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Module Downloads & Release Notes

PLEASE NOTE: Ignition® must be installed in order to use Sepasoft modules. Download here.

CURRENT OEE 1.0 USERS: (versions 1.9.x and prior) DO NOT UPGRADE TO THIS VERSION

Upgrading from OEE 1.0 to OEE 2.0 involves multiple steps. Completing the steps incorrectly, or failing to make adequate backups can cause the migration to fail. The Legacy Import documentation is here: Migrating from OEE 1.0 to OEE 2.0.

FOR IGNITION 8: USE VERSION 2.9.4 FULL RELEASE

For more information, visit Ignition 8 Readiness in our MES Help Section.

WARNING: If you are upgrading to Ignition 8 from any previous version of Ignition you must read the upgrade guide first before installing Ignition 8. Visit the following URL for more information before installing: Ignition 8 Upgrade Guide

Platform 3, Ignition 7.9

Platform 3.0 Ignition 7.9

These are the Platform 3.0 versions of the Sepasoft modules compatible with Ignition 7.9.4 – 7.9.12. The MES Platform 3.0 modules will be available shortly. The MES Platform 2.0 modules can be found in the Platform 2, Ignition 8.0 and Platform 2.0, Ignition 7.9 tabs.

The Business Connector module is available for use alongside both the Sepasoft MES 2.x modules and the upcoming MES 3.x modules. However, when used with MES 2.x, the functionality related to manipulating MES Objects, such as the Verify MES Object and Save MES Object blocks, will not be available for use.

MES Module	Module Version (Click to Download)	Description
Sepasoft Business Connector	3.79.0 RC3	The Sepasoft Business Connector Module enables you to send and retrieve data in real time to higher-level business systems like Enterprise Resource Planning systems and Advanced Planning Systems.
Interface for SAP ERP	3.79.0 RC3	The Interface for SAP ERP module enables the Sepasoft Business Connector to communicate natively with on-prem SAP servers.
Web Services	3.79.0 RC3	The Sepasoft Web Services Utility Module allows you to easily configure web service operations and data types visually, then invoke web service operations from the HMI, SCADA, or MES system to read data from or write data to ERP or any other system that supports web services.

Change Notes

+ 3.79.0 Sepasoft Business Connector Module

+ 3.79.0 Interface for SAP ERP Module

+ 3.79.0 Web Services Module

Platform 2, Ignition 8.0

Ignition 8.0

The Sepasoft modules have been tested against Ignition 8.0 versions up to 8.0.3. They have not been tested against any Nightly or more recent Ignition releases.

Release Candidate	Module Version
Production	2.9.4 SP2
OEE Downtime	2.9.4 SP2
SPC	2.9.4 SP2
Web Services	2.9.7 SP1
Track & Trace	2.9.4 SP2
Recipe & Changeover	2.9.4 SP2
Instrument Interface	1.9.6 SP1
Barcode Scanner	1.9.6 SP1
Production Simulator	1.9.6 SP1

Change Notes

+ 2.9.4 General: All MES Products

Change Type	Change Log	Rev
Improved	Merged changes from 2.9.3 SP13.	SP2
Fixed	Fixed an error where the incorrect parent could be assigned to production items that were originally created through copy-paste when upgrading to the new Ignition 8 resources.	SP1
Fixed	Errors when configuring tags that have no value.	Full Release
Fixed	Production Model no longer fails to restart if Global is set as the configuration project.	Full Release
Fixed	Using the Production module without either OEE or Trace will no longer generate errors in the logs about counters and additional factor tables being undefined.	Full Release
Fixed	Custom analysis calculators CalculateRow and CalculateFinalRow now work with 5 or 6 arguments.	Full Release
Fixed	Errors exporting MES Objects as XML with new XML provider in Ignition 8.	Full Release
Improved	Analysis that is run from a gateway context will now work, regardless of security settings on the stored analysis.	Full Release
Added	All fixes from 2.9.3SP11.	Full Release
Improved	Add a warning when changing the configuration project to encourage using the default MESGateway project for configuration.	Full Release
Improved	Prevent modifying inactive Production Models that do not belong to the configuration project.	Full Release
Improved	Removed global project from copy equipment path as it is no longer needed. Maintain backwards compatibility with scripts that are prefixing equipment paths with ‘[global]’.	Full Release
Improved	Counter names may now exceed 50 characters (up to 255).	Full Release
Known Issue	MESPropertyCollection.get(index) is not functioning.	Full Release
Improved	Merged latest fixes into 2.9.4.	RC2

+ 2.9.4 OEE Module

+ 2.9.4 Track & Trace Module

+ 2.9.4 Recipe Module

+ 2.9.4 SPC Module

+ 2.9.7 Web Services Module

Change Type	Change Log	Rev
Improved	SOAP Providers can now be configured to have input.	SP1
New Feature	Return custom SOAP Faults from SOAP Providers.	SP1
New Feature	Added HTTP Response headers to WS Variable.	SP1
New Feature	Added HTTP headers to SOAP endpoint script input.	SP1
New Feature	Added request data to SOAP and REST endpoint script input.	SP1
Fixed	SOAP Response no longer converts lists of size 1 to a non-list type.	SP1
Fixed	None throwing an error when passed into system.ws.runWebService.	SP1
Fixed	Lists being incorrectly passed into system.ws.runWebService.	SP1
Fixed	Web service REST consumer to accept special characters as a URL Query String item.	SP1
Fixed	SOAP input lists of size 1 being lost.	SP1
Fixed	SOAP script generation to include all values from SOAP configuration.	SP1
Fixed	Include SOAP implementation libraries that were removed in Ignition 8.0.1+.	Full Release
Fixed	Error on module startup in Ignition 8.0.2+ due to class not found exception on NameInUseException.	Full Release
Fixed	A regression where RESTful providers could not access request path.	Full Release

+ 1.9.6 Instrument Interface Module

+ 1.9.6 Barcode Scanner Module

+ 1.9.6 Production Simulator Module

Platform 2, Ignition 7.9

Ignition 7.9

These are the current versions of the Sepasoft modules compatible with Ignition 7.9.1 – 7.9.12.

