Home

Release Notes - Laird Technologies

1. This firmware is built to work with v6 0 0 of the S110 Softdevice from Nordic Semiconductor and the enhancements and bug fixes since the previous production release 1 5 66 0 are as described below and refer to the user manual for more specific details 1 1 Migration from earlier firmware Please refer for further details in the user manual e None 1 2 Enhancements 1 Uart IRQ is gated so that if a nested IRQ happens then it is serviced again in a synchornised fashion 2 Rbof Wrap buffer head and tail pointer updates now ensure that at no time so those pointers point outside the buffer when the wrap occurs 1 3 Bug Fixes 1 In conditions of high uart activity due to high virtual serial port data activity there was data corruption on the uart arising from the temporary assignment of a tail pointer of the ring buffer outside the size of the buffer There was a race condition Americas 1 800 492 2320 Option 2 1 Laird Technologies Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 www lairdtech com bluetooth BL600 Firmware Release Notes 2 AT CFG 115 115200 was not working as a result of limit checking and the fact that the config store is only 16 bits and so a value 100 is stored Fixed so that limits are now applied correctly 1 4 Known Issues 1 No known issues 2 Version 1 5 66 0 Apr 2014 This firmware is built to work with v6 0 0 of the 110 Softdevice from Nordic Semiconductor and the enhancements and bug fixes sin
2. now takes a uuid handle instead of a just a 16bit uuid e Function BleCharDescRead now takes 2 extra parameters Americas 1 800 492 2320 Option 2 3 Laird Technologies Europe 44 1 628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 www lairdtech com bluetooth BL600 Firmware Release Notes 4 2 10 BleCharValueWrite now allows writing to local attribute data buffer even if there is no 4 3 Event message EVCHARDESC meaning of second parameter has changed Enhancements Added the following new smartBASIC functions BleTxPwrWhilePairing Added the following new GATT Client related smartBASIC functions BleGattcOpen BleGattcClose BleDiscServiceFirst BleDiscServiceNext BleDiscCharFirst BleDiscCharNext BleDiscDescFirst BleDiscDescNext BleGattcRead BleGattcReadData BleGattcWrite BleGattcWriteCmd BleGattcNotifyRead Added the following new event messages related to GATT Client EVDISCPRIMSVC EVDISCCHAR EVDISCDESC EVATTRREAD EVATTRWRITE EVGATTCTOUT Added the ability to automatically reduce TX power while pairing is in progress Functions NvRecordGetxxx now limit the range of keyld connection Bug Fixes Function UartCloseEx was setting a poiner to a driver object to NULL even though the uart was not closed when conditions were not satisfied If only one byte read from full rx buffer it was not staying in buffer full state I2C Bug Fix The master in BL600 was not let
3. ring buffer is full If a timer that was not running is checked to see if it is running then in some circumstances a NULL was being dereferenced When renaming a file in the file system if the filename started with the _ character then it used to fail Bug fix in DriverPUBNrf51 Gpio_BindEvent which prevents the same channel to be used again if it happened to be channel 0 Known Issues No known issues 6 Version 1 2 54 0 Jun 2013 This firmware is built to work with v5 1 0 of the 110 Softdevice from Nordic Semiconductor and the enhancements and bug fixes since the previous production release 1 1 50 0 are as described below and refer to the user manual for more specific details 6 1 25 26 Enhancements Added capability so that any BLE services and characteristics can now be added at runtime using new smartBASIC functions This means custom and any future adopted services do NOT require new firmware from Laird to implement Added flash upload capability over the uart so that Laird s smartBASIC firmware image can be upgraded over the uart using a new UwFlash utility Note the underlying SoftDevice image from Nordic still needs the JLINK for upgrade 27 Added the following new smartBASIC functions BleCharNew Americas 1 800 492 2320 Option 2 6 Laird Technologies Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 www lairdtech com bluetooth BL600 Firmware Release Notes 28 Ble
