dw1601_dw1705_and_dw190r1_release_notes_rc_win7_02_07_2013

Atheros Proprietary and Confidential - - MKG-1409 Rev 3

DW1601, DW1705 and DW1901 Software RC

Release Notes

WLAN

Build Windows 7: RNWF 10.0.0.225

Build INSTALL: 10.0.0.175

Bluetooth

Build Windows 7: 7.4.0.170

Version 1.0

February 07, 2013


Table of Contents

Overview ............................................................................................................... 3

1 Release package ............................................................................................. 3

1.1 HARDWARE SUPPORT .................................................................................................... 3 1.2 INSTALLER .................................................................................................................. 3 1.3 DOCUMENTS ................................................................................................................ 3

2 Software ......................................................................................................... 4

2.1 WLAN DRIVER ............................................................................................................ 4 2.1.1 WLAN Features .................................................................................... 4 2.1.2 Localization .......................................................................................... 5

2.2 BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE ................................................................................................ 6 2.2.1 Bluetooth v2.1 Support .......................................................................... 6 2.2.2 Profiles ................................................................................................ 6 2.2.3 Bluetooth 3.0 Support (Win7/Vista only) .................................................. 8 2.2.4 Limitations ........................................................................................... 8 2.2.5 Localization .......................................................................................... 8

Appendix I : Change list for WLAN driver

Appendix II : Change list for Bluetooth driver

Appendix III : Change list for installation package


Overview

This is release of the Bluetooth 3.0 baseline that supports the Bluetooth 3.0 +HS standard with both

Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth hardware and various Atheros 802.11 hardware solutions. The main

components of this release are the Bluetooth suit and WLAN. Supported hardware platforms and

Microsoft operating system versions are detailed in this document, as well as specific profiles and

features of the software package.

If you have any questions or feedback concerning the software packages, please contact your local

Atheros sales representative or field applications engineer.

Changes to this release in appendix.

1 Release package

1.1 Hardware support

This release supports various combinations of Atheros Bluetooth and WLAN devices. Non-Atheros

devices are not supported.

Module WLAN/BT Combo Chip

DW1901 AR9462

DW1601 AR9462

DW1705 AR9565

1.2 Installer

The release provides combo installer option to install WLAN and Bluetooth software.

Setup.exe -> Combo installer

Silent installation:

setup.exe /s –smartinstall (Enable Smart Installer Function).

setup -nowlan /s -> To install BT application only.

1.3 Documents

Release Notes: This document


2 Software This release includes WLAN drivers and Windows7 driver version of the Bluetooth Suite

2.1 WLAN Driver

The driver package supports the Windows 7/Vista/Window XP operating system, in both 32 and 64 bit

modes. Released versions below:

Win7 : RNWF10.0.0.225

2.1.1 WLAN Features

Features supported by this release are:

1) BT 3.0 (Win7 only)

Bluetooth 3.0+HS architecture supports the use of WLAN as the alternate MAC/PHY (AMP) to be

used for a faster Bluetooth data exchange.

This driver release supports the use of WLAN AMP for high speed data transfers initiated by host

Bluetooth stack. The following features are supported in this regard:

Interface with Bluetooth Stack

The driver implements the Bluetooth interface to communicate and exchange data with their

Bluetooth AMP Manager filter driver.

802.11 PAL

Driver implements the Bluetooth 3.0+HS standard defined 802.11 Protocol Adaptation Layer

which communicates with a Bluetooth host stack through the standard Host Controller Interface

(HCI) commands.

2) WLAN supported features:

32-bit and 64-bit Windows OS support.

IEEE standard compliance

o IEEE 802.11b/g/n

o IEEE 802.11h, 802.11d

o IEEE 802.11n

Ad Hoc

o Join and create (2.4GHz, 5GHz if SKU allows)

o Adhoc security: WEP, WPA2-PSK-AES Only.

Security

o Authentication: WPA/WPA2 (Personal / Enterprise),

o 802.1x Encryption: none, AES, WEP, and TKIP.


WMM

802.11j (channel number)

Network Sleep

SoftAP (Hosted network) support via Netsh interface (Win7 Only)

SmartNet (Win7 Only).

Hotspot (Win7 Only).

2.1.2 Localization

This release software is localized to support the below 32 languages. It includes

2.1.2.1 Localized installer

Installer supports all 32 languages for XP, Vista and Windows 7 installation.

2.1.2.2 User guides in CHM, CAB and MAML format

User help content in all supported formats is available in all 32 languages for XP and Vista OS.

