AppServ 1.5.x release notes

AppServ 1.5.x releases are for Gen5 Riva Meter firmware releases earlier than 3.1.

This release occurred on September 9, 2022.

Compatibility

  • Minimum required meter firmware 10.4.560.0

  • Maximum required meter firmware 10.4.999.9

New features and enhancements

Location Awareness agent support

Phase angle updates used by the agent powering Location Awareness are now supported.

Known issues

AppServ has no known issues at this time.

This release occurred on July 14, 2022.

Compatibility

  • Minimum required meter firmware 10.4.559

  • Maximum required meter firmware N/A

New features and enhancements

Support for agents using DI's Peer-to-Peer (P2P) functionality

P2P support is now enhanced for the agents that use it (such as the agent powering Location Awareness). This functionality ensures that utility customers can continue to depend on Location Awareness' cross-agent communication, security, and protection for data transmission.

Known issues

AppServ has no known issues at this time.

This release occurred on April 19, 2022. This version is included in the Gen5 Riva Singlephase Electricity Meter's firmware 10.4.559.

Compatability

  • Minimum required meter firmware 10.4.559

  • Maximum required meter firmware N/A

New features and enhancements

New DI data, events, and alarms handling during meter swaps

This functionality ensures that utility customers may uninstall, reinstall, or replace DI-enabled meters quickly. Based off manual query results in the EAC for recently swapped meter, AppServ automatically removes all relevant agent licenses from swapped meters with agents and removes DI data, events, and alarms from the databases for archival.

Support for the new Gen™5 Riva Polyphase Electricity Meter

All the DI functionality found in the Gen5 Riva Singlephase Electricity Meter is now available to the new Gen5 Riva Polyphase Electricity Meter. In addition, AppServ has been updated to support polyphase meter-specific features, such as enhancements that allow AppServ to:

  • Calculate new metrology values introduced with multiple phases.

  • Support agent subscriptions to new polyphase meter-specific metrology data.

  • Process and respond to metrology data at the faster rate supplied by the polyphase meter.

Enhancements for the HAN 2030.5 agent

Added support for subscriptions to additional energy register data to support updates to the HAN 2030.5 agent.

Support for DI's new Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology

AppServ provides the primary mechanisms for cross-agent communication, including security and protection for data transmission. DI peer-to-peer (P2P) is a technology that allows agents on DI meters to exchange encrypted data packets between agents on the same meter and other meters before it is transmitted to an application or HES. AppServ's new functionality to support this includes enhancements and policy file implementations to:

  • Provide agents connectivity information for radio-frequency (RF) and power-line carrier (PLC) networks

  • Store P2P diagnostics statistics about each agent feature for troubleshooting

Known issues

AppServ has no known issues at this time.

This release occurred on August 3, 2022.

Compatibility

  • Minimum required meter firmware 10.3.955

  • Maximum required meter firmware 10.3.999.9

New features and enhancements

Certification for Measurement Canada Gen5 Riva Polyphase Electricity Meter firmware

Certification of the Gen5 Riva Polyphase Electricity Meter running 10.3.955 firmware for Measurement Canada is now supported.

Known issues

AppServ has no known issues at this time.

This release occurred in Fall, 2021.

Compatability

  • Minimum required meter firmware 10.3.955

  • Maximum required meter firmware N/A

New features and enhancements

Support for DI's new Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology

AppServ provides the primary mechanisms for cross-agent communication, including security and protection for data transmission. DI peer-to-peer (P2P) is a technology that allows agents on DI meters to exchange encrypted data packets between agents on the same meter and other meters before it is transmitted to an application or HES. AppServ's new features and enhancements support ongoing DI peer-to-peer development.

Known issues

AppServ has no known issues at this time.