Version 1.3.0

[1.3.0] - 2024-11-07

Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion versioning has jumped to 1.3.0. This was done to match up with the version of Ficsit Remote Monitoring it is known to work with.

FEATURE

• make runnable with env vars
• start work on being able to monitor multiple servers
• add train mass metrics

FIX

• sanitize session name
• max power info now comes from FRM
• Fuel json needs quotes
• power info, change CircuitID to CircuitGroupID
• copypaste typo
• LatestRndTrip now returning float
• update json name labels

Trains

• need to start tracking if it's been a while between last collected timing metrics

WIP

• updating collections to also put out labels for url and save_name

🐛 Bug Fixes

• typo
• circuit ID is now CircuitID

Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installation instructions

First time

To install the Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion:

1. Download FicsitRemoteMonitoringCompanion-v{VERSION}.zip from the latest release on Github.
2. Extract its contents to a directory.
3. Run Companion.exe.

On startup, it may prompt you to allow the following executables to open network connections for: Companion.exe and prometheus.exe.
You should say yes to all of these. For information on Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion works, see the section in the Readme.

Updating to a later version

If you already have Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installed, download the latest version and extract it to the same directory.

Version 0.13.0

[0.13.0] - 2023-02-04

FIX

• get consumption and production capacity from raw values

Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installation instructions

First time

To install the Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion:

1. Download FicsitRemoteMonitoringCompanion-v{VERSION}.zip from the latest release on Github.
2. Extract its contents to a directory.
3. Run Companion.exe.

On startup, it may prompt you to allow the following executables to open network connections for: Companion.exe and prometheus.exe.
You should say yes to all of these. For information on Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion works, see the section in the Readme.

Updating to a later version

If you already have Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installed, download the latest version and extract it to the same directory.

Version 0.12.0

[0.12.0] - 2023-01-07

🎉 Features

• add vehicle segment and round trip metrics

Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installation instructions

First time

To install the Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion:

1. Download FicsitRemoteMonitoringCompanion-v{VERSION}.zip from the latest release on Github.
2. Extract its contents to a directory.
3. Run Companion.exe.

On startup, it may prompt you to allow the following executables to open network connections for: Companion.exe and prometheus.exe.
You should say yes to all of these. For information on Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion works, see the section in the Readme.

Updating to a later version

If you already have Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installed, download the latest version and extract it to the same directory.

Version 0.11.0

[0.11.0] - 2022-12-13

🎉 Features

• Add support for /getPower metrics

Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installation instructions

First time

To install the Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion:

1. Download FicsitRemoteMonitoringCompanion-v{VERSION}.zip from the latest release on Github.
2. Extract its contents to a directory.
3. Run Companion.exe.

On startup, it may prompt you to allow the following executables to open network connections for: Companion.exe and prometheus.exe.
You should say yes to all of these. For information on Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion works, see the section in the Readme.

Updating to a later version

If you already have Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installed, download the latest version and extract it to the same directory.

Version 0.10.0

[0.10.0] - 2022-01-29

🎉 Features

• Trains! Trains are now plotted on the map, updated every 5s
• Configurable FRM port. Set the "frmport" query string parameter in the map.

Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installation instructions

First time

To install the Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion:

1. Download FicsitRemoteMonitoringCompanion-v{VERSION}.zip from the latest release on Github.
2. Extract its contents to a directory.
3. Run Companion.exe.

On startup, it may prompt you to allow the following executables to open network connections for: Companion.exe and prometheus.exe.
You should say yes to all of these. For information on Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion works, see the section in the Readme.

Updating to a later version

If you already have Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installed, download the latest version and extract it to the same directory.

Version 0.9.1

[0.9.1] - 2022-01-26

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Correct default FRM port to 8080

Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installation instructions

First time

To install the Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion:

1. Download FicsitRemoteMonitoringCompanion-v{VERSION}.zip from the latest release on Github.
2. Extract its contents to a directory.
3. Run Companion.exe.

On startup, it may prompt you to allow the following executables to open network connections for: Companion.exe and prometheus.exe.
You should say yes to all of these. For information on Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion works, see the section in the Readme.

Updating to a later version

If you already have Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installed, download the latest version and extract it to the same directory.

Version 0.9.0-alpha

[0.9.0-alpha] - 2022-01-22

✨ Improvement

• FRMC has been totally re-written to make it easier to maintain
• Added some useful guidance to the readme

🎉 Features

• Introducing the brand new realtime map

Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installation instructions

First time

To install the Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion:

1. Download FicsitRemoteMonitoringCompanion-v{VERSION}.zip from the latest release on Github.
2. Extract its contents to a directory.
3. Run Companion.exe.

On startup, it may prompt you to allow the following executables to open network connections for: Companion.exe and prometheus.exe.
You should say yes to all of these. For information on Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion works, see the section in the Readme.

Updating to a later version

If you already have Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installed, download the latest version and extract it to the same directory.

Version 0.8.1

[0.8.1] - 2022-01-05

Fix

• FRMC should now start correctly after first boot

Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installation instructions

First time

To install the Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion:

1. Download FicsitRemoteMonitoringCompanion-v{VERSION}.zip from the latest release on Github.
2. Extract its contents to a directory.
3. Run Companion.exe.

On startup, it may prompt you to allow the following executables to open network connections: Companion.exe, PrometheusExporter.exe, prometheus.exe, grafana-server.exe.
You should say yes to all of these. For information on Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion works, see the section in the Readme.

Updating to a later version

If you already have Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installed, download the latest version and extract it to the same directory. Doing so will preserve any custom dashboards you've created.

If you don't have any custom dashboards configured, you can delete the old version and follow the first time instructions.

Version 0.8.0

[0.8.0] - 2021-11-23

Chore

• upgrade to dotnet 6.0

Feat

• show the production dashboard on first load

Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installation instructions

First time

To install the Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion:

1. Download FicsitRemoteMonitoringCompanion-v{VERSION}.zip from the latest release on Github.
2. Extract its contents to a directory.
3. Run Companion.exe.

On startup, it may prompt you to allow the following executables to open network connections: Companion.exe, PrometheusExporter.exe, prometheus.exe, grafana-server.exe.
You should say yes to all of these. For information on Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion works, see the section in the Readme.

Updating to a later version

If you already have Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installed, download the latest version and extract it to the same directory. Doing so will preserve any custom dashboards you've created.

If you don't have any custom dashboards configured, you can delete the old version and follow the first time instructions.

Version 0.7.0

[0.7.0] - 2021-07-11

Change

• removed the Ficsit org in Grafana

Dependency

• update WebView2 version

Fix

• vertical scroll bars on diagnostics window

Improvement

• Companion logs available in diagnostics window

Refactor

• improve the initialisation of the WebView2 component

Refactoring

• use MS Build properly

Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installation instructions

First time

To install the Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion:

1. Download FicsitRemoteMonitoringCompanion-v{VERSION}.zip from the latest release on Github.
2. Extract its contents to a directory.
3. Run Companion.exe.

On startup, it may prompt you to allow the following executables to open network connections: Companion.exe, PrometheusExporter.exe, prometheus.exe, grafana-server.exe.
You should say yes to all of these. For information on Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion works, see the section in the Readme.

Updating to a later version

If you already have Ficsit Remote Monitoring Companion installed, download the latest version and extract it to the same directory. Doing so will preserve any custom dashboards you've created.

If you don't have any custom dashboards configured, you can delete the old version and follow the first time instructions.