Logistic Analytics 4.6.1 Release & Installers

• Package Analytics 4.6.1 enhances your logistics operations with new features, key improvements, and critical bug fixes. This release improves system reliability, boosts performance, and streamlines workflows. Upgrade to ensure a more stable and efficient logistics experience

Instructions:

• Use the full installer for first time installations
• Use the patch installer for upgrading existing Analytics installations to newer versions
  • Only 2 minor versions may be jumped at once (4.4->4.6 is allowed but 4.3->4.6 is not)
• MD5 files may be used to check integrity of associated installer file

System/Facility View Installers

Version 4.6.1 Windows Installers

• Windows Full Installer / MD5
• Windows Patch Installer / MD5

Version 4.6.1 Linux Installers

• Linux Full Installer / MD5
• Linux Patch Installer / MD5

Enterprise View Installers

Version 4.4 Windows Installers

• Windows Full Installer / MD5

Version 4.4 Linux Installers

• Linux Full Installer / MD5

Stand Alone Media Server Installers

Version 1.5 Windows Installers

• Windows Full Installer / MD5
• Windows Patch Installer / MD5

Version 1.5 Linux Installers

• Linux Full Installer / MD5
• Linux Patch Installer / MD5

Manuals & Release Notes

• LA 4.6.1 Configuration Manual
• LA 4.6.1 User Manual
• MS 1.5 Product Manual
• MS 1.5 Release Note
• EA 4.4 Product Manual
• EA 4.4 Release Note

Scenarios where upgrading to PA 4.6.1 is mandatory to resolve critical issues or ensure system stability:

• DD, AAP, DACQ, and Influx Services: Resolved issues where services stopped unexpectedly after installation, machine restart, or during high load, ensuring uninterrupted operation in production environments.
• Object Loss Prevention: Fixed websocket errors causing object loss during high-load scenarios, ensuring accurate data transmission and maintaining data integrity across the system.
• HTTP Access: Resolved long load times for dashboards accessed through HTTP, improving user experience and accessibility.
• Shift Configuration Consistency: Fixed an issue where shift details imported or exported from system configuration files did not retain the original structure or timing pattern, ensuring shift settings are consistently maintained across systems.
• System Group Visibility: Resolved an issue where some system groups were missing from dropdown filters on pages like Long-term Statistics, Shift Statistics, and Timeline, ensuring all configured system groups are properly displayed for accurate data filtering and analysis.
• Guest Preference Publishing: Preferences can now be successfully published to guest and default users without issues, even after updates, ensuring consistent settings across user sessions.
• Redundant Feature Disabling: Disabled redundant system and duplicate check features to prevent heap dumps and improve system stability.
• Performance Optimization – AAP Table Partitioning: Partitioned the shift_level_barcode_histogram and shift_level_object_histogram tables in AAP to enhance performance and improve long-term data manageability.
• Introduced new property in aap_application.properties: drop.unpartitioned.tables.
• Set to true (default): Deletes old unpartitioned data and creates partitioned tables.
• Set to false: Retains existing data while converting to partitioned format.

Scenarios where upgrading to PA 4.6.1 is recommended to take advantage of new features and improvements:

• Conveyor Widget Enhancements:
• Zoom and Navigation: Enhanced the Conveyor Widget with zoom in/out functionality via mouse wheel, touchpad, or buttons; zooming is centered with a default zoomed-out view, and operators can navigate using arrow keys (↑, ↓, →, ←) to view objects outside the zoomed area, drag/pan using mouse click, and access a tooltip explaining arrow key navigation—offering improved control and usability.
• Pause and Object Interaction: Introduced dedicated Pause and Go Live buttons for controlling activity; operators must pause the conveyor to interact with objects (e.g., boxes or tires), and clicking an object redirects to the Object Detail page, enabling precise and intentional interaction.
• Auto Go Live: When redirected to the Object Detail page via the Conveyor Widget, live tracking automatically resumes upon return, ensuring a seamless and uninterrupted workflow; redirection via Table Widgets retains existing activity status behavior.
• Authentication:
  • New fields introduced in openid.properties:
  • use.client.secret = false → Enables JWT assertion login.
  • tenant.id = <Entra ID Tenant GUID> → Required for JWT.
• JWT Assertion Login via Entra ID: Added support for logging in using JWT assertions via Entra ID as an alternative to OpenID Client Secret login, with a UI dropdown to select between Client Secret and JWT Assertion, providing a more secure and flexible authentication method.
• Barcode Support:
• Extended Barcode Compatibility: Expanded support for additional barcode types used by devices like SIM2000, including identifiers D, 1, s, z, A, B, C, E, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, Z, %, 2, 3, now correctly identified and displayed in the Package Info section for enhanced device compatibility.
• Installation with gMSA Support: Added support for Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs) during installation, simplifying service account management with automated password handling for Windows services.
• UDF Data Control Based on Configuration: Enhanced system performance by controlling UDF data storage to occur only for systems explicitly configured with UDFs.
  • Default: false (retains existing behavior and stores all UDFs).
  • When set to true, UDFs will only be stored for systems where UDFs are configured in the application.
• Introduced new property: udf.preserve.configured.only in dacq_application.properties.
• This prevents unnecessary storage and improves system performance in large-scale deployments.
• Panda Dashboard Improvements:
• Accurate Object Summaries on PandA - Home Dashboard: Enhanced the PandA - Home Dashboard with precise object summaries, showing Total Objects (all objects pushed), Eligible Objects (objects with OK custom status), and Verified Objects (objects with a Match status), now consistently displayed across PandA dashboards for better visibility.
• Reliable Error Reporting: Fixed error handling to display "Error_UNKNOWN" in the PandA - Home Dashboard’s Alarms table for applicators with an error status but no specific error description, ensuring all errors are accurately reported and counted.
• New Object Stat Table in Applicator Statistics Dashboard: Added a new Object Stat Table to the PandA - Applicator Statistics Dashboard, displaying the distribution of Eligible Objects for the selected applicator, enabling clear and actionable insights into applicator performance.
• PandA Dashboard – NoRead Verify Status: Fixed an issue where the PandA Dashboard failed to load or display data correctly when objects with a Verify Status of NoRead were pushed into the system.
• SEC Device Integration:
• SEC 100 Device Support: Package Analytics now supports SEC 100 devices. To display images from SEC 100 devices in Package Analytics, apply the license either on Media Server or through Package Analytics.

