Updated Feb 2021
To Update TX-7471 Firmware to version 10.8.0.0
- Press the SETUP button
- Enter 31337 for the password
- Press 2 for Diagnostics
- Press F2 two times
- Press 1 for LRS Internal
- Press F2 one time
- Press 2 for Engineering
- Press F2 one time
- Press 1 for Firmware
- Press 1 for Download
- Enter the following number: 92610
A dash will still remain after the number that is okay select the green enter button on the transmitter.
The transmitter will begin downloading the firmware and will automatically check, install, and reboot. Once the transmitter has rebooted it will then connect to LRS Connect and be ready for use.
Release Notes (10.7.0.1 - 10.8.0.0) This release is cumulative from any version of 10.6.0.X and above
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Support alphacoaster vibe when paging from LRS Connect (TSFS-647)
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Implement local SMS feature using LRS Connect for sending SMS
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Enable/disable through SETUP → System → SMS Paging
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Defaults to SMS disabled
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Fix alphapager / alphacoaster OTA programming (group names and encryption)
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Implement dry contacts
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Implement POCSAG OTA encryption for series
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Implement group names
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Implement alarms
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Time zones work properly now
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Local time is correct if the time zone is set properly
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UI for selecting transmitter timezone (SETUP → System → Date/Time → Timezone)
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Time zone defaults to America/Chicago
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Using time zone database published December 2020
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Fix the issue that would prevent alphapager / alphacoaster anti-theft from working when OTA encryption is enabled
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Fix bug that caused received POCSAG pages over 128 characters to be truncated to a single character
- Programming for Group Paging on Staff and Alpha Coaster devices
- Improve reliability of MQTT connection to LRS Connect. Under some circumstances the connection would be dropped, but the transmitter would not detect this and attempt to re-connect.
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T7471 only: Use crypto accelerator for secure random number generation for:
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TLS operations
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Ephemeral UDP/TCP port number generation
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DHCP XID generation
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UUID generation
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Seeding non-secure PRNG
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T7471 only: Use crypto accelerator for POCSAG OTA encryption nonce
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Reduces wear on flash
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Nonce will not reset when memory is cleared, improving OTA encryption security
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Should make paging slightly faster when POCSAG OTA encryption is in use
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Cache additional settings in memory for improved performance
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Improve concurrency of settings module for better performance