Impact/Pulse/First Standalone Versions

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Version 2

2.33

(In progress)

• LANAudio 2.0.35: Advertising : Correct Livewire sending unstable information, Logs improvements
• Process 1.1.28 : AGC In Replicate correction, do not stop Emergency player when used in crossfade
• Server 4.2.1: Minor fixes

2.32

(Preview - 2024-10-14)

• Server 4.2.0: Allow more connections, Preset sharing corrections
• Stream 3.0.5: Metadata support for HTTPS
• LANAudio 2.0.34: Better multicast filtering, improved memory management, disable unused advertisement
• SOUND4IP 2.2.6: For Accept Auth mode, reply to the source MAC instead of using route
• Update Linux kernel security/fixes (5.10.224)
• System utilities security update (Apache, OpenSSL, OpenSSH, PHP, Samba)
• Update Certificate authorities list (HTTPS/SSL access)

2.31

(Preview - 2024-02-28)

• Server 4.1.111: Correct GPIO
• Stream 3.0.4: Small fixes
• Remote 4.3.26: Little fixes
• Process 1.1.27 : More support for new presets
• Update Linux kernel security/fixes (5.10.205)
• Update Certificate authorities list (HTTPS/SSL access)

2.30

(2023-12-01)

• LANAudio 2.0.32: Correct multicast failure break initialization (Livewire No clock received when multiple inputs are on the same channel at boot)

2.29

(Testing - 2023-11-23)

• Process 1.1.26 :
  • Correct patch-point output gains and VU meters, improve patchpoints EQ output
  • Can insert Watermarking in EQ instead of Limiter for HD and FM
  • Correct MPX over AES on Digital 2 output

2.28

(Testing - 2023-11-14)

• Process 1.1.25 :
  • more support for new preset generation
  • correct R128 regulation when HD or FM has diversity delay

2.27

(Testing - 2023-10-24)

• Process 1.1.24 : more support for new preset generation
• Stream 3.0.3: Little fixes and protection against bad setup.
• Remote 4.3.25: Little fixes

2.26

(Preview - 2023-09-15)

• Process 1.1.23 : better compatibility with some presets
• Remote 4.3.23: Fixed error when renaming preset from main window

2.25

(Testing - 2023-09-13)

• Process 1.1.22 : more support for new preset generation
• Watermarking 1.0.16 : Avoid restart channel on audio timeout.
• Server 4.1.110: Better memory usage, especially during upgrades
• Remote 4.3.22: optimisation and fixes
• Windows share: can set a password protection
• SOUND4 Driver 3.21: better support for FPGA with extended flash life management
• Update Linux kernel security/fixes (5.10.192)

2.24

(Testing - 2023-07-11)

• Process 1.1.20 : more support for new preset generation
• Stream 3.0.2: Improve a possible delay when using metadata

BUG: Do not use, need driver 3.21

2.23

(Preview - 2023-06-21)

• Process 1.1.19
  • Added per preset R128 (settings still present, keeps lower of both)
  • Do not auto-start backup sources with no licenses
  • Correct HD EQ out patchpoint
  • Correct outputs VUmeter
• Stream 3.0.1: Improved MPEG-TS rate and informations
• Server 4.1.108:
  • L&S: protect against second LOGIN request before first one is completed (was freezing the socket)
  • Support FPGA with extended flash life management
• Board 1.4.32: FPGA with extended flash life management
• Update Linux kernel security/fixes (5.10.182)

NOTE: If you need to downgrade after, do a backup/restore, or you will lose all your settings and current preset changes.

BUG: Do not use, need driver 3.21

2.22

(Preview - 2023-05-03)

• Server 4.1.106:
  • Preset Sharing: break compatibility with older versions to isolate old versions problems
  • Correct loss of access to Streaming, Watermarking and RDS if those services are restarted (bug since 2.20).
  • Correct Emergency and URL player loosing link to process (loose control, autostart, start/stop, ...)
• Stream 2.4.33: Correctly save the Watermarking channel, so it is restored after upgrades.
• Watermarking 1.0.14 : Better protection against infrequent software deadlocks.
• Correct Livewire GPIO not working (since 2.19)
• Web Server: correct multiple vulnerabilities
• Update Linux kernel security/fixes (5.10.177)

2.21

(Testing - 2023-02-27)

• Process 1.1.17
  • Added Fade for Patchpoint insertion
  • Can add delay to HD, FM or D-MPX outputs routing
  • Can use a Wide-AGC instead of 2B-AGC
  • Improved Stereo Limiter
  • Improvements on Voice Smoother
• LANAudio 2.0.31: Protect booting with slow switches (Cisco) which results in "Nothing received".
• Server 4.1.104: allow bigger DSP code.
• Stream 2.4.31: Correct Watermarking running while license expired.
• Windows share: never become WINS master.

