AFP

Release Notes

Version 3.14.9

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1 Ne w fe a t u r e s
1 . 1 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 4 .9
1.1.1 New f orm at for exp ort of pl ans Plans of GSM projects can now be exported to the RANX 3 format. 1.1.2 Support f or op erating systems ad ded Windows 7 64-bit with Service Pack 1 is now supported. Windows Server 2008 R2 (used as Citrix server) is now supported.

1 . 2 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 4 .8 & 3 .1 4 .7
There are no new features available in these versions.

1 . 3 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 4 .6
1.3.1 New te chnology (TET RA) adde d TETRA networks can now be modelled by AFP. TETRA is similar to LMR in that it is a technology wherein intermodulation products can be calculated and included in the analysis, optimisation and manual retune of networks. It differs significantly in that uplink and downlink frequencies cannot be modelled separately, but rather one channel number corresponds to two frequencies (Tx and Rx) which are separated by a fixed distance. In order to meet TETRA requirements, intermodulation products can now be calculated as high as the 11th order. 1.3.2 Export of laye r -b ased for bidd en freque ncies to the Asset planning tool is now optional (S F50236) The exporting of forbidden frequencies attached to layers was causing issues with some versions of Asset when the plan exported from AFP was reimported into Asset. As the frequencies were not required in Asset, an option has been included in the plan export to allow them to be omitted from the Asset export.

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1 . 4 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 4 .4
1.4.1 Warning when importing pr oject file (S F52102) A new warning has been added when a user attempts to import a Cellopt3 format project file when a project is already open in AFP. This will help prevent the inadvertent overwriting of data. 1.4.2 Remov ed all r eference s to Col or Code for LMR (SF52100) As LMR technology does not use color codes, all references to color code are hidden when LMR technology is selected.

1 . 5 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 4 .3
1.5.1 Better supp ort f or Rx /Tx b and split in LMR technol ogy (SF52101) It is now possible to specify a minimum Tx and a maximum Rx frequency for the available spectrum on the spectrum page to create a Tx/Rx band split. When these settings are applied, Cellopt AFP automatically applies an appropriate range of forbidden frequencies to the category Radio Use and Tx/Rx Layers. 1.5.2 Flexible option f or imputing Ad j rules (SF53080) The dropdown menu for selecting Adj rules has been changed to an edit box in order to allow users to be able to enter desired values for creating Adj rules.

1 . 6 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 4 .2
1.6.1 Option to change database pas sword ( SF50847) When AFP is installed, a MySql database is created with default passwords. A new option has been added to the Control Panel Options screen so that the password can be changed if desired.

1 . 7 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 4 .1
There are no new features available in this version.

1 . 8 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 4 .0
1.8.1 Frequency optimisati on for LMR networ ks (SF51822) Cellopt AFP has been extended to support frequency optimisation and reduce intermodulation interference for LMR (Land Mobile Radio) networks. A new LMR technology support has been added to the list of available (GSM, iDEN, TDMA & PDC) technologies for projects.

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LMR networks have two sectors each site and transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) radio channels on separate sectors. This can be modelled in AFP by assigning these radios to a new LMR-specific system category (Radio Use). During optimisation intermodulation products can be calculated and used in frequency analysis, optimisation and retune to reduce overall intermodulation interference in the network. Separate penalties can be set up for 3rd, 5th and 7th-order products, and for Co and Adj rules within the same order. As well as feeding in automatically to the frequency optimisation and retune to enable the plan to avoid channels with intermodulation products, a detailed report is available showing how the products are calculated and identifying the offending Tx channels.

1 . 9 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 2 .1 0
1.9.1 New warning for MCRB radio assignme nts (SF45971) A new project warning has been added when MCRBs are assigned more than six radios. This reflects the actual limit in the field. If more than six radios are assigned to MCRBs when performing analysis or optimization a warning would be displayed that this is not supported and radios would be treated as normal radios. 1.9.2 Configur abl e Path f or d atab ase Location (SF49170) A new dialog has been added in setup process to allow user to choose db location during installation process. User would be allowed to choose a new database location only for new installations. During upgrade database location cannot be changed.

1 . 1 0 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 2 .8 & 3 .1 2 .9
There are no new features these releases are dedicated to resolving issues found in the product. See Issues resolved in 3.12.8 & 3.12.9.

