Version 9 Release Notes - Black Box Corporationftp.blackbox.com/communications/iCompel/Player...

Version 9 Release Notes

INTRODUCTION

These release notes describe the features and limitations for the ICOMPEL software version 9.

Note: It is not possible to update AC4002, AC4003, AC4004, AC4005, ICOMP01, ICOMP02,

ICOMP03 & ICOMP04 models to V9.

NEW IN V9.3.7

The iCompel must be running V9.2.4, V9.2.5, V9.3.0, V9.3.1, V9.3.2, V9.3.4, V9.3.5 or V9.3.6

before updating to V9.3.7

Use NTB-update9-V9.3.7-44786.opf to update from V9.2.4, V9.3.0, V9.3.1, V9.3.2, V9.3.3,

V9.3.4, V9.3.5 or V9.3.6

ICOS models must be running V9.2.5, V9.3.2, V9.3.3, V9.3.4, V9.3.5 or V9.3.6 to use the

update.

New features:

Support added for ICKS-VE-KU-x & ICxS-2U revision 3 hardware platforms

Problems fixed:

Security fix for CVE-2014-0160 (aka "Heartbleed").

Fix issue that prevented update from V9.2.4 on some older iCompels

Prevent HTML player from filling system disk with temporary files

Translation Status:

The iCompel Web User Interface is fully supported in English. Translations are available in

other languages as detailed below.

Note:The Help and User Guide pages are supplied only in English.

The following languages have full translations in this release.

American English

Arabic

Brazilian

British English

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Thai

Traditional Chinese

Turkish

Known Limitations:

If the iCompel starts up with the HDMI or DisplayPort Audio selected but no screen connected

the audio will fall back to using the analog output. No warning is given in the UI that this has

happened. Connect the configured screen to the iCompel and reboot to resolve this.

The iCompel display may be distorted or damaged after using the Ctrl-Alt-F2 emergency

maintenance system (only for use under the guidance of Black Box Technical Support). A reboot

will restore proper operation.

HTML Player does not support Java Applets.

HTML Player cannot access FTP resources.

There is a limit to the total amount of text that can be drawn by a single text item.

The Web UI has some minor display issues under Windows Internet Explorer 6 (Apple Safari,

Mozilla Firefox, Windows Internet Explorer 7 or later do not have these issues).

The Web UI has some display issues under Windows Internet Explorer 7 when using Arabic.

When using the Windows 8 Modern UI version of Internet Explorer 10 (not the desktop version),

you may be repeatedly presented with prompts to enter a username and password. This is an

Internet Explorer bug; the workaround is to append a "?" to the end of the URL.

When uploading files using Apple Safari it is not possible to show a progress bar.

When booting ICPS-VE-x models on DVI or HDMI there will be a period of a few seconds

before the splash screen is seen.

The home page may show screen off after a reboot even though it is on. Refreshing the page will

show the current state of the display.

When using the emergency maintenance console (Ctrl-Alt-F2 and login as maint) to Factory

Reset Media, the iCompel will show "Loading inital ramdisk..." mid-operation. Press Ctrl-Alt-F2

to resume.

The Web UI has some display issues in Google Chrome.

Layout Packages created on the iCompel Content Commander and uploaded to an iCompel

Publisher will claim to require software version 1.1.0. This is the iCC version, not the Publisher

version.

Starting the iCompel with a USB storage device (flash stick, USB HDD) plugged in can cause

the iCompel to enter "emergency mode". Remove the USB storage device and reboot the

iCompel to fix this issue.

DETAILED VERSION IDENTIFICATION

The software release version described herein is comprised of a number of sub-packages. Each

sub-package has a build number - in parentheses.

Player Signage Applications V9.3.7 (44786)

Player System V9.3.7 (44786)

Player Web UI Applications V9.3.7 (44786)

The md5sum for this release's update OPF file is:

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NEW IN V9.3.5

The iCompel must be running V9.2.4, V9.2.5, V9.3.0, V9.3.1, V9.3.2, V9.3.4 or V9.3.4 before

updating to V9.3.5

Use NTB-update9-V9.3.5-44258.opf to update from V9.2.4, V9.3.0, V9.3.1, V9.3.2, V9.3.3 or

V9.3.4

ICOS models must be running V9.2.5, V9.3.2, V9.3.3 or V9.3.4 to use the update.

