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ICG Solution
Converge
CONVERGE 3.8.5
RELEASE NOTESCONVERGE 3.8.5.0
Published: 15th
September 2014 Landis+Gyr s.r.o
Plzesk3185/5a
150 00 Prague 5
Czech Republic
+420 251 119 511
www.landisgyr.com
Copyright Landis+Gyr 2014
All rights reserved
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1 Table of contents
1 Table of contents .............................................................................................................. 1
2 About Release ................................................................................................................... 23 Release Scope ................................................................................................................... 2
4 Release History ................................................................................................................. 3
5 Product Lifecycle ............................................................................................................... 3
6 Supported platforms ......................................................................................................... 4
7 Deployment scenarios ...................................................................................................... 5
8 Oracle Exadata Ready: target 500 000 MPs ..................................................................... 6
9 Changes in licensing, license file and related features ..................................................... 8
9.1 New license file format .................................................................................................. 89.2 New feature to apply license file ................................................................................... 8
9.3 Built-in license ............................................................................................................... 8
9.4 New licensing policy ...................................................................................................... 9
9.5 Existing license transition .............................................................................................. 9
10 Remote Connect/Disconnect .......................................................................................... 10
11 Billing Values Audit ......................................................................................................... 10
12 Excel Report output formats .......................................................................................... 10
13 Scheduled Events Manager ............................................................................................ 11
14 Multi-Utility support ....................................................................................................... 11
15 Supported Devices .......................................................................................................... 12
16 Legacy Features and Obsolete Components .................................................................. 14
17 Compatibility................................................................................................................... 15
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2 About Release
Converge 3.8.5 is the latest release of Landis+Gyr Grid stream ICG Solution Converge 3.8.
Key benefits of the new version are:
Increased maximum number of remotely acquired metering points to 500 000
Oracle Exadata Readycertified
Support of latest platforms and technology:
Windows Server 2012 R2
Oracle 12c
Excel 2013
Support for remote connect/disconnect
Enhanced auditability on user changes to meter data
Better support for Multi-Utility customers
Ready for Smart Metering point-to-point data collection
Released: September 2014
3 Release Scope
Converge 3.8.5 is generally available with no restrictions.
This release is designated for:
Newinstallation
Migrationto new hardware and platforms (x64)
Upgradefrom former version (supported: 3.7.x, 3.6.x, 3.6, 3.5.2).
Please contact CSC to plan the upgrade.
Upgrade from older version on request, please consult with CSC.
Updateof existing Converge 3.8 to the latest version
For upgrade, please contact Landis+Gyr Customer Services Center in Prague, Czech Republic atfollowing contact:
Dalibor Janckulk
Head Customer Services CenterLandis+Gyr PragueOffice : + 420 251 119 559Mobile : + 420 724 391 [email protected] energy better
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6 Supported platforms
Converge 3.8.5 introduces support for latest technology and platforms.
Windows Server 2012 R2 Oracle Database 12c
Microsoft Excel 2013
Following table lists supported platforms Converge 3.8.5 is designated for.
Platform Note
Application
server
Operating system:
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2
Virtualization:
VMware
Hyper-V
English
Latest service packs and patches applied
Database
Database:
Oracle 12c (12.1)
Oracle 11g R2 (11.2)
High Availability:
Oracle RAC Oracle DataGuard
High-Tech:
Oracle Exadata
Any platform supported by Oracle
Oracle Exadata Ready certified
Browser
Internet Explorer 11 (32-bit)
Internet Explorer 10 (32-bit)
Internet Explorer 9 (32-bit)
IE11 strongly recommended
Latest security patches applied
Compatibility View mode disabled
IE8 and older not supported
64-bit versions not supported
Excel
Excel 2013
Excel 2010
Excel 2007
OpenXML format (xlsx, xlsm, xlsb) fully
supported
Output to PDF or XPS available
Recommended 32-bit (x86) version *)
*) Refer to Microsoft Support article Choose the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Office.
