This firmware upgrade addresses an SD-CARD compatibility issue on the RTCU NX-200 device.

 Bug Fixes:

•  Some SD-CARDs are not recognized or behave erratically.

Enhancements:

•  Enhanced USB Programming Port Support.
   Requires installation of the new RTCU USB Programming Port V5.00 driver.
•  Enhanced Bluetooth support, including basic support for reading BLE advertising data.

Bug Fixes:

•  A defective SD-CARD could result in the device not being able to boot.
•  NX-400: The device could stop responding to voice calls after a long time.
•  Unreliable WLAN connectivity.
•  WLAN client (STA) did not always connect reliably to an RTCU AP.
•  Unreliable USB host port device registration.

Enhancements:

•  Revised list of TLS certificates.
•  Support for SNI (Server Name Indication) when using TLS.

Bug Fixes:

•  serSetHandshake did not work.
•  gnssSatellitesInView did not always include all satellites in view.
•  Using 'ld' with PCT did not include uncounted pulses.
•  NX-200/NX-900: Too high power consumption in power-saving mode.
•  NX-400: The display backlight turned on after approx 24.8 days.

Enhancements:

•  Improved Bluetooth stability and recovery. 
•  Enhanced GNSS antenna detection on the RTCU NX-900.
•  Better processing of device reset when calling boardReset and pressing the reset button.

Bug Fixes:

•  GNSS Galileo did not work on some RTCU NX-200 DR devices. 
•  The displayImage function could show a corrupted image on the RTCU NX-400.
•  Frequently calling modbusOpen / modbusOpenX / modbusClose could result in a complete RS485 lockup.
•  pmSuspend did not work on the RTCU NX-900 when the GNSS received was turned on.
•  Multiple acceleration events could be reported with the same timestamp on the RTCU NX-200.
•  clockSetWakeup did not work as expected, except for an absolute time.
•  Creating the maximum of 128 CAN filters on the RTCU NX-200 did not work.
•  SDK: VPL callback functions did not return in case of a device fault.
•  + other minor bug fixes and enhancements.

Enhancements:

•  Improved backward compatibility with X32/NX32 applications.
   Possible fix to unexplainable cases of device fault with "Illegal string-id referenced" or "Reference-decrement on no-reference dynamic string detected".
•  Enhanced device performance and stability.
   Possible fix to unexplainable cases of device faults or unexpected resets.

Enhancements:

•  Enhanced support for Dual-SIM card devices with advanced APN settings.
•  Faster establishment of a data connection (GPRS).

 Bug Fixes:

•  Sending a text SMS with a length of more than 155 characters could reset the device.

 Bug Fixes:

•  Possible Datalogger corruption on the latest generation of devices.
   Can occur on the following devices series:
   RTCU NX-400 evo, RTCU NX-900 (336xxxxxx), RTCU NX-910 (337xxxxxx) and RTCU NX-200e (327xxxxxx,328xxxxxx).
•  Motion sensor logger timestamp stops working after some minutes.
•  + other minor bug fixes.

Enhancements:

•  Comprehensive REST and HTTP API with functionality to work both as a server and client.
•  JSON API with advanced functionality to create and manipulate JSON objects.
•  Powerful String template support.
•  Full support for static strings with a length of up to 16384 characters.
•  Mobile data communication statistics are now supported on NX/LX devices.
•  RTCU NX-400 Support for the new version of the USB GNSS receiver.
•  Faster WLAN connection to certain APs.
•  + other minor improvements.

 Bug Fixes:

•  mqttWaitEvent could hang if the connection was closed.
•  gsmHangUp could, in some cases, hang forever.
•  + other minor bug fixes.

Enhancements:

•  Improvements in Bluetooth stability and performance.
•  Much faster and improved handling of certificates.

 Bug Fixes:

•  The datalogger did not work on the latest RTCU NX-900 series of devices (serial 334xxxxxx,335xxxxxx).
•  Spurios crash when operating as Modbus slave mode.
•  gsmPower could hang if the APN was incorrect.

