Version 9 development history

9.2

Map:

  • Possibility to specify maximum port speed.
  • Improved displaying of ports above the lines.
  • Common style of selected objects on the map.
  • Improved appearance of the hint when hovering over objects on the map.
  • Possibility to add several additional attributes to a device at a time.
  • Grouping additional attributes when adding to a device.
  • Displaying the result of all scanning methods on the first bookmark in the device hint.
  • The map zoom range is extended to 10-1000%.
  • Optimization of the map rendering.
  • Optimization of the map rendering.

Lines:

  • Possibility to select several separate line nodes.
  • Highlighting line nodes when moving or hovering.
  • Improved adding nodes to lines and dividing lines.
  • Improved moving of lines using the grid.
  • Alignment of line nodes on the sides, by distances.
  • Improved displaying arrows of lines entering the devices.

Connections:

  • Possibility to edit connections between devices in the device editor.
  • Possibility to connect devices without lines (using Alt+Click or by turning off line display in the device editor).
  • Possibility to specify the type and length of the cable in connections between devices.
  • Displaying information in the line hint: type, connected devices, channel length and speed.
  • Displaying connections in the port hint.

Monitoring:

  • Optimization of centralized monitoring: decreasing the traffic by more than half, reducing CPU and memory using on the server and client.
  • Accelerated log clearing due to the use of Truncate command on external databases.
  • Selection of the authentication method when using external databases.

Reports:

  • Improved design of the Web interface and local reports.
  • New report: “Connections” displaying connections between devices, their type and the channel length and speed.
  • New report: “Connection Types” displaying the number and total length of each type of connections.
  • Added display of information about connections in reports for a device and line in the Web interface.
  • Improved display of port in reports: added possibility to navigate to a device or a port.
  • Possibility of switching between reports when viewing reports in the application.
  • Navigating back/forward when viewing reports in the application using Alt+Left/Right.

Notification:

  • Possibility to notify to a group in Telegram.
  • Selection of a group or a user for notification in Telegram (the receiver’s telephone number does not have to be specified anymore).
  • Optimization of notification in case of a great number of events.

Fixed errors:

  • Fixed rare errors during hint rendering.
  • Fixed error when optimizing the monitoring log with simultaneous generation of reports on the MS SQL database.
  • Fixed error during long optimization of the monitoring log on external databases.
  • Fixed error when deleting a great number of records when clearing logs on external databases.
  • Fixed error when using the MySQL database with non-UTF8 coding.
  • Fixed external database update scripts when updating from very old versions of the application.
  • Fixed error related to sending in Telegram if the system time is too slow or too fast.

Description of the main new features

9.1

What's new in this version:

  • Similar style for all device icons.
  • New devices: Database server, Smartphone, 3D Printer, SSD, Radiophone, PLC, Rack dual monitor, Power line, Radio antenna, Satellite receiver, POS cash.
  • New device collections: VoIP, Security.
  • Scheduled notifications feature.
  • New notification action – save report.
  • New notification action – run Web query.
  • Ability to use Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL database for logging directly (without ODBC).
  • Monitoring of Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ODBC databases via SQL queries.
  • Ability to specify login for each scanning method in device editor.
  • Ability to assign scanning result to device attribute in Device Scanning Wizard.
  • Adjustable transparency for OpenStreetMap maps.
  • New fields in statistics report: how many times device turned active/inactive.
  • New fields in Device Scanning Wizard report: state, value, value as text.
  • Configuring authorization for URI scanning method.
  • Configuring measured value for URI scanning method.
  • Ability to get scanning value from the content for URI scanning method.
  • Ability to enter the required number of responses for MultyPing scanning method.
  • Support for %ADDRESS%, %HOST%, %IP% macros in user name, in settings of External, WMI, UDP, URI, SQL scanning methods.
  • Devices Scanning moved to Tools\Standard menu.
  • Added support for domains with national symbols in older versions of Windows.
  • New feature to hide any fields in device report and inventory report.
  • Improved display of ports in device information report.
  • Improved display of external command execution when testing the notification.
  • Added progress bar in the inventory wizard.

Fixed errors:

  • Fixed scrolling of the map editor when dragging the devices by a mouse.
  • Fixed the display of WSA_NO_DATA error when monitoring in various scanning methods.
  • Fixed the OpenStreetMap maps support by the service.
  • Fixed scrolling of the additional fields in the device wizard.
  • Fixed navigation between various templates of the same report in the Web interface.
  • Fixed getting a port from IPv6 address for TCP and UDP scanning methods.

Description of the main new features

9.0.9

Fixed errors:

  • Fixed an error with the second start of the application.
  • Fixed a rare error when rendering the network map.
  • Fixed a rare error with notification via Telegram.
  • Fixed a rare error when updating from maps server.
  • Fixed a rare error with animation of the notification.
  • Fixed a rare error when multiple users run the application in terminal mode from a network drive.
  • Fixed an error: Copy buttons did not work in local reports.
  • Fixed an error: Delete button did not work in the filters of the local reports.
  • Fixed a rare error when the service is restarted.
  • Fixed a rare error when clearing logs in external databases.
  • Fixed an error with the applying of 'very seldom' refresh period.
  • Fixed an error when running the service by the domain user.

9.0

What's new in this version:

  • Updated application design.
  • Added support for OpenStreetMap maps as background.
  • Telegram notifications.
  • Device import and device attributes update from CSV files.
  • New statistical logging level – only statistics per hour, state changes and error codes.
  • Added support of regular expressions for WMI, SNMP and External scanning method.
  • Device animation in the Web interface (SVG, GIF).
  • Showing string values of monitoring results in device status.
  • Configuration of device label color for various event severity.
  • Ability to re-send SMS in case of failed sending attempt.
  • Added support to check mail servers (POP3/SMTP/IMAP).
  • SVG device collection is optimized.
  • Ability to specify only active image in device collections.
  • Added support of update from a maps-server for the service.
  • Showing event severity icon above a device (with animation support).
  • Showing inactive devices in Device scanning wizard.
  • New report: Inventory->Devices.
  • Ability to generate reports on IP-addresses and hosts of the selected devices.
  • Added authorization support for ‘URI’ scanning method via password profile.
  • Folder selection window is improved.
  • Ability to specify several catalogs when selecting device collections.
  • New measurement unit: tenths of degree.
  • Warning when trying to add empty device collection.
  • Improved SVG support.
  • Improved IPv6 support.
  • Improved support of external Oracle and MS SQL databases.
  • Improved export of monitoring values into Excel.

Fixed errors:

  • Fixed filtering by several parameters.
  • Fixed saving of custom colors in the windows of color selection.
  • Fixed error when saving inventory after previous deletion.
  • Fixed error when saving inventory data on graphics card without video processor.
  • Fixed error when saving inventory data on driver date of a graphics card.
  • Fixed absence of display serial number in Advanced search window.
  • Fixed changing the size of input area for the external command parameters.
  • Fixed error when sending hyperlinks in e-mails via macro.
  • Fixed rare error when rendering huge backgrounds.
  • Fixed UAC error when sending parameters to the service.
  • Fixed display of unknown scanning methods in the group operations and in the Advanced search.

Description of the main new features

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