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7 Deployment scenarios
As a mission-critical application, Converge 3.8.5 is designed for and supports different
deployment scenarios addressing following goals or its combinations:
High Availability
Disaster Recovery
Data-Loss Protection
High Performance
Scalability
Below is a brief description of some existing production deployments Converge 3.8.5 is
perfectly suitable for. There is always at least one reference to a real production system for
each scenario.
Details about target architecture of the solution are outside the scope of this document.
Cold
StandBy
Utilizes:
Oracle DataGuard
Primary Database with on-line replication
to StandBy Database.
Redundant application servers1:1 server
installation, cold standby servers ready to
startusing StandBy database after
Switchoveror Failoverevent.
Load
Balancing
+
Fast
Failover on
surviving
nodes
Utilizes
Oracle RAC
VMware ESX server
Database operations secured with Oracle
Real Application Cluster configured for
Load Balancing and Connection Failover.
Application server on hypervisor with
dynamic on-demand resource allocation,
certain capacity always reserved.
Spare VM images for quick fully automated
restore of failed nodes.
GeoCluster
Utilizes:
Hyper-V Server
Hardware online
replication
Primary and Backup sites geographically
dislocated.
Application servers virtualized.
Online hardware replication (bit mirroring)
of whole storage containing both database
as well as virtual machines.
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Instant Register
Values
Value every day
5 instant register per MP
Total Instant register Value variables:
2 500 000
Total Values (10 years):9 125 000 000
Outcome:
1. Almost instant responses of the user interface of the Gridstream Converge Data
Acquisition.
2. Seamless behaviour of the Gridstream Converge on Oracle Exada platform.
Results: Landis+Gyr Gridstream Converge certified
Gridstream CONVERGE3.8.5
500 000 MPs
R E A D Y
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9 Changes in licensing, license file and related features
Licenseis a term referring to the rightto use software, its components or features. It is rather
a legal term and usually there is an agreement (EULA) which defines subjects of the license.
License fileis electronic evidence of the license. When applied to the system, the license file
controls which components and features are available in what extent; and those end-users are
not entitled to use are hidden.
Converge 3.8.5 introduces new license file formatand comes with new feature to apply it to
the system. There is also built-in license, a default limited license available when no other
license file is applied.
9.1 New license file format
The license file is newly protected against unauthorized modifications by employing digital
signature, providing enhanced security and authenticity of the file.
Formerly issued license files require re-issuing. Ask for your current license in new license file
format at your Landis+Gyr support contact. The file will be provided free of charge.
9.2 New feature to apply license file
Formerly the license file was applied during installation; updates required server administrator
with specific skills to do it.
Newly the license file is applied to the system through standard Converge user interface (GUI),
which does not require server administrator to be involved in license update. Also the license
file is not needed during installation.
The main benefit of this new approach is the ability to separate server administration from
license management; a fundamental requirement in case of outsourced application hosting.
Next benefit is the simplicity and intuitive usage which does not require any specific skills.
Converge standard security mechanism is used to control which user has permission to update
a license.
9.3 Built-in license
Starting with Converge 3.8.5, when the system is installed for the first time (including upgrade
or update from previous version), a built-in license is in effect.
The built-in license is in effect until first legal license file is applied.
This built-in license is limited in its use and is intended only for demonstration or testing
purposes.
Additional use of the built-in license is to power up the system for the time being before
proper license file is issued and applied.
Especially this comes in handy when performing upgrade from former version or brand-new
system installation.
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The built-in license shall not be used for production environments.
9.4 New licensing policy
Converge 3.8.5 applies new licensing policy introduced in Converge 3.8 as published byLandis+Gyr.
Users
Changed from number of concurrentusers to number of total definedusers.
In Converge 3.8 number of licensed users expresses a maximum number of user
accounts which can be defined in the system.
Servers
In Converge 3.8 number of DA servers in the system is licensed. Number of DA
servers is always determined by volume, frequency, number of parallel
communication channels and given time range of the data acquisition.
