Release 1.0

Features

NWare

• New Devices:
  • Auto-Created PageMatrix Device

    Note: Large station or zone counts can take several minutes to create.

  • Reverb (same as in MWare and XWare)
  • LCR Matrix (same as in MWare and XWare)
  • X-Control Device (makes it simpler to implement X-Control devices in NWare)
• Find Improvements:
• If the lower frame is closed, it now opens to display the Find Results page when using Find feature.
• Only clickable lines in the Find Results report underline and highlight when moused over.
• The lines corresponding to items found are indented.
• Some instructions are included in the footer.
• The stored compile report is now displayed when a project is loaded.
• Simplified some devices (Feedback Ferret, Ambient Sensing devices, Kosmos, Vocal Eliminator) to make them occupy less hard drive space and appear more quickly when dragged from the device menu.  Old versions of these should be replaced for proper functionality.  This change doesn't remove any functionality from the devices.
• Added node labels to several devices to make it easier to use. Some devices don't show node labels when the input or output counts are very small.
• Previously, when deploying or emulating, the GUI would attempt to establish the control connection to the roles using the defaultuser account. As long as this account had Control Settings Access of at least Read-Only, the user was not prompted to enter a username and password. Now, the control connection is established using the Preferred User account that is selected from the File -> Preferred User...  menu item.
• Added right-click help on devices from the device tree view.  This function will be much more useful once the help file is complete.  At the moment, only Scheduler and Schedule Generator have help available with this method.  We will post a patch in the near future with a more complete help file, so this function will actually be helpful.
• Added advanced preference to enable/disable Auto-Deploy dialog box in the Deploy dialog.
• When hiding a locked page, the page is automatically relocked.
• Removed the Default Group Type project property (Value/String/Position). NWare now uses an intelligent "auto" control group type.  If NWare chooses the wrong type of linking, you can override it by using the Value/Position/String Link devices in the Control section of the Device menu.
• The GPIO configuration dialog now matches the actual pin-outs of the DB-25 on the NION. The real pins have not changed, only the order and labelling in the GPIO dialog.

NION

• Removed concept of Locking Enabled of the front panel. The front panel is either locked or unlocked. Changing the state either way requires the correct front panel combination.
• Added web-based configuration of SNMP community strings.

NWare: Kiosk

• Kiosk now automatically re-downloads and connects when a project is redeployed.

Installer

• When upgrading, the /temp folder is cleared.  In prior versions, upgrades with residual /temp folder contents produced undesired effects.
• The default install mode is now set for all-users rather than just the local account.  Although you still have to have administrator privileges to install NWare, you can now run it as a normal user.  If you do not want NWare exposed to other machine users, you should restrict NWare folder access to specific accounts.  You should also change the security settings of the shortcut icons, so they aren't visible to those users.
• A Start Menu shortcut has been added providing access to NWare : Kiosk.  Before, you had to create this shortcut yourself.
• The User Devices folder is now set to be permanent.  It will now never be removed by uninstalling.  This folder is located here: ...\NWare\plugins\nware\user_devices

Bug Fixes

NWare

• Fixed a bug which made it impossible to scroll the list of targets in the 'Update Target Firmware' dialog box.
• Fixed a bug where Cycle Breakers in a signal across XDAB caused the compile to fail.
• Fixed a bug which caused application to lockup if the project user list was edited after doing a Save As.
• Fixed a bug which allowed NWare to remain connected to the NION(s) in the project after a Save As or a first-time save (also a Save As).  This can cause several functions to cease functioning including Presets.  The problem is that NWare has created new names and copies of everything, but the NION(s) are still expecting all the old names.  Now when you perform a Save As, NWare disconnects from the project before saving to the new filename.  To connect the new file to the NION(s), you must now re-deploy the project.
• Corrected IDAB cycle accounting to reflect 100MHz DSP-to-memory transfer rate.  This will result in a reported decrease in IDAB busyness for some designs.
• Fixed a bug in the NION compiler that underestimated the amount of IDAB resources needed by the multi-tap delay line device. In some projects, this could have resulted in one or more muted output channels.
• Fixed a bug in both Basic and Deluxe Routers. Previous behavior: with the OFF state enabled and switching from OFF back to a router input, the router device used to momentarily output audio from the wrong input.
• Fixed a bug which caused the firmware update drop-down list to not have a scroll bar when a large number of updates were available.  You probably wouldn't notice this, since old versions are normally removed by the installer upon upgrade.
• Fixed a bug which prevented the Launcher control from launching anything.
• Changed a graphic panel in CAB 4n output cards to say "Outputs" instead of "Inputs".

NION

• Fixed bug that could cause DSP(s) to stop functioning following XDAB arbitration.
• Fixed bug that could cause DSP(s) to stop functioning the first time an audio player is started
• Fixed a bug that caused the setting of a static IP address via the web interface to appear as though it didn't work.
• Fixed a bug that prevented time from being set via the web interface
• Fixed a bug that caused a noise blast when the LAN cable was pulled on an XDAB'ed unit with the Do not mute on node or XDAB failures fault policy.