• JWT Based Entra ID Support
• SEC Integration Support
• gMSA Support

• DD, AAP DACQ, & Influx Service Stability Improvements
• Object Loss Preventon Improvements
• HTTP Access Improvements
• System Group Feature Improvements
• Backup & Restore Improvements
• Preference Improvements
• Redundant Feature Check Removal
• Conveyor Widget Improvements
• PANDA Dashboard Improvements
• System Status Improvements
• New Barcode Type Support

• An IPC, Server, Virtual Server, or VM that meets the minimum system requirements (See below)
• A user account with full administrator rights on the target install machine
• Uninstall any previous versions of Analytics from the target install machine
• Uninstall any previous versions of MySQL, its associated data, and files from the target install machine
• Obtain a software license for the Analytics software
• Download a software installer executable for the Analytics software (See above)
• Exclude Analytics services & executables from any installed anti-virus so that they have unrestricted access to the hardware and software components of the PC

• Data Acquisition and Control: 1.9.0.48-RELEASE
• Analytics and Processing: 1.9.0.22-RELEASE
• Services and Visualization: 1.9.0.79-RELEASE
• Zulu OpenJDK Java: 17.0.6
• Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: 2.31.2
• MySql: 8.0.33
• Node Red: 3.1.11
• Telegraf 1.29.5
• Influx Database: 2.7.1
• Metabase: 0.50.12 (Build date 2024-07-12)
• Default Media Server: 1.4.2
• Field Analytics: 1.3.2

• PA 4.6.1 Latest build → The DD Service is not starting after installation.
  PA 4.4 + PA 4.6.1 Build ID 48 – AAP, DACQ, DD services are down and cannot be started manually; application has crashed.
• Object loss due to WebSocket error.
• Shifts exported from the config file are improper.
• Intermittent → PA 4.6.1 → HTTP → Accessing dashboards via http takes a long time to load.
• Few or none of the system groups are visible in the Systems dropdown on the Long term/Shift Statistics page after restoring customer configurations.
• Publish to Guest Preference → globalPreference API fails.
• Publish to Guest preference is not retained after patch upgrade.
• 4.6.1 – DD service stops when the machine restarts if an object is pushed to the application.
• 4.6.1 – Influx service stops every day.
• PandA → Dashboard does not work when NoRead is used as the verify status.

• Incorrect Database Path on Linux: On Linux systems (Ubuntu 24.04/22.04), the Software Settings page may display an incorrect database path, even though the database is installed in the /home partition.
• Redundant System and Duplicate Check Features Disabled: The Redundant System and Duplicate Check features are temporarily disabled due to stability issues (e.g., heap dumps); they will remain unavailable until further review and correction.
• The GMSA  feature is not yet implemented in the patch installers.
• Non-default sick certificate configurations (custom location/name/password) are not updated with the latest certificate after applying the 4.6.1 patch.
• The applicator dashboard’s pie chart incorrectly shows ‘100%’ with no errors, even when no heartbeat has been received by the PandA systems.
• The qualification of the User Manual is currently in progress but has been delayed due to higher-priority tasks related to the PA 4.6.1 release. QA will prioritize this activity in the upcoming week.

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