Release Notes for iRIS 270 Firmware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 23rd August 2023 Version: 1.8.70 Fixed / Enhanced 1. Sensor related SMS often caused incorrect SMS payload and configuration mismatch. 2. LCD displayed incorrect RSSI values for any signal lower than -99 3. Cellular workaround added to adapt for certain SIM conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 21st April 2023 Version: 1.8.60 New Features 1. Added support wind speed and direction vector averaging. 2. Added support for attaching Stevens GOES Modem. Fixed / Enhanced 1. Added Catalog code configuration for MIS file format. 2. Fixed issue with where TCP client on Ethernet only connects on first schedule fire. 3. Fixed issue where SDI-12 polling stops if sensor address is outside 0-9, i.e if it is a-z or A-Z 4. Added specific messages to diagnostic output for FTP, context and SMS errors that may be received from the Cellular modem. 5. Fixed crash issue where modbus configured as gateway mode. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 27th October 2022 Version: 1.8.10 New Features 1. Added support for FTP file export of sample data in OTT MIS format. Fixed / Enhanced 1. Improved communication performance for cellular connection. 2. Added zero insert following event sample. 3. When a sensor has a blank units setting, the ZRXP file no longer contains CUNIT field. Inline with ZRXP specification. 4. Fixed problem where cellular primary TCP connection will not occur if secondary TCP destination is not reachable. 5. Fixed problem where older ME910 cellular modules do not boot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 28th July 2022 Version: 1.8.0 New Features 1. Add support for new Wi-Fi Module, this version supports both old and new. Fixed / Enhanced 1. Fix/Cellular Modem: Restart automatically when cellular modem freezes 2 Improve cellular registration check process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 26th May 2022 Version: 1.7.12 New Features 1. Support for Manual SDI-12 device configuration (Requires iLink3) Fixed / Enhanced 1. Fixed issue where an SDI-12 response string is of a particular length the last value in the string would be recorded as zero. 2. Notifiy about missing SIM card in iLink diagnostics. 3. Bugfix for Modbus RTU. 4. Bugfix for Display. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 23rd September 2021 Version: 1.6.4 New Features 1. Validation of sender's number for incoming SMS messages Fixed / Enhanced 1. Some combinations of configuration items sent at the same time can cause the device to restart 2. Memory corruption for some SDI-12 configurations 3. Logger clock can jump back one day 4. Refined power saving options to include not checking for SMS messages 5. When a file is sent using FTP via a cellular connection, the logger now checks the uploaded file size matches expected size. if not it will retry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 11th May 2021 Version: 1.5.53 Fixed / Enhanced 1. Improve error handling for Ethernet communications module. 2. FTP fixes: * Avoid writing of 0 Byte files. * Fix random failure of secondary FTP. 3. Keep correct sign of values between -1 and 0 on display and in FTP files. 4. Fix sensor calibration through display iBets 2356. 5. Add UTC field to ZRXP header. 6. Fixed issue where new laptops are unable to connect to logger's Wi-Fi AP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2nd September 2020 Version: 1.5.23 New Features 1. Support for SODA saving Start of Data (SOD) when communicating via TCP. 2. SMS features: * Include sensor reading in RQ message. * Set both on and alarm intervals via SMS. * Digital Output Control. 3. Ethernet Communications module support. Fixed / Enhanced 1. Unable to connect to private APN that uses username and password iBETS 2379 2. Improvements to FTP with respect to ZRXP file formatting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 19th December 2019 Version: 1.5.5 New Features 1. Sample values in CSV file (sent via FTP) are now formatted using the Format setting for the given sensor. iBETS 2354 Fixed / Enhanced 1. Fixed issue introduced in version 1.5.0 for rejecting large spurious packets (may occur on shared communications channel). The limit was incorrectly chosen, which prevented HydroTel from upgrading any future to the next version. This does not affect iLink as it uses smaller packet sizes for upgrading. iBETS 2358 2. Fixed issue where logger will disconnect during configuration send from HydroTel iBETS case 2359 3. Fixed lack of logging of Flow/Total auxiliary value. iBETS 2361 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 8th October 2019 Version: 1.5.0 New Features 1. 4G CAT-M1/NB1 communications module support 2. Auto restart of Wi-Fi after firmware upgrade - requires Boot Load upgrade, which in turn requires the FW to be activated twice. 4. SDI-12 schedule manual override Fixed / Enhanced 1. Fixed issue while processing incoming HyQuest protocol packets when two or more packets from separate sources are sent over a common channel (e.g Radio). Resulting collision packet can permanently consume memory resources, eventually locking up the logger (no communications). Does not effect Cellular or WiFi channel as they only have one source. 2. Implemented Boot Loader upgrade function. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 8th August 2019 Version: 1.4.11 New Features 1. HTTPS protocol support for cellular communication modules. Fixed / Enhanced 1. Substitute NaN value on third 3 non reply (or CRC failure) from SDI-12 sensor. iBETS 2329 2. Corrected issue with LCD turning off in full save mode after user timeout. iBETS 2334 3. Fixed issue where timed event mode operated in the same way as event mode. iBETS 2337 4. Fixed issue where a logger will call in to HydroTel but stop responding when logged data is requested. This will happen in poor signal or communication channel environment. iBETS 2341 5. Fixed issue on multiple Modbus slave system where a singe device would stop being polled an the only to resume operation is to disconnect/reconnect physical connection to all devices. iBETS 2342 6. Digital output and cellular call-in schedules now use start time as an offset to the interval, not just the beginning of the window of operation. iBETS 2343 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 17th June 2019 Version: 1.4.3 Fixed / Enhanced 1. CRITICAL: An issue causing the logger to lock up is due to the decoding/processing of packets from HydroTel being susceptible to corruption in the header part of the packet received. This presented itself only when serial telemetry is used. All other modes (Cellular/Wi-Fi) have inherent error check that precludes corruption in the header. This issue affects all version of the firmware previous to this one. iBETS 2321 2. Changed way pending firmware version is evaluated. Now updated when firmware upload is complete, otherwise indicates a partial upgrade by prefixing a 9 to the version. iBETS 2313 3. Resolved issue where under range when using mA mode on analogue inputs caused a wrap to 22mA. iBETS 2315 4. Display of DIO and DO states on LCD has been corrected. iBETS 2316 5. Fix issue where service log size was limited to 4k bytes. iBETS 2319 6. Message now shown in iLink SDI-12 Diagnostics when CRC fails. iBETS 2320. 7. Cellular communications module default (or cleared) schedule duration has been set to 60 seconds. iBETS 2322 8. Changed function of pressing and holding Wi-Fi for 5seconds while Wi-fi access point (AP) is active/on. Old function was to reboot AP, new function is to turn off the AP. iBETS 238 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 20th May 2019 Version: 1.4.2 Fixed / Enhanced 1. Disconnect request from HydroTel is now correctly supported (iBETS 2066). 2. Logger now waits for call-in acknowledgement before resetting call-in request.(iBETS Case 2220) 3. Implemented sensor number format on LCD (iBETS 2287) 4. Added missing display of diagnostics and settings for comms module on LCD (iBETS 2300). 5. Issue with date displayed incorrectly on LCD and in FTP files (iBETS 2304) 6. Fixed issue with incorrect mapping between sensors and device where Digital+SDI-12 devices have more than 32 parameters (iBETS 2312). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 5th April 2019 Version: 1.4.0 New Features 1. Modbus RTU & TCP protocol support. 2. Serial Sensor port configuration support. Fixed / Enhanced 1. Fixed issue for fragmented firmware upgrades, which stopped upgrades part way through and required the restart process to be restarted. 2. Fixed issues with Digital output support. Requires iLink 2012 V4.7.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 21th February 2019 Version: 1.3.1 Fixed / Enhanced 1. Fixed issue with analogue input reading being permanently disabled. (iBETS Case 2292). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 30th January 2019 Version: 1.3.0 New Features 1. Real time Diagnostic support for daughter boards, and SDI-12 communications. 2. Interactive SDI-12 command mode for issuing commands to, changing address of a device on and performing an address scan of the devices on the bus the SDI-12 bus. 3. Basic power management. 4. Digital output support. 5. 4G cellular module support. 6. Support for ZRXP file format. 7. Support for fragmented firmware upgrades, where a new firmware can be sent to the logger in multiple unload cycles. Requires HydroTel version 5.2018.4 or above. Fixed / Enhanced 1. Improvements to SMS message reception handling. 2. Fixed first column pixel issue. 3. Ability to turn on/off Wi-Fi access point was SMS command. (iBETS 2257). 4. Added delay of 5 seconds before SDI-12 auto detect sequence starts after power on (iBETS case 2258). 5. Cellular call-in message to HydroTel now includes includes RSSI (iBETS 2273). 6. Leading and trailing characters settings for Serial Daughter board were when in slot B were not working (iBETS 2276). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 1st Nov 2018 Version: 1.2.0 New Features 1. Dual daughter board support 2. Cellular FTP support 3. Serial Daughter board support 4. Digital input totaliser logging (Running, YTD and day to now). Fixed / Enhanced 1. One or more sensor may start to record the same value continuously. iBETS 2225) 2. Record Min/Max samples at time of Min/Max occurring does not work correctly (iBETS 2208) 3. Cellular connection attempts restricted to 3 time per scheduled event (iBETS 2168) 4. Status LED now used to indicates the unit is booting (iBETS 2109) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 17 Aug 2018 Version: 1.1.0 Fixed / Enhanced 1. Period Average bug fixed (iBETS 2198) 2. Fixed totalizer bug 3. Added Wi-Fi password minimum length check (iBETS 2184) 4. Signal Strength icon now operates in the correct direction (iBETS 2155) 5. Totaliser reset now pin protected (iBETS 2149) 6. Totaliser are displayed on LCD (iBETS 2148) 7. Added support for firmware pending/active DT/version information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 5 Jul 2018 Version: 1.0.5 Fixed / Enhanced 1. SDI-12 bug fixed. 2. Logging of RSSI now works (iBETS 2137) 3. full initialization of logger possible (iBETS 2137) 4. Logger temperature now logging/displaying temperatures below Zero ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 14 June 2018 Version: 1.0.0 Notes: This version is the first public iRIS 270 firmware release. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------