Antares Release Notes

Coming NEXT (Antares 4.0.7 - Mid April)

1. Satellite communication (Satcom) support
2. Idle signal (G05)
3. Idle counter, CL tag, and XACL command
4. Over-speed counter, CS tag, XACS command, and G27 signal
5. XARE Region Event
6. XAQQ signal ban
7. XATA sms alias
8. XASP signal persistence
9. F21 Board Critical temperature
10. G40/G41 Region signals
11. XABR serial baud rate
12. Serial Camera
13. Ignition counter, CE tag, and XACE command
14. QTM implementation for Pegasus console
15. QST1 implementation for Pegasus console
16. QST2 implementation for Pegasus console
17. QXANS implementation for Pegasus console
18. Technoton

Supported Signals:

• E00–E99: Event signals
• F00: Ignition
• 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
• G07: Towing
• J00-J09: Heading Thresholds
• TO0-TO9: Onewire temperature thresholds.
• G00: SECO enabled.
• G01: SECO activated.
• G02: SECO running.
• Q00-Q99: Ibutton signals.
• F18: Ibutton connected.
• F19: Ibutton authorized.
• F11: PSM ended.
• C00-C99: Counters.

Supported Extended TAGs

• DOP: Dilution of Precision
• SV: Satellites in Use
• BL: Battery Level
• IX: Inputs and Outputs Status
• VO: Virtual Odometer
• VH: Virtual Hour Meter
• IS: Ibutton state
• EA: Onewire temperature
• AL: Altitude
• SC: Service Cell
• AP: Accelerometer parameters
• CVxx: Counter values.

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
• ST: GNSS status.
• SA: Sequential ACK
• TD: Configure time and distance parameters
• GC: Counters.
• 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.
• XAICHM: Hard motion threshold.
• XAVH: Virtual hour meter.
• XASE: Safe engine cut off.
• XAIB: Onewire Ibutton.
• XAIL: Ibutton authorized list.
• XAIA: Ibutton extended authorized list.
• XATI: Onewire temperature general information.
• XATL: Onewire temperature ID asociation.
• XATO: Onewire temperature thresholds.

2026-04-03 Antares 4.0.6 (>SXAFU1https://syrus4.dctserver.com/apex/releases/antares/antares-4.0.6.swu;;<)

• ANT-217 - Added: multi-response command support in RS232 console mode.
• ANT-270 - Added: AP Accelerometer Extended tag.
• ANT-275 - Added: QST GNSS status command.
• ANT-234 - Added: The GC command to consult and interact with counters module.
• ANT-234 - Added: User counters.
• ANT-259 - Added: Distance counters.
• ANT-258 - Added: The CVxx extended tag.
• ANT-258 - Added: Cxx counter signals.
• ANT-258 - Added: Time counters.
• ANT-297 - Improved: Antares diagnostics to Syrus Cloud. Some messages were classified as critical, and they are forwarded to slack in order to be attended with higher priority.
• ANT-297 - Fixed: The logic to trigger SECO signals.
• ANT-297 - Fixed: The mechanism to restore HW signals state after doing a configuration reset.

2026-03-24 Antares 4.0.5 (>SXAFU1https://syrus4.dctserver.com/apex/releases/antares/antares-4.0.5.swu;;<)

• ANT-281 - Added: A new Syrus Cloud diagnostic message for the microcontroller reset reason.
• ANT-231 - Added: Mechanism for reporting battery charging voltage.
• ANT-222 - Added: Mechanism to download Assisted GPS data, improving time to fix.
• ANT-215 - Added: Safe Engine Cut OFF.
• ANT-285 - Added: Support for onewire iButtons.
• ANT-285 - Added: Support for onewire temperature sensors.
• ANT-194 - Fixed: Mechanism to establish the MQTT connection when the system time is invalid.
• ANT-225 - Added: XAEC command to configure the system time.
• ANT-225 - Added: QVR;+ command that includes the compilation time.
• ANT-257 - Added: Onewire driver patch.
• ANT-264 - Added: STX text message command and MDT RS-232 module.
• ANT-286 - Fixed: Microcontroller bootloader mechanism. It was finishing incorrectly when the process was triggered a second time.
• ANT-151 - Changed: Reference time to reset the OS by no connection changed from 86400 to 3600.
• ANT-151 - Added: Mechanism for sequential ACKs of events.
• ANT-271 - Added: AL extended tag for altitude reporting.
• ANT-272 - Added: SC extended tag for cellular network info reporting.
• ANT-276 - Added: XABS battery level query command.
• ANT-265 - Added: PSM Ended F11 signal.
• ANT-265 - Fixed: Virtual hour meter format.

