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Alsense® release notes (February 2023)

This document holds information about the new features, improvements, known issues and bug fixes in Alsense® February release

Written by Edoardo Nalon
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Overview

Enhancements to existing services - 3

Bug fixes - 4

New features released as Beta to selected customers - 7

Known Limitations - 9

Improvements to existing Beta features - 11

Enhancements to existing services

Internal Ref

Type

Feature

Subject

Description

483873

Feature enhancement

HACCP

Customization of HACCP Overview

The HACCP overview can now be customized. The customization will also apply to the HACCP Report and will reset to default view once the page is left.

The following options exists:

  • Low/High: the colour coding is generated from the high/low values at the preferred threshold range

  • Set Point: the colour coding is generated from the Set Point at the preferred threshold range.

Bug fixes

Internal Ref

Type 

Feature  

Subject

Description

826497

Bug

HACCP dashboard / report

Prioritisation of u17 sensor over u36

Assets that display a constant value of 120 degrees highlights a sensor error. On occasions this is due to the u36 sensor showing as the default sensor. Once this sensor is removed, the u17 sensor will become the default for populating the HACCP temperatures.

796047

Bug

Driver

HACCP data aggregation

Poor performance when collecting data for select sites with AK-SC 255 controllers causes failures in the data collection process. The driver has been updated to stabilize the ingestion process.

361628

Bug

HACCP/TQI Trend graph

Incorrect asset temperature timestamp and improved terminology

The Timestamp now reflects the last measurement relative to the time of the store

Header text label is changed from "Temperature" to "Average Temperature" to be more precise

Timestamp text is changed from "x hours ago" to "Last measurement: x hours ago"

641522

BUG

Health check export

Export to csv

Update to columns in .csv export. ‘Alert ID’ changed to ‘Alarm ID’ and ‘Acknowledged at’ has been removed

779744

BUG

Health Check

Clock Sync

Clock sync checks every 10 minutes for time mismatch on the System Manager and if there is a deviation of +/-5 minutes the Health Check will write the correct time to the System Manager. Note: This feature is only available when the Health Check is enabled

781976

BUG

Settings

Site mapping

Unchecking a selected site can now also be saved

831626

BUG

Alarm Analysis Dashboard

Alarm count

The number of Total Alarms does not always match the number of 'Alarms’ in the Alarm Summary table. This has now been fixed

823117

BUG

Alarm Analysis Dashboard

Export of Alarms

There was a bug in the Alarm export feature that resulted in it not functioning consistently. This has now been corrected.

New features released as Beta to selected customers

We continuously develop new features and capability on our Alsense® Platform. Should you be interested in learning more or getting access to one of our new Beta features, then please contact us either via your sales representative or via Alsense® support at alsensesupprt@danfoss.com

Internal Ref

Type 

Feature  

Subject

Description

753931

GCM

Reuse created broadcast

A previously created Broadcast can now be reused. The feature is available from the menu located inn both the Broadcast Summary and Broadcast Overview pages

Selecting the “Reuse broadcast configuration” option opens the Broadcast creation flow, where all zones and schedule settings are preselected.

You can edit all preselected settings freely before applying the broadcast. If the copied broadcast had a scheduled date, this is the only setting that won’t be copied and if the user wants to schedule this broadcast, a new date needs to be selected.

787071

GCM

Broadcast operating hours

Broadcasts can also be created for operating hours, using a consistent user flow as with Light schedules.

787110

GCM

Broadcast holiday schedules

Holiday schedules can be added to a broadcasted to target stores. In order to create a holiday schedule, choose new broadcast

787074

GCM

Broadcast overview

Broadcast overview has been updated to show Operating hours and Holiday schedules

Known Limitations

For Global Configuration Management (GCM) it is currently only possible to read and write to Light Schedules 1-6 due to a limitation in the XML interface of the System Manager. Hence if the System Manager has Schedule 7&8 configured, they will not be retrieved in Alsense®.

It is also currently not possible to activate/deactivate the number of holidays on your System Manager. You can only edit existing holidays or create new holidays.

Enhancements to existing Beta features

Internal Ref

Type 

Feature  

Subject

Description

777347

Enhancement

HACCP exception

Enable/Disable HACCP for certain asset types

If a store has assets that are not configured with defrost like Hot Chicken cases or self-contained cases, it is now possible to have HACCP exceptions disabled for these kinds of assets so that an exception is not triggered

722708

Enhancement

GCM

Filtering in creation flow

When creating a new broadcast, it is now possible to apply a filter when selecting the stores, this way it is easier to find the stores which are based in a certain state or city or which has a certain type of system manager

775075

Enhancement

GCM

Filter on Broadcast status

The filter option is now added to the broadcast status so that it is quicker to find the stores where issues occurred during a broadcast

795230 & 796679 & 795229

Enhancement

GCM

Modify settings

It is now possible to modify current settings for Light Schedules, Operating hours and Holidays. Instead of creating a completely new broadcast that overwrites existing settings, the user can now make edits to only one or more attributes with the rest of the settings remaining unchanged.

Use this feature if you want to modify existing parameters for your stores without creating new schedules. The feature is found via the broadcast creation flow. Select the toggle “modify” to enter this fucntionality.

815453

BUG

GCM

Broadcast creation flow

Pressing enter on the keyboard while creating a new broadcast was causing the creation flow to close and all the previously entered information to be lost. This has now been corrected.

851504

Enhancement

GCM

Broadcast statistics

On the broadcast overview page, statistics are now added making it easy to see how a given broadcast has performed

795689

Enhancement

GCM

Filtering on broadcast page

It is now possible to filter as well as search on the broadcast overview page to easier find previously created broadcasts.

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