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ImprovementsAnnouncement
3 weeks ago04/28/2022

Soracom Funk, Funnel, and Harvest Data usage statistics now available

When sending data to Soracom Funk, Funnel, and Harvest Data, fees are calculated based on the number of requests made. You can now download a CSV file containing the number of requests made to these services in order to check how much of each service has been used.

Usage history is available for the past 6 months (monthly) or the past 90 days (daily), and will include the number of requests aggregated by IMSI and by month or day. For Soracom Funnel, request usage is further aggregated by Funnel adapter, and for Soracom Funk, request usage is further aggregated by cloud service.

You can download the usage statistics CSV from the User Console by accessing the "Billing" page, and selecting the type of CSV from the "Download traffic stats as CSV" section.


ImprovementsAnnouncement
3 weeks ago04/28/2022

Soracom API now returns rate limit information as a response

The Soracom API has a "maximum number of requests" per minute (i.e. a rate limit) for related APIs (hereinafter referred to as "API groups").

If a system using the Soracom API calls an API at a higher rate than the set limit, the HTTP status code 429 is returned from the Soracom platform and the system must wait up to one minute before calling the API again.

Since the "maximum number of requests" is different for each API group, and since the rate limits are subject to change, we have not historically listed rate limits on the Soracom Developers site.

Instead, with this new change, when your system calls an API the following information about the rate limits will be returned so you can determine the "maximum number of requests".

  • X-Soracom-Ratelimit-Limit
  • X-Soracom-Ratelimit-Remaining
  • X-Soracom-Ratelimit-Seconds-Before-Refresh

Based on the returned information, your system can invoke the API according to the rate limit. Alternatively, you may apply for a rate limit increase by contacting Soracom Support with details of your use case.

For more information, see Rate Limits. (Japanese)

FeatureImprovements
3 weeks ago04/27/2022

Soracom X/Y Image panel on Soracom Lagoon now available

We are pleased to release a new Soracom X/Y Image panel that can use incoming sensor data as coordinates to position an image over a custom background that can be panned and zoomed.

The panel consists of a background and sensor images that are positioned using x and y coordinates obtained from device queries.

Input data can be mapped to any background by specifying maximum and minimum expected values for each device.

While the obvious use case is custom maps, the ability to translate device data into X/Y coordinates opens up the opportunity to display any kind of numerical data in unlimited ways.

The Soracom X/Y Image panel also introduces the ability to use Soracom Harvest Files as an image store directly from inside Lagoon, especially convenient when you would prefer to keep any image data private.

For more information, please refer to the Soracom X/Y Image documentation. (Japanese)

ImprovementsAnnouncement
a month ago04/11/2022

Additional plan01s LTE coverage now available

LTE coverage is now available for plan01s and plan01s Low Data Volume in the following countries:

Anguilla, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Egypt, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Isle of Man, Morocco, Ukraine

For additional details about data rates, supported carriers, and coverage in other countries, please refer to the Supported Carriers documentation.

ImprovementsAnnouncement
a month ago04/01/2022

The initial cost of SORACOM Air plan-D has been reduced.

The initial fee of SORACOM Air (Soracom IoT SIM for Japan) plan-D (Data-only) is reduced to JPY 899.8 (excluding shipping costs) from 2022-04-01. This will apply from orders placed 2022-04-01.

  • Before the change: JPY 903.1 per SIM card (excluding shipping costs)
  • After the revision: JPY 899.8 per SIM card (excluding shipping costs)

The price for SORACOM Air (Soracom IoT SIM for Japan) plan-D (Data/SMS), plan-D D-300 plan-DU, plan-K, plan-KM1 and SORACOM Air (SORACOM IoT SIM) will remain unchanged.

Please see here for more information on how to purchase.

FeatureImprovements
a month ago03/22/2022

Billing Alerts now available

We are pleased to release a new Billing Alert function. With this new function, a billing alert notification email will be sent automatically to the primary (root account) email address when your ongoing monthly bill total exceeds a specified amount.

By configuring an alert, you can be notified of unexpected charges that may occur due to abnormal data usage or other billable services, and proactively take control.

In addition, as the Billing Alert function uses Event Handler behind the scenes, a new "Monthly bill amount" Event Handler rule is now available. In addition to sending a notification email, you can configure a custom Event Handler rule to execute a webhook, invoke an AWS Lambda function, or perform other actions when your monthly bill total exceeds the threshold.

Please note that the ongoing monthly bill total is updated at regular intervals rather than in real time, so there may be some delay between the time the bill total exceeds the specified amount and when the notification email (or other actions if configuring a custom Event Handler) is sent.

For more information on enabling the Billing Alert function, please refer to the Billing Information documentation.

To set up a custom Event Handler rule, please refer to the Event Handler documentation.

FeatureImprovements
2 months ago03/17/2022

VPG Fixed Global IP Address option is now GA (General Availability)

Soracom Virtual Private Gateway (VPG) is a network service that allows customers to create a dedicated private network for their Soracom Air for Cellular and Soracom Arc devices. When creating a VPG, a set of global public IP addresses are dynamically assigned to the VPG in order to provide networking services, such as routing connections to the Internet. When an Air for Cellular or Arc device connects to a server, the connection will appear to come from one of these IP addresses. Since these IP addresses are dynamically assigned, they may change from time to time.

A Fixed Global IP Address option is available, which reserves the IP addresses assigned to the VPG. With this option enabled, connections from Air for Cellular or Arc devices will always use the same IP addresses. This makes it possible to set up a firewall on your server to only allow traffic from these IP addresses while blocking other traffic, and other access control security measures.

We are pleased to announce that this Fixed Global IP Address option, previously offered on a Limited Preview basis, has reached general availability (GA). You can now enable this option directly from your VPG settings.

Please refer to VPG: Fixed Global IP Address Option for configuration details, and to Pricing & Fee Schedule: Virtual Private Gateway for pricing information.

Improvements
2 months ago03/16/2022

Updated User Console VPG management interface

We have made a number of improvements to the Virtual Private Gateway (VPG) management screen of the User Console:

  • VPG settings and options are now better organized and can be accessed from the redesigned menu.
  • The list of groups attached to the VPG now also shows whether or not each group's VPG setting is enabled.

For additional information about VPGs as well as VPG settings and options, please refer to the Virtual Private Gateway documentation.

Improvements
4 months ago01/13/2022

User Console loading times improved

We have made architectural improvements to the User Console that reduces its loading time by about 50%. This improvement will take effect on January 13, 2022 and will be available for all users.

We will continue to strive to improve the user experience.

Improvements
4 months ago12/24/2021

SORACOM Orbit WASM modules can now be automatically removed from a Soralet when uploading new modules

When uploading a WASM module on the Soralet management screen on the User Console, an error message too many soralet versions will be displayed if the number of uploaded WASM module versions has reached the Soralet limit. In order to continue uploading a new module, you had to cancel the upload, delete one of the old versions, and retry the upload again.

With this update, if you have already reached the Soralet limit for the number of WASM module versions, you can now delete the an older version without cancelling the upload:

A "Delete and retry" button will now allow you to automatically delete the oldest unused module version and re-upload the new module.

Note that in order to prevent accidental deletion of an older version that is still in use, this action will only delete the oldest version that is not currently referenced in any group's SORACOM Orbit configuration. If you prefer to choose a different version to delete, you must still cancel the upload and separately select a version to delete.