Drivers
In Converge 3.8 every different type of metering device is supported and licensed
separately. New licensing model is based on manufacturer and device type; opposite
to former protocol-based licensing.
For more details about licensing refer to Landis+Gyr Gridstream Converge License Policy
statement.
9.5 Existing license transition
Existing licenses need to be transitioned into the new policy.
For details, please contact your local Landis+Gyr sales representative or contact Landis+Gyr
Czech Republic Sales Department [email protected].
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10 Remote Connect/Disconnect
Converge 3.8.5 introduces support for use case of remote connection or disconnection of the
meter.
Remote Connect/Disconnect is implemented as
Relay Controlfor following devices:
Landis+Gyr E650 DLMS
Landis+Gyr E550 DLMS
Disconnector(formerly called Breaker) for:
Landis+Gyr E350 DLMS/GPRS
11 Billing Values Audit
Audit and change history was available in Converge prior 3.8.5 for load profile values only.
Starting with Converge 3.8.5, audit and change history is available for billing values too in the
same fashion as for load profile values; that is any change is recorded with timestamp, user
name, old and new value and a text description of a reason of the change.
12 Excel Report output formats
Converge 3.8.5 fully supports new Excel spreadsheet formats according to OpenXML
standards.
Following Excel spreadsheet formats are supported:
Macro-Free (xlsx)
Macro-Enabled (xlsm)
Binary (xlsb)
It also newly adds output to PDF or XPS. No special license is needed to produce PDF reports.
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13 Scheduled Events Manager
The Scheduled Events Manager is tool which helps an end user to create and maintain Active
Elements Scheduled Events in data processing of Converge. The Scheduled Events Manager
has an extensive search and filtration capabilities helping to select proper set of Active
Elements with respective Scheduled Events. On the result of the search can be applied set of
actions like execute, add, edit or delete scheduled events. All actions can be executed on
specific Active Element (Scheduled event) or in the batch mode for group of Scheduled Events.
Scheduled Events Manager is fully integrated to existing Converge UI, all result grid columns
support sorting and full text filtering or filtering with combo boxes with selection of available
values. For quick select/deselect of all records or whole page there is a set of links on the top
of the window.
Scheduled Events Manager is licensed feature.
14 Multi-Utility support
Converge 3.8.5 enhances already existing multi-utility support by providing ability to define
categories of virtual meters supporting ability to define different sets of fields and attributes
for each category.
This feature consolidates already existing demand from customers, which used to be
implemented using customer specific-attributes on custom templates.
By consolidating it Converge 3.8.5 is ready for further extensions to common requests of multi-
utility customers enabling standardized development of features with high degree ofreusability, making the implementation costs significantly reduced.
Besides traditional categories Electricity, Gas and Heat supported by wide range of
device drivers, few other relevant categories were added to complete the portfolio. New
categories must be made visible after the installation; otherwise they do not appear in the
system. Similarly, when by default visible categories are irrelevant, they shall be hidden.
Converge 3.8.5 supports following multi-utility categories:
Category Visible by default
Electricity Meter Yes
Gas Meter Yes
Heat Meter Yes
Cold Meter No
Water Meter No
Oil Meter No
Note: There is one device on Supported Meters List whose manufacturer primarily designates it
as Oil Meter.
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15 Supported Devices
Following table is an excerpt of Supported Meters List. It contains drivers recently re-tested
and validated in Converge 3.8.5. Newly added devices are marked.
