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Hotspot Firmware Release: Improve OTA Targeting

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Coco Tang
Coco Tang

The Helium team has tagged a new 2022.02.17.0 firmware release for Original Helium and RAK/MNTD Hotspots.

This release adds a file that enables the OTA server to target updates specific to a subset of Hotspots for testing purposes. It also enables the final update to RAK/MNTD Hotspots so that they can receive software updates from RAK/MNTD directly.

For those Hotspot owners flashing new SD Cards for RAK/MNTD and original Helium Hotspots, please use this base image going forward. No action is required otherwise and all RAK/MNTD and original Hotspots will receive this update automatically over the air as long as your Hotspot is plugged in and connected to the internet.

Plan​

We have been testing 2022.02.17.0 since Feb 16, 2022 12:00 PM PST. Current ETA for GA is Feb 17, 2022 3:00 PM PST.