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Parani-MSP1000 Firmware Upgrade v1.2.0 Notes

2008-05-20Sena Technologies

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Contents

• New Features– Repeater mode– Serial Hub mode– Vertex mode– Control Commands– Others

• Serial modem card support• VFAT support• Enhanced handling of Bluetooth FTP• RFC2217 support

• Bug Fix List

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Repeater Mode• New mode added to the list of Operation mode• Menu: Bluetooth -> Operation Mode• Parani-MSP1000 in Repeater mode can be used to function as

a Repeater in order to extend the range of Bluetooth transmission or avoid obstacles between Parani-MSP1000 and Bluetooth devices

• Manual 4.2.2 Repeater Mode > page 28

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Repeater ModeTypical Application:

– Extend the transmission range when there is an obstacle between MSP1000 and ESD100-embedded devices

– PC can manage both 3 ESD’s connected to the station and the other 3 ESD’s connected to the repeater at the same time

ESD1

ESD2

ESD3

MSP Repeater MSP Station

ESD4 ESD5 ESD6

PC

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Serial Hub mode• New mode added to the list of Service Category• Menu: Serial Port Profile -> Port configuration -> Service

Category• In Serial Hub mode, one SD connected to MSP1000 can

communicate with multiple SD’s connected to MSP1000 can communicate with each other, 1:N multi-serial connection

• Ideal for the cable replacement of RS422/485 Multi-Drop network

• Manual 5.5.4 & 5.5.8

Fig. Serial hub mode (SD A~D : Parani-SD100s)

SD A

SD D

SD C

SD B

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Serial Hub modeTypical Application:

– Cable replacement of Master/Slave type RS422/485 Multi-drop application when Master Device is stand-alone or network-disabled.

– Send the data from the scale to multiple PC’s

Scale PC A

PC B

PC C

Before : RS485 Multi-drop

Scale+SD SD+PC A

SD+PC B

SD+PC C

MSP

After : Serial Hub

Master Device Master Device

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Vertex mode• New mode added to the list of Network service mode• Menu

– Serial Port Profile -> Vertex configuration– Serial Port Profile -> Port configuration -> Network service -

> Network service mode• A configuration to send the data from the host to connected

Bluetooth devices• Manual 5.5.6 & 5.6

Datathrough Vertex port

Fig. Vertex mode

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Vertex modeTypical Application:

– Cable replacement of Master/Slave type RS422/485 Multi-drop application when Master Device is a PC or network-disabled.

– Send the message from the host PC to multiple signboards

PC(Master device)

Signboard

Before : RS485 Multi-drop

SD+SignboardMSP

Ethernet

Signboard

Signboard

SD+Signboard

SD+Signboard

After : Vertex mode

PC(Master device)

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Control commands• MSP1000 used to be monitored by Telnet, SSH and HTTP. In

order for MSP1000 to be monitored by programs, MSP1000 now supports TCP sockets through the port.

• The Parani-MSP1000 is controllable by Control commands through 2525 TCP port

• Available commands form Control port– USER admin - PASS admin– STAT - SCAN [IAC]– LIST - DISC [ID]– LOG [Line] - VER– HELP - REBOOT– QUIT

• Manual Appendix D

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Control commands• With PC-based program, users can monitor the status of

SD’s connected to MSP1000 and disconnect the Bluetooth connection.

PC SDMSPTCP 2525 port

SD

SD- Monitoring each module of MSP1000- Monitoring SD connection status-Disconnect Bluetooth connection-Logging

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Others• CF Serial modem card

– Support PPP communication through Serial modem– Manual 6.2 Serial modem card configuration– Supports modem list

• COMPAQ CFVFM-5614RD.• VFAT

– The Parani-MSP1000 supports VFAT (windows file system format) as CF Flash memory file format.

• Enhanced handling of Bluetooth FTP– When use Bluetooth FTP, you can choose CF Memory Card as Ba

se directory• RFC-2217(Telnet COM Port Control Protocol) Support

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Bug Fix List • Fixed the kernel panic problem occurring when the Parani-MSP1000 t

ransfers many data through bluetooth module • Fixed the problem that the Portlog was not displayed in the Web corr

ectly– SPP IN/OUT display error– Display error in Readable binary– Added Month / Date to the logging time

• Fixed the problem that the text of Portlog was not cleared– Portlog Clear error on Webpage

• Fixed the problem that the Portlog was not logged to CF card.

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Bug Fix List • Fixed the problem that the syslogd logs '-- MARK --' to syslog server.• Fixed the problem that the Date and Time configuration was not set c

orrectly.– Daylight saving time support