BUG: Livewire GPIO are not working

2.20

(Testing - 2023-01-30)

• Server 4.1.103: Protection against occasional spurious read errors which lead to Watermarking and Stream short restarts.
• Stream 2.4.30: Corrected Stop Stream if No Audio

BUG: Livewire GPIO are not working

2.19

(Preview - IMPACT ONLY - 2022-12-06)

• IMPACT ONLY : Process 1.1.16: more support for next Heargasmic presets
• LANAudio 2.0.30:
  • Protect some unlikely errors, for fixing startup nonworking streams

BUG: Livewire GPIO are not working

2.15

(Preview - 2022-11-22)

• FullRDS 1.2.15: Correct server links error
• System : allow Windows shares on USB Ethernet even if no Admin Ethernet plugged

2.14

(2022-09-30)

• Server 4.1.102: Correct Preset Sharing algorithm to avoid crashes, optimizations, minor fixes.
• Remote 4.3.17: optimisation
• Stream 2.4.29: Add Connected time info in VUmeters
• When resetting from recovery with "Restore to factory", fully reset the flash data to recover some unexpected bad states.

2.13

(Testing - 2022-06-16)

• Stream 2.4.28: FEC in RTP : use the same source address as RTP (so same VLAN)
• Server 4.1.100: correct possible web interface crash.
• System : better multicast handling

2.12

(In progress - 2022-05-11)

• Process 1.1.11: more support for next Heargasmic presets
• Remote 4.3.15: minor update for better display with next Heargasmic presets
• Server 4.1.99: correct web interface crash.

2.11

(In progress - 2022-04-21)

• Process 1.1.10: more support for next Heargasmic presets
• Remote 4.3.14: minor update for better display

2.10

(In progress - 2022-03-30)

• Process 1.1.9: more support for next Heargasmic presets
• Remote 4.3.12: minor update
• Server 4.1.98: minor update.

2.9

(Preview - 2022-02-18)

• Server 4.1.97: Correct web interface crash.

2.8

(Preview - 2021-12-24)

• Server 4.1.96: Support for VLAN network.
• Stream 2.4.27: avoid metadata error hanging the stream, and isolate more streams in each channel
• System: forbid VLAN access to server, web server and windows shares.

2.7

(testing - 2021-11-22)

• Server 4.1.95: Give commercial players permanent access to Link&Share.
• Process 1.1.7:
  • Allow to use inputs for process even when they are patched
  • Watermark is inserted with Limiters (FM&HD) and not EQ
  • Give Link&Share access to patch points
  • Corrected process input VU meter

2.6

(testing - 2021-09-16)

• Correct a bug existing since 1.54 which makes a reboot loop on upgrading if a Web Monitor is actively listening to the processor during the upgrade.
• Correct First BS412 interface problem.
• Server 4.1.93: Display only: in Ethernet setups, put the IP mask right after the IP address and before the IP Gateway.
• Properly stop possible commercial player while upgrading
• Can upload Kantar Watermarking licenses from the web page.

2.5

(Preview - 2021-09-02)

• Server 4.1.90: Update MIB and send SNMP information for NTP status and Watermarking version.
• Stream 2.4.25: MPEG-TS: PSI (PAT/PMT) announcement is set to 500ms instead of 100ms to reduce bandwidth
• SOUND4IP 2.2.5: Properly show error in link when other side fails to connect because it does not receive anything
• Remote 4.3.9: little fixes

BUG: First BS412 has an interface problem.

