GwLin Changelog

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Warning: Last update below was for 2.0.156 (03.04.2020)

TELEM-AGC, TELEM-GW6e, TELEM-GWM53 and TELEM-GWM25

Recommended software

Warning! GWS >= 2142 must be used

kernel4:

2.0.156-3e1f29e-k4 - GW6e VMX53/6DL, AGC 6DL/6UL

2.0.156-3e1f29e-k4-03 - GWM VMX25/VMX53/6DL/6UL

kernel2(pre 2014 devices):

2020.04.01-next-02-c8fd29a - GW6e (No IEC61850 Client)

Firmware downgrade

Warning:

• Downgrading firmware has never been supported.
• It is possible to downgrade, but there are no guarantees.

telem-app Changelog for kernel 4

• 2.0.156-3e1f29e-k4/2.0.156-3e1f29e-k4-03 (GWS 2142)

IEC61850 | IEC 61850 Client KEMA certified

IEC60870 | 104 Server KEMA certified

IEC60870 | 101UB Server fix AI event sent as normalized when implied float

IEC60870 | FIX AO subtype determination

IEC60870 | Fix DO/AO unknown COT

IEC60870 | 101B Server fix floating point subtype up

IEC60870 | Fix deact in client

IEC60870 | Fix multiple lower level addresses per device (fix #3450)

IEC60870 | DO/AO fixes

OPC UA | OPC UA Server implementation

Api | Add cls.json to webserver (fix #3522)

Db | Fix backup import

Core | Boost 1.71

Core | Sensor code safer

Core | Sensor objects have flags

Core | AGC SCL IO

ModBus | Mitigate offset in value<->data (fix #3462)

ModBus | Initial impl of 64 bit ai type (fix #3402)

• 2.0.141-3b46188-k4-02  Telem-GWM (GWS 2133)

Core | Fixed Control issues

Logging | PCAP feature

• 2.0.141-3b46188-k4  Telem-AGC, Telem-GW6e (GWS 2133)

Core | Fixed Control issues

Logging | PCAP feature

• 2.0.132-ddea1dd-k4-02  Telem-AGC, Telem-GW6e (GWS 2131)

Core | Fixed Select event loss issue

Logging | Improved logging

• 2.0.132-ddea1dd-k4-03  Telem-GWM (GWS 2131)

Core | Fixed Select event loss issue

Logging | Improved logging

• 2.0.82-288715d-k4  Telem-GW6e, Telem-GWM (GWS 2104)

Updates | Minor bug fixes

• 2018.02.08-linux_4-04-b7d1941 / 2018.02.08-next-02-1a34917 (GWS 2086)

Formula | Fix complex formulas not recalculating after after init

• 2018.01.12-linux_4-01-8b72574 / 2018.01.12-next-02-abe5e00 (GWS 2083)

Formula | DB accessor thread optimisations

Change Filter | Discard NaN values. Pass event with previous value and OVF bit

IEC60870 | Event priority rework

Core | Periodical GI improvements

IEC61850 | Alstom P14 DI bug workaround #2916

IEC61850 | Improve cmds #2925

IEC101UB Slave | Improve varLenMsg parsing #2933

IEC101/104 | Add debug messages to AO cmd

Scale Filter | Fix AI scaling twice on lower device timeout #2930

• 2017.11.18-linux_4-01-87d4416 / 2017.11.18-next-01-9c9c97b (GWS 2081b)

Build for all devices and kernels

• 2017.11.10-linux_4-01-8595646 / N/A k2 (GWS 2081b)

Formula | Integral expression minor timing fix #2848

IEC60870 | Fix device objects not sent with GI on 101-104 translation, only lower device objects #2908

• 2017.10.31-linux_4-03-e9d281f / N/A k2 (GWS 2081b)

Formula | Integral expression rewrite to integral(@ai, @di) #2848

Filter | Optimize lock usage between LatestValues and UpdateLatest

telem-app Changelog for kernel 2

• 2018.02.08-next-02-1a34917

Formula | Fix complex formulas not recalculating after after init

Other fixes

• 2017.09.26-next-03-c81082e / 2017.09.26-linux_4-05-50ff00d (GWS 2079)

