Last revision: Wednesday, February 24, 2016
This document contains important information about Wonderware® MES 2014 R2 (version 5.2). This Readme documents the system requirements, known issues, resolved issues, and changes, if any, to the Wonderware MES software documentation included on this CD.
Readme files from previous releases of Wonderware MES are posted to the Product Hub page of the Wonderware Knowledge and Support Center. Once on the Product Hub page, you can use the filter to list the MES documents, which include the Readme files. To access the Wonderware Knowledge and Support Center, log in to the Schneider Electric Software Global Customer Support website.
Wonderware MES 2014 R2 includes the following new features and enhancements.
Updated Utilization Capability Object (UCO)
New functionality includes:
Additional changes are:
Entity Model Builder
Stateless API Changes
MES Client
System Modifications
Updated Documentation
In addition to all MES manuals and help being updated to the latest Wonderware format, content updates to the following documentation are included in this release:
Also, the Wonderware MES Dynamic Routing Reference Manual, Wonderware MES Middleware Extensibility Hooks Reference Manual, and Wonderware MES Virtual Environment Implementation Guide were added to the library of user manuals that are installed. The Wonderware MES PEM Migration Utility User's Guide was removed from the library.
This section describes the hardware, software, and operating system requirements to install the Wonderware MES 2014 R2 software.
The following are the recommended hardware requirements to install Wonderware MES 2014 R2.
See your specific Microsoft operating system hardware requirements for details.
Operating Systems |
Type |
Service Pack |
Links to Microsoft Operating System Requirements |
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
64-bit |
Standard or Enterprise |
SP1 |
|
Windows Server 2012 |
64-bit |
Standard or Datacenter |
none |
|
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
64-bit |
Standard or Datacenter |
none |
|
Windows 7 |
32-bit & |
Professional or Enterprise |
none, SP1 |
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/system-requirements |
Windows 8.1 |
32-bit & |
Professional or Enterprise |
none |
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/system-requirements |
Windows 10 |
32-bit & |
Professional or Enterprise |
none |
http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/windows/windows-10-specifications |
Note: Depending on complexity and size of your database server, 30 GB or more of available disk space is recommended. Your database hard disk space should be enough to support the storage and performance requirements for your particular deployment.
This section lists the Wonderware and other third-party software requirements to install Wonderware MES 2014 R2:
Note: If Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is not installed on the computer, the Wonderware MES installation will attempt to automatically install it. On newer OS versions, an error will occur when the MES installation process attempts to install Microsoft .NET Framework. Therefore, you should install Microsoft .NET Framework before beginning the Wonderware MES installation.
The MES Web Portal client has been validated with the following web browsers:
It is expected that the MES Web Portal client will operate properly with subsequent releases of Chrome and Firefox browsers. However, if any MES Web Portal features do not function due to changes in a new release of Chrome or Firefox, customers will be notified by a Technical Alert when Schneider-Electric is made aware of the issue.
Note: When running MES Web Portal in some previous releases of Internet Explorer 11, there is a browser issue that can cause filter boxes on a page to not display correctly (for example, the filter box might be covered by a tile). To prevent this, make sure that a recent release of Internet Explorer 11 (more recent than 11.0.9600.17280) is installed.
Note: Demo videos in the MES Web Portal help will not run in Internet Explorer 9 or standard Firefox. To run demo videos in Firefox, you must have an MP4-capable video player such as Windows Media Player installed on both the server and client machines, or have a third-party MP4 plug-in installed in Firefox.
Microsoft SQL Server
Version |
Type |
Service Pack |
Notes |
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 |
32-bit & 64-bit |
Express, Standard, or Enterprise Edition |
SP3 |
See notes 1, 2 & 3 |
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 |
32-bit & 64-bit |
Express, Standard, or Enterprise Edition |
SP3 |
See notes 1, 2 & 3 |
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 |
32-bit & 64-bit |
Express, Standard, or Enterprise Edition |
SP1 |
See notes 1, 2 & 3 |
Oracle Database
As of this release of Wonderware MES, Oracle is no longer supported as an MES database.
