Medialon Manager Release Info Base  Revision List - August 2011

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.6 (August 2011)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.5 (April 2011)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.4 (December 2010)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.3 (October 2010)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.2 (April 2010)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.1 (March 2010)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.0 (January 2010)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.1.2 (December 2009)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.1.1 (October 2009)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.1.0 (October 2009)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.0.3 (July 2009)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.0.2 (April 2009)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.0.1 (October 2008)

> MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.0.0 (August 2008)

 
MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.6


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • The EnumControl/GetCount command doesn't work.
  • The IP Mask parameter of a Manager On Network is not properly saved.
  • The scroll doesn't work when the timeline is in list view and blind mode.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.5


 New functionalities:

Manager:

  • new Click variable for the following graphic objects: Button, Edit, Slider, DigitalSlider, List and Gauge (Led and Display already had this variable).
  • Support for a new dongle model.


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • Button appearance doesn't change when pressed unless the StillDown property is checked.
  • Pressing ESC does not enter Stop mode from Debug/User mode when focus is in Screens tab.
  • In some circumstances, command inspector is properly updated after using a wizard.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.4


 New functionalities:

Manager:

  • A new "Default Object Text Color" setting has been added to the Preferences.


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • Convert menu doesn't export cue times.
  • The Variable Selector dialog doesn't keep the last used Variable Type filters.
  • There is no time information displayed when resizing or moving a track note.
  • Time Position display (located at the upper left of the Task Editor) is not refreshed when nagivigating between several task tabs in the Task Editor.
  • Countdown is not positracked properly when the timeline is in External Sync Mode.
  • Usercreens open outside of the virtual screen in Autorun/Debug mode.
  • Crash when a variable is dragged and dropped over a Timeline Task in List Mode.
  • The "GetIndexOfEnum" function always throws a "Syntax Error" message.
  • Graphical Objects are sometimes listed twice when using the "Get Object List" command.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.3


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • 64Bit SmartKey Drivers are not installed on Windows 7 64 bit.
  • Shared enum variables are not updated until the status changes from the server.
  • It's possible to create 2 graphic objects with the same name.
  • Graphic Slider Min status value cannot be greater than 100.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.2


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • Medialon On Network devices don't reconnect sometimes after a disconnection due to a network failure.
  • Replace Device command is not active when multiple devices are selected.
  • A memory leak appears when OpenCapAPI uses GetObject command.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.1


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • A variable selected as a parameter is only applied to the first cue when multiple cues are edited in the Inspector.
  • Multiple Cues edition doesn't manage properly the different parameters with the same name if they're Enum and contain different values.
  • Deleting a device when at least one of its variables is used in a task causes a crash.
  • Project containing more than 1 Medialon On Network device cannot be reloaded in Lite edition.
  • ESC key sometimes doesn't allow switching to Stop mode.
  • ListControl( Get Count) command doesn't work.
  • In some circumstances, a task paused by a Pause cue cannot be restarted.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.5.0


 New functionalities:

Manager:

  • 'Medialon On Network' policy has been changed. There is no more restrictions in the number of connections, except for the couples Panel/Manager Lite and Panel/Showmaster ST which are limited to 2 connections.
  • 'Medialon On Network' device is now compatible with Showmaster ST, Showmaster Pro and Showmaster iPro models.
  • 'Medialon On Network' Browser now displays the model on MONs found in the network.
  • MRCs are now available separetely as MXM are. A MRC Help menu has been added.
  • The resource scan mechanism and associated menus have been reworked. A new general scan dialog allows to scan all resources at a time.
  • A 'Temporary' project is used when a new empty project is created, allowing to perform all operations which require a project to be created (i.e. MXM memories creation).
  • The variables sort and display have been optimized.
  • Drivers Windows 7 64 bits for dongle support.


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • 'Test Command' button of Inspector is active although Manager is in Stop mode. This causes that sometime, command doesn't work.
  • Project name is not displayed in the Brower's Project node.
  • Deleting a task selected on the Browser doesn't always delete the selected task.
  • 'Medialon On Network' task selection wizard doesn't work properly on a Showmaster being edited.
  • Switching quickly between 'Run/Debug' mode and 'Stop' mode can cause Manager to hang.
  • Manager main window maximized state is not saved.
  • '-' key on the main keyboard is not properly handled on Qwerty keyboards.
  • Some modal dialogs don't close when pressing ESC.
  • In Timelines, moving vertical separator between Track names and Cues area all the way to left causes a crash.
  • A crash can occur when the task setup is called from the context menu of the lister, for a task that is not currently edited in a Task Editor.
  • Changing the background UserScreen's page of multiple selected pages in the lister doesn't work. Only the background of the first selected UserScreen's page is changed.
  • When a Timeline time type is set to 1/1000fps, the task doesn't restart after a pause cue has been reached.
  • Deleting multiple selected resources in the lister doesn't work. Only the the first selected one is deleted.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.1.2


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • OpenCAPapi connections are not allowed anymore.
  • Information about MXM Activation and User Access Control is added.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.1.1


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • Access violation when selecting an item in the 'Select Object' Dialog Box.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.1.0


 New functionalities:

Manager:

  • New 'Enum Control' command which allows managing enum variable values.
  • New 'Get Object List' command which can be used to list various objects of the current project.
  • Added 'Test Command' button to properties of cues in Cue Library.