HOTFIX IEC101/104 DO_FN | Fix: SCADA did not receive command status responses if DO_FN object configured for IED #2871

• 2017.09.20-next-01-b162ac5 / 2017.09.20-linux_4-02-2436894 (GWS 2079)

Modbus | Polling sequence fix (AI was polled less) #2871

Modbus | Communication on port stalls if any device has no valid objects #2873

• 2017.09.13-next-01-800b844 / 2017.09.13-linux_4-feature-integral-expression-01-930dddd (GWS 2079)

Modbus | fix AO scaling #2807

• 2017.09.11-linux_4-01-7ee57df (GWS 2079)

Telem Master | support 18 (was 17) CMD address

Formula | AI Formula -> AO CMD fix

• 2017.08.08 (GWS 2079)

WebServer | Correctly set persistant pages

WebServer | Fix user credentials

GWM IO-Board IFR feature #2841

Modbus | Fix polling delay #2839

WebServer | fix sprintf buffer size

Channel | Channel optimisations

Core | Fix thread pool manager (TaskIoBase)

WebServer | replace deprecated functions

IEC101/104 | add DST bit functionality #2833

• 2017.06.09-next-01-353984f (GWS 2079)

Reset 2 Clear Buffers fix #2814

• 2017.04.17-next-08-af772c0

Logging | Buffered logging

• 2017.04.05-next-07-65a2e5a

SPA-Bus | Timesync: send 3x short ts and 3x long ts

• 2017.04.03-next-01-557bc40

Core | Fix spontaneous events after GI on initial successful lower lever device initialisation (#2793)

Core | Refix sending reset cmds from TDC

• 2017.03.21-next-03-b5cc1d0

Optimisation (Webserver) | Avoid websocket connection duplicates

Optimisation (app close) | make WebSocketAppender thread safe

Optimisation (app close) | fix numerous potential places that cause segfault on app close

Build | build with latest GNU compilers (v 6).

IEC60870 | IEC103 events without timetag fix

Formula | fix Formula output controller trying to execute DO CMD until it succeeds.

Formula | fix Formula when using another formula object as argument, that is further down the list in GWS (#2794)

• 2017.01.31-next-01-3eefdf3

Optimisation | all telem-app optimisations merge

IEC60870 | fix control state conatiner in IEC 101 for GWM with IO board

Protocol | control state logger improved logs

• 2016.12.02-next-01-a502dae Don't use on VMX25 Don't use on GWM with DO

SPA-Bus | ABB SPAC330C feature

IEC61850 | 101 support multiple DO with same v-addresses (multiple rows with same v-addresses)

• 2016.11.23-next-01-0260688 Don't use on VMX25 Don't use on GWM with DO

IEC61850 | 103 support multiple DO with same v-addresses (multiple rows with same v-addresses)

• 2016.11.15-next-02-b43c191 Don't use on VMX25 Don't use on GWM with DO

Localization | Change non-ASCII characters to * in Port and Device commments (#2751)

• 2016.11.15-next-01-5dc3aa7 Don't use on VMX25 Don't use on GWM with DO

IEC61850 | 104 event loss after disconnect fix (#2725)

• 2016.11.04-next-02-3a9808a Don't use on VMX25 Don't use on GWM with DO

Database | Set object flags to Invalid instead of NotTopical on startup

SPA-Bus | objects not going not topical on Timeout fix

SPA-Bus | potential segfault fix

• 2016.10.08-next-01-c91481f

IEC-101,104 | GI Switch per object (requires GWS 6.1.0.2068+)

IEC-101,104 | DO can have 2 downstream addresses (like 1/2)

• 2016.10.05-next-06-bb13408

Protocol | Remove event sorting by time when sending to upstream Retract 2016.09.19-next-01-c0127ec additions

