DW1702, DW1703 and DW1901 Software RC

Release Notes
WLAN
Build Windows 8: RNWF 10.0.0.216
Build INSTALL: 10.0.0.136

Bluetooth
Build Windows 8: 8.0.0.214

Version 1.0

November 07, 2012

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Table of Contents

Overview ............................................................................................................... 3
1

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

1.1
1.2
1.3

HARDWARE SUPPORT .................................................................................................... 3

INSTALLER .................................................................................................................. 3
DOCUMENTS ................................................................................................................ 3

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 ........................................................................... 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

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Overview
This is release of the Bluetooth 3.0 baseline that supports the Bluetooth 3.0 +HS standard with both
Atheros AR301x 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.

Release package

1.1 Hardware support

This release supports various combinations of Atheros Bluetooth and WLAN devices. Non-Atheros
devices are not supported.
Module
DW1901
DW1703
DW1702
1.2

WLAN/BT Combo Chip

AR9462
AR9485 / AR3012
AR9285 / AR3011

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

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Software

This release includes WLAN drivers and Windows8 driver version of the Bluetooth Suite
2.1 WLAN Driver
The driver package supports the Windows 8 operating system, in both 32 and 64 bit modes. Released
versions below:
Win8 : RNWF10.0.0.216

WLAN Features
Features supported by this release are:
2.1.1

1) BT 3.0
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

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2.1.2

802.11j (channel number)

Network Sleep
SoftAP (Hosted network) support via Netsh interface.
SmartNet.
Hotspot.
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 Windows 8 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 8 is available in this drop.

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Code

Microsoft
Language Code

Language

*ARA
BPOR
CROA
CZE
DAN
DUT
ENG
FIN
FRE
GER
GRE
*HEB
HUN
IPOR
ITL
JAP
KOR
NOR
POL
RUS
SCHI
SPN
SWE
TCHI

ar-SA
pt-BR
hr-HR
cs-CZ
da-DK
nl-NL
en-US
fi-FI
fr-FR
de-DE
el-GR
he-IL
hu-HU
pt-PT
it-IT
ja-JA
ko-KR
nn-NO
pl-PL
ru-RU
zh-CN
es-ES
sv-SE
zh-TW

Saudi Arabic
Brazil Portuguese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Iberian Portuguese
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Swedish
Traditional Chinese

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*TCHK
TUR
ROMA
SLN
SLK
BULG
*LTHN
THAI

Chinese Hong Kong

Turkish
Romanian
Slovenian
Slovakian
Bulgarian
Lithuanian
Thai

zh-HK
tr-TR
ro-RO
sl-SL
sk-SK
bg-BG
lt-LT
th-TH

*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.
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ARA - Saudi Arabic

HEB - Hebrew
LTHN - Lithuanian
TCHK - Chinese Hong Kong

2.2 Bluetooth Software

It includes below software components for Bluetooth features.
Windows 8: v.8.0.0.214
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.

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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

LE HID

Human Interface Device (LE)

Profile

Target

Proximity

Proximity Profile

Link Loss

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.

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2.2.3

Bluetooth 3.0 Support

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

This release supports the following protocols and operational modes:

GATT

Find Me

LE HID

Proximity

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 Windows 8 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.

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Language Code

Language

ARA
BPOR
CROA
CZE
DAN
DUT
ENG
FIN
FRE
GER
GRE
HEB
HUN
IPOR
ITL
JAP
KOR
NOR
POL
RUS
SCHI
SPN
SWE
TCHI
ETI
TUR
ROMA
SLN
SLK
BULG
LTHN
LVI

ar-SA
pt-BR
hr-HR
cs-CZ
da-DK
nl-NL
en-US
fi-FI
fr-FR
de-DE
el-GR
he-IL
hu-HU
pt-PT
it-IT
ja-JA
ko-KR
nn-NO
pl-PL
ru-RU
zh-CN
es-ES
sv-SE
zh-TW
et-EE
tr-TR
ro-RO
sl-SL
sk-SK
bg-BG
lt-LT
lv-LV

Saudi Arabic
Brazil Portuguese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Iberian Portuguese
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Swedish
Traditional Chinese
Estonian
Turkish
Romanian
Slovenian
Slovakian
Bulgarian
Lithuanian
Latvian

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Appendix I : Change list for WLAN driver

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
Software changes between build 10.0.0.75 and 10.0.0.200
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.
Software changes between build 10.0.0.200 and 10.0.0.216
Fixed:
1. Fixed the power management issue in Medium Power Saving mode.
2. Fixed issue of timers expirations when running Microsoft ADK tool.
3. Fixed scan issue of hidden SSIDs.
4. Fixed issue of BT AMP link establishment in some regulatory environments.
5. Fixed issue that scan got cancelled due to immediately following OID requests from OS.
6. Fixed BSOD 0x133.
7. Fixed issue of AR9485 yellow mark on AMD platform when just resuming from S3.
8. Fixed BSOD 0xD1.
9. Modify the scan mechanism to improve the connectivity
10. Fix the P2P related issue.
11. IOT: BT3.0 cannot use OPP and FTP with BRCM-4323.
12. Update INF entries

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Appendix II : Change list for Win8 Bluetooth driver

