ID-AL / Waves System
Release notes
My Music Player and My Music Player LE Firmware
March 2019
Firmware Version 1710
March 2019
- Fix an issue in network configuration with some IP addresses.
- Fix an issue that allowed the automatic DNS activation when the DHCP was disabled.
Firmware Version 1709
December 2018
- Fix an issue of functioning of the clickable knob of the front panel when using simultaneously an SD card.
Firmware Version 1708
October 2018
- Fix various network issues.
Firmware Version 1707
August 2017
- Add a new option (
Automatically pause playback in case of cache underrun
) that pause the playback of the web radio when the cache is underrun rather than to play a music folder.
- Add a new option (
Automatically skip a part of the cache in case of overrun
) that skip a part of the web radio stream when the cache is overrun by the web radio server.
- Add support of the WAV Broadcast (
.wav
) stereo files.
- Improve the support of WAV (
.wav
) files that include metadata.
- Improve the playback of the end of file of some MP3 (
.mp3
) files.
- Improve read/write speed of SD/SDHC cards. This allows now to use SD/SDHC cards with the player’s FTP (client/server) functions.
- Improve the time accuracy of the triggering into the timestamped programming function (Scheduler), () Améliore la précision du déclenchement des évènements de la programmation horaire (Scheduler), which decrease from 1 seconde to 10 millisecondes.
- Improve the naming of the media storage displayed by the Samba server, in order to better identify them.
Firmware Version 1705
December 2016
- Improve the support of USB flash drives for the firmware update.
Firmware Version 1704
October 2016
- Fix malfunction of the player’s network functions when an aggressive scan of the player’s network ports is done.
Firmware Version 1702
August 2016
- Add a new Autoplay option from the timestamped programming (
Autoplay Scheduler
).
- Add a new menu to quickly playback a folder
MUSIC
or a Web radio with the DATA encoder (Quick Launch Menu
). Short press < 5 seconds.
- Redefined the access to the advanced configuration LCD menu (
Advanced Menu
) by a long press >= 5 seconds on the DATA encoder.
- Add the support of the My Music Player LE device.
- Add the support of SD/SDHC, SATA and internal USB for the content updating by Script.
- Add a identifier (HTTP User Agent) to identify the player when it ios connected to a Web radio.
- Ignore hidden files created by the MAC OS X operating systems.
- Improve the timestamped programming function (Scheduler).
- Improve and fix some minor issues of the LCD menus.
- Improve and fix some minor issues of the Web server of the player.
- Improve the management of the files and folders names.
- Improve the stability of the player over very long periods of use.
- Fix an issue of the NTP (Network Time Protocol) under certain conditions of use.
- Fix an issue of playback of the
SPOT
folders when there are played with the LCD menu.
- Fix an issue in the Autoplay function with the
PLS
playlist folders.
- Minor bug fixes.
Firmware Version 1701
December 2015
- In the FTP clients function, add a new update content mode (
Sync.
) which allows to synchronize folders and files between a FTP server and the Main Media of the player.
- Add a button (
Launch Preset
) to launch the FTP update for each client FTP presets in the FTP Client
Web page.
- Add the support of DOS, UNIX and MAC end of line formats for the
system.ini
configuration file.
- Improve the reliability and functioning of the Web radio playback.
- Improve the playback engine.
- Improve and fix some minor issues of the Web server of the player.
- Improve the network security.
- Fix an issue in the Autoplay function with the folders played in sequential mode
SEQ
.
- Fix an issue into the configuration of the DNS (Domain Name System) network function.
- Fix an issue of affectation of the left and right channels to the audio outputs.
- fix an issue of setting with a
system.ini
configuration file which not finish by a new line.
- Minor bug fixes.
Firmware Version 1698
April 2015
System/RTC Clock
- Improve the accuracy of the system clock by default.
- Add a accurate auto-calibration procedure of the system clock by the Network Time Protocol (NTP).
- Add auto-calibration procedure of hardware real-time clock (RTC) by the system clock.
- Extend the timeout of the LCD menu from 5 seconds to 30 seconds.
Main Media
- Automatically delete obsolete temporary files (
tmp
folder), when redefining the Main Media.
- Automatically reboot the player when the Main Media is redefined.
Web Server
- Add in the Web server, the username and password configurations for the
User
and Administrator
accounts.
- Improve Web server security when certain parameters are entered.
- Improve the passwords management: Hides the passwords displayed on the screen and allow the use of special characters(1).
- In the
FTP Client
configuration page, remove Update File
useless settings.
- Standardize all displayed date/time fields using the international format:
Year/Month/Day
and Hour:Minute:Second
(YYYY/MM/DD
and HH:MM:SS
).
- Fix various texts and displays.
Ethernet
- When applying the default firmware installation (
.bin
file), configure the Ethernet DHCP by default instead of the fixed IP address 192.168.1.250
.
Miscellaneous
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Firmware Version 1695
May 2014
- Update Script function extends to the external USB port.
- Add settings for Cache and Minimum cache of the webradio function.
- Enhanced the next firmware updating duration (will be 2 time more speed than previous firmware update).
- Enhanced Mute and Volume management.
- Enhanced management of command chains in the Scheduler function.
- More Fade In / Fade Out cases managed.
- Fix an issue that caused a date error in the Scheduler function (depends of the time and the time zone selected).
- Fix an rare issue that could prevent the supply of USB ports during the player boot. (internal 3.3v issues)
- Fix an issue that cause a wrong number of
SPOT
files played if the function SPOT is used after the function X IN SPOT on the same SPOT
folder.
- Minor bug fixes.
Main Characteristics of Version 16xx
- Read WAV, MP3 and encrypted MP3 audio files.
- Play
MUSIC
and PLAYLIST
folders randomly, sequentially with or without reset.
- Play fully or partially
SPOT
folders randomly or sequentially.
- Play webradio streams.
- Manage alternative audio sources like auxiliary input, USB Flash Drive or SD card.
- Advanced Scheduler feature to precisely manage the player based on time and date.
- Complete web server to distant setup and control the player.
- FTP server to distant upload and download files and folders of the player.
- Update Script function to automatically manage player content from any FTP server.
- Many Autoplay modes.
- Management of Fade In / Fade Out.
- Full serial protocol to control the player by RS-232 link.
- Advanced LCD user interface.
- USB device mode to manage files and folders of the player directly from USB port of a computer.
- Full date/time management by internal clock or Ethernet (NTP client).
Installation
Known issues
- Some SSD connected to the internal SATA port are not properly recognized by the player. If you encounter this problem, please use a SATA to USB adapter to connect your hard drive to the internal USB port of the player.
- The performance of SATA HDD are not good in FTP usage. If you use the FTP server of the player, it is strongly recommended to use a USB flash drive instead of a SATA HDD.
- Some USB flash drive models are not supported by the firmware update function of the player.
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