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Railster OS 6.14 release notes
Updated over 5 months ago

Here are the release notes for the Railster operating system:

6.14.1 (2024-06-14)

New features

  • Add RIOM modbus application

Bugfixes and Improvements

  • Temporarily revert MicroPython to an older version to resolve build issues

  • Change download method for Linux sources to use less disk space

  • Add `cmake` as a system dependency (CI) to reduce build times

  • Push the rescue system image to the Update Server when the release is a Release Candidate (for testing purposes)

  • Enhancements for local build system

6.14.0 (2024-04-19)

Security

All third party applications and libraries have been updated to their latest LTS releases.
Additionally, the Linux kernel was updated to version 6.1

This closes a few CVEs that were present in RailsterOS 6.13.x


New features

  • Add the FIP codec to the FPGA firmware image. This completes the FIP integration in the Railster pipeline.

  • All GPS parameters are now available in the LuaCEP via rn_var(“…”). In addition to the existing parameters, the new ones are:

    • sat_count

    • fix

    • course

    • latitude_eps

    • longitude_eps

    • speed_eps

    • altitude

    • altitude_eps

    • hdop

    • pdop

    • vdop

Bugfixes and Improvements

  • Add a timeout and retry mechanism in the communication protocol with the Railster’s subsystems to prevent unexpected shutdowns

  • Properly cleanup resources used by the GPS and GSM modules to reduce no-comms

  • Various adaptations in multiple applications following the update to newer libraries

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