FrameworX 10.1 Update 5b is the latest release in the 10.1 platform — delivered June 5, 2026, as a free upgrade for every FrameworX 10.x customer. It builds on Update 5 (May 2026), the largest single release in the product’s history: .NET 10 runtime, deeply integrated AI authoring, industrial-ontology-aware Unified Namespace, three new database connectors, REST APIs, OIDC single sign-on, and a fully drivable Designer for AI assistants.

Release Notes → Update 5b

FrameworX 10.1 Update 5b — June 5, 2026

Update 5 was the largest single release in the product’s history. The Update themes:

  • AI Integration — Local AI service, in-product Chat, drivable Designer for any MCP client, AI Tutor with completion certificates.
  • AI Chat — Multi-Provider Support — simultaneous support for Local AI, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT-4o, Google Gemini, and Azure OpenAI, with streaming responses and richer conversation UX.
  • Industrial Ontology — RDF/OWL imports and exports, semantic metadata on every Tag and UserType, one-click Knowledge Graph reports, new portable graph control.
  • New Connectors — MongoDB and QuestDB as unified four-role/three-role drivers; Sorba.AI for machine-learning workloads; advanced MQTT Sparkplug B options, SiemensPlus (Cross-PLataform Siemens Driver).
  • Enterprise IT & Security — TServer and TWebServices Kubernetes probes, SolutionCenter API v1, Runtime REST API v1, OIDC / OAuth2 SSO, Tatsoft.FrameworX PowerShell module, command-line upgrader.
  • Visualization — TRadialGauge, TLinearGauge, TKnowledgeGraph, TChatSession, restored Display Connectors, Trend Annotations, GIS/CAD Display generation, Visual Query Editor.
  • Solution Development & DevOps — JSON import/export with mirror sync, MCP-driven workspaces, multi-language UI for Solution Center and Designer, 100% within-major compatibility from any 10.1.x release.
  • Platform — Runtime on .NET 10 (LTS), iOS Camera, faster Display open, dozens of stability and reliability fixes.

See Update 5b - Detailed Release Notes for the complete Update 5 and Update 5b change log.


AI Integration

  • Local AI platform service — Local AI joins OPC Server, DataHub, MQTT Broker, and AI MCP as a configurable Data Server with a live reachability indicator. Bring your own OpenAI-compatible or Claude endpoint. See Local AI - First Install Walkthrough.
  • AI Chat in Displays and Scripts — a new CHAT action verb, the TChatSession Display control, and the ChatRequest Script API wire AI conversations into any screen, task, or script.
  • Drivable Designer for any MCP client — through DesignerMCP an AI assistant can browse the object model, read and write objects, capture screenshots, run wizards, and write into the live runtime; concurrent Designer instances are supported.
  • ConsoleMCP — a file-based JSON workspace surface that needs no live Designer, with stdio and HTTP transports.
  • AI Tutor inside the Designer — a three-tier curriculum (Essentials, Professional, Expert) with per-user progress and tier-completion certificates. See the AI Tutor docs hub.

Industrial Ontology and Unified Namespace

  • Ontology-aware Tags and UserTypes — semantic metadata on every Tag, UserType, and member, with an RDF/OWL importer and UNS export to RDF/JSON, JSON-LD, Turtle, or N-Triples. See Industrial Ontology Integration.
  • Reference-target picker and inline start values — pick StartValue paths from the Asset Tree with autocomplete, with per-instance inline start values and live per-tag values shown at the asset.
  • One-click Knowledge Graph reports — the Asset Tree generates a shareable visual report of the UNS hierarchy, themed Light or Dark.
  • TKnowledgeGraph Display control — renders ontology and asset relationships as graphs across WPF and HTML5, with a design-time preview. See Knowledge Graph Control Reference.

