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+V2X-Hub Release Notes
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+Version 5.0, released March 26th, 2020
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+
+**Summary:**
+V2X-Hub 5.0 is comprised of a number of enhancements as well as bug fixes. The additions primarily consist of the new Preemption, Pedestrian, and TIM plugins, along with new performance metrics.
+
+Enhancements in this release:
+- Preemption Plugin - Calls a preemption table on a controller using NTCIP 1202 V3 commands to provide passage to an emergency vehicle upon request through BSMs
+- Pedestrian Plugin - Creates a PSM using information obtained from nomadic devices (ex. cell phones) through a local webserver.
+- TIM Plugin - Creates and broadcasts a TIM message from an .xml file based on user input through GUI or local webserver
+- Performance Metrics - Provides queue volume, spot speed, and trajectory information from connected vehicles to allow precision data about multiple measures (such as signal state and vehicle location) over extended periods of time
+- Updated arm64 and amd64 initialization scripts to accept a user-provide username and password for V2X-Hub
+
+Bug fixes in this release:
+- Fixed segmentation fault which caused V2X-Hub to crash when it received BSMs with missing headers.
+- Fixed remove plugin button to function as expected