Impinj IoT Device Interface Release Notes, version 1.7

This document describes the changes to the Impinj IoT Device Interface as of version 1.7, which corresponds with the 8.1 version of the overall reader firmware.

Changes are relative to the previous release, which was the version 1.6 release that corresponded to the 8.0 version of the overall reader firmware.

Breaking Changes

There are no breaking changes in this release. The base API URL is still api/v1.

Additions

  1. Security improvements
    • New digest option for HTTP/HTTPS authentication, to supplement the existing none and basic options. Set through the new /system/access/authentication endpoint.
    • Ability to specify reader users and passwords through the following API endpoints:
      • /system/access/users
      • /system/access/users/{userId}/password
    • Added multiple endpoints and data types to manage CAP certificates on the reader, all under /system/certificates/cap/certs/.
  2. Reporting improvements
    • New optional AntennaActivationEvent that can be sent after successfully ramping up power on an antenna and just before starting an inventory micro-cyle.
    • New optional xpcHex field, for tags that support XPC (eXtended Protocol Control) words.
  3. Data egress improvements
    • Optional customization of the keepAliveIntervalSeconds in the StreamConfiguration parameter, for HTTP/S streaming output. The default value is still 30 seconds.
    • LWT (Last Will and Testament) changes to match industry best practices. The new default message for the willMessage is "connection lost" for ungraceful disconnections, and the message will only be sent if the willTopic is set. Also added the optional connectMessage (for the initial connection and and reconnections) and optional disconnectMessage (for graceful disconnections from the broker). The default QoS (Quality of Service) level is now 1.
  4. RFID improvements
    • Added a new EPC filter verification type, passive, which verifies that backscattered EPCs match configured filters before passing them on. The passive operation uses information already available to the reader, so it does not require additional tag singulation over the air. It is the new default value. Note that the passive mode is not compatible with the TruncatedReply features, as it needs the full EPC to verify the filter.
  5. Schema clean-up
    • Increased the minimum length of a DNS SearchDomain from 1 character to 2.
    • Associated the SavedPresetBadRequest response with the ErrorResponse parameter, like other error response values.

Deprecations

No endpoints were deprecated in this release.

Removals

No endpoints were removed in this release.