Database Requirements Notes
Note: For proper database maintenance, it is recommended that you use an SQL Enterprise version due to the availability of online indexing capability.
The following table lists the operating systems that are supported and can be installed on computers that run Wonderware MES 2014 R2.
Operating Systems |
Type |
Service Pack |
Wonderware MES Features |
||||||
Client |
Database |
Middleware |
Factory |
MES Web Portal Service |
Wonderware Information Server |
||||
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
64-bit |
Standard or Enterprise |
SP1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Server 2012 |
64-bit |
Standard or Datacenter |
none |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
64-bit |
Standard or Datacenter |
none |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows 7 |
32-bit & 64-bit |
Professional or Enterprise |
SP1 |
Yes |
Yes 1 |
Yes 1 |
Yes 1 |
No |
Yes |
Windows 8.1 |
32-bit & 64-bit |
Professional or Enterprise |
none |
Yes |
Yes 1 |
Yes 1 |
Yes 1 |
No |
Yes |
Windows 10 |
32-bit & 64-bit |
Professional or Enterprise |
none |
Yes |
Yes 1 |
Yes 1 |
Yes 1 |
No |
Yes |
1 Indicates that it is supported for sales and demo purposes only, not for production systems.
The Wonderware MES 2014 R2 software can be run in virtual environments to support High Availability for Live Migration and Failover. Implementing High Availability can be performed using VMware technology or Microsoft Hyper-V technology.
For information about implementing Wonderware MES in a virtual environment, refer to the ArchestrA System Platform Virtual Implementation Guide and the Wonderware MES Virtual Implementation Guide.
For specific information on VMware product compatibility, go to http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php.
The Wonderware MES 2014 R2 software runs on the following non-English operating systems:
The corresponding language versions of Microsoft SQL server are used, where applicable.
During the MES installation, certain ports and applications are automatically added to the Windows Firewall exceptions list.
The following table lists the port name and corresponding port numbers that are included in the Windows Firewall exceptions list.
Port Name |
Port Number |
SuiteLink Port 5413 |
5413 |
SQL TCP 1433 |
1433 |
SQL Server Browser 1434 |
1434 |
HTTP 80 |
80 |
TCP 8099 |
8099 |
If MES Web Portal is going to be implemented and will use HTTPS communication, the customer will be responsible for opening port 443.
The application names that are included in the Windows Firewall exceptions list are:
Wonderware MES 2014 R2 is compatible and can co-exist with the following products. Compatibility means that the products can communicate with each other over the network. Co-existence means that the products can be installed on the same computer.
Component |
Version |
Compatibility |
Co-existence |
---|---|---|---|
Wonderware® InTouch® |
11.0 (2014), 2014 R2 |
Y |
Y |
Wonderware® Application Server |
4.0 (2014), |
Y |
Y |
Wonderware® System Platform |
2014, 2014 R2 |
Y |
Y |
Wonderware® Historian Server |
11.5 (2014), 2014 R2 |
N/A |
Y |
Wonderware® Historian Client |
10.5 (2014), 2014 R2 |
N/A |
Y |
Wonderware® Information Server |
5.5 (2014), 2014 R2 |
Y |
Y |
Wonderware® InBatch™ |
10.1 (2014), 2014 R2 |
N/A |
Y |
Wonderware® QI Analyst™ |
8.0 SP3 |
N/A |
Y |
Wonderware® Intelligence |
1.5 SP1, 2014 R2 |
Y |
Y |
Wonderware® Enterprise Integrator |
2014 R2 |
Y |
Y |
Wonderware® Skelta™ BPM |
2014, 2014 R2 |
Y |
Y |
Wonderware® Skelta™ BPM 2014 Connector for Wonderware MES |
Connector version 1.10, Extension version 4.0* |
Y |
Y |
Wonderware® Recipe Manager Plus |
1.5 (2014 SP1), 2014 R2 |
N/A |
Y |
*This version of Wonderware® Skelta™ BPM 2014 Connector for Wonderware MES works with MES 2014, 2014 SP1, and 2014 R2 and with Skelta BPM versions 2014, 2014 R2, and 2014 R2 SP2.
