Announcing Cablecast 4.5.4

Today we are releasing the 4.5.4 version of Cablecast. Several UI tweaks and a few Autopilot fixes round out the bulk of this release. It also comes with a minor update to FrontDoor which is now at version 4.5.3.

On behalf of everyone here at Tightrope, I wish you all the best of holidays! [:)] --John

To receive this update, please contact our technical support department either by phone (866-866-4118 x250) or by email (support@trms.com).

Release Notes - Cablecast: 4.5.4

Feature - 1152: SierraSVS Control Module now supports Level-based switching
There is an entry in the .config file to set which levels to switch.

Bug - 1206: Autopilot improperly bumps multi-reel shows on video servers
Autopilot now ignores any errant jump duration settings for video servers.

Bug - 1208: Autopilot improperly bumps shows on some devices if the runs are too close together
Autopilot now properly assigns devices when the lead time (wake time + jump time + load time) has a conflict and another device is available.

Bug - 1214: Batch functions ignore CGExempt settings
Batch functions now adhere to a show's CGExempt setting.

Bug - 1216: Removing shows from Schedule doesn't mark Schedule as modified
Removing shows from schedule now flags the Schedule as out-of-date, reminding you to send autopilot to commit the changes to the hardware

Bug - 636: "Not sent to hardware" Autopilot wording can be misleading
If you choose to not send events to hardware, a stronger message appears on the autopilot report screen reminding you that this was a effectively a "test" send--no events were sent to your devices.

Bug - 937: Autopilot does not clear out the event list when no schedule is sent
If autopilot had previously sent events to a device, and you later modify your schedule such that the device now has NO events, resending autopilot would not clear out the events for the device. This would cause the device to play, for example, even if the router never switched to it. Now, autopilot clears out all old events for all devices before sending new events.

Bug - 1051: New Control Module Host names are confusing
Instead of being named "localhost," new Control Module Hosts are named "New Control Module Host" so they aren't confused with existing hosts.

Bug - 1052: Viewing Control Module logfiles is confusing in the CM Hosts screen
Viewing logs has now been moved to the Control Module Sets page, where it makes a bit more sense.

Bug - 1062: DVDImport ignores dB adjustments for LPCM audio encoded discs
LPCM encoded discs now support normalization and dB adjustments. However, LPCM does not support dynamic compression.

Bug - 1065: Poor error handling and database connection handling in WebService & Public site
Cleaned up resource usage and error handling in an effort to make the public site more efficient.

Bug - 1075: Feeder locations are taking back to their default inputs too early
A small delay was added to feeder location switching to ensure that primary locations switches back before the feeder location switches.

Bug - 1079: Manual Events are not included in the Extras items
Manual events are now included in the Print Schedule, RSS Schedule, Web Schedule, and iCal Schedule.

Release Notes - FrontDoor: 4.5.3

Bug - 825: Error occurs when attempting to cancel changing password
If a user's password expired, they were taken to a Change Password page that gave them an option to cancel, which caused an error. Now, when a password expires, there is no cancel option.

Bug - 960: Quoting issue with saving Notes field to database
Fixed database quoting problem.

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John Reilly
Developer
Tightrope Media Systems