Discover the new
vNode v1.22
Powerful Edge and Unified Operations Data Hub for IIoT
Large-scale Historian, integrated AI, expanded industrial connectivity, and enhanced security.
Turn your industrial data into a strategic resource for operations, analytics, and AI initiatives, without complicating your architecture.
vNode 1.22 simplifies industrial data management by unifying Historian, connectivity, AI, and security on a single platform, versus traditional multi-tool architectures.
A version designed to grow with you
It incorporates a high-performance time-series Historian based on TimescaleDB, the new vNode MCP Server module to expose data to AI agents, new industrial communication modules (IEC 60870-5-104 Server, Sparkplug Host Application and EtherNet/IP Client), substantial improvements in Web Vision and a much more robust security baseline.
Key New Features
4 pillars in vNode 1.22
1. Historization and alarms
High-performance time-series Historian + more powerful alarms
Based on TimescaleDB over PostgreSQL: designed to handle millions of datapoints per second in high-frequency industrial data streams.
Disk-based Store&Forward: Data is stored locally if the database or destination is unavailable and is automatically forwarded when connectivity is restored, preventing any loss.
Total flexibility: historical on-premise, cloud or hybrid, with standard SQL access for seamless integration with BI, data lakes and AI pipelines.
Advanced alarms and better notifications:
vNode Notifier is now more advanced with WebHook support (integration with Slack, WhatsApp, Twilio, etc.)
More dynamic and flexible configuration of alarm logic for numeric, boolean, and string tags.
Multiple and customizable alarm conditions, so that alarms better reflect real plant situations and reduce false positives.
2. Artificial Intelligence
Integrate AI without re-engineering your data model: new vNode MCP Server
The new vNode MCP Server exposes your contextualized data model to AI systems/agents using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), while maintaining control and consistency of the context.
Governed, secure, and contextualized access to real-time and historical data, KPIs, and alarms.
Keep governance, security, and context intact without the need for model re-engineering for every AI initiative.
It allows you to publish both built-in and user-defined tools, prompts, and resources to accelerate adoption.
Typical use cases
- Natural language diagnostics on assets and processes.
- Automatic generation of reports and KPIs.
- AI-assisted support to operation and decision-making with OT context.
3. Connectivity and visualization
More native protocols
New connectivity modules
IEC 60870-5-104 Server to publish remote control data to SCADAs/Control Centers.
Sparkplug Host Application consumes MQTT Sparkplug data from distributed edge nodes and remote assets.
EtherNet/IP Client for simple integration with compatible PLCs (Allen-Bradley and others).
4. Security
Reinforced security baseline with native 2FA
vNode 1.22 raises the standard for security by default across the platform:
Native multi-factor authentication with TOTP (2FA) support.
Stricter password policies.
Advanced encryption.
Deprecated old TLS compatibility and legacy vNode links.
End of support for older operating systems and ARM32 architectures.
Why upgrade?
With vNode 1.22 you can:
Prepare your operational data for AI use cases with MCP Server.
Manage high-frequency time series of data with a new high-performance Historian, advanced compression, and Store & Forward.
Expand native industrial connectivity with the new IEC 60870-5-104 Server modules, Sparkplug Host Application and EtherNet/IP Client.
Strengthen security with 2FA and a stricter security baseline (robust certificates, legacy removal).
Improve visualization and engineering with Web Vision optimized for better performance and usability.
Get started today with vNode 1.22
Want to validate the upgrade in your architecture? We’ll guide you through the rollout. Contact our technical team.
FAQ
What does vNode 1.22 bring to the table compared to previous versions?
A strong focus on integration and readiness for AI use cases (MCP Server), data resilience (Historian with TimescaleDB + Store & Forward), additional industrial connectivity (IEC 60870-5-104 Server, Sparkplug Host Application, EtherNet/IP Client) and enhancements to security, advanced alarms, performance and Web Vision.
What is vNode MCP Server and what is it for?
Exposes contextualized operational data to AI agents/systems using the MCP protocol. It acts as a governed interface for secure access to real-time and historical data, KPIs, alarms, and structures, while respecting authentication, permissions and auditing. Supports built-in, user-defined tools, prompts, and resources.
Why TimescaleDB in the Historian?
It allows you to manage high-frequency time series data with PostgreSQL backend. It offers standard SQL querying, easy integration with analytics/AI, high compression to minimize storage, and Store & Forward to protect data in outages — ideal for distributed/remote deployments.
What new connectivity is included in vNode 1.22?
IEC 60870-5-104 Server (integration with SCADAs/control centers), Sparkplug Host Application (event-driven ingest of MQTT Sparkplug) and EtherNet/IP Client (drag-and-drop for compatible PLCs), complementing the existing ecosystem.
How does it improve security?
It includes native 2FA (TOTP), strict password policies, advanced encryption (4096-bit certificates and ChaCha20-Poly1305), removal of legacy TLS and legacy Links support, plus end of support for outdated OS/architectures.
Where do I find the full details?
You can access the Release Notes or download the latest software version here.
