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2Embedcom announces that the new firmware version (2.6.7) for Falcom AVL devices (SteppIII, Bolero LT, Fox LT and Fox LT IP) is now available.
This new firmware, for 8MB FLASH devices, includes following improvements:
- PFAL commands
- GPS.Nav.DeltaDistance added
- Alarm conditions
- GPS.Nav.sDist added (i.e. GPS.Nav.sDist>200)
- alarm check of internal distance counter controlled by PFAL,GPS.Nav.Distance
- Dynamic protocols
- &(deltanavdist) added (distance counter controlled by PFAL,GPS.Nav.DeltaDistance)
- Device configuration
- GSM operator selection option "fixed" added
- Changes within factory default configuration
- AL 98,99 are removed (--> all alarms are empty now when performing a factory reset)
- Added GPS.HISTORY.MODE=1 (history writes full entries only)
- This setting can still be manually erased or set to 0 if desired.
- GSM
- If low battery is detected, device charges bat for 2 minutes before starting GSM engine
- This happens regardless of specified chargemode setting.
- Compatibility improved for GSM Firmware versions 7.3.0 and previous
- Results in faster network search, improved accessibility via SMS/GPRS
- Increased detection of GSM coverage
- Improved operator selection
- "no sim" gsm reset is performed every 1 hour
- User gsm reset performs a gsm hardware reset per default (1 minute off time)
- Note that execution time of GSM.Reset is now 1 minute
- Operator lost timeout has been replaced by fixed internal timeouts and has been deactivated
- Improved handling of dynamic protocol &(IMEI)
- GSM critical communication error is suppressed if GSM is disabled manually (PFAL,Sys.GSM.Disable)
- PFAL,Sys.GSM.Disable is stored nonvolatile and remains active until GSM is enabled again
- TCP
- Improved auto dispatch mode
- Roboustness increased for use in alarms
- TCP.CLIENT.LOGIN.EXT may contain dynamic protocols now (expanded up to 100 characters)
- is used by Msg.Info.Serverlogin and automatic TCP server login message
- History
- History size decreased to approx. 320K records (assuming full record mode)
- FS-POS history entries are written just when having a fix
- History is not affected by AGPS Update or remote updates anymore
- Remote Update
- History works independend of remote update
- Documentation changes
- PFAL documentation
- Sys.Device.ChargeSleep (Note added: recommended sleep mode when using internal battery)
- Added new PFAL-Command GPS.Nav.DeltaDistance
- Added new GPS state GPS.Nav.sDist
- Added new dynamic protocol &(deltanavdist) added
- Added new GSM Opselection option "fixed"
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