Manufacturer Device Type Protocol
Landis+Gyr E850 DLMS
Landis+Gyr E750 SyM2/SML
Landis+Gyr E650 DLMS, VDEW
Landis+Gyr E550 DLMS, VDEW
Landis+Gyr E350 DLMS
Landis+Gyr S650 DLMS
Landis+Gyr T550 M-Bus
Landis+Gyr FAF SCTM
Landis+Gyr FAG SCTM
Landis+Gyr FBC SCTM
Landis+Gyr FCL SCTM
Landis+Gyr FFC DL719
Landis+Gyr EKM640 SCTM
Landis+Gyr Metcom SCTM
Landis+Gyr EM1210 Kingfisher
Landis+Gyr EM3030 Kingfisher
Landis+Gyr EM5300 Kingfisher
Landis+Gyr EM5400 Kingfisher 1.5Itron SL7000 DLMS
Itron ACE6000 DLMS
Itron DC4 DLMS, VDEW
Actaris Corus CORUS
Schlumberger DC3 VDEW
Schlumberger SEVC-D SEVC-D
Elster A1800 DLMS
Elster A1882 ANSI C12.21
Elster A1700 FLAG
Elster A2500 VDEW
Elster A1500 VDEW
Elster AS1440 VDEW
Elster A1350 VDEW
Elster EK280 LIS200
Elster EK260 LIS200
Elster DL230 LIS200
Elster DL240 LIS200
Elster DL220 LIS200
Elster DL210 LIS200
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AEM CST DLMS, IEC1107
AEM CEET IEC1107
EMH LZQJ VDEW, DLMS
EMH LZQJ-XC DLMS
EDMI Mk10 Atlas EDMI
EDMI Mk6 Genius EDMI
EDMI Mk3 Papillion EDMI
Power Measurement Ltd. ION 8600 ION
Power Measurement Ltd. ION 8400 ION
Cewe Instrument CewePrometer IEC1107
EnergyICT WebRTU DukePower
ZPA Inmat M-Bus
Kamstrup Multical M-Bus
Kamstrup MGY8 SCTM
Siemens PAC4200 ModBUS
Texelektronik KHM ModBUS
Turbo Team KHM-DS-1000 ModBUS
Pietro Fiorentini Di-Log ModBUS
Datawatt Datawatt MRTU SCTM
Luna LUN4
Makel T300
Viko VEM T5100
For complete listing of all devices and supported features, please refer to Supported Meters
Listdocument.
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16 Legacy Features and Obsolete Components
Following table list legacy components or features, which are considered obsolete and its use
is deprecated. Once a component or feature is marked as legacy, it is still kept in the system
for certain period of time to keep backward compatibility and giving enough time to evaluate
transition or adjustment onto new recommended components or features.
Component or Feature Information
PDF reports
Separately licensed feature to enable Excel Report
output to PDF using 3rd
party software (licensed
separately).
In Converge 3.8.5, Excel Report output to PDF has
been introduced using native capability of Excel
2007/2010/2013.
Use this new feature instead
No additional license required
No additional 3rdparty software needs to be
installed, maintained and properly licensed
Live Connect
Use Quickjobinstead, which is fully featured,
preferred way of on-demand interaction with remote
devices.
As of Converge 3.8, Quickjob fully covers all formerLive Connect use-cases.
Live Connect is not maintained or developed
anymore; newly added device drivers are not and will
not be compatible with Live Connect.
Live Connect is retained in the system as is to
provide users enough time to start using Quickjob to
complete all tasks they were used to complete by Live
Connect in former versions.
By default, Live Connect is not accessible in Converge
3.8.5. For existing customers migrating to Converge
3.8.5 from older version, Live Connect can be made
available again on request. In this case, please note it
when requesting re-generation of license file.
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COM+ interface
ADASDeviceAndMeterData
COM+ interfaceADASDeviceAndMeterData has been
marked as obsolete in Converge 3.3.
Please use recommended and supported COM+interfaces as replacement.
COM+ interfaceADASDeviceAndMeterData is still kept
in the system, yet correctness of data returned by its
method calls cannot be quarantined.
Please contact CSC for help replacing your specific
programmatic constructs.
17 Compatibility
Converge 3.8.5 provides compatibility at published COM+ interface level to the same extent as
former version with no difference to these interfaces.
Note that COM+ component ADASDeviceAndMeterData is obsolete since version 3.3 and
shall not be used anymore. It is not guaranteed that methods of this component return correct
and expected data.
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