MES Module	Module Version (Click to Download)	Description
Production Module	2.9.3 SP13	Required for OEE, T&T, SPC, and Recipe Modules.
OEE Downtime	2.9.3 SP13	The Sepasoft OEE Downtime Module empowers manufacturers with actionable data that can help managers reduce operating cost, increase asset utilization, and boost operating efficiency that results in improved profitability.
Track & Trace	2.9.3 SP13	The Sepasoft Track & Trace Module manages your inventory in real time. Your system can have the capability to look up where any product has been during its manufacturing process, and where it is now. It records the start and end of each production run in real-time and monitors the status of the materials while being consumed.
Recipe & Changeover	2.9.3 SP13	The Sepasoft Recipe & Changeover Module provides an efficient means to manage and select recipes, track variances in recipe values, keep recipes secure, track recipe changes, analyze recipes, and generate recipe reports.
SPC	2.9.3 SP13	The Sepasoft SPC Module will help you reduce or eliminate late or missing sample collection, inaccurate sample data, and other issues leading to quality problems.
Web Services	2.9.6 SP6	The latest version is 2.9.6 SP6 and can be used with 2.9.2 core modules as this is a utility module. The Sepasoft Web Services Utility Module allows you to easily configure web service operations and data types visually, then invoke web service operations from the HMI, SCADA, or MES system to read data from or write data to ERP or any other system that supports web services.
Instrument Interface	1.9.5 SP2	The Sepasoft Instrument Interface Utility Module will let you capture raw textual data from instrument type devices via serial, text files, OPC devices, and more, enabling you to parse out the meaningful values that can be saved to databases or passed along to other systems.
Barcode Scanner	1.9.5 SP1	The Sepasoft Barcode Utility Module allows you to use barcode scanning capabilities to facilitate material handling, scan a badge to sign off on materials, Master Production Records, Batch Production Records, and other production tasks. Barcode Scanner also includes the ability to hide manufacturing records not in use and has an added option for customers to include their own logos.
Production Simulator	1.9.5 SP4	The Sepasoft Production Simulator is a free module that enables the configuration of simple equipment to simulate a simple factory floor. Infeed, outfeed, and waste counts, as well as equipment state values and additional factors can be furnished by the Production Simulator for the purpose of OEE Downtime proof of concept and testing.

2.9.3 Change Notes

Version 2.9.3 SP13 is for Ignition platform 7.9.4 to 7.9.x. Our 2.9.3 modules are not compatible with Ignition 8. Please visit the “Platform 2, Ignition 8.0” tab to download available Ignition 8 compatible 2.9.4 modules.

What is new in 2.9.3?

Performance improvement in both live and historical analysis
Added a method to handle sub-second tag collector updates
MQTT store and forward feature (2.9.3 RC2)
Bug fixes

The MES 2.0 platform release contains the new OEE 2.0 module. All other modules maintain the same functionality as their MES 1.0 counterparts but have been modified to work on the new platform. The Web Services, Barcode Scanner, Instrument Interface and Production Simulator modules from the MES 1.0 suite can be installed alongside these MES 2.0 modules. All other modules need to be upgraded to the 2.0 version. If you are upgrading from any of the MES 2.0 versions, please restart your Gateway after install.

