Quectel EC200U-CN-AA Firmware Release Notes V0313
Quectel EC200U-CN-AA Firmware Release Notes V0313
IoT/M2M-optimized
LTE Cat 1 Modules
EC200U-CN-AA
Release Notes
LTE Standard Module Series
Rev. EC200U-CN-AA_Firmware_Release_Notes_V0313
Date: 2024-12-10
LTE Standard Module Series
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Contents
Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
1. Release Content ................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Matters Needing Attention .................................................................................................................. 3
3. Release History .................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1. Firmware Release History ....................................................................................................... 5
3.2. New Features .......................................................................................................................... 5
3.3. Improved Features .................................................................................................................. 8
3.4. Known Issues ........................................................................................................................ 14
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4. Function List....................................................................................................................................... 16
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1. Release Content
This document provides the Release Notes for EC200U-CN-AA. The current release includes the
firmware package.
Package Version
Firmware EC200UCNAAR03A13M08
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2. Matters Needing Attention
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In the previous version, when PWRKEY has been connected to the ground, the module
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cannot be turned on again after it is turned off. Only after a complete power-down can the
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module be turned on. It is supported that the module can be turned on after turning it off by
AT+QPOWD=2, but the current leakage becomes higher.
The PDP context activated with AT+CGACT, AT+QIACT or data call API requires
[2]
de-activation to configure a new APN.
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Provide power supply to VBUS before turning on the module, and then turn VBAT on. It is
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recommended to wait for at least 2 seconds after VBAT pulls up and then pull down
[3]
PWRKEY to turn on the module, and PWRKEY should be pulled down for at least 2
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second.
Due to the small UFS space, when the delta firmware package is upgraded directly in
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UFS, if the package is too large, you can reduce its size by modifying the profiles such as
[4]
by ignoring the preset files. If the delta firmware package is still too large after modification,
please divide the package into several smaller ones for FOTA upgrade.
Hardware flow control of the serial port does not support the MCU to pull RTS at any time,
[5]
but only to pull RTS during the stop bit, otherwise the module will receive junk data.
[6] When the USB is suspended, the USB reset signal of the host cannot be identified.
To extend the service life of flash, it is recommended that the total number of operations
[7] related to powering on/off, CFUN switching, SIM card hot plugging, or dual-SIM switching
should not exceed 30 times per day.
"Execute AT+QMTDISC to disconnect from the MQTT server, the server responds and
[8] actively shuts down, and the module reports the shutdown status", this optimization was
added in EC200UCNAAR03A07M08 or above.
Because the software code varies between different versions released on across-baseline,
[9]
versions released on R05 baseline and versions released on R02/R03 baseline cannot
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If the embedded protocol stack and the external protocol stack use the same CID, you
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[13] need to execute AT+QCFG="nat/cid" to enable NAT. For details, please contact Quectel
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During the FOTA upgrade process, it is necessary to ensure the stable power supply of the
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[14] module. If the power is disconnected during the upgrade, there is a small probability that
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the flash will be damaged or other abnormalities may occur.
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3. Release History
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EC200UCNAAR03A12M08 Mass production.
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EC200UCNAAR03A11M08 Mass production.
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EC200UCNAAR03A09M08 Mass production.
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EC200UCNAAR03A08M08 Mass production.
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EC200UCNAAR03A07M08 Mass production.
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EC200UCNAAR03A06M08 Mass production.
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EC200UCNAAR03A05M08 Mass production.
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EC200UCNAAR03A03M08 Mass production.
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EC200UCNAAR03A02M08 Mass production.
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EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 Mass production.
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3.2. New Features
EC200UCNAAR03A13M08
EC200UCNAAR03A12M08
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AUDIO Added AT+QAUDCFG="iic" to configure the iic channel of the external codec.
Supported waking up the host through RI pin after receiving the data from the
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PPP
network at PPP dial-up in the sleep state.
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TCP SSL Adds ALPN configuration for SSL.
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TCP/UDP Added AT+QCFG="tcp/mss" to support modifying TCP MSS length.
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Added USB MSC mode to the virtual disk function, and the implementation mode is
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GENERAL
consistent with the card reader.
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HTTP Added patch request method for HTTP.
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Added AT+QGPSCFG="urc" command to enable or disable URC report related to
GNSS
firmware/APflash/AGPS/mode for GNSS.
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HTTP Added HTTP multi-form function.
EC200UCNAAR03A07M08
NETWORK Supported obtaining long string name and short string name of TELCEL operators.
EC200UCNAAR03A06M08
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SIMCARD Added AT+QSPN to get the operator name in unregistered network status.
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Added audio parameter calibration commands below:
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AT+QAUDCFG="caccp"
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AT+QAUDCFG="cavqe"
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AT+QAUDCFG="capre"
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AT+QAUDCFG="capost"
AT+QAUDCFG="cawtf"
GENERAL Supported 1200 bps UART baud rate.
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SMS Supported the white list for Voice Call and SMS.
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TCP/UDP Added the resource application release interface ql_malloc() or ql_free().
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Added AT command AT+QCFG="cops_no_mode_change" to enable or disable
NETWORK
whether to switch the network mode after AT+COPS=1 execution.
Added AT command AT+QCFG="urc/ri/ring","auto" to support pulling the RI pin to
GENERAL
low when enabling RING, and pulling the RI pin to high when exiting from RING.
EC200UCNAAR03A02M08
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EC200UCNAAR03A01M08
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Fixed the problem of incomplete URC reporting when there are many characteristics
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BT
scanned on the client side.
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Added the level parameter for AT+QDTMFDETSETEX command to configure the
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detection power.
Fixed the problem of APN set by AT+CGDCONT displaying exception after the
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NETWORK
module rebooted.
Solved the problem that AT+CGPADDR could not get the address after
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AT+QNETDEVCTL dialing in some scenarios.
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NETWORK Optimized the AT+CEER command.
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NETWORK Solved the problem that the network registration was rejected by some operators.
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NETWORK Solved the problem that SS business of some SIM cards did not use IMS.
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NETWORK Optimized remap logic.
Optimized the power-down timing of SIM card and increased the redundancy time to
SIMCARD
operate SIM card.
Optimized the problem that quickly executing AT+QICLOSE after receiving the
TCP/UDP Socket service disconnection URC may led to UART being stuck a very small
probability.
GENERAL Removed the firewall function.
Optimized hardware flow control to solve the problem of probabilistic abnormal data
GENERAL
in RX direction when hardware flow control was turned on at high baud rates.
Supported accessing the lwip protocol stack of the module through ECM/RNDIS in
GENERAL
no SIM card scenarios.
Solved the problem that the mask set by AT+QCFG="nat/subnet" did not take
GENERAL
effect.
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Fixed the problem that the IPv6 prefix and Bear ID did not correspond in multiple
GENERAL
PDP scenarios for XLAT.
Fixed the problem that an error may occur in continuous configuration of
GENERAL
AT+QPWBACKOFF command.
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BT Fixed the problem related to BT A2DP&AVRCP audio playback.
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BT Fixed the problem of abnormal BT SPP transparent transmission.
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Fixed the problem that non-CMUX frame data was abnormally passed after enabling
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CMUX
CMUX port.
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Optimized the problem that HTTP username and password could not be input in
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DFOTA
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fota_http.
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Added the level parameter for AT+QDTMFDETSETEX command to configure the
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detection power.
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DTMF Modified the range of time supported by AT+QWDTMF from (500-1000) to (10-1000).
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Modified the error code reported after AT+QGPSLOC=0/1/2 from 50 to 505 when the
GNSS
GNSS was not turned on.
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Fixed the problem that after the output response header was turned on, the
HTTP Content-Length returned by the server was 0, there was no Content-Length reported
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by URC, and AT+QHTTPREAD could not read the header information.
Solved the problem that AT+CGPADDR could not get the address after
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NETWORK
AT+QNETDEVCTL dialing in some scenarios.
NETWORK Solved the problem that SS business of some SIM cards did not use IMS.
NETWORK Solved the problem that the network registration was rejected by some operators.
NETWORK Solved the problem that the 2G roaming SIM card could not be registered normally.
