Image Information and Supported Platforms
Alarm port functionality on the IR809
Change in reset button behavior on the IR809 and IR829
Guest OS enhancements on the IR829
Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) encapsulation support
The following release notes support Cisco IOS Releases 15.6(1)T and higher releases. These releases support the Cisco IR800 Industrial Integrated Services Routers. These release notes are updated to describe new features, limitations, troubleshooting, recommended configurations, caveats, and how to obtain support and documentation.
Note You must have a Cisco.com account to download the software.
Cisco IOS Release 15.6(1)T includes the following Cisco IOS images:
Cisco IOS Release 15.6(1)T includes support for the following IR800 series routers:
The latest image file for the IR809 and IR829 can be found at:
https://software.cisco.com/download/navigator.html?mdfid=286287045&flowid=75322
Note The ir800-universalk9-bundle.SPA.156-1.T.bin bundle must be copied via tftp to the IR800, and then installed using the bundle install flash:
<image name> command. The ir800-universalk9-bundle.SPA.156-1.T.bin file can NOT be directly booted using the boot system flash:/image_name.
Detailed instructions are found in the Cisco IR829 and IR809 Integrated Services Router Hardware Installation Guides.
Note Do not configure ip ssh version 1, otherwise the bundle installation will fail.
The following documentation is available:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/15_6m_and_t/release/notes/15_6m_and_t.html
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/routers/800-series-industrial-routers/tsd-products-support-series-home.html
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/routers/800-series-routers/tsd-products-support-series-home.html
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/800/software/configuration/guide/SCG800Guide.html
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/800/software/configuration/guide/SCG800Guide/SCG800_Guide_BookMap_chapter_01001
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/interfaces/software/feature/guide/EHWIC-4G-LTESW.html
This release adds the following enhancements:
Previous versions of software for the IR809 did not support the alarm port. With 15.6(1)T, the alarm port is now functional. When an alarm is triggered or cleared, an error message is seen on the console, as well as SNMP message generated. The alarm LED is activated or deactivated with a trigger or a clear. Note that on 15.6(1)T, show platform led
doesn't provide the ALM led status
Alarm Input Port wiring is documented in the IR809 Hardware Installation Guide, Connecting the Router section.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/800/809/hardware/install/guide/809hwinst.html
New CLIs have been implemented for the alarm port:
Message generated by the Alarm
Message generated by the Alarm being cleared
For more information see the Cisco 809 Integrated Services Router Hardware Installation Guide:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/800/809/hardware/install/guide/809hwinst.html
The IR809 and IR829 have changed the way the reset button works. With 15.6(1)T, the IR800 series performs in the same manner as the C819. The high level description of the functionality works like this:
Note For the location of the reset button see the appropriate IR809 or IR829 Hardware Installation Guide.
Perform the following steps to use this feature:
Step 2 Press the reset button on the router.
Step 3 Power up the system while holding down the reset button.
The system LED blinks four times indicating that the router has accepted the button push.
Note To simplify the boot process, the IR800 routers do not support the ROMMON configuration register and the associated CLI commands. The IR800 either boots the pre-configured images, or stops at the ROMMON prompt for user intervention.
More details can be found in the Hardware Installation Guides for both devices found under:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/routers/800-series-industrial-routers/tsd-products-support-series-home.html
Guest OS enhancements include:
– Basic debugging tools (tcpdump, top, etc)
– Async 0 and Async 1 respectively reserve line 1/5 and 1/6 to relay serial data to the corresponding Guest OS /dev/ttyS1 and /dev/ttyS2
GOS is installed through the IOX bundle install process and can be started/stopped and upgraded from IOS CLI
Verification for digitally-signed GOS image distributed via Cisco DevNet must be installed using the guest-os image install
command only. Details on this command and additional information can be found in the Guest Operating System chapters of the respective Hardware Installation Guides for the routers found under:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/routers/800-series-industrial-routers/tsd-products-support-series-home.html
SLIP defines a method of sending IP packets over standard asynchronous serial lines with minimum line speeds of 1200 baud. Serial ports may be assigned to the Guest OS, directly passing traffic to /dev/ttySx
– IEC 60870-5-101 to IEC 60870-5-104
More information can be found in the Configuring SLIP and PPP Configuration Guide:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/11_0/access/configuration/guide/acslip.html
This release has the following limitations or deviations for expected behavior:
C8xx supports the following features under Ge0:
All of the Cisco IR800 Industrial Integrated Services Router documentation can be found here:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/routers/800-series-industrial-routers/tsd-products-support-series-home.html
Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS releases. Caveats listed as open in a prior release are carried forward to the next release as either open or closed (resolved).
After the IR800 reloads, vlans are not added to vlan database.
Add vlans manually after reload
LED status report is inconsistent across different commands.
IR829 is not getting GPS data after router bootup
Conditions : After router bootup, sometimes the modem is up but does not get GPS data.
Workaround: Power cycle the modem.
LED status report is inconsistent across different commands
Conditions : PoE LED will go back and forth between yellow and green when there is a PoE device in deny power state. Typing show platform led
or show platform led summary
will sometimes show yellow, sometimes shows green.
Workaround : Remove the device that has been denied for power allocation
Media-type rs485 is configurable under IR800 serial port 0 interface (async1), however the serial port 1 (async1) interface does not support media-type rs485.
Conditions : When you configure 'media-type rs485" under the async1 interface, the configuration is acceptable.
Permanent license was lost after reload
Conditions : Originally GobiSerial was connected to ttyUSB1, ttyUSB2, and ttyUSB3 in this scenario. After re-inserting the SIM, GobiSerial is now connected to ttyUSB0, ttyUSB1, and ttyUSB2 with USB interface is still connected.
IR829GW-LTE-GA-ZK9 P2B OS show env cmd
crashed system at 70C
IR 829 crash during http copy of 0 byte file
Bundle image installation fails on unit with USB key is inserted
When IR829 unit is loaded with IOS image 15.5(2.25)M0.1, hypervisor 0.28, FPGA version 1.0.0 and BIOS version8 and boots up with USB inserted, bundle installation fails.
Remove USB key from an IR800 unit, reload unit and boot unit up. Unit is able to execute bundle installation
to upgrade new image release.
The show environment temperature
command has high temperature threshold
IR800#
show environment temperature
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Sensor MajorThresh MinorThres CurTemp Status
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Sensor 1 75, -25 60, -15 47 OK
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The IR8x9 data sheet and product specifications refer to ambient temperature while the temperature sensor on the IR8x9 is measuring internal temperature.