News from Evolo, March 2023

News and Improvements

Evolo Gateway V2 has now been rolled out to all facilities. Increased stability, improved communication with protocols, and new applications are some of the improvements.

Gateway System Logs

Gateway now logs all its activities at the facility; it also logs any communication or configuration errors involving technical equipment. Click on the Gateway name under Configuration -> Gateway

In this example, there are communication issues on the Modbus interface

Use the system log in the event of errors or when commissioning a system to verify that communication is as expected.

New Applications

The new Gateway version includes two applications that you can use as part of your automation solution.

• Electricity
  Price The Electricity Price app can be used to retrieve information about electricity prices, providing Gateway with useful data on these prices. The electricity prices reflect Nordpool’s prices.
  Click here for more information

• Trigger
  The Trigger app can be used to define custom rules for one or more data points, which will trigger actions when those conditions are met.
  Click here for more information

General Improvements

• For generic calendar objects, you can now define a custom time using cyclic writing to the objects.

• The event log now displays both the "from" and "to" values that were changed by the component.

• To update multiple data points at once, select them from the list under Configuration -> Data Points and click Update Selected

Views

• When you create a view, you now have the option to set the view as an external link to a web address. For example, for your end users to report issues at the facility.

• The Value component now allows you to set the text size and change the text color for different values.