4. CharCommit BleSvcCommit BleSvcAddIncludeSvc BleCharValueWrite BleCharValueNotify BleCharValuelndicate BleCharValueRead BleCharDescRead BleHandleUuid1 6 BleHandleUuid1 28 BleHandleUuidSibling BleAttrMetadata BleCharDescUserDesc BleCharDescPrstnFrmt BleCharDescAdd BleAdvRptGetSpace BleAdvRptAppendAD BleEncode8 BleDecodeS8 BleDecodeU8 BleEncode16 BleDecodeS16 BleDecodeU1 6 BleEncode24 BleDecodeS24 BleDecodeU24 BleEncode32 BleDecode32 BleEncodeFLOAT BleDecodeFLOAT BleEncodeSFLOAT BleEncodeSFLOATEX BleDecodeSFLOAT BleEncodeTIMESTAMP BleDecodeTIMESTAMP BleEncodeSTRING BleDecodeSTRING BleEncodeBits BleDecodeBits BleVSpFlush CircBufCreate CircBufWrite CircBufOverWrite CircBufRead CircBufltems CircBufDestroy BleSetCurConnParms BleGetCurConnParms BleConnMngrUpdCfg Added the following new events and messages that a smartBASIC app can handle EVVSPTXEMPTY EVCHARDESG EVDISCON Americas 1 800 492 2320 Option 2 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 www lairdtech com bluetooth Laird Technologies BL600 Firmware Release Notes 29 30 EVBLEMSGID_ENCRYPTED EVBLEMSGID_UNENCRYPTED EVBLEMSGID_CONN_TO_BONDED_MASTER EVBLEMSGID_UPDATED_BOND EVCHARSCCD EVCHARCCCD EVCHARHVG EVCHARVAL EVCHARDESCG Enhanced SYSINFO function and thus the AT command too so that the following new information can be ex
5. Laird gt BL600 Firmware Release Notes Release Note v1 5 70 0 OVERVIEW This release note describes the changes and enhancements to the firmware of the BL600 smartBASIC based Bluetooth Low Energy Module in reverse chronological order For each version excluding the initial 1 1 50 0 there are subsections for Enhancements Bug Fixes and Known Issues BL600 firmware version numbers consist of four numbers in the format W X Y Z which can be read back from the module by submitting the command AT I 3 when it is in command mode W is 1 to signify that it has Peripheral Role capability only X is used to indicate the underlying BLE stack version and so far the values have been An alpha release of the Nordic 110 softdevice BLE Stack Nordic 110 Softdevice Stack version 5 0 0 Nordic 110 Softdevice Stack version 5 1 0 Nordic 110 Softdevice Stack version 5 2 0 Nordic 110 Softdevice Stack version 5 2 1 Nordic 110 Softdevice Stack version 6 0 0 aAkRWN O Y is the build number and when it is an even number it is a production inage and when an odd number it is an engineering image Z is a sub build number When it is O or an even number it signifies that the firmware image has been fully regression tested When both X and Y is odd it will usually be the case that the firmware image was released to do a quick field test and a full regression test will not have been performed on it 1 Version 1 5 70 0 Apr 2014
6. ce the previous engineering release 1 5 65 0 are as described below and refer to the user manual for more specific details 2 1 Migration from earlier firmware Please refer for further details in the user manual e The nOffset parmeter in function BleGattcWrite and BleGattcWriteCmd is not required and so has been removed Remove that parameter where you invoke the functions and the application will compile again 2 2 Enhancements 3 Added the following new smartBASIC functions UartReadN 2 3 Bug Fixes 3 BlePubGapServiceDeviceNameGet was using nLen with arbitrary value from stack this resulted in the wrong length being returned 4 AesEncrypt when in EBC mode and a plaintext string less than 16 bytes was supplied was resulting in memory corruption resulting in a hard fault 2 4 Known Issues 2 No known issues 3 Version 1 5 65 0 Feb 2014 This firmware is built to work with v6 0 0 of the 110 Softdevice from Nordic Semiconductor and the enhancements and bug fixes since the previous production release 1 5 62 0 are as described below and refer to the user manual for more specific details Main headline enhancements e File I O Capability e AES Cryptographic functions e Added tokeniser functions to aid uart protocol development e Added functions for easier access to AD elements in advert reports e GPIO output can be configured for high drive as well as standard drive 3 1 Migration from earlier firmware Please refer for furt
7. her details in the user manual Americas 1 800 492 2320 Option 2 2 Laird Technologies Europe 44 1 628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 www lairdtech com bluetooth BL600 Firmware Release Notes e None 3 2 Enhancements 4 Added the following new smartBASIC functions ExtractStrToken ExtractIntToken FOPEN FCLOSE FREAD FREADUNTIL FTELL FSEEK FILELEN AesSetKeylV AesEncrypt AesDecrypt BleServiceNew BleServiceCommit EraseFileSystem BleGetADbylndex BleGetADbyTaq 5 GpioSetFunc enhanced so that when setting a pin as outout the drive capability can be specified standard high or disconnected for states 0 or 1 3 3 Bug Fixes 5 No bug fixes 3 4 Known Issues 3 No known issues 4 Version 1 5 62 0 Jan 2014 This firmware is built to work with v6 0 0 of the 110 Softdevice from Nordic Semiconductor and the enhancements and bug fixes since the previous production release 1 3 57 0 are as described below and refer to the user manual for more specific details Main headline enhancements e Gatt Client Capability e Automatic Whisper mode while pairing giving enhanced proximity based pairing See new function BleTxPwrWhilePairing e smartBASIC runtime engine optimised to give 30 speed improvement 4 1 Migration from earlier firmware Please refer for further details in the user manual e Event message EVCHARVAL now supplies 3 parameters instead of just 1 e Function BleCharDescAdd