Enhancements:

•  Support for the new RTCU NX-400 evo.
•  Debounce support when using high-speed PCT inputs.
•  The number of CAN bus filters increased from 30 to 64 filters.
•  Enhanced recovery of WLAN connectivity issues.
•  New usbHostGetInfo functionblock to read the VID/PID from a connected USB device.

 Bug Fixes:

•  Bluetooth adapter was not always found when calling btPower.
•  The motion sensors did not always work correctly after existing from power-saving mode. 
•  RTCU NX-200: Accelerometer 'acc API' logger could return invalid data.
•  hsioEncoderReset with wait=1 in mode 0 did not work.
•  The internal drive could in rare cases report an "unknown filesystem".
•  Encryption in the RCH Fallback profile did not work.

Enhancements:

•  pmDeepSleep now enters a true power saving mode.
•  Enhanced support for using a static IP on the cellular interface.
•  Better RF ISM performance.

 Bug Fixes:

•  The cellular interface did not correctly use PAP/CHAP authentication.
•  Incorrect use of IGNITION on the RTCU NX-200/NX-900 when using certain power-saving modes.
•  M-Bus API could hang during configuration.

Enhancements:

•  New and powerful M-Bus API for the RTCU NX-400 and the RTCU LX4 pro.
•  General improvements of performance and stability of the Motion Sensor API.
•  Improvement in the CAN ISO-TP implementation.
   Supports extended CAN id's and up to 64 sessions on each CAN channel.
•  Update of GlobalSign Root CA Certificates (R1, R3, R6).

 Bug Fixes:

•  accVector did not work reliably.
•  Stability issue when calling msRead too frequently.
•  btDeviceProfileDisconnect could stop working after a certain time.
•  Local variables in a callback function were not initialized to zero.

Enhancements:

•  gnssDREnable() to selectable enable/disable Dead Reckoning on the RTCU NX-200.
•  displayBacklightWake() to restore the backlight on the RTCU NX-400.
•  displayStop() to stop showing custom content and return to the standard I/O status screen.

 Bug Fixes:

•  pmSetVibrationSensivity() did not work when entering power-saving mode.
•  The temperature reading returned from boardTemperature() was in some cases incorrect.

 
Bug Fixes:

•  Using GPS/GNSS creates an NMEA logfile placed at the internal drive as "system\log\nmea.log".
   This file was intended for internal development purposes.
   

Enhancements and new functionality:

•  Re-release of System-Firmware V1.08.00 that now includes Runtime-Firmware V1.90.00.

 
Enhancements and new functionality:

•  Improved system performance and latency.
•  Shared development and versioning with the RTCU LX5 series.

Bug Fixes:

•  Prolonged RCH disconnectivity over an unstable network connection.
•  User socket freeze over an unstable network connection.
•  RTCU IDE communication issue with "error in communication".
•  Audio support for FLAC and Ogg/Vorbis did not work.
•  Closing the WLAN AP interface could reset the system.
•  CAN Filter deletion could exhaust the hardware filter resources.
•  Erroneous GNSS heading when using the latest L26 firmware L26NR03A01S.
•  GNSS Chipset firmware versions not correctly read.

 
Enhancements and new functionality:

•  Improved and faster recovery for cellular network issues.
•  MQTT queue increased and optimized for QOS=1 packages.
•  Improved switching between RCH communication interfaces when using gwSetMedia(),

Bug Fixes:

•  Problem with incorrect routing when several interfaces were used simultaneously.
•  Cases of double-entry messages in the Network console log.
•  Modbus RTU slave CRC packet rejection issue.

Enhancements and new functionality:

•  Full support for the RTCU M2M Platform SDK V2.00.
•  ISO-TP CAN bus protocol API: canitpOpen, canitpClose, and canitpSend.
•  Improved IP routing with multiple interfaces.
•  New API to handle the IP routing table: netRouteAdd, netRouteDel, and netRouteGet.
•  Support for the VPL CALLBACK functionality.
•  Audio support for the playback of FLAC and Ogg Vorbis files.
•  Enhanced driver support for Ethernet USB adapters.
•  Using LAN2 (USB) for a connection to the RCH is fully supported.
•  Enhanced VPL execution performance.