2.4

(Validating - 2021-07-30)

• Process 1.1.6:
  • Correct audio for Streaming output
  • Added Drive Less for HD in Voice Smoother
  • Correct Independent DJ Input
• Stream 2.4.24: MPEG1 Layer 2 : allow using Joint-Stereo
• Server 4.1.88: Correct small occasional memory leak
• Remote 4.3.8: Fix a bug in auto-monitoring

2.3

(Validating - 2021-07-15)

BUG: audio for Streaming is corrupted

• Process 1.1.5: minor additions
• Stream 2.4.23: For MPEG-TS, correct "Service Type", can set "Service Name" and "Service Provider"
• FullRDS 1.2.14: Correct server connection error
• Remote 4.3.7:
  • Fix a bug in "Preset" dialogs
  • Faster opening of the Setup dialogs
  • Support for new algorithms,

2.2

(Testing only - 2021-06-25)

• Process 1.1.5:
  • Separate FM/HD Watermarking
  • Better support for new algorithms, with more dedicated path between HD and FM
• Watermarking 1.0.10 : Support for separate FM/HD watermarking.
• Server 4.1.87: Minor additions
• Remote 4.3.3: Support for new algorithms

2.1

(Not validated - 2021-06-17)

• Process 1.1.4: better stereo compatibility

2.0

(Not validated - 2021-06-15)

• Process 1.1.3:
  • Finalize new algorithms to support future preset library for Impact
• Update Linux kernel security/fixes (5.10.43)

Version 1

1.69

(Testing - 2021-06-11)

• Process 1.1.2:
  • Corrected possible rare loss of synchronization from/to LanAudio, adding +/- 6dB gain. May improve AES67 input quality.
  • Adding new algorithms to support future preset library for Impact
  • I/O Routing : removed the patch point between Band-Process and Band-Limiter, incompatible with new algorithms.
  • Added R128 regulation for FM and HD
• Server 4.1.86:
  • RDS Metadata support for HTTPS polling
• Stream 2.4.22:
  • Support possible STREAM2 license, to have 2 distinct streaming
  • Icecast/Shoutcast metadata: URL escape mount point and password
  • RTP: correct SDP for FEC with correct sampling rate
  • Protocols: can choose TTL for protocols using multicast UDP
• Remote 4.3.0: Faster startup, support for Stream2 and new audio algorithms display.

1.68

(Validation - 2021-04-13)

• Server 4.1.85:
  • Correct a bug on Link&Share handling, which may crash the server
• LANAudio 2.0.29:
  • Fix PTP timestamp race condition, which can lead to reboot when traffic is too heavy
• Stream 2.4.19:
  • Supports ulpfec (RFC 5109) and parityfec (RFC 2733) for RTP streams
  • Added UDP and UDP/MPEG-TS protocols

1.67

(Validation - 2021-03-29)

• Server 4.1.83:
  • RDS Automation : add DoNotSendMeta() and bug fix for FTP access
  • Support handling of multiple IP and Ethernet interfaces
• Stream 2.4.18:
  • Added RTP/MPEG-TS protocol with possible FEC
  • Added SRT and SRT/MPEG-TS protocol
  • Added MPEG1-Layer2 codec
  • Can select Stereo/Joint-Stereo for MP3
  • Can choose RTP payload type for some codecs
  • Correct RTMP metadata handling bug
  • Can choose source IP when multiple are available
  • Correct possible dead-lock on bad configuration
• Remote 4.2.3: reduce connection time, improved Livewire channel selection
• LANAudio 2.0.28: Can specify PTP Announce/Request Interval and Timeout
• Support for extra IP address on Admin Ethernet port
• NTP client: force use of non-privileged source port to pass through some firewalls.
• Update Linux kernel security/fixes (5.10.21)

1.66

(2021-02-23)

Livewire GPIO: reversed hardware level logic from previous versions

• LANAudio 2.0.27: Revert the GPIO logic level for Livewire. For Axia, a Low level is active (and not high)
• SOUND4IP 2.2.4: Turn off Ethernet LED when no cable is plugged

1.65

(2021-02-16)

• Process 1.0.43:
  • correct phone L/R inverted
  • change default presets to Pure Force
  • Allow using inputs in Mix mode
• Server 4.1.82:
  • RDS Automation : can send metadata from the script (useful for TCP server) with SendMetaNow
  • Corrected RDS metadata parser (last line was not properly handled without a carriage return)
  • Correction: errors on sockets may create a high CPU usage
  • Many little bug fixes
• Stream 2.4.17:
  • Can detect no audio, and stop streams in this case if configured for.
  • Metadata: can send metadata from the script (useful for TCP server) with SendMetaNow.
  • RTP linear PCM: send now constant size payload audio
  • Metadata improvements
• Watermarking 1.0.9
• System:
  • correct some more syslogd rotate principle to avoid loosing some archived messages
  • Force frontpanel screensaver mode
  • Can put custom logo on front panel
  • safely reinitialize front panel display if chip configuration lost (very uncommon problem)
  • Correctly restore Windows sharing after SDCard plug/unplug
  • Correct bash 4.4 patches for some bugs
  • Protect upgrades for incompatible hardware
• Update Linux kernel security/fixes (5.10.6)

