Tektelic
Version 2.8.67
Supported hardware
For each LRR version, the combination of hardware model and applicable firmware version is mentioned, with restrictions if applicable.
The list of features and fixed issues is not broken down per hardware model. Therefore, some features/fixes may apply to only some hardware models that support the required characteristics (like GPS support for instance).
Hardware Model | Firmware | HAL | Comment |
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Kona Micro Gen1 / Gen2 | 7.1.2 7.1.8 7.1.9 | 5.4.1.2 | |
Kona Enterprise Gen 1/2 | 7.1.2 (Gen 1-only) 7.1.8 7.1.9 | 5.4.1.2 | |
Kona Macro | Unsupported | � | Coming soon |
Kona Mega | 7.1.2 7.1.8 7.1.9 | 5.4.1.2 | |
Kona Photon | 7.1.8 7.1.9 | 5.4.1.2 |
New features
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New firmware support: This version introduces the support of Tektelic BSP 7.1.x (7.1.8 is required for Kona Enterprise Gen2 and Kona Photon).
cautionDue to BSP changes, there is currently no procedure to upgrade existing base stations from previous LRR versions to 2.8.67.
Accordingly, do not attempt to remotely upgrade the firmware from BSP 5.x to BSP 7.1.x. The LRR will not start after upgrade, and the base station won't have ThingPark connectivity anymore.
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Support TLS as a new communication security protocol: TLS (Transport Layer Security) has been added along with IPSec (Internet Protocol Security). By default, TLS is used to encrypt every message going from the LRR to the ThingPark platform. IPSec can still be used and configured using the Suplog. To learn more, see Activating a secure connection via IPSec or TLS.
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Reporting of cellular statistics (RDTP-2420): showing the 3G/4G operator, RSSI, SINR and other RF stats related to the cellular backhaul interface.
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Possibility to customize the SUPPORT password from SUPLOG (RDTP-15143): For enhanced security, the default SUPPORT password may be changed by the user from SUPLOG console, under Identifiers > Set Actility support tool password.
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Enhanced filtering of non-LoRaWAN uplink packets (RDTP-17897): Optimized LRR filtering of uplink packets to discard non-LoRaWAN frames.
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Allow configuring ICMP destinations in SUPLOG (RDTP-17415): Make it possible to customize the ICMP destinations in SUPLOG to comply with specific deployment use cases where ICMP protocol is not authorized on ThingPark's server side.
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Introduction of embedded virtual device probe: This feature provides insight into the RF quality of the network using an emulated device in the LRR to send messages over the LRR antenna, and then analyze the quality of the received uplink packet by other surrounding LRRs.
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Introduction of new managers: Centralmgr is now centralizing all information from the other managers: gwmgr, failovermgr, restoremgr, rollbackmgr, lrrmgr, pkimgr.
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SSH key security improvement (GRAL-285): Explicitly generating 2048-bits RSA key.
Other improvements
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IPsec configuration improvements
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Reboot as an environment variable
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NTP configuration improvement
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Reverse SSH improvements when losing connection to the gateway
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Improvements on SUPLOG
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Improvements on failover
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Improvement when cleaning certificates
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Improvement of log rotation
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Improvement of backup/restore
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Improvement of sysconfiglrr
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Upgrade of LRR dependencies to the following versions:
- slang (2.1.4) -> 2.3.3
- popt (1.16) -> 1.19
- newt (0.52.18) -> 0.52.24
- jansson (2.11) -> 2.14
- zlib (1.2.11) if needed -> 1.3.1
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PT-2551: Fix Terrapin vulnerability
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Access to stunnel logs within suplog
Bug fixes
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PT-2559: Better interface availability detection in failover
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PT-1950/PT-2862: Antenna chain number always shown as chain[0]
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PT-2239: RF scan fails on Kona Enterprise
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PT-2495: Force cellular MTU to 1358; force MSS to 1254 for IPSec
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[Kona Macro (for SKU with geolocation support)/Mega]: Geolocation fixed