Localization of help content for Window 7 will be supported in subsequent drop. Only the English

version of the help files for Windows 7 is available in this drop.

Sr. no

Dell Language

Code

Microsoft

Language Code Language

1 *ARA ar-SA Saudi Arabic

2 BPOR pt-BR Brazil Portuguese

3 CROA hr-HR Croatian

4 CZE cs-CZ Czech

5 DAN da-DK Danish

6 DUT nl-NL Dutch

7 ENG en-US English

8 FIN fi-FI Finnish

9 FRE fr-FR French

10 GER de-DE German

11 GRE el-GR Greek

12 *HEB he-IL Hebrew

13 HUN hu-HU Hungarian

14 IPOR pt-PT Iberian Portuguese

15 ITL it-IT Italian

16 JAP ja-JA Japanese

17 KOR ko-KR Korean

18 NOR nn-NO Norwegian

19 POL pl-PL Polish

20 RUS ru-RU Russian

21 SCHI zh-CN Simplified Chinese

22 SPN es-ES Spanish


23 SWE sv-SE Swedish

24 TCHI zh-TW Traditional Chinese

25 *TCHK zh-HK Chinese Hong Kong

26 TUR tr-TR Turkish

27 ROMA ro-RO Romanian

28 SLN sl-SL Slovenian

29 SLK sk-SK Slovakian

30 BULG bg-BG Bulgarian

31 *LTHN lt-LT Lithuanian

32 THAI th-TH Thai

*The following languages are not supported by InstallShield installer screens that appear during installation. For

these languages, installer screens will display messages in English only. However the software is installed

correctly based on the locale of the target machine. o ARA - Saudi Arabic

o HEB - Hebrew

o LTHN - Lithuanian

o TCHK - Chinese Hong Kong

2.2 Bluetooth Software

It includes below software components for Bluetooth features.

Windows 7: v.7.4.0.170

2.2.1 Bluetooth v2.1 Support

This release supports all mandatory and optional features specific to the Bluetooth v2.1 standard.

2.2.2 Profiles

This release supports the Bluetooth profiles outlined in Table 1. All the profiles listed in the table

below are supported with Bluetooth v2.1. Profiles and roles highlighted in italics are also support BT

3.0 +HS connections with compatible devices.


Table 1 - Bluetooth Profile Support

Profile Name Role

GAP Generic Access Profile

FTP File Transfer Profile Client/Server

HID Human Interface Device Profile Target

SPP Serial Port Profile Client/Server

OPP Object Push Profile Client/Server

DUN Dial-Up Networking Profile Data Terminal

HF Hands-free Profile Audio Gateway/Hands-Free

HS Headset Profile

A2DP Advanced Audio Distribution

Profile

Source/Sink

AVRCP A/V Remote Control Profile Target/Controller

HCRP Hardcopy Replacement Profile Server

PAN Personal Area Network Profile User, Group, and Network Access

Point

FAX Fax Profile Gateway

BIP Basic Imaging Profile Responder/Initiator

SYNC Synchronization Profile Client/server

BPP Basic Printing Profile Sender/Printer

GATT Generic Attribute Profile Server

Find Me Find Me profile Server

Proximity Proximity Profile Link Loss

Time Time profile Server

LE HID Human Interface Device (LE)

Profile

Target

Supported profiles are interoperability tested against other devices. A summary of these test results is

available in the Atheros Interoperability Test Report document that is provided with this release.


2.2.3 Bluetooth 3.0 Support (Win7 / Vista only)

This release supports the following protocols and operational modes:

Generic Alternate MAC/PHY (GAMP)

L2CAP Enhanced Re-Transmission Mode (ERTM)

L2CAP Streaming mode

Partial OBEX/L2CAP support (OBEX data transfer through L2CAP vs. RFCOMM)

2.2.4 Bluetooth 4.0 LE Support ( Win7 only)

This release supports the following protocols and operational modes:

GATT

Proximity

Find Me

Time

LE HID

2.2.5 Limitations

OPP transferring will disconnect if the file name length is larger than Windows Max Size (256

units).

The system will fail to enter S3/S4 modes during an active HCRP printing session.

Bluetooth settings dialog cannot be opened if the BT device is disabled and then re-enabled

while the BIP file selection window is open

If the S3 state is entered while a FAX transfer is occurring , the FAX local server will display

incorrect status after resuming from S3

2.2.6 Localization

This release software is localized to support the below 32 languages. It includes

2.2.6.1 Localized installer

Installer supports all 32 languages for XP, Vista and Windows 7 installation.