8. l Serial Port Service operates at a reduced transmit power of 12dBm so that multiple programming stations in a production environment will interfere with each other less 37 Added Non volatile Configuration keys to modify behaviour of certain features when in command mode like the Virtual Serial Port The following new keys accessible via the AT SET and AT GET commands are available more details in user manual SERVICE_ENABLE_VSP_ONCMD VSP_ONCMD_MAKE_RELIABLE VSP_ONCMD_ADVERT_INTERVAL_MS VSP_ONCMD_ADVERT_TIMEOUT_SEC VSP_NOTIFYBUF_LOW_THRESHOLD VSP_ONCMD_MIN_CONN_INTERVAL_SLOTS VSP_ONCMD_MAX_CONN_INTERVAL_SLOTS VSP_ONCMD_CONN_SUPVSN_TOUT_MS VSP_ONCMD_SLAVE_LATENCY VSP_ONCMD_TXPOWER_DBM VSP_ONCMD_TXBUF_SIZE Americas 1 800 492 2320 Option 2 8 Laird Technologies Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 www lairdtech com bluetooth BL600 Firmware Release Notes 38 39 40 41 6 2 18 19 20 21 6 3 VSP_ONCMD_RXBUF_SIZE VSP_UUID_BASE_INDEX Heap memory size reduced to 4384 from 4480 By default SIO7 pin now has an internal pull down resistor by default so that an unconfigured module will NOT add Virtual Serial Port Service to the Gatt Table on power up for command mode The pin needs to be pulled high externally on the users device to enable smartBASIC apps download over the air The internal DCDC convertor is now switched off on Nordic s recommendation until a future release of the softdevice s
9. lated information which is useful to optimise current consumption when using the uart 19 The smartBASIC function SYSINFO 4 now returns the current Bluetooth mac address to the running smartBASIC application Americas 1 800 492 2320 Option 2 5 Laird Technologies Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 www lairdtech com bluetooth BL600 Firmware Release Notes 20 21 22 23 24 5 2 5 3 Build process now generates a syn file for enhanced color syntax highlighting for the TextPad editor Added new interactive command AT CFG which deprecates the use of AT SET and AI GET The format for AT CFG is now more user friendly AI CFG num value used for updating a non volatile value AI CFG num used to read a non volatile value Modified the nFlags parameter supplied to BleVsoOpen so that if bit 1 is set then it suppresses creation of modem in out characteristics Added Virtual Serial Port related non volatile registers that are read or writing using AT CFG as follow 113 UWKEY_VSPP_ONCMDBRIDGE_ADVERT_INTERVAL_MS 114 UWKEY_VSPP_ONCMDBRIDGE_ADVERT_TIMEOUT_SEC 115 UWKEY_VSPP_ONCMDBRIDGE_BAUDRATE 116 UWKEY_VSPP_ONCMDBRIDGE_LATENCY_MS Updated Virtual Serial Port behaviour so that when modem characteristic is active the virtual RTS is deasserted when space lt 80 and re asserted when space gt 120 Bug Fixes IN UART driver when RTS is deasserted the last character is no longer lost when
10. ption regime and yet still be able to detect for incoming data and be woken up so that the vart can be re opened at the expense of losing that first incoming character e The ability to read the current MAC address from within a smartBASIC application e Anew helper function to bridge the uart and a virtual serial port service 5 1 Enhancements 12 Added the following new smartBASIC functions BleGetDeviceName GpioAssignEvent GpioUnAssignEvent UartCloseEx SysInfo BleVspUartBridge GpioConfigPwm 13 Added the capability to output a PWM signal or a frequency output on up to 2 gpio pins simultaneously Note in total only 2 outputs can be configured as PWN and or FREQ output 14 Enhanced GpioSetFunc so that when OUTPUT type is specified the subfunction can be used to specify PWN or FREQ as well 15 Added the EVBLEMSGID_DEVICENAME_WRITE sub message id associated with the EVBLEMSG event which is thrown to the smartBASIC runtime when gatt client writes a new device name The handler can use the new function BleGetDeviceName to read the new name 16 Added the following new events and messages that a smartBASIC app can handle EVDETECTCHANO associated with the new GpioAssignEvent function 17 If Limited Discoverability mode is advertised in the Flags AD element and the advert timeout is set to O then the timeout is clipped to 180 seconds 18 The smartBASIC function UARTINFO now takes id 5 and 6 to return uart re
