Update01/06/2022

Brings Support For Various NPX Paging Station Devices and Other Features

Tesira FORTE
Biamp

Update from:
roland-c (expert)

Improvements

Added support for the following NPX Paging Station products and their associated software blocks:

NPX G1040
NPX G1100
NPX H1040
NPX H1100

Added the capability to assign Control, VoIP, and Media traffic to specific ports on TesiraFORTE X series processors.
Provided the to configuration VoIP parameters remotely via TFTP on TesiraFORTE X series processors.
Launch 2.0

Provided an audible Pre and Post Launch grade at the end of the sequence
Added test tones from Parle ceiling microphones to aid in the Launch process
Included new LED behavior that indicates when Launch is running and highlights the active mic under test.
Added support for Cisco Webex Room Kit device connections by including analog s/outputs in a Launched system configuration
Added support for HD-1 devices with non-default device IDs
Limited discovery of HD-1 devices to media ports only
Add support for custom speaker tuning target profiles so users can create unique room audio profiles
Added support to toggle Parle microphone LED behavior between always on and on only when a call is active
Enhanced the troubleshooting page on the device web interface to show more comprehensive Launch related events
Modified device web interface to provide more useful adjustment range to audio signals
Updated the Launch Report Card to include the UC vendor ion
Added an Advanced Report Card that provides more detailed room measurement plots and resulting settings

Improved Tesira expander proxying limits across all devices.

TesiraFORTE now supports proxying up to 32 expanders of any type.
TesiraFORTE X, Tesira SERVER, and SERVER-IO now support proxying up to 64 expanders of any type.
TesiraCONNECT TC-5D, TesiraLUX, Tesira XEL and Tesira AMP server-class devices are now able to proxy expanders of any type and support proxying up to 64 devices.

Created a device type ion in USB, Bluetooth, and VoIP block creation dialogs to help a user clarify which feature sets are supported.
Added Windows 11 compatibility to the Biamp USB Audio driver.
Resolved a Biamp USB Audio driver issue which corrupted audio in high channel counts.
Improved the responsiveness of certain button, knob, and other operations in the TEC-X.
Fixed a problem in the TEC-X that prevented AV level and output controls from working as expected (now matches auxMute functionality).

Bug fixes

Software

Resolved issue that prevents the device IO for a Control Voltage block to be assigned when a block was fixed in the unit.
Resolved issue when a Parle Processing block channel count was changed after placement connecting lines would not draw in the expanded view.
Resolved issues in a couple of menus or windows not being themed correctly.
Resolved issue when copying DSP data from one block to multiple blocks; only the highlighted block would get the pasted DSP data. Now all ed blocks will get the DSP data.
Resolved issue where Host Table button is correctly disabled when ing a Tesira Connect but not reenabled when ing another device that supports Host Tables.
Resolved issue where custom settings in Parle Processing block were not propagated to newly added channels when channels were added after the block placement.
Resolved issue where Device List export does export correctly with non-US regional settings.
Improved compiler error when Split Pass-Through block has been misconfigured or lost its corresponding /output.
Resolved issue of Presets being lost or corrupted when updating to Tesira 4.0 or newer.
Fixed rare Tesira Software crash when filtering devices in equipment table.
Fixed rare Tesira Software crash when removing devices from the equipment table that had fixed allocated blocks assigned to the device.
Resolved issue where a Transfer Function block would not open when connected to a Parle Processing block that had modified DSP eters.
Resolved issue that allowed connecting a Parle Mic block to multiple AEC s on a single AEC block.
Resolved issue that could cause Logic blocks to not assert the proper state when spread across multiple devices.
Resolved issue that resulted in the DSP Resources chart for TesiraFORTE X Series Processor displaying an incorrect visual representation of the usage.
Resolved issue that caused a reboot of a TesiraFORTE X Series Processor from the Tesira SW to report as failed.
Resolved issue that caused layout files to always show as changed when they contained a Parle Processing Block.

