Firmware ScoopFone 4G-5G

New features :

• Ability to connect a USB keyboard to enter editable parameters. The “USB Keyboard” selection (Qwerty, Azerty) is accessible from the “TOOLS” menu of the front panel.

Fixed issues :

• Under certain conditions, depending on the mobile network provider, when the unit is in idle state, the mobile data connection lease may be interrupted after a while (SIP registration and remote acces connection are lost if the network is set to mobile).

Improvements :

• Improved the AoIP interoperability with third-party units using the “MPA” payload type.

Fixed issues:

• When establishing an AoIP call to a Cellphone, if the callee picks up the incoming call after more than a certain delay (approximately 15 seconds), it results in a “Waiting for Sync” for the call.

Improvements:

• Possibility to send control codes as prefixes of the dial string for AoIP calls. The * and # characters usually delimit the control code, the network  uses this control code to trigger certain actions.

Fixed issues:

• The “Auto answer” setting of the “Tools” menu must be hidden when the “White list” is activated. (ScoopFone 4G Rack).

Improvements:

• Improved locating SIP servers when associated with a single domain name (as described in RFC 3263), i.e. send a new request to the next SIP server in the list when a SIP registration failure occurs.
• Ability to configure the “session timers” mode (as described in RFC 4028) from the “Network > AoIP Parameters” html page; enabling the “session timers” may improve the interoperability with some SIP servers, this mode is disabled by default.
• Prompt the user before overwriting a number into one of the 99 memories of the Phonebook.

Fixed issues:

• Regression introduced in version 1.15: when updating an existing call profiles from the html interface, it is saved as “unnamed”.

Fixed issues :

• Don’t hang up the active call when the unit is rebooted from its web interface, this will stop the audio redial mechanism.
• Booting the codec will mistakenly restore the default APN of the Mobile module.

New features :

• Added support for the “Auto Bit Rate” feature for the Opus coding algorithm.
• Added an adaptive mode to the jitter buffer for AoIP calls.

See the application note “How to use Auto Bit rate Opus and Auto Jitter Buffer“.

Improvements :

• Ability to support 99 memories in the phone book.

Improvements :

• Support of VoLTE (mobile voice over 4G) with “HD Voice” interoperability between networks.
• Improved interoperability with more SIP servers, with added support for “session timers” (as described in RFC 4028).

Fixed issues :

• A networking issue occurring during the setup of an AoIP call could cause the codec to remain blocked in a “connecting” state until the call was manually released.

Improvements :

• The AoIP quality statistics now remain displayed on the “Connections” html page even after the termination of a link.

Fixed issues:

• When the “Connections” page of the web interface is opened and the codec is in idle state, an incoming SMS will not be automatically displayed in the “messages” group-box.

New features :

• Ability to filter incoming AoIP calls and accept only incoming calls originated from the configured SIP server. This filtering is activated either in the “AoIP Parameters” page of the html interface, or in the “IP” menu with “super user” mode.
• New “Advanced Settings” in the “Coding” page of the web interface: ability to hold an AoIP audio connection even without receiving packets, ability to configure a 6 dB attenuation for the G711 decoder.

Important notice: if the current firmware is older than 1.06 and a password is set for accessing the html pages, you MUST reset it to a blank value (refer to page Maintenance/Login data), BEFORE performing this firmware update.
Once the update is completed, you can later set a password again.

Improvements:

• Improved communication with the remote access server for a faster information update on the “Remote Access Portal”.

Fixed issues:

• In some LAN configurations, the IP routing could be defective and lead for instance to a SIP registration failure.

Important notice: if the current firmware is older than 1.06 and a password is set for accessing the html pages, you MUST reset it to a blank value (refer to page Maintenance/Login data), BEFORE performing this firmware update.
Once the update is completed, you can later set a password again.

Improvements:

• Increased reliability for the firmware update process.

Important notice: if the current firmware is older than 1.06 and a password is set for accessing the html pages, you MUST reset it to a blank value (refer to page Maintenance/Login data), BEFORE performing this firmware update.
Once the update is completed, you can later set a password again.

