Product Change Notification Number
PCN 04042022-001
(Conduit - mPower)
April 4, 2022
Product Change Notification
Conduit® Gateway
Conduit® IP67 200 Series Base Station
Conduit® IP67 Base Station
Conduit® AP Access Point
mPower™ Edge Intelligence Update
mPower 5.3.8s-s1 Now Available
Overview
Starting in April 2022, Conduit gateway shipments will include an updated version of mPower operating system:
- mPower 5.3.8s-s1
- Includes:
- Resolution to CVE-2022-0778 and other openSSL CVE (openSSL release notes)
- LoRa Network Server Update
Schedule:
- Starting in April 2022, MultiTech will begin shipping Conduit gateways with mPower 5.3.8s-s1
- See part numbers impacted for details
- See Schedule for Date of Manufacture details
Suggested Action Plan
Customers
- Recognize that Conduit device shipments starting in April 2022 will include an updated version of mPower
- Evaluate and approve the updated mPower version with your application and make updates if needed
- Additional information
- Technical inquiries: support.multitech.com
- Sales inquiries: email sales@multitech.com
Distributors
- Forward this announcement to others in your organization who are actively involved in the sale or support of programmable IoT gateways
- Notify existing customers that Conduit devices are now shipping an updated version of mPower software
- Encourage customers to evaluate the new mPower version in their environment. Updates to the mPower operating system may result in updates to the customer application
mPower 5.3.8s-s1 Overview
mPower 5.3.8s-s1 includes two critical updates:
Operating System Component Updates (mPower 5.3.8s-s1)
Updated OpenSSL
| GP-1535 |
Bug Fix (mPower 5.3.8s-s1)
LoRa Network Server Update
| SP-5111000 |
mPower Software Release Notes can be downloaded at:
https://www.multitech.com/documents/publications/sales-flyers/mPower%20Software%205.x.x%20Conduit%20Gateways.pdf
Schedule
Conduit devices with mPower 5.3.8s-s1:
- Manufacturing: Starting April 2022
- Date of Manufacture: Starting April 11, 2022
- See part numbers impacted for details
- Identifying Date of Manufacture (chassis label)
Ordering Part Numbers Impacted
The following ordering part numbers are impacted by these updates:
- MultiTech Conduit® Gateway
- MTCDT-240A, MTCDT-246A, MTCDT-247A
- MTCDT-L4E1, MTCDT-L4N1, MTCDT-LAT3, MTCDT-LAP3, MTCDT-LDC3, MTCDT-LSB3
- MultiTech Conduit® IP67 200 Series Base Station
- MTCDTIP2-EN
- MTCDTIP2-L4E1, MTCDTIP2-LNA3
- MultiTech Conduit® IP67 Base Station
- MTCDTIP-266A, MTCDTIP-267A
- MTCDTIP-L4E1, MTCDTIP-L4N1, MTCDTIP-LAP3, MTCDTIP-LDC3, MTCDTIP-LSB3
- MultiTech Conduit® AP Access Point
- MTCAP-868, MTCAP2-868, MTCAP-915, MTCAP2-915
- MTCAP-L4E1, MTCAP2-L4E1, MTCAP-LNA3, MTCAP2-LNA3
Upgrade Process (mPower 5.3.8s-s1)
To install mPower 5.3.8s-s1, the Conduit gateway must be upgraded to mPower 5.0.0 or higher. Customers that are running earlier versions of mPower should use the following upgrade process
mPower Edge Intelligence Overview
mPower™ Edge Intelligence is MultiTech’s embedded software offering delivering programmability, network flexibility, enhanced security and manageability for scalable Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions. mPower Edge Intelligence simplifies integration with a variety of popular upstream IoT platforms to streamline edge-to-cloud data management and analytics, while also providing the programmability and processing capability to execute critical tasks at the edge of the network to reduce latency, control network and cloud services costs, and ensure core functionality – even in instances when network connectivity may not be available.
mPower Software Release Notes can be downloaded at:
https://www.multitech.com/documents/publications/sales-flyers/mPower%20Software%205.x.x%20Conduit%20Gateways.pdf
Additional Information
If you have any questions regarding this Product Change Notification, please contact your MultiTech sales representative or visit the technical resources listed below:
World Headquarters – USA
+1 (763) 785-3500 | sales@multitech.com
EMEA Headquarters – UK
+(44) 118 959 7774 | sales@multitech.co.uk
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