Release Notes 2.24 11.11.2004
ARtem ComPoint Manager artem Gmbh
www.ARtem.de
Minor Release
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP
Language: german/english
Changes and Improvements
========================
> Support of ComPoint Butterfly added.
> Support of Guest-Access Router firmware removed.
> Enabled the upload of AP firmware to a serial device.
> Add setting of device's password.
Bugfixes
========
> Firmware upload to devices running ace version less than 2.73 is not possible!
Notes
=====
> Firmware Upload
It is not possible to upload firmware to Enterprises devices running firmware
version less than 2.73. To upgrade such devices you must use a CPM version
less than or equal to 2.18.
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with Enterprise devices
running firmware version greater than 3.00. All other devices support this
option since first release.
> Firmware upload
If you will upgrade the firmware of ARtem Onair ComPoint devices, please
read the readme files (readme1st.txt and release-xxx.txt) shipped with
the device's firmware.
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Release Notes 2.23 11.10.2004
ARtem ComPoint Manager artem Gmbh
www.ARtem.de
Minor Release
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP
Language: german/english
Changes and Improvements
========================
> WinXP SP2 support.
> Due to monitoring improvements the remote retrieval of the device's firmware version
and the remote retrieval of the device's IP settings after the firmware upload resp.
after the IP setup are removed. Instead the last known settings are used.
To make sure that these settings are synchronized with the device's settings do
a Discovery (press F5) once again after these operations.
Bugfixes
========
> The main view's device icons are not updated if the "extended view" is disabled.
Notes
=====
> Firmware Upload
It is not possible to upload firmware to Enterprises devices running firmware
version less than 2.73. To upgrade such devices you must use a CPM version
less than or equal to 2.18.
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with Enterprise devices
running firmware version greater than 3.00. All other devices support this
option since first release.
> Firmware upload
If you will upgrade the firmware of ARtem Onair ComPoint devices, please
read the readme files (readme1st.txt and release-xxx.txt) shipped with
the device's firmware.
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Release Notes 2.22 06.09.2004
ARtem ComPoint Manager artem Gmbh
Minor Release www.ARtem.de
Changes and Improvements
========================
> Firmware upload
Removed the reset to factory default if the uploaded firmware is not
compatible with the device's configuration.
Note: The reset to factory default is done by the device after a reset,
if neccessary.
> Firmware upload
The device's parameters in the main list view are updated after a
firmware upload.
> User interface
Add new icons to differ between the device families.
> Discovery
Option added to switch between discovering all devices on the network
and discovering devices which are currently shown in the main list view.
> Software selection dialog
Removed applications bridge and ap router.
Bugfixes
========
> Software selection dialog
If the path to the software folder is too long the application may crash.
> Main list view
A wrong application icon is used for the application.
> Firmware upload
It is not possible to load a firmware file to an enterprise device
if the fimware is not compatible with the device's configuration.
> Main list view
The firmware version is not retrieved if the application list
is not available due to older firmware version.
Notes
=====
> Firmware Upload
It is not possible to upload firmware to Enterprises devices running firmware
version less than 2.73. To upgrade such devices you must use a CPM version
less than or equal to 2.18.
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with Enterprise devices
running firmware version greater than 3.00. All other devices support this
option since first release.
> Firmware upload
If you will upgrade the firmware of ARtem Onair ComPoint devices, please
read the readme files (readme1st.txt and release-xxx.txt) shipped with
the device's firmware.
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Release Notes 2.21 10.08.2004
ARtem ComPoint Manager ARtem Gmbh
Minor Release www.ARtem.de
Changes and Improvements
========================
> Configuration download
The timeout receiving the configuration of a device is increased
from ten seconds to one minute.
> User interface
New Icons added.
> Multi firmware upload
Add check whether all devices have no password assigned.
If so, a dialog to set the password appears before upload.
> IP setup
After setting the IP configuration the device's data will
be automatically updated.
Bugfixes
========
> Firmware upload
Firmware upgrade of some Enterprise devices cannot be done, cause software
selection dialog offers only the industrial applications to the user.
> Multi firmware upload
The device's firmware is not downgraded, although the "AdmitDowngrade
check box" is marked.
> Firmware upload
The "Upload image" button instead of the "Firmware browser" button is
shown, although the user has aborted the upload process after firmware
file selection.
Notes
=====
> Firmware Upload
It is not possible to upload firmware to Enterprises devices running firmware
version less than 2.73. To upgrade such devices you must use a CPM version
less than or equal to 2.18.
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with Enterprise devices
running firmware version greater than 3.00. All other devices support this
option since first release.
> Firmware upload
If you will upgrade the firmware of ARtem Onair ComPoint devices, please
read the readme files (readme1st.txt and release-xxx.txt) shipped with
the device's firmware.
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Release Notes 2.20 01.07.2004
ARtem ComPoint Manager ARtem Gmbh
Bugfix Release www.ARtem.de
Changes and Improvements
========================
> Version resp. Software Dialog shows the device's software in a list box.
Bugfixes
========
> The previous firmware version is shown (col Version), after the device's
firmware has been erased.
> Command refresh: A device, that has been added manually to the device list is
shown as not found and an error message "Device is not reachable..." occurs.
> Firmware Upgrade: There may be an error message like: "Upload
failed!. No such image stored" and the firmware is not send to
the device!
> Configuration save: There may be an error message like: "Cannot get
configuration!. Access denied, not in access table.", while getting
the configuration of a device that is not configured.
This error message is wrong! The right error message is:
"Cannot get configuration!. No such image stored".
Notes
=====
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with ComPoint firmware
versions greater than 3.00.
> Firmware upload
If you will upgrade the firmware of ARtem Onair ComPoint devices, please
read the readme files (readme1st.txt and release-xxx.txt) shipped with
the device's firmware.
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Release Notes 2.19 14.06.2004
ARtem ComPoint Manager ARtem Gmbh
Minor Release www.ARtem.de
Changes and Improvements
========================
> The file browser of the Firmware Upgrade and the Multi-Upload Dialog is
replaced by a Firmware Browser, that let the user select the
device's appropriate application.
> A new icon face shows the device's configuration state. A green smilie icon
reports a device, that is not configured.
> The version, release and flash date of the user interface (Web) is added
to the Version Dialog.
Bugfixes
========
> Discovery
Discovery replies have been consumed on all interfaces, atlthough only
one interface (Menu Extras->Options->Select an interface) has been selected.
> Fimrware Upgrade
Upload of the web user interface failed if firmware has been downgraded.
> Firmware upgrade
If the firmware (version) of the device is equal to the firmware (version)
included in the afw file, a default configuration has been uploaded, but
not the firmware.
The correct behavior is to upload neither the default configuration nor
the firmware!
Notes
=====
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with ComPoint firmware
versions greater than 3.00.
> Firmware upload
If you will upgrade the firmware of ARtem Onair ComPoint devices, please
read the readme files (readme1st.txt and release-xxx.txt) shipped with
the device's firmware.
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Release Notes 2.18 30.04.2004
ARtem ComPoint Manager ARtem Gmbh
Bugfix Release www.ARtem.de
Bugfixes
========
> GUI: The list of interfaces in the "Option-Dialiog" has been sometimes
(depends on windows version) not shown completely.
> The loopback interface has not been excluded joining the multicast group.
This may result on some Windows versions in an error message:
Cannot join multicast group...
> GUI: Firmware Upgrade Dialog: The flash date has been overwritten with
the application name after an upload.
> Sometimes no multicast packets are sent out of an interface. This undefined
behavior results in not finding network devices via the discovery protocol.
The devices are shown as "found(IP)" although they are reachable with the
discovery protocol.
> If a net device has no firmware stored there may be some malfunction
loading a firmware file.
Notes
=====
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with ComPoint firmware
versions greater than 3.00.
> Firmware upload
If you will upgrade the firmware of ARtem Onair ComPoint Workgroup devices you have
to read the instructions in the readme files (readme1st.txt and release-xxx.txt)!
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Release Notes 2.17 19.04.2004
ARtem ComPoint Manager ARtem Gmbh
www.ARtem.de
Changes and Improvements
========================
> Current running application(s) on the device is shown in the list view
if the extended view is activated (new column "Application") and in
the firmware upload dialog.
> DHCP status resp. IP source is shown in the list view and in
the IP-Setup dialog box.
> In the list view an icon has been added for each net device.
A found net device gets the application icon. A device that is currently
not found gets a red smilie icon.
Bugfixes
========
> Sometimes error messages are mixed with previous ones.
> Possible deadlock loading the device list file.
> Firmware upload hangs with "send error message 10055" if the
admin password is not set!
Notes
=====
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with ComPoint firmware
versions greater than 3.00.
> Firmware upload
If you will upgrade the firmware of ARtem Onair ComPoint Workgroup devices you have
to read the instructions in the readme files (readme1st.txt and release-xxx.txt)!
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Release Notes 2.16 09.03.2004
ARtem ComPoint Manager ARtem Gmbh
www.ARtem.de
Bugfixes
========
> Manager may crash while uploading multiple firmware or configuration files and
one or more device(s) is (are) not reachable.
> Manager may prevent loading a non firmware image file, although it is a valid image.
Notes
=====
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with ComPoint firmware
versions greater than 3.00.
> Firmware upload
If you will upgrade the firmware of ARtem Onair ComPoint Workgroup devices you have
to read the instructions in the readme files (readme1st.txt and release-xxx.txt)!
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Release Notes 2.15 18.02.2004
ARtem ComPoint Manager ARtem Gmbh
www.ARtem.de
Changes and Improvements
========================
> Multi-Upload of firmware and configuration files added. If more than one device
is selected and the "Load firmware..." menu item is selected a new dialog "Multi-Upload"
appears that enables the user to upload a firmware or configuration file to more
than one network devices.
> Load and Save functionality added. The actual list of devices can be saved/loaded
to/from a file. The format of the list file content is as follows:
"mac address,ip address,host name, netmask, gateway address\n".
The host name is double-quoted if it contains the separator ",". The list can be
saved as txt-file or as csv-file. After loading the list from a file, all devices
which are still discovered are N O T updated according to the list entries in the file.
New entries are appended to the list.
> The Menu "File" is renamed to Menu "Device".
The "Edit" menu item is removed from this menu.
Add menu items "Insert", "Delete" and "Delete all..." to this menu. The functionality behind
these menu items is equivalent to the functionality behind the subitems of the removed
"Edit" Menu. Add menu items "Open" and "Save as..." to load and save the device list.
> All devices int the list can be deleted, regardless of the "found" state.
> The device list can also be sorted by firmware version and by product name.
> Firmware/Configuration upload generally improved.
Bugfixes
========
> The "Telnet" menu item was not grayed if the selected device is a ComPoint Workgroup.
Notes
=====
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with ComPoint firmware
versions greater than 3.00.
> Firmware upload
If you will upgrade the firmware of ARtem Onair ComPoint Workgroup devices you have
to read the instructions in the readme files (readme1st.txt and release-xxx.txt)!
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Release Notes 2.14 27.11.2003
ARtem ComPoint Manager ARtem GmbH
www.ARtem.de
Changes and Improvements
========================
> Full support of all ARtem network devices. This support includes all devices
belonging to the ARtem Onair ComPoint Workgroup family and all already supported
devices belonging to the first-generation ComPoints and to the second-generation
products ComPoint-II.
Bugfixes
========
> Context menu Refresh: If the selected device is a ComPoint Workgroup the
error message: "ComPoint not reachable" appears, although the device is reachable!
The same problem exists, if a manually ComPoint is added and afterwards refreshed.
> Configuraion load does not work if the uploaded configuration file has
been retrieved from a ComPoint with a firmware version above 4.42.
Notes
=====
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with ComPoint firmware
versions greater than 3.00.
> Firmware upload
If you will upgrade the firmware of ARtem Onair ComPoint Workgroup devices you have
to read the instructions in the readme files (readme1st.txt and release-xxx.txt)!
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Release Notes 2.12 21.11.2003
ARtem ComPoint Manager ARtem GmbH
www.ARtem.de
Changes and Improvements
========================
> CPM disables the Telnet menu item if a ComPoint Workgroup is selected.
> CPM disables the "LoadFirmware" menu item, the "IP Setup" menu items and the IP
configuration with OnReturn and OnDblClick if discovery is in progress.
> After startup the first ComPoint in the list is selected.
> Edit menu: The name of the product family is shown instead of "item".
> Advanced search: if the request of the product name and/or the firmware version failed,
the firmware version is shown as 0.0 and the product name is shown as "unknown".
> After a firmware upload the upgrade dialog is closed if the user selects "reboot" or
set to "factory default". If user selects "restart later" the upgrade dialog remains open.
> After setting the IP configuration discovery starts to validate the new IP configuration.
The user is able to set this feature as an option in the Dialog "Option" Group "Ip-Settings"
Checkbox "Start discover after IP-Setup".
> Half close after writing added to unstress the AM-Server.
> Discovery
Removed "User added" state. If the net device is added manually and has been found the
state "discovered" is shown.
In brackets the user is informed if the net device is reachable via IP connection.
- discoverd (*) tells the user that the net device has been found with the ARtem discovery
protocol and is reachable with an IP connection.
- discovered (MAC) tells the user that the net device has been found with the ARtem
discovery protocol but is not reachable with an IP connection. In this
case the net device may have the IP address set to zero or has an IP address that does not
match the net id of the subnet.
- discovered (IP) tells the user that the net device has not been discovered but is reachable
with an IP connection. In this case the net device is located in an other subnet.
The "not found" state in the device list is extended with the time in minutes since the device
has been found lastly.
Bugfixes
========
> SoSend error message improved: if remote host sends a TCP-RST although the connection
has been established.
> Getting the product name of a device may cause an Access violation.
> If the application has been minimized by the user and afterwards closed, the
application started minimized but could not opened with a click on the task button.
> Corrected status update if user adds a compoint, that is already in the list
and can not be found!
> Shutdown the application may cause an "Access violation". Now the user maybe has to wait
several seconds (up to 30) after pressing Exit till the services are down.
> Error message: "Select timeout..." after setting the IP configuration atlthough the
IP configuration has been set successfully on the device.
Note: if this message comes up after IP-Setup the setting of the IP has failed definitly!
Notes
=====
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with ComPoint firmware
versions greater than 3.00.
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Release Notes 2.11 18.07.2003
ARtem ComPoint Manager ARtem GmbH
www.ARtem.de
Bugfixes
========
> Save configuration
If an invalid ComPoint node name is given an also invalid file name may
result. There is no error message shown in this case. Now the user gets
an error message if an invalid file name for the configuration file is given.
Please do not use "/ \ < > |" neither in node name nor in file name.
Notes
=====
> Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with ComPoint firmware
versions greater than 3.00.
> IP configuration and DHCP
In conjunction with ComPoint firmware version greater than
3.00 the CPM offers the possibility to disable the DHCP client on the ComPoint:
If DHCP is up and running on the ComPoint and user of the CPM tries to
change the IP configuration of the ComPoint, the ComPoint will disable DHCP.
This operation may take some time and may be force an error message
like "Read select timeout". But this error is not critical. Although
getting this error message DHCP is disabled on the ComPoint. To avoid
this error message go to Option dialog and increase the discovery timeout.
Known Problems
==============
> Problems with ComPoint firmware versions above 2.73:
The first discovery is not able to get the firmware version of the ComPoints
because there is no password assigned to get this information. After first
discovery the user must specify a password to get this information. This is
obsolete with ComPoint firmware 2.73!
> Under Win2k there might be problems running the CPM on a client (Laptop) which
loses the connection to a ComPoint for a undefined time. After reconnect to a
ComPoint the CPM might be unable to find any ComPoint.
Solution: Shutdown and restart the CPM OR choose Menu "Extras" Submenu "Options"
and click on "OK" in the "Options"-Dialog. After this the CPM must be find all
installed ComPoints on the network.
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Release Notes 2.10 22.05.2003
ARtem ComPoint Manager ARtem GmbH
www.ARtem.de
Changes and Improvements
Bugfix: Detailed view
- CPM may crash while discovering the network with enabled detailed view
Notes:
- Configuration save
The upload of configuration is enabled in conjunction with ComPoint firmware versions
greater than 3.00.
- IP configuration and DHCP
In conjunction with ComPoint firmware version greater than
3.00 the CPM offers the possibility to disable the DHCP client on the ComPoint:
If DHCP is up and running on the ComPoint and user of the CPM tries to
change the IP configuration of the ComPoint, the ComPoint will disable DHCP.
This operation may take some time and may be force an error message
like "Read select timeout". But this error is not critical. Although
getting this error message DHCP is disabled on the ComPoint. To avoid
this error message go to Option dialog and increase the discovery timeout.
Known Problems
- The ComPoint Manager (CPM) does not always discover a ComPoint, if the IP
address of the ComPoint is "0.0.0.0" and a router is between the ComPoint
and the host running the CPM.
- Problems with ComPoint firmware versions above 2.73:
The first discovery is not able to get the firmware version of the
ComPoints because there is no password assigned to get this information.
After first discovery the user must specify a password to get this
information. This is obsolete with ComPoint firmware 2.73!
- Under Win2k there might be problems running the CPM on a client (Laptop)
which loses the connection to a ComPoint for a undefined time. After
reconnect to a ComPoint the CPM might be unable to find any ComPoint.
Solution: Shutdown and restart the CPM OR choose Menu "Extras"
Submenu "Options" and click on "OK" in the "Options"-Dialog.
After this the CPM must be find all installed ComPoints on the network.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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