New features:

• Ability to manage SIP profiles, from the “SIP Profiles” page of the html interface.
• Ability to manage the equipment using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol); note that only a subset of the features and information is exposed to the SNMP manager. The SNMP agent is configured from the “SNMP” page of the web interface.

Fixed issues:

• When the unit is configured in “IP” mode for outgoing calls and it receives an incoming “mobile voice” call, the call status (on the html “Status” page) shows “Released” and the Rx bargraph shows no modulation.

Important notice: if the current firmware is older than 1.06 and a password is set for accessing the html pages, you MUST reset it to a blank value (refer to page Maintenance/Login data), BEFORE performing this firmware update.
Once the update is completed, you can later set a password again.

Fixed issues:

• Failure to decode when a connection with a remote device is set using G711 or G722 coding (bug introduced in firmware version 1.09).

Important notice: if the current firmware is older than 1.06 and a password is set for accessing the html pages, you MUST reset it to a blank value (refer to page Maintenance/Login data), BEFORE performing this firmware update.
Once the update is completed, you can later set a password again.

Fixed issues:

• Removed “Echo cancellation” and “Noise gate” settings from the html interface of units equipped with the Quectel EC25 wireless module.

Important notice: if the current firmware is older than 1.06 and a password is set for accessing the html pages, you MUST reset it to a blank value (refer to page Maintenance/Login data), BEFORE performing this firmware update.
Once the update is completed, you can later set a password again.

New features :

• Ability to display the “HD Voice” indication on the screen during a mobile voice call when AMR-WB coding is used.
  This feature is only available on units equipped with the Quectel EC25 wireless module (shipped since end May 2018).

Fixed issues:

• Loss of the default IP route of the Ethernet interface whenever loading a Preset that involves static IP addressing for this interface, causing SIP registration failure.

Important notice: if the current firmware is older than 1.06 and a password is set for accessing the html pages, you MUST reset it to a blank value (refer to page Maintenance/Login data), BEFORE performing this firmware update.
Once the update is completed, you can later set a password again.

New features :

• Ability to manually select the preferred mobile network. This requires the operation in “super user” mode.

Important notice: if the current firmware is older than 1.06 and a password is set for accessing the html pages, you MUST reset it to a blank value (refer to page Maintenance/Login data), BEFORE performing this firmware update.
Once the update is completed, you can later set a password again.

Fixed issues :

• Regression introduced in version 1.08 : failure of the domain name resolution in some network access configurations (public DNS server address). As a consequence, malfunction when a domain name is used for the SIP or the STUN server.

Improvements :

• “Remote Assistance/Access” service: ability to select the network interface that will be used for remote access (“Maintenance/Remote Access” html page).
  The “Auto” choice is still available, in which the interface is always the same as the one used for audio transmission.

Fixed issues :

• Rackmount version (ScoopFone 4G-R): when the “White List” option is active and “Auto answer” is set to “1 ring”, AoIP incoming calls are not answered.

Important notice: if the current firmware is older than 1.06 and a password is set for accessing the html pages, you MUST reset it to a blank value (refer to page Maintenance/Login data), BEFORE performing this firmware update.
Once the update is completed, you can later set a password again.

New features :

• Ability to transmit two “Info” states to the remote party during an AoIP connection. These can follow the “Contacts” GPI. New “Info” choices have been added for this purpose to the “Fn Contact” entries of the “TOOLS” menu.
  Alternatively, when such GPI allocation is not used, it is possible to control the transmitted “Info” from the front panel: press Fn+* (F1) to toggle the “Info 1” state, Fn+0 (F2) to toggle the “Info 2” state.
  The current state of the transmitted “Info” can be displayed on the main screen by pressing the UP arrow.
• Ability to control the GPO relay outputs from the received “Info” during an AoIP connection. “Info” choices are added for this purpose in the “Relays” entries of the “TOOLS” menu.
• Added support for the “Remote Assistance/Access” service. The settings and state of this service are accessed from the “TOOLS” menu or the html pages.

