Shop Floor Connect for Teamcenter Release 2020.3 - October 2020

The new Shop Floor Connect for Teamcenter version 2020.3 is released and now available. Please look below for the enhancements and changes of the different modules.

The release is available for all customers with maintenance agreement and access to our Customer Information Center (CIC) for download (please create a release activity).

Customers who do not have access to our CIC platform and want to download the software over CIC have to require access over the following link. Please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you want the release on a data medium. Direct Siemens PLM Software customers can get the release from the GTAC download area.

This Shop Floor Connect Release 2020.3 supports all Teamcenter UA versions from 9.1 up to the actual version Teamcenter 12.x.

Urgent Service notes

• DNC Connect only supports the actual NX versions who are under maintenance from Siemens.
• For customers who want to update on the Teamcenter 11.3 version or higher: From TC 11.3 and on, a new license verification will be done upon the creation of manufacturing objects like MEProcess, MEOP, MEWorkArea and their sub-types (including custom types). This check will be done on server side per Teamcenter policy and to ensure license verification. It will use two new feature keys: 1) mfg_planning_lite for verifying MEProcess, MEOP and their sub-types 2) mfg_plant_author for verifying MEWorkArea and its sub-types.
  This new license check will be done in addition to other license verification that exists today. If you don't find them in your Teamcenter 11.3 or higher license key please get in contact with Siemens PLM.
• The new UI Shop Floor Connect Active DNC drop support of Internet Explorer 11 and older! Please use Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or the new Microsoft Edge Browser!
• The SFC Release 2020.4 is skipped. The next release will be in January 2021 version number 2021.1.
  
  

Shop Floor Connect /DNC Connect / 3rd Party Integration / API

Enhancements

• SFC administration page (/tcw/admin) now support login via TCSS (Teamcenter Security Service).
• Login to the MI administration (/tcw/admin) can now be restricted to a specific Teamcenter group and/or role.
• Login to the MI administration (/tcw/admin) can now be restricted to a specific Teamcenter group and/or role.
• Access to the SFC API (via URL '/tcdnc/*') is now limited to requests from localhost by default. The allowed IP range is configurable.
• New cache version V2 for failover. This version now supports the new JSON data elements. This new version is supported by ActiveDNC, but not by the previous WebClient. The two cache versions are not compatible. A migration is not possible. The two versions cannot be operated simultaneously.
• ActiveDNC: Support of the new SFCCacheV2 for failover mode.
• SFCWorkpackage_conf.xml: The bl_item_object_type and bl_is_occ_suppressed attributes have been added to the BOMLine element.
• The following functions now support data retrieval from SFCCacheV2:
  * SFC_ExecuteQuery_20182
  * SFC_ExportFileOfDataset_20141
  * SFC_RequestSFCWorkpackage_20174
  * SOAPGetFileOfDataset
• Upgrade internal Tomcat to version 9.0.37.
• In the SFCWorkpackage_conf.xml the attribute "current_id" was inserted in the "SFCWorkpackage".
• Upgrade of the internal Java to version 11.0.8 (only Windows).
  Change (minimal) required Java version on Linux platform from 8 to 11.
• The following operating systems are no longer supported:
  * HP-UX 11i
• The following Windows operating systems are no longer supported:
  * Windows 2003 Server
  * Windows 7
  * Windows 8 (.1)
  * Windows 2008 (R2) Server

Bugfixes/Changes

• MI-Administration: Transaction support when saving an MI configuration to restore the previous configuration in case of an error.
• Fixed a problem when synchronizing the configuration which caused the process to be aborted and the remaining machine interface configurations were not loaded.
• MI-Administration: Transaction support when saving a workplace configuration to restore the previous configuration in case of an error.
• A problem in SFC_RM_RequestResourcePackage_20171 was fixed which caused a NullPointerException if Teamcenter could not determine a suitable revision for a BOMLine using the configured revision rule.
• ActiveDNC: The input field in the upload and import dialog for the activity name can now be set to a fixed value and the HTML input field can be set to hidden. So the fixed value is always used and the input field is no longer displayed.
• Additional refresh calls were added to "Reload configuration" due to the fact that a changed workstation-specific configuration was only loaded after a service restart.
  
  

MMR Service

Enhancements

• Support of BOM of Tool Master Data (Tool Assembly).
• Support of Tool components.

Bugfixes/Changes

• Support for custom attributes for components and master data.
• MRL_MMR: Moved location of default configuration files into directory \conf\MRL_MMR\defaults
• Replace MRL2MMR.mapping.properties with MRL2MMR.mapping.assembly.classes.properties and MRL2MMR.mapping.assembly.files.properties.
  