Protocol | upstream events faster

IEC-103 | Micom workarounds

• 2016.10.03-next-02-1cb7e5f

Protocol | time sync interval from XML implementation

SPA-Bus | fix event time is it is assumed that event came before last minut change

SPA-Bus | request L, then poll once and change device

SPA-Bus | delay next device for 50ms after timesync

• 2016.09.26-next-01-91e178f

SPA-Bus | Scaling fix (#2689)

Logging | raw port log in ASCII

• 2016.09.23-next-01-00fde37 (#2721)

SPA-Bus | event can have effect on multiple objects

• 2016.09.19-next-01-c0127ec (#2693)

Protocol | Events are sent upstream in order of the lowest timetag Retracted in 2016.10.05-next-06-bb13408

• 2016.09.08-next-01-526b387

IEC | fix IEC 101 UB variable length frame bigger than 255 issue

Formula | fix double masking in fomrula ???

• 2016 year device fw and GWS 6.1.0.2064

NoMainLog for formula

• 2016.08.25-next-03-b45984d

Modbus | ai_bit DI type

Modbus | DO: define ON and OFF address in the same cell

improved logging

SPA-Bus | poll all

• 2016.08.23-next-01-d702b81

Logging | fine tuned device initialization logging. Old device oriented (GW6, RTA)

fix DO Inversion bug (#2702)

• 2016.05.11-next-02-e02304a

SPA-Bus | minor fixes for rare nack and timeout cases

SPA-Bus | commented out object sorting

• 2016.05.04-next-01-64e4492

SPA-Bus | protocol subtype for ABB ref542

SPA-Bus | poll L messages after 5 object poll requests

SPA-Bus | mode 1 implementation: poll multiple objects in one request (#2635)

SPA-Bus | DO: define ON and OFF address in the same cell

SPA-Bus | channel number definable for every event number (#2637)

SPA-Bus | event numbers for Intermediate and Error states

SPA-Bus | fallback fixes (#2658)

SPA-Bus | switch between devices on same port after L message

SPA-Bus | define incoming DI object type (Dobule/Single) (#2654)

SD card licence implementation (#2592)

remove non ASCII characters from object comment (#2577)

• [22.03.2016]

1-wire segfault on bing temp. change fix (#2640)

• [11.03.2016]

IEC-104 object type priorities fix. Big amounts of AI data prevented DI events propagation. (#2625)

• [23.02.2016]

webserver v2 IE11 not working fix

• [10.02.2016]

NEW_DATABASE formulas numerous fixes

ADDED LIB TO PROJECT: fastformat

logging optimizations using fastformat. VMX25 up to 10x faster

• [16.12.2015]

license additions to support no modem GWM (#2565)

• [17.11.2015]

longer interval for some tasks

SyncDatabaseToFile 2s->5s

ProcessRetranslation 10ms->500ms

explicitly sync db backup to non-volatile memory only on reset/low-power.

• [06.11.2015]

IEC-101/104 QOC (Qualifier of command) implementation (#2495)

• [05.11.2015]

AI scaling rewrite (COMPATIBILITY BREAK)

virtual I/O object pair crash app if invalid address fix (#2572)

• [30.10.2015]

web-server v2 shows device eth info (#2532)

• [16.10.2015]

fix SPA-Bus polling delay (#2546)

• [14.10.2015]

IEC DO_FN | IEC101/104 type 105 C_RP_NA_1 (reset process) implementation (#2498)

IEC DO_FN | IEC101/104 GI command via DO implementation (#2499)

• [13.10.2015]

zero value deadband implementation (#2536)

• [24.09.2015]

DO/AO stops IEC-101 messages fix for devices using old database (#2527)

allow bigger conf size for NEW_DATABASE devices

SETUP_WITH_XML_BIN_SIZE 500KB->1.5MB

EXTRACTED_XML_SETUP_SIZE 6MB->20MB

• [07.09.2015]

GWM IO-board + 101-104 conversion not working fix (#2520)

• [25.08.2015]

IEC-61850 mem-leak/consumption fixes

remove BIT_INVALID_TIME from BIT_VALUE_CHANGED_MASK

• [22.08.2015]

devie booting time nnX times faster (#2472)

kernel 4 Changelog since 2017

• 2017.08.22

fix GW DNS service

• 2017.02.10

fix sftp access

fix configuring SSH from GWS

kernel 2 Changelog since 2013

• 2017.07.12

log4cxx | patch for socket appender

pack_logs | pack modem history log

init | fix spamming logs (S48, S61m S99)

fw_update | fix errors on fw update (S12usb)

init | fix spamming logs on stop (S37)

modem | fix handling huawei modems

WebServer | Restore syslog options

• 2017.04.17-next-08-af772c0

update | Additional checks in post-update scripts for GWM rev.1 FTDI IO Board

• 2017.04.05-next-07-65a2e5a

pack_logs now packs all existing console logs and eeprom log if exists

• 2017.04.03-next-03-49423a0

fix enabling peripheral power on startup with usbs suspended (fixes old GWM53 FTDI IO Board)

• 2017.01.31-next-01-3eefdf3

remove cifs support from vmx25 kernel. No more space left on device.

• 2016.11.04-next-01-51a8c40 Don't use on VMX25 Don't use on GWM with DO

IEC-101,104 | DO invert fix sending ACK with inverted address

init | S99phy fix toggling LAN power and wait longer

init | fix starting modem then date is in the start of epoch (1970)

init | Script fixes for fresh device with linux default time

• 2016.10.19-next-09-3e89e79 Don't use on VMX25 Don't use on GWM with DO

CIFS support in kernel for network mounts !! This change bricks VMX25. Removed from VMX25 after 30.01.2017

• 2016.10.08-next-01-c91481f

init | optimizations for FTDI eeprom software

init | getwdbootmsg fixes

init | major refactoring. Performance & readability fixes

• 2016.10.03-next-02-1cb7e5f

Syslog | Add possibility to change loglevel and remote server port

ntp | do not restart ntp if only gps is configured (2711)

ntp | avoid frequent ntp restarts by other scripts

modem | avoid frequent modem restart by multiple scripts (only 1 restart allowed per one minute).

modem | rewrite telit modem reseting as described in telit manual

init | fix socat sometimes creating /dev/tty* as ordinary file instead of letting modem driver to do it.

init | performance fixes

• 2016.07.28-next-06-3d426af

Device CPU frequency lowered from 1.2GHz to 1.0GHz | Improved ssh key generation and license cheking

• [11.02.2016]

physical interface checker script implementation

• [10.02.2016]

ADDED LIB TO PROJECT: fastformat

• [26.01.2016]

GWS 'Get logs' acquires n+1 more rotating logs

• [23.07.2015]

ADDED LIB TO PROJECT: boost_chrono to source.pro (websocketpp 0.6.0 depends)

• [08.06.2015]

application segmentation fault fix (2429)

• [27.04.2015]

DI fallback bug fix (2312)

• [23.04.2015]

DI object double inversion bug fix (2345)

• [21.04.2015]

no flags not working fix (2194)

• [24.03.2015]

Periodical GI implementation for all protocols (every 5th minute of hour)

• [16.03.2015]

Telem Master protocol implementation

• [29.01.2015]

IEC-10x ASDU transfer implementation

• [30.10.2014]

IEC-101B serial communication improvements

• [23.10.2014]

No main/CSV log for individual objects

• 2014.01.13-next-01-2a5df30

added uINT16 (unsigned 16bit integer) in modbus protocol. (also update gws)

• 2014.01.09-next-01-2fae2d9

fix IEC104 bug in GW6

• 2014.01.07-next-01-8180155

fix fallback (GW6e and GWM), "NONE" protocol, device "in use"=no, FP-to-normalised conversion, deadband issues, IEC104 bug in GW6e. (also update gws)

• 2013.11.18-next-04

fix IEC-104 bug (mark data as NT if connection to IEC-104 slave is lost and parameter "failed query count for disabling contr." > 1)

• 2013.11.12-next01

fix AO feedback bug in GW6 and RTA-A

• 2013.11.04-next

time invalid flag for GW6 and RTA-A (also requires DSP/RTC software update!)