New features:

Support Romanian on the International page.

Problems fixed:

Publish to USB has been reinstated.

In some cases the credentials dialog was not displayed with the correct coloring.

Fixed problems with channels where the layout error is present.

Improved support for CPU temperatures on ICxS-VE models by implementing the latest Intel

BIOS.

Fixed XML API basic authentication option to apply to all documented APIs.

Fixed the issue of a missing Ad hoc Folder Mirror menu entry on iCompel subscribers.

Translation Status:



Note: The Help and User Guide pages are supported only in English.


American English

Arabic

Brazilian

British English

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Thai

Traditional Chinese

Turkish

KNOWN LIMITATIONS























to resume.




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NEW IN V9.3.4

The iCompel must be running V9.2.4, V9.2.5, V9.3.0, V9.3.1, V9.3.2 or V9.3.3 before updating

to V9.3.4

Use NTB-update9-V9.3.4-43852.opf to update from V9.2.4, V9.3.0, V9.3.1, V9.3.2 or V9.3.3

ICOS models must be running V9.2.5 to use the update.

New features:

Support Romanian on the International page.

Problems fixed:

Update Adobe Flash to version 11.2.202.336 to fix CVE-2014-0497.

The VPN connection used for reporting to an iCompel Depoloyment Manager in rare situations

were not initializing.

Movie player transition from movie to movie has been improved when changing zone position

and size.

Fix fallback language logic for web pages.

TRANSLATION STATUS



Note: The Help and User Guide pages are supplied only in English.


American English

Arabic

Brazilian

British English

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Thai

Traditional Chinese

Turkish

KNOWN LIMITATIONS























to resume.




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NEW IN V9.3.3

The iCompel must be running V9.2.4, V9.2.5, V9.3.0, V9.3.1 or V9.3.2 before updating to

V9.3.3

Use NTB-update9-V9.3.3-43567.opf to update from V9.2.4, V9.3.0, V9.3.1 or V9.3.2

ICOS models must be running V9.2.5 to use the update.

Problems fixed:

• Fix issue with Home page not showing correctly for users certain combination of permissions.

• Fix issue with Ad-hoc Schedule override UI showing a traceback

• Fix reporting of large Media Audit reports.

• In some instances the "Publish Required" state was not being set.

Translation Status:





• American English

• Arabic

• Brazilian

British English

• French

• German

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

• Portuguese

• Russian

• Simplified Chinese

• Spanish

• Thai

• Traditional Chinese

• Turkish

KNOWN LIMITATIONS























to resume.




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NEW IN V9.2.4

The iCompel must be running V9.2.3 before updating to V9.2.4

Use NTB-update923-V9.2.4-37977.opf to update from V9.2.3

New features:

• Support layouts published by the iCompel Content Commander (iCC).

• 900pt text is now supported for clocks and text items.

• Add support for the Q Series VESA model.

• Backups created by an iCompel Publisher running 9.2.4 can be imported into iCC 1.1.

Problems fixed:

• Support font size up to 900pt.

• Support more Multi-touch screens.

• Add support for TPV touchscreens.

• Improve movie player memory use.

• Improve movie player Audio/Video synchronization.

• Enhance security by adding fix for TLS vulnerability.

• Enhance security by removing HTTPS use of so called "Weak" and "Medium" Ciphers.

• Fix for XML API not being available when using a crossover Ethernet cable.

• Fixed issue with local files being created that prevent the Web UI updating network settings.

• Fixed visual problem with text scrolling when a Subscriber is heavily loaded

• Scheduler actions always take effect at the start of a second. This allows actions, for example

advance to, taken on multi players to be synchronized.

• Added support for more 3G/4G modem devices.

• Added .svg as an HTML file type, allowing .svg files to be added to playlists.

• Fixed problem where reporting may send redundant reports when the network connection is

very slow.

• Improved the performance of compositing the full screen image allowing more complex

layouts to play well.

• Fix issue with file drag and drop not working in the Safari web browser.

• SSH port changes where not being honored at the first reboot.

• Only 1 port number can be configured for FTP, fixed the Security web page to only ask for 1

port.

• When using the emergency maintenance console (Ctrl-Alt-F2 and login as maint) to Factory


to resume.

Translation Status:




The following languages have fully translations in this release.