  

MI-Server

Enhancements

• Upgrade internal Tomcat to version 9.0.37.
• Update of the used CIFS library. It contains bug fixes to improve support for the SMB2 protocol.
  
  

Subject to change without notice.

Shop Floor Connect for Teamcenter Release 2020.2 - June 2020

The new Shop Floor Connect for Teamcenter version 2020.2 is released and now available. Please look below for the enhancements and changes of the different modules.

The release is available for all customers with maintenance agreement and access to our Customer Information Center (CIC) for download (please create a release activity).

Customers who do not have access to our CIC platform and want to download the software over CIC have to require access over the following link. Please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you want the release on a data medium. Direct Siemens PLM Software customers can get the release from the GTAC download area.

This Shop Floor Connect Release 2020.2 supports all Teamcenter UA versions from 9.x up to the actual version Teamcenter 12.x.

Urgent Service notes

• DNC Connect only supports the actual NX versions who are under maintenance from Siemens.
• For customers who want to update on the Teamcenter 11.3 version or higher: From TC 11.3 and on, a new license verification will be done upon the creation of manufacturing objects like MEProcess, MEOP, MEWorkArea and their sub-types (including custom types). This check will be done on server side per Teamcenter policy and to ensure license verification. It will use two new feature keys:
  1) mfg_planning_lite for verifying MEProcess, MEOP and their sub-types
  2) mfg_plant_author for verifying MEWorkArea and its sub-types.
• This new license check will be done in addition to other license verification that exists today. If you don't find them in your Teamcenter 11.3 or higher license key please get in contact with Siemens Digital Industries Software
• The new UI Shop Floor Connect Active DNC drop support of Internet Explorer 11 and older! Please use Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or the new Microsoft Edge Browser!

Shop Floor Connect / DNC Connect / 3rd Party Integration / API

Enhancements

• ActiveDNC: New functionality to open a file with an external program (download and open).
• ActiveDNC: It is now possible to configure the dataset types which should be used for the determination of the preview image.
• ActiveDNC: By clicking on an element in the list of search results, the contents of a work package (the datasets) can now be loaded to show additional files as a preview.
• ActiveDNC: New functionality to compare two files.
• ActiveDNC: When importing, it is now possible to configure the relation type to be used under which the newly created dataset is saved in the ItemRevision.
• In the (old) WebClient a redirection to ActiveDNC can now be configured in the configuration file.
• New configuration key "Dataset.ASCII.Formats" to define the possible values that identify the files contained in the dataset as ASCII or text files.

Bugfixes/Changes

• ActiveDNC: Bugfixing when accessing revisions of the BOM in the "Resources" tab.
• Fixed an issue where datasets attached to a MEOP revision were no longer displayed in ActiveDNC when the relationship used (between dataset and MEOP revision) is configured to display by pseudo folders.
• Fixed a issue where a NullPointerException occurred when searching for the dataset containing the preview image.
• ActiveDNC: Bugfixing in the upload dialog.
• ActiveDNC: Bugfixing in the import dialog.
• ActiveDNC: Bugfixing in the workshop programming when editing files.
• ActiveDNC: Optimization of the logging.

MI-Server

Enhancements

• Upgrade internal Tomcat to version 9.0.31.

Subject to change without notice!

Shop Floor Connect for Teamcenter Release 2020.1 - March 2020

The new Shop Floor Connect for Teamcenter version 2020.1 is released and now available. Please look below for the enhancements and changes of the different modules.

The release is available for all customers with maintenance agreement and access to our Customer Information Center (CIC) for download (please create a release activity).

Customers who do not have access to our CIC platform and want to download the software over CIC have to require access over the following link. Please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you want the release on a data medium. Direct Siemens PLM Software customers can get the release from the GTAC download area.

This Shop Floor Connect Release 2020.1 supports all Teamcenter UA versions from 9.x up to the actual version Teamcenter 12.x.

Urgent Service notes

• DNC Connect only supports the actual NX versions who are under maintenance from Siemens.
• For customers who want to update on the Teamcenter 11.3 version or higher: From TC 11.3 and on, a new license verification will be done upon the creation of manufacturing objects like MEProcess, MEOP, MEWorkArea and their sub-types (including custom types). This check will be done on server side per Teamcenter policy and to ensure license verification. It will use two new feature keys:
  1) mfg_planning_lite for verifying MEProcess, MEOP and their sub-types
  2) mfg_plant_author for verifying MEWorkArea and its sub-types.
• • Attention: From this Shop Floor Connect Active DNC version on, Microsoft Internet Explorer is no longer supported!