1 . 1 1 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 2 .7
1.11.1 Enable all Radi os button (SF43866) A new feature has been added that would allow a user to enable multiple radios with a single click. A button has been added at the bottom of the Network page to enable all radios in the network.

Icons have been added to the Site and Sector Property pages to allow a user to enable all radios for a site and sector, displayed in the Property page.

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To avoid radios becoming inadvertently enabled, a dialog is presented to the user to confirm the action.

1 . 1 2 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 2 .6
1.12.1 Citrix supp ort (SF47764, 47779, 47819) It is now possible to install and run Cellopt AFP on a Citrix server.

1 . 1 3 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 2 . 5
1.13.1 Use existing dat abas e when installing maintenance releases (SF47021) When installing maintenance releases, the Cellopt installer has been configured to use the existing database. 1.13.2 Select radi os in the edit or fr om the warning (SF46219) A new feature has been added to allow the user to select the radios that are contributing to a warning.

1 . 1 4 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 2 .4
1.14.1 System categ ory O LD COLOR CODE A new system category has been added which can be applied to radios. The user can now update the Old Color Code column in the Radio Editor, and these values will be saved in the database. 1.14.2 Spectrum warning A new warning has been added for situations when all sets break available separation rules for particular radios. This would help in explaining when the optimizer and analyzer scores are significantly different.

1 . 1 5 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 2 .3
1.15.1 Increased channel sep arati on limit Additional channel separation for Adj-120 and Adj-240 has been provided in addition to current settings of Adj-1 to Adj-21.

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1 . 1 6 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 2 .2
1.16.1 GRFU feature devel opment A new feature has been developed to support GRFU channels (GSM Radio Frequency Unit). It is an extension to the existing support for GSM maximum separation groups. 1.16.2 Sector- base d tab-delimited exp ort d at a from the Ra dio Editor A new feature has been developed to allow Radio Editor data to be exported in sector-based tab-delimited format. This complements the tab-delimited file format feature developed for AFP 3.12 to create a new project or modify an existing project. 1.16.3 Default re port destination A new option has been added to set an analysis reports default destination to be a file rather than the screen. The default directory location is stored in Options. 1.16.4 Layer sorting Layers defined by the user will appear in alphanumeric order; however, system layers will maintain their current, logical order.

1 . 1 7 W h a t s n e w i n C e l l o pt AF P 3 . 1 2 .1
1.17.1 Tab d elimited import impr ovement Tab delimited file import has been improved to allow the enabling/disabling of radios by specifying values for a whole sector or a single radio. 1.17.2 Warnings if unusable plan is created If Cellopt AFP encounters a problem when updating radios with the results of a frequency optimization, a warning is now produced about the unassigned radios, allowing the user to take remedial action.

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1.18.1 Enhanced sorting in Radi o Editor Sorting in Radio Editor and in all other reports has been improved to sort numbers, embedded in names, in numerical order instead of alphabetical order. 1.18.2 Tab d elimited format imp ort Using this format, a new project can be created or an existing project can be modified. Values are defined per sector, per line, and can be used to create/modify various elements in the project, e.g. sectors, radios, categories, layers. It can also be used to create neighbor relations.

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For more information about this format and how to create it, please refer to the Cellopt AFP User Guide. 1.18.3 Mov e sect ors b etween sites Sectors can easily be moved between sites from the network tree. The sector will keep its entire configuration, including the attached radios. 1.18.4 Java 6 .0 supp ort Support for Java 6.0 was added in order to become compliant with Aero on Windows Vista. The Aero GUI does not support the older Java 5.0. 1.18.5 Comm on Actix licensing The licensing system has changed. The new system will be common within all Actix software. Currently Actix Analyzer and Cellopt AFP/MDA and Actix Switch Adapter use the same licensing. For older versions of Cellopt, the old licensing system will still be supported.

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2 Re s o l ve d i s su e s
2 . 1 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 4 . 8
2.1.1 Problem with saving f requency plan t o the database after the optimizati on (SF57918) When saving frequency plans, AFP was sometimes failing to add MALs to the database. This is now fixed. 2.1.1 Optimizer pr og ress window sh ows hug e green penalties (SF57918) AFP was incorrectly reporting plans, as better plans, which resulted in huge interference penalty scores in order to reduce important penalty scores. Though the total score was less than the previous result, it wasnt a better plan because of the huge rise in the interference score. The AFP code has been modified to discard such plans.

