Status

Date

Doc Version

Applicable

Confidentiality

RELEASED

v1.6

Wirepas Network Tool v4.2

PUBLIC


Release Summary

Release Date

Latest Wirepas Network Tool Version

Previous Wirepas Network Tool Version

v4.2.0

v4.1.2

Released Components

Component name

Component version

Wirepas Network Tool client

v4.2.0.139

Wirepas Network Tool backend

v4.2.0

Wirepas Network Tool v4.2.x Release Highlights

Here are the key new features enabled by Wirepas Network Tool v4.2 release: 

  • Wirepas Massive Firmware v5.3.0 support
  • Windows 11 support

The full list of new features is available in New Features vs Wirepas Network Tool v4.1 chapter.

Compatibility

Compatibility Summary

Wirepas Network Tool v4.2 is not backward compatible with v3.0.x version. The figure below provide the compatibility matrix updated with Wirepas Network Tool v4.2 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 Mesh Firmware

Wirepas Mesh SDK

(SDK)

Wirepas Positioning Engine

(WPE)

Linux Gateway

Wirepas MQTT Library

Wirepas Terminal

Version

v4.2.0

v5.3.0.89

v1.4.0

v1.5.0

v1.4.2

v1.0

v0.101

Release Date

7th Nov 2022

7th Nov 2022

7th Nov 2022

30th Sep 2021

7th Nov 2022

20th Apr 2021

11th Feb 2019

 

 

 

 

Compatibility

Wirepas Mesh Firmware

v4.0.x, v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x, v5.3.0

v5.3.0

v5.3.0

v4.0.x, v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x, v5.3.0

v4.0.x, v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x, v5.3.0

v4.0.x, v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x, v5.3.0

v4.0.x, v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x, v5.3.0
 OTAP Operations are not supported in v5.x

Wirepas Mesh SDK

-

v1.4.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, x4.2.0

-

v4.0.x, v4.1.x, x4.2.0

v3.x, v4.0.x, v4.1.x, x4.2.0

-

-

WPE

v1.4.x, v1.5.0

v1.4.x, v1.5.0

-

-

v1.3.x, v1.4.x

-

-

Linux Gateway

v1.4.x

v1.3.x (without OTAP v2)

v1.4.x (v1.4.2 if fragmentation is used)

-

-

-

v1.4.x

-

Wirepas Terminal

-

v0.101 -
 OTAP Operations are not supported

-

-

-

-

-

Compatibility Notes

Item

Description

Wirepas Network Tool

Wirepas Network Tool v4.2 backend & client are backwards compatible with Wirepas Network Tool v4.0 and v4.1.

New Features vs Wirepas Network Tool v4.1


Item

Description

1

Wirepas Massive Firmware v5.3.0 support.

Added support of new diagnostics and HW/stack profiles in v5.3.0.

2

Windows 11 support

Client is tested with Windows 10 and 11.

Important Notes for Wirepas Network Tool v4.2

#

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 v4.2 the update runs a script that will import all router nodes that are approved and have valid location as anchors to WNT v4.2 backend.

Errata for Wirepas Network Tool v4.2

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

v1.5

Added information about v4.2.0

v1.6

Corrected Linux Gateway version in the compatibility matrix for the firmware

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