New Connectors

  • MongoDB — a single driver in four roles: Device protocol, UNS TagProvider, Historian storage, and Dataset provider. See MongoDB Database Connector.
  • QuestDB — a time-series driver in three roles: Device protocol, UNS TagProvider, and high-throughput Historian storage. Requires the .NET 10 runtime. See QuestDB Time-Series Database Connector.
  • Sorba.AI — bidirectional MQTT machine-learning integration with 11 algorithm UserTypes pre-loaded.
  • MQTT Sparkplug B publish-by-name — name-based publishing decoupled from Store and Forward, so subscribers that join mid-session receive name-based DDATA.
  • SiemensPlus — Cross-Platform Siemens Driver: Update introduces SiemensPlus, a new Siemens driver built on a modern API foundation with native cross-platform support — running on Windows, Linux, and Docker-hosted FrameworX deployments. Existing solutions using the original Siemens driver continue to operate without any changes; the legacy driver remains fully supported for backward compatibility.

Visualization and Displays

  • TRadialGauge — one portable gauge (Full, SemiCircle, CenterValue, BandedRange presets) replaces three legacy circular gauges across WPF and HTML5.
  • Display Connectors restored — full clipboard, undo, and delete; endpoints snap to connectable shapes and auto-finalize; endpoint thumbs under the SelectionTool.
  • Trend Annotations — operators place timestamped, commented markers directly on Trend Chart pens, shared with anyone reviewing the same time range.
  • Trend Chart improvements — legends with position, move, context menu, and a HasLegend property, plus consistent WPF/HTML5 behavior for async loads, quality-gap rendering, persisted pen units, and printed-report symbols.
  • TWebBrowser — browser localStorage support and SVG rendering fixes.
  • Visual Query Editor — drag tables, joins, columns, and filters in the Datasets page with full Designer theming.
  • Dozens of Display fixes — configurable TTextBlock MaxLength, image-flip and polyline-rotation fixes, faster Display open, an electrical-component runtime pipeline, and improved symbol size and aspect-ratio handling.

Import Wizards — GIS, CAD, and JSON

  • GIS and CAD tag importers — GeoJSON, Shapefile, KML/KMZ, DXF, and DWG, with a GIS/CAD Display Generator that turns import sources into native Display geometry. See AutoCAD / GIS Tag Importer.
  • JSON Import / Export — a re-platformed round-trip handles nested UserTypes and inheritance; a new opt-in Mirror Sync mode makes JSON exports a viable Git source of truth; large multi-file imports complete in seconds.

Enterprise IT, Security, and Deployment

  • OIDC / OAuth2 Single Sign-On — identity-provider integration for Keycloak, Auth0, Microsoft Entra ID, and login.gov, with standards-based JWT validation and an SSO sign-in button on the client logon surface.
  • Kubernetes-grade health endpoints — /health and /ready on TServer and TWebServices. See the IT Deployment Runbook.
  • SolutionCenter API v1.0 — a management-plane REST API (Solutions, Files, License, Machine, Server) with JWT/OIDC auth and an OpenAPI 3.0 spec. See SolutionCenter API Reference.
  • Runtime REST API v1.0 — a data-plane REST API for live tag values, alarm state, and historian queries. See Runtime API Reference.
  • Tatsoft.FrameworX PowerShell module v1.0.0 — scripted enterprise deployment wrapping the installer, services CLI, and SolutionCenter API.
  • UpgradeSolution.exe — a command-line upgrader for legacy 10.1.4 solutions with named backups and failure-safety.
  • Security hardening — AutoLogOff duration, TPasswordBox and SecuritySecrets fixes, SQL-injection validation, and an opt-in parameterized-query prefix for Dataset authors.

Platform — .NET 10, HTML5, and Mobile

  • Runtime on .NET 10 (LTS) — the first release where runtime executables, Web Contents, and Designer Web ship on .NET 10; Designer remains on .NET Framework 4.8. Absorbed at no charge for every 10.x customer.
  • HTML5 Web Client — DataGrid column persistence, mobile-browser loading, DateTimePicker and TrendChart fixes, and a new HTTP image-serving endpoint for embedded viewers.
  • Mobile — first iOS Camera integration (QR/barcode scanning and photo capture) for the Mobile FX Client; PDF viewer renders correctly on mobile.
  • Stability — connection-stability improvements, case-insensitive driver file lookup across Windows and Linux/Docker, and unattended-service robustness.