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Solved the problem that the UDP connection may disconnect abnormally in low
TCP/UDP
probability when sending and receiving a large amount of data quickly.
Fixed the problem that after entering BYPASS mode by AT+QISEND, and pulling up
TCP/UDP
and down DTR, executing AT+QISEND may not exit from BYPASS mode.
GENERAL Fixed an issue where the default bearer became empty after performing AT&F.
Allowed AT+QWSCFG="write/buffersize" to set the maximum data length sent by
GENERAL
executing AT+QWSWRITE once, with the transmitted data being a complete frame.
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Fixed the problem that an error may occur in continuous configuration of
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AT+QPWBACKOFF command.
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GENERAL Fixed the problem that DNS could not be resolved correctly.
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AUDIO Solved the problem that audio files could not be played normally.
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AUDIO Fixed the problem of no audio output after repeated configuration as external Codec.
CMUX Fixed the blocking problem caused by CMUX receiving abnormal data frames.
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DTMF Fixed the problem that DTMF/TONE sound could not be interrupted in real time.
Fixed the problem of no NMEA statements outputs if GNSS was restarted in the case
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GNSS
of deleting GNSS firmware.
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Optimized the data download range for the AT+QHTTPGETEX command to request
HTTP
a redirect address for the first time.
Modified the maximum string length of parameters <clientID>, <username>,
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MQTT
<password> in AT+QMTCONN command to 256.
PPP Fixed the problem that PPP dialing by Host failed in some scenarios.
Fixed the problem that the arp packet may fail to be sent in ECM/RNDIS dialing
NETWORK
mode.
GENERAL Optimized the problem of receiving redundant data when UART used DMA mode.
GENERAL Supported LWIP to distinguish the MTU parameter of IPV4 and IPV6.
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EC200UCNAAR03A09M08
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Fixed the problem that IPV6 address was obtained abnormally during Android
ECM
ECS/RNDIS dialing.
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Modified commands such as AT+QFDEL="UFS:*" and AT+QFDEL="*" to not to
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FILE delete system preset files such as TTS resource files, GNSS firmware files, and
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Bluetooth firmware files when you deleted all files in the file system.
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FILE Fixed the problem of file operation on the drive letter when it was not mounted.
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FTP Optimized FTP GET functionality.
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GNSS Optimized GNSS to increase adaptive methods.
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Modified the error code returned by AT+QGPSLOC from 50 to 505 when GNSS
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function was not turned on.
TCP/UDP Optimized URC information reported by AT+QPING.
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GENERAL Optimized BIP function under IPv6.
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Item Brief Description
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Fixed the problem that pcm_clk pcm_sync was pulled low if there was no audio
AUDIO
playing when external codec was used.
Fixed the problem that there was no sound in playing when Bluetooth A2DP function
BT
was turned on again.
Fixed the problem that the DNS server could not be accessed normally when USBnet
ECM
was used and the DNS address of Host was set as the gateway address.
Fixed the problem that during re-mounting, a wild pointer problem would occur when
FILE
the FAT file system used spaces that was used in the last mount failure.
GNSS Optimized GNSS positioning performance.
GNSS Modified the GNSS AT command response format from +CMS: xxx to +CME: xxx.
Fixed the problem of failed redirection to different resources within the same HTTP
HTTP
server address.
MQTT Fixed the problem that the application layer received duplicate ID packets if MQTT
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Fixed the problem that AT+QOPS returned the wrong operator name in some
NETWORK
scenarios.
SMS Optimized the problem of inaccurate "smsfull" indication of AT+CIND command.
TCP SSL Fixed the problem that the module failed to connect to the NLB-UDP server.
Fixed the problem that AT port could not work normally under poor network
TCP/UDP
environment when AT+QIOPEN was in transparent transmission mode.
EC200UCNAAR03A07M08
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DFOTA Fixed a failure to download FOTA files from an IPV6 server by AT+QFOTADL.
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Fixed the problem that when USBnet was used and the DNS address of Host was set
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ECM
to the gateway address, the DNS server could not be accessed normally.
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FTP Modified the error code reported when the file was re-opened from 617 to 611.
