What's New in ParlorBoss?
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learn about the latest enhancements and bug fixes below! parlorboss version 2 8 10 release date april 9, 2026 version 2 8 10 includes enhancements and minor bug fixes reporting fix for some regions fixed an issue where parlorboss was not sending reports to pulse if the region was located in a utc+ time zone nedap improvement parlorboss now better handles nedap parlor records with missing stall numbers animal eids still display even when stall numbers are missing, improving visibility and record accuracy gea improvement parlorboss now reliably maintains the display lag setting for gea parlors shift deletion sync fix parlorboss now correctly removes shifts that are deleted in pulse improved app performance resolved minor bugs and addressed technical debt to improve overall app performance and app stability earlier releases parlorboss version 2 8 9 release date october 8, 2025 version 2 8 9 includes enhancements and minor bug fixes backup settings update by default, is set to overwrite backups and only keeps three days' worth of backups this setting was previously set to append by default cow tasks improvements cow tasks are created after each update from dairycomp is received parlorboss version 2 8 8 release date june 9, 2025 version 2 8 8 contains various bug fixes and integration improvements for our partners bug fixes gea improvements completed numerous updates and bug fixes to improve 's integration with gea rotary parlors empty stall assignment fix resolved an issue where animal ids were assigned to more than one stall now, correctly identifies empty stalls installer fix fixed an issue where the installer would get stuck after token validation parlorboss version 2 8 7 release date may 6, 2025 improvements with this release, is now compatible with gea rotary parlors we added a new type of communication that now works with gea, so can now receive and show the required animal information parlorboss version 2 8 6 release date september 17, 2024 bug fixes in this release, we fixed an issue where the auto updater did not automatically update to the latest version we also added improvements to the auto update process parlorboss version 2 8 5 release date august 20, 2024 expand the sections below to learn more enhancements sql server now automatically installs when you install when you install , you no longer have to manually install sql server the system now automatically installs sql server when you install a new version of you can now back up and restore your settings you can now back up and save the settings for your tag list , manage tasks , manage items , and options screens go to file > settings to save you backup file, then restore your settings at any time you can now enter another sql instance for if you open and there is no connection to an sql server, you can now enter an sql instance and create a new database directly on the machine bug fixes resolved an issue that occurred if you started running while dairycomp was closed previously, if you opened dairycomp after already collected some data, the system would display all the collected data in a delayed and unreadable way corrected the version number displayed in the about screen resolved an issue where you could not scroll to the bottom of the log screen if the log was not expanded several bugs were squashed in this update for a detailed list, please contact vas support http //dc help vas com/default htm#cshid=2000 parlorboss version 2 8 4 release date april 1, 2024 expand the information below to learn more about the updates in this release enhancements improved the auto update process now displays a warning message if the system tries to download the latest version of when there isn't enough space on your device (less than 1 gb) when auto updates, the system now checks if the update was successful if the update was not successful, the system reverts back to an older version of to ensure that service is uninterrupted reduced the amount of disk space used by backups now, backups only store data from the last 180 days to save disk space and better optimize 's performance bug fixes several bugs were squashed in this update for a detailed list, please contact vas support http //dc help vas com/default htm#cshid=2000 parlorboss version 2 8 3 release date october 23, 2023 expand the information below to learn more about the updates in this release bug fixes several bugs were squashed in this update, including fixed scan times sent to dc305 now sends the correct scan times to dairycomp 305 previously, the scan times in did not match the scan times in dairycomp 305 saves your user settings when you upgrade or reinstall , the system now retains your settings, like stall tag, list color, etc improved the stall list screen we fixed the stall list screen so that the save and cancel buttons are always visible for a detailed list, please contact vas support http //dc help vas com/default htm#cshid=2000 parlorboss version 2 8 2 3 release date june 1, 2023 expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release enhancements can now be updated with the auto update feature in version 2 8 2 3, can be configured to automatically check for updates or check for updates during a designated time frame follow the steps below to configure when checks for updates from , select help > autoupdate select weekly or daily from the auto update window when you select weekly, you must choose a day and then select a time frame if you select daily, only the time frame options are available click the x to accept changes and close the window note if the time frame options are not set here, checks for updates every 10 minutes bug fixes freezing issue we have updated the software to prevent it from freezing when scanning animals editing specific items you can now edit specific stall items including stall and tag ids previously, when selecting stall edit you could only edit all of the options and not specific items changes during reinit process no longer allows changes while the reinit process is running this addresses an issue where multiple instances of the process would start running, slowing down app performance refresh cow confirmation now displays an alert when automatically refreshing, and it asks whether you want to continue the automatic refresh or start a manual refresh "get support" error repaired no longer shows an error when you click on help > get support repaired error when updating company details now saves new reader settings without sending an unexpected error added a maximize window option we applied a fix to make secondary windows larger in some cases, secondary windows were hidden behind the main window automatic refresh with nedap settings we resolved an issue when using a nedap stall reader previously, would not automatically update dairycomp with pbtim, pbdat, and autopen data expand the topic below to learn more about our updated online help content! new help topic change stall eid tags in parlorboss do you know how to identify bad eid stall tags and change them in ? see change stall eid tags in parlorboss docid\ h5e7xlkbx 9zid0sh50yx to learn more! parlorboss version 2 0 6 55 build date april 27, 2022 release date may 2, 2022 expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release enhancements refresh cow command message if is processing a refresh while one is manually requested, the app displays a message to offer you the option to complete the refresh in progress or to stop and restart the refresh already running message displays an alert in the task bar when the app is already running bug fixes changes during reinit process no longer allows changes while the reinit process is running this addresses an issue where multiple instances of the process would start running, slowing down app performance switching scanner com ports now supports switching scanners between com ports eid fix for country codes no longer requires dairycomp 305 to have eids in a numeric only format scanner options change error updating scanner options no longer causes to show an error message about company settings get support error no longer shows an error when you click on help > get support