Really...that's interesting George. I guess I never tried since there wasn't a .pkg file. Good to know!!!
Ken cambium is very un-clear about all of it for sure...it's not just you ;) -Sean On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: > I have taken 430 SMs to 14.x on the bench. 11.2 > 12.1 > 13.4.1 > 14.1.2. > 450, 450i and 430 *SM* uses the same package file. The various images are > all rolled together in the pxp45x pkg3's. 13.4.1 is the end of the road for > the 430 *AP*. And FSK. > > On 10/19/2016 10:14 PM, Sean Heskett wrote: > > There isn't a .pkg file for OFDM 430 after 13.4.1 > > Also it's somewhere in the release notes or user manual but it's been a > while since I've read them and I don't remember which version started > talking about it. It could have been in some of the beta release notes > because we beta tested most of the 14.x builds. Check the forums too > because it might have been discussed there as well. I'm to old to remember > haha. > > -Sean > > > On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> OK, that provides some clarity but also more confusion. Not sure I’m >> looking at the same document as you, I see Introduction on page 5. >> >> >> >> But in the 14.1.2 release notes, I see nothing about 430 at all. >> >> >> >> In the 14.2.1 release notes, I do see a Note that 430 SMs must first go >> to 14.1.2 before 14.2.1, and a Note they will no longer be able to talk to >> a 430 AP. I am not seeing anything about having to do the upgrade over the >> air (which is really strange IMHO). Are you seeing this explicitly stated >> in the release notes, or inferring it from the fact that 13.4.1 is that >> last download listed on the website for 430? >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Sean Heskett >> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 19, 2016 9:29 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 13.4.1 on PMP430 and alignment tone >> >> >> >> Software release notes for 14.2.1 in the introduction on page 3 gives the >> best description. (I think it's on or near the same page with the other >> releases but I'm on my phone so it's hard to scan thru them all) >> >> >> >> The update has to be done over the air thru SMs auto update tho. You >> can't upgrade a 430 SM on the bench past 13.4.1. >> >> >> >> -Sean >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Do you have a link to that? I just checked and 14.1.2, 14.2.1 and 15.0 >> all say 450/450i/450m no mention of 430, also on the download page if you >> select 430 the latest FW shown is 13.4.1. >> >> >> >> We gained a lot of stability with 14.1.2 and it would be nice if we could >> bring the 430 SMs up to that. I’m not so sure about 14.2.1, and 15.0 seems >> to be mostly to support 450m. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Sean Heskett >> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 19, 2016 6:38 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 13.4.1 on PMP430 and alignment tone >> >> >> >> Thru auto update from the AP over the air 430 SMs can and should be >> brought up to whatever firmware the AP is using. >> >> >> >> If you need to connect the 430SM back to a 430 AP you'll need to manually >> downgrade the SM to 13.4.1 tho. >> >> >> >> It's in all the 14.x release notes. >> >> >> >> -Sean >> >> On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> We have changed out all our 430 Aps for 450i, but still have a bunch of >> 430 SMs running in 450 compatibility mode. My techs keep telling me when >> they do service calls, that alignment tone is broken on those SMs. The >> first time I figured bad hardware since some roofers had bonked the dish, >> but as it keeps happening, I’m realizing it must be the firmware. >> >> >> >> I remember some FW release broke alignment tone on the 450 SMs and so we >> waited until the fixed it. I don’t remember which release broke it and >> which release fixed it. >> >> >> >> But the release notes tell you that for compatibility with 450i you >> should have 430 SMs on 13.4.1, plus I think that’s the end of the line for >> 430, right? We can’t go to 14.1.2 which is what we have on all our 450 >> stuff. >> >> >> >> Does anyone know if in fact alignment tone is non functional on a 430 SM >> with 13.4.1? >> >> >
