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MRD-405

Westermo MRD-405 Software

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Organisation
Westermo Network Technologies AB
Prepared by Document
WeConfig Team WeConfig 1.19.2 Release Notes
Approved by Date Document No
The Program Manager December 11, 2023 186018-078dc34b
Installation
The following prerequisites have to be fulfilled to successfully execute WeConfig:
•WinPcap 4.1.3 installed or,
•Npcap 1.6 or later
If neither WinPcap nor Npcap is installed, WeConfig will run in a reduced mode and not all
functionality will be available.
WeConfig will offer to install WinPcap if it believes the user would benefit from it.
WeConfig will only maintain compatibility with current and legacy versions of Microsoft Windows
that not has reached its EOL (End Of Life) date.
Note! If you are using Npcap make sure that you have acquired a valid license. Licensing details
are available at https://npcap.com/.
Usage
The following may have to be enabled on the managed switches/routers to get full functionality of
WeConfig:
•IPConfig protocol for devices running WeOS 4
•mDNS for devices running WeOS 5, Ibex, and BRD/MRD devices.
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HTTPS (Web) must be enabled on WeOS devices. Administrator password must match the
setup in the device access dialog. Factory default passwords will be assumed if no administrator
password has been specified in WeConfig.
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SNMP protocol. The read community has to be set on the device, matching the setup in the
device access dialog. Factory default ready community will be assumed if none have been
specified.
•LLDP protocol
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SSH CLI access on WeOS devices. Administrator password must match the setup in the device
access dialog. Factory default passwords will be assumed if no administrator password has
been specified in WeConfig.
The functionality dependent on the respective item above is described below.
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Information gathering from the device, including topology information to be able to draw a
device map is performed using SNMP.
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Basic Setup uses the IPConfig protocol to setup devices on devices running WeOS 4.32 and
older. On such devices, the IPConfig protocol must be enabled on the devices to use Basic
Setup.
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Organisation
Westermo Network Technologies AB
Prepared by Document
WeConfig Team WeConfig 1.19.2 Release Notes
Approved by Date Document No
The Program Manager December 11, 2023 186018-078dc34b
•Backup, restore and firmware upgrade all use the HTTPS interface on WeOS based devices.
•Upgrade on WeOS based devices uses the HTTPS interface.
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All configuration of WeOS devices depends on the use of CLI; hence, CLI must be enabled on
the target devices.
News
Firmware Downloads
It is now possible to have WeConfig automatically download device firmwares. It is configurable to
download only firmwares of interest, and it will work together with previously downloaded firmware.
Firmware that has not been validated by Westermo (e.g. beta releases) will be shown with a warning
triangle. WeConfig will not attempt to apply any upgrade rules to such packages.
FRNT
FRNTv2 is now supported. The UI for FRNT has changed from being device centric to ring centric.
Rings are created or edited in their entirety, rather than a loose collection of devices.
Reboot
When devices are rebooted, WeConfig will wait until they are responding again.
Release Notes
Release notes are now delivered inside the application. The application keeps a record of all previous
versions, as well as any new version that has not yet been installed. Furthermore, it is browsable
and searchable from inside the application.
User Guide
An updated user guide experience is now available inside of the application, and once opened (F1)
will follow the program context around. This context tracking can be disabled.
Show Port Labels
It is now possible to let WeConfig show port labels on the device connections in the topology view.
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Organisation
Westermo Network Technologies AB
Prepared by Document
WeConfig Team WeConfig 1.19.2 Release Notes
Approved by Date Document No
The Program Manager December 11, 2023 186018-078dc34b
Ibex 5G Support
5G support has been added to both “Selected Device” and “Diagnostics”.
Limitations
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Upgrade using HTTPS-upload is supported from WeOS 4.13 and later. To upgrade an older
WeOS version, TFTP/FTP method must be used. A TFTP or a FTP server must be running
on the WeConfig PC. The path to the TFTP/FTP root folder is setup in the Settings dialogue.
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Hostname and location is limited to 10 and 11 characters for factory reset/default WeOS 4
devices, due to limitations of the IPConfig protocol.
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Conflicting IP addresses can only be identified on WeOS units, and only for the IP address
retrieved using the IPConfig protocol.
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WeConfig does not identify if an IP Address is statically configured or retrieved from a DHCP
server. When setting an IP address using WeConfig, it is applied as a static address.
•Non WeOS units have limited support in WeConfig.
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Limited WeConfig SNMP trap support will be available when MS Windows SNMP Trap Host
server is activated. For WeConfig to provide as much SNMP trap support as possible, please
disable the MS Windows Trap Host server.