The 2007 Microsoft Office Fluent User Interface is subject to protection under U.S. and international intellectual property laws and is used by Wonderware MES under license from Microsoft.
Quinn-Curtis SPC Chart Control:
The use of the QCSPCChart and QCChart2D WPF and .NET controls require the purchase of a Wonderware Advanced Dev Studio or Wonderware MES Quality license.
The upgrade from Factelligence 3.4, Factelligence 3.5 (all patches), Wonderware MES 4.0 (all service packs and patches), 4.5 (including P1), and 5.0 (including SP1) is supported. To upgrade from a version earlier than Factelligence 3.4, you need to first uninstall the previous version and then install the new version.
The MES Database Configuration utility delivered with this project supports migration of databases from version 3.1 and later. To migrate from versions earlier than 3.1, you must first update the database to version 3.1. Custom modifications to any version of the Factelligence database may not be supported by the utility and may prevent migration.
For more information on upgrading, see the Wonderware MES Installation Guide and online help.
This section describes important resolved issues in Wonderware MES 2014 R2, listed by their Change Request number:
L00101361 |
If a reason is assigned to an in-process event and that reason is the default for another raw reason, when the other raw reason occurs, the UCO will recognize the change, but a new event will not be created. |
L00123684 |
Report data can be generated but the downtime analysis top reasons graph is only labeling every second reason. |
L00125451 |
During the creation of a work order from a process, incorrect or no specs get associated to the work order if the item being produced has been changed (delete initial and add a new one). |
L00129962 |
When doing a galaxy dump of a UCO with multiple reason group levels, then doing a galaxy load from the galaxy dump file, you get an error and cannot open the instance. |
L00130657 |
The Auto Reset of the PEM instance is not working when specifying the input source; the PEM instance will be triggered again and again. |
L00131059 |
A job BOM is incorrectly created for an item with two BOM versions and nested BOMs. |
L00131790 |
A job BOM is incorrectly created for an item with two BOM versions and nested BOMs - Updated. |
L00134125 |
There is a difference in the Util_Log and TPM_Stat tables when two work orders are run during the same shift. |
L00135116 |
An error occurs while updating the quantity of a work order that is greater than 1 million and an item has its number of decimals set to 7. |
L00135125 |
Shift exceptions from one entity are affecting shift_to_go data for other entities. |
L00135178 |
When there is a network issue with the I/O server, the OCO adds the Max counts to the total production count when it reconnects. |
L00135458 |
The failed_logins column data for the user_name table is not getting updated after a user encountered a number of failure login attempts prior to successful login. |
L00135501 |
With two items linked to one process, the work order created for the first item has the correct Job BOM in all operations, but the work order for the second item has an incorrect Job BOM for two of the operations. |
L00135537 |
MES Operator is not showing the previous lot numbers in the Steps screen. |
L00135657 |
When using the post-hook Continue Even on Error, it fails to execute the stored procedure and it takes 30 seconds. |
L00135701 |
Active Directory browsing is not working in a complex forest, causing MES Client to crash. |
L00135882 |
The aaEngine.exe has a memory leak when hosting MES UCO objects. |
L00135907 |
The setting Must Complete All Steps for an Item is not working when unchecked for that item. |
L00136026 |
After AOS and MES database machines are restarted, all the objects under areas that host OCO objects are not available (and do not work) or browsable by the object viewer |
L00136068 |
In MES Web Portal, an error occurs when attempting to use the Edit Utilization Event dialog: You cannot make the change to the selected event. Pressing the F5 key to refresh the page clears the issue. |
L00136142 |
A consumption transaction is called through the API with a quantity of 2060.20 The request is traced in the MES Middleware Client Trace with the correct value (2060.20). The call by middleware to the stored procedure (captured by profiler) shows the passed quantity is 2060.1999999999998. |