• Arabic

• Brazilian

• French

• German

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

• Portuguese

• Russian


• Spanish

• Thai


KNOWN LIMITATIONS























to resume.




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NEW IN V9.2.3

The iCompel must be running V9.1.3, V9.1.4, V9.2.0, V9.2.1 or V9.2.2 before updating to

V9.2.3

Use NTB-update9-V9.2.3-34255.opf to update from V9.1.3, V9.1.4, V9.2.0 or V9.2.1


Problems fixed:

• Drag-n-drop of a file into a playlist when the layout or zone uses unicode names.

• Change layout command in playlist may not be executed after an external advance to command

is sent to the iCompel

• Rich text editing for Firefox 17.

• Updating an iCompel that has wireless network configure prevented further editing of access

point passwords.

• Documentation improvements.

TRANSLATION STATUS






• Arabic

• Brazilian

• French

• German

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

• Portuguese

• Russian


• Spanish

• Thai


KNOWN LIMITATIONS























to resume.




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NEW IN V9.2.2



Problems fixed:

• Booting without a display connected to the iCompel with a screen off in the schedule caused a

reboot.

• Setting a channel subscriber file transfer time caused a traceback in the Web UI.

• Certain movies could cause an ICKS to become unstable, requiring a reboot to recover.

• Interlaced monitors caused a traceback when updating to 9.2.1.

• LDAP enabled and FTP disabled caused the 9.2.1 OPF to fail.

• Some movies play back was not smooth.

TRANSLATION STATUS






• Arabic

• Brazilian

• French

• German

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

• Portuguese

• Russian


• Spanish

• Thai


KNOWN LIMITATIONS























to resume.




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NEW IN V9.2.1

The iCompel must be running V9.1.3, V9.1.4 or V9.2.0 before updating to V9.2.1

Use NTB-update91-V9.2.1-33267.opf to update from V9.1.3 or V9.1.4


New Features:

• Support for new mainboard in ICSS-VE models

• New Home page shows many categories of useful information all in one place.

• Audio page allows you to configure HDMI Audio, DisplayPort Audio or SPDIF as the audio

output.

Problems fixed:

• Publishing to an FTP server would not remove unused files.

• USB disks are reliably mounted after a reboot.

TRANSLATION STATUS






• Arabic

• Brazilian

• French

• German

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

• Portuguese

• Russian


• Spanish

• Thai


KNOWN LIMITATIONS























to resume.




version.











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NEW IN V9.2.0

The iCompel must be running V9.1.4 or V9.1.3 before updating to V9.2.0

New Features:

• Support for new mainboard in ICPS-VE models.

• New Home page shows many categories of useful information all in one place.

• New page banner that can be collapsed to allow more space for page content.

• Channel Subscription now supports creating unique subscription URLs by appending the

iCompel's serial number.

• iCompel User Guide has been updated.

• Progress of updates is now shown on the boot splash screen.

Problems fixed:

• Fixed Web page language picking code to match W3C standard.

• Fixed issue with images played at the wrong size when the "Position and Size" of a image has

been changed from the zone default position and size.

TRANSLATION STATUS




The following languages have partial translations in this release.


• Arabic

• French

• German

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

• Portuguese

• Russian

• Spanish

• Thai

• Chinese

KNOWN LIMITATIONS

• The iCompel display may be distorted or damaged after using the Ctrl-Alt-F2 emergency



• HTML Player does not support Java Applets.

• HTML Player cannot access FTP resources.

• There is a limit to the total amount of text that can be drawn by a single Text Item.

• The Web UI has some minor display issues under Windows Internet Explorer 6 (Mozilla

Firefox, Windows Internet Explorer 7 or Windows Internet Explorer 8 do not have these issues).

• The Web UI has some display issues under Windows Internet Explorer 7 when using Arabic

• When uploading files using Apple Safari it is not possible to show a progress bar.

• Wireless password is lost in update.

• USB disks are not reliably mounted after a reboot. Please unplug and plug back in.








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NEW IN V9.1.5


Problems fixed:

• Improve movie stability when streaming video over Fazzt.

TRANSLATION STATUS






• Arabic

• French

• German

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

• Portuguese

• Russian

• Spanish

• Thai

• Chinese

KNOWN LIMITATIONS






• There is a limit to the total amount of text that can be drawn by a single text item.












