Quasar Software Update Version 3.2.0 Release Notes & Update Instructions
Components Released:
MTS-MON Module, software v.3.2.0 Field Update. Click here to download
Quasar Engine RPS, software v.3.2.0 Field Update. Click here to download
Note – This update is for Quasar Surfaces and Quasar Engine RPS boards only. No Engine software is included with this update. Some features in this update require Engine software v3.1.2-3 or later (previously released). Click here for a Quasar System version compatiblity Matrix
Most significant features of this release:
Quasar Soft: Added Auto-Scaling function,
Quasar Soft: Added new widgets for Channel SET and HOLD buttons.
Quasar Soft: Added Sliders widget to the Configuration page, with option to select Fader Type from a drop-down menu
Quasar Soft: Enabled the Call Controller Tab, with synchronization of Lines’ states
Quasar Soft: Added synchronization of the Left and Right Hybrids to the Call Controller Tab
Quasar Soft: Enabled the Intercom Control Tab
Quasar Soft: Enabled the Hot Keys tab
Quasar Soft: Added Master User Button Panels with drop-down for selecting: 8-Button+4 Banks, 12-Button, or 32-Button User Panels
Quasar Soft: Added Channel USER 1-2 and USER 3-4 buttons
Quasar Soft: Enabled the ON AIR lamp and synchronized its state with the corresponding MTS lamp
Quasar Soft: added Source Selector widget to Channel Strips Configuration menu
Quasar Soft: Added SmartKey Remote control, with up to 4 Groups (in two modules) and button blinking
Quasar Soft: added Global Channel Select Lock feature
Quasar Soft: Added option to assign Shortcuts to Channel User Buttons 1-4
MTS GUI - Call Controller: Display Line Name (when configured in VX) instead of the line number
Console Control Logic: Added LWCP event to the TALK signal in MTS
Quasar MTS GUI: Added new POST-ON setting to the Direct Outs (requires updating Engine to v3.1.2-3 or later)
MTS Web UI: Source Profiles: Add option to "Protect Source from Record Mode changes if it's ON and PGM1 is assigned".
MTS GUI - Web UI: Added option to feed the Loudness Meter with different busses, and automatic PGM1/REC bus switching triggered by Record Mode
Network Setup: Added possibility to Whitelist a single device IP for accessing Quasar Soft HTML5 UI without username and password
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Other Functional improvements:
System Setup: Changed color of SAVE & REBOOT to red, and RESET button to green, changed RESET button label to "UNDO CHANGES"
Automix Tab: Changed position of the Level Control button
Intercom Control Tab: Swapped position of PFL VOLUME and LW OUT GAIN controls.
Bug Fixes (since v3.1.0):
Console Control Logic: Improved logic sequence when loading Direct Outs. (In some cases the Direct Outs where not created because of a timing conflict) - RM #23962
Console Control Logic - Intercom Controller: Minor bugfixes, and Cleanup - RM #24059
Console Control Logic: state of the DYN Active indicator is not pushed correctly to the Fader modules
Quasar Soft: Some Locked Controls configured in Show Profile Channels, are not applied to the Quasar Soft Surface as well.
Updating Software on the MTS-MON Module, and the Engine RPS board
Quasar MTS-MON module and the Engine RPS board use different installers. Download the appropriate versions above.
Connect a PC to your console network.
Open the MTS-MON Web UI at the unit's base IP address (standard HTTP port 80).
In the System menu, select Software.
Click on “Choose File”, navigate to the location where you saved the update file, and select it
The new version will load into the currently inactive software bank and overwrite its content, once you press the Upload Software button.
The page will refresh once the upload is complete, showing the new version in the unused bank.
Now select the new bank and press the “Switch to Selected Bank” button. WARNING: the console will reboot once you press the button.
The system will take approx. 15 seconds to reboot, and at the end, the audio might be interrupted for about 1 second.
Release notes (all versions)
For a full listing of relase notes for all versions, please refer to this Version 3 Release Notes Document.