Release 2.0.0

Release 2.0.0

Version: 2.0.0

Build: Not recorded

Latest branch build: 2008

Build version: 2.0.0

Released: 18 November 2019

Release Summary

Upgrade Guidance

Follow the standard upgrade process for this release.

Supported Upgrade Path

Follow the standard upgrade process.

For more information, see: Customer Support.

Before Upgrading

1. Create a full system Backup.

After Upgrading

1. Verify licensing, Node connectivity, routing, and Hardware Panels.

Compatibility

For more information, see: Supported Operating Systems.

For more information, see: Minimum Hardware Specifications.

Licensing Impact

• Riedel SmartPanel integration requires the experimental-features license.

Breaking Changes

None in this release.

New Integrations

Calrec Hydra2

• Added routing and label readout for Calrec^® Hydra2^™ audio consoles through SW-P-08.

For more information, see: Calrec Hydra2.

Generic Ember+ Compatible Router

• Added routing and Parameter Control for routers and devices that publish an Ember+ tree.

For more information, see: Generic Ember+ Compatible Router.

Grass Valley Sirius / Vega Series

• Added routing for Grass Valley^® Sirius^™ and Vega^™ routers through SW-P-08.

For more information, see: Grass Valley Sirius / Vega Series.

Grass Valley LDX Series

• Added a static template that represents Grass Valley^® LDX^™ camera endpoints and fixed Crosspoints in the Topology.

For more information, see: Grass Valley LDX Series.

Grass Valley XCU Series

• Added a static template that represents XCU endpoints and fixed Crosspoints in the Topology.

For more information, see: Grass Valley XCU Series.

Sony HDC Series

• Added a static template that represents Sony^® HDC camera endpoints in the Topology.

For more information, see: Sony HDC Series.

Sony HDCU-3100

• Added a static template that represents the HDCU-3100 signal topology.

For more information, see: Sony HDCU-3100.

Sony HDCU-4300

• Added a static template that represents the HDCU-4300 signal topology.

For more information, see: Sony HDCU-4300.

Generic Distribution Amplifier

• Added a static template that represents a distribution amplifier's input, outputs, and fixed Crosspoints.

For more information, see: Generic Distribution Amplifier.

Riedel 1200 Series SmartPanel

• Added Hardware Panel support for the Riedel^® SmartPanel RSP-1232HL.

For more information, see: Riedel 1200 Series SmartPanel.

Ross Video Carbonite Series

• Added Tally and UMD label reception from Ross Video^® Carbonite^™ switchers through TSL UMD v3.1 or v5.0.

For more information, see: Ross Video Carbonite Series.

Added

Physical, Flow, and Essence Layers

• Introduced a three-Layer Port model that relates each Port across the Physical, Flow, and Essence Layers.

For more information, see: Layers.

Hardware Panels

• Added Hardware Panel Nodes, Hardware Panel groups, and Preset delegation to panels. Delegated Presets can be changed from the Hardware Panel Node details page.

For more information, see: Delegate a Preset.

Port Container Connections

• Added connecting Port Containers from the Control Panel, with a user-set Port Container direction and drag-and-drop ordering of Ports.

For more information, see: Connect Port Containers.

Rule Engine Improvements

• Added a guided workflow for creating a Rule, Rule groups, Parameter and Metadata actions and triggers, and a third Crosspoint action option that switches a Crosspoint when the trigger becomes inactive.

For more information, see: Rules.

Parameter Control

• Added Parameter Control through generic Ember+ and RollCall devices, pinned Parameters, and Button Custom Properties for device actions.

For more information, see: Parameter Control.

Multiselect Mode

• Added a multiselect mode on the Control Panel with buttons to select all Sources, select all Destinations, or deselect all.

For more information, see: Gang Take.

Dynamic Labels and Name Readout

• Added Dynamic Labels for supported switchers and a button to start Port name readout manually.

For more information, see: Tally and Labels.

Tagging Improvements

• Added text filtering and Tag filter autofocus in the Add/Remove Tags dialog, and Quick Tagging for Ports.

For more information, see: Tags.

Diagram View

• Introduced an experimental Diagram view of Node connections as an alternative to the Wiring page.

For more information, see: Topology.

Changed

Node Templates

• Changed Add Node to create Nodes from device templates that include Ports and Crosspoints.

For more information, see: Nodes.

Rule List

• Renamed Add Rule to Add Rule to Existing Group and Add Group to Add Rule in New Group, and added text filtering to the Rule list.

For more information, see: Rules.

Hardware Panel Port Sorting

• Changed Hardware Panel Port sorting to group Ports by device and to place IP Ports on the correct side of the panel.

For more information, see: Control Panel.

Active Source Highlighting

• Changed the Control Panel to show the currently active Source Port in a dedicated color.

For more information, see: Control Panel.

Node Administrator Routing

• Changed routing permissions so Node Administrators can change Crosspoints on any Port from the Router Panel tab of Node Details without Tags.

For more information, see: Nodes.

Backup Upload Limit

• Changed the backup upload file size limit to 50 MB.

For more information, see: Backups.

Fixed

Control Panel

• Port Container Path Calculation: Fixed Port Container connection checks that found no path when a Port Container held both audio and video Ports.

• Connect Port Containers Drag and Drop: Fixed drag-and-drop ordering of Ports in the Connect Port Containers panel.

• Port Container Reordering: Fixed reordering of Ports in the Port Container editor.

• Hardware Panel Port Order: Fixed Hardware Panel Port ordering that ignored device grouping.

• Pinned Parameters: Fixed pinned Parameters that were never loaded.

Nodes and Integrations

• Tally Switch Off: Fixed Tally that could not be switched off.

• Internal Switcher Tally Assignments: Fixed default Tally Assignments that were assigned to the wrong mix/effects bank.

• Large Nodes: Fixed an error when opening a Node with about 700 child items.

• Port Deletion: Fixed Port deletion when all Ports on a device were deleted at once.

• Port Export: Fixed Port export to file.

• Device Edit Deleting Ports: Fixed Ports being deleted when a primary field such as the name was edited.

Snapshots

• Snapshot Creation: Fixed Snapshot creation.

Rules

• Crosspoint-Triggered Rules: Fixed Rules that did not start when a Crosspoint changed.

• Rule List Empty: Fixed the Rule list sometimes not showing groups and Rules.

• Rule Action Collapse: Fixed a Rule and its group collapsing after an action was edited.

System

• Backup Creation With UMD Receivers: Fixed backup creation failing when a UMD receiver existed.

• Startup and Restore: Fixed synchronization of the system state at startup and after a restore.

Known Issues

None in this release.

Additional Information

For more information, see: Risk Context.

Trademarks