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Falcon Firmware Release Notes

Written by Matthew Clark-Massera

Updated at July 13th, 2023

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v2.22 / 3.22

Reduced the risk of the 4G modem entering an unrecoverable fault state

v2.21 / 3.21

Improved jostle-based tracking in Turn-by-Turn tracking mode

v2.20 / 3.20

SHT20 Sensor Integration

 

v2.19 / 3.19

Add jostle-tracking to Turn-by-Turn tracking mode

Fix for repeated "Modem turn off failed" issue

Added support for Falcon 4G variant

v2.18 / 3.18

Added power saving mode to Turn-by-Turn tracking mode (switch to periodic tracking on battery power)

v2.17 / 3.17

Added wired sensing mode

v2.16 / 3.16

Support for new Wi-Fi module firmware

v2.15 / 3.15 (Product 74.1/74.2 specific) 

Fix for repeated "Modem turn off failed" issue
*Does not include the other firmware changes from v2.13 / 3.13 and onwards*

v2.15 / 3.15

Fixed glitch on 3V3 output after Power On Reset

v2.14 / 3.14

Added threshold to the existing analog thresholds

v2.13 / 3.13

Added scheduled uploads

v2.12 / 3.12

GPS aiding data fix

v2.11 / 3.11

Low battery voltage optimisations

Pulse counting analogues are now populated after a reset

v2.10 / 3.10

Power and general optimisations

Added async message for triggering geofence downloads

Tasks now wait until all measurements are complete before logging, instead of logging for every task action

Product 74.3 / 74.4 specific:

Added T9602 i2c temperature/humidity sensor support

v2.9 / 3.9

Fixed GPS signal strength detection in recovery mode

Added GPS satellite count and signal strength filter for higher position certainty

Geofence support for third party servers

Network PCO support

v2.8 / 3.8

Fixed an issue where battery consumption could be increased in Standard GPS / Periodic tracking modes when the GPS detector was enabled with poor GPS signal

Product 74.3 / 74.4 specific:

Added MLX90640 I2C thermal camera support

v2.7 / 3.7

Backup/fallback admin params support

MLX90614 I2C temperature sensor support

OEM server IP address whitelisting support

Improved pulse counting functionality

Product 74.3 / 74.4 specific:

Added GPS signal strength detection to standard GPS tracking mode

Geofences support

After hours support

v2.5 / 3.5

Fixed an issue where high frequency logging could occur in Recovery mode when the GPS detector was enabled with poor GPS signal

Improved Recovery mode function and reliability

Reduced maximum allowable time for a Wi-Fi scan

Reduce log severity of failed Wi-Fi scan to Warning level

Improved time management of Wi-Fi scanning

v2.4 / 3.4

Updated battery capacity estimates

Battery good status flag cleared below 20% estimated capacity

Add WNKxxxx I2C pressure sensor support

v2.3 / 3.3

Fixed support for APNs with authentication

New modem maintenance release for 3.x (6 MB download)

Fixed GPS signal strength detection in Periodic Tracking mode

v2.2

Added MB7040 ultrasonic range sensor support (i2c)

Added TMP117 temperature sensor support (i2c)

Default to encrypted connection after clearing server through SMS

Fixed stats consistency across firmware updates

Added undervoltage lockout

v2.1

Reverted default Telstra APN to blank

v3.0

Enabled modem maintenance release update (6 MB download)

v2.0

Network Profile support

SARA-R410M-02B 5.08 support

v1.6

Improve device brownout detection

v1.5

Ensure Wi-Fi records are logged in the case where cell tower scans are enabled but fails to acquire tower scan.

Tasks can be triggered by either GPS or Wi-Fi location fix.

Data records will always be logged with freshest type of location data (can be optionally controlled using Non-Trip Wi-Fi Lookups parameter).

v1.4

Added inactivity timer feature.

v1.3

Fixed issue where continuous heartbeats could occur while using Jostle Tracking.

Improved device power consumption when using Standard GPS Tracking with an Accelerometer No Move Limit of 0.

v1.2

Parameter separation/renaming for clarity on use of the Turn-by-Turn GPS Tracking.

Added heartbeat functionality to Turn-by-Turn GPS Tracking.

Turn-by-Turn and Standard GPS Tracking modes use the Periodic Tracking module to manage heartbeats (supports failover functionality).

Improvements in logging logic for Tasks.

Fixed Active High configurations being ignored for Digital Inputs.

Switch Ground control available through TG immobilizer functionality.

v1.1

First production firmware

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