L00136284 |
Unable to create a characteristic of attribute type with sample size source of 'entered' and (min sample size is bigger than 1). |
L00136383 |
For the Item Prod Split function, when splitting to an existing item_prod record, the query does not group by hour. This causes multiple rows to be updated and the material balance to be off. |
L00136385 |
When trying to consume items (AddCons) from a storage location that is marked as indistinguishable, an error indicating that item does not exist occurs. |
L00136481 |
Time-outs occur when completing a long running PO. |
L00136498 |
There is an issue with the consume functions sp_I_Item_Cons_AddConsPostExec and sp_I_Item_Cons_AddCons in that they are not prepared for the scenario where must_consume_from_wip=0 and inventory is unique by job=1. |
L00136524 |
When opening the OEE_KPI control a second time in Window Maker, a Not Licensed error message displays in place of the control. |
L00136526 |
MES Client takes 20-30 minutes to login when running it over a VPN. This is not an endorsement of using VPN as other editors will still be slow. |
L00136537 |
Inventory import ignores the date_in parameter in SCC - instead it uses current time. |
L00136538 |
Wonderware MES SPC Chart Rule evaluation is not consistent with the rule evaluation in the stored procedure when a value equals a control line and consecutive rule check is enabled. |
L00136600 |
MES should not allow for editing the last event in a shift that is split by the system at the shift change. |
L00136609 |
The stored procedures sp_BG_Minutely_Tasks and sp_U_Util_Log_UpdAllDurations is taking 32 seconds to execute when the Util_log has over 2 million records. |
L00136678 |
Similar to CR 123684: The OEE Details and Production Event report is missing downtime event names. |
L00136863 |
Indistinguishable lots are consuming twice the quantity specified: a record is created for each lot that exists in inventory (expected) plus a record with a NULL lot with the specified quantity (an error). |
L00136868 |
When Autologin is enabled and a change on Entity Access for a specific group is being performed, the user_grp_link entry for this username and group will be deleted. |
L00136944 |
Can't add a script to the SRO in WSP 2014 R2. |
L00137175 |
Unable to create attribute characteristic with sample size source 'entered' (min sample size is greater than 1). |
L00137177 |
When adding operations to a process, the editor picks up all existing entity links to other operations. |
L00137205 |
HF134348 Issue: Arithmetic overflow in sp_S_Job when qty_prod >> qty_req. |
L00137241 |
Session.LogOnEnt and Session.LogOff doesn't save correct dates and duration in labor management if the system is set up with a time zone different from UTC. |
L00137354 |
Need to merge Hotfix L00131100 and L00134125 together under one 4.5 P01 Hotfix. |
L00137394 |
[SP_I_Item_Inv_Add] procedure causes the error "Subquery returned more than one value" to be thrown during some productions. |
L00137417 |
Chinese characters will not be shown properly in the utilization reason tree. |
L00137465 |
Consumption, Genealogy, and Spec .NET controls are not showing the correct detail for the work order; the previous WO selected is shown instead. |
L00137567 |
sp_U_Sample_GenerateSamples lasts for more than 60 seconds even though there are no sample frequencies requiring scheduling. |
L00137583 |
Need to merge Hotfix L00137354 and L00134990 together under one 4.5 P01 Hotfix. |
L00137705 |
When a BOM has two versions and one version has an obsolete item, it is not be possible to create a work order from a process from the BOM version that does not contain the obsolete item. |
L00137707 |
Import/Export are returning error "SCC Procedure xxx has no parameters and arguments were supplied" when a query with a parameter is using a default value. |
L00137729 |
The last_activity column in the Dx_Sched table should store time in GMT, but it is using middleware local time, which causes the time displayed in Supervisor to be incorrect. |
L00137842 |
The qty_reject column in tpm_stat table is not updating following the RejectProd API call. |
L00137924 |
Samples that should be Complete occasionally get changed back to Ready by MES Service. |
L00138056 |
In MES Client, you cannot delete an attribute once there are more than 999 attributes in the system. |
L00138211 |
