
Multi-Tech iSMS SF100 - SMS Server Appliance

CONTENTS
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   - Upgrade the Firmware
   - Revision History
   - Technical Support
   - Copyrights and Trademarks


UPGRADE FIRMWARE:
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WARNING: 
The firmware upgrade should be done locally on the same LAN that the iSMS is on, DO NOT do the upgrade remotely through the Internet.
During the firmware upgrade, the webadmin will return back to the main login page early while the iSMS is performing the firmware upgrade.   
Please DO NOT turn off the iSMS until the status LED goes off, on and blinks again.

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1) Power up the iSMS and wait for the Status LED to start blinking.
2) Bring up a workstation browser and enter the IP address of the iSMS product (default is: http://192.168.2.1).
3) Login as admin and enter the admin password (default password is admin).
4) Increase the Web timeout before doing the upgrade by clicking the Administration button on the top and Admin Access on the left.  
   Under Web Interface Inactivity Timeout set the Time Before Automatic Disconnect to be the maximum of 3600 seconds.
5) Click the Utilities button on the top.
6) Export(save) a back-up of the iSMS configuration before performing the firmware upgrade.
7) Click the Firmware Upgrade option on the left.
8) Click the Browse button and select the firmware bin file. (Make sure you unzip the firmware in order to get the BIN file).
9) Click the Upgrade button.
10) BE PATIENT, the upgrade process takes a minimum of 5 minutes when performing upgrade via the local LAN.
11) After upgrade is complete, the program will return to the main login screen (see WARNING above).   
12) Login and check the firmware version number on the main screen to make sure it shows the new firmware version number.
13) Verify that the configuration settings are what you expect them to be.

Note: If the firmware upgrade fails or it does not show the webadmin login page again, wait for another 5 minutes. 
      Then power off and on the iSMS and webadmin to the iSMS to check the version. 
      If the version does not show the latest, then the upgrade did not go through successfully. 
      Try to perform the firmware upgrade again by repeating all the steps above.

Note: If you wish to reset the iSMS to factory defaults after upgrading the firmware, the iSMS can be reset using a paperclip to access the 
      reset button on the back panel of the chassis.  Press the reset button until the status LED stops blinking.

REVISION HISTORY:
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Firmware Version V1.31: (Dated August 21, 2009)
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New Features and changes:
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- Changed Product name from “SMSFinder” to “MultiModem iSMS”.  Replaced SMSFinder product image with MultiModem iSMS image in the Home page of WEBAdmin.
- Added Load Balancing, maximum of four slaves, this includes broadcast trigger jobs and API jobs.  Load is 3.25 KB. Minimum load to start load balancing is 3.25 KB. Maximum load is 1000.
- Added import/export backup of load balancing configuration.
- Added help section for load balancing.
- Maximum of 20 multiple concurrent send SMS sessions are supported.
- System displays user's outbox.
- System displays outbox for all users for the Admin user.
- Non-admin user will not see the inbox.
- Number of pending jobs is displayed.
- Added support for "DEL::number" action trigger.  DEL:name:number will delete only if both name and number match.
- sqlite is used for Outbox.
- Changed <Message Notification> to <MessageNotification> in Receive API from client.
- Added option to load custom image to display when access WEB GUI.
- Added validation for secondary DNS in Wizard setup and Network setup.
- The following special characters are not allowed in group name: `~!@#$%^&*()|\<>
- Default HTTP Admin Access Port is 80 and HTTP Send API Port is 81.  They can be set to be the same port.
- SIM phone number can be left blank.
- Changed the default WEB inactivity timeout from 120 secs to 600 secs. This is done to allow Import CSV to happen successfully without getting interrupted with inactivity timeout.
- Improved Address Book CSV File validation. Pop-up window with error is displayed and CSV is not imported if the following conditions are not met:
1) Every entry should have atleast 1 comma 
2) Name and phone number fields cannot be empty or only spaces.


Firmware Version V1.20: (Dated July 14, 2008)
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New Features and changes:
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- Added HTTP / TCP API support
- Added Extended characters support and conversion based on GSM 7bit and 8bit
- Changed receive SMS message without using the SIM card memory
- Added allow networks to restrict access for webadmin, telnet and API.
- Added remote syslog server
- Added display of signal strength in “Statistics & Logs >> System Information” 
- Added Multi-Tech knowledge base URL link on the home page.
- Added options to empty out messages that are in the inbox and outbox.


Firmware Version V1.10: (Dated March 4, 2008)
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Bug Fixes:
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- Fixed memory leaks problem with 20,000 addresses
- Fixed memory leaks problem when perform broadcast trigger continuously for a long period of time
- Fixed some import address book issues when using certain CSV files.
- Fixed problem with editing Broadcast trigger with preconfigured SMS to preconfigured group
- Fixed authentic User list so it shows properly when in Add or Edit Broadcast trigger

New Features and Changes:
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- Import and export backup file will include address book and groups
- Allow telnet to port 5000 regardless of signal strength on the GSM modem
- when submit sending SMS to multiple phone numbers, it will check and not allow duplicate phone number.  This will prevent sending the same SMS message to the same number multiple times. 
- When adding new number to the address book, the description field can be blank.
- Action trigger will accept both : or ; character.   This will hep some phones that can not enter the ; character.
- Disable +WIND message from modem by issuing AT+WIND=0 during modem initialization.
- Improved paging display options in webadmin interface for address book


TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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For technical support, you may contact your authorized Multi-Tech Systems distributor, dealer or the following Multi-Tech Systems branch offices.

Country              By Email                       By Phone
France:           support@multitech.fr          (33) 1-64 61 09 81
U.K.:             support@multitech.co.uk       (44) 118 959 7774
U.S. & Canada:    support@multitech.com         (800) 972-2439
Rest of World:    support@multitech.com         (763) 717-5863

Internet Address: http://www.multitech.com
FTP Site: ftp://ftp.multitech.com

COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS
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All documents and software provided herewith are Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Multi-Tech Systems. All rights reserved.
MS, Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT are tradenames of Microsoft Corporation.
Other trademarks or tradenames used herein are properties of the respective owners.
