Version History

VOLTTRON 1.0 – 1.2

  • Agent execution platform
  • Message bus
  • Modbus and BACnet drivers
  • Historian
  • Data logger
  • Device scheduling
  • Device actuation
  • Multi-node communication
  • Weather service

VOLTTRON 2.0

  • Advanced Security Features
  • Guaranteed resource allocation to agents using execution contracts
  • Signing and verification of agent packaging
  • Agent mobility
  • Admin can send agents to another platform
  • Agent can request to move
  • Enhanced command framework

VOLTTRON 3.0

  • Modularize Data Historian
  • Modularize Device Drivers
  • Secure and accountable communication using the VIP
  • Web Console for Monitoring and Administering VOLTTRON Deployments

VOLTTRON 4.0

  • Documentation moved to ReadTheDocs
  • VOLTTRON Configuration Wizard
  • Configuration store to dynamically configure agents
  • Aggregator agent for aggregating topics
  • More reliable remote install mechanism
  • UI for device configuration
  • Automatic registration of VOLTTRON instances with management agent

VOLTTRON 5.0

  • Tagging service for attaching metadata to topics for simpler retrieval
  • Message bus performance improvement
  • Multi-platform publish/subscribe for simpler coordination across platforms
  • Drivers contributed back for SEP 2.0 and ChargePoint EV