2 . 2 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 4 . 7
2.2.1 Cellopt unstable (SF57280) This problem was caused by rapid progress bar messages sent by the server to the client. Showing the progress bar is now configurable through the settings.xml file. Client side logging level can also be configured in the settings.xml file. 2.2.2 Difficulty enabling dis abled radi os (SF 56963) If all radios are disabled in an AFP project, then in the Network page the "Enable all" button was missing. Now the "Show Disabled", "Add Site" and "Enable All" buttons show when the network contains disabled radios even when none of the radios are enabled. 2.2.3 Intermod p riorities s orting inc orrectly on Pri orities p age (SF56997) For the TETRA and LMR technology, the intermod rules are now sorted correctly on the Priorities page. The sort order is 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and then 11th order. Also, on the right side of the page, in the "Add new Priorities" section, the order of the intermod rules is now 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and then 11th order. 2.2.4 Right click pop-up m enu doe sn't work for s ome sites and sectors in network tr ee (S F55151) Apostrophes in site-sector names caused the Network page right click functionality to fail. It has now been fixed.

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2.2.5 Loading time of AF P Templ ates too l on g (SF55256) The problem, now fixed, was that MALs were being saved as part of the project template. 2.2.6 Export/Im port of proje ct removes dist ance list penalties (SF57381) For the TETRA technology, this release fixes a problem which was due to the wrong list type being set when exporting/importing a distance list. Now new lists have the type set correctly. 2.2.7 Radi o Editor Export of sectors fail s f or TETRA technology (SF58059) Added support for tab delimited Import/export for TETRA technology.

2.2.8 Fixed imp ort of HSN (S F58656) When importing data or creating a project using Cellopt 3 format, AFP was treating the HSN value 0 as a null value. This is now fixed. 2.2.9 Fixed locale problem When adding a new site in Dutch OS, AFP was not interpreting lat-long values correctly. This is now fixed.

2 . 3 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 4 . 6
2.3.1 FAS data im port (SF5482 4) AFP was failing to import FAS data in UTF-16 format. The software has now been modified to automatically detect and import data in UTF-8 or UTF-16 format. Ericsson FAS data import has been modified to import floating point values. Note that these are rounded to integers after import.

2 . 4 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 4 . 5
2.4.1 Tab delimited import (SF53854) AFP failed to import Tab delimited data correctly when it contained Chinese characters. This is now fixed. 2.4.2 Proje ct template e xp ort It was failing to export template when project didnt contain bandmap frequencies. It is now fixed.

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2 . 5 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 4 . 4
2.5.1 Creating ne w pr oject fr om templ ate (S F52873) It was not possible to create new project using a template containing empty lists. This has now been fixed.

2 . 6 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 4 . 2
2.6.1 Exception cause d by event Exp ort Tem plate (SF50658) When a project template was exported from a project which contained no technology and had all lists deleted, AFP threw an exception. This has now been fixed.

2 . 7 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 4 . 1
2.7.1 Rules disappe ar on restarting of AF P ( SF52104) Adj rules were not getting saved when new category was created before saving the rules. Hence these rules were disappearing when AFP restarted. This problem has now been fixed. 2.7.2 Cor rected A dj -120 and Ad j -240 rules ( SF52103) Adj rules have been changed to Adj-120 and Adj-240 to Adj-119 and Adj-239. This would allow user to achieve separation of 1.25 MHz and 3.0 MHz as required for LMR technology.

2 . 8 W h e n I s su e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 . 1 2 . 1 0
2.8.1 Improve d Tab delimited im port (SF506 66) When a tab-delimited file is imported to update a project, it does not update all the radios when the number of radios in the file is lower than the number of radios in the project for the given sector. A warning has been added to warn the user when such cases are detected. 2.8.2 Baseb and radio im port f r om Ass et (SF 50781) Baseband radios when imported from Asset were incorrectly being applied MAL. This was fixed in AFP3.11.2 RC and wasnt merged to AFP3.12. It has now been merged to fix the issue. 2.8.3 Lar ge histogram imp ort problem (SF50 997) When large histograms were imported and packet size was larger than 1MB, mysql was throwing max_packet_allowed exception as default value is 1MB. It has now been fixed by breaking down histogram size before storing into database.

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2 . 9 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 2 . 9
2.9.1 Improve d Ericss on FAS d ata imp ort (S F50367) Cellopt AFP was failing to import Ericsson FAS data from Maxis switches due to changes in the file header. This has now been fixed.

