Antares Release Notes

Coming NEXT (Antares 4.0.3 - Mid March)

1. Heading report signals (J00–J04) and XAGH command
2. Virtual Hour Meter (VH extended tag and XAVH command)
3. Towing signal (G07)
4. Assisted GNSS support
5. Battery level reporting while charging (BL tag enhancement)
6. Hard motion signal (F16)
7. Onewire temperature sensor (EA_x extended tags) signals and configuration commands
8. Onewire Ibutton (IB and IL extended tags) signals and configuration commands (500 Authorized list)
9. APN mask for DCT SIM Cards

Supported Signals:

• E00–E99: Event signals
• F00: Ignition
• F12: Motion (Internal USE)
• F13: Main power
• TD0–TD9: Time and distance
• IP1: Input 1
• XP1, XP2: Outputs
• S00–S09: Speed limits
• R00–RZ9: Polygonal regions (360 regions)
• U00–U99: User signals
• G15, G16: Power saving mode (PSM) signals
• F01: GNSS FIX
• F22: Long time without GNSS FIX (More than 1 hour)
• G03: System reset
• A00, A01: Socket signals
• F23: Jamming detected
• G04: Jamming persisted
• F02: Roaming
• F03: GSM
• F05: GPRS attach
• F08: SIM insertion
• F14: Cell ID change
• F12: Motion Signal
• F15: Low Battery

Supported Extended TAGs

• DOP: Dilution of Precision
• SV: Satellites in Use
• BL: Battery Level
• IX: Inputs and Outputs Status
• VO: Virtual Odometer

Supported Commands

• AM: Set or get airplane mode
• DA: Configure destination addresses
• ED: Define events
• GR: Configure regions
• GS: Configure speed limits
• IV: Query or update interface version
• PV: Query position and velocity
• RF: Configure APN
• RT: System reset and configuration (>SRT<, >SRT;CONFIG<)
• SS: Query and Set signal status
• TD: Configure time and distance parameters
• XACT: Communication test
• XADP: Configure destination point
• XAEF: Manage extended tags
• XAFU: Firmware upgrade (long format)
• XAGP: Set GPRS pause
• XAKA: Keep-alive
• XAKY: Configuration control
• XAPS: Power saving mode
• XARS: Query registration status
• XAVO: Set or get virtual odometer and control signal
• XAFUGW: Antares upgrade to the latest version.
• XAGF: Anti Drift filter configuration.
• XAICMT: Accelerometer Motion threshold.

2026-02-24 Antares 4.0.2 (>SXAFU1https://syrus4.dctserver.com/apex/releases/antares/antares-4.0.2.swu;;<)

• ANT-228 - Fixed: Syrus Cloud MQTT broker message queuing for Antares devices.
• ANT-221 - Added: Device reset reason reporting in Syrus Cloud diagnostic messages upon application startup.
• ANT-249 - Added: XAFUGW command to update the device to the latest stable firmware version.
• ANT-232 - Added: Low battery signal (F15).
• ANT-250 - Fixed: Geofence evaluation mechanism that was generating false triggers when inside geofences.
• ANT-107 - Added: SSH session management commands to start, stop sessions and request active port information.
• ANT-185 - Added: XAEC command to upload files and folders to DCT FTP server.
• OPS-9491 - Added: GNSS anti-drift filter to improve positioning accuracy during low-speed motion or stationary periods.
• OPS-9493 - Added: Motion signal (F12) to detect device motion based on accelerometer.
• OPS-9517 - Added: XAGF command to configure and query GNSS filter parameters (HDOP limit, speed threshold, motion detection, enabled/disabled state).
• OPS-9516 - Added: XAICMT command to configure the motion detection threshold.

2026-02-10 Antares 4.0.1 (>SXAFU1https://syrus4.dctserver.com/apex/releases/antares/antares-4.0.1.swu;;<)

