RTCU Deployment Server

Released:  June 12, 2026.

This release contains important stability, performance and usability improvements.

Enhancements:

•  Faster transfer of firmware, applications and files to supported RTCU devices.

•  Improved status and log information when a device cannot be updated due to a version mismatch.

•  Enhanced crash reporting in the RDS service for improved diagnostics.

•  Support for the latest RTCU device variants.

•  Various performance improvements and optimizations.

Bug-fixes:

•  Improved handling of interrupted or resumed transfers, especially for larger file transfers.

•  Fixed rare cases where the RDS service could take too long to shut down.

•  Fixed rare crash situations in the RDS service and RDS Manager.

•  Fixed issues in RDS Manager related to filtering, profile editing and file selection.

•  Fixed display/scaling issues in RDS Manager on high-DPI systems.

•  Fixed cases where device state information was not always updated correctly.

•  + other minor bug fixes.

Upgrade is recommended.

Released:  July 22, 2025.

This is a major new release with many new features and improvements!

New functionality:

•  Advanced Filtering: Easily filter data on any column within RDS Manager.

•  Device Bookmarks: Quick tracking and monitoring of specific devices with the new bookmarking functionality.

•  Profile Duplication: Existing profiles can now be effortlessly copied.

Enhancements:

•  Faster Firmware/Application Selection: Significantly quicker selection of firmware and applications.

•  Optimized Data Export: Exporting data to network drives is now more efficient.

•  Persistent State Change Timestamp: The timestamp for the last state change is now always visible.

•  Enhanced Documentation: Help is more readily available with context-sensitive assistance directly within RDS Manager.

•  64-bit Optimization: Improved performance as RDS Manager is now optimized for 64-bit processors. (Note: 32-bit is no longer supported.)

•  And many other performance improvements, optimizations and minor bug-fixes.

Released:  January 7, 2025.

Enhancements:

•  A profile can now be selected as "Target default" using a Runtime-Firmware.

•  Support for RTCU IEX Insight! built projects.

•  Support for the latest RTCU devices.

Released:  July 24, 2023.

Enhancements:

•  Support for the new RTCU LX2 pro.

•  Various minor improvements.

Released:  February 5, 2022.

Enhancements:

•  Enhanced support for Directory Synchronization.

•  Various minor improvements.

Bug-fixes:

•  Possible RDS crash when updating certain devices with an unstable connection.

•  Forcing an already present application transfer in the device could crash the RDS.

•  More than approx. 400 simultaneous update sessions could be unstable. 

Released:  October 24, 2021.

Enhancements:

•  Support for the new RTCU LX4 series.

•  Various minor improvements.

Released:  May 15, 2021.

Enhancements:

•  Full support for the new RTCU LX5 series.

•  Various minor improvements.

Bug-fixes:

•  Possible crash when loading device with illegal password.

•  Project I/O extension was not always correctly erased in the device.

Released:  August 30, 2020.

Enhancements:

•  Enhanced support for the RTCU Communication Hub.

•  Better and more user-friendly firmware selection dialog.

•  New installation engine.

•  Various minor improvements.

Bug-fixes:

•  Unexpected error when changing the profile.

Released:  November 10, 2019.

Enhancements:

•  Support for the latest RTCU NX32L devices.

•  Possible crash when reader firmware folder was fixed.

Released:  June 2, 2019.

Enhancements:

•  Support for the NX32L compilation mode.

Released:  March 3, 2019.

This is a major release of the RTCU Deployment Server with the support for EIS3.

Enhancements:

•  Support for EIS3 compiled applications.

Released:  December 17, 2018.

This is a minor release of the RTCU Deployment Server.

Enhancements:

•  Support for up to 1000 simultaneous upgrade sessions.

Bug Fixes:

•  Number of devices text in the RDS Monitor status line could be truncated.

• + minor bug fixes.

Released:  September 12, 2018.

This is a major release of the RTCU Deployment Server.

