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Release notes

This page describes the software releases of SyCes.

Please note, that the used software is also refered to as SyCes2, since it's the successor of the previous used legacy software.

1.1.0

Release Date: 25.06.2025

New features

  • New Report feature on SyCes:
    Displays information about a tenant's hotspot usage. Usage data can be grouped (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) and divided into locations or account groups (vouchers and accounts).
  • Location identification via NAS IP
    including API for automated assignment
  • Daily preparation of RADIUS accounting usage data for report readout

Changes

  • Extended location details by field NAS IP
  • Adding and renaming fields in the databases
  • Redirect to original path after login
  • Improved responsive layout for edit and create drawers
  • Improved links for user-friendly experiece
  • Expansion and restructuring of the project wiki

1.0.2

Release Date: 15.05.2025

New features

  • Support for routers running pfSense
    Configuration with local captive portal (on device) and uploading custom pages
  • Support for LANCOM routers
    Configuration with local or external captive portal, hosted on SyCes' webservers
  • Added frontend options for locations of new router types
  • Expanded backend functionality to login with new router types

1.0.1

Release Date: 20.02.2025

New features

  • Support for Fortinet routers
    Configuration with local captive portal (on device) and uploading custom pages
  • Added frontend option Fortinet for locations of new router type
  • Added field Token for locations of router type Fortinet
  • Added backend API to create anonymous account using identification Token of location, called by custom pages.

Changes

  • Updating design of SyCes login pages
  • Reviewing pages in SyCes Wiki

Fixed bugs

  • Create User button is hidden for users of level tenant admins
  • Updating Rates or Accounts does not automatically set RADIUS limitation attributes
  • Server error at calling login page for non-existing tenant
  • User license views send requests to incorrect API, resulting in error message "Object not found" and Update license function not working

1.0.0

Release Date: 19.11.2024

Launch of new SyCes2 software (Minimum viable product)

Features

  • Voucher and account based access to hotspots
  • Multi-tenant and multi-location capable
  • Multi-lingual (English and German)
  • Nuanced user levels and permissions
  • Sending e-mails to update tenant's contact person
  • File export for account credentials, account usage (PDF) and for voucher credentials (CSV)

Software features

  • Configuration pages for Tenant settings, Users, Locations, Rates, Accounts and Vouchers
  • Default Rate (free & unlimited) and Template (Login + Anonymous) for new tenants

Design

  • Responsive Design
    Adapt layout of pages dynamically for different screen sizes (PC, phone, tablet)
  • User Experience Design
    e.g. Tooltips, info boxes, copy buttons, interlinkage of subpages

Device support

  • Support for Bintec routers
    Configuration with local or external captive portal, hosted on SyCes' webservers

Server

  • Hosted on high-availablity cluster
  • Running modern Linux infrastructure (AlmaLinux 9.5)

Documentation