Release 2.6.0

Release 2.6.0

Version: 2.6.0

Build: 7813

Latest branch build: 7813

Build version: 2.6.0

Released: 30 May 2022

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

Monitor Walls require a license. Without this license, the Monitor Walls menu and page are not available.

Breaking Changes

None in this release.

New Integrations

Pixel Power Gallium Parameter Controllable Device

• Added Parameter Control of core and playout parameters through the Gallium^™ HTTP API.

For more information, see: Pixel Power Gallium Parameter Controllable Device.

Sony HDCU-5500

• Added Parameter Control through Ember+ and UMD label and Tally output for the Sony^® HDCU-5500 camera control unit.

For more information, see: Sony HDCU-5500.

Added

Monitor Walls and PiP Routing

• Introduced graphical picture-in-picture routing and Monitor Wall representation with a layout editor and new layout templates.

• Routing and locking are available only for the active layout. The layout selector remains accessible while operating the Monitor Wall.

For more information, see: Monitor Walls.

Organize Presets

• Added reordering of Presets on the Control Panel and Hardware Panels.

For more information, see: Organize Presets.

Snapshots with Port Container Configurations

• Added saving of Port Container configurations in Snapshots.

For more information, see: Snapshots.

UMD Bulk Edit

• Added bulk editing of UMD labels.

For more information, see: Configure UMD Labels.

Update an Existing Backup

• Added the option to update a Backup instead of creating a new one.

For more information, see: Backups.

Disconnect Non-Matching Slots

• Added an opt-in to disconnect non-matching Port Container slots on connection.

For more information, see: Port Containers.

Loop Warning

• Added a warning when a routing loop is detected.

Changed

Control Panel Tag Filtering

• Changed Control Panel filtering to disable Tags that are no longer part of the result list.

For more information, see: Control Panel.

Backup Descriptor

• Changed Backups to include the software version, installation ID, and license IDs.

For more information, see: Backups.

Disconnect Handling

• Improved disconnect handling in router integrations.

• Disconnect behavior still depends on the router and its protocol. Some integrations require a configured disconnect Source; devices that do not support Disconnect cannot be cleared through hi.

Clean System Configuration

• Improved Clean System Configuration so that it clears all assets.

Ubuntu 20.04 Server LTS Support

• Updated server operating system support to include Ubuntu 20.04 Server LTS alongside Ubuntu 16.04 Server LTS. Upgrading to hi 2.6.0 does not require changing an existing Ubuntu 16.04 installation to Ubuntu 20.04.

For more information, see: Supported Operating Systems.

Fixed

Control Panel

• Destination Port Container in Direct Take: Fixed a Destination Port Container not showing the connected Source Port Container in direct Take mode.

• Preset Deletion: Fixed an error when deleting a Panel Preset.

• Rule Edit Logic: Fixed Edit Logic opening the Edit dialog in all Rules.

• Port Container Tags: Fixed Tag assignments staying on deleted and recreated automatically generated Port Containers.

Hardware Panels

• Old Status After Backup Load: Fixed Hardware Panels keeping the status from a previous Backup after another Backup is loaded.

Nodes and Integrations

• MediorNet Initialization: Fixed MediorNet Destinations shown as disconnected and initialization failing with large matrices.

• Dante Discovery: Fixed duplicate discovered Dante devices and adding Dante devices from discovered Nodes.

• Imagine Selenio Parameter Browser: Fixed the offline message when browsing Imagine Selenio Frame Parameters.

• Lawo mc² MK3 Disconnect: Fixed Lawo^® mc²^™ MK3 disconnect handling.

• Northbound Crosspoints: Fixed the Northbound Node to send connected messages for existing Crosspoints.

System

• Demo Configuration Backup: Fixed loading the demo configuration Backup breaking the empty Backup.

• Signal Path Loops: Fixed Signal Path processing stopping when a path contains a loop.

• Ubuntu 20.04 Installation: Fixed the installation script returning an empty bind address on Ubuntu 20.04.

Known Issues

None in this release.

Additional Information

For more information, see: Risk Context.

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