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NEW IN V9.1.4


New Features:

• Integrate the KenCast Fazzt Client into the iCompel software. This enables you to transport

Channel, Software Update and Streaming Video over a KenCast Fazzt link; licenses are required

from Black Box and from KenCast to enable this feature.

TRANSLATION STATUS






• Arabic

• French

• German

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

• Portuguese

• Russian

• Spanish

• Thai

• Chinese

KNOWN LIMITATIONS






• There is a limit to the total amount of text that can be drawn by a single Text Item.












c5a6358fa8c37d4a56a951774e853c87 NTB-update9-V9.1.4-32166.opf

NEW IN V9.1.3

The ICOMPEL must be running V9.1.2, V9.1.0, V9.0.2 or V8.1.4 before updating to V9.1.3

Use NTB-update91-V9.1.3-31527.opf to update from V9.1.2 or V9.1.0



Problems fixed:

Fix problems with updating AC4000 & ICOMP models.

Fix Ghost file issue in Drag and Drop

Increase maximum allowed OPF update size to 1.5GB.

TRANSLATION STATUS

The ICOMPEL Web User Interface is fully supported in English.

Translations are available in other languages as detailed below.

Note: The Help and User Guide pages are only supplied in English.


American English

Arabic

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Thai

Chinese

KNOWN LIMITATIONS

The ICOMPEL display may be distorted or damaged after using the

Ctrl-Alt-F2 emergency maintenance system (only for use under the

guidance of the Black Box support team). A reboot will restore proper

operation.



There is a limit to the total amount of text that can be drawn by a single Text Item.

The Web UI has some minor display issues under Windows Internet Explorer 6

(Mozilla Firefox, Windows Internet Explorer 7 or Windows Internet Explorer 8 do not

have these issues).

The Web UI has some display issues under Windows Internet Explorer 7 when using

Arabic



The software release version described herein is comprised of a number of sub-packages.

Each sub-package has a build number - in parentheses.





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NEW IN V9.1.2

This release will not successfully update an AC4000 or ICOMP appliance that was factory

installed with V7.4.2 or earlier.

The NTB must be running V9.0.2, V9.1.0 or V8.1.4 before updating to V9.1.2




Problems fixed:

Fix problems with cropping images.

Fix problems with alpha blending of images leading to poor image quality.

Fix issue with local time being reset by NTP on an update.

TRANSLATION STATUS





American English

Arabic

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Thai

Chinese

KNOWN LIMITATIONS




operation.






have these issues).

The Web UI has some display issues under Windows Internet Explorer 7 when using

Arabic









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NEW IN V9.1.0

The ICOMPEL must be running V9.0.2 or V8.1.4 before updating to V9.1.0



New Features:

Support ICSS-VE and ICSS-2U hardware.

Image fade support; fade-in and fade-out of images, and cross-fade between two images

in the same playlist.

Live preview of the ICOMPEL output in your browser.

Native support for QR codes in playlists.

All new Screen tests optimized to the screen orientation and resolution.

Problems fixed:

It was possible to choose screen settings that prevented the ICOMPEL

from starting up. The ICOMPEL will now start up regardless of screen

settings.

Screen tests did not work properly on high resolution displays. A

new set of screen tests have been implemented, more suited to high

resolution digital displays.

Report an error when attempting to publish or create a layout package with a layout with

no visible zones.

Drag and drop of files into the Web UI has been improved.

Fix problem with ping command not working on updated ICOMPELs.

TRANSLATION STATUS





American English

Arabic

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Thai

Chinese

KNOWN LIMITATIONS




operation.






have these issues).


Windows version 4.0.4 of Apple Safari: When the ICOMPEL reports errors to the user

Safari will hang. Use another browser until Apple fixes the problem.








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NEW IN V9.0.2

The ICOMPEL must be running V9.0.1 before updating to V9.0.2


New Features:

Support for P Series 2U HDMI capture card (ICOMP-HDCC).

Support for P Series WiFi card (ICOMP-WIFI).

Maximum Layout Canvas Size width is now 2560. This allows canvas size of 2560x1440

to be use when the ICOMPEL hardware permits (P Series).

Problems fixed:

Fixed: Screen page could not been shown in any language but

English.