2 . 1 0 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 2 . 8
2.10.1 Modified Cellopt2 form at dat a imp ort ( SF49760) In previous releases, Cellopt2 format data had to contain all fields for import to be successful. Now, iSITE, iSECT and iCONC messages can be imported without Lat/Long, traffic and sep_type value respectively. These changes will be rolled back once the equivalent issue is resolved in the Radioplan platform. 2.10.2 Optimization er ror (SF50181) AFP was failing to optimize when the project contained One Set and Adhoc, and MCRB radios. It has now been fixed.

2 . 1 1 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 2 . 7
2.11.1 Warning for du plicate sites dur ing Cell opt3 pr oject imp ort Projects created by importing a Cellopt3 format project file containing duplicate site definitions caused the histogram import to fail. This has now been fixed by preventing the import of duplicated site definitions. If duplicate site definitions are found, only the first definition is processed and a warning is produced for all other site definitions having the same name.

2 . 1 2 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 2 . 6
2.12.1 Option to include us er -d efined lay er ( SF47606) To prevent confusion, this option has been disabled for file-based summary reports. 2.12.2 Browse button f or s end to file opti on It was possible to click on the Analyze > Send to File > Browse button even when it was grayed out. This has now been fixed for all relevant locations in the user interface.

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2 . 1 3 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 2 . 5
2.13.1 Version number in email (SF48535) An incomplete version number was being used in the email automatically generated by Cellopt. This has been changed to include the patch number to correctly identify the product from which the error report email is being sent.

2 . 1 4 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 2 . 4
2.14.1 MCRB feature The MCRBs separation rule could not be applied in AFP3.12.2 and AFP3.12.3. This feature was broken due to GRFU development work and has now been fixed. 2.14.2 Changing av ailable frequency When changing available frequencies on the Spectrum page, new frequency ranges could not applied. This has now been fixed.

2 . 1 5 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 2 . 3
2.15.1 Remov ed dis able d radios f rom warning Disabled quads with either one or more than four radios were generating project level warnings. These warnings have now been suppressed. This would help in identifying enabled radios with a broken quad/widen rule. These warnings would also be suppressed when running optimizer/analyzer. 2.15.2 Alias maps imp ort p roblem using Cellopt 3 form at When importing data using Cellopt 3 format Alias maps were not being created. This is now fixed. 2.15.3 Co and Ad j imp ort p roblem using tab d elimited form at When using sector-based tab delimited format to import relations, Cellopt AFP did not import Co and Adj values specified with relations. This is now fixed. 2.15.4 Optimization p roblem when r adi o is m ember of multiple max- se par ation gr oups The optimizer was sometimes failing to find a solution when the project contained hopping separation groups that required a radio to be member of multiple maxseparation groups. The software is now changed to produce optimization results. This problem was related to a newly developed GRFU feature.

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2 . 1 6 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 2 . 2
2.16.1 Licensing pr oblem when using the Loc al Activation serv er We have integrated the fix for Local Activation that required the product to be reactivated after it had been offline. This has now been fixed to allow offline use of the product when using the Local Activation server. 2.16.2 Progress bar update Sometimes there was a delay between the progress bar showing completion and the actual opening of a Microsoft Excel file. It has now been fixed so the progress bar now correctly displays progress when exporting radio editor data to Excel.

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2.17.1 iDEN set pl anning co-sector issue When using set planning in iDEN, a few sectors with co-sector violations were not being recognized by the optimizer, and were therefore not being resolved. The violations could easily be detected in the frequency analysis report. This is now fixed. 2.17.2 iDEN set pl anning unassigned s ector is sue Another issue fixed with set planning was that some sets were not recognized correctly, and as a result, some radios become unassigned. 2.17.3 Server shutdown pr obl em after hist ogr am import The server was not shutting down properly while exiting Cellopt AFP after histograms created by ASA were imported. This is now fixed. 2.17.4 Problem activ ating license when Analy zer als o installed There was a problem reactivating a license using Activation wizard if Actix Analyzer was also installed with legacy licensing (i.e. not Activation). This is now fixed.

2 . 1 8 I s s u e s r e s ol v e d i n 3 .1 2
2.18.1 Quad-X warning Using the iDEN technology, there is a project warning when a QUAD combiner contains only one radio. Previously this only turned off for the 1st QUAD configuration; all other 2nd to 7th QUADs were still reporting the same warning. With AFP 3.12, this no longer happens; turning off the QUAD warning applies for all QUAD configurations.