Change Notes

+ 2.9.3 General: All MES Products

Change Type	Change Log	Rev
Improved	Manually executing an operation that is scheduled at a past date will push it forward to the current date. If this happens, any overlapping operations will be pushed forward to the earliest available time slots.	SP13
Improved	Automatically executing schedules that do not execute on time will move forward to the current time. If this happens, any overlapping operations will be pushed forward to the earliest available time slots.	SP13
Added	New “User Scheduled Begin” and “User Scheduled End” columns to the MES Schedule Selector, which display the most recently begin and end times that were scheduled by the user (before any system delays).	SP13
Fixed	Issue where rescheduling an operations schedule could use the wrong scheduling method.	SP13
Fixed	When performing analysis, a dialog window warns users that they are missing an Equipment Path Filter-By expression. This warning will no longer prevent analysis results from being returned.	SP13
Fixed	Analysis cycle data was improperly nullified if the cycle’s time spanned multiple analysis dataset rows. Only partially included cycles found at the beginning and end of an analysis dataset will be nullified.	SP13
Fixed	Issue where schedule duration was not properly set by system.mes.scheduleOperations.	SP13
Fixed	Issue where schedule entries did not delay properly on Linux with MySQL.	SP13
Fixed	Issue where the downtime note calculator could throw an error for equipment that had no downtime notes.	SP13
Fixed	Issue where rescheduled operations could sometimes have the wrong duration.	SP13
Fixed	Issue where schedule entries would not show as delayed on the MES Schedule View.	SP13
Fixed	Issue where system.mes.workorder.getMESWorkOrders could return incorrect results for a piece of equipment in the presence of deleted operations.	SP13
Fixed	Issue where the schedule editor tab in the MES Schedule View’s editor panel would not open.	SP13
Fixed	Deadlock in the operations manager.	SP13
Fixed	Issues with certain complex property name size restrictions being too low.	SP13
Fixed	Issue where delayed schedules and routes would not be rescheduled properly.	SP13
Fixed	Prevent errors dragging and dropping schedules when using the right mouse button by only allowing drag and drop to work when holding the left mouse button.	SP13
Fixed	Split operations will now retain the duration that was assigned to them when they were part of a larger hierarchy in a route.	SP13
Fixed	Concurrent operations may be scheduled at any point after the BEGIN time of their preceding operation.	SP13
Fixed	Sequential operations may be scheduled at any point after the END time of their preceding operation.	SP13
Fixed	Rescheduling operations that have concurrent sub-operations (that run when the current one BEGINS) will automatically reschedule them to the current operation’s begin time.	SP13
Fixed	Rescheduling operations that have sequential sub-operations (that run when the current one ENDS) will automatically reschedule them to the current operation’s end time.	SP13
Fixed	Issue where threads for aborted operations were not cleaned up.	SP13
Fixed	the MESObjectSelector’s selected item will persist upon Window refreshes. This allows users to navigate between windows without losing their selection. This also allows other components with dependencies on the MESObjectSelector’s selection to stay up-t0-date.	SP13
Fixed	MES Request Segments will update their Begin and End Date times so that they match their Operation Request’s Begin and End Date times.	SP13
Fixed	Previously used data points within Group By and Order By will be removed when they are removed from the Data Points selection.	SP12
Fixed	Using the Production module without either OEE or Trace will no longer generate errors in the logs about counters and additional factor tables being undefined.	SP12
Fixed	system.mes.resetScheduleStatus() works without having to invalidate the cache.	SP12
Fixed	Operations Requests in a Route resize improperly after Drag and Drop Start Time Change.	SP12
Fixed	Warning about “MES datasource not available” will stop appearing after editing MES Settings or Database Connection settings to be valid.	SP12
Fixed	Issue where shift value was double-logged for shifts crossing midnight.	SP12
Fixed	Prevent an error saving when rescheduling an operation that is set to track progress by ‘Use Time’ and has both a scheduled duration and quantity.	SP12
Fixed	Slow analysis performance due to not using cache when all values are null.	SP12
Fixed	Issue where right-click menu stops functioning after copying something in the Production Model.	SP12
Fixed	Issue where copying copies of Production items created duplicate Production items.	SP12
Fixed	Issue where a NullPointerException was sometimes thrown in the analysis cache.	SP12
Improved	Added a Scheduled Begin Date and Scheduled End Date to OperationSchedule. These values are updated when a schedule is manually updated. The Original Begin Date and Original End Date will now stay the same from when the operation schedule was created.	SP12
Improved	Analysis that is run from a gateway context will now work regardless of security settings on the stored analysis.	SP12
Improved	Counter names may now exceed 50 characters (up to 255).	SP12
Improved	The MES Schedule Selector will now display the Original Begin Date and Original End Date for each Schedule Entry in addition to their Scheduled and Actual dates. Just as with any column, these new ‘Original Date’ columns may be optionally hidden.	SP12
Improved	The Tool Tips for Schedule Entries will now display Scheduled and Actual Dates.	SP12
Added	Work Order objects can now return their Material Lots, Personnel, and Supplemental Equipment.	SP12
Added	Assigning an Ignition Composite Schedule to an equipment now works correctly.	SP12
Added	Operations Response objects can now return their associated Material Lots, Personnel, and Supplemental Equipment.	SP12
Added	Scripting functions in the namespaces system.mes and system.mes.workorder have been added as an alternate means of using the new MES Work Order object functions.	SP12
Added	Added a field to the MES Settings in the gateway web page that allows users to define the amount of time between automatic MES Personnel synchronizations. Also added a checkbox to enable this functionality.	SP12
Added	Added new Shift Datapoints: Shift Start Date Time, Scheduled Shift, Scheduled Shift Start Date Time, Scheduled Shift End Date Time.	SP12
Added	Work Order objects can now return their associated Operations Request/Response segments.	SP12
Added	Operations Request objects can now return their associated Request Segments and Operations Response.	SP12
Added	Request Segment objects can now return their associated Response Segment.	SP12
Added	Operations Response objects can now return their associate Response Segments.	SP12
