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16/4/2024    Minor Release MTELRelay V2.1 (29)   Official Release 

Function

  1. removed updates to Rural packets to DHost Local.

 

20/2/2024    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.1 (27)   Official Release 

Fix

  1. added bypass check box to divert all DWBB and PDEC outputs to the Local DHost output.
  2. changed names of button for testing outputs
  3. send purge packet to dhost local to then forward to Mconnect

 

24/10/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.1 (20)   Official Release 

Fix

  1. added new intercomms messaging
  2. added ACKG and ACKM detection from MConnect
  3. added RegionID in config. Set to F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,F6,F7

 

6/10/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.1 (15)   Official Release 

Fix

  1. changed transmit packet to DHLocal to send crlf replacement

 

5/10/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.1 (12)   Official Release 

New

  1. changed database to indicate member and group updates to MConnect
  2. changed the packets to MConnect to be sent as long as there are no incoming records from PageDirect.
  3. Updates can coexist in the database for both group and membership records
  4. new database fields.  Status now GStatus.  new MStatus.

        new fields group and empty group   Official Release

 

14/9/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.1 (10)   Official Release 

New

  1. changed logging to reflect the output to MConnect
  2. reset the watchdog on the output to MConnect when sending MDSE packets
  3. changed the Update in Group table from Update to Delete and Insert

 

12/9/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.1 (8)   Official Release 

                   Minor Release first group   Official Release 

New

  1. added Change Device packets
  2. fixed Update packets to MConnect

 

 

7/9/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.1 (7)   Official Release 

                   Minor Release empty group   Official Release 

New

  1. added changes to Group group download to MConnect
  2. added check for reply from MConnect
  3. new fields in Group Database

    added AckTime and Status

    These fields track MDSE packets from PageDirect going to MConnect.

  4. added test database every hour for changes to be sent to MConnect

 

25/8/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.1 (3)   Official Release 

New

  1. fixed stx etx in logs
  2. added DHLocal fall back to DWBB channels if it fails.

 

24/8/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.1 (1)   Official Release 

New

  1. added database timer to close Group table when not in use. Set to 20seconds.
  2. added CleanUp functionality to Group table.

 

  

23/8/2023    Minor Release empty group   Official Release 

added new field in MGroup table, LastUpdated

 

22/8/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.0 (47)   Official Release 

Fixes

  1. changes TTL to 20 minutes. This allows the Switch information enough time to get a packet back to MTELPage if the message expired in Queue in the Switch.
  2. filtered WBB Failures from WDOG packets.
  3. added LastUpdate field on Group table.
  4. added Change Device packets to update the database tables e.g. change a mobile number
  5. added command test for development system.

 

 

 

13/7/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.0 (42)   Official Release 

Fixes

  1. ordered the config by description
  2. fixed log encryption for global modules

        Config tab indicates the log is not encrypted.

 

 

 

5/7/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.0 (39)   Official Release 

New

  1. fixed empty Group database backup added config   EmptyGroupDatabase.
  2. added Group Dir for backup                                GroupBackupDIR

 

 

29/5/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.0 (35)   Official Release 

New

  1. fixed Group database backup added close.
  2. added test to local Direct Host
  3. changed name location of group file
  4. The group database resides at     ..\pager\system\group.mdb

 

 

29/5/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.0 (32)   Official Release 

New

  1. added Group database and backup capability
  2. added MDS Editor packets to update the group table
  3. added processing to two PageDirect Clients
  4. added processing to Local DirectHost on failure to DWBB or PDEC links

    The PType configuration for the new local Direct Host is DHLocal

 

General Description
 

The group database resides at     ..\pager\system\group.mdb

The backup up file "empty group.mdb" also resides in the same directory.

Edits on the database arrive from PageDirect and are exercised on the group.mdb.

MTELPage has access to the same group database file.

The group database is backed up every 24 hours at a time defined by two additional startup entries.

Startup entries for the new version are;

 

UpdateMConnect is true for only one version of MTELRelay in the state. This relay sends the MDS editor packets through the Local DirectHost to MTEL Cloud. A remote server should be nominated to perform the editor packet transfer to MTEL Cloud. More than one relay can send packets to the MTEL Cloud however the data is duplicated and will cause unnecessary updates to the databases.

The other three entries are for the group database and backup information.

 

 

 

 

24/4/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.0 (23)    

New

  1. check for quotes and double quotes in special info
  2. added special info and activation
  3. added padding in info stream to allow string processing on special info in Access database
  4.  

Bug Fixes

  1. fixed multiple port tests to PDEC and DWBB sockets on the output. On every packet out, tests if there is an alternate port that is connected. If packet fails to the first port it tries the alternate.

       

    New database with new fields

        New group database

 

 

 

13/4/2023    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.0 (19)    

added database for Groups and logic to update the database.

        new database here. runs in the pager/system folder

       add to config

 

28/1/2020    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.0 (11)    

added On error statements to the encryption routines.

 

 

23/7/2019    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.0 (10)    

This version has removed Log Encryption

 

23/7/2019    Medium Release MTELRelay V2.0 (7)    

This version takes on the SYSS command which is the System Status command from MConnect via the Direct Host.