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2.18.2 Add BR t oo f ast, hangs When adding radios too quickly in the network tree, sometimes the application would hang. Measures have been taken to minimize this possibility in 3.12. 2.18.3 Change i DEN set str ategy in network t ree In earlier versions of Cellopt AFP, it was not possible to change the important Set Strategy category from the Network tree. The option was simply not available. Instead, everything had to be done from the Radio Editor. 2.18.4 Import CellOpt3 pr oject fr om ASA not assigning ol d plan When importing a Cellopt3 project created from ASA, the project did not have the old frequency plan assigned as before, only the current plan. It is now fixed. 2.18.5 Asset import of b ase band fr equency and HSN Baseband frequency, HSN and MAIO were not imported correctly when read from an Asset xml project. This has been partly fixed, in that the frequency and HSN are now imported correctly. However, some problems still remain when importing the MAIO parameter in baseband.

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3 Kn o w n I ss u e s
3.1.1 Exporting a Pr oject Tem plate with out first closing AF P cause s a crash After creating a Project Template, you must close Cellopt AFP before exporting the template. This issue is scheduled to be fixed in the next release. 3.1.2 Sector- base d tab-delimited im port / e xport of r adi os and sets The sector-based tab-delimited (import / export) feature is not designed to work with set planning. It is not possible to specify that a radio is assigned a frequency from a set. 3.1.3 Proje ct scalability issue It is a known issue that the amount of memory that Cellopt AFP can use is limited by the 32-bit Java virtual machine. Some configurations will increase the available memory for Cellopt. This is done with the xmx flag inside the <installation directory>\conf\settings.xml file.

The default value is set to 800Mb as seen in the picture (indicated by Xmx800M). The value can be increased to around 1400Mb, depending on the local computer

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configuration. Much higher values than this are currently not allowed by 32-bit Java. With this configuration change, the maximum number of radios can be around 25000, and even up to 50000. 3.1.4 Lar ge reports issue There is an issue with large reports in the frequency analysis when displaying this on screen. When a very large report is displayed with thousands of lines, it might cause the client and server to disconnect and hang the application. 3.1.5 Unicode F onts Exporting reports to PDF format renders all non-Western characters as hashes. There is an issue with applying fonts correctly in this format. 3.1.6 The User Datab ases (Pr ojects) are n ot remove d when uninstalling Cellopt AF P The Cellopt AFP uninstaller does not remove the databases (projects) from the directory. To free up hard drive space, these can be removed manually. The location for the database is now in the All Users\Application Data: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Actix\Cellopt AFP\3.X or 3.12 3.1.7 Uninstall may take long er on s ome sys tems 3.1.8 Copy Pr oject fr om AF P Contr ol Panel d oes n ot work Using Copy Project from Control Panel > Project Management > Copy project produces a crash with an error message similar to this: Model with id 15 does not exist The workaround for this issue is to export the project to file and copy the AFP3 XML file using Windows Explorer. 3.1.9 Creating a pr oject using a t emplate does not work in all instances When creating a new project from a project template that includes Interference Lists, and then importing an afp3 XML project that does not include an Interference List, the project creation fails. The workaround for this issue is to close the newly created blank project before importing the afp3 project. This forces the DB to update, then you can open the blank project and import the afp3 project file without errors. 3.1.10 Reactivati on of licens es afte r upgr adin g to AF P 3.14 .9 If a local license activation server is used, the information for the activation server has to be entered again after upgrading to version 3.14.9.

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After launching Cellopt AFP, this dialog will be displayed:

Confirming with Yes leads to this dialog:

Clicking Next now would cause a communication error due to missing information about the license activation server this information was erased during the upgrade. Instead, click Back.

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In the next dialog, click the Advanced button:

This opens the dialog where license activation server information can be entered:

From here on, proceed as described in the User Guide.

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4 Re le a se H i st or y
Date
Apr-2010 May-2010 June-2010 July-2010 Aug-2010 Sep-2010 Nov-2010 May-2011 June-2011 Aug-2011

Version
AFP3.14.0 AFP3.14.1 AFP3.14.2 AFP3.14.3 AFP3.14.4 AFP3.14.5 AFP3.14.6 AFP3.14.7 AFP3.14.8 AFP3.14.9

New Features
X X X X

Resolved Issues
X X X

User Guide Update

X X X X

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Import of 3.8 plans