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • No 'Wrong Password' dialog box is displayed If a wrong password is typed when escaping from an AutoRun project.
  • A Manager On Network device does not automatically reconnect if the network is missing for too long.
  • A Manager On Network device does not autoreconnect when it is in "Access Denied" state
  • The minimum value of "Deconnection on timeout" is now 50ms in the Manager On Network setup dialog.
  • Underflow or overflow error happens sometimes while using Ln() or Log() function in expressions.
  • A stopped stepbased task can be paused by another task.
  • 'DEL' keyboard shorcut doesn't work for ManagerOnNetwork variable.
  • Incorrect task behaviour when using pause points in an 'On Expression Case' structure.
  • Workspace names are case sensitive.
  • Improved ergonomy of the "Select Variable" dialog.

Artnet MRC version 1.0.3:

  • 'Restore Last Values' option does not work.
  • Crash when deleting or configuring an ArtNet resource.
  • ArtNet MRC adds IP addresses to wrong NIC, or adds them needlessly.
  • 'Delete Resource' menu doesn't delete scanned resources.
  • The cancel button of the patch editor doesn't cancel patch modifications.

Soundlight MRC version 1.0.1:

  • 'Restore Last Values' option does not work.
  • The cancel button of the patch editor doesn't cancel patch modifications.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.0.3


 New functionalities:

Manager:

  • 'Auto-reconnection' option is now checked by default in the Manager On Network setup dialog box.
  • Manager On Network target address doesn't need to be toggled from Showmaster to Showmaster Editor when Showmaster switches to 'Programming' mode (Showmaster & Showmaster Editor 1.1.x required).
  • Resource icons are now normalized.

Global Caché MRC:

  • New MRC which allows using Global Caché GC-100-XX Serial/Infrared/Input/Output Network Adapters.

Advantech ADAM MRC:

  • ADAM modules can now be scanned over the network.

Opto22 SNAP Ethernet IO MRC:

  • SNAP modules can now be scanned over the network.


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • The color of selected cue in a group of cue is not distinctive enough.
  • Keyboard navigation is missing in some dialog boxes (like variable selector).
  • Reserved keyword 'Show' can be used in Task names.
  • A crash can occur when inserting a cue in the timeline(view mode), if devices are assigned to specific tracks.
  • 'Create a task to perform a device command from this object' command can create a wrong cue with some MXMs.
  • Dongle driver is not properly initialized after a Manager uninstall/re-install sequence.
  • Ctrl+F7 shortcut doesn't show the variable list as expected.
  • When cues are grouped in a stepbased task or a timeline (view mode), the color of comments make them unreadable with Backstage theme.
  • 'New variable' menu is not grayed in device's variable list.
  • Manager On Network browser doesn't display a scroll bar when the number of MON exceeds the size of the window.
  • Bold/Italic property of device graphic window is not properly saved into the project.
  • if a shared group is deleted, objects of the group keep their shared status.
  • Names of shared variables (on Manager On Network side) may be corrupted when a lot of variables are shared.
  • Manager On Network connection may fail on some circumstances, if the target address is not on the computer subnet.
  • Variable with a name greather that 30 chars cannot be duplicated.
  • A crash can occur when Userscreen tab is detached and opened on a secondary monitor.
  • 'The key is no longer present' can sometimes occur when saving a project.
  • When a vue is entered in the property tab and when the tab is left without hiting the 'enter' key, the new value is not taken into account.
  • Variables are not sorted by name in the variable selector.
  • A crash can occur when quiting Manager after a MXM activation.
  • 'Device Record' menu is accessible in Stepbased tasks although this feature is not supported by Stepbased tasks.
  • 'Device Record' feature may cause Manager to crash in some circumstances.
  • Persistent variable values may be lost when a power loss occurs.
  • Manager On Network Auto-reconnection doesn't work with 'Sense Net Device' option activated.
  • In Manager On Network setup, if Specific Port number 4255 is entered, it is changed to 9255 when project enters Debug mode.
  • If a TimeBased Task uses a device variable as its reference clock and the device is renamed, the TimeBased Task reverts to 'Internal' clock.
  • TimeBased Task cues with time 00:00:00/00 or 00:00:00/01 are sometimes not executed when the TimeBased Task uses an external reference clock variable.
  • TimeBased Task status buttons and sync LED are sometimes not updated.

Artnet MRC:

  • Progress bar is missing during a scan of resources.
  • Artnet IP address ranges are now managed.

Adlink Nudam MRC:

  • 'Save as default configuration' menu doesn't work properly with Nudam resources.
  • Version number is exotic.

AMX Netlinx MRC:

  • A crash can occur when reading IR driver files.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.0.2


 New functionalities:

Manager:

  • Detection of Showmaster in Manager On Network browser.