• ANT-246 - Added speed limit signals S00–S09.
• ANT-246 - Added GS command for speed configuration.
• ANT-246 - Added polygonal region signals R00–RZ9 (360 regions).
• ANT-246 - Added GR command for polygonal region configuration.
• ANT-218 - Added VO as an extended tag for the virtual odometer.
• ANT-218 - Added XAVO command to set and get the virtual odometer value and control signal.
• ANT-210 - Added support to trigger User signals (U00–U99).
• ANT-210 - Added support to trigger PSM signals (G15, G16).
• ANT-210 - Added support to trigger FIX signals (F01, F22).
• ANT-210 - Added support to trigger system reset signal (G03).
• ANT-210 - Added support to trigger Socket signals (A00, A01).
• ANT-210 - Added support to trigger Jamming signals (F23, G04).
• ANT-119 - Added BIST test case for 5V and VCC power supplies.
• ANT-119 - Added BIST test case to validate modem revision.
• ANT-186 - Added XAGP command to set a GPRS pause, entering airplane mode for 30 seconds.
• ANT-186 - Added AM command to set and get airplane mode.
• ANT-186 - Fixed: The ONE LONG LED state now indicates airplane mode.
• ANT-213 - Added support to trigger Roaming signal (F02).
• ANT-213 - Added support to trigger GSM signal (F03).
• ANT-213 - Added support to trigger GPRS attach signal (F05).
• ANT-213 - Added support to trigger SIM insertion signal (F08).
• ANT-213 - Added support to trigger Cell ID change signal (F14).
• ANT-220 - Added mechanism to queue diagnostic messages for Syrus Cloud.
• ANT-141 - Added MQTT diagnostic message for long periods without GNSS.
• ANT-141 - Added mechanism to restart the OS when a GNSS port issue is detected.
• ANT-141 - Enhanced system debug mechanism with more information.
• ANT-141 - Added MQTT diagnostic message for PSM activation/deactivation.
• ANT-141 - Added MQTT diagnostic message for reset reason reported by the microcontroller.
• ANT-141 - Added MQTT diagnostic message indicating application startup.
• ANT-184 - Added XADDUP command to send a test diagnostic message to Syrus Cloud.
• ANT-110 - Added QXATT query command to prevent Pegasus from querying this parameter multiple times.
• ANT-110 - Added QPV command to query position and speed.

2026-01-26 Antares 4.0.0 (>SXAFU1https://syrus4.dctserver.com/apex/releases/antares/antares-4.0.0.swu;;<)

• ANT-140 - Added: The mechanism to support extended tags.
• ANT-140 - Added: DOP, SV, BL and IX as supported extended tags.

2026-01-14 Antares 1.3.50 (>SXAFU1https://syrus4.dctserver.com/apex/releases/antares/antares-1.3.50.swu;;<)

• ANT-193 - Added: A mechanism to set the system time to GPS epoch when the system starts on January 1970. This avoids sending EV frames with non valid timestamp.
• ANT-193 - Added: A mechanism to keep the last known location as a back up in case the GNSS lost the position. This avoids to jump to 0,0 when EV frames are sent.
• ANT-139 - Added: The condition to avoid validating the KY when it is an internal command.
• ANT-139 - Added: The mechanism to execute actions by event.
• ANT-138 - Added: The restriction to avoid starting bist process if command is recibed from other interface different from serial port.
• ANT-138 - Added: Error code 08 to restricted commands.
• ANT-189 - Added: The XAPS command to set and get the power saving mode.
• ANT-189 - Added: The mechanism to get the modem temperature from the QTEMP AT command.
• ANT-152 - Added: The mechanism to increase the session counter.
• ANT-152 - Added: A diagnostic message to syrus cloud when a new connection is established.
• ANT-152 - Added: An utility to get the available ram, the cpu load, the session number, and the network interface IP from the system.
• ANT-167 - Added: The taip KY mechanism that uses a configurable key to lock the device configuration.
• ANT-167 - Added: The list of commands to be permited by the KY mechanism.
• ANT-182 - Added: The mechanism to restart connection when no ACK is received.
• ANT-182 - Added: The mechanism to discard an event after several retries.
• ANT-182 - Added: The mechanism to save and loag the last known position from non volatil memory.
• ANT-167 - Added: The complete mechanism to use the circular buffer by sockets.
• ANT-167 - Improved: The TCP connection stability by including Keep alive idle, interval and counter.
• ANT-167 - Added: A XAEC command to clear a specific socket buffer.
• ANT-166 - Added: The client ID to the last will and testament message.
• ANT-165 - Added: XAPSI user command to enter in power saving mode immediately.
• ANT-163 - Added: XART command to consult Antares version, IMSI, SIM ID, Network operator, Modem variant and interface version.
• ANT-142 - Added: The circular buffer implementation along with its unit test.
• ANT-158 - Added: The secondary watchdog mechanism.
• ANT-157 - Added: The instruction to call and finish the terminal task.
• ANT-157 - Added: The task in charge of processing incomming commands that are received using the system console.
• ANT-112 - Added: The TAIP console via SMS.
• ANT-153 - Added: The taip command SRT to reset the system.
• ANT-104 - Added: The keep alive mechanism used for connection maintainability.
• ANT-150 - Added: A couple of mechanisms to restart the OS and check the boot mode in case the microcontroller is not responding.
• ANT-102 - Added: The mechanism to update the microcontroller.
• ANT-102 - Added: The utility to download remote files.
• ANT-102 - Added: IV, interface version command to consult and update the antares interface version.