Bug Fixes:

•  gwReceivePacket could unintentionally block when gwSendPacket blocked.
•  Halting the device did not close user TCP/IP sockets.
•  Audio playback may fail after being used for cellular playback.

 
Enhancements and new functionality:

•  Port forward / router functionality allowing WAN traffic to be routed to the LAN side.
   Setup from the RTCU IDE V9.84, or from the VPL API.
•  Support for Automotive Dead Reckoning (ADR) (requires hardware support).
•  Security: Debug messages are disabled until a successful login.
•  Security: Unsuccessful login attempts will be blocked for a certain period of time.

Bug Fixes:

•  CAN message filtering could block with multiple filters.
•  boardSysSwitchGet() and boardSysSwitchSet() did not return correct values.
•  Non-blocking TCP/IP socket could signal connected even when not the case.
•  Non-blocking TCP/IP sockets could block up-to 10..11 seconds.

 
Enhancements and new functionality:

•  Enhanced security in relation to device credentials and local access.
•  Support for zero-length CAN bus messages.

Bug Fixes:

•  The SD-CARD filesystem was not accessible after a boardWatchdog reset.
•  RTCU NX-900: gsmPower off/on did not successfully complete when using in combination gpsPower.
•  RTCU NX-200/NX-900: Cases where gsmPower never returned.

 
Enhancements and new functionality:

•  Comprehensive support for JSON Web Tokens.
•  Support for the new Heartbeat - rchHeartBeat() - functionality introduced in  RTCU Communication Hub V1.04.
•  New function mqttCredentialsSet() to dynamically change the MQTT credentials.
•  New function mqttConnectionLoss() that returns whether the MQTT has been interrupted.
•  boardGetProfileX can not return information about whether Wireless M-bus is present.

Bug Fixes:

•  Possible crash in the LCD display driver when powering down on the RTCU NX-400.
•  pmWaitEvent() did not work correctly on all device types.

 
Enhancements:

•  Support for the latest RTCU M2M Platform SDK V1.20.
•  Enhanced audio quality when using voiceTalk().

Bug Fixes:

•  The SNMP Client functionality did not work due to missing system files.
•  gsmPower() could take a very long time to complete.
•  canReceiveX may unexpectedly return -4 (timeout).
•  The 'pause' parameter in voiceTalk() did not work correctly.
•  Closing the serial-port used by gpsEnableNMEA() may result in a runtime crash.

Bug Fixes:

•  LTE connectivity issues in some network where the APN must be set before network registration.

Enhancements:

•  New and powerful SNMP Client and Manager functionality.
   Full support for SNMP version 1, 2c and 3.
•  New pmGetPowerFail() function that queries battery operation.
•  GNSS 'course-over-ground' improved at low velocity.
•  Increase of the memory vector size from 4096 to 8192.

Bug Fixes:

•  mqttOpen() returned invalid handle after 32767 cycles.
•  btPower() did not always work correctly.
•  gsmGetProviderList() could, in rare cases, crash/reset the device in LTE networks.
•  ICCID/IMSI was not refreshed when live changing the SIM card.

Enhancements:

•  Support for the RTCU Communication Hub:
  •  Secure connections with X.509 certificates.
  •  Standard connections that are compatible with the RTCU Gateway 2.
  •  Automatic recovery fallback from a secure connection to a standard connection.
•  Support for Bluetooth LE service data. See btleServiceDataGet().
•  New netPing() (ICMP echo) VPL functionblock.
•  Crash dumps are now created when a crash occurs in an RTCU M2M Platform extension.
•  Increase of the number of timers (TON/TOF/TP/TPERIOD) from 50 to 200.
•  Increase of the memory vector size from 4096 to 8192.

Bug Fixes:

•  Unreliable FTP transfer with possible system crash.
•  Default IGNITION I/O mapping did not work correctly on the RTCU NX-200. 
•  The default Modbus port on the RTCU NX-900 was not set correctly.
•  Cellular packet session prematurely terminated during lack of coverage.
•  gpsSetSpeedThreshold() did not work correctly.
•  gpsUpdateFreq() did not revert correctly back to 1 hz.

