AppServ 1.3.x release notes

This release occurred on April 27, 2021. This version is included in the Gen5 Riva Singlephase Electricity Meter's firmware 10.2.512.

Compatability

• Minimum required meter firmware 10.2.512

• Maximum required meter firmware N/A

New features and enhancements

Improved OTA performance

Over-the-air (OTA) performance has been improved with increased speed and stability.

Known issues

AppServ has no known issues at this time.

This release occurred on March 5, 2021.

New features and enhancements

HAN agent support

The DI HAN agent is supported, including new APIs and interfaces for the 2030.5 HAN agent that allow it to manage or access IEEE 2030.5 HAN Client device associations, encrypted TLS sessions over the Wi-Fi connection, and required 2030.5 metering data inside the DI container.

Resolved issues

2290677: In FDM Tools, the Agent Historical Data operation incorrectly opened a blank screen for GenX meters

Resolution: Now, the Agent Historical Data operation opens a functioning screen.

2288787: After meter firmware upgrade, the AppServ version was incorrectly reported as 0.0.0.0

Resolution: Now, the AppServ version is displaying correctly.

2308775: HID Theft events were incorrectly not generated when they should have been

Resolution: Now, the HID Theft events are generating correctly.

Known issues

AppServ has no known issues at this time.

This release occurred on February 17, 2021.

New features and enhancements

Improved OTA performance

Over-the-air (OTA) performance has been improved with increased speed and stability.

Known issues

AppServ has no known issues at this time.

This release occurred on December 30, 2020. This version is included in the Gen5 Riva Singlephase Electricity Meter's firmware 10.0.731.

For the DI GenX GSR 1.2 system release, AppServ is a new feature that is distinct from device firmware.

As the primary interface between the Agent API and DI agents, AppServ provides communication through subscriptions and delivers data separation and access through use of permissions. These changes bring increased data security and allow utilities to implement DI API changes at a faster rate than can occur with system releases. While many of these changes are implemented through use of the new DI Policy, AppServ enforces the policy file resource management definitions by:

• Reporting DI Policy violations to the App Store Platform

• Storing DI Policy violations in statistics digests

• Applying the default daily limit for agent-specific outcome and upstream data limits

• Applying the default daily limit for agent-specific agent director alarms

AppServ enforces data separation and access by:

• Controlling access to meter/endpoint identity data, agent data, metrology data, and the metrology data message queue

• Allowing or disallowing agent director data upstream based on permissions

• Limiting agent applications to read and subscribe to only meter and metrology data

• Implementing change request registration, activation processes, and validation of agent application identity

AppServ packages can be updated on Gen5 Riva Meters using FDM Tools' Manage Agent Images operations. For more information on updating Gen5 Riva Meter DI packages, see the most up-to-date version of the Field Deployment Manager Tools Mobile Application Guide.