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If alarm monitoring for SNR high/low is to function properly, the device’s firmware version
must be 4.18.0 or higher due to a limitation in earlier firmwares.
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Some NICs (mostly low end USB NICs) discard LLDP frames. This means that WeConfig
cannot learn where it is connected in the network.
•VLAN configuration is not supported on WeOS 4.13.4 or previous versions.
•WeConfig might not show SNMP traps sent from routers.
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Device connections might not be displayed correctly until 30 seconds after a link up/down
event.
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Configuration of passwords and password to access MRD devices must only contain character
(a-z, A-Z and 0-9), otherwise access to device may not work.
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WeConfig is not able to configure Vipers with TTDP enabled on versions of WeOS prior to
5.14.
•WeConfig cannot detect powerline devices (DDW-002).
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The ping and traceroute tools cannot be executed reliably from Falcon devices due to a model
specific limitation.
•The functionality of WeConfig in portable mode is limited.
•Optimization of firmware packages will not be done for WeOS 5.13.0 or higher.
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When importing devices from CSV files, model name and firmware version is required in order
for a device to be properly identified. Unidentified devices are treated as “unknown devices”.
•WeConfig is not able to identify connections between xRD devices.
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Organisation
Westermo Network Technologies AB
Prepared by Document
WeConfig Team WeConfig 1.19.2 Release Notes
Approved by Date Document No
The Program Manager December 11, 2023 186018-078dc34b
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Connections between MRD and BRD devices cannot be derived due to a firmware limitation.
•WeConfig cannot be started from a shared network drive in portable mode.
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When updating the log slider in advanced application settings, a restart of WeConfig may be
needed to properly reflect the changes, particularly if trying to log “Everything”
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WeConfig cannot change IP addresses on more than one WeOS 4.33.0 device at a time, when
they are in IP conflict with each other, due to a firmware limitation.
Fixed Issues
Issue Version
Category
Description
#0019426
1.19.0 GUI Using a touchpad on a laptop to zoom the network view zooms
the entire software
#0019431
1.19.0
SYSTEM
Background security scan: non-WeOS devices are treated as if
they has a WeOS CLI
#0019432
1.19.0
SYSTEM
Secondary firmware upgrade fails
#0019433
1.19.0 GUI Non-gregorian calendars are not properly handled
#0019439
1.19.0
SYSTEM
Change SSH-Port crashes FW Upgrade
#0019440
1.19.0 GUI Firmware upgrade gives the wrong error message when device
cannot be contacted
#0019450
1.19.0 GUI Project File not opening in WeConfig 1.18.4
#0019452
1.19.0
SYSTEM
New Project while project file is opened in another process causes
a program termination
#0019434
1.19.0
SYSTEM
Netmask Error when using Template file
#0019459
1.19.0
SYSTEM
Possibility to take Units found via PING into device access
#0019462
1.19.0 GUI SNMP read community not always updated
#0019494
1.19.1 GUI The “Add device” function does not work!
#0019497
1.19.1
SYSTEM
Projects with devices that have aggregate ports in their VLANs
cannot be loaded
#0019499
1.19.1
SYSTEM
WeOS 5 packages are not usable after download until WeConfig
has been restarted
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Organisation
Westermo Network Technologies AB
Prepared by Document
WeConfig Team WeConfig 1.19.2 Release Notes
Approved by Date Document No
The Program Manager December 11, 2023 186018-078dc34b
Issue Version
Category
Description
#0019500
1.19.1 GUI WeConfig crashes when notifications pop up
#0019502
1.19.1
SYSTEM
WeConfig crashes when configuration files are exported
#0019505
1.19.1
SYSTEM
Missing default hello time when setting port in existing FRNT v2
horseshoe
#0019507
1.19.2
SYSTEM
Loading projects with manually added connections fail
#0019512
1.19.2 GUI When refreshing a device, the CLI communication status is reset
to “unknown” even though the refresh over CLI was successful
#0019514
1.19.2 GUI Remove unnecessary WLAN monitoring parameters for Ibex
devices
#0019516
1.19.2
SYSTEM
When scripts entered into the CLI tab in WeConfig, any
occurence of the hash character (#) is treated as a comment
#0019518
1.19.2
SYSTEM
WeConfig cannot diagnose CPU load average or available memory
on WeOS 5 devices
#0019521
1.19.2
SYSTEM
FRNTv2 cannot be configured on Coronet based WeOS 5 devices
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