2026-03-09 Antares 4.0.4 (>SXAFU1https://syrus4.dctserver.com/apex/releases/antares/antares-4.0.4.swu;;<)

• ANT-230 - Added: Virtual Hour Meter (VH extended tag and XAVH command).
• ANT-252 - Fixed: Battery voltage value reported to Syrus Cloud is now in V instead of mV.
• ANT-252 - Added: Battery charging state to Syrus Cloud diagnostic messages.
• ANT-237 - Added: Hard Motion signal (F16).
• ANT-219 - Added: Heading report signals (J00–J04) and XAGH command.
• ANT-195 - Added: Towing signal (G07).
• ANT-251 - Added: APN mask for DCT SIM cards.

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 for queuing diagnostic messages for Syrus Cloud.
• ANT-141 - Added: MQTT diagnostic message for long periods without GNSS.
• ANT-141 - Added: Mechanism to restart the OS upon detection of a GNSS port issue.
• 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: Mechanism for supporting 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: Mechanism to set the system time to GPS epoch when the system starts in January 1970. This avoids sending EV frames with invalid timestamps.
• ANT-193 - Added: Mechanism to keep the last known location as a backup in case the GNSS loses position. This avoids jumping to 0,0 when EV frames are sent.
• ANT-139 - Added: Condition to avoid validating the KY when it is an internal command.
• ANT-139 - Added: Mechanism to execute actions triggered by events.
• ANT-138 - Added: Restriction to avoid starting BIST process if command is received from an interface other than the serial port.
• ANT-138 - Added: Error code 08 to restricted commands.
• ANT-189 - Added: XAPS command to set and get the power saving mode.
• ANT-189 - Added: Mechanism for retrieving modem temperature using the QTEMP AT command.
• ANT-152 - Added: Mechanism for incrementing the session counter.
• ANT-152 - Added: Diagnostic message to Syrus Cloud when a new connection is established.
• ANT-152 - Added: Utility to retrieve available RAM, CPU load, session number, and network interface IP from the system.
• ANT-167 - Added: TAIP KY mechanism that uses a configurable key to lock the device configuration.
• ANT-167 - Added: List of commands permitted by the KY mechanism.
• ANT-182 - Added: Mechanism to restart the connection when no ACK is received.
• ANT-182 - Added: Mechanism to discard events after several retries.
• ANT-182 - Added: Mechanism to save and load the last known position from non-volatile memory.
• ANT-167 - Added: Complete mechanism to use the circular buffer by sockets.
• ANT-167 - Improved: TCP connection stability by including keep-alive idle, interval, and counter.
• ANT-167 - Added: XAEC command to clear a specific socket buffer.
• ANT-166 - Added: Client ID to the last will and testament message.
• ANT-165 - Added: XAPSI user command to enter power saving mode immediately.
• ANT-163 - Added: XART command to query Antares version, IMSI, SIM ID, network operator, modem variant, and interface version.
• ANT-142 - Added: Circular buffer implementation along with its unit test.
• ANT-158 - Added: Secondary watchdog mechanism.
• ANT-157 - Added: Instruction to call and finish the terminal task.
• ANT-157 - Added: Task in charge of processing incoming commands received via the system console.
• ANT-112 - Added: TAIP console via SMS.
• ANT-153 - Added: TAIP command SRT to reset the system.
• ANT-104 - Added: Keep-alive mechanism for connection maintainability.
• ANT-150 - Added: Mechanisms to restart the OS and check the boot mode in case the microcontroller is not responding.
• ANT-102 - Added: Mechanism for updating the microcontroller.
• ANT-102 - Added: Utility to download remote files.
• ANT-102 - Added: IV (interface version) command to query and update the Antares interface version.