Fixed: Uploading a ZIP file that was not a Layout Package showed

a trace back.

Fixed: Time validity did not work correct when using

synchronized folder play.

Fixed: CPU Temperature was not reported correctly on certain models.

Fixed: ICOMP01-R2 models no longer report mainboard temperature as

it is not reliable.

Fixed: Issue with American TV (ATSC) seen in Pittsburgh.

Fixed: Layout Packages and Channel claims to be using V9

features when they were not.

TRANSLATION STATUS





American English

Arabic

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Thai

Chinese

KNOWN LIMITATIONS



There is a limit to the total amount of text that can be drawn

by a single Text Item.

The Web UI has some minor display issues under Windows Internet

Explorer 6 (Mozilla Firefox, Windows Internet Explorer 7 or Windows

Internet Explorer 8 do not have these issues).

When uploading files using Apple Safari it is not possible to

show a progress bar.

Windows version 4.0.4 of Apple Safari: When the ICOMPEL reports

errors to the user Safari will hang. Use another browser until Apple

fixes the problem.


The software release version described herein is comprised of a

number of sub-packages. Each sub-package has a build number - in

parentheses.





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The ICOMPEL must be running V9.0.0, V8.1.1, V8.1.2 or V8.1.3 before updating to V9.0.1

NEW IN V9.0.1


Use NTB-update8-V9.0.1-28346.opf to update from V8.1.1, V8.1.2 and V8.1.3

New Features:

Support for P Series hardware.

Auditioning of TV stations now uses available screen area.

Support Plug and Play for monitors that report stand modes only.

Problems fixed:

Layout package import was reporting errors in the layout package that where in fact

problems with layouts already on the ICOMPEL.

Fix FTP access when LDAP is enabled.

Backup was missing some configuration files.

TRANSLATION STATUS





American English

Arabic

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Thai

Chinese

KNOWN LIMITATIONS






have these issues).










The md5sum for this release's update OPF files are:

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NEW IN V9.0.0

Use NTB-update8-V9.0.0-27501.opf to update from V8.1.1, V8.1.2 and V8.1.3

New Features:

Improved movie player with per item de-interlacing, draw modes of crop, letter box and

stretch.

Support plug-n-play screen handling:

o will work without a screen connected to the ICOMPEL

o will automatically choose the best resolution the screen offers

o will scale up or down from the design size to fill the screen plugged into the

ICOMPEL

o Note: only one screen at a time is supported

o Setup/Player/Screen page has been redesigned to support play-n-play.

New screen orientation of bottom-at-top.

Splash screen is shown while the ICOMPEL is booting up.

Memory is managed automatically by the ICOMPEL allowing complex media to play in

web pages with needing to administer ICOMPEL settings.

The Player settings that used to control HTML memory limits have been removed.

Screen settings can be donated and updated via an IDM using the remote setup feature.

The "maint" menu is now accessible by typing Ctrl-Alt-F2.

All important log files are now stored in the /logs folder where they can be managed from

FTP or the Web User Interface of the ICOMPEL.

Support adding SSL certificate files for use with HTTPS.

User permission "Subscribe Channel" gives read only access to files in the channel folder

from HTTP and HTTPS.

Add media item durations can now be specified to a resolution of 1/20th of a second.

The limit on overall Layout Package size of now 16GB, with a limit of 4GB for each

media file.

Removed features:

Native PowerPoint presentation files are no longer supported. We recommend you save

you presentations as movies and play the movies on the ICOMPEL.

Plasma Burn mitigation has been removed.

V5 channels and layout packages are no longer supported. The earliest version support is

V7.4.0.

Problems fixed:

Layout name can now be renamed to fix the issue with case. For example rename

"SChool" to "School".

Player Status CPU load graph can be misleading on some ICOMPEL models.

The ICOMPEL would appear to have spare CPU resources when in fact it was fully

utilized.

The CPU Load graph graphic now shows when the ICOMPEL may be starting to

overload on affected models.

Player Status show per zone CPU load graphs.

Prevent use of HTTP proxy for FTP connections.

TRANSLATION STATUS





American English

Arabic

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Thai

Chinese

KNOWN LIMITATIONS






have these issues).










The md5sum for this release's update OPF files are:

bfd7eb88eed380a4511cb36fee483ad7 NTB-update8-V9.0.0-27501.opf

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