Soracom Orbit is a bi-directional inline data processing service that allows you to write your own AssemblyScript, Rust, C/C++, or TinyGo function for modifying IoT device data as it is sent from or to a device and Unified Endpoint.

Previously, Orbit allowed for reading IoT SIM tags when executing your function. This lets you incorporate tag values into your function logic, such as appending the IoT SIM name to the data, or applying different data processing logic based on the value of a device model, firmware, or other tag.

With this update, Orbit now also allows for writing and deleting IoT SIM tags. This new functionality enables new use cases, such as updating an IoT device's tags based on the data it sends. You can then utilize existing User Console and Soracom API features such as searching for and sorting SIMs based on a specific tag to streamline SIM and device management workflows.

The Orbit SDKs have been updated for this new functionality. Below is a summary of updates for each SDK:

AssemblyScript SDK

• Added setTagValue(name: string, value: string): void
• Added deleteTag(name: string): void
• Added getOriginalRequest(): string

Rust SDK

• Added set_tag_value(name: &str, value: &str)
• Added delete_tag(name: &str)
• Added get_original_request() -> String

C/C++ SDK

• Added void soracom_set_tag_value(const char* name, const char* value)
• Added void soracom_delete_tag(const char* name)
• Added int32_t soracom_get_original_request_as_string(const char** buf, size_t* siz)
• Added void soracom_release_buffer(const char* buf)
• Deprecated void soracom_release_input_buffer(const char* buf) (use soracom_release_buffer() instead)
• Deprecated void soracom_release_userdata(const char* buf) (use soracom_release_buffer() instead)

TinyGo SDK

• Added func SetTagValue(name string, value string)
• Added func DeleteTag(name string)
• Added func GetUserdata() ([]byte, error)
• Added func GetOriginalRequest() ([]byte, error)

For additional details, refer to the Orbit: SDK Reference documentation.

We are excited to announce three new functions for customizing the output behavior of Flux Actions: Transform Data, Send event for each, and Delay.

Transform Data

The Transform Data function lets you customize the format of the data that will be sent to the next Flux channel, using data from both the action input and the action result. This allows you to remove any data in the action result that is unnecessary, as well as pass along data that was part of the original action input.

Send event for each

If data in an action result contains a JSON array, the Send event for each function lets you repeat subsequent actions for each item in the array. This allows you to generate multiple events from a single action, passing each item of the array as the action input data to the next Flux channel.

Delay

The Delay function allows you to set a duration (in seconds) that an action should wait before sending data to another channel. This allows you control of the timing of specific behavior, such as to ensure one action completes before another, or to adhere to rate limiting.

For more information, please refer to the Flux Action Output: Advanced Settings documentation.

We are excited to release a new Gadgets interface for the Soracom LTE-M Button, giving customers improved visibility and easier control over their buttons directly in the User Console.

Within this new interface, you can now view important information including your Soracom LTE-M Button's current mode, last connection, battery voltage, and other useful details. The interface also makes it easy to update button settings, such as changing the operation mode, configuring external accessories, and enabling additional options in order to take advantage of all of the Soracom LTE-M Button's features.

Gadgets UI Features

• View and manage all of your buttons in one place
• Check the connection, battery, and other status to identify problems quickly
• Configure button settings such as operation mode, external accessories, and other options
• Connect buttons to Soracom Beam, Soracom Funk, and Soracom Harvest Data for forwarding data to your web server, a cloud service, or simply storing directly on Soracom

For more information or to start managing your Soracom LTE-M Buttons with the new Gadgets interface, visit the Soracom LTE-M Button documentation.

We are pleased to announce the addition of the SoraCam Motion/Sound Detection event source to Soracom Flux.

This new event source allows you to run a Flux App when a Soracom Cloud Camera Services (SoraCam) compatible camera detects motion or sound. With this new feature, customers can now build workflows based on real-world activity captured by SoraCam-compatible cameras.

To use this event source, please ensure that motion detection and sound detection features are enabled on the target SoraCam-compatible camera. For configuration instructions, refer to the SoraCam: Enable or disable motion detection recording documentation (Japanese).

For any questions or assistance, feel free to contact Soracom Support.

We have added the following new options to the Soracom Cloud Camera Services (SoraCam) video export API, making it easier to download and play back exported videos on a variety of devices.

MP3 audio codec

You can now use the audioCodec parameter to specify MP3 as the audio codec when exporting videos. This makes it possible to play the audio stream in cases where your play back device is not compatible with a SoraCam-compatible device's default audio codec.

Note: Selecting MP3 as the audio codec will consume twice the standard export duration amount.

MP4 video format

You can now use the archive parameter to choose whether or not to download exported videos directly as an MP4 file. Doing so allows you to play videos without the additional step of extracting ZIP files.

For additional details on these new options, refer to the exportSoraCamDeviceRecordedVideo API reference (Japanese).

We are excited to announce that Soracom Flux now supports the newly-released Google Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Google Gemini 2.0 Flash models.

To use these models in your Soracom Flux application, simply add an AI action and select Google Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Google Gemini 2.0 Flash from the list of available AI models.

Each AI action request will consume the following number of Flux credits:

For more information on Soracom Flux, please refer to the Soracom Flux documentation.

Soracom Flux now allows you to view your event and credit usage for the past four months, including the current month, in graphical format.

To access this information, log in to the Soracom User Console and click Menu → Soracom Flux → Flux Usage Status. The following panels will be available:

For details, please refer to View Flux Usage.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please feel free to contact the Soracom support team.

Soracom Air for Cellular plan-US-max now supports MO (Mobile Originated) SMS, giving IoT devices that use plan-US-max for connectivity the ability to send SMS messages.

In addition to the existing support for receiving MT (Mobile Terminated) SMS, this update now allows for bidirectional communication between devices and servers using SMS.

Please note that plan-US-max MO SMS support is limited to sending messages to the Unified Endpoint SMS address 901001. Data sent to Unified Endpoint can be stored in Soracom Harvest Data or forwarded to a different destination using another service such as Soracom Beam. Sending messages to other addresses is not supported.

For more information, please refer to the Sending Data with SMS & USSD documentation.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the Soracom support team.

We are pleased to announce the following user interface improvements for Soracom Napter:

New Visual Explanation of the TLS Option

When creating an On-demand Remote Access session from the User Console, a new diagram will show the connection between the device and Napter, and the connection between Napter and the client. This diagram will update according to your TLS Option selection, allowing you to visually understand how the connection will be established:

View On-demand Remote Access Session Remaining Time

When viewing the list of On-demand Remote Access sessions, each session now displays the remaining time, allowing you to more easily check how much time is left before the session expires.

To check the originally requested session duration, simply hover your mouse over the [i] icon.

For more information, please refer to the Napter: Usage documentation.

We are excited to announce a new time-lapse video creation and download feature for Soracom Cloud Camera Services (SoraCam). With this feature, users can choose a specific time period, interval, and frame rate, and create a summarized time-lapse video from an existing video that has been uploaded by a SoraCam device. This allows for more efficient monitoring of on-site conditions, without the need to download and review entire videos.

Note that a cloud continuous recording license is required to use this feature.

For more information about the time-lapse video feature, please refer to Generate and Download Time-Lapse Videos (Japanese).