2.2.6.2 User guides in CHM, CAB and MAML format

User help content in all supported formats is available in all 32 languages for XP and Vista OS.

Localization of help content for Window 7 will be supported in subsequent drop. Only the English

version of the help files for Windows 7 is available in this drop.


Sr. no

Dell Language

Code

Microsoft

Language Code Language

1 ARA ar-SA Saudi Arabic

2 BPOR pt-BR Brazil Portuguese

3 CROA hr-HR Croatian

4 CZE cs-CZ Czech

5 DAN da-DK Danish

6 DUT nl-NL Dutch

7 ENG en-US English

8 FIN fi-FI Finnish

9 FRE fr-FR French

10 GER de-DE German

11 GRE el-GR Greek

12 HEB he-IL Hebrew

13 HUN hu-HU Hungarian

14 IPOR pt-PT Iberian Portuguese

15 ITL it-IT Italian

16 JAP ja-JA Japanese

17 KOR ko-KR Korean

18 NOR nn-NO Norwegian

19 POL pl-PL Polish

20 RUS ru-RU Russian

21 SCHI zh-CN Simplified Chinese

22 SPN es-ES Spanish

23 SWE sv-SE Swedish

24 TCHI zh-TW Traditional Chinese

25 ETI et-EE Estonian

26 TUR tr-TR Turkish

27 ROMA ro-RO Romanian

28 SLN sl-SL Slovenian

29 SLK sk-SK Slovakian

30 BULG bg-BG Bulgarian

31 LTHN lt-LT Lithuanian

32 LVI lv-LV Latvian


Appendix I : Change list for WLAN driver

Software changes between build 10.0.0.19 and 10.0.0.26:

Fixed: 1) The control register of WLAN LED set to wrong value.

2) Wlan+a2dp+hid, a2dp became silence after viewing online video for several minutes.

3) BT PAN throughput issue


Fixed:

1) WLAN auto disable while doing BT3.0 and resume from S3/S4 at the same time.

2) Legacy throughput issue.


Fixed:

1) DPC Latency issue


Fixed:

1) WLAN card cannot find any APs when system resumes from S4. (Random)

2) Update INF entry (DW1901 on Triton)


Fixed: 1) CCKM reassoc connection fail bug.

2) Incorrect LNA update register setting with home channel in 5G after a reset.

3) BSOD occured by athrx.sys when remote LE device.

Software changes between build 10.0.0.67 and 10.0.0.75

Fixed:

1. Enable WLAN rx diversity (Win7)

2. Add concurrency mode support for BT coex


3. OCS throughput tuning

4. Fix some 802.11w IOP issue.

5. Update INF entry


Fixed: 1. Fix the issue about WLAN status is incorrect in the PC Setting.

2. Fix the ping lost issue on DW1901

3. Add manual peak detector support for Jupiter and Aphrodite

4. Update INF entries.


Fixed:



Fixed:

1. Enable HW WOW.



Fixed: 1. Fixed the issue of Paprd is attempted to fail under noisy environment.

2. Fixed the issue of setting operation channel failed.

3. Fixed the issue of could not connect to WLAN AP sometimes..

4. Fixed the issue of disconnecting by AP after 20~50 mins associated idle..



Fixed:

1. Fix BSOD happened when we execute TCP_UL/DL stress test.

2. Fix the issue of could not connect to WLAN AP sometimes.



Appendix II : Change list for Bluetooth driver

Win7 Bluetooth Suite 7.4.0.120 (Software changes between 7.4.0.115 and 7.4.0.120)

Fixed: 1) OPP cannot work in Danish and Saudi Arabic language.

2) Detect module type to disable or enable BTAgent


Fixed: 1) BT will be disabled in device manager while doing stress warm-boot test.

2) LE proximity, find me function will be reset when reboot system.


Fixed: 1) MUL issue about BT GUI in France.

2) Before system enters S3 (Setup power option/sleep 5 mins) then wait BT to transfer/receiver

big file until it is finished by OPT, FTP and PAN.


Fixed: 1) WLAN UL+BT 3.0 PAN RX, with A2DP BDR/HID, cause pan connection timeout.

2) BSOD occured by athrx.sys when remote LE device.


Fixed:

1) Proximity "Unlock PC" is not working.

2) Logitec proximity device IOP issue.

3) A unknown BT shows in device manager after installed BT in OOBE.

4) BSOD 0x3B happened during warm boot stress.

