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-- Description
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This SimApi connects to a Sartorius BioPAT® MFCS 4 system using its web API.

See the User Guide for a list of features and installation instructions.

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-- Version 1.3.0
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2024-09-10

* Make it possible to use the Batches node from desktop SIMCA to import data for
  past batches. Technically, this works now because <null> tag has been added under Batches
  to work around the limitation that SIMCA cannot handle empty batch nodes. The tag itself
  need not be used and never has any data.

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-- Version 1.2.0
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2023-04-28
* Each unit now has a $BatchId tag. It is used in SIMCA-online as a batch identifier
  tag in a project configuration, while the Batches node in the SimApi is used as the batch node.
  This enables SIMCA-online to easily execute batch projects with data from MFCS 4.
  This feature requires MFCS server version 4.10.2 or later.
* Fix failure to Extract data in SIMCA-online when selecting duplicate tags from the SimApi.
* Sort batches in Batches node on start time
* Clarified that the Batches node workaround setting added in v 1.1.1 of the SimApi is
  no longer needed for MFCS 4.10.2 and later. Changed the default to not enable this setting.
  
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-- Version 1.1.1
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2022-05-18
* Added a workaround for MFCS servers before 4.10.2 to return the right batches from
  the Batches node in the SimApi. This setting is enabled by default, but
  you need to specify the MFCS 4 server's time zone for it to work correctly.

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-- Version 1.1.0
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2021-06-09
* Perform concurrent requests for process data to improve performance for larger queries.
* The maximum number of concurrent calls defaults to 5, and can be changed in the configuration.

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-- Version 1.0.0
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2021-04-21
* Read current data and historical data for variables in the MFCS units
* Batch node functionality: obtain batch names and start- and end-times
