Firmware 7.53 Release Notes

Abbreviation/Acronym	Definitions
ACCM	Async-Control-Character-Map
AT	Attention
DCE	Data Circuit Equipment
DTE	Data Terminal Equipment
DTMF	Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling
DTR	Data Terminal Ready
GPIO	Global Purpose Input Output
GPRS	Global Packet Radio Service
IMEI	International Mobile Equipment Identity
LCP	Link Control Protocol
ME	Mobile Equipment
MS	Mobile Station
PDP	Packet Data Protocol
PLMN	Public Land Mobile Networks
PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
SIM	Subscriber Information Module
STK	SIM Application Toolkit
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
UART	Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
UDP	User Datagram Protocol
BOOT	Boot loader
AMMS	AMSS firmware
HYPER	Virtualization layer
OAT_NVP	Open-AT firmware NV parameters
OAT_FW	Open-AT firmware

3. Related Documentation

Table 3. Related Documentation

4. Compatibility

Table 4. Hardware Compatibility

AirPrime Compatibility List
AirPrime Q2698
AirLink FX100

Table 5. Software Compatibility

5. Software Release Description

5.1. Release Identification

Table 6. Open AT Firmware Release Information

	Modem (ATI8)	Services (ATI3)
Identification	SWI6200T_02.02.04.22	R7.53.0.201502160745
Date of generation	2015/02/13 19:23	2015/02/16 07:45
Binary Size		1825268 bytes
Checksum		0x99ED13D2
Boot loader X-modem	SWI6200T_02.02.04.22
First Stage Boot loader	SWI6200T_02.02.04.22
IMEI SV	5
Flash/RAM type	NAND 128 MBytes / RAM 64 Mbytes

6. Software Changes Description

6.1. Validated Corrections/Improvements

This section presents all corrections or improvements integrated in Firmware 7.53.

Issues are sorted by alphabetical order of Impacted Domain.

ID	Description	Impacted Domain	Impacted Sub-Domain	Fixed in
67629	AT+CPOF=1 does not shut down the AirPrime	AT	OTHER	7.53
68744	<LAC> and <CellId> field value is not reported correctly through CCED response.	AT	OTHER	7.53
70219	Deleted LDN phonebook entries still appear after AirPrime restarts on deleting the LDN phonebook by AT+WDCP="LD" command.	AT	OTHER	7.53
71084	Call barring service cannot be enabled on AirPrime	AT	OTHER	7.53
71434	Cannot switch back to data mode using ATO command when PPP connection is switched to AT mode using +++	AT	OTHER	7.53
71466	AT+CIND? may reset the AirPrime	AT	OTHER	7.53
71527	Incorrect data returned as a response to AT+WASR? command	AT	OTHER	7.53
71536	Response of +WMSN is incorrect which is missing 1 digit	AT	OTHER	7.53
71890	If cell information is not yet received, then issue of one shot AT+CCED=0 returns +CME ERROR: 30	AT	OTHER	7.53
71938	AirPrime does not allow setting the baud rate of 9600 over CMUX virtual port.	AT	OTHER	7.53
72337	"+CREG" unsolicited indication does not report the real network registration state of the AirPrime	AT	OTHER	7.53
72465	CME ERROR:3 is returned when <path id> parameter is added in the command and number of parameters reaches 7 instead of 6	AT	OTHER	7.53
73333	AirPrime may reset if AT+CFUN=4 is sent and then followed by AT+CFUN=0	AT	OTHER	7.53
76198	Repeatedly opening & closing UART in quick succession may reset the AirPrime	AT	OTHER	7.53
70345	Wrong SMS is read when reading SMS in PDU mode, class 2	AT	SMS	7.53
70760	Occasional AirPrime reset while sending lots of SMS in quick succession	AT	SMS	7.53
71783	wip_TCPCreateOpts() API does not work when invoke with WIP_COPT_NOTIMEWAIT option	DATA	OTHER	7.53
67808	Values returned by AT+ADC command are updated after a long time after the actual input applied to ADC is changed.	DEVICE	ADC	7.53
67484	adl_audioDTMFPlay() API may return ERROR when subscribed with ADL_AUDIO_SPEAKER parameter	DEVICE	AUDIO	7.53
71723	DTMF tone can be heard on the remote side but not on the local side on the headset.	DEVICE	AUDIO	7.53
72464	During active call, incoming call waiting tone alert may not be present	DEVICE	AUDIO	7.53
71795	Virtual UART may not respond if incoming call is received when sleep mode is enabled.	DEVICE	CMUX	7.53
68216	Error 2 (Parameter error) is returned when reading I2C bus using APIs adl_busWrite and adl_busRead()	DEVICE	IOB	7.53
69627	GPIO_0 configured as output switches its direction to input after subscribing using adl_extintSubscribe API	DEVICE	IOB	7.53
71022	I2c exchanges are slow at about 300-400µs per byte irrespective of the I2c clock state (standard or fast).	DEVICE	IOB	7.53
71095	AirPrime doesn't go to sleep mode when AT+W32K is issued over CMUX	DEVICE	MUX	7.53
67623	When sequential read and write operation are done using adl_busReadExt and adl_busWriteExt APIs respectively, AirPrime chip select SPI output doesn't toggle..	DEVICE	OTHER	7.53
68338	On I2C bus, NACK is not identified as an error, so when it occurs adl_busread & adl_buswrite returns OK.	DEVICE	OTHER	7.53
69259	Error 2 (Parameter error) is returned when reading I2C bus using APIs adl_busWrite and adl_busRead()	DEVICE	OTHER	7.53
69747	When DTMF service is used with application, DTMF detection is failed.	DEVICE	OTHER	7.53
69860	Incorrect RTS state is returned by adl_portGetSignalState() ADL API on AirPrime.	DEVICE	OTHER	7.53
71271	Hardware features (UART2, SPI) can be activated even if the associated pins are already allocated	DEVICE	OTHER	7.53
71341	Command responses on UART are out of sync and so some responses are lost resulting in application error.	DEVICE	OTHER	7.53
72495	If UART2 is open then invoking adl_busWrite() API on SPI2 interface leads to AirPrime reset	DEVICE	OTHER	7.53
72742	Sometimes ADL_INIT_REBOOT_FROM_EXCEPTION is not received in adl_main even if reset occurs because of exception cause by Application.	DEVICE	OTHER	7.53
70554	Improper value is returned for SecondFracPart when called using adl_rtcGetTime () API	DEVICE	RTC	7.53
71488	AirLink FX100 does not save the current time to RTC. RTC data is incorrect after the AirLink is power cycled.	DEVICE	RTC	7.53
71575	AirPrime OS clock stops working without reset after being in off mode (AT+CFUN=0) for more than 5 minutes	DEVICE	RTC	7.53
72395 75593	Repeatedly opening & closing UART in quick succession may reset the AirPrime	DEVICE	V24	7.53
76632	A corrupt firmware can be installed by x-modem due to the absence of CRC check.	DWL	OATBOOT	7.53
70298	Dual PDP context activation fails	GPRS	OTHER	7.53
72625	When the number of flash objects is too high, the boot time increases	FLASH	OBJECTS	7.53
69841	When the T3321 timeout occurs during a GPRS detach procedure with the retransmission, AirPrime fails to perform the GPRS attach subsequently.	GPRS	OTHER	7.53
69969	PPP connection is automatically terminated because of non-acknowledgement of lcp-echo requests when PPP connection establishment is done on LINUX machine.	GPRS	OTHER	7.53
70298	Concurrent activation of two PDP contexts fails	GPRS	OTHER	7.53
70572	Incorrect CME error code (148) is displayed when GPRS attach is rejected for the following conditions: Illegal MS (103) Illegal ME (106) GPRS services not allowed (107) PLMN not allowed (111) Location area not allowed (112) Roaming not allowed in this location area (113)	GPRS	OTHER	7.53
71573	WIP_BEV_IP_DISCONNECTED event received is not received when wrong APN is specified in GPRS bearer settings	GPRS	OTHER	7.53
68553	Automatic Time Zone Update (+CTZU) can't be disabled	GSM	OTHER	7.53
71598	When automatic cell dump shots are stopped and later a request for one shot cell dump is made (AT+CCED=0), it results in error "CME ERROR: 515".	GSM	RR	7.53
68944	If the speed of the inserted SIM is too slow, AirPrime may not be able to receive SMS which is sent when it is power off.	GSM	SMS	7.53
71085	Both Active as well as held calls are disconnected by AT+CHLD=1	GSM	SS	7.53
72604	Activate and deactivate call waiting using commands ATD4310# and ATD#43*10# respectively doesn't work and returns +CME ERROR: 30	GSM	SS	7.53
72759	Incorrect response displayed on interrogating +CLIP/+CLIR/+COLP supplementary service.	GSM	SS	7.53
68762	AirPrime incorrectly reports to network that it support AMR-WB. This leads to lack of audio on some networks.	HWL	AUDIO	7.53
75216	AirPrime may reset during some I2C read/write operations	HWL	OTHER	7.53
68434	Response value of time returned by adl_osclkGetTime() API is not in compliance with granularity of 4.615ms.	OTHER	OAT	7.53
67119	When starting UART1 bearer as server, DNS information should not be shown in +WIPBR indication	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
68768	If a bad block is present in the FOTA partition, adl_fsInstall() API may return an error code instead of installing the .dwl file	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
70093	adl_fsInstall() cannot install open AT from file system with hardware reset during the installation progress	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
70256	The SPI transfer/transaction is longer than expected and could impact on performance.	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
70277	AirPrime resets in-between when DNS proxy is re-started and IESM Ethernet driver restart has not completed	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
70280	DNS information is missing in +WIPBR indication when starting UART1 bearer as server in the case of client fixing its own DNS address	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
70481	After few normal restarts (due to +WOPEN, +CFUN), AT+WDWL doesn't launch the x-modem bootloader and AirPrime needs hard reset	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
70574	Audio is not played after an ongoing call is hung up.	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
71796	Network registration during dial-up fails when authentication is selected as NONE	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
71866	RAM dump cannot be collected from AirPrime using swimemdebug tool	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
72462	Using adl_audioSubscribe() API to subscribe to audio service for DTMF detection affects CMUT command and which then doesn't mute the microphone.	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
73901	Invoking wip_netGetOpts() API to retrieve WIP_NET_OPT_IP_TTL, WIP_NET_OPT_IP_TOS, WIP_NET_OPT_IP_FRAG_TIMEO returns WIP_NET_ERR_PARAM (i.e invalid option)	OTHER	OTHER	7.53
72054	AirPrime may run in to possible instability in event management if two different priority tasks are waiting on same event	RTK	OTHER	7.53
67876	Incorrect value is returned by adl_tmrUnsubscribe() API for large 100ms timer.	RTK	TIMER	7.53
72698	Binary SIM file within ADF_USIM can't be read	SIM	OTHER	7.53
72727	Incorrect response is received on selection of a non-existing File ID using AT+CSIM command.	SIM	OTHER	7.53

6.2. Interface Changes

7. Troubleshooting

For Open AT Developers, please refer to the Troubleshooting Guide available in Developer Zone before contacting customer support.

For AT developers, please contact customer service for support and debugging information.

8. Certification Description

Product	GCF-CC	NAPRD.03
AirPrime Q2698	3.56.2	v5.22

9. Restrictions and Additional Information

This section presents additional information or restrictions that must be taken into account regarding Firmware 7.53. Issues are sorted by alphabetical order of Impacted Domain.

Issue ID	Description (What/When)	Impacted Domain	Impacted Sub-Domain
66047	All supported facilities for +WLCK could not be activated with AT+WLCK command.	AT	OTHER
66546	AirPrime cannot register to home network if the band settings are changed	AT	OTHER
68236	Sometimes +WIND: 7 indication indicating that the service is available is not returned.	AT	OTHER
70442	Sometimes values returned by AT+CIND? Indication are not in-line with AT+CSQ values when antenna is removed	AT	OTHER
72794	Raw digital value readings of ADC3 are incorrect	AT	OTHER
73056	AirPrime may reset if AT+CCED is issued repeatedly in a loop	AT	OTHER
74583	Incorrect values of QoS are reported when using AT+CGQREQ	AT	OTHER
75000	PPP dialup failed if only PS service registered and no CS registered	AT	OTHER
76607	USSD command not functioning with some string lengths.	AT	OTHER
77485	Intermediate response to AT+CMGS is sent even if the command is sent with invalid number of arguments.	AT	OTHER
68794	When FDN is enabled/disabled using +CLCK then incorrect status for FDN is displayed after reset.	AT	PHONEBOOK
75780	Between +WIND:16 and +WIND:4 indications, embedded application may not get indication of the SMS received.	AT	SMS
74702	The first received SMS may be overwritten by incoming Class 0 SMS.	AT	SMS
73953	Repeatedly executing AT+VGR & AT+VGT commands results in '+CME ERROR 3' for these AT commands.	DEVICE	I2C
75009	For single byte write operations on I2C bus, NACK is not identified as an error	DEVICE	I2C
75149	An extra read is performed in case no sub-address is specified (i.e., only slave address is provided and there is no sub-address) during I2C bus read operation.	DEVICE	I2C
71359	At low speeds (particularly at 256KHz), SPI write transaction terminates prematurely	DEVICE	IOB
73715	AirPrime may be unable to wake up from sleep if multiple MT calls are not answered while it is in sleep	DEVICE	V24
77654	921600 UART1 baud rate is not reliable.	DEVICE	V24
77883	If UART1 & USB are both enabled, +WDSI indications related to Firmware and embedded application upgrade are incorrect on USB. The +WDSI indications on UART1 are correct.	Embedded RDMS	RDMS
71896	When listing the contents of a File System the folders "." and ".." folders are not shown.	FLASH	OTHER
74048	AirPrime doesn't give any unsolicited response if there is a failure during PDP context activation	GPRS	SESSION_MGT
75898	When command at+CCED is issued, the RX level received is not according to the specifications and there is a 2db shift between each value obtained for the respective signal strengths	GSM	CELL_SEL
76165	Same value of RxLevel is received every time when +CCED command is issued to get this value in case of automatic shots.	GSM	CELL_SEL
74476	+WIND 15 user indication is not received during power up if +CGREG:1 is not received.	GSM	OTHER
71442	Unsolicited +WIND: 15 indication is received twice and so the automatic time zone update via NITZ is applied twice	GSM	RR
72622	AirPrime may reset while executing a PCM play.	OTHER	OAT
73170	AirPrime may not be able to send the next unsolicited call waiting response +CCWA.	OTHER	OAT
73879	WIP_CEV_ERROR is not triggered if GPRS interface is closed using AT+CGACT=0 command	OTHER	OAT
66012	Invalid values are returned for GPS cold start TTFF (Time to first fix) timer	OTHER	OTHER
66342	Start-up time is long compare to 2G AirPrimes. Start-up time (in seconds) measured using Firmware 7.53 in controlled environment are: +WIND: 3 10.53 Embedded application 10.53 +WIND: 7 14.05 +CREG: 1 15.77 +WIND: 4 46.59	OTHER	OTHER
72544	HSPA download throughput over Ethernet bearer is less than HSPA upload throughput over Ethernet bearer.	OTHER	OTHER
74577	If an application requests a adl_fsInstall() on an empty file (i.e. null size) and make a reset before the end of the execution, the AirPrime will reset in loop	OTHER	OTHER
79269	adl_InitGetType() reports ADL_INIT_POWER_ON instead of ADL_INIT_REBOOT_FROM_EXCEPTION after a software watchdog reset	RTX	OTHER
73668 74301	Stack overflow detection is not functional. AirPrime does not reset with an exception when stack overflow occurs.	RTK	OTHER
72790	When long numbers are dialed, the last dialed record shows incorrect records on reset	SIM	OTHER
74111	No response is received for AT+CPIN=XXXX command if status word 6FXX is received from SIM for a SIM instruction.	SIM	OTHER
76644	Automode is not supported for "SEND SMS" STK command	SIM	STK

Command	Comment
+CTZU, +WIND: 15	+WIND: 15 unsolicited response is not displayed if AT+CTZU=0. In earlier release, incorrect NITZ data was displayed by +WIND: 15 unsolicited response when AT+CTZU=0
adl_fsMountDrive	Returns ADL_RET_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED as it not supported
+COPN	The table containing the operators name has been updated as per latest TS.25 list (formerly, SE.13) dated February 9, 2015.
+CLVL, +WDGR, +WDGT	These proprietary commands can be used to mange digital audio gains
+VGR, +VGT, +SIDET	These proprietary commands can be used to mange analog audio gains

S/W Tools Name	Version	Resource file
Binary Update Tool	R11.2.1105.0	SIERRA_BOOT_SWI6200T_02.02.04.22.cwe, SIERRA_OAT_FW_R753_24_FULL_q2698.cwe or SIERRA_OAT_FW_R753_24_FULL_fx100.cwe
Developer Studio	3.3
MuxConfTool	4.5.6.0

5.3. Released Files and Download Processes

Table 8. Released files for Firmware upgrade

Download Option	Files
Upgrade through Developer Studio	Open_AT_Application_Framework_v2-53_Q2698_Full_Installer.exe
Upgrade through Binary Update Tool	Bootloader	SIERRA_BOOT_SWI6200T_02.02.04.22.cwe
Upgrade through Binary Update Tool	Firmware	SIERRA_OAT_FW_R753_24_FULL_q2698.cwe, SIERRA_OAT_FW_R753_24_FULL_fx100.cwe
Upgrade through X-modem	Bootloader	SIERRA_BOOT_S4.1.0.21_sl808x.dwl
Upgrade through X-modem	Firmware	SIERRA_OAT_FW_R753_24_FULL_q2698.dwl, SIERRA_OAT_FW_R753_24_FULL_fx100.dwl

Note: Applications built with a version before Open AT Application Framework 2.53 have to be rebuilt with this Open AT Application Framework.

R7.53.0.201502160745_FX100.exe & R7.53.0.201502160745_Q2698.exe can be used to recover AirPrime Q2698 & AirLink FX100 in bad state.

For the upgrade procedure, you can refer to:

In-line help for upgrade procedure through Developer Studio
The upgrade procedure through X-modem

Component	Version
Firmware	7.53.0.201502160745
Open AT OS	6.53.0.201503311458
Location Library	1.4.7.201401140843
AirVantage Agent Library	5.3.4.I201408221554
SSL Library	2.2.0.201306261000
Internet Library	5.57.0.201502130730
Extended AT Application	1.3.2.201502131016
Open AT Application Framework	2.53.0.201504010915

Ref. #	Doc. #	Rev.	Document title
[R-1]	4111843	13.0	AT Commands Interface Guide for Firmware 7.53
[R-2]	4111844	13.0	ADL User Guide for Open AT Application Framework OS 6.53
[R-3]	4111754	6.0	Product Technical Specification & Customer Design Guidelines - AirPrime Q2698

Feature	Description
AirVantage Management Services	AirPrime Q2698 now fully supports firmware and application update by delta mechanism from the AirVantage Management Services server.
Audio Gain	+CLVL, +WDGR, +WDGT, +VGR, +VGT and +SIDET commands and ADL APIs have been added to manage Audio gain.

Firmware 7.53 Release Notes

1. Introduction

1.1. Document Scope

1.2. Document Audience

1.3. New Features/Enhancements

2. Abbreviations and Definitions