to the EPS Action button to setup T5 Series ATGs with all info needed to alert SSA of an event in the ATG
  • Changed Line Test Names from 0.2 and 0.1 to Monthly and Annual

(Version 1.5.61)

  • Added support for Pump Status TPI info from T5 Series ATGs

(Version 1.5.60)

  • Added Chinese language support
  • Fixed problem preventing column sorting in SQL Server 2005 installations
  • Fixed problem preventing polled data from all VR and some INCON sites from being displayed after certain Windows Updates

(Version 1.5.59)

  • Added an additional field (Sales) to the delivery report which is used in conjunction with reconciliation.  For ATG installations without reconciliation, the field is not applicable.

(Version 1.5.58)

  • Fixed problem when polling T5 Series ATG when sensor names were longer than 20 characters.
  • Added support for T5 Series Line Leak Test Data.

(Version 1.5.57)

  •  Added support for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (removed dependency on SQL Server Agent).

(Version 1.5.56)

  • Added support for T5 Series Daily and Shift Reconciliation Data.
  • Added support for SQL Server 2005.

(Version 1.5.54)

  • Modified Daily Reconciliation Report to be programmable for New York City Requirements.

(Version 1.5.53)

  • Fixed startup crash bug in Scheduler.

(Version 1.5.52)

  • Added support for automated clock reset (INCON ATGs only)

(Version 1.5.51)

  • Added support for FFS TS-5 series ATGs (FMS data, network connection only)

(Version 1.5.40)

  • Polling lockup recovery mechanism implemented

(Version 1.5.39)

  • Fixed missing tank and product name on the Tank Test Detail Report
  • Fixed double hourly data on the Tank Test Detail Report
  • Fixed Alarm Limit Status report for RLM 9000
  • Fixed Leak Test Result for RLM 9000
  • Modem polling lockup fixes
  • Changed EPS Auto Poll Interval default to zero

(Version 1.5.38)

  • Added support for Red Jacket RLM tank gauges
  • Improved support for Red Jacket ST tank gauges
  • Fixed SCR #440 Bad inventory data from an ATG will no longer cause the tank image to disappear

(Version 1.5.37)

  • SCALD (CSLD) polling now also uses the 207 (in tank leak test history ) and 611 ( tank leak test type ) Veeder Root commands, when needed and stores the collected data in the LOG_LEAK_TEST_VR table. This data is available for export only.

Application Specific Release Notes

Pagination

Pagination for all web pages is now supported.  Customers with a large number of sites will benefit from this enhancement. Pagination is controlled from the Preferences web page.

Multiple Customer Support

A single installation of SSA can now be used to host multiple customers.  In System Sentinel 1.0 you were required to maintain separate SQL Server databases for each customer set of sites.  Groups can now be used to separate customer sites from one another.  This control is hierarchal and is created at the top level or at any sub group level providing the most flexibility for your to manage display and access to your sites.

Manifold Support

Manifold tank data is now processed and displayed along with single tank data.

Globalization

System Sentinel AnyWare provides a full featured interface to enable a user to select their regional specific settings for how they want numbers, dates and times display.  Multiple language support is also available with a complete translations for the web interface for Russian and Spanish.  Online help is currently only in English at this time. Contact your sales representative if other languages are required.

New Look and Feel

As previously mentioned, you will notice a new look and feel to the product.  Below are some of the highlights of this new interface.

  • The Admin and Home page sections were combined
  • Data grids can now be customized to display only the columns of data you require
  • Site Link is now integrated into the Inventory web page.

Website Code Enhancements

A number of new web technologies were employed and used to improve the reliability of the web site across multiple browsers.

  • Using XHTML 1.0
  • Using CSS Cascading Style Sheet
  • Eliminates the dependency on web browser cookies for greater security

Access Control

The presentation of web site data has greater user access control and flexibility.  This control can be found in the user section.

Product Application Notes

Rules

When selecting an alarm type during the configuration of a rule, note that some alarms are specific to the type of ATG.  The alarms an INCON ATG can generate are shown with an asterisk preceding the alarm name.  Only select alarms that correspond to the ATG type, otherwise no event will be generated.

Site Connections Names

In the creating a site, a connection name is listed which determines how SSA will connect to the site.  There are three Radio button choices (Default, Select and New).   The Default connection refers to the connection which has been setup in the SSA MMC Console application, marked as default.  This is normally the only connection name you will need to use if for example, all your sites employ the same network hardware like a TS-EPS or Modem.

When you need to use a different connection, you can choose the Select Radio button and pick a connection name from the drop down list.  This list is populated only after you have selected the New Radio button and typed in an existing connection name.  The existing connection name comes from valid connections created in the SSA MMC Console application.

For example, to set up a new connection name, you first need to use the SSA Administrator (MMC Console Application) to create a new connection.  Once this is complete, go to the Site Setup web page and locate the Connection Name parameters.  Choose the New Radio button and type in the connection you created in the SSA Administrator step. Double check your spelling of the connection name as there is currently no validation check done here. Once you save the settings for this site, the site will be properly configured to use this connection and the Select drop down list will have this connection name for future sites.

EPS Auto Poll Interval

The EPS Auto Poll Interval parameter found in the Admin  Site Information Web Interface is displayed as a blank value until you change it from its default value maintained in the TS-EPS unit itself.  The default is 360 minutes (every 6 hours).

Poll The Site From the Web Page

The Poll Site Control is not a connection troubleshooting tool. You should make sure your connection parameters (phone number or IP address) are correct and you have successfully polled the site in the past before using the Update feature.    If the data is not updated in a reasonable amount of time (5 minutes would be reasonable), use the SSA Administrator Console and the Communicator Spy program (accessed from the System Sentinel AnyWare Start Programs Menu) to trouble shoot the problem.

IIS ASP Script Timeout Settings

By default, IIS sets the Active Server Page Script timeout to 90 seconds which is sufficient for most conditions.  If however, you have a lot of sites and site data you may need to extend this time.  If the SSA Web interface encounters a timeout condition by displaying a page not found error, simply extend this in IIS under the SSA Web Site.

Known Problems or Anomalies

Missing Tank Images

On occasion, some tank images displayed under the inventory page do not get displayed correctly.  When this occurs, simply right click on the image and select the "Show Picture" menu item to display the tank image.

Terminal Services or Remote Connection Installation

SSA cannot be installed from a network drive using Terminal Services. The workaround is to copy the installation package to a local hard drive.