5) SDP OPP service doesn't reported correctly.



Fixed:

1) When we click ">>|" button, fast forward doesn't work continuously.

2) System BSOD 0xC4 when testing WHCK : System - PNP (disable and enable) with IO Before

and After (Certification).


Fixed:

1) Fail to unlock SUT automatically when proximity enable.

2) Add DW1705 into driver.


Appendix III : Change list for installer


Fixed:

-Fix garbage character in France language install progress.

-Fix SmartNet GUI typo in Japan language. (v1.0.0.22)

-Fix Hostpost GUI typo in German language. (v1.1.0.0)


Fixed:

-NA


Fixed:

- Disable SmartNet and Hotspot icon short cut on desktop.


Fixed: - 0x058F, BMW Z5 UMA ; BMW Z5 UMA - 0x0590, BMW Z5 Discrete ; BMW Z5 Discrete - 058B0, Spyder MLK


Fixed:

- Change WLAN’s registry key from “DELL” to “DELL WLAN” in registry for Dell DataSafe

Local Backup will pop “ST Service scheduling stop working” message.

Software changes between build 10.0.0.53 and 10.0.0.81.:

1. Include system ID below:

- 0x05A0, 0x01, OAK 17 UMA (IVB) ; Vostro Value OAK(Essentials) 17 UMA (IVB)

- 0x05A2, 0x01, OAK 14 Discrete#1 (IVB) ; Vostro Value OAK(Essentials) 14 Dicrete#1

(IVB, NV Gfx)

- 0x05A3, 0x01, OAK 15 Discrete#1 (IVB) ; Vostro Value OAK(Essentials) 15 Discrete#1

(IVB, AMD Gfx) - 0x05A8, 0x01, Michelin ; Inspiron One 2340

- 0x05A9, 0x01, Mariner 14 (Optimus)

- 0x05AC, 0x01, Mariner 14 (NV DSC)

- 0x05AA, 0x01, Ranger 17 (Optimus)

- 0x05AD, 0x01, Ranger 17 (NV DSC)

- 0x05AE, 0x01, Ranger 17 (3D)

- 0x05AB, 0x01, Viking 18 (SLI)

- 0x05B1, 0x01, OAK 14 Discrete#2 (IVB) ; Inspiron Value OAK(Essentials) 14 Dicrete#2


(IVB, NV Gfx)

- 0x05B2, 0x01, OAK 14 Discrete#3 (IVB) ; Inspiron Value OAK(Essentials) 14 Dicrete#3

(IVB, NV Gfx)

- 0x05B3, 0x01, OAK 14 Discrete#1 (IVB) ; Inspiron Mainstream OAK(Essentials) 14

Dicrete#2 (IVB, NV Gfx)

- 0x05B7, 0x01, intel Lynx Point Z87; XPS 8700 (Desktop)

- 0x05B8, 0x01, OAK 15 Discrete#2(IVB) ; OAK Value 15 Discrete#2 (IVB)

- 0x05B9, 0x01, OAK 15 Discrete#1(IVB) ; OAK MainStream 15 Discrete#1 (IVB)

- 0x05BA, 0x01, OAK 17 Discrete#2(IVB) ; OAK Value 17 Discrete#2 (IVB)

- 0x05BB, 0x01, OAK 17 Discrete#1(IVB) ; OAK MainStream 17 Discrete#1 (IVB)


Fixed:

- Remove wrong test string.


Fixed:

1. Fix spelling error in German.

2. Using the right command-line to install vs2005.


Fixed:

1. Resolve the mui issues (for Chinese HK, Japanese and Korean).


Fixed:

1. Fix Dell combo package reboot before BT installed.

2. Use the right product name for pt language.

3. Fix some Japanese words format.

4. Include system ID below

- 0x0532, 0x01, Latitude E6230 ; Dalmore 12 UMA

- 0x0533, 0x01, Latitude E6330 ; Dalmore 13 UMA


- 0x0534, 0x01, Latitude E6430(ATG) ; Dalmore 14 DSC (ATG DSC)

- 0x0535, 0x01, Latitude E6530 ; Dalmore 15 DSC

- 0x053C, 0x01, Latitude E5430 ; Korbel 14 DASH

- 0x053D, 0x01, Latitude E5530 ; Korbel 15 DASH

- 0x053E, 0x01, Precision M4700 ; Vans 15 DSC

- 0x053F, 0x01, Precision M6700 ; Vans 17 DSC

- 0x0549, 0x01, Latitude E5430 ; Korbel 14 VPRO

- 0x054A, 0x01, Latitude E5530 ; Korbel 15 VPRO

- 0x057D, 0x01, Latitude E6430s ; Dalmore 14 Lite UMA

- 0x05B0, 0x01, Pirelli ;