Bug Fixes:

•  WLAN Access-Point (AP) reliability and configuration issues.
•  Possible crash (with restart) in the boardReset() function. 

Enhancements:

•  Full support for the latest RTCU NX32L devices.
•  SNMP Manager V1,V2 and now also V3 support.
•  The motion-sensor (MS) API now fully supports the on-board magnetometer on the RTCU NX-200.
•  Support for Incremental Encoders with quadrature encoding (A/B/Z signals).
•  Objects of DOUBLE type is now supported in the System Object Storage (SOS).

•  WLAN Access-Point (AP) mode.
   Supports client communication as well as true HOTSPOT with DHCP server functionality.
•  New and enhanced datalogger funtionality.
   Supports multiple dataloggers each with a size up-to 32 MByte and with an arbitrary and used defined content.
•  The Motion Sensor (MS) API is now supported.
   Powerful API that combines all current and future motion sensors in one API, including accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer.
•  Support for SNMP manager V1/V2 functionality.
   Enables the device to operate as an SNMP manager with poll/trap/push support. Support for V3 is pending.
•  Enhanced SD-CARD support.
•  Improved power-management.
   

Bug Fixes:

•  Cases of WLAN disconnection for a prolonged time.

To utilize this major release, it is necessary to install RTCU IDE 9.64.

System-Firmware V1.06.00 includes, and requires, Runtime firmware V1.50.00. No need for separate installation.
 

Enhancements:

•  The GNSS API can now be used with the external USB GPS receiver.

Bug Fixes:

•  Using I/O extensions in an EIS3 compiled project did not work.
•  ftpFileReceive() could in some cases hang forever.
•  Unexpected runtime reset occurring during user watchdog reset.
•  Halt of device execution sometimes resulted in communication error. 
•  Audio routing sometimes swapped left/right channels. 
•  gsmHeadset() did not work.

•  Audio played over the cellular connection was replayed at the wrong speed.

•  Support for the NX32L compilation mode:
  •  VPL resource enhancements:
          Application image size increased from 1 Mbyte (NX32) to 4 Mbyte.
          RAM size increased from 390 Kbyte (NX32) to 4 Mbyte.
          Code size increased from 1 Mbyte (NX32) to 2 Mbyte.
  • Project drive enhancements:
          Multi-level sub-directory support with up to 1023 files.
          The capacity is increased from 1 Mbyte to 2 Mbyte.
  •  VPL runtime resources enhancements:
          Total number of dynamic strings increased from 600 to 4096.
          Total maximum size of strings increased from 128 Kbyte to 512 Kbyte.
          Number of threads increased from 20 to 64.
          Number of Semaphores increased from 64 to 256.
          Number of Mutexes increased from 64 to 256.
          Number of Channels increased from 32 to 128.
          Total channel memory size increased from 39 Kbyte to 256 Kbyte.
          VPL thread stack size increased from 1 Kbyte to 4 Kbyte.
          Function local variables size increased from 0.5 Kbyte to 1 Kbyte.
          Prepared for VPL application dynamic memory management.
•  MQTT message size increased from 4 Kbyte to 16 Kbyte.
•  Enhanced power management with pmSuspend().
•  Support for debug messages with a length up to 16384 characters.
•  ModbusOpenX() support for using a specific network interface. 
•  Enhanced CAN bus filter functionality.
•  gsmNetworkTime() extended to return both UTC and local time. 
•  Enhanced accuracy of the hardware Real Time Clock (RTC).
•  Latest root certificates included.

Bug Fixes:

•  Validation of certificates with alternative names failed. 
•  pmWaitEvent() could in rare cases hang.
•  Disabling DNS lookup check with "$DNS=0" did not work.
•  Critical race issue related to garbage collection with a frequent restart of threads.
•  Possible high-speed service port LAN interface conflict.

