AnodeMeterConfig Web — v1.6.2

Changes

• 2026-10-12 — Update Packages: the Library version is now read from the "Vn" line under the readme header that names the package's own file, instead of always the topmost "Vn" line. One readme can now cover a release built for two firmware versions (for example 5.0.0.1 for firmware 3.0.2.1 and 4.4.1.4 for firmware 2.3.0.3) without the older-firmware build being published under the newer build's version. If no header matches, the topmost line is still used. Also corrected the Administration help, which still said a missing version fell back to the SDK version in the file name.
• 2026-10-06 — Help pages brought up to date: Administration help now covers the Release notes file picker, the PDF companion (and attaching or replacing one later from Download Status) and the View button for HTML items; Downloads and Manuals help describe More info, View and PDF downloads; Configuration help explains the Pot numbering option. The Changes list below also now includes three earlier changes that were missing from it (PDF companion, Pot numbering, large downloads).
• 2026-10-06 — Publish Library Content: added an optional "Release notes file" picker. Choosing a text file (for example a ReadMe holding a product's full release history) fills the Notes box with its contents, so the full history shows on every published version (under "More info" on Downloads) instead of only the latest changes. The text can be edited before publishing, and nothing is uploaded or stored from the file itself - unlike the PDF companion, it cannot change what Download delivers.
• 2026-09-21 — Added an admin-only "Update" button to Manuals/Downloads items, jumping to Publish Library Content with Area/Category/Product/Title/Visibility prefilled from that item - just set the new Version and file(s). A "Retract the previous version after publishing" checkbox (checked by default) publishes the new version first and only then permanently retracts the old one, so a failed publish never leaves a product with no version at all. Also added a standalone "Retract" button to Download Status for cleaning up old versions directly - unlike Hide, this permanently deletes the database row and stored file(s), for content (like manuals) that iterates quickly and doesn't need old versions kept around indefinitely.
• 2026-09-21 — Rewrote the WiFi Files help page - it still described an old download-dialog/toolbar-upload UI that no longer exists. Now documents the actual queued-command workflow (Command Queue, Cached File Tree, per-item actions). Also documented Gateway Settings on the Admin help page (it had no help at all), and noted on the Factory Defaults help page that opening a file via WiFi Files' "Open in Factory Defaults" makes Save write back to that meter, not a local file.
• 2026-09-18 — Publish Library Content: an item can now carry an optional PDF companion. Download then delivers the PDF while View (for HTML items) still shows the page itself, so a designed document can be published once and offered both ways. A PDF can also be attached to, or replaced on, an already-published item from Download Status. Existing items are unaffected.
• 2026-09-18 — Configuration editor: each Line now has an optional "Pot numbering" setting (Parallel or Current flow), for sites whose pot numbers run in the direction of the current instead of from a fixed reference, which made the meter's ad-hoc sequence walk some rooms backwards. Leaving it at the default changes nothing in a configuration file; it takes effect on meter firmware 4.4.1.2 or later.
• 2026-09-11 — Fixed duplicate Downloads library entries (e.g. the same firmware version listed twice) - publishing a package to the library while it's already there (via the Publish Package checkbox and then the row's "Library" button, or the button clicked twice) now gives a clear "already published" error instead of silently creating a second identical entry.
• 2026-09-10 — Downloads and Manuals: large files now download reliably. They are streamed straight from the server instead of through the page's live connection, which failed on anything beyond a few megabytes (a reconnecting banner followed by an error).
• 2026-09-09 — Manuals: the "View" button for HTML items was missing here - it only landed on the Downloads page, since Manuals is a separate page with its own copy of the library list/download code. Now has it too.
• 2026-09-09 — Downloads: HTML library items now get a "View" button alongside Download, opening in a new tab rendered inline instead of forcing a download - lets you publish designed documents (not just PDFs) to the library. Rendered with a locked-down Content-Security-Policy (no scripts, no form submissions) since it's admin-uploaded content served on the portal's own origin.
• 2026-09-09 — Update Packages: fixed the Downloads library sometimes showing a package's required SDK version (e.g. 2.3.0.3) instead of its own version. The version now comes from a "Vn" line near the top of the package's ReadMe.txt (e.g. "Vn 4.4.1.0"), used automatically by the post-hoc "Library" button and to auto-fill the "Library version" field when you drop files in the Publish Package flow (still editable, and publishing there is blocked if it's left blank with no Vn line found).
• 2026-09-08 — Gateway Settings: SQL auth is now an explicit Encrypted/Plaintext/Windows-login choice instead of an automatic one-way migration - switch modes freely for testing, and a new "Delete Plaintext Password" action (requires typing DELETE) is the actual step that removes the plaintext copy, only once Encrypted mode is confirmed working.
• 2026-09-08 — Fixed Gateway Settings failing with "setGatewayToken is not a function" in production - download.js's cache-busting query string wasn't bumped when the page shipped, so the CDN kept serving the pre-update file.
• 2026-09-08 — Admin: added a Gateway Settings page to view and update a plant gateway's database connection and auth mode remotely - the SQL password is encrypted at rest on the gateway and is never stored or displayed in the portal.
• 2026-07-22 — Admin: fixed the Users table's sortable column headers showing literal text like "Email@UserSortIndicator(...)" instead of the sort arrow.
• 2026-07-22 — Admin: the Users table is now sortable by clicking any column header.
• 2026-07-22 — Factory Defaults: clarified that Save writes straight back to a file you opened via "Open file" or dropped onto the page - only clicking to browse (instead of dropping) only imports, since browsers don't allow writing back to files picked that way.
• 2026-07-22 — About page now shows this Changes list and a version number, following semantic versioning going forward - so portal changes aren't invisible.
• 2026-07-22 — Factory Defaults: fixed Save silently writing to the wrong destination after opening a local file (it was queuing a save back to whichever meter you'd last opened a file from over WiFi Files, even for unrelated local files).
• 2026-07-21 — WiFi Files: large firmware uploads now go straight from your browser to the gateway, fixing "Connection disconnected" errors on real firmware files; fixed drag-and-drop not registering on subfolders; fixed the status line flickering during active transfers.
• 2026-07-10 — Added a Discussion board for portal users, an Unhide option for the Downloads library, and an email notification when your account is approved.
• 2026-06-30 — Update Packages: added G120/EMX .hex file support with automatic hardware-type detection, and firmware files are now compressed before pushing to plant gateways.
• 2026-06-29 — WiFi Files: fixed session loading failing on gateways with many meters or files.
• 2026-06-26 — Config editor: added cross-line pot uniqueness checks, zero-padded pot range fill, and a line-prefix button.
• 2026-06-21 — Added the Update Packages module: publish firmware bundles and push them to plant gateways.
• 2026-06-18 — Added the WiFi Files module: browse and transfer files on meter SD cards through the plant gateway.
• 2026-06-14 — Added the Factory Defaults editor module.
• 2026-06-12 — Turned the web app into a full portal: user accounts, invitations and approval, Downloads library publishing, and configuration draft autosave.
• 2026-05-03 — Added this About page.
• 2026-05-02 — Started the browser-based web portal, replacing the desktop tool for day-to-day use.