2024.3

This section contains the following for the latest version:

  • System requirements

  • Enhancements (new or updated features)

  • Resolved issues (application improvements)

Before upgrading your production environment, Trimble Transportation recommends that you read the system requirements and install the latest version in a test environment. If you have questions, please contact your Trimble customer representative.

A PDF version of these release notes is available.

Requirements

Before you begin installing LTL Operations Module version 2024.3, check that these requirements are met:

  • TMWSuite®

    You must be using TMWSuite V.2018.18_01.0192 or later.

  • Microsoft® .NET Framework

    Version 4.6.2 or later (full package not client)

    The framework must be installed on the LTL Operations Module server, client, and administrator systems before you install LTL Operations Module. If it is not present, the system displays an advisory message during the installation. Install the framework before running the application.

  • Internet Information Services (IIS) for Microsoft Windows Server®

    IIS Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or later

  • Microsoft® SQL Server®

    Microsoft SQL Server 2014 or later

    Note: SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2017, SQL Server 2019, and SQL Server 2022 are supported. Trimble Transportation recommends using the latest service pack of whichever version you use.

  • You must be logged into the system where you want to install LTL Operations Module, and have administrator rights for that system.

    Like most applications, LTL Operations Module can be installed locally on a user’s system. It is also possible to install LTL Operations Module on a network drive. To do so, you must be logged into the system where the drive is physically located, and have administrator rights for that system.

  • SQL Server System Administrator rights are necessary.

    The installation of LTL Operations Module includes the manual application of an SQL script to the TMWSuite database. You must have a SQL Server administrator login and password to apply it.

Enhancements

Case number Feature affected Release note

TTESUITE-206185

LTL Mobile

Several enhancements to the WCF Mobile solution.

  • Shutdown logic updated to make sure shift shutdown occurs only when manifest fully completed by the driver. New intermediate shutdown status "Request Shutdown" introduced.

  • Special handling description added atop of special handling code to display in driver’s mobile unit.

  • Special handling property values (like "Quantity") exposed to display in driver’s mobile unit.

  • Container weight property added to Rail Reservation object to display weight value in driver’s mobile unit.

  • Inserted stop comments are now available for any kind of stop, not just "Diversion" and "Track Point" stops.

  • When a container created on driver’s unit, comma is no longer a part of its name in LTL Dispatch.

  • The Rail Reservation information that was previously contained in the Stop Enroute Comments produced by the WCF service has been broken out into several new fields.

TTESUITE-208349

Trip Manifest Control

Add three read-only TruETA columns to the Stops grid of Trip Manifest Control:

  • stp_trueta_stop_status (TruETA Stop Status)

  • stp_trueta_actual_arrival (TruETA Actual Arrival)

  • stp_trueta_actual_departure (TruETA Actual Departure)

Resolved issues

Case number Feature affected Release note

TTESUITE-209110

Trip Manifest Control

Fixed a bug that involved modifying a manifest in the manifest editor. LTL Operations now correctly calls the expected stored procedure.

TTESUITE-209153

Appointment Queue Control

Fixed several stop Appointment issues in the Appointment Queue Control.

TTESUITE-209171

Trip Manifest Control

Fixed an issue where the Assign Additional Order did not set loaded to go correctly.

TTESUITE-209186

LTL Mobile

Modified the GetUpdatedLTLManifestsShiftless stored procedure to no longer look at manifests in an Out for Delivery status to reduce the Multiple Dispatch issue in the Instinct handheld device.

TTESUITE-209193

Trip Manifest Control

Fixed an issue involving two Hook Preloaded events on the same stop when the first Hook Preloaded is de-assigned from the manifest.

TTESUITE-209197

LTL Dispatch

When the Split Leg action is used on a stop that had already been flagged as Arrived,a new General Info Table setting, LTLSplitLegAllowKeepDTArrived, controls whether the Drop Loaded Trailer (DLT) stop created by the action can automatically be flagged as Arrived. The message displayed in the Split Leg window differs depending on the value of this setting.

TTESUITE-209200

Trip Manifest Control

Disallow the second order assignment to a Pickup To Linehaul manifest when the order’s start and end terminals are the reverse of the manifest’s start and end terminals.

TTESUITE-209219

LTL Dispatch

Fixed an issue that prevented users from opening multiple duplicate tabs from the main navigation menu.

TTESUITE-209444

LTL Background Service

Fixed an object reference error with the ETA Module of the LTL Background Service.

TTESUITE-209457

Trip Manifest Control

Fixed an exception that was thrown when opening the Crossdock screen when drivers are configured to not use shifts.

TTESUITE-209476

Order Entry

Fixed an issue in which the LTLBillDPOSpecHandChgsOnParent General Info Table setting caused special handling-based accessorial charges to not apply immediately.

TTESUITE-209526

LTL Dispatch

New performance enhancement in the Drop at Dock process. When the LTLDropAtDockViaSProc General Info Table setting is set to Y, the system will process the Drop at Dock operation via a stored procedure.

TTESUITE-209594

LTL Mobile

Removed an old IIS version requirement check from the LTL Mobile WCF installer package.

TTESUITE-209615

LTL Background Service

Fixed an exception due to multi-threading in the EDI214 processing of the LTLDispatchBackgroundService.