Improved	Added new addTagCollectorValue function that does not take a date parameter, for use when adding tag collector values at the current time. Additionally, added handling for desynced client/server times when adding tag collector values.	SP11
Improved	Performance of some checks performed during MES object save.	SP11
Fixed	Fixed errors when adding columns to existing tables when using PostgreSQL.	SP11
Fixed	Deleting an Additional Factor will remove it from the database. If an Equipment object is deleted, its Additional Factors will be deleted as well.	SP11
Fixed	Importing Additional Factors will preserve their original data types. References to their Tag Paths will also be preserved, even if the tag does not currently exist.	SP11
Fixed	Allow for database “string” fields to be defined as something other than VARCHAR(255).	SP11
Fixed	Typographical error in the description for the Line Downtime State Time Stamp analysis data point.	SP11
Fixed	Issue where mode and state duration did not always group properly in analysis.	SP11
Fixed	Issue where certain tag collectors could throw errors for certain tag collector functions, such as system.mes.removeTagCollectorValues().	SP11
Fixed	Issue where some date fields on some objects (MESScheduleEntry, MESOperationsResponse, etc.) were returned as java.sql.Timestamp instead of java.util.Date.	SP11
Fixed	Issue where maintenance operations could not be copied and pasted.	SP11
Fixed	Error around Name column size could not be altered.	SP11
Fixed	Renamed “Date Format” in Analysis Selector settings to “Filter Comparison Date Format.” “Date Format” has been retained as a hidden legacy setting.	SP10
Fixed	Issue where scheduled runs ended 1 minute later than scheduled.	SP10
Fixed	Issue with deriving segments.	SP10
Fixed	Duration calculators are filterable in analysis.	SP10
Improved	Equipment manager logs issues with individual equipment, states, and modes and continues processing instead of failing out completely.	SP8
Improved	Added more information to the error message that appears when multiple equipment complex properties are added to a segment.	SP8
Improved	Equipment cache uses live cache for current equipment states.	SP8
Improved	Reuse existing database connection when handling object versioning.	SP8
Changed	MES Schedule View default behavior will only bring back schedule information for all equipment if there are less than 10 applicable equipment items.	SP8
Fixed	The system.mes.addTagCollectorValues, system.mes.updateTagCollectorValues, and system.mes.removeTagCollectorValues scripting functions now work with an Oracle database.	SP8
Fixed	The “Line Schedule Available Time” calculator now properly handles unknown modes.	SP8
Fixed	Issue where duration calculators (Mode, State, and Line State) did not produce correct values in Live Analysis.	SP8
Fixed	Typo in Production Settings property error message.	SP8
Improved	Equipment manager cache performance.	SP8
Fixed	The getTagCollectorValues() function now returns values sorted by timestamp for all database vendors.	SP8
Fixed	MES Schedule View performance has been drastically improved.	SP8
Fixed	Issue where equipment items with a path longer than 75 characters could not be assigned a material.	SP8
Improved	Analysis now works when grouping across multiple lines.	SP8
Fixed	Parallel cell detection’s minimum cell threshold now works correctly.	SP8
Fixed	Bug where the wrong intellisense documentation was displayed for the Schedule Delay event.	SP7
Improved	Removed unused MESPropertyList class and associated scripting methods.	SP7
Added	Disable Live Cache analysis setting to optionally prevent a live analysis entry from using the cache. This is useful if a Custom Period Tag is being used and the start time changes frequently.	SP7
Improved	Changed security on the execution of analysis in the gateway scope to support non-default Ignition authentication profiles.	SP7
Fixed	Issue starting a segment that has optional OUT materials that was generated through scripting.	SP6
Fixed	OEE mode values were not written correctly for Track & Trace operations.	SP6
Fixed	Counts for an MES counter would continue to accumulate from old tags even after the tag path was changed to a new tag.	SP6
Fixed	Bug that caused abnormally high query rates.	SP4
Improved	Localization for the Analysis Table.	SP4
Improved	Localization for MES Schedule Selector.	SP4
Improved	Localization for MES Schedule View.	SP4
Improved	Localization for MES Value Editor.	SP4
Fixed	Long live analysis execution time due to the cache not being used.	SP2
Fixed	Exception when Line Standard Count Variance data point was used in live analysis.	SP1
Fixed	Exception when Line Target Count Variance data point was used in live analysis.	SP1
Fixed	Exception when Delta Time Stamp data point was used in live analysis.	SP1
Fixed	Issue where Line Schedule Available data point was not returning the correct values.	SP1
Fixed	Overloaded the getComplexProperty(path) and getComplexPropertyByKind(path) methods on AbstractMESObject to accept the path parameter as a string so that they can be used in scripting.	RC2
Fixed	Prevented material classes that were created for OEE from being removed if they still have material definitions as children.	RC2
Improved	system.mes.exportMESObjects() script function to support providing a UUID with the object type.	RC2
Fixed	Roles containing invalid characters will no longer be displayed in the Permissions table within the General section of the MES Analysis Selector.	RC2
Improved	MES Counter Group naming and display in Analysis.	RC2
Fixed	Fix for cell counters under a cell group when performing a 1.0 to 2.0 legacy migration. * A group or parent cell should have counter values when imported as well as any child or nested parent in the group. * When displaying the counter values in MES value edit table, counter values should display along with any custom counters on the child level.	RC2
Fixed	Memory leak in MESOperationsSegment class.	RC2
Fixed	Efficiency of updating analysis with equipment, states, modes, and counters.	RC2
Fixed	Error creating schedule entries for OEE that have a long line and material names.	RC2
Fixed	Issue where the equipment count tag collector threw an exception with a misleading message.	RC2
Fixed	Issue where getComplexProperty(path) on MES Objects did not respect properties using extended naming.	RC2
Fixed	Autocompletion Window Does Not Match Documentation for system.mes.getTagCollectorLastTimeStamp()	RC2
Improved	Added confirmation for Operations Segment and Supplemental Equipment deletion in MES Object Editor.	RC2
Improved	Implemented updates to custom analysis value source and calculator functionality.	RC2
Added	Added feature to accept Historical Tag Values from the MQTT Engine and record in the MES tag collectors.	RC2
Improved	Added read-only property MES Object Editor component.	RC2
Improved	Text appearance on schedule blocks in MES Schedule View.	RC2
Improved	Functionality of MES Schedule View extension functions.	RC2
Improved	Cell order no longer lost on copy-paste of production model items.	RC2