SCC is looking for a Manager SP that has been removed from the product. |
L00138357 |
Issue with MES .NET control check boxes when using the default theme for Windows Server 2012: The check boxes inside the .NET Client utilization grid and the various MES controls are not visible. |
L00138462 |
Issue with MES .NET control check boxes when using the default theme for Windows Server 2012: The check boxes inside the .NET Client utilization grid and the various MES controls are not visible. |
L00138514 |
If the OCO is stuck in a busy state after failover, the only way to recover is to undeploy/deploy the OCO. |
L00138662 |
End job fails when you have an entity with multiple job execs and stop/start some of the jobs (violation of UNIQUE KEY constraint 'IX_job_util_log_link_job'). |
L00138787 |
The stored procedure sp_S_job_exec_VerifyProcess takes a long time to complete when there are many specifications. |
L00138921 |
Active Directory browsing Is Not Working in complex forest: This condition causes MES Client to crash. |
L00139028 |
Enabling a Lot Attribute to appear in the inventory grid results in a timeout when saving this setting. |
L00139248 |
The SetPendingReason() method from the MES Stateless API Util_Exec class has a limit of 254 characters for the Comment field; however, the database and the standard utilization control allow 2000 characters. |
L00139658 |
CR 135701 for 4.6: Active Directory Browsing Not Working in complex forest - causes MES Client to crash. |
L00139713 |
HF 138211 from 5.0: SCC is looking for a Manager SP which has been removed from the product |
L00139891 |
MES Client does not provide a way to show the item ID in the grid when a BOM list is opened; it only shows item description. |
This section describes important known issues in Wonderware MES 2014 R2.
UCO Evaluation Error
A known issue that is not related to an open change request is that, when using an UCO and referencing an attribute on the UCO, an error message similar to the following example might appear in the SMC Logger for Wonderware System Platform 2014 R2:
Evaluation Error: Raw Reason Code= EStop [UCO.Attr4=="ji"]: CompiledExpression.Evaluate: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
The resolution is to apply ArchestrA hotfix L00136496 or Wonderware System Platform 2014 R2 Patch 01.
Known Issues for Open Change Requests (CRs)
The following table lists the known open change requests, listed by their change request number.
L00120213 |
After you uninstall MES 4.5/5.0, the ‘ArchestrA License Server’ Services cannot be started. |
L00120336 |
French laptop keyboard cannot enter numbers from the top of the keyboard into property pane of MES Client. |
L00129775 |
After clicking the Exit button to cancel the Wonderware MES installation (for example, to install prerequisite software before attempting to install Wonderware MES), and attempting to run the installation again, the installation process hangs. Workaround: During the first installation attempt, a file is created in the following AppData subfolder of the user who initiated the installation process: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\Wonderware MES\4.6.0.0 In this folder there is a subfolder with the install build number. In the build number folder there is a file called InstallUserData.txt; delete this file. When you restart the installation process, the installation should proceed past the Wonderware MES component selection dialog box. |
L00131983 |
Trying to start a job on more than one machine causes an error inserting into the prod_rate_history table. |
L00132902 |
If multiple items to be produced in a process have a common sub-item to be produced in BOM #1 and BOM #2, then every time that common sub-item is marked as "Set as Produced Item" on BOM #1 for an operation, the same sub-item will be marked as produced on that operation for BOM #2. |
L00133275 |
There is an issue when upgrading from 3.5 Hot Fix 2079 or 3.5 Patch 01 to MES 4.0 or 4.0 SP1. See TechNote 802 for the workaround. |
L00133800 |
The date/time control on the entity configuration Attributes tab in MES Web Portal is enabled only after the third click in Internet Explorer 11 when used for the first time. |
L00134069 |
On Windows 2012 and 2012 R2, adding the MES Web Portal feature through the Windows Add/Remove function after the product has been installed will result in an error from the Web Deploy Tool during the MES install. Workaround: To add/modify MES Web Portal, please use Setup.exe from the MES install media. |