AMX MRC:

  • Optionnal support for unknown channels using cfg file.


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • Manager crashes when enums variables contain a huge number of values.
  • Manager crashes when double clicking to add new value to a Enum variable.
  • UserScreen Object Lock attribute is not saved in projects.
  • The GetFieldOfEnum() function doesnt work correctly.
  • Networked variables are not updated as fast as they should be.
  • Manager cannot browse a shared group on the local computer if a network port is not specified.
  • Manager On Network cannot connect to another Manager/Showmaster machine when using Network device Detection if the machine is not on the same sub-net.
  • Manager On Network Device Status doesn't indicate if Manager is connected to the right project (i.e. the specified shared group is available).
  • Manager On Network doesn't reconnect even if "Auto Reconnection" is selected.
  • The timeline slows down until Manager hangs if there's a lot of cues to draw.
  • Date User Variable values are not correctly reset after a project is loaded.
  • The Shift key must be pressed in order to move several selected devices in the device Map (now this is no more required)
  • Countdown cues are not properly updated for a TimeBased Task using external Timecode mode
  • Bug Fixed: Importing a project with a lot of cues is very slow.
  • Access violation when using the "Reinsert last cue" menu.
  • Negative Time Variables do not add/subtract properly in 24, 30, and 30Drop frame rates.

Opto22 SNAP Ethernet IO MRC:

  • Runtime memory leak if HD modules are used.
  • Input statuses are not correctly refreshed sometimes when going to Debug or Run mode.
  • Resource status is 'Open' even if there's a problem while opening the resource.
  • High CPU usage sometimes when stopping the resource.
  • Manager freezes when going to Debug/Run mode if a resource is setup for an Opto22 module which is not present.
  • Commands are sometimes not executed.
  • Command execution timing is inconsistent (noticeable on a very busy network).

Adlink NuDAM MRC:

  • IO Device channel configuration is lost when reloading a project using modules of type 6063.
  • Resource Default Configuration is not handled correctly.

Advantech ADAM MRC:

  • Bug Fixed: wrong input and output count for model 6051.

RedRat IR MRC:

  • Bug Fixed: Support of RedRat SDK 2.2.0.
    Note that the following versions of the RedRat utility programs (provided with the Manager Image Disk) must be used:
    • Red Rat Runtime version 2.20
    • Red Rat Signal DB Utility version 2.22
    • Red Rat IRNetBox Manager version 2.21

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.0.1


 Bug Fixed:

Manager:

  • Memory Leak in Debug/User mode when a task tab is visible.
  • Cannot browse shared groups in the ManagerOnNetwork setup dialog if a password is used.
  • False "Dongle Key Not Present" message appears sometimes when saving a project.

ArtNet DMX MRC:

  • Cannot output data to class A addresses if 'limited broadcast' is checked.

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MEDIALON MANAGER Version 5.0.0


 What's new in Manager V5:

User Mode:

Medialon Manager has always had 3 different modes of operation:
  • Stop mode where your project can be conceived. Devices, Tasks, UserScreens and Variables can be created, modified and deleted freely.
  • Debug mode allows you to see what is happening internally while your project runs and to make adjustments without stopping your project.
  • Run Mode where Manager V5 fully interacts with external devices and hides all of the programming windows. Only the User Screens or Device and Task Control Panels are displayed.

Medialon Manager V5 adds the User Mode.
Giving the programmer the possibility to grant access to a “Custom Debug Mode” for the users and decide what will be available (which tasks, which variables or which device commands will be viewable or editable.).This important feature allows end users to have access to the programming environment of Medialon Manager V5 without compromising tasks running security or core processes vital for the project.

OpenCap:

OpenCap using MON protocol publishes tasks, variables and user screens to other Medialon Manager projects for easy development of shared applications. OpenCap also allows sharing of Manager Objects to "external clients" using the OpenCap API that increases Medialon Manager V5s powerful interoperability tools to communicate with third party software or develop add on modules in C++ or C#.

Shared User Groups:

Medialon Manager V5 changes the way Variables, Tasks, Screen information or Library Cues are shared between projects. Network sharing in now performed through the User Groups and Subgroups containing the elements to be published, a MON connection can therefore only control objects present in the shared group selected in the setup of its connection. Manager V5 projects can now control different parts of the same Server project without interfering with each other.

Network Detection and MON Login:

For added security, Medialon Manager V5 now implements network detection of Medialon Manager V5 hosts before allowing remote connections as well as a Login and Password authentication option to prevent illicit connections to your Server projects.

Cue Library:

The Cue library stores cues (commands for devices with saved parameters) that are frequently used during programming or a show. This option used to only be available via a right click menu within the task. It is now possible to simply drag and drop these cues into the Cue Library folder in the Manager Browser. It brings great control to the User Mode where restricted users can now have access to pre-programmed cues to edit the shows.

Workspace Themes:

Medialon Manager V5 now offers different themes to change the look of your workspace.

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