CENTAURI Software Release Notes

Release 4.2.4 [Patch][Latest]

Release Date: 05 May 2023

Fixes

• Resolved an error that caused devices to lose tracking and not recover due to camera control system settings

Release 4.2.2 [Patch]

Release Date: 06 March 2023

New

• Use motor torque control to improve alignment & tracking performance

Improvements

• SNMP enhancements
  • Add monitoring for additional processes
  • Add trap for “link up” (in addition to “link down”)
  • Add trap for “monitoring service down”
  • Improve SNMP Tx query resiliency (reduce time out errors)
  • Increase link up/down polling frequency

• Add MCU flash retry for increased software update resiliency

Fixes

• Set lower MTU size on network interfaces to avoid networking issues due to low MTU size on most customer routers
• Fix SNMP config update during software updates
• Correct paths in SNMP scripts

Release 4.2 

Release Date: 07 February 2023

NOTE: The "Calibration" function under "Settings" will be removed from the DMD App in the next release (4.3.0). We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. We anticipate we will relaunch the calibration feature in early Q3 2023, with significant improvements. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

New 

• Run diagnostics checks during alignment in case a link cannot be established 
• Added logging for resource utilisation for specific services
• Exposed additional metrics for reporting purposes

Improvements

• “Fine Tuning” is now “Calibration” in the DMD App
• Updates to run services on a forthcoming OS upgrade
• Improve connectivity checks when DNS fails
• Enhanced security with support for Vault-signed certificates for SSH device access

Fixes 

• Fixed missing dependencies for power loss detection binary
• Fix performance issues in Automatic Power Control
• Fixed calibration issues when running in “debug mode”
• Fixed version parsing in API 
• Fixed UI directory permissions when running sw updates
• Fix log timestamps

Release 4.1.7 [Patch]

Release Date: 04 November 2022

Improvements

• Reduce timeouts for several components during software update processes

Release 4.1.6 [Patch]

Release Date: 29 October 2022

Fixes

• Avoid a condition where multiple software update processes can be attempted simultaneously.

Release 4.1.5 [Patch]

Release Date: 25 October 2022

Improvements

• Software update process improvements

Release 4.1.4 [Patch]

Release Date: 14 October 2022

Improvements

• Modify Automatic Power Control to reduce the likelihood of component failure during vibration events.
• Support for upcoming mainboard revisions 

Release 4.1.3 [Patch]

Release Date: 29 September 2022

Improvements

• Software update process improvements

Fixes

• Address component initialisation errors when running diagnostics
• Record the raw values of focus check scores when focus check tests result is “fail”
• Fix calculation errors when running calibration on ARM architecture CPUs
• Changed hardware drivers to reduce software failures

Release 4.1.2 [Patch]

Release Date: 23 September 2022

Fixes

• Focus/Vision API bug fixes

• CI/CD process improvements (internal)

Release 4.1.0

Release Date: 12 August 2022

New

• Calibration (Fine-Tuning) can be run from within the CENTAURI DMD app

• Preparation for the rollout of new link availability reporting features

Improvements

• Many improvements to DMD App user interface

• Add SNMP-specific formats for link metrics

• A passcode is no longer required to turn CENTAURI lasers off

• Improve factory reset functionality

Fixes

• Correct camera scaling when browser windows resize

• Update/upgrade supporting software to the latest versions

• Various housekeeping and maintenance tasks
  
  

Release 4.0.7 [Patch]

Release Date: 12 August 2022

Fixes

• Changes to SNMP configuration options

Release 4.0.6 [Patch]

Release Date: 13 July 2022

Fixes

• Factory reset reliability improvements

Release 4.0.5 [Patch]

Release Date: 1 June 2022

Fixes

• Update additional device component certificates

Release 4.0.4 [Patch]

Release Date: 30 May 2022

Fixes

• Factory reset works as expected
• Alignment camera stream scaling fixes

Release 4.0.3 [Patch]

Release Date: 28 May 2022

Fixes

• Factory reset fixes

Release 4.0.2 [Patch]

Release Date: 17 May 2022

Fixes

• Update certificates for logging components

Release 4.0.1 [Patch]

Release Date: 13 May 2022

Fixes

• Fix Rx power readings which may show as "Inf".

Release 4.0

Release Date: 9 May 2022

Features

• All New Device Management and Deployment (DMD) App
  • Updated user interface for CENTAURI
  • The app runs on CENTAURI; no need for separate mobile app
  • New device and component status dashboard
  • New device settings and network configuration interface
  • Completely redesigned deployment and alignment experience
• New device observability and diagnostics APIs for key components
• Traps support for SNMP

Improvements

• Improved reliability of link up/down reporting
• Reduced camera latency during alignment
• APIs updated to use HTTP/2 with HTTPS
• Device factory reset updated and improved
• Component event codes and error messaging improvements

Fixes

• Multiple fixes to CENTAURI error handling, service and process management
• Lots of refactoring and housekeeping

Release 3.9

Release Date: 4 March 2022

Features

• Added computer vision checks to diagnostics API

Improvements

• Faster reacquisition of beacon after link drops
• Refinements to APC response cycles
• Error message clarity and readability improvements

Fixes

• Reduce device startup time via fixes to alignment process and code
• Diagnostics logging fixes
• Fixed error checks and handling in API

Release 3.8

Release Date: 28 January 2022

Features

• SNMP proxy available for use when monitoring multiple devices
• SNMP now uses device serial number as sysName
• SNMP sysLocation (set to NA) and sysContact (set to support@transcelestial.com)
• SNMP traps in user testing
  
  

Improvements

• Reduce link loss recovery times through power control optimization
• Multiple improvements to Alignment and Tracking stability
• Fixed several issues causing failure to acquire links when deploying using the Android app
• Improved error messaging and handling
• Improve APIs for diagnostics, fine alignment control, analytics
• Enhance factory reset functions
• Various security enhancements
  
  

Fixes

• Fixed computer vision misconfiguration in deployment apps
• Make it easier to apply software updates
• Maintain service states (enabled/disabled) after applying software updates

Release 3.7

Release Date: 15 October 2021

This release focused mainly on internal improvements and preparing internal systems for the development of future releases.

Release 3.6

Release Date: 6 August 2021

Features

• New focus check tool for computer vision system
  
  

Improvements

• Tracking stability improvements

• “Test” mode improvements

• TCT Admins can push software to many devices concurrently
  
  

Fixes

• Tech debt relief (code refactor)

• Update/patch 3rd party components to latest stable releases