Reports, Scripts, and Toolkit

  • Reports — Save as PDF / XPS / HTML on .NET 10 deployments, a new Alarm Linear Gauge, and correct Trend Chart rendering in printed reports.
  • Scripts — bundled libraries for OAuth2 SMTP (Gmail, Microsoft 365), namespace and Script-Class compile fixes, the TK toolkit reorganized into sub-namespaces (existing TK.X scripts keep working), and new helpers including TK.ApplyImageBytesToShape and @Server.Retentive.Snapshot().

Devices and Protocols

  • OPC UA — Private UDT members no longer published, importer no longer freezes Designer, reliable import past 1,000 tags, and a Host Override field.
  • ControlLogix — byte-swap correctness, reliable large imports, Program-scope tag communication, and L5K import.
  • Siemens — clarified S7 STRING length handling, automatic legacy address migration, and a consistent XML importer.
  • MQTT — TLS 1.1/1.2 connection, Sparkplug B publish-by-name, and shared-dialog certificate upload.
  • Other drivers — DNP3, SLC/PLC5, PI, BACnet, TwinCAT, Modbus, and ValueSimulator fixes, with case-insensitive driver lookup and tripwire diagnostics.
  • Runtime, Historian, and Alarms — connection-stability and redundancy fixes, with the AssetTree path preserved when enabling Historian, Alarm, or Device on nested tags.

Solution Development and DevOps

  • Multi-Language UI — Solution Center and Designer localization with Claude-powered .mui translation tooling.
  • Within-major compatibility — every 10.1.x solution opens and runs on 10.1.5 without migration; Solution Center multi-version routing handles mixed installs.
  • ConsoleMCP workspaces — file-based JSON workspaces with renames, clean-snapshot imports, and headless TServer launches for CI sandboxes.
  • DesignerMCP authoring loop — canvas selection plus flip/rotate verbs, ui_action v1.1, a context_menu verb, and more reliable JSON-RPC streaming.
  • RuntimeMCP — pre-auth binding introspection and TagProvider runtime state for AI-driven runtime exploration.
  • WebData module — REST (all verbs), GraphQL, and MCP-client access from inside the runtime, with a WebData Tools tab in Data Explorer.

Designer

This release closes more than seventy Designer usability and reliability items — including a Check for Latest Update surface and new About page, DataGrid edit-buffer safety, tag-rename reference repair, Cross Reference navigation, and many crash, popup, and exception fixes.

Documentation

New pages on docs.tatsoft.com: IT Deployment Runbook, AI Tutor hub, Industrial Ontology Integration, AutoCAD / GIS Tag Importer, Local AI - First Install Walkthrough, MongoDB and QuestDB connector references, Knowledge Graph Control Reference, SolutionCenter API Reference, Runtime API Reference, Tatsoft.FrameworX PowerShell Module Reference, and the Predefined Script Tasks — Client Lifecycle Matrix.

Breaking Changes and Deprecations

  • TRadialGauge supersedes three legacy circular gauges. The legacy controls remain available for existing solutions — no migration required.
  • Knowledge Graph control rename — the preview-period TOntologyChart is now TKnowledgeGraph, with no back-compatibility alias. Released GA solutions are unaffected.
  • Script TK toolkit is reorganized into sub-namespaces; existing TK.X scripts continue to work.

Lifecycle and Support

FrameworX 10.1 Update 5b ships on 2026-06-05 with the platform’s standard within-major-version 100% compatibility commitment — every 10.1.x solution opens and runs without migration or rework.

Both Update 5 and Update 5b are free upgrades for every FrameworX 10.x customer. Tatsoft absorbs the runtime transition from .NET 8 to .NET 10 (LTS) so every deployment lands on a Microsoft-supported runtime at the same time, without a budget conversation.

The full lifecycle policy, version support phases, and end-of-support dates for older FrameworX and FactoryStudio versions are documented on the Product Lifecycle and End of Support page.