1.64

(2020-06-29)

• Server 4.1.76:
  • Try to detect UTF-16/32 on file reading, and convert whenever it is possible (Metadata).
  • RDS Automation : correction so Line/Char parsing works properly with TCP server source
• Stream 2.4.13: Display stream version in software. Correct unicode detection for non-UTF8 sources.
• Watermarking 1.0.8: Display stream version in software
• FullRDS 1.2.13: Display stream version in software
• LANAudio 2.0.26: Correct AES67 Slave clock does not switch from a Master to another
• (Impact only) Process 1.0.41: Pure Force as default presets
• System: correct syslogd rotate principle to avoid loosing some archived messages
• SOUND4 Driver 3.16: recover Watermarking in case of missed interrupt due to hardware delay
• Update linux kernel security/fixes (4.9.228)

1.63

(2020-05-14)

• Server 4.1.73: correct Preset Sharing and Discovery (was not working since 1.57) and preset import/export with L&S commands
• Remote 4.1.57: theme fixes. Can change Preset Sharing password without knowing old one.
• New fan manager to be less noisy

1.62

(2020-05-07)

• limit samba (windows share) logs, which could grow huge if a lot of different client IP.
• Stream 2.4.10: HeAAC v2 allow bitrate up to 64kbps

1.61

(2020-04-24)

• Stream 2.4.9: Separate Icecast 2.0 and Icecast 2.x
• FullRDS 1.2.12: Correct bad serial port initialisation -> does not show baudrate
• Emergency/URL player: always restart on errors

1.60

(2020-04-17)

• Support for new plugins, like supervision

1.59

(2020-03-16)

• FullRDS 1.2.11: Correct bad memory delete in ODA Config and Short Message (was crashing)
• SOUND4IP 2.2.3 update: Complete default init.
• Server 4.1.71: better conversion for unicode string (in function of conversion C++<=>JS)
• URL Player: add "useragent" for mpd
• Upgrade: now URL player stop before upgrade and restarted after

1.58

(2020-02-27)

• Enable the Full Reboot of unit

1.57

(2020-02-24)

• Server 4.1.69:
  • Correct bad bitfield mapping (BUG: AES2 Sync was not working)
  • Do not bloc when network is unreachable (unplug ethernet)
  • Correct memory leak in Undo/Redo manager (especially visible when changing presets)
• LANAudio 2.0.25: just update so upgrading from old (<=1.41) does not reset AES67 inputs to Livewire
• SOUND4IP 2.2.3 : reduce memory usage when checking links in error, to avoid out of memory reboot.
• Stream 2.4.7:
  • Correct Metadata HTTP read timeouts.
  • icecast: using metadata.xsl to update metadata, to avoid the needed admin login.
• Watermarking 1.0.7: Alarm if not working
• System:
  • fixed DNS does not block DHCP DNS
  • NTP gives back status in SNMP and Remote
  • Can disable NTP request, and using GPS for time
  • Can select Timezone (for logs)
• Plugin URL Player: When error (wrong URL, disconnection from the server) no longer blocks and restart playing when possible
• Process 1.0.40: adding missing L&S commands+remove services management variables. Protect frequencies across upgrades (temporary no sound on MPX)
• System Data: adding services management variables
• Update linux kernel security/fixes (4.9.213)

1.56

(2019-11-26)

• Server 4.1.65: small improvements. Correct IP/DNS setup.
• Process 1.0.39: Update New HD Limiter, New DJ LImiter, Loudness Match for Monitor, new presets.
• FullRDS 1.2.10: Correct MEC 45 ODA Spinning Wheel Timing Control (was refusing some correct settings)
• LANAudio 2.0.25:
  • Corrected: Default broadcast is not applied
  • Corrected handling of 1-channel stream (copy left channel to right)
  • Better PTP timestamping (rx timestamp pool empty)
• Remote 4.1.52:
  • better Unicode support
  • support for Loudness match in Monitor