11. returning an error 7 Version 1 1 50 0 Apr 2013 This firmware is built to work with v5 0 0 of the 110 Softdevice from Nordic Semiconductor and was the first production release Americas 1 800 492 2320 Option 2 9 Laird Technologies Europe 44 1 628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 www lairdtech com bluetooth BL600 Firmware Release Notes 8 Further Information Further information relating to firmware and the use of UWTerminal is available from the Laird website at http www lairdtech com Products Embedded Wireless Solutions Bluetooth Radio Modules BL600 Series Americas 1 800 492 2320 Option 2 10 Laird Technologies Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 www lairdtech com bluetooth
12. tack Asserting a BREAK on the receive line of the vart interface will put the module into deep sleep mode Releasing BREAK will force it to active mode via the reset vector As long as the UART interface is open this provides a convenient method of resetting the module without resorting to a physical line to the RESET pin of the module Please note this is only available when the UART is open hence not a universal alternative to actually asserting the RESET pin on the module Bug Fixes When setting up a signal i o for DIGITAL INPUT functionality the subfunction mask is correctly interpreted When a smartBASIC app is STOPped inside a routine and then ABORT is invoked by the user the local variables stack for a subsequent application that is launched is out of sync The cross compiler now displays an error line correctly Bonding manager and whitelist management is now implemented correctly The command AT amp F now also deletes the Bonding Database Blood Pressure units are now processed correctly Known Issues A filename which includes the character _ cannot be renamed Workaround Delete the file using AT DEL Rename the sb file so that it has the filename you want in the module s file system and reload Note if the file system is full you will have to delate all using at AT amp F command For function GpioBindEvent if nPolarity argument is not 0 1 or 2 then it behaves as if the value was set to 0 rather than
13. ting the SDL line go to input mode in time for the ACK pulse from the slave This resulted in some slaves with not working as their TX output was not strong enough to overcome the TX out When listing bonding information the correct MAC address is returned and not the resolvable private address When whitelist enabled and iOS device was bonded a resolvable address was being supplied in the whitelist which got rejected by the stack If aSCCD is updated by a client then a CCCD specific event message was thrown never the SCCD specific one Americas 1 800 492 2320 Option 2 4 Laird Technologies Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 www lairdtech com bluetooth BL600 4 4 4 5 Firmware Release Notes Known Issues No known issues Version 1 3 57 0 Sep 2013 This firmware is built to work with v5 2 0 of the 110 Softdevice from Nordic Semiconductor and the enhancements and bug fixes since the previous production release 1 2 54 0 are as described below and refer to the user manual for more specific details Main headline enhancements e The ability to output a PWM or FREQ output on up to 2 gpio output pins e The ability to detect that a writable device name has been written and then to be able to get the new value from the gatt table e New functions to be able to detect gpio input change with no current consumption cost which means it is possible to close the uart and get to the AUA current consum
14. tracted 0x8000 to 0x81FF returns the FICR registers at offset OxO00 to Ox1FF 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 A minimal app with just the start advert function and the waitevent will now advertise the device name LAIRD BL600 31 Enhanced the algorithm for checking connection parameters on connection 32 Connection parameter renegotiation is now state machine based 33 Asserts will now result in a message dump over the uart 9600N81 and the module will automatically reset to ensure it does not sit is an infinite loop and thus drain the battery 34 All unhandled interrupts and hardware fault exception now result in a stack reset message dump over vart 9600N81 and then a reset Again this prevents an infinite loop which will result in a battery drain 35 Capability to download smartBASIC applications into the module s file system over the air A Windows PC utility is under development and will be provided for free as soon as it is released 36 Added a managed Virtual Serial Port Service which allows bi directional streaming data exchange This managed service has ring buffers for both rx and tx which sit on top of the service characteristics and is available in both command and run mode In command mode it is provided to facilitate smartBASIC application download over the air in production SIO7 has to be pulled high to enable this feature In run mode see the new function VSPxxxx In command mode the virtua

Release Notes - Laird Technologies

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents