Release Notes PN 93000659_B1

                       ConnectPort X2B Ethernet

                           82002162_B1 EOS

                          October 30, 2009


INTRODUCTION

    This is a production release of firmware for Digi's ConnectPort X2B
    gateway.

    The ConnectPort X2B gateway provides support for communication to
    end nodes in a wireless PAN from a parent application running on an IP
    network.

    This firmware is targeted for applications that require communicating
    directly with the wireless PAN module in the ConnectPort X2B gateway
    via RealPort, Modbus, or UDP/TCP sockets.

    This firmware does not support the Python development environment. For
    applications that require Python, a separate firmware version is available.
    For more details, visit the Digi Support website for firmware version
    P/N 82002161.

SUPPORTED PRODUCTS

    ConnectPort X2B Ethernet

ENHANCEMENTS

    Add SNTP Client as a time source for time source management.
    This new feature adds SNTP client as a source for time management.
    It allows the device to synchronize its clock with NTP/SNTP servers.
    Configuration for this feature is available through RCI, the web UI
    and the command line "set clocksource" command.

    Add an "offset" from UTC to time source management.
    This new feature adds the ability to modify Coordinated Universal
    Time (UTC) by increments that correspond with time zones.
    Configuration for this feature is available through RCI, the web UI
    and the command line "set time" command.

    Add logging for time events such as changes to offset or time "jumps".

    Add SSL connection support and simple password authentication for
    device connections to the iDigi Server (Connectware Manager Server).

    Add support for RealPort authentication.

    Add numerous commands to "display techsupport" for improved reporting.
    (31539, 31689)

    Reduce the amount of alarm data sent at the start of a connection to an
    iDigi Server (Connectware Manager Server) by sending only the active
    alarms. This improvement is coupled with a server change to not request
    the current state of all alarms.

    Add support to flush the ARP table and DNS resolver cache on demand.
    Enhance "display dnsserver" to display resolver cache entries.
    Automatically flush the DNS resolver cache when the DNS server list
    changes, removing possibly stale cache entries.

    Allow fully qualified domain names (FQDN) instead of only IP address
    for a number of features. These features are: AutoConnect, UDP Serial,
    SNMP trap destinations, and the alarms e-mail server. For UDP Serial,
    a lookup of the FQDN (typically in the DNS resolver's cache) is done
    for each packet sent, with a full name resolution occurring only when
    the cached entry's time-to-live expires (or the cache is flushed).
    This supports dynamic destination IP addresses. (19517, 30637)

    Add options to CLI, web UI and RCI to save encrypted passwords and
    keys in the configuration backup file. Configuration restore accepts
    either encrypted or plain text passwords and keys. (15108)

    Change the signature method on the self-generated, self-signed
    certificate from MD5 to SHA1. Although MD5 is not generally unsafe,
    SHA1 is deemed to be the most secure. All browsers or SSL clients
    recognize SHA1 instead of MD5.

    Expose 'rmdir' and 'rename' calls to Python through POSIX wrapper.

    Update the web UI for IP Forwarding Settings to show the maximum number
    of entries for Static routes and "Forward TCP/UDP/FTP connections...".
    (31866)

  ENHANCEMENTS in 82002162_B1 subsequent to 82002162_B:

    Add support to send login success and failure traps via SNMP when
    a user logs into the device using HTTP or HTTPS.

    Improve the information sent for some alarm conditions when e-mail
    is the configured method for sending the alarm.

BUG FIXES

    Fix Modbus IA engine support of 802.15.4 radios. (30733)

    Modbus Web UI misaligns the Master to Table Relationship. (31803)

    Check if enough free memory is available to handle a firmware update
    from the iDigi Server (Connectware Manager) and return an appropriate
    error response if not. (31321)

    Fix a bug that limited length of the primary SNMP destination field in
    the SNMP Settings web UI. (31895)

    Add a change to work around a problem in which Digi products do not
    accept gateways from Apple's Airport Extreme when the Digi product is
    configured as a DHCP client and the Apple is the DHCP server. (31166)

    Improve a condition under which client-initiated connections to the
    iDigi Server (Connectware Manager Server)) won't start unless the
    "Reconnect after..."  box is checked. (31885)

    Eliminate several memory leaks.

  BUG FIXES in 82002162_B1 subsequent to 82002162_B:

    Fix a bug in which login success and failure traps were not being
    sent via SNMP when a user logs into the device using SSH. (32161)

KNOWN ISSUES

    None.

DOCUMENTATION ERRATA

    None.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    None.

HISTORY

  82002162_B1 (2.9.0.7) - October 30, 2009

    See ENHANCEMENTS and BUG FIXES information above.

  82002162_B (2.9.0.5) - October 17, 2009

    Not released for customer use.
    See ENHANCEMENTS and BUG FIXES information for 82002162_B1 EOS.

  82002162_A1 (2.8.4.16) - August 28, 2009

    ENHANCEMENTS:

      None.

    BUG FIXES:

      Fix a memory leak that may occur when DNS lookups are performed.
      Although the leak is small, it can lead to memory exhaustion in
      systems that perform many DNS operations, such as some iDigi client
      configurations. (30870)

  82002162_A (2.8.4.7) - March 31, 2009

    Initial release.