+ 2.9.3 OEE Module

Change Type	Change Log	Rev
Improved	On a sorted OEE Downtime Table, if a row is selected, edited, and moved to a different row index, it will still remain selected. If the edited row disappears due to filtering, no rows will be selected.	SP13
Improved	Removed “Group By” option for some data points for which it was illogical to group on.	SP13
Added	New “Material Class Name Filter” property and “filterMaterials” extension function to the OEE Material Manager.	SP13
Fixed	Issue where analysis could sometimes fail while collecting OEE counts for a line if the line had child cells or cell groups which had been deleted.	SP13
Fixed	Issue where OEE Qualitiy could be incorrect at the line level when infeed, outfeed, and reject counts were coming from cell counters.	SP13
Fixed	On a sorted and/or filtered OEE Downtime Table, the correct row will be opened for editing when clicked on.	SP13
Fixed	The MES OEE Time Chart’s downtime display will reflect what is seen in the MES Property Value Editor. The MES OEE Time Chart will no longer get ‘stuck’ on the first event it sees if multiple events fire under a single second.	SP13
Fixed	Issue of line downtime notes not being retained over shifts in downtime table.	SP13
Fixed	Drag and drop will no longer work on the MES Schedule View if the schedule category does not match the Edit Category property.	SP13
Fixed	When performing analysis, a dialog window warns users that they are missing an Equipment Path Filter-By expression. This warning will no longer prevent analysis results from being returned.	SP13
Fixed	Analysis cycle data was improperly nullified if the cycle’s time spanned multiple analysis dataset rows. Only partially included cycles found at the beginning and end of an analysis dataset will be nullified.	SP13
Fixed	Copying and pasting Production Equipment in the Designer’s Production Model will now preserve cell-ordering and Cell-Group Starve/Block modes.	SP12
Fixed	Scheduled Work Orders that are scheduled by count will now resize when their counts are adjusted. Their progress percentages will also be updated both visually as a bar in the MESScheduleView component, and as a decimal entry in the MESScheduleSelector’s table.	SP12
Fixed	Active scheduled operations can no longer be dragged.	SP12
Fixed	Quickly dragging schedules will no longer cause an improper ProductionRPCHandler call error message.	SP12
Fixed	Disabled children cells under a Cell Group are now counted against the Minimum Cells Running Threshold.	SP12
Fixed	The Drill Down feature no longer confuses the current Drill Down state with the previous Drill Down on the first Drill Down attempt.	SP12
Fixed	Schedule View text now displays correctly on long runs.	SP12
Fixed	Corrected an issue where the reject count in the OEE Quality calculation would not increase when rejects went down.	SP12
Fixed	Internal fix preventing concurrent modification exception when using the MES Time Chart.	SP12
Fixed	MESScheduleEntry.getStateAsString() can now be called in the gateway scope.	SP12
Fixed	Values for Cycle Times would display in analysis for Date Ranges that did not encompass a cycle’s entire duration. Analysis rows that contain partial cycles will now have blank Cycle Time values.	SP12
Fixed	Custom analysis calculators CalculateRow and CalculateFinalRow now work with 5 or 6 arguments.	SP12
Fixed	Issue where Material Definitions in some situations could not be created in the material manager.	SP12
Fixed	Issue where the ‘Line State Event End’ and ‘Line State Duration’ data points did not always work correctly in Live Analysis.	SP12
Improved	Added a logger notifying the user of a count rollover, along with the sequence of counts that caused the rollover.	SP12
Improved	A new message can appear in analysis results. The message warns that the analysis may not perform efficiently if ‘Equipment Path’ is not contained in the Filter-By expression.	SP12
Added	DowntimeOriginalReason and DowntimeOriginalReasonCode to track original downtime state reasons.	SP11
Added	Loading bar dialog box if the amount of data would warrant taking longer than about 1.5 seconds.	SP11
Updated	UI, scripting, and importing to throw an error when zero is assigned to a downtime state.	SP11
Updated	Scripting and importing to throw an error when a negative integer is assigned to any state code.	SP11
Improved	The OEE Downtime Table component now has the ability to filter short stop events using the new property “Show Short Stops”.	SP11
Fixed	Configure block method should no longer be called when a slide out panel window is collapsing or expanding.	SP11
Fixed	Invalid states will no longer be available for selection when the current state is set for “SubState”.	SP11
Fixed	If all of a Cell Group’s children are all starved, the Cell Group will seek to blame an upstream cell that is causing its starvation. Likewise, if a Cell Group’s children are all blocked, the Cell Group will seek to blame a downstream cell that is causing the blockage.	SP11
Fixed	Analysis will no longer thrown an exception when the equipment mode is unknown and will log the relevant information.	SP11
Fixed	MES work order material name updated when a mes work order table material link is changed.	SP11
Fixed	Line Standard Count Variance incorrectly adding OEE Outfeed counts.	SP11
Fixed	Issue where filtering on Equipment Note in analysis could return incorrect results for other columns, e.g. Line State duration.	SP11
Fixed	Deadlock while unregistering shift monitor.	SP11
Fixed	ValueItem object to be the right type.	SP11
Added	Availability tags in the equipment Shift tags folder that reflect if the equipment is available based on the selected Ignition schedule.	SP10
Fixed	Issue where OEE run script function didn’t wait until complete causing multiple simultaneous runs.	SP10
Added	Logic to ignore keywords (AND, OR, LIKE, etc) between a pair of single quotes. Note that adding a single quote to a production item name will break filter. This quote in name issue is unrelated to the fix for this ticket.	SP10
Improved	Added ability to treat unknown states as unplanned downtime events in the OEE Downtime Table, OEE Time Chart, and analysis.	SP10
Fixed	The shift begin date in the shift folder not showing the current time instead of the shift start time.	SP10
Improved	Modules will gracefully recover if the database connection is lost and then re-established.	SP10
Fixed	The OEE Downtime Table will now save the user’s last-clicked Downtime Reason when they go to write a note.	SP9
Fixed	Issue where rolled-up downtime events had the wrong occurrence count and did not behave properly in the OEE Downtime Table when changing the downtime reason.	SP9
Fixed	Issue wherein progress on a scheduled operation or Work Order was incrementing incorrectly.	SP9
Fixed	Issue where splitting a downtime event more than once produced the incorrect begin and end dates for the split events in the downtime table and analysis.	SP9
Fixed	OEE operations now always reset the mode to IDLE when completing, regardless of the mode prior to completing (e.g. MAINTENANCE -> IDLE).	SP9
Added	Ability to get at the production model runner state through scripting using the system.mes.getProductionModelRunnerState() function.	SP8
Fixed	Issue where changes in the equipment state hierarchy could result in unknown states in analysis when the states actually still existed.	SP8
Fixed	Issue where downtime events could not be split more than once.	SP8
Fixed	Deadlock while unregistering shift monitor.	SP8
Fixed	Issue where a NullPointerException could be thrown during Parallel Cells downtime detection.	SP8
Fixed	Issue where Line Standard Count and Line Target Count values were not rounded properly, leading to incorrect values.	SP8
Fixed	Issue where disabling a line would remove production settings from any segments for the line.	SP8
Fixed	Issue where equipment items with a path longer than 75 characters could not be assigned a material.	SP8
Improved	Analysis now works when grouping across multiple lines.	SP8
Fixed	Parallel cell detection’s minimum cell threshold now works correctly.	SP8
Fixed	Grammatical error in intellisense for system.mes.getTagCollectorDeltaValue().	SP7
Improved	Intellisense help for system.mes.getEquipmentStateOptions().	SP7
Fixed	Issue preventing BLOCKED FOR UNKNOWN REASON or STARVED FOR UNKNOWN REASON from being overridden or split.	SP7
Added	Script functions for changing downtime reasons.	SP7
Fixed	Analysis MTBF calculations were incorrect.	SP6
Fixed	Nested equipment and material classes were not handled properly when running operations.	SP6
Fixed	A production module restart was required for the MES modules to pick up changes to Ignition® schedule entries.	SP6
Fixed	Line State Duration was not affected by grouping. (e.g. when comparing mode and state together in a single analysis query.)	SP6
Fixed	Errors in the Material Manager when disabling an equipment that has OEE material process segments associated.	SP6
Fixed	Equipment mode and state additions/modifications were not picked up properly until a production model save occurred.	SP6
Fixed	Cycle Time and related calculators did not produce the correct results.	SP6
Fixed	Splitting downtime events did not work with an Oracle database.	SP6
Fixed	Auto end production by scheduled time ending run prematurely.	SP5
Fixed	Last Line State Duration in a sequence of events always extends to the present.	SP5
Fixed	OEE Quality displays as 100% in analysis despite having reject counts.	SP5
Fixed	Elapsed Time varies, affecting Performance and OEE	SP5
Improved	Mode class validation in the Equipment and Material Managers.	SP4
Fixed	Fixed Time Chart component exception when equipment path is invalid.	SP4
Improved	Localization for OEE Run Director.	SP4
Improved	Changed Line State Duration to show a value using the current date and time for active downtime events while leaving the Line State Event End null.	SP4
Fixed	Issue of downtime event shows much longer duration that the begin and end times when a line is set for initial downtime detection with cell groups.	SP3
Fixed	Issue where OEE performance and overall OEE in live analysis are not correct based on the OEE Infeed and Infeed Standard Count values.	SP3
Fixed	Exception that was preventing deleting a scheduled request when multiple material references are defined.	SP2
Fixed	Not serializable exception associated with live analysis.	SP1
Fixed	Analysis “Line State Duration” and “Mode Duration” data points not working correctly and causing exceptions.	SP1
Fixed	Issue when rolling up events that cause multiple unequal values exception.	SP1
Fixed	Exception when “Line Schedule Available Time” or associated data point is added to analysis for a cell or cell group. “Line Schedule Available Time” is not applicable to cells or cell groups.	SP1
Added	Added historical and live analysis caching to analysis to improve the speed.	full
Improved	Equipment State Changes in less than a second was not reflected properly. Instead of throwing an exception, changed tag collectors to overwrite the previous value if a tag changes within the same second. This does not apply to counters of shift tag collectors.	full
Improved	Added read-only property MES Object Editor component.	RC2
Fixed	Schedule entries showing faulted when copied and pasted from schedule entries that had already been run.	RC2
Improved	Object naming validation and performance.	RC2
Fixed	Issue where deleting a cell or cell group under a line, or changing the name of a cell or cell group under a line, would break existing segments defined for the line.	RC2
Fixed	Issue when grouping by Shift Start Date analysis datapoint is not correct.	RC2
Fixed	Issue where cells within a line that have the same name didn’t track downtime correctly.	RC2
Fixed	Issue where material and production equipment name changes could break runs for existing segments.	RC2
Improved	Speed of analysis when determining initial cell downtime reason.	RC2
Fixed	Fixed Time Chart component exception when equipment path is invalid.	RC2
Fixed	Production Model unordered in OEE Equipment Manager.	RC2
Improved	Made improvements of how blocked or starved for unknown reason are handled with cell groups using initial or parallel downtime detection methods.	RC2
Improved	Speed of displaying downtime reasons options in both grid and tree view in the OEE Downtime Table component.	RC2
Fixed	Removed Retention Days MES settings on gateway page which is no longer used.	RC2
Improved	Module startup performance for gateways with a large quantity of Equipment States.	RC2

+ 2.9.3 Track & Trace Module

Change Type	Change Log	Rev
Fixed	Configure block method should no longer be called when a slide out panel window is collapsing or expanding.	SP11
Fixed	If a material lot has more than one custom properties, fix allows to filter by however many available custom properties and return the corresponding lot filter results.	SP10
Fixed	OEE operations now always reset the mode to IDLE when completing, regardless of the mode prior to completing (e.g. MAINTENANCE -> IDLE).	SP9
Fixed	Issue where the segment.getAvailableMaterialLots() script function only returned lots for the currently set material instead of all material.	SP7
Improved	Localization for MES Operation Info.	SP4
Improved	Localization for MES Property Value Editor.	SP4
Improved	Localization for MES Supplemental Equipment Selector.	SP4
Fixed	Bug that prevented some objects from having – in their names.	RC2
Fixed	Incorrect descriptions for script functions.	RC2
Improved	Track and Trace execution speed.	RC2

+ 2.9.3 Recipe Module

Change Type	Change Log	Rev
Fixed	Recipe variance production tag does not go high if the initial value is a blank string.	SP12
Fixed	Importing Recipe Values will overwrite existing ones.	SP12
Fixed	Issue where default recipe values do not retain value changes.	SP7
Improved	Localization for Recipe Selector Combo.	SP4
Fixed	Issue that doesn’t sort rows according to the sort order in the Multiple Recipe Editor Table component.	RC1
Fixed	Issue that the string value edit panel with read-only mode is closed immediately in the Recipe Editor Table component.	RC1
Fixed	Issue that put recipes at the master level if the recipes are not found in the system when they are imported in the Recipe Editor component.	RC1
Improved	Optimized the getStringValueOptions() extension function for displaying a drop-down list to the Recipe Editor, Recipe Editor Table, and Multiple Recipe Editor Table components.	RC1
Improved	Show all recipe values which have the same sort order in the Multiple Recipe Editor Table.	RC1
Added	Two scripting functions to get either a parent recipe name or a list of descendant recipe names of a given parent. system.recipe.getRecipeParent() system.recipe.getRecipeDescendants()	RC1
Improved	A scripting function that can be called to update a recipe value with most recent changes made to a tag in a given equipment path. The system.recipe.updateRecipeTagInfo() allows to include the item’s children too by taking a boolean that can be set to true if children should be included in the update.	RC1
Added	Prompt to include the recipe path in Recipe Value name.	RC1
Improved	Support the recipe name filter of comma separated values in the Multiple Recipe Editor Table component.	RC1
Improved	Don’t show any recipes if the ‘Recipe Name Filter’ property’s value is blank in Multiple Recipe Editor Table component.	RC1
Feature	Added the getStringValueOptions() extension function for displaying a drop-down list to the Recipe Editor, Recipe Editor Table, and Multiple Recipe Editor Table components.	RC1
Added	The ActiveRecipeState and ActiveRecipeGroup OPC tags.	RC1
Added	‘Recipe Display Format’ property for displaying the recipe name, state, or group in the recipe title of the Recipe Editor, Recipe Editor Table, and Multiple Recipe Editor Table components.	RC1
Improved	Support drag & drop multiple selected recipe names from the Recipe Selector List or the Power Table components to the Multiple Recipe Editor Table component.	RC1
Added	Ability to freeze the first column to the Multiple Recipe Editor Table component.	RC1
Improved	Abilities to copy/paste a column in the Multiple Recipe Editor Table Table.	RC1
Improved	Abilities to import/export table data as currently contained in the Multiple Recipe Editor Table Table.	RC1
Improved	Record a log to the Recipe Changelog when importing/exporting a recipe.	RC1