Enhancements:

•  Support for Runtime/System/Monitor firmware transfer for NX32L devices.

•  Directory synchronization allows a folder to be automatically synchronized to the device (NX32L).

•  New and enhanced implementation of the Profile management.

•  Enhanced performance for many simultaneous transfers.

•  Application name/version for X32/NX32 projects are now enforced.

Bug Fixes:

•  In some cases the RDS could leave a device in the "waiting for reset" state.

• + minor bug fixes.

An upgrade is highly recommended, especially when using the RTCU NX-400

Released:  February 11, 2018.

Enhancements:

•  NX32L monitor-version is now shown in the device-list window.

Bug Fixes:

•  Unreliable transfer to the RTCU NX-400 (NX32L).
   The device could end up in the 'incompatible firmware' or 'version mismatch' state.

•  The RDS Manager could hang in case of really many files in the application/firmware folder.

• + minor bug fixes.

An upgrade is highly recommended, especially when using the RTCU NX-400.

Released:  December 3, 2017.

Enhancements:

•  Support for the RTCU NX-400 device (NX32L).

•  Functionality to search for a specific device serial-number om the device view.

•  Improved update of device information window to avoid flickering even with thousands of device present.

•  New upgrade criteria's: Current version must be newer and/or current version must be older than a specific version.

Bug Fixes:

•  Import a larger number of devices could crash the manager.

• + minor bug fixes.

Released:  November 9, 2016.

Enhancements:

•  Support for the latest product variants.

Released:  June 27, 2016.

Bug Fixes:

•  Import of files did not work without LPS enabled.

• + minor bug fixes.

Released:  February 28, 2016.
 

Enhancements:

•  Support projects compiled with Large String Support (LSS).

•  Support for the new RTCU DX4i pro mk2.

•  + minor enhancements.

•  Large packets in some cases sent incorrectly to clients without support for LPS.

•   + minor bug fixes.

Released:  September 20, 2015.
 

RTCU Deployment Server V4.20 is a major release with support for new products and features:
The major improvements include:

•  Support for Large Packet Support (LPS).  

•  Full support for the RTCU MX2 encore, RTCU AX9 turbo and RTCU AX9 encore.

•  Full support for projects build with RTCU IDE 8.00 or later.

•  + other minor improvements.

Upgrade is recommended.

Released:  November 10, 2014.
 

RTCU Deployment Server V4.10 is a major release with enhanced performance and stability.
It is recommended to use this version with RTCU Gateway 2 V3.10 or later.

Upgrade is highly recommended.

 

Released:  July 6, 2014.
 

RTCU Deployment Server V4.00 is a major release with support for NX32 Execution Architecture devices.
The major improvements include:

•  Support for the NX32 execution architecture.

•  Full support for the RTCU MX2 turbo.

•  Firmware/application files can not be located on network drives.

•  Feature to decide that a device is never downgraded.

•  + other minor improvements.

Bug fixes:

•  Transfer of very large files often did not succeed.

•  + other minor bug-fixes.

Released:  November 27, 2013.
 

•  Unit enable state now has precedence over the Profile enable state.

•  Saving log to file could result in an RDS manager crash.

•  Transfer to RTCU device could fail permanently in rare cases.

•  File transfer to drive B: fails if SD-CARD is present.

•  Downgrading from X32 firmware 3.00 to 2.86 fails.

•  + other minor bug fixes. 

Released:  September 18, 2013.
 

•  Support for VPL applications using debug / floating-point as introduced in X32 firmware V3.10.

Bug fixes:

•  Rare case of RDS manager lock-up.

•  Force upgrade could in some case transfer the application twice.

•  Service crash in rare cases, when initiating transfer of firmware to device.

•  + other minor bug fixes. 

Released:  June 5, 2013.
 

•  Full unicode support for use of regional characters.

•  + other minor improvements.

Released:  April 28, 2013.
 

•  Support for the RTCU V3 Memory Architecture as introduced in X32 firmware V3.00.

•  Installation now has a fully certified digital signature.

•  Unicode support for national characters.

Bug fixes:

•  Pressing the ESC closed the main-window.

•  Connection attempt failed to certain non-symbolic IP-addresses. 

•  + other minor bug fixes. 

Released:  November 19, 2012.
 

•  32 bit and high performance 64-bit versions available.

•  Multiple gateway support.

•  Multiple Deployment Server clients. Up to 10 simultaneous clients supported.

•  Support for upload of user defined file to unit.

•  Auto-create of devices according to standard profile.

•  Scheduled upgrade policy.

•  Optional unit comment field.

•  Up to 200 simultaneous upgrade sessions.

•  Separate installation for Server and Manager functionality.

•  RTCU Deployment Server API for tight back-end integration.

Released:  July 2, 2012.
 

Enhancements:

•  Support for the new SX1 series. 

•  Windows DEP (Data Execution Protection) prepared.

•  Optimized handling of firmware/application images for reduced memory requirement.

•  Enhanced support for upgrade of the RTCU CX1 flex.

•   + other minor enhancements.

Bug fixes:

•  Rare cases of 'UDS application file not found' fixed.

•  + other minor bug fixes. 

Released:  December 14, 2011.
 

Enhancements:

•  Support for the new CX1 series. 

•  Support for using X32 VSX image project name/version instead of using manual settings.

•  Intelligent bulk editing of unit profiles.

•  New profile option to halt execution in unit.

•  Sort feature in profile view.

•  Unit information dialog now also shows model variant.

•  Units in permanent 'Wait for reset' state are automatically refreshed to correct state.

•   + other minor enhancements.

Released:  September 27, 2010.
 

Enhancements:

• Windows 7 compatibility (32/64 bit).

•  Renamed from GPRS Upgrade & Deployment Server to RTCU Upgrade & Deployment Server.

•  Support for the RTCU AX9 Series.

•  Information on number of units added.

•  Menu structure and logic simplified.

•  + other minor enhancements.

Bug fixes:

•  Control Panel did not always show current operational status of the service.

•  + other minor Bug Fixes.

Released:  February 15, 2010.
 

This release of the GPRS Upgrade & Deployment Server V2.16 introduces support for X32-mode compiled applications.

The improvements are:

Enhancements:

•  Support for applications compiled in X32-compilation mode available in RTCU IDE 5.50 and X32-Firmware V2.00

•  + other minor enhancements.

•  Full un-installation did not remove log-files and directories.

•  Import of units are sometimes imported with "garbage" data.

•  + other minor Bug Fixes.

Released:  August 31, 2009.
 

This release of the GPRS Upgrade & Deployment Server V2.10 represents a major leap forward in the history of this product.
Central parts of the UDS Engine have been rewritten with the clear goal of upgrading the product to be fully 64-bit compliant, but also to make the move to the next level in terms of performance and greatly enhanced stability.


The improvements are:

Enhancements:

•  Core engine completely rewritten for higher performance and enhanced stability.

•  Full support for 64-bits Microsoft Windows, such as the new Server 2008.

•  Full Vista UAC compliant.

•  Wise Installer used for easy and safe installation. 

•  + other minor enhancements.

•  Long file-names were not always shown correctly in the Monitor tool.

•  Cases of corruption in application-name/version in Monitor tool.

•  'Force upgrade' of unit could crash the Monitor tool.

•  Initial loading of log file could crash the Monitor tool

•  When no firmware was available the Control Panel would hang.

•  Cases of 'Incompatible firmware' after successful upgrade of unit.

•  Cases of incorrect 'Version mismatch' after successful upgrade of unit.

•  Interrupted transfers could restart transfer for no reason.

•  Unit status could be finished (green) even though the update has not yet started.

•  Application name gives 'Version mismatch' due to case sensitivity.

•  Version field of application profile allowed incorrect input.

•  + other minor Bug Fixes.

Upgrade is highly recommended!