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?
>>
>>
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