Trimble Software Change

From December 1^st 2022, any Trimble unit on a RTX corrected signal will need to be at a minimum firmware level to continue use. 

What’s changing?

Data integrity and authenticity are critical to ensure Trimble RTX correction services are reliable and trustworthy. Trimble will be updating the Trimble RTX real-time correction streams to Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), providing further peace of mind for our users.

With the turn on date of the AES, Trimble RTX users can now be more confident that the received Trimble RTX correction data is provided by Trimble only. The additional security layer makes Trimble GNSS receivers less vulnerable to data pretending to be Trimble RTX correction data. Fake data could lead to unexpected effects like degraded performance, no applied correction or wrong positioning.

What’s the impact on you?

The AES turn on affects all Trimble RTX and Trimble xFill compatible devices, regardless of the transmission method L-Band or IP.

The make use of the newly secured Trimble RTX data stream it is necessary to have an adequate firmware version running on the device. This creates the potential need to update the customers device firmware to a minimum required version.

It is important to emphasize that customers using a firmware below a minimum required version will not be able to make use of Trimble RTX correction services any longer and need to upgrade as soon as possible.

If your firmware is already above the minimum required firmware version no action is needed. 

What do you need to do?

First, you will need to understand what firmware is currently installed on your device. If you aren’t sure, you can give us a call so we can help.

If your system is only up to or lower than the firmware on the below table your system NEEDS to be updated.

If your system is higher than the above firmware then your system will not be effected.

Call our Precision Farming Manager Lloyd Kotzur on 0447 068 399 with any questions.