Changes Log

• Fixed bug when WCL_E_SERIAL_UNABLE_CLEAR_BUFFERS returned during opening vCOM.

Serial Framework

• Error code WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_UNABLE_ADD_ADP_RECORD renamed to WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_UNABLE_ADD_SDP_RECORD;
• New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_DRIVER_BUSY;
• wclBluetoothRadioRadio: TurnOn and TurnOff methods now return WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_DRIVER_BUSY if driver is busy;
• BluetoothManager demo updated to show how to prevent Radio of switching off.

Bluetooth Framework

• BluetoothLeBeaconWatcher: Drone Remote ID message receiving;
• VCL Edition: CBuilder Beacons demo build issue fixed;
• Drone Remote ID (DRI) receiving and decoding;
• The DRI demos can be found by this link.

Bluetooth Framework

• VCL Edition: Drone remote ID moved to separate package;
• C++ Edition: Drone remote ID moved to separate library;
• .NET Edition: Drone remote ID moved to separate assembly;
• Drone Remote ID parser redesigned.

WiFi Framework

• Bluetooth HCI and LMP version descriptions updated;
• wclBluetoothLeBeaconWatcher: Start() method parameters removed, use properties instead;
• wclBluetoothLeBeaconWatcher: new property AllowExtendedAdvertisements controls receiving Extended Advertisements;
• wclBluetoothLeBeaconWatcher: parsing Microsoft Connected Devices Platform Protocol (CDP) beacon advertisement;
• wclBluetoothLeAdvertiser: Start() method "Interval" parameter removed, use properties instead;
• wclBluetoothRadio: new method GetBluetoothVersion() returns Radio's Bluetooth version;
• Beacons demo application updated to show how to use "AllowExtendedAdvertisements" property;
• GattServer demo application: fixed bug when "Backspace" button does not work in "Repeats" edit box;
• CBuilder 12: fixed sample applications build failed issue.

Bluetooth Framework

• Internal message processing optimized;
• GattServer: wclGattLocalCharacteristic - method Notify(Address...) now returns error if address is 0;
• GattServer: wclGattLocalCharacteristic - new Notify() method without Address parameter should be used to send notifications to all connected clients;
• GattServer: Notification sending speed increased;
• GattServer: Read request processing time decreased;
• GattServer: Write request processing time decreased;
• GattServer: Fixed bug when OnUnsubscribed event not called when client disconnected;
• Error code removed: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_GATT_SERVER_GET_CLIENTS_LIST_FAILED;
• Error code removed: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_GATT_SERVER_GET_CLIENTS_COUNT_FAILED;
• New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_GATT_SERVER_NO_SUBSCRIBED_CLIENTS;
• Error codes updated;
• GattServer demo application redesigned to show how to use all the GATT server features;
• Lazarus demo applications updated.

Bluetooth Framework

• wclWiFiDirectDeviceWatcher: GetName() method removed;
• wclWiFiDirectSoftAp: Fixed bug when Local and Remote IPs can not be read;
• Fixed freezing issue when disconnecting from WiFi Direct device;
• Fixed freezing issue when terminating connection to WiFi Direct device;
• Fixed freezing issue when terminating incoming WiFi Direct connection;
• Error code deleted: WCL_E_WIFI_DIRECT_DEVICE_GET_NAME_FAILED;
• New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_DIRECT_DEVICE_GET_ID_FAILED;
• New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_DIRECT_DEVICE_BUSY;
• Error codes updated;
• .NET: Minor updates in WiFi Direct demo applications;
• Lazarus demo applications updated.

WiFi Framework

• GetConnectionAttributes returns WCL_E_WIFI_INTERFACE_NOT_CONNECTED when an interface is not connected to a network;
• New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_DIRECT_PAIR_AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE;
• New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_DIRECT_ADVERTISER_INVALID_OS_BITS;
• Some error codes removed;
• GetCountyOrRegions renamed to GetCountryOrRegions;
• wclWiFiProfilesManager: new fucntion SsidToHex that helps to get XML profile HEX for SSID;
• WiFi Direct: fixed connection issue;
• WiFi Direct: optimization for faster connection;
• WiFi Direct: fixed bug with not connecting from Linux wpa_supplicant;
• WiFi Direct: other connection improvements.