+ 2.9.3 SPC Module

Change Type	Change Log	Rev
Fixed	Issue where the SPC functions setLocationProductCode() and cancelLocationProductCode() were not available in the gateway scope.	SP13
Fixed	SPC Interval Selector’s setSelectedInterval() now works.	SP12
Fixed	Tag collector entries with the same name cannot coexist even if in different locations. Now the system will append an integer in parens to keep names unique.	SP12
Fixed	Corrected copy/paste tag collector functionality. The newly-pasted entry now contains the original copied column values.	SP12
Added	getControlLimitValue() to get a limit value for a given limit name.	SP11
Fixed	Updated Default MR UCL Calculation script to provide a null check.	SP11
Fixed	Cannot calculate control limit via scripting. Failed with the message “Cannot find any sample data”.	SP11
Fixed	Using c Nelson Rule 1 along with non-conformity data type attribute to trigger a signal out of limit if sample data value is out of control.	SP11
Fixed	Which rows get displayed after Row Limit is applied.	SP11
Fixed	Issue where SPC Tag Collector Values could be recorded incorrectly depending on the locale.	SP11
Fixed	Stopped the Unknown Equipment Mode error logs from being recorded multiple times per execution. If there are multiple analysis executions reporting the same error, each will report the error once.	SP11
Fixed	Prevent a warning from displaying in the logs when using live analysis on new equipment with no run data.	SP11
Fixed	The system.quality.spc.saveStoredSPC scripting function is now accessible in scripting from both client and gateway scopes.	SP9
Fixed	SPC Attribute number format did not follow attribute format specified in Min/Max.	SP6
Improved	Localization for SPC Selector.	SP4
Improved	Localization for Sample Entry.	SP4
Improved	Localization for Definition Control Limit List.	SP4
Improved	Localization for Definition Signals List.	SP4
Improved	Localization for Interval Selector.	SP4
Improved	Localization for the following charts: XBar Range, Individual, Median, Xbar S, P, NP, C, U, Histogram, Pareto, Cp, Pp.	SP4

+ 2.9.6 Web Services Module

Change Type	Change Log	Rev
Improved	SOAP Providers can now be configured to not have input.	SP6
New Feature	Return custom SOAP Faults from SOAP Providers.	SP6
New Feature	Added HTTP Response headers to WS Variable.	SP6
New Feature	Added HTTP headers to SOAP endpoint script input.	SP6
New Feature	Added request data to SOAP and REST endpoint script input.	SP6
Fixed	SOAP Response no longer converts lists of size 1 to a non-list type.	SP6
Fixed	Lists being incorrectly passed into system.ws.runWebService .	SP6
Fixed	Web service REST consumer to accept special characters as a URL Query String item.	SP6
Fixed	SOAP input lists of size 1 being lost.	SP6
Fixed	SOAP script generation to include all values from SOAP configuration.	SP6
Fixed	Issue where operations in WSDL were generated with the HTTP port with “Redirect to SSL” selected when it should have been the HTTPS port.	SP5
Fixed	A bug that prevented system.ws.* scripts from working in the client.	SP4
Improved	Removed the dependency from the Vision module.	SP3
Fixed	Fixed a bug that SSL redirection doesn’t work with the HTTP POST method.	SP2

+ 2.9.3 Instrument Interface Module

+ 2.9.3 Barcode Scanner Module

Platform 1, Ignition 7.9

Ignition 7.9

These are the Platform 1 versions of the Sepasoft modules compatible with Ignition 7.9.0 – 7.9.11.

MES Module	Module Version (Click to Download)	Description
OEE Downtime	1.9.5 SP7	The Sepasoft OEE Downtime Module empowers manufacturers with actionable data that can help managers reduce operating cost, increase asset utilization, and boost operating efficiency that results in improved profitability.
Track & Trace	1.9.5 SP7	The Sepasoft Track & Trace Module manages your inventory in real time. Your system can have the capability to look up where any product has been during its manufacturing process, and where it is now. It records the start and end of each production run in real-time and monitors the status of the materials while being consumed.
Recipe & Changeover	1.9.5 SP7	The Sepasoft Recipe & Changeover Module provides an efficient means to manage and select recipes, track variances in recipe values, keep recipes secure, track recipe changes, analyze recipes, and generate recipe reports.
SPC	1.9.5 SP7	The Sepasoft SPC Module will help you reduce or eliminate late or missing sample collection, inaccurate sample data, and other issues leading to quality problems.
Web Services	1.9.5 SP7	The Sepasoft Web Services Utility Module allows you to easily configure web service operations and data types visually, then invoke web service operations from the HMI, SCADA, or MES system to read data from or write data to ERP or any other system that supports web services.
Instrument Interface	1.9.5 SP7	The Sepasoft Instrument Interface Utility Module will let you capture raw textual data from instrument type devices via serial, text files, OPC devices, and more, enabling you to parse out the meaningful values that can be saved to databases or passed along to other systems.
Barcode Scanner	1.9.5 SP7	The Sepasoft Barcode Utility Module allows you to use barcode scanning capabilities to facilitate material handling, scan a badge to sign off on materials, Master Production Records, Batch Production Records, and other production tasks. Barcode Scanner also includes the ability to hide manufacturing records not in use and has an added option for customers to include their own logos.
Production Simulator	1.9.5 SP7	The Sepasoft Production Simulator is a free module that enables the configuration of simple equipment to simulate a simple factory floor. Infeed, outfeed, and waste counts, as well as equipment state values and additional factors can be furnished by the Production Simulator for the purpose of OEE Downtime proof of concept and testing.

