Release_Notes_Proxima_Firmware_1_61_Composer_1_1_2

Waves System Release notes Proxima server 4020 / 4040 / 4060 Firmware

Version history
Installation

Firmware version 1.61 - Composer 1.1.2

April 2025

What’s new:

Composer:
- Added a coordinates and dimensions system to shapes. The X & Y coordinates and Width & Height of any Face or Player are available from its Properties. Coordinates are also available for Vertices.
- Coordinates and dimensions parameters can be assigned via Controls (Keyboard/MIDI/OSC/DMX).
- Added Controls to all color pickers. Color parameters can now be assigned like any other parameter via Keyboard/MIDI/OSC/DMX.
- Added a Bézier mode to the Output Setup warping module.
- Rework the Output Setup Edge Blending module, including the possibility to setup the Width of each blending strip in pixels, plus the possibility to add Soft Edge to a single Screen even if it has no overlap with other Screens.
- Added a Bézier mode to the Player warping module.
- Added a Soft Edge module to the Properties of Players, with Width (px) and Smooth parameters on each edge, plus a global Gamma Correction setting for each Player. Player blending can now be achieved, providing a new setup option when using additional video wall controllers.
- Added a Show geometry in output view option to the Output Setup. This allows you to display the warping points of screens in the output rendering.
- Added a Show cursor in output view option to the Output Setup. Cursor appearance can be adjusted in Edit -> Preferences… -> Output.
- Added Blackout and Solo buttons to screens in the Output Setup.
- Improved the calculation of the Soft Edge in the Output when applying it on multiple Screen edges. A two-dimensional blending of 2×2 screens can now be achieved smoothly.
- Improved the number of possible Undo ([CTRL+Z]) steps in the Output Setup.
- Reworked the visualization of Screen edges and points in the Output Setup for better clarity, especially when zooming in.
- Allowed the decrease to 1×1 subdivision in Output Setup warping.
- Allowed the decrease to 1×1 subdivision in Player warping.
- Reworked the Screens addition system in the Output Setup. Screens are now added 1 by 1 and can be deleted via a right-click menu or the [Delete/Backspace] shortcut.
- Added a dotted quad in Points warping type of the Output Setup to show the outline of the selