User`s guide

RN-WIFLYCR-UG
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Appendix F. Current Firmware Features & Fixes
F.1 VERSION 4.00.1 4/19/2013
F.1.1 Features
• Added a new feature to indicate the number of clients associated with the module
in soft AP mode in the UART heartbeat message.
F.1.2 Bug Fixes & Improvements
• Fixed an issue in which the GPIO4, 5, and 6 alternate mode was not working.
• Fixed an issue in which the link monitor was not working in infrastructure mode
when auto join to a wireless network is disabled (set wlan join 0).
• Fixed an issue in which a null device ID was not reset to factory defaults when the
factory reset command is issued.
• Fixed an issue in the FTP update process in which the module would watchdog
when the module flash does not have enough free sectors.
• Fixed an issue in which the show rssi command was not working in infrastructure
mode when auto join to a wireless network is disabled (set wlan join 0).
• Fixed an issue in soft AP mode wherein the scan command would not work the
first time.
• Added stability to the FTP client mode.
F.2 VERSION 4.0 3/27/13
F.2.1 Features
• Added support for Multiple Image Format (.mif) files to download multiple images.
This new file format contains the firmware image, applications such as WPS, EAP,
web server, and supporting page files.
• The firmware image supports unpacking the files contained in the .mif package
• Added a secondary UDP broadcast packet to send the UDP discovery message
to a secondary server. The size of the secondary packet is 120 bytes (110 bytes of
primary broadcast + 6 byte module’s MAC address + 4 byte module’s IP address)
• Added a new link monitor variable for soft AP mode. It is configurable via the set
wlan fmon <seconds> command.
• Added a new configuration web server application onto the module for provision-
ing/configuring the module to join an infrastructure network.
• Added a new command to launch soft AP mode network:
apmode <bssid> <channel>
• Added a new command to launch different applications when GPIO9 is driven
high, set system launch_string <string>. Examples:
- set sys launch_string web_app // Launches web server (default)
- set sys launch_string wps_app // Launches WPS app
- set sys launch_string eap_app // Launches EAP app
• Added the command run <string> to launch individual applications. Example:
run wps