Firmware

Resolved issue when a system with a TesiraFORTE X Series Processor was configured to use Dante as media clock master would result in AVB Stream Inactive Faults.
Resolved issue where Tesira XEL amplifiers would report "Device network connections not connected correctly for daisy chain mode" when only one port was connected.
Resolved issue of firmware update failing on Protected Systems with 3.14 and older to 4.0 and newer.
Resolved issue when Microsoft Teams Room app will hang when using Crestron UC-CX100-T and an EX-UBT when transitioning between BYOD laptop and UC Engine.
Resolved issue causing loud on-hold music for TesiraFORTE X series processor.
Resolved issue that could cause the incorrect number of microphones to be metered on the TesiraFORTE X Series Processor website.
Resolved issue that could cause faults to be erroneously reported from devices connected to a TesiraCONNECT when a firmware update was being applied.
Resolved issue that could allow an unsupported SIP Registration Expiration Boundary to be set on the TesiraFORTE X Series Processor website.
Resolved issue that could prevent Launch on the TesiraFORTE X series processor from completing successfully in systems with a Parle microphone only unit that has a lower serial number than the amplifiers present in the system.
Resolved issue that could prevent Launch on the TesiraFORTE X series processor from starting when connecting a different type of Parle microphone on an already Launched system.
Resolved issue that could cause Launch to fail under rare scenarios.
Improved support for additional time zones.
Resolved issue that could cause Launch to fail to detect all connected speakers under rare scenarios.
Resolved issue that prevented the DNS Domain Name field from being cleared after being set on the TesiraFORTE X series processor website.
Improved the busy tone for VoIP on the TesiraFORTE X series processor.
Resolved issue that caused the calendar for the Event Scheduler on the TesiraFORTE X series processor website to snap back to midnight after a new event was added.
Resolved an issue that caused new Events created using the Event Scheduler on the TesiraFORTE X series processor website to have an incorrect default time.
Resolved an issue that could cause VoIP call audio to be improperly routed on the TesiraFORTE X series processor.
Resolve an issue that caused TesiraFORTE X series processor devices to go inconsistent when the Media Clocking Configuration was configured with a Dante Clock Master.
Resolved an issue that prevented User Logs retrieved via the TesiraFORTE X series processor website from being reported in the log.
Resolved an issue that could cause Network Settings applied on the TesiraFORTE X series processor website from being correctly applied. Resolve issue that could cause audio artifacts in the VoIP On Hold music for the TesiraFORTE X series processor.
Resolved an issue that prevented the Automatic Daylight Savings Time adjustment from being configured on the TesiraFORTE X series processor website.
Resolved an issue that could cause 'Connection timed out' when logging into the TesiraFORTE X series processor website after a firmware update.
Resolved an issue that could cause the audio controls on the TesiraFORTE X series processor website to disappear while the start of Launch was waiting to be confirmed.
Resolved an issue that could cause the VoIP system in a TesiraFORTE X series processor to be started despite not being configured in the Tesira design file.
Resolved an issue that prevented the user from specifying the UC Vendor before Launch had been run on the TesiraFORTE X series processor.
Resolved an issue that could cause the Parle Microphone Demo button on the TesiraFORTE X series processor website to become out of sync with the microphone state.
Resolved an issue that prevented HD-1 devices from appearing in the Launch Report Card.
Resolved an issue that could cause the USB controls to disappear from the TesiraFORTE X series processor website when a Launch system was extended by adding a second EX-UBT.
Resolved an issue that allowed the Hostname for a system to be changed after Launch on the TesiraFORTE X series processor.
Resolved an issue that could cause the TesiraFORTE X series website's Locate state to be out of sync with the expander device.
Resolved an an issue that could cause 802.1x credentials from remaining in the configuration even after 802.1X was disabled using the TesiraFORTE X series processor website.
Resolved issue that limited the useful range of the Bluetooth level control on the TesiraFORTE X series processor website.
Resolved an issue that could cause the network settings to incorrectly be reported as having changed on the TesiraFORTE X series processor website.
Resolved an issue that could in rare scenarios cause the Audio controls to disappear after running a Launch from the TesiraFORTE X series processor website.
Resolved an issue that could cause prevent DHCP from being enabled after an invalid static IP address was entered in the network settings page on the TesiraFORTE X series processor website.
Resolved an issue that could cause the TesiraFORTE X series processor website to become unresponsive.
Resolved issue that prevented user confirmation being required to clear the User Logs on the TesiraFORTE X website.
Resolved issue that could degrade TesiraFORTE X website performance immediately after running Biamp Launch.
Resolved issue that prevented DMTF decode from working on VoIP running on FORTE X.
Resolve issue that prevented the correct certificate name being shown for security certificates used in the VoIP Configuration on the FORTE X website.
Resolved issue that prevented a VoIP Custom Ringer from appearing immediately after being uploaded on the TesiraFORTE X website.
Resolved issue that prevented the user from being prompted to save changes when navigating to a new section of the TesiraFORTE X website.
Resolved issue that prevented the user from being required to wait for changes to network settings being applied on the TesiraFORTE X website.
Resolved issue that prevented consultative VoIP transfers from occurring on TesiraFORTE X.

Open issues

Paging systems configured for Dante can be assigned to server-class device that does not have a Dante media interface.
Paging stations may not receive assigned pages and cycle proxy host errors in some multi-server layouts where the paging station and paging control blocks are assigned to different host unit ID numbers.