L00134990 |
During a shift change, the events in the util_log table have wrong duration or a negative duration with a UCO writing events at the same time. Code changes have not been added to MES 2014 R2. If a customer still encounters this issue in the current release, they should contact Wonderware Technical Support to discuss options to address it. |
L00135391 |
Entity Model Builder is not installed when using silent installation. This can result in the following error when deploying MES objects within the AppServer IDE: OCOnnn.JobExec was not able to find a valid matching entity:Machinennn in the database, where OCOnnn and Machinennn are application objects. The workaround is to manually copy the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Wonderware\MES\EntityModelBuilder.dll to: C:\Program Files (x86)\ArchestrA\Framework\Bin\IDEExtensions\EntityModelBuilder.dll and re-start the AppServer IDE. |
L00135404 |
With the OS language set to Russian, the Entity OEE targets set in MES Client will generate a validation error but still save correctly. |
L00136892 |
(UCO) The tpm_stat update trigger doesn't update last_edit_at if the updated row is prior to the current shift. Note: Customers with this issue need to request the hotfix from Wonderware Technical Support. |
L00136956 |
For Wonderware System Platform 2014 R2 (but not earlier versions), in the OCO, the Attributes tab does not show the properties window on the right side. To correct the issue, click the Filter icon to show the filter and then click it again to collapse the filter. After this the properties window displays. Customers can also request Hotfix 139108 for Wonderware System Platform R2 Patch 01. |
L00137166, L00139703 |
(UCO) HF 136892 for 4.5 Patch 01: tpm_stat update trigger doesn't update last_edit_at if the updated row is prior to the current shift. Note: Customers with this issue need to request the hotfix from Wonderware Technical Support. |
L00137118 |
During migration of the MES database from MES version 4.5 SP1 to 5.0 SP1, there is an error associated to conflict with check constraint CK_Sample_Size. MES 2014 (version 5.0) and above prohibit this invalid configuration. The user must correct the bad data in the database and then run the migration again. |
L00138867 |
A Windows user name containing a dot (.) will not be accepted as a valid user during MES installation. This issue occurs if Wonderware MES is the first or only product installed on the computer. This special character in the user credentials can be set after the MES installation by invoking Change Network Account from the Start Menu -> Wonderware -> Common menu group. |
L00139767 |
In MES Configurator, unable to access Factory Connector configuration with a valid license installed. |
L00139780 |
Restore operation in MES Client DB Maintenance ends with "Error count" X and "Number of records processed" 0 (because of spc_rule table), but data has been moved successfully. |
L00139946 |
Stateless API call aaMES.Prod.aaJobExec.RejectProd calculates item_prod.hour_start_utc incorrectly for the new reject record. |
L00140001 |
On an OS using a comma separator instead of a period separator for numbers, when the ArchectrA IDE is first opened, the MES objects will display the period separator instead of the comma separator. If you open another editor, the MES objects will display correctly. This is an ArchestrA IDE issue. |
The Wonderware MES 2014 R2 documentation set includes the following:
The Wonderware MES 2014 R2 product library includes a set of Portable Document Files (PDFs) located in the Docs folder of the Wonderware MES installation disc. You need Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view the Wonderware MES documentation. You can download the latest version of Adobe Reader from the Adobe Corporation web site:
After installing Adobe Reader, double-click on a PDF file to view the book with Adobe Reader. You can also open a book with the Adobe Reader Open command from the File menu.
The Wonderware MES installation instructions are located in the root folder of the Wonderware MES installation disc as a PDF file and an online help file. You can view these instructions by clicking Help as you start the Wonderware MES installation procedure.
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