System-Firmware V1.05.00 includes, and requires, Runtime firmware V1.40.00. No need for separate installation.

 

Enhancements:

•  USB Camera picture quality enhancements.
•  Audio enhancements in relation to the use of the RTCU M2M Platform SDK.
•  Enhanced Certificate compatibility.

Some of the Runtime resource enhancements cannot be fully exploited until the release of the NX32L compilation mode.

Bug Fixes:

•  Modbus frames containing -1 (0xffff) could have problems to be received.
•  DNS look-up problems when too many replies were received from the DNS server.

Bug Fixes:

•  GPRS recovery boot experienced in some cellular networks.
•  canFilterCreateX and canFMSFilterCreate did not work correctly for filters defined with ID and mask.
•  verCheckUpgrade did not work correctly for system-firmware updates.

Except for the above fixes then System-Firmware V1.04.10 contains the same firmware as System-Firmware V1.03.00, but with the latest Runtime-Firmware V1.30.00 (see below for details).
An upgrade is highly recommended.
 

Runtime-Firmware V1.30.00 is a major release with the following important improvements:

Enhancements:

•  Virtual-machine support for EIS3 (Enhanced Instruction Set V3):
  •  Dynamic strings with a length of up to 16384 characters.
  •  Unsigned integer support with USINT, UINT, and BYTE data types. 
  •  DOUBLE  (64 bit) precision floating point support.   
•  Support for DOUBLE:
  •  Dual mode FLOAT/DOUBLE precision math library.
  •  strToDouble and doubleToStr conversion functions.
•  All relevant functions have been enhanced with support for long strings.
•  New API to manage the Debug / Console log to the file-system.
   See DebugSetLogParam() and debugGetLogParam().
•  Full FMI (Fleet Management Interface) support.
•  Support for playing audio/voice files not only from the project drive, but also from the internal drive, USB media, and SD-CARD.
•  Support for boardSetAIMode that selects a synchronous or asynchronous sampling mode for the analog inputs.
•  modbusOpen and modbusOpenX support for dynamic USB serial ports.
•  Runtime optimization with an up to 10% increase in execution speed.
•  Runtime fault when the maximum number of timers has been exceeded.
•  Support for the enhanced System information and new Network information available in the RTCU IDE V9.50.

Bug Fixes:

•  Device reset could result in an "Unknown file-system" message for the SD-CARD.
•  Initial Debug messages / Console log messages could be missing in the log files.

To utilize this major release it is necessary to install RTCU IDE 9.50.

System-Firmware V1.04.10 includes, and requires, Runtime-Firmware V1.30.00. No need for a separate installation.
 

Bug Fixes:

•  Cases of prolonged GPRS / Data disconnection in areas with an unstable cellular signal.

System-Firmware V1.03.00 includes, and requires, Runtime-Firmware V1.20.00. No need for separate installation.
 

Note: This firmware version requires System-Firmware V1.02.00.

Note: This firmware version requires System-Firmware V1.02.00.

Note: This firmware version requires System-Firmware V1.02.00.

System firmware V1.02.00 includes, and requires, runtime firmware V1.10.00. No need for separate installation.

Please note that this release is a full system update composed of two firmware updates: System- and Monitor-Firmware.
It is very important that the RTCU IDE V9.10 (or a later version) is installed first, and then updates are applied in the following order:

1. Monitor-Firmware V1.01.00
2. System-Firmware V1.01.00

Failure to observe the installation order will result in an incomplete system-update.

Please note that this release is a full system update composed of two firmware updates: System- and Monitor-Firmware.
It is very important that the RTCU IDE V9.10 is installed first, and then updates are applied in the following order:

1. Monitor-Firmware V1.00.07
2. System-Firmware V1.00.07

Failure to observe the installation order will result in an incomplete system-update.

Please note that this release is a full system update composed of two firmware updates: System- and Monitor-Firmware.
It is very important that the RTCU IDE V9.10 is installed first, and then updates are applied in the following order:

1. Monitor-Firmware V1.00.04
2. System-Firmware V1.00.04

Failure to observe the installation order will result in an incomplete system-update.