- 0x05C9, 0x01, OAK MainStream 15 ; OAK MainStream 15 AMD dGPU

- 0x1534, 0x01, Latitude E6430 ; Dalmore 14 Optimus

- 0x1535, 0x01, Latitude E6430 ; Dalmore 15 Optimus

- 0x153E, 0x01, Precision M4700 ; Vans 15 Optimus

- 0x153F, 0x01, Precision M6700 ; Vans 17 Optimus


Fixed:

1. Fix grammar issues about Dell package installation in JAP, FRE and GER OS.


- 0x05BC, 0x01, Salado 14 (IVB); (including UMA and DSC)

- 0x05BD, 0x01, Salado 14/14 ATG (HSW DC); (including UMA and DSC)

- 0x05BE, 0x01, Salado 15 (HSW QC) DSC;

- 0x15BC, 0x01, Optimus;

- 0x05CA, 0x01, Goliad 12; Latitude premier 12.5 HSW ULT

- 0x05CB, 0x01, Goliad 14; Latitude premier 14 HSW ULT

- 0x05CC, 0x01, Diesel 15; Precision M4800

- 0x05CD, 0x01, Diesel 16; Precision M6800



Fixed:


- 0x05C4, 0x01, OAK 14 AMD UMA ; Inspiron Mainstream OAK(Essentials) 14

- 0x05C5, 0x01, OAK 14 AMD Discrete ; Inspiron Mainstream OAK(Essentials) 14

- 0x05D8, 0x01, Monster;

- 0x05DD, 0x01, Blanco 12.5 " Intel Haswell (UMA) ;Blanco 12.5 (UMA)

- 0x15CC, 0x01, Diesel 15 ; Precision M4800 Optimus

- 0x15CD, 0x01, Diesel 17 ; Precision M6800 Optimus


Fixed:


- 0x05D1, 0x01, Coach; XXX

- 0x05D7, 0x01, Andromeda R2 ;



1. Include system ID below.

- 0x05DB, 0x01, Monster Haswell;

- 0x05E9, 0x01, 15 Inspiron Value(Mainstream); OAK Value(Mainstream) 15 UMA

- 0x05EA, 0x01, 15 Inspiron Value; OAK Value 15 Discrete#1 Sun XT

- 0x05EB, 0x01, 15 Inspiron Mainstream; OAK MainStream 15 Discrete#2 (25w) Venus Pro

- 0x05EC, 0x01, 17 Inspiron Value(Mainstream); OAK Value(Mainstream) 17 UMA

- 0x05ED, 0x01, 17 Inspiron Value; OAK Value 17 Discrete#1 Sun XT

- 0x05EE, 0x01, 17 Inspiron Mainstream; OAK MainStream 17 Discrete#2 (32w) Venus XT

2. Customer encountered an error message during driver installation under Win8 Arabic OS.

3. When uninstall, icon will overlap the string.

4. Can't silent upgrading install the DW1601 DUP.


1. Include system ID below.

- 0x05DE, 0x01, 14 Alpine ULT;

- 0x05E0, 0x01, 15 Alpine ULT;

- 0x05F3, OAK Value, MainStream 14 HSW UMA ; OAK Value, MainStream 14 Intel HSW

UMA

- 0x05F4, OAK Value, 14 HSW dGPU#1 ; OAK Value 14 Intel HSW dGPU#1

- 0x05F5, OAK MainStream 14 HSW dGPU#1 ; OAK MainStream 14 Intel HSW dGPU#1

- 0x05F6, OAK MainStream 14 HSW dGPU#2 ; OAK MainStream 14 Intel HSW dGPU#2

- 0x05F8, Hadley 14 UMA ; Hadley 14" UMA

- 0x05F9, Hadley 15 UMA ; Hadley 15" UMA

- 0x05FA, Hadley 15 dGPU ; Hadley 15" dGPU

- 0x05FB, Hadley 17 UMA ; Hadley 15" UMA

- 0x05FC, Hadley 17 dGPU ; Hadley 17" dGPU

dw1601_dw1705_and_dw190r1_release_notes_rc_win7_02_07_2013

Documents

bluetooth software

release package

bluetooth driver appendix

bluetooth suit

bluetooth v2

various atheros

bluetooth build windows

hardware support