BLE Micro-Spot Relay - Firmware Release Notes

This article keeps track of the firmware release notes for the Micro-Spot Relay. Micro-Spot Relay belongs to the second generation of the Bluetooth Low Energy devices for the Smartspot Platform Infrastructure. Micro-Spot Relays can connect with a Smartspot equipped with a PentaBLE Bluetooth module.

Important to know

Micro-Spot Relay is part of the Smart BLE Software Suite which consist of a variety of products who share the same core functionality. Therefore it's possible for the version number to change without any actual changes to this particular device.

Version 2.5.0 - May 3, 2022

What's New

• Added a setting 'conn_led_state' to enable or disable connection leds. Value options:
  • 3: Red and blue are both enabled,
  • 2: Red enabled and blue disabled,
  • 1: Red disabled and blue enabled,
  • 0: Red and blue are both disabled.

Version 2.4.1 - November 12, 2020

Bug fixes in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.4.0 - November 2, 2020

Bug fixes in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.3.0 - October 26, 2020

Bug fixes in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.2.3 - May 8, 2020

Bug fixes in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.2.2 - April 23, 2020

Bug fixes in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.2.1 - January 24, 2020

Bug fixes in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.2.0 - November 25, 2019

Updates in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.1.2 - August 12, 2019

Bug fixes in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.1.1 - July 2, 2019

Bug fixes in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.1.0 - May 24, 2019

Updates in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.0.4 - March 11, 2019

Bug fixes in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.0.3 - February 13, 2019

Bug fixes in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.0.2 - November 28, 2018

Bug fixes in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 2.0.1 - November 15, 2018

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with many Micro-Spot Relay advertisements not being transmitted by the radio while in an active connection.

Version 2.0.0 - June 1, 2018

What's New

• Added a connection-level setting to enable and disable relaying of other Micro-Spot Relay advertisements. This setting is disabled by default
• Added BLE boot loader functionality which allows the device to be updated over a Bluetooth connection.

Bug Fixes

• Addresses an issue which could cause connection disconnects. The margin for clock drift compensation between devices was set too tight and didn't allow for much difference.

Version 1.8.3 - April 4, 2018

Updates in the Smart BLE Software Suite. There are no notable changes for this device.

Version 1.8.2 - March 28, 2018

Bug Fixes

• Fixes an issue that made the automatic pairing mode button only operate once. A power on/off cycle was required as a temporary workaround. With this fix the workaround is no longer required.

Version 1.8.1 - March 21, 2018

Bug Fixes

• Addresses an issue which at heavy workloads could result in a drop of performance and less processed advertisements.

Version 1.8.0 - March 1, 2018

What's New

• Added an automatic pairing mode which allows the user to assign the device to a nearby Smartspot with at least one empty connection slot. This mode can be initiated by pressing the pinhole button. During the pairing process the LED flashes blue and red in alternating mode. If the pairing process was successful the LED will change to blue.