Release notes

PI Connector for FANUC Focas

1.2.2.26

Overview

The PI Connector for FANUC Focas allows monitoring of computer numeric control (CNC) machines that support the FANUC Focas communication standard. FANUC Focas is a software library that can be embedded into software applications and allows software applications to establish communication with the CNC machines via Ethernet.

The FANUC Focas communication standard provides a wide range of functions that provide access to process related information stored inside the machine. PI Connector for FANUC Focas incorporates the FANUC Focas library as part of its communication operations and retrieves data from any CNC machines supporting this standard. The connector models a CNC machine by creating a PI AF hierarchy/structure in PI Asset Framework, and PI points in PI Data Archive.

Fixes and Enhancements

Fixes

There are no fixes with this release.

Enhancements

Compilation with the latest connector framework version – v2.7.0.

Known Issues

There are no known issues with this release.

System Requirements

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 64-bit 8.1 and later.

Server Platforms

This release supports Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and later.

Distribution Kit Files

Installation and Upgrade

Installing PI Connector for FANUC Focas

The PI Connector for FANUC Focas can be installed or upgraded using the installation kit. This installation kit can be obtained by using the How to Download Products link listed in the OSIsoft Customer Portal How To's list. This list is located on the OSIsoft Customer Portal site.

For additional information regarding the PI Connector for FANUC Focas installation, refer to Install the connector in the user guide. The user guide is located in the PI Connectors section of the Doc Library.

Uninstalling PI Connector for FANUC Focas

The PI Connector for FANUC Focas can be uninstalled using the Programs and Features list accessible from the Windows Control Panel. After accessing the Programs and Features list, select the PI Connector for FANUC Focas and then select Uninstall to uninstall the interface.

Security information and guidance

We are committed to releasing secure products. This section is intended to provide relevant security-related information to guide your installation or upgrade decision.

We proactively disclose aggregate information about the number and severity of security vulnerabilities addressed in each release. The tables below provide an overview of security issues addressed and their relative severity based on standard scoring.

No additional security vulnerabilities are applicable to this release.

Overview of New Vulnerabilities Found or Fixed

This release of PI Connector for FANUC Focas contains two (2) reported security issues.

This table lists the known vulnerabilities along with their mitigation in this product.

Microsoft Software Security Defenses

In addition to finding and fixing security bugs within the PI Connector for FANUC Focas, it is equally critical that we leverage security defenses provided by the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler that builds it and the Microsoft Windows operating system that runs it. Over the past decade, Microsoft has continually added new defenses and improved existing defenses with successive versions of the compiler and the operating system. To learn more about many of these key defenses, consult the Microsoft white paper, Mitigating Software Vulnerabilities (https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/0/5/505646ED-5EDF-4E23-8E84-6119E4BF82E0/Mitigating_Software_Vulnerabilities.pdf)