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Fixed the problem that the module could not work normally when files were
FTP
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downloaded to USB port through AT+QFTPGET.
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GENERAL Fixed the problem that some hosts may not recognize USB after rebooted.
Modified the no-frok parameter in INVITE signaling to fork when VoLTE calls were
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made.
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Jamming
Fixed the problem of abnormal configurations on Jamming Detection.
Detection
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Fixed the problem that the module may not work normally in a possibility during
MQTT
MQTT retransmission.
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Fixed the problem of data mess occurred when massive MQTT data was sent at the
MQTT
same time.
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NTP Fixed the problem related to NTP thread security.
Fixed the problem that after the socket connection failure or the Ping packet sending
PING
failure, AT+QPING execution failed.
Fixed the problem that data transmitting would be abnormal if SPI (with DMA mode),
SIMCARD
SD(EMMC), CAMERA and SIM card were used at the same time.
EC200UCNAAR03A06M08
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Fixed the problem that the domain name could not be pinged successfully during
NETWORK
host dial-up after NAT and DMZ are enabled.
Fixed the problem of the information returned by AT+QNWINFO in special scenarios
NETWORK
such as TAU or PSM.
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DTMF Optimized DTMF sensitivity during the call under 2G network.
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Fixed the problem that data lost when other UARTs (expect for main UART) entered
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sleep during data sending.
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FTP Solved the problem that some servers failed to obtain files.
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Solved the problem that under dual SIM mode, switching to SIM card 2, FTP
FTP
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connection had no response after OK was returned by AT+QIOPEN.
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Fixed the problem that if the message ID exceeds 65535 during MQTT message
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MQTT
publishing, the MQTT package has been re-transmitted continuously.
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MQTT Fixed the problem that 20 K MQTT payload data could not be received normally.
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PSM Optimized the URC output sequence in PSM.
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Fixed the problem that the configuration of AT+QICFG="recv/ignore" did not take
TCP SSL
effect.
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Fixed the problem of failed to send big data attachments through SMTP after TCP
TCP SSL
sending window size was set to 100 by AT+QCFG="tcp/windowsize".
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TCP SSL Fixed the problem of incorrect URC format reported when SSL read null data.
Extended AT+QIOPEN to support <tcp_client_maxnum> to configure the maximum
TCP/UDP
number of connections.
Fixed the problem that the module could not work normally when ATO command
TCP/UDP
execution after using +++ to exit TCP transparent transmission.
TCP/UDP Optimized the reception and reporting of AT+QISEND data.
Solved the problem that there may be no responses after AT+QISEND was
TCP/UDP
continuously and quickly executed.
Solved the problem of incomplete TTS resource file caused by suddenly powering
TTS
down or reset during TTS resource file integration.
GENERAL Optimized the startup logic.
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EC200UCNAAR03A03M08
EC200UCNAAR03A02M08
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Fixed the problem that the cache message order returned by AT+QMTRECV? was
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MQTT
incorrect when MQTT message receiving was in cache mode.
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MQTT Fixed the problem that 20 K MQTT payload data could not be received normally.
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UAC Reduced UAC sampling rate from 16 K to 8 K.
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Solved the problem that the response result from the active command PROVIDE
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3.4. Known Issues
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NOTE
Verification Environment is shown below. For more details, please contact Quectel technical support.
For Windows: Win10 64 bit
USB Driver: Quectel_Windows_USB_Driver(U)_V1.0.20
Qflash Tool: QFlash_V7.2
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4. Function List
SMS EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
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FILE EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 Supports UFS FILE only.
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UDP
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PPP EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
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NITZ EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
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FTP EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
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Protocol Function HTTP EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
TCP
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MQTT EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
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NTP EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
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PING EC200UCNAAR03A07M08 /
SIM
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EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
Detection
DFOTA EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
ECM EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
RNDIS EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
GNSS EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
SD EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
TTS EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
Jamming
EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
Detection
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PSM EC200UCNAAR03A01M08 /
DTMF EC200UCNAAR03A04M08 /
DSSS EC200UCNAAR03A05M08 /
BT EC200UCNAAR03A08M08 /
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