This command is either Active or inactive.

It allows the link to run TCP connection but stops messaging from flowing across the link as the MConnect at the end is either not the Main device or there may be a fault.

Changeover is currently a manual process from the MConnect forms. The MConnect form if selected for "Local MConnect" it will be active and sends commands on any activity, specifically it can be activated by the watchdog or RQST packets.

 

There are additional minor logging changes and the form layout can be stretched to any desirable size.

The encryption is disabled in this version. There is a comment next to the start date in the Config tab indicating  the state of the log encryption.

The Roller is enabled by default. To stop the roller from operating add the following entry to the StartUp config table.

StartUp
Key_Description Key_Data Description
RollerEnabled False
 

 

 

 

 

16/4/2018    Minor Release MTELRelay V1.2 (91)    

The queue size for messages from MTELPage going to PagerDEC or Direct Host was 100. It is now configurable.

In addition when the queue was full it sent bad packet back which made MTELPage resend the message which is incorrect. This is no command for queue full in MTELPage so the alternative message of No Outputs is sent back instead.

1.    Changed response to MTELPage if Relay Queue full to NoOUTPUTS so MTELPage will send the messages to the MTELQue.

2.    Added QueSize to the config. ON startup log will reflect queue size. Default is 100 messages

 

 

31/3/2016    Medium Release MTELRelay V1.1 (88)    

Added SITS command    This sends status info to MTELPage picocell pstn data file.

Added INFO command    This sends automated information to MTELpage screens.

Added RVPC command    This is used to activate the USR ACK with a virtual picocell.

Added DBAS command    This downloads the MTELPage database over the virtual link.

New commands are passed to the relay and then on to MTELPage

Changed USRA commands to NEW, CLEAR, UPDATE

 

28/9/2015    Minor Release MTELRelay V1.1 (79)    

 1.    Fixed the MConnect paging timer. This sends a packet from MTELRelay via the DIRECT Host to MConnect. It is an end to end test and runs every 60 seconds , unless other traffic has been sent. Then it will be 60 seconds after the last traffic.

This timing is important as it is a sanity check for MTELRelay to know it can communicate to the WBB Gateway at MTEL. If it times out the link is marked as disabled and the second link is tried until the the first link is re-established and the MConnect messaging is operating again.

 

26/9/2015    Medium Release MTELRelay V1.1 (78)    

 1.    Added DIRECT Host connectivity.

Added PType DWBB1 and DWBB2. These are connections to hardware which connect directly to MTEL.

To use the DIRECT connection the MTELPage picocell_pstn_data.mdb entries for WBB picocells must be changed from Q01 to R01. The network name must end in _WBB.

The DIRECT Host names DWBB1 and DWBB2 have significance when sending messages. DWBB1 will always have precedence for message delivery unless it is unavailable. The application knows this through heartbeats sent to the DIRECT Host.

 

2.    Added 3 new configuration records

    RelayID    Must be 3 digits only. Typically R01 to R99

    MTELPageIP    is the local IP stack which the inputs are bound to.

    MessID    is an integer and is used to identify messages. This is saved back when the application closes.

    BackupTime is removed.

 

 

 

2/12/2014    Release MTELRelay V1.0 (71)    

   The Maximise window function has been removed.

 

1/12/2014    Medium release MTELRelay V1.0 (71)           MTELRelaysys.mdb

This is a medium revision. For more details on the operation of the new feature go to DWBB in the MTELRelay page.

NOTE: Only compatible with MTELPage 2014 V4.0(411) and above

  1. Added a new column (RxFilter) to table MTELPage in database MTELRelaysys.mdb. This is a 3 character identifier for packets coming back from PDEC or DWBB and are matched to the first 3 characters of the message id. In this version return packets created by the client are returned only to that client. Previously they were sent to all connected clients.

    It is very important that all clients are uniquely defined in RXFilter. If a client is missing then MTELPage will not get any responses and so messages will expire in queue.

     

  2. Changed the logs to be more readable and less verbose when many clients are connected.
  3. MTELPage will now work from (411) and up as the new RxFilter column fixes previous problems.
  4. The Description field in MTELPage table can now be any free form text. (see below)

 

 

19/11/2014    Medium release MTELRelay V1.0 (70)           MTELRelaysys.mdb

This is a medium revision. For more details on the operation of the new feature go to DWBB in the MTELRelay page.

NOTE: Only compatible with MTELPage 2014 V4.0(412) and above

  1. Removed control box. Menu now has minimised function.
  2. Added Direct WBB functionality. This socket only connects for the duration of the message delivery. It requires a change to the MTELRelaysys.mdb. A new database file has been included in this release. The new field is PTYPE and has only two entries which are either PDEC or DWBB. DWBB is the new Direct Wireless Broadband. PDEC is the original PagerDEC which is a permanent connection.
  3. MTELPage will work from (412) and up as new responses have been added to cope with socket failures in the DWBB.
  4. Added DWBB test button.
  5. MTELPageIP  has been added to startup table so that MTELPage sockets can be bound to an IP stack. This is new and IS NOT required before starting the application. The local IP will be automatically stored in this setting if it is missing and then saved. To change to a different IP use the normal Startup table edit function once the application is running.
  6. window is stretchable in the horizontal axis only to assist reading logs
  7. grid columns are now resizeable

 

 

17/03/2014    Minor release MTELRelay V1.0 (53)   

This is a minor revision.

