Product Changen Notification PCN 06022020-001

The purpose of this Software release Notice is to alert customers that updated code is available for evaluation
and to provide customers important information on this new release.

New mPower versions:

• MTCAP 5.2.X (Conduit AP Access Point)
• MTCDT 5.2.X (Conduit and Conduit IP67 Base Station)

II. Schedule
There are multiple versions of mPower Edge Intelligence firmware available for customer evaluation and final
release.

• Downloadable Versions
  • MTCAP 5.2.X Availability: May 28,2020
  • MTCDT 5.2.X Availability: May 28,2020
  • Conduit models: visit http://www.multitech.net/developer/downloads/
  • Instructions: Upgrading Firmware Using Device Web Interface
• Manufacturing
  • See Ordering Numbers Impacted for details on when MTCAP 5.2.X and MTCDT 5.2.X will be
    available for different devices
• DeviceHQ
  • Cloud-based IoT Device Management
  • MTCAP 5.2.X Availability: May 28,2020
  • MTCDT 5.2.X Availability: May 28,2020
  • https://www.devicehq.com/sign in
  • Instructions: Ubgrading Firmware Using DeviceHQ

III. mPower Edge Intelligence
mPower Edge Intelligence is MultiTech´s embedded Software offfering, building on the popular application
enablement platform, to deliver programmability, network flexibility, enhance security and manageability for
scalable Industrial Internet of Things(IIoT) solutions

mPower Edge Intelligence simpliies integration with a variety of popular upstream IoT platforms to streamline
edge-to-cloud data management and analytics, while also providing the programmability and processing
capability to execute critical tasks at the dge of the network to reduce latency control network and cloud
service costs, and ensure core functionality - even in instances when network connectivity may not be available

In response to evolving customer security requirements, mPower Edge Intelligence incorporates a host of security
features including signed firmware validation, enhanced firewall and PVN setting, secure authentication and
more

IV. Models Impacted
The following Conduit models are impacted by these firmware updates:

• Conduit IoT Programmable Gateway
• Conduit IoT Programmable Gateways with LoRa Accessory Cards
• Conduit IP67 Base Stations
• Conduit IP67 Geolocation Base Station
• Conduit AP Access Point

For a specific list of the ordering part numbers impacted, reference Ordering Part Numbers Impacted

V. Release Guidlines
With each new mPower firmware release, the following release guidlines are followed. For a specific list of the
ordering part numbers impacted, reference Ordering Part Number Impacted

Hardware Status	Manufacturing Updates	Comments
New	May 2020	New device that is shupping for the first time Some customers may be testing devices with an earlier version of mPower firmware or a beta version of mPower firmware MultiTech recommends that customers update this hardware to mPower 5.2 firmware
Active	August 2020	Active devices continue to ship with earlier mPower versions for the next 60 to 90 days Customers are encouraged to evaluate mPower 5.2 firmware prior to this transition
NEOL	n/a	NEOL devices continue to ship with earlier mPower versions Devices can be individually updated by customers
EOL	n/a	EOL devices are no longer available for sale from MultiTech and not supported in mPower 5.2 firmware Technical inquiries: email support@multitech.com Sales inquiries: email sales@multitech.com

VI. mPower 5.2.X Overview
Minimum System Requirements (MTCAP 5.2.X, MTCDT 5.2.X)
To install mPower 5.2.X, the Conduit Gateway must be upgraded to mPower 5.0.0 or higher. Cusotmers that are
running earlier version of mPower should use the following upgrade process:

Conduit Models:

• mPower AEP 1.7.4
  1. Upgrade to mPower 5.0.0
  2. Install mPower 5.2.X
• mPower AEP 1.6.4
  1. Upgrade to mPower AEP 1.7.4
  2. Upgrade to mPower 5.0.0
  3. Install mPower 5.2.X
• mPower versions earlier than mPower AEP 1.6.4
  1. Upgrade to mPower AEP 1.6.4
  2. Upgrade to mPower AEP 1.7.4
  3. Upgrade to mPower 5.0.0
  4. Install mPower 5.2.X

New Features (MTCAP 5.2.XMTCDT 5.2.X):
mPower 5.2.X versions include the following new features:

1. Radio Support:
   • Added Support for Telit LE910-SV-1 (-LVW3 models)LTE Catergory 1 cellular modem [GP-359]
   • For a complete list of cellular radios supported in mPower 5.2.X reference cellular radios supported
2. Verizon APN:
   Setting for Verizon APN is now configurable to override what is in the PDP ccontecnt [GP-33,
   GP-435]
3. Security (/tmp Director Change)[GP-59]
   
   • The /tmp directory includes the following permissions: noexec, nosuid, nodev (defaultnoexec)
   • This change affecty any custom applications that try to run scripts in that directory.
   • Custom applications can no longer be executed from this directory
4. Aded PPP Configurability:[GP-274]
   
   • IP mode in the PDP contect is configurable (ipb6cp-max-configure n)
   • Maximum number of IPv6CP configure-request transmissions, default 10 (ipb6cp-max-failure n)
   • Maximum number of IPv6CP configure-NAKS returned before starting to send configure-rejects,
     default 10 (ipv6cp-max-terminate n)
   • Maximum Number of IPv6CP terminate-request transmissios, default 3 (ipv6cp-restart n)
   • Set the IPv6CP restart interval (retransmission timeout), default 3 seconds
5. MTU Support: Support addded for MTU and other connection settings through Web UI and API [GP-341]
6. arping request: Enhancement to use arpíng to broadcast Ips on interfaces. This enhancement was
   implemented in order to improve Web UI responsiveness after a reboot. [GP-343]
7. Packet Forwarder, Listen Before Talk: After several hours, the listen before talk functionality fails to block
   transmission. In mPower 5.2.X the LBT process can be restarted without affecting the packet forwarder
   receive capabilities[GP-524]

API Command Changes (MTCAP 5.2.X, MTCDT 5.2.X):
The conduit devices use the RESTful JSON API for managing configurations, polling statistics, and issuing
commands, mPower MTCAP 5.2.X and mPower MTCDT 5.2.X versions include a number of API changes.


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