Version History

The following information lists the changes that were introduced in each tool release:

Release 10

Release name: Power Monitoring Expert - Configuration Manager 2024

Release date: Oct 2024

NOTE: Archived configurations saved with an earlier version of the Configuration Manager are not compatible with this release of the tool.
(Exception: PME 8.1 archives created with Configuration Manager 2.0.1 can be loaded and written.)

System support

Server or Machine	Version
Source	PME 7.2.2 PME 8.2 PME 9.0 PME 2020 PME 2021 PME 2022 PME 2023 PME 2024
Target	PME 2024

NOTE: Upgrades and migrations between different architectures are also supported (Standalone -> Distributed Database, Distributed Database -> Standalone)

New features

Support for all localized versions of PME.

Release 9

Release name: Power Monitoring Expert - Configuration Manager 2023

Release date: July 2023

System support

Server or Machine	Version
Source	PME 7.2.2 PME 8.2 PME 9.0 PME 2020 PME 2021 PME 2022 PME 2023
Target	PME 2023

NOTE: Upgrades and migrations between different architectures are also supported (Standalone -> Distributed Database, Distributed Database -> Standalone)

New features

Support for all localized versions of PME.

Release 8

Release name: Power Monitoring Expert - Configuration Manager 2022

Release date: August 2022

System support

Server or Machine	Version
Source	PME 7.2.2 PME 8.2 PME 9.0 PME 2020 PME 2021 PME 2022
Target	PME 2022

NOTE: Upgrades and migrations between different architectures are also supported (Standalone -> Distributed Database, Distributed Database -> Standalone)

New features

Support for all localized versions of PME.

Release 7

Release name: Power Monitoring Expert - Configuration Manager 2021

Release date: May 2021

System support

Server or Machine	Version
Source	PME 7.2.2 PME 8.2 PME 9.0 PME 2020 PME 2021
Target	PME 2021

NOTE: Upgrades and migrations between different architectures are also supported (Standalone -> Distributed Database, Distributed Database -> Standalone)

New features

Support for all localized versions of PME.

Release 6

Release name: Power Monitoring Expert - Configuration Manager 2020

Release date: Nov 2019

System support

Server or Machine	Version
Source	PME 7.2.2 PME 8.2 PME 9.0 PME 2020
Target	PME 2020

NOTE: Upgrades and migrations between different architectures are also supported (Standalone -> Distributed Database, Distributed Database -> Standalone)

New features

Support for upgrades and migrations between different architectures.

Release 5

Release name: Power Monitoring Expert - Configuration Manager 9.0

Release date: Aug 2018

System support

Server or Machine	Version
Source	PME 7.2.2 PME 8.2 PME 9.0
Target	PME 9.0

NOTE: Only upgrades and migrations within the same architecture are supported (Standalone -> Standalone, Distributed Database -> Distributed Database)

New features

Support for all PME Editions.
Support for all localized versions of PME.

Release 4

Release name: Power Monitoring Expert - Configuration Manager 2.1.0

Release date: April 2017

NOTE: Archived configurations saved with an earlier version of the Configuration Manager are not compatible with this release of the tool.

System support

Server or Machine	Version
Source	ION Enterprise 6.0.1 PME 7.2.2 PME 8.2
Target	PME 8.2

NOTE: Only Standalone system architectures are supported, except for ION Enterprise 6.0.1 Distributed Database systems, which can be upgraded to PME 8.2 Distributed Database.

Release 3

Release name: Power Monitoring Expert - Configuration Manager 2.0.0

Release date: August 2016

NOTE: Archived configurations saved with an earlier version of the Configuration Manager are not compatible with this release of the tool.

System support

Server or Machine	Version
Source	ION Enterprise 6.0.1 PME 7.2.2 PME 8.1
Target	PME 8.1

NOTE: Only Standalone system architectures are supported.

New features

Support for migrating historical data.
Support for more configurable items.

Release 2

Release name: Power Monitoring Expert - Configuration Manager 1.1.0

Release date: April 2015

NOTE: Archived configurations saved with an earlier version of the Configuration Manager are not compatible with this release of the tool.

System support

Server or Machine	Version
Source	PME 7.2.2
Target	PME 7.2.2

NOTE: Only Standalone system architectures are supported.

New features

Adding Notes to a Configuration.
Adding Attachments to a Configuration.
Smart Disk Space warns you when free disc space is low.

Improvements

General

Archive file path and name length can be any length; it is no longer restricted to 256 characters.
Improved error messaging.
ETL sources are read, saved, and written as historical sources.
WebReach Start-up diagrams and Vista start-up diagrams are now supported.
A hierarchy is always written to the target system, even if it contains broken device references.

User Interface

Improved messaging and workflows to indicate when services are stopped and restarted.
Renamed the 'Diagrams' configuration component to 'Customized Diagrams' to better convey that the tool reads and writes new and edited diagrams only.
Improved tool workflows when operations are completed or canceled.
The Configuration Manager now displays the Report Subscription's description field:
Log pane – Added more detail to log messages and improved log message wording.
Log pane – Changed the default initial sort to show newest log messages first.

Reports

Reports that were deleted from Custom Report Packs are no longer imported into the target system.
Default report sharing is supported.

Release 1

Initial release.

Release name: Power Monitoring Expert - Configuration Manager 1.0.0

Release date: November 2014

System support

Server or Machine	Version
Source	PME 7.2.2
Target	PME 7.2.2

NOTE: Only Standalone system architectures are supported.