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Firmware Release 14.6s0

A new firmware version for Ewon Flexy devices (FW 14.6s0) is available.

The major improvements of this version 14.6s0 are:

  • ADDED [FLEXY]: Support of Flexy Extension card 4G NA (FLB3208)

    • A new version of the North America 4G Flexy extension card (FLB3208) will be soon available. Upgrade your Flexy to the 14.6s0 to support it.

  • ADDED [ALL] MODEM : Initialization phase update for Telit Modems (AT+CEMODE=2) for all 4G modems except FLB3203

    • AT&T has announced the sunset of the 3G technology. Telit, our modem supplier, requested we set the modem into a specific mode to go through this change smoothly
    (This mode is also set when you upgrade your NA modem using the modem firmware 20.00.507)

  • ADDED [ALL] MISC : Compatibility with new HW Switch component

    • A new hardware version of the Ethernet Switch has been implement as of SN XXXXX. This firmware 14.6 is required to support it. In other words, you won’t be able to downgrade the firmware of these units without losing the Ethernet Switch ports.

  • FIXED [ALL] SECURITY : Vulnerability related to USB/SD commissioning

    • This firmware also includes a security fix around the Ewon configuration through USB and SD card.
    Sensitive parameters might be changed in certain conditions.

    And finally, some little practical improvements:

  • FIXED [ALL]: Some special characters were not handled properly in passwords

    • Like the character / and é.

  • FIXED [FLEXY]: User "Adm" was remaining in the Ewon after a backup restore not containing any user "Adm"

    • Restoring a backup that did not contain any Adm user in a fresh Ewon made that you got your own Flexy Super user (“Adm” user renamed into something else) and the default Adm user with its default password in your configuration.
    Now the default Adm user is deleted at the backup restore if the backup does not contain it.

  • FIXED [ALL] GUI : Internet and VPN offline status correctly displayed in the GUI

    • In the past, you could have situation where you got “VPN Configuration Error” in the Cosy/Flexy summary page and the VPN connection was just down. Now, you get the message “VPN offline” instead.

  • CHANGED [ALL] GUI: Correction in Wireless Network Options (4G Max -> 4G Only, 3G Max -> 3G Only)

    • Corrections have been brought for the “Wireless network” menu in the Cosy/Flexy modem settings. Indeed, when you select a wireless technology for your Ewon modem, it connects to this technology only and never fallback to a lower one in case it is not available on site.

  • FIXED [ALL] GUI : Ignoring CDN choice was no longer possible ("UseCal" COM parameter)

    • The CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a service that allows website to download web files very quickly whatever you are on the planet. Ewon Flexy uses this technology to speed up the Cosy/Flexy GUI loading. In some cases, for example when the computer used to display the GUI does not have any Internet connection, you may have to disable that mechanism. This is now possible by setting the COM parameter “UseCal” to 0.

  • FIXED [FLEXY] GUI : Tag helper now supports I/O address format for ABLogix Tags (Ex : Local:1:xxx)

    • A faulty error message was displayed when configuring ABLogix local IO Addresses for your Tags. That has been fixed.

  • FIXED [FLEXY] GUI : Alarm Acknowledgement was applied on all active alarms and not the selected ones in Alarm Summary page.

    • You were only able to acknowledge all alarms at one time in the Flexy Alarm Summary view. Now only the selected ones are taken in account.

  • FIXED [FLEXY] IOT : Better support of empty unit in MindSphere Tags
  • FIXED [FLEXY] IOT : MindSphere unit encoding was not correct
  • FIXED [FLEXY] IOT : Possibility of loosing small chunks of data at Mindsphere synchronisation
  • FIXED [FLEXY] IOT : Better handling of Mindsphere Error message to detect token renewal

    • A global Mindsphere connector revamp has been done in the firmware version. We hope it will bring to Mindsphere user a better user experience when sending your machine data to Mindsphere.

  • FIXED [FLEXY] MISC : Java IOServer stopped working after a period of time in specific conditions

    • You could, in some conditions, face a “Java IOserver not responding - died” error in your Flexy event logs saying that your Java IOServer does no longer run, even it was not the case. This was due to a too short internal timeout between the Ewon firmware and the JVM.

    Detailed release notes

    Use eBuddy to update your device.
    If you want to handle firmware upgrade using script or FTP access, you can find the Ewon firmware versions on our support website