This new license check will be done in addition to other license verification that exists today. If you don't find them in your Teamcenter 11.3 or higher license key please get in contact with Siemens Digital Industries Software

Shop Floor Connect /DNC Connect / 3rd Party Integrator / API

Enhancements

• ActiveDNC: The display of a status property can now be customized depending on the value (for example: bold).
• ActiveDNC: The status of the work package is now also displayed in the header line.
• ActiveDNC: The font for displaying a text file (e.g. NC program) has been changed to Courier.
• Upgrade internal Tomcat to version 9.0.31.
• New API function: SFC_DataManagement_SetToolActivities_20201

Bugfixes/Changes

• ActiveDNC: Fixed an issue where a MEOPRevision failed to load if a BOM line can't access the ItemRevision due to missin revision rule(s).
• ActiveDNC: Fixed a problem that prevented login using TCSS.
• ActiveDNC: Fixed a issue where a workpackage could not be loaded if a dataset is directly available in the root_activity.
• When evaluating MENCToolActivities, MRL tools that are stored as occurrence type "MEResource" in the BOM of a MENCMachining revision are now also included. (NX: static holder).
• AutoLogin is now disabled by default after installation.
• WebClient: Fixed an issue that could cause the creation of a new revision of a work package to be triggered twice.
• The ShopFloorConnect TEM feature is now only shown in the initialization dialog as an optional feature. If SFC is only installed and configured for CAM integration, the ShopFloorConnect TEM feature is sometimes not necessary.
• ActiveDNC: Redesign of UI to match Siemens Web Framework (UI Pattern Library v3.3.0).

Subject to change without notice!

Shop Floor Connect for Teamcenter Release 2019.4 - November 2019

The new Shop Floor Connect for Teamcenter version 2019.4 is released and now available. Please look below for the enhancements and changes of the different modules.

The release is available for all customers with maintenance agreement and access to our Customer Information Center (CIC) for download (please create a release activity).

Customers who do not have access to our CIC platform and want to download the software over CIC have to require access over the following link. Please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you want the release on a data medium. Direct Siemens PLM Software customers can get the release from the GTAC download area.

This Shop Floor Connect Release 2019.4 supports all Teamcenter UA versions from 9.x up to the actual version Teamcenter 12.x.

Urgent Service notes

• DNC Connect only supports the actual NX versions who are under maintenance from Siemens.
• For customers who want to update on the Teamcenter 11.3 version or higher: From TC 11.3 and on, a new license verification will be done upon the creation of manufacturing objects like MEProcess, MEOP, MEWorkArea and their sub-types (including custom types). This check will be done on server side per Teamcenter policy and to ensure license verification. It will use two new feature keys:
  1) mfg_planning_lite for verifying MEProcess, MEOP and their sub-types
  2) mfg_plant_author for verifying MEWorkArea and its sub-types.
  
  This new license check will be done in addition to other license verification that exists today. If you don't find them in your Teamcenter 11.3 or higher license key please get in contact with Siemens PLM.

Shop Floor Connect /DNC Connect / 3rd Party Integration / API

Enhancements

• ActiveDNC: It's now possible to import files into a MENCProgram folder (activity) even if the revision has a release status. Previously, the command was inactive in this case.
• ActiveDNC: Redesign of the upload function. The upload can now be started directly from the work package view.
• ActiveDNC: First version of ShopFloor programming.
• ActiveDNC: It's now possible to create a client dependend configuration based on its remote IP address.
• Change configuration storage type from Form to Dataset for MTC (MachineToolClient / MachineInterface). The existing configuration will not be converted during update. This is done the next time the configuration of an MI is saved.
• New API function: SFC_DataManagement_RemoveElement_20194
• New API function: SFC_DataManagement_SaveAsNew_20194
• New API function: SFC_DataManagement_Revise_20194

Bugfixes/Changes

• ActiveDNC: Fixed an issue where pool session instead of current logged in Teamcenter session was used to store uploaded files into Teamcenter.

MI-Server

Enhancement

• The minimum required Java version is now 8.

Bugfixes/Changes

• Rework of local (virtual) serial COM device support. Replaced RX/TX library with JSerialComm.
• MTCFilter.jar was missing in the last build. It's now available.
• CompressDirForDNCType includes now empty folders in a created ZIP archive on upload.
• If CompressDirForDNCType is enabled for a DNCType, it's now possible to define a file extension for the created and uploaded Archive in the MI Administration page (Direct configuration - Upload file extension).
• Revision of function "CheckConnection": Connection is now checked via ICMP ECHO REQUEST or TCP port 7 (echo) to determine if connected machine is online.

Subject to change without notice!