Fixed issues :

• Rackmount version (ScoopFone 4G-R): when the “White List” option is active, incoming AoIP calls were not answered (whatever the originating number/address).

Important notice: if the current firmware is older than 1.06 and a password is set for accessing the html pages, you MUST reset it to a blank value (refer to page Maintenance/Login data), BEFORE performing this firmware update.
Once the update is completed, you can later set a password again.

Web pages security improvements :

• Implementation of HTTPS for the embedded server.
• Enhanced protection against attacks.
• Implemented a technique to prevent from Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

Improvements :

• When importing a configuration file, the login password is not affected (previously, the password possibly included in the configuration file was also imported).
• Opus coding is upgraded to version 1.2.1.

Improvements:

• Improved handling of SIP call redirection.

Fixed issues:

• “Mobile parameters” in html pages: minor issue fixed on the “Save” button.

New features :

• The public IP address of the ScoopFone 4G is now displayed in the “IP” menu when STUN is active.
• Ability to select distinctive network quality settings for the Ethernet and the mobile IP interfaces. The “Net. quality” setting is removed from the “IP” menu, while a “Net. quality” setting is added both into the “Mobile” menu and the “Ethernet” menu.

Improvements :

• The ScoopFone 4G now reboots right after a “Factory Reset” is performed.
• More explicit error messages when an outgoing call fails.

New features :

• Ability to customize the title of the tab in the html browser; this allows to identify easily a unit among a number of open pages on the browser.
  This new settings can be found in the “Misc” html page.
• For mobile data, it is now possible to select between the “PAP” and “CHAP” authentication modes.

Improvements :

• Improved AoIP interoperability for Opus coding, especially regarding the management of the stereo format and the bit rate.

Fixed issues :

• Fixed various malfunctions in the handling of presets (create/update/load), in some cases imposing to reboot the unit.
• Default route deleted from the routing table after editing the Ethernet parameters, leading to loss of control from a remote network: fixed.

New features:

• Ability to activate an “Auto-redial” function when it is necessary to hold the link on permanently.
• Ability to setup an audio call over an IP network without using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Please download this application note to see how to operate the codecs using the “Direct RTP” mode.

Improvements:

• During an audio over IP call, the Tx and Rx network quality bars show a question mark until network statistics are gathered.
• Don’t switch off the screen when the screen saver is active but draw a moving pattern.

Fixed issues:

• With very bad IP transmission quality, changing the bitrate of the Opus encoder on the fly might release the call: Fixed.
• Under certain circumstances, an attempt to setup an audio over IP call with the packet replication option activated lead to a failure to synchronize the audio: Fixed.

Improvements:

• Improved the stability for both Ethernet and wireless IP interfaces: better handling of the IP routing table and DNS configuration changes, no undesired restart of the AoIP controller, better handling when there is no network connectivity.

Fixed issues:

• Send level was too low in mobile voice mode

New features:

• Addition of an extended IP menu, providing full access to all SIP and STUN parameters in the “IP” menu (see user guide for mode details).
• Display the type of NAT when STUN is active.

Improvements:

• “Line in level” adjustment is more consistent, “+” key increases the gain, “-” key reduces the gain.
• Better handling of mobile data connections; better error detection (failure to connect or unexpected disconnection) and improved retry process.
• Release cause is displayed when the remote party hangs up (normal, rejected, busy, time out…).
• Support for the display of the “Latin alphabet n°1” character set (ISO 8859-1).

Fixed issues:

• Could not save a URI in the phonebook when the keypad was in alphabetic mode.
• Unexpected behaviour could result when setting a NTP server (via the embedded html interface).
• When updating the firmware using a USB stick, the file was deleted at the end of the process.
• Management of the screen saver, now disabled automatically when necessary (call proceeding, SMS reception, restart, firmware update…).
• Improper decoding of some SMS messages.
• Line output level is too low by 6 dB for the return signal.
• Received audio level not displayed on html pages during mobile voice calls.

Initial version