Release 1.7.0b (July 23, 2014)

Enhancements

Kiosk2Go

Browser bookmarks can log on automatically

You can create a browser bookmark that will start Kiosk2Go and automatically log on. The url for the bookmark can include a Kiosk2Go layout device name and a user name, but no password. If the user does not have a password, they will be logged on automatically when the bookmark is opened.

For more information, see Creating a browser bookmark to automatically log on to Kiosk2Go in the NWare User Guide.

NWare

Control aliases can be removed from controls in a single operation

There is a new option on the Tools menu called Clean Project. This will remove all automatically assigned control aliases from the project.

For more information, see Removing automatically assigned control aliases in the External Control User Guide.

Manually assigned alias names can be exported

You can export a list of alias names that have been assigned manually to controls in a project. The list is created in CSV format.

For more information, see Exporting control alias names into a CSV file in the External Control User Guide.

Meter plugins have optimized DSP design

Previously, horizontal and vertical meter plugins used an 8 input meter block as part of the DSP design, even if the number of inputs was less than 8. This resulted in an unused allocation of DSP resources. Now the number of inputs on the meter block matches the number of inputs on the device.

Known issues

Kiosk2Go

Issue

Affected operating systems and browsers

iOS 6.1/7

Android

Windows 7

OSX

Linux

Issue 650. Pages containing lots of knob controls take a long time to display

 

 

Internet Explorer 10

 

 

Issue 642. If you place an image control on top of a string control, the string control will not work.

 

 

Internet Explorer 10

 

 

Issue 466. Slave controls can be gestured. Normally, this is not possible in Kiosk. As a workaround, clear the Control Accepts User Input check box on the control properties of the slave control.

All operating systems and browsers

NWare

266 - Foreign language characters are corrupted by NWare

When you type characters with diacritics, such as š and ý, into a string control, they are corrupted when the project is emulated or deployed.

412 - Global preset does not enforce system mute on restart of NioNode

If you add a Global Preset device to your project, select the System Mute option on the NioNode control surface, and then save the default global preset, when the NioNode is restarted, the system mute is not applied, even though it was saved in the preset.

648 - Role resets if you specify COM ports 3 or 4 for a Comms Processor device

If you deploy a project containing a Comms Processor device to a Nionode, and then try to use the ports COM3 or COM4, the role will restart.

Bug fixes

NWare

706 - You could not delete control aliases that had been assigned automatically in a single operation

Once control aliases had been assigned automatically by NWare, there was no way to remove them from controls in a single operation. You had to edit the control properties manually for each control.

738 - Basic subchannel mapping on the CAB 8n device did not work

If you attempted to make an audio connection to a CAB 8n using bundle numbers specified on the CAB 8n tab of the device, the device did not work correctly. Only connections made using the Advanced Subchannel Mapping option on the device properties worked.

NION

717 - The CPU activity increased regularly

If you monitored the CPU activity for a NION when running a project, it was seen to increase regularly. The period was affected by the Control Frame Rate setting in NWare. This problem occasionally caused the NION to become unresponsive, and XDAB communication failures to occur.

This issue has been fixed in this version. However, we recommend that you only specify a control frame rate that is a factor of 100 (5, 10, 20, 25 or 50).

To specify the Control Frame Rate, click Project Properties on the File menu, and type in the Control frame rate, updates per sec box.

CAB 8n

739 - Communications to the CAB 8n were lost randomly

From time to time, a CAB 8n that was working correctly became unavailable on the network. The LEDs on the front panel were lit in a vertical line that moved from left to right, indicating that no MediaMatrix device was controlling the CAB.

This issue has now been fixed. It requires firmware version 0.8 to be installed on the CAB 8n. Contact MediaMatrix Technical Support for more information.

740 - Serial port did not work correctly in half duplex (RS-485) mode

When two CAB 8ns were configured to create a serial bridge using RS-485, a network storm was created, where data was transmitted constantly across the CobraNet network.

This issue has now been fixed, but it requires that you upgrade the CobraNet firmware used by the network interfaces on the CAB 8ns to version 2.11.14 CS496112. This is in addition to upgrading the NION to firmware version 1.7.0b. Contact MediaMatrix Technical Support for more information.