NOTE: Only compatible with MTELPage 2014 V4.0(406) and above

1. Fixed bug in TCP send where the buffer has not been cleared of the last packet. The new data was not stored correctly when waiting for the TCP to clear. Missing STX and ETX delimiters.

                             

11/02/2014    Minor release MTELRelay V1.0 (49)   

This is a minor revision.

NOTE: Only compatible with MTELPage 2014 V4.0(406) and above

1. Improved logging messages.

2. Removed OAD messages and database logs from Relay log.

3. Introduced new command returns from MTELRelay which identifies the reason for not transferring messages to PagerDEC.

RRPYFAIL:  BADPACKET    The packet field structure is bad

BADSEND            Unable to send a TCP packet to PagerDEC

NOOUTPUTS        There are no outputs available to PagerDEC

BADCOMMAND    The packet contains an unknown command

 

 

11/02/2014    Minor release MTELRelay V1.0 (47)   

This is a minor revision.

Internal queue removed.

Improved TCP send on large groups. Added SendComplete on the TCP send function.

 

 

 

3/02/2014    Minor release MTELRelay V1.0 (44)   

     This is a minor revision.

If the Switch receives a new message packet from PagerDEC with the "Destination" field set to anything other than null it will send the message to the network in that field only.

The intention is to bypass the creation of associated network messages and group messages in the MDS. The message is already part of associated networks and groups created in MTELPage.

If the network in the destination field is not in the MDS Network table the message is aborted by MDS and the message is redirected to MTELQue.

If the pager number is not in the User table the message is aborted by MDS and the message is redirected to MTELQue.

 

MTELRelay packets now includes a network for all messages from MTELPage. MTELPage creates all associated network and the group messages.

MTELRelay V1.0(44) will only work with PagerDEC V4.2 (106) and above.

 

The MTELPage registry value Page2MDS is now obsolete.

Instead the picocell pstn data.mdb has a new field Queue. This field indicates to MTELPage if messages for a network are routed by MTELRelay to either the MDS (value "R01") or routed to MTELQue (value "Q01").

 

4/11/2013    MTELRelay V1.0 (43)

This is the first MTELRelay release for the new MTELPage 2013 due for release in November 2013.

This version is not compatible with MTELPage V3.50 (357) for sending messages to the MDS.

This version is compatible with MTELPage V3.50 (357) in the OAD reverse path from PagerDEC.

This version is significantly different as the paging packet is now sent directly by TCP to the application from MTELPage. In previous versions the Relay was sent an alert packet via TCP from MTELPage then MTELRelay would use a SQL query on the que.mdb Access database to search for the appropriate message to relay to PagerDEC.

In this release MTELPage makes a decision as to where the messages are sent, that is either the MTELRelay or MTELQue. In general all messages can be sent to MTELQue which then send the messages to MTELServes 1 to 5. This will now be the back up path to messages not able to be sent to MTELRelay.

MTELRelay messages are filtered away from the general MTELQue based on the Page2MDS flag in MTELPage 2013.

 

 

21/05/2012    Minor release MTELRelay V1.0 (35)   

  1. The connection to PDEC has a watchdog which is sent from the Relay to PDEC. PDEC now sends back a response. This response is in the logs.

    The Relay first checks for PDEC responses before marking the queue file. This allows the Relay to ignore the MTELPage queue if the connection to PDEC is not working and therefore MTELPage is able to alert MTELserve to deliver the messages instead.

  2. The WDOG response also assists keeping the TCP connection alive in Com Centres with low traffic OAD messages.

  3. A global PDEC alive flag has been added. If all PDEC outputs fail then the Relay sends back failures to the MTELPage requests.

 

22/02/2012    Minor release MTELRelay V1.0 (31)   

  1. The maximum socket limit has been changed to 100 MTELPage sockets and 20 Output sockets.

 

29/11/2011    Minor release MTELRelay V1.0 (30)   

  1. The socket reload in previous versions failed to account for changes in the array size when using the editor. The sockets database entries were created and written to disk, but the display of the sockets was not updated creating a run time error.

    This version maintains the number of sockets in the MTELPage and Output arrays. If the number changes during the edit process, the array of sockets is closed and a new array is rebuilt with the new number of sockets.

    It should be noted that all the client sockets will be closed and automatically reopened again.

    Current socket limit is 50 MTELPage connections and 20 Output Connections.

     

6/10/2011    MTELRelay Latest Version V1.0(29)

  1. added development code test. removed test insert database button.

 

6/10/2011    MTELRelay Latest Version V1.0(28)

  1. added additional debug in StoreRecord which prints to log the string to be stored in the database. When the database insert statement fails this is the SQL string that was attempted.

 

17-2-2011 V1.0(27) MTELRelay     MTELRelay.htm has been updated

        First Release

 See release note above for the complete documentation.

 

 

 

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