Win8 Bluetooth Suite 8.0.0.200 (This is the first version)
Win8 Bluetooth Suite 8.0.0.202 (Software changes between8.0.0.200 and 8.0.0.202 )
Fixed:
1. Windows 8 build 8441 inbox driver conflict problem.
Win8 Bluetooth Suite 8.0.0.204 (Software changes between8.0.0.202 and 8.0.0.204 )
Fixed:
1. HDP function fail in Japanese OS with blood preasure meter UA-767PBT-C
2. Make BT system tray icon GRAY when BT RFKilled
3. Audio status is non-sync
4. Fix WHQL LE_Dual_Mode test case
5. Fix WHQL LOGOLE and LOGOLE_DUAL test restart radio case
Win8 Bluetooth Suite 8.0.0.206 (Software changes between8.0.0.204 and 8.0.0.206)
Fixed:
1. For Win8 RTM.
2. Fixed WHQL LOGOLE and LOGOLE_DUAL test restart radio case.
3. Fixed Bluetooth cant software turn off in PC setting when A2DP profile connected.
4. Fixed Sync tabs arent translation on Bluetooth settings (DUT).
5. Fixed DUT GUI.
Win8 Bluetooth Suite 8.0.0.208 (Software changes between8.0.0.206 and 8.0.0.208)
Fixed:
1. WIN7 BSOD 0xD1 while stress S4.
2. BT Preload multi-users issue.
3. DW1703 and DW1901's BT property has some cut off appear on FRN language.
4. The BT mouse can be use five second after resume S3/S4 under Airplane mode.
5. It will pop up message after install BT driver then reboot system.
6. FTP sometimes disconnects w/o connection request.
7. Two BT icons appear when the second time turn on airplane mode with BT headset attached.
8. HID mouse reconnect time takes too long.
9. Remove all QCA LE stuff from help file.
10. DW1702 cannot disable by Metro GUI.
11. Bluetooth cannot enable when using Fn+F2 turn off/on Bluetooth HW.

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Win8 Bluetooth Suite 8.0.0.209 (Software changes between8.0.0.208 and 8.0.0.209)

Fixed:
1. Add QCA LE FindMe profile.
2. Improved the Metro GUI BT radio on/off mechanism.
3. Play music have noise with BT headphone.
4. Japanese OS installer issues.
5. BT cannot pop out dialog (Bluetooth Operations) automatically when paired BT deivc.
6. The file name begin with "..." can't be browsed.
7. OPP received files are sometimes lost.
8. BT setting about Shared Folder and "High speed didn't translate totally.

Win8 Bluetooth Suite 8.0.0.214 (Software changes between8.0.0.209 and 8.0.0.214)

Fixed:
1. Improved the Metro GUI airplane mode/BT switch issues.
2. OS will always choose QCA driver instead of MSFT native one by using accurate MFG ID in
inf.
3. BT video source window cant be automatically stopped after pressing VDP Disconnect
button.
4. The help file explains how to use bluetooth is not correct.
5. File can not be received via Bluetooth on Metro mode.
6. Cannot enable Airplane mode (With Audio + HID connection).
7. Bluetooth can`t be turn-off when BT mouse + BT headset are connected.
8. Pop up "System Setting Change" after restart the unit and disable BT in DM.
9. BT switch status incorrect.
10. The Bluetooth icon on task bar disappear after turn on then turn off Airplane mode.
11. No BT icon in computer UI when pair two platform by BT.
12. Metro mode should not switch to Desktop mode automatically after system reboot.
13. Help file improvement (English part only).
14. Power option mode will be changed to "balance" after the BT A2DP is disconnected.
15. IOT: Object push profile will not be enable on "Bluetooth Services" when pair our BT device
with BCM4330.

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Appendix III : Change list for installer

Software changes between build 10.0.0.81 and 10.0.0.86:
Fixed:
1. Installshield will pop up reboot window too early that BT installation has not completely.
2. WLAN LED function is not workable for DW1703.
3. MUP test fail.
4. DW1702 re-install fail issue.
Software changes between build 10.0.0.81 and 10.0.0.86:
Fixed:
1. Add value "NoRMTemp" to control removing c:\windows\temp\temp folder or not.
Software changes between build 10.0.0.86 and 10.0.0.98:
Fixed:
1. Fix spelling error in German.
2. Using the right command-line to install vs2005.
Software changes between build 10.0.0.98 and 10.0.0.102:
Fixed:
1. Resolve the mui issues (for Chinese HK, Japanese and Korean).
Software changes between build 10.0.0.102 and 10.0.0.117:
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

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- 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 ;
- 0x05C8, 0x01, OAK MainStream 15 ; OAK MainStream 15 AMD UMA
- 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
Software changes between build 10.0.0.117 and 10.0.0.121:
Fixed:
1. Fixed wrong Grammar and translation shown DW1901WLAN driver on JPN/FRN/GER
language.
2. Include system ID below
- 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

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Software changes between build 10.0.0.121 and 10.0.0.136:

Fixed:
1. Include system ID below
- 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
2. Fixed grammar issues about Dell package installation in FRE and GER OS.
3. BSOD when install in Win8 GER UPG OS at the 1st time.

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