ICX 1.1.3.X - Release Notes

This article provides the release notes for ICX-500 and ICX-Core software 1.0.3.x with incremental bug fix releases.

General information

VSF-ICX-500 is a firmware archive for the ICX-500 Intelligent Gateway platform.

• vsfx-1.1.3.x{-n}.swu - Used for standard in-field upgrades
• vsfx-prod-1.1.3.x{n}.img.zip - Used in-field recovery and major system upgrades (SD-Card update)
• vsfx-prod-1.1.3.x{n}.zip - Used in production upgrade only.

The first 4 numbers in version directly links to the the ICX-Core version. The last optional "-n" number is added for vsfx build with only platform changes form the first ICX-Core build for vsfx.''

ICX-Core software is an "apt" installation package for Ubuntu 18.04.x LTS Server containing the same functional capabilities as the ICX-500 Intelligent Gateway platform.

• ICX-Core-01.00-bionic-1.1.3.X.apt.tar - Used for installation from the Ubuntu shell or from ICX-Web on already running ICX-Core systems.

Software Upgrade information

ICX-500: Upload and install SWU file from web menu System Maintenance > System Upgrade. For detailed procedure, see ICX-500 software upgrade

ICX-Core:

• First time installation from a Ubuntu shell:

sudo tar -xf ICX-Core-01.00-bionic-1.1.3.0.apt.tar install.sh --to-command /bin/sh

For more details, see: ICX-AlphaCom Core - Installation

• Already running system: SWU file uploaded and installed from menu System Maintenance > System Upgrade on the ICX-Web.

ICX 1.1.3.0

Release info

Name: VSF-ICX-500 and ICX-Core
ICX Version: 1.1.3.0
Date: 21.04.2020
Status: General Availability

Bug fixes

ICXEL-10 ICX-500 Log Build-up

Due to /etc/machine-id not kept after SW upgrade, the systemd journal was stored to a new folder after each SW upgrade. The old journal files was never cleaned up. Resolution: We make sure to copy the old machine-id to new SW image, so we continue to log to same journal. We also clean away old orphaned journal files.

Security Fixes and Improvements

ICXEL-15 ICX Build Version

ICX build version is displayed in AlphaWeb initial info page, along with ICXCORE version.

ICXEL-20 Multiplexing API Port 61112 and 61113

API/OPC ports 61112 and 61113 now accept multiple connections. Note that all ICX-AlphaCom nodes in an AlphaNet need to be upgraded to 1.1.3.0 or higher when using port 61112 and/or 61113. If this upgrade is not done on all nodes, broadcast messages from remote nodes will not be transmitted.

NCP-528 Credentials Preserved after Upgrade

SSH keys and SSL certificate for HTTPS is now preserved after SW upgrade