WiFi Framework

• Drone Remote ID (DRI) receiving and decoding;
• The DRI demos can be found by this link.

WiFi Framework

• New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_INVALID_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS_VALUE;
• Microsoft: fixed issue when some BLE devices were detected as Classic;
• GATT: SetConnectionParams() method now returns WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_INVALID_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS_VALUE instead of WCL_E_INVALID_ARGUMENT if a specified connection parameters are not valid;
• GattServer: fixed bug when GATT Server did not release resource what caused Bluetooth Manager freezing on Close call;
• Code refactoring.

Bluetooth Framework

• HostedNetwork: new method GetConnectedPeers(). The method wraps the GetStatus() method to simplify enumerating connected devices;
• New class wclWiFiInformationElementParser: the class allows to extract Information Elements from BSS raw IE data stream;
• Code refactoring.

WiFi Framework

• New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_HN_OPEN_IP_SETTINGS_FAILED;
• New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_HN_READ_IP_FAILED;
• New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_HN_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED;
• New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_HN_GET_IP_TABLE_FAILED;
• New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_HN_PEER_NOT_FOUND;
• wclWiFiHostedNetwork: fixed issue with starting Hosted Network if it was disabled (may require administrative rights);
• wclWiFiHostedNetwork: GetState method now can be called without opening the Hosted Network;
• wclWiFiHostedNetwork: SetState method now can be called without opening the Hosted Network;
• wclWiFiHostedNetwork: reading local IP address;
• wclWiFiHostedNetwork: reading connected peer IP address;
• C++ Edition: WinAPI definitions updated;
• Compatibility update.

WiFi Framework

• C++ Edition: WinAPI definitions updated;
• Compatibility update.

Bluetooth Framework

• C++ Edition: WinAPI definitions updated;
• Compatibility update.

Serial Framework

• C++ Edition: WinAPI definitions updated;
• Compatibility update.

IrDA Framework

• C++ Edition: WinAPI definitions updated;
• Compatibility update.

Timeline Framework

• Fixed dead-lock issue when skThread synchronization used;
• .NET Edition: wclOsVersion resource leak fixed;
• .NET Edition: WinAPI calls optimization;
• C++ Edition: internal API definitions updated to prevent from conflicts with WinAPI headers;
• Compatibility update.

Bluetooth Framework

• .NET Edition: wclOsVersion resource leak fixed;
• .NET Edition: WinAPI calls optimization;
• C++ Edition: internal API definitions updated to prevent from conflicts with WinAPI headers;
• Compatibility update.

WiFi Framework

• Fixed dead-lock issue when skThread synchronization used;
• .NET Edition: wclOsVersion resource leak fixed;
• .NET Edition: WinAPI calls optimization;
• C++ Edition: internal API definitions updated to prevent from conflicts with WinAPI headers;
• Compatibility update.

Serial Framework

• Fixed dead-lock issue when skThread synchronization used;
• .NET Edition: wclOsVersion resource leak fixed;
• .NET Edition: WinAPI calls optimization;
• C++ Edition: internal API definitions updated to prevent from conflicts with WinAPI headers;
• Compatibility update.

IrDA Framework

• .NET Edition: wclOsVersion resource leak fixed;
• .NET Edition: WinAPI calls optimization;
• C++ Edition: internal API definitions updated to prevent from conflicts with WinAPI headers;
• Compatibility update.

Timeline Framework

• New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_INVALID_DRIVER;
• New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_INVALID_PATH;
• New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_ACCESS_DENIED;
• New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND;
• New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_IN_USE;
• New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_INVALID_PARAM;
• New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_INVALID_NAME;
• New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_COUNT_LIMIT;
• Extended error decoding when setting Bluetooth LE scan parameters;
• Fixed bug when on some machines changing Bluetooth LE scan parameters returns WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_FAILED.

Bluetooth Framework

• Bluetooth LE appearance constants updated;
• Bluetooth LE GAP appearance UUID definitions;
• Bluetooth LE GATT services UUID definitions;
• Bluetooth LE GATT characteristics UUID definitions;
• Bluetooth LE GATT descriptors UUID definitions;
• BeaconsWatcher: Parsing TX Power advertisement frame parsing;
• BeaconsWatcher: Appearance advertisement frame parsing.

Bluetooth Framework