• 2013.10.24-next

IEC101-to-IEC104 short time to long time conversion

• 2013.09.16-next07

configurable COT=2 Bytes for IEC101b

• 2013.09.09-next01

configurable COT=2 Bytes for IEC101ub

• 2013.07.12-next02

write modem status to /var/log/modem.st

Old Devices RTA-A and GW6

Latest Firmware

Last fw version GW6: 2015.12.11-develop-01-104a492

Last fw version RTA-A M502: 2015.12.11-develop-01-104a492

Last fw version RTA-A M501: 2015.12.11-develop-01-104a492

GW6-1206

• Timezones for ports and system.

Userland

• dnsmasq
• iperf

Kernel

• iptables: Support for -m limit. For instance:

 /usr/sbin/iptables -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 2404 --sport 1024:65535 -m state --state NEW -m limit --limit 25/minute --limit-burst 100 -j ACCEPT

• tc: Basic support. For instance:

/sbin/tc qdisc del dev eth0 root    2> /dev/null > /dev/null
/sbin/tc qdisc del dev eth0 ingress 2> /dev/null > /dev/null

/sbin/tc qdisc add dev eth0 handle ffff: ingress
/sbin/tc filter add dev eth0 parent ffff: protocol ip prio 1 u32 match ip src 0.0.0.0/0 police rate 512kbit burst 1m drop flowid :1

/sbin/tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: cbq avpkt 1000 bandwidth 20mbit 
/sbin/tc class add dev eth0 parent 1: classid 1:1 cbq rate 512kbit allot 1500 prio 1 bounded isolated 
/sbin/tc class add dev eth0 parent 1: classid 1:2 cbq rate 512kbit allot 1500 prio 2 bounded isolated
/sbin/tc class add dev eth0 parent 1: classid 1:3 cbq rate 512kbit allot 1500 prio 3 bounded isolated
/sbin/tc filter add dev eth0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 16 u32 match ip protocol 1 0xff flowid 1:1
/sbin/tc filter add dev eth0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 1 u32 match ip sport 80 0xffff flowid 1:2
/sbin/tc filter add dev eth0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 1 u32 match ip sport 22 0xffff flowid 1:3

GW6-1204

• IEC104: Respond to message sent to broadcast ASDU (0xFFFF)
• IEC-62056: mask incoming data with 0x7F (ASCII protocol)
• Serial ports: Suppress echo
• WebPage: Long awaited by all interenet browsers the favicon.ico

GW6-1202

• IEC104: Fix possible event loss on ethernet cable removal.
• Formula: Do not generate control event, on first successful calculation.

GW6-1200

• Firmware version readable through internal WebServer
• Fix possible event loss when lots of changes arrive for one input.
• GPRS-modem protocol: if connection to internet is lost, all TCP client connections are closed
• IEC104: force long-time format

GW6-1198

• IEC101/103 Unbalanced Master: add feature polling delay
• When sending a control operation over IEC103 channel with many devices. Speed up receiving of control response.

GW6-1196

• Connection loss with RTC-board does not result in watchdog reset.
  • Symptoms: device will reset after 20 seconds of running.
• Device will write system boot count and application start count to console.log. Latest values can be found in /var/local/telem/stats

RTA-A-1192

• RTA-A: possible to define DO object to clear annunciator LED 's
• Modbus Master: Fix receiving of negative 16bit normalized values.

GW6-1190

• Added new update pack type app-only.
  • Note: This update pack type should only be used on device with SW version 1190 or later.
  • This update will not overwrite system files - less chance for bricking if something goes wrong (accidental power loss or reset).
• Generate /etc/network/interfaces file once after receiving new setup.
• New protocol type IEC ^ Setup
  • Only reading and writing of device setup is allowed on this Port.
  • Allows faster booting of device with a lot of unused Up-channel ports.