Release Notes for ATM-90x Standard Modem Product of: Teledyne Benthos 49 Edgerton Dr North Falmouth, MA 02556 Applies to: 4th Generation Modem History: Version 8.6.3 12/5/2012 ------------------------------------ 1. Bug 813: Fixed watchdog resets when entering transpond/spectrum mode with an MMP interface active Version 8.6.2 11/1/2012 ------------------------------------ 1. Added @HeadOffset configuration parameter to adjust compass heading offset independently of pitch and roll offset 2. gpsd command with switch option for external GPS and MRU devices 3. MMP version 1.5, added DATA::NAV_SATAUS report version 8.6.1 09/17/2102 ------------------------------------ 1. Integration of the OceanServer IBPS (Internal Battery and Power System) with the ATM-900 Series acoustic modem. The battery system consists of a rechargeable Li-Ion battery pack and a controller board. The modem changes include a new shell command "bats" and a new configuration parameter "@BatteryType" in support of the IBPS feature. Version 8.6.0 08/24/2012 ------------------------------------ 1. Added the inband acoustic recorder feature(enabled by Feature key) to the standard modem. No longer requires a separate build of the software. 2. Added the Waveform Play command(enabled by Feature key). 3. Added new Configuration parameters @SmartRetry and @MinOpVolt 4. Changed the @dataretry configuration parameter to allow for an adjustable number of retries up to 6. 5. Changed the @LogStore configuration parameter setting from "Local" to "Internal". 6. Added two new commands "autobaud" and "xmittime". 7. Update to the format of how data is stored and tagged in the Datalogger, which allows for better searchability and accessing of the data. NOTE: DATA STORED IN THE DATALOGGER BY PREVIOUS VERSION OF FRIMWARE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THIS NEW FIRMWARE AND SHOULD BE DELETED BEFORE USING THE DATALOGGER IN THIS VERSION. 8. Added per-source byte/record counts to dllist command, as well as indicator of which LogSource is in use (Internal/SDHC). 9. Data logger data may be accessed on a per-source basis or on a global basis, with addressing to match. 10. Added new datalogger commands "dldump", "rdldump", "rdlblk", "dlclear", "rdlclear". 11. The commands AT$BB, AT$BS, AT$BT have been eliminated, and replaced by dldump, rdldump, and rdlblk. 12. Added -x option to dlfind, rdlfind, dldump, rdldump commands for hex output. 13. rdlfind command restricted to 16K or less transmitted from remote modem (previously was 64 K). 14. AT$BN modified to show data logger size in megabytes if the logger size is >= 1 MB, otherwise shows size in bytes. 15. ATBP modified to behave more like original legacy ATBP.(64K pages) 16. Fixed Warnings from config database when upgrading software versions. 17. Changes to the processing of the low power acoustic wakeup. 18. Made enhancements to datalogging when using the @AcStats configuration parameter. Released ATM-900 User's manual Rev D. 19. Corrected excessive power consumption in low power mode when SDHC carrier board is attached. 20. Fix for intermittent reduced receive sensitivity in low power mode. Version 8.4.4 07/24/2012 ------------------------------------ 1. Added command line switch to the gpsd command to allow switching between CMOS and RS232 ports to monitor a compass and a GPS simultaneously. 2. Added navigation data transfer on a range request (ATRX command). Version 8.4.3 06/07/2012 ------------------------------------ 1. Temporary feature key installation via MMP. 2. Removed feature key protection from LBLmode to allow a modem to be configured as a transponder without the -M feature key 3. Bug 596: rx data decoder header error message promoted to fatal error. 4. Bug 603: ATNL for LBL ping follows ats17 setting for wakeup tones. 5. Bug 614: Fixed bug which would caused problems when upgrading from 8.2.2 to 8.4.0 with data in the datalogger. Version 8.4.0 02/21/2012 ------------------------------------ 1. Added the LBL/Multi-Receive option (enabled by Feature key). This feature enables the modems to be operated as a LBL system. Two systems configurations are possible. The first is an all modem based system, using a broadband triggering, with tonal responses. The other configuration allows the modem to function as the interrogator in an all tonal LBL system. Two new configuration parameters are added to support this feature: @LBLmode and @RespFreq. 2. Expanded transponder functionality, so that it is no longer limited to the LF Band, and now can be used in any frequency band. 3. Added support for PSK co-processor improvements (only available with coprocessor version 3.0). 4. Bug 567: Fixed bug could cause a reboot when using the @