Release Notes

ePMP, PTP-550/E
System Release 4.6
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Contents

General Information .................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Version Information ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
ePMP/PTP550/550E Release 4.6 Information ............................................................................................................................ 5
Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Features Description .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Resolved Issues in 4.6 ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Specifications .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Feedback ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Contacting Cambium Networks ............................................................................................................................................. 8

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 General Information
Version Information
The following table shows the issue status of this document since it was first released:

Issue Date of issue System Release

01v001 October 2020 System release 4.6

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 ePMP/PTP550/E Release 4.6 Information
Introduction
This document provides information about the newly added features, additional enhancements,
bug fixes, and known issues in system release 4.6.

Features Description
The features introduced in System Release 4.6 are as follows:

Support for F300-13L

This update adds support for the Force 300-13L model.

BugSplat
The ePMP and PTP550 radios will send crash-reports to the Cloud for the development team for
analysis and bug-fixes.

Support for MTU 3500 bytes

This update supports MTU 3500 bytes for the PTP 550/E models.

Support for SNMPv3

This update supports SNMPv3 on ePMP and PTP550 product lines.

Major Performance Improvements for Force 300 Models

This update adds major performance improvement for the Force 300 series models.

Support Variable Ratio

This update adds support for variable ration for the ePMP APs in TDD mode from 75/25 to 30/70
with step 5 (70/30, 65/35, 60/40, etc.).

One-Click Firmware Upgrade

The Firmware upgrade has been updated to automatically download and update the firmware using
a one-click operation from the user interface.

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 Release 4.6 System Documentation
Provided with this release are several documents for your reference:
User Guide (to be available at official release)

Resolved Issues in 4.6

Table 1: System Release 4.6 resolved issues

Tracking Description

Fixed an issue for when an Elevated Mikrotik radio crashes during software
CAMBIUM-14552
upgrades.

Fixed an issue for when an SM disconnects while applying changes to the Mac
CAMBIUM-16139
Filtering Table, the Tx Power, and the Transmit Receive Level parameters.

Fixed an issue for when the IP address is not validated while doing the Port
CAMBIUM-17151
Forwarding table.

Fixed an issue for when an SM's IP address on the Monitoring Wireless page on
CAMBIUM-17227
an AP is displaying 0.0.0.0.

CAMBIUM-17243 Fixed an issue for when the Force 130 crashes during the software upgrades.

Fixed an issue for when a user is not able to enable the GUI RADIUS
CAMBIUM-17303 Authentication on an AP and SMs when the WPA2 security method is enabled
on the AP.
New OUI range BC:E6:7C:xx:xx:xx support has been added for the Force 190
CAMBIUM-17313
radio model.

Fixed an issue for the severity of alarms sent by the Smart Antenna to
CAMBIUM-17376
cnMaestro.

Fixed an issue for when the Elevate XM upgrade fails with an error message:
CAMBIUM-17394
"Executing Pre-Update CleanUp script was fail. Please try again.".

Fixed an issue for when the radio doesn’t send a trap message during a soft
CAMBIUM-17448
reboot.

Fixed an issue for when the Force 130 doesn’t allow to select any Port Speed
CAMBIUM-17457
options.
Fixed an issue for when a user can log in to an SM's User Interface when the
CAMBIUM-17466 GUI User Authentication through RADIUS is enabled, and the RADIUS server
responds with Access-Reject.

ACG-7841 General stability and performance improvements for the PTP 550 model radio.

Fixed an issue for when an SM is not able to connect to an ePMP 1000/2000

ACG-7308 AP with the reason "INA Retries exhausted" if there are Force 300 SMs
connected to the same AP.

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 Tracking Description

ACG-8514 General stability and performance improvements for the PTP 550 radio.

ACG-8609 General performance improvements for the ePMP 3000 Smart Antenna.

Fixed an issue for when the TCP sessions are dropped during the WAN
ACG-8803
interface DHCP lease renewal process.

Fixed an issue for when the F300-13L is sending invalid packets per MCS
ACG-9080
statistics to cnMaestro.

ACG-9456 General stability improvements for the F300-13L model radio.

Fixed an issue for when the ePMP 3000 with a Smart Antenna connected,
ACG-9467
reports invalid RSSI values.

ACG-9559 Fixed an issue for when a PTP 550 radio crashes in Channel Bonding.

ACG-9649 Fixed an issue for when an ePMP 3000 lite radio detects false RADAR.

ACG-9682 Fixed an issue for the maximum throughput limitation on the PTP 550 radio.

ACG-9691 Fixed an issue for when an 802.11ac radio detects false RADAR.

ACG-9697 General performance improvements for the ePMP 3000 Smart Antenna.

Fixed an issue for when the DCS cannot perform channel switching on rare
ACG-9978
occasions.

Fixed an issue for when the DCS cannot perform channel switching on rare
ACG-9978
occasions.

ACG-10031 General stability improvements for the ePMP 3000 radio.

Fixed an issue for when the Spectrum Analyzer displays errors like "Spectral
ACG-10121 Tools: Socket cannot be created" & "Spectral Tools: General error" post radio
configuration changes.

ACG-10131 Fixed an issue for when ACS can't be enabled through SNMP.

ACG-10159 Fixed an issue for when PTP 550 radio disconnects in Channel Bonding mode.

Fixed an issue for when the Smart Antenna status is displayed as

ACG-10225 "Disconnected/Power Off" when the "Forced Sector" is selected on an ePMP
3000.
General stability improvements for the 802.11ac APs that are operating in a
ACG-10352
backward compatibility mode.

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Appendix A: Reference Information

Specifications

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