Change Notes

+ 1.9.5 General: All MES Products

+ 1.9.5 OEE Module

Change Type	Change Log	Rev
Fixed	Production model stops processing and runs cannot be started or ended.	SP7
Fixed	Analysis downtime for TEEP Loading was not correct if multiple lines are in the analysis and not compared by Line.	SP4
Fixed	TEEP Loading not respecting date type compare by’s. Loading was always evaluated against the total time span.	SP2
Fixed	Analysis downtime minutes incorrect when compared by additional factor.	SP2
Fixed	Resumed run does not take into account the disabled reason code type when recording planned and unplanned times.	RC1
Fixed	Production model re-starts may generate unnecessary DB updates for downtime events.	RC1

+ 1.9.5 Track & Trace Module

+ 1.9.5 Recipe Module

+ 1.9.5 SPC Module

Change Type	Change Log	Rev
Improved	SPC module efficiency parsing UUID’s.	SP7
Improved	SPC Auto schedule samples is no longer looking at samples that are set for manual. Previously it was looking at all samples and storing them in the cache.	SP7
Fixed	SPC Tag Collectors definition always updating to DB on module startup even though nothing has changed.	SP7
Improved	SPC module multiple thread usage to guard against excessive locking.	full
Fixed	Sample Entry screen generates error in mobile client.	RC1
Fixed	SPC calcControlLimitValue() method does not allow calculating limits that are not related to default chart selection.	RC1

+ 1.9.5 Instrument Interface Module

+ 1.9.5 Barcode Scanner Module

LTS

Legacy: MES 1.0 Platform

Our original platform and base for the OEE 1.0 module.

MES 1.0	Module Version (Click to download)
Production	1.7.9
OEE Downtime	1.7.9
SPC	1.7.9
Track & Trace	1.7.9
Recipe Changeover	1.7.9
Web Services	1.7.9
Instrument Interface	1.7.9
Barcode Scanner	1.7.9

Change Notes

+ 1.7.9 General: All MES Products

Change Type	Change Log
Fixed	Issues when saving changes to production model multiple times in rapid succession.
Fixed	Issue editing an MES Person object in the MES Object Editor component. The name which has a comma was not being accepted. This may have also occurred with script function.
Improved	Production model items running on multiple threads.
Improved	Speed of the slide over of the properties in the MES Object Editor component.

+ 1.7.9 OEE Module

+ 1.7.9 Recipe Module

Change Type	Change Log
Improved	Changed size of value field in recipe value and sub recipe value table to 1024 from 255. Allows a larger string value data size.
Added	Gateway scope now houses system.recipe.getRecipeValueSecurity and system.recipe.updateRecipeValueSecurity script funciton that were previously just in the client scope.
Added	Script method system.recipe.getItemRecipeList() with “includeMasterRecipes” parameter.
Improved	List changes to the changelog for child recipes when changing on the parent scope.
Fixed	Bug that “User Filter” has no effect on the system.recipe.getChangeLogHistory() script and the “Recipe ChangeLog Viewer” component.
Added	Support for importing/exporting multiple recipes.

+ 1.7.9 Track & Trace Module

Change Type	Change Log
Added	Check in track and trace create operation function to return error message when blank values are passed for operation name and equipment path.
Added	Check in track and trace create segment function to return error message when blank values are passed for operation segment name.
Fixed	Bug in track and trace when displaying sub lots in the trace graph.
Fixed	Sublot Matched Text property so that it is used when displaying the sublot flag in the trace graph nodes.
Fixed	Bug in Track and Trace where material lot objects were not being set to “Used”.
Fixed	Bug in MES Material Selector component with optional material properties.
Fixed	Issue where segment names that contain the _ character returned an error stating that the segment cannot run at the equipment.
Fixed	Optional material reference for segments so that material lot object are not created if the quantity is zero.
Improved	MES Lot Selector component to not show disabled material lots. This will also effect script functions to get material lots.
Improved	How operations, segments and material lots are cleaned up after a segment or operation is aborted.
Improved	Material lots that are active are not returned as options when selecting a lot for a segment. This change also effects script functions that return available lots. It also prevents selecting a material lot that is still active and begining, ending, updating or executing a segment.

+ 1.7.9 SPC Module

Change Type	Change Log
Fixed	Sample Entry component to not update the entry date time and taken date time properties if they are already set. This fixes the issue of the dates being changed from the original when editing existing samples.
Fixed	Exception on Sample Entry component that was occurring when testing if samples are within limits.
Fixed	Issue of the background color not reflecting the correct limit violation in the table of the control chart. This only applies for more than one upper limit or more than one lower limit being shown in the control chart.
Added	system.quality.definition.getNewDefinitionSignal() script function to get an instance of a sample definition control limit.
Added	system.quality.definition.getSignalNameList() script function to return the names of all SPC signals.
Fixed	Bug adding and removing control limits and signals from sample definitions.
Improved	SPC gateway script functions to work with or without the project name parameter.

MES 2.0	MES 1.0
2.9.2	1.9.5
2.9.1	1.9.4
	1.9.3
	1.9.2
	1.9.1
	1.8.5
	1.8.4

Platform 3, Ignition 7.9

Platform 3.0 Ignition 7.9

+ 3.79.0 Sepasoft Business Connector Module

+ 3.79.0 Interface for SAP ERP Module

+ 3.79.0 Web Services Module

Platform 2, Ignition 8.0

Ignition 8.0

Change Notes

+ 2.9.4 General: All MES Products

+ 2.9.4 OEE Module

+ 2.9.4 Track & Trace Module

+ 2.9.4 Recipe Module

+ 2.9.4 SPC Module

+ 2.9.7 Web Services Module

+ 1.9.6 Instrument Interface Module

+ 1.9.6 Barcode Scanner Module

+ 1.9.6 Production Simulator Module

Platform 2, Ignition 7.9

Ignition 7.9

2.9.3 Change Notes

+ 2.9.3 General: All MES Products

+ 2.9.3 OEE Module

+ 2.9.3 Track & Trace Module

+ 2.9.3 Recipe Module

+ 2.9.3 SPC Module

+ 2.9.6 Web Services Module

+ 2.9.3 Instrument Interface Module

+ 2.9.3 Barcode Scanner Module

Platform 1, Ignition 7.9

Ignition 7.9

+ 1.9.5 General: All MES Products

+ 1.9.5 OEE Module

+ 1.9.5 Track & Trace Module

+ 1.9.5 Recipe Module

+ 1.9.5 SPC Module

+ 1.9.5 Instrument Interface Module

+ 1.9.5 Barcode Scanner Module

LTS

Legacy: MES 1.0 Platform

+ 1.7.9 General: All MES Products

+ 1.7.9 OEE Module

+ 1.7.9 Recipe Module

+ 1.7.9 Track & Trace Module

+ 1.7.9 SPC Module

+ 1.7.9 Web Services Module

+ 1.7.9 Instrument Interface Module

+ 1.7.9 Barcode Scanner Module

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