Status | Date | Doc Version | Applicable | Confidentiality |
RELEASED | v1.4 | Wirepas Network Tool v4.1 | PUBLIC |
Release Summary
Release Date | Latest Wirepas Network Tool Version | Previous Wirepas Network Tool Version |
v4.1.2 | v4.1.1 |
Released Components
Component name | Component version |
Wirepas Network Tool client | v4.1.1.1 |
Wirepas Network Tool backend | v4.1.2 |
Wirepas Network Tool v4.1.x Release Highlights
Here are the key new features enabled by Wirepas Network Tool v4.1 release:
- Wirepas Massive Firmware v5.2.0 support
- Directed Advertiser positioning support for Massive Tracking v1.1
- OTAP performance improvement
The full list of new features is available in New Features vs Wirepas Network Tool v4.0 chapter.
Wirepas Network Tool v4.1.x Maintenance releases Highlights
Version | Description |
v4.1.1 | WNT v4.1.1 fixes following issues (please see errata for more information):
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v4.1.2 | WNT v4.1.2 fixes MQTT JSON area issue, where area information was not cleared when tag moved from location with area to location without area (WNTNG-617). |
Compatibility
Compatibility Summary
Wirepas Network Tool v4.1 is not backward compatible with v3.0.x version. The figure below provide the compatibility matrix updated with Wirepas Network Tool v4.1 release and other Wirepas components.
- When WNT major version number changes e.g. from v3.0 to v4.0, it also means that WNT API has changed [1].
Wirepas Network Tool (WNT) | Wirepas Massive Firmware | Wirepas Massive SDK (SDK) | Wirepas Positioning Engine (WPE) | Linux Gateway | Wirepas MQTT Library | Wirepas Terminal | ||
Version | v4.1.2 | v5.2.0 | v1.3.0 | v1.5.0 | v0.101 | |||
Release Date | 11th Feb 2022 | 20th Dec 2021 | 20th Dec 2021 | 30th Sep 2021 | 16th May 2021 | 20th Apr 2021 | 11th Feb 2019 | |
Compatibility | Wirepas Massive Firmware | v4.0.x, v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x | Compatible with
| v5.2.x | v4.0.x, v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x | v4.0.x, v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x | v4.0.x, v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x | v4.0.x, v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x |
WM SDK | - | v1.3.x | - | Positioning App v4.0.0.0, v5.0.0.0, v1.2.0.2 (PosApp v1.2.0.x + PosLib v1.0.0), v1.2.3.x (PosApp v1.2.3.x + PosLib v1.1.0), v1.3.0.x (PosApp v1.3.0.x + PosLib v1.1.0) | - | - | - | |
WNT | - | v4.0.x, v4.1.x | - | v4.0.x, v4.1.x | v1.7, v2.x, v3.x, v4.0.x, v4.1.x | - | - | |
WPE | v1.4.x, v1.5.x | v1.4.x, v1.5.x | - | - | v1.3.x, v1.4.x, v1.5.x | - | - | |
Linux Gateway | v1.4.x v1.3.x (without OTAP v2) | v1.4.x v1.3.x (without OTAP v2) | - | - | - | v1.4.x | - | |
Wirepas Terminal | - | v0.101 - | - | - | - | - | - |
Compatibility Notes
Item | Description |
Wirepas Network Tool | Wirepas Network Tool v4.1 backend & client are backwards compatible with Wirepas Network Tool v4.0. |
New Features vs Wirepas Network Tool v4.0
Item | Description | |
1 | Directed advertiser positioning packet support. | Added support of DA originated positioning packet in WNT parser with integration of WPE v1.5.0 for Massive Tracking v1.1. |
2 | Possibility to disable OTAP | It is possible to set scratchpad action to NO_OTAP for the sinks in the network, while using Wirepas Massive Firmware v5.1.0 or greater and Linux Gateway v1.4.0 or greater [2]. |
3 | New fields added to MQTT JSON API. | Sink address and gateway id added to the MQTT JSON API [1]. |
4 | New items in the events page | Address clashes and scratchpad transfers diagnostics values added to the events page [3]. |
Performance/Feature Improvements vs Wirepas Network Tool v4.0
# | Item | Description |
1 | OTAP performance improvement. | OTAP related messages are spread to longer time range to reduce the load to the backend and client. |
Important Notes for Wirepas Network Tool v4.1
# | Description |
1 | When using positioning engine the anchors are not detected automatically in WNT 4, as there is no bulletproof way to do this, but users need to set the nodes manually as anchors from the Node Management page. When doing backend update from WNT v3.0.x to WNT v4.1 the update runs a script that will import all router nodes that are approved and have valid location as anchors to WNT v4.1 backend. |
Errata for Wirepas Network Tool v4.1
For errata please see Wirepas Network Tool Errata [4]
References
[1] WNT4 Backend API
[2] How to perform OTAP with Wirepas Massive v5.1
[3] Wirepas Network Tool Client User Guide
[4] Wirepas Network Tool Errata
Revision History
Date | Version | Notes |
v1.1 | Initial version | |
v1.2 | Added information about v4.1.1 | |
v1.3 | Added information about WM FW v5.2.0 and SDK v1.3.0 on compatibility matrix | |
v1.4 | Added information about v4.1.2 |
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