Fortress Technologies BreadCrumb Wireless Network manual Upgrading to Version, Issues Resolved

Chapter 2. Upgrading to Version 8.4

This section is only necessary for BreadCrumb device/BCAdmin users of versions earlier than 8.4. If your entire BCWN is operating at version 8.4 or higher, you may safely skip this chapter.

New Features

•Fortress Technologies’ AES-256 encryption is enabled, allowing Fortress encryption to be used on existing BreadCrumb devices under Rajant’s new licensing terms with Fortress Technologies (http://www.fortresstech.com).

Performance / Process Improvements

•Management frames are now capable of using 11Mbps data rates, increasing overall channel bandwidth.

•Enhanced radio frame fragmentation process.

Issues Resolved

•A compatibility issue with the latest version of Java® has been resolved. (The problem manifested as the inability to open a BreadCrumb Properties window).

•Fixed Fortress-Only Mode to work correctly over meshed connections.

•Mesh-transmit timeout condition resets the radio cards, enhancing mesh healing capabilities.

•Radio cards default to "primary antenna only."

•Several minor bugs corrected in the radio driver.

Known Issues

•Signal strength number in BCAdmin is not translated into dBm.

•It is recommended that the mesh feature NOT be disabled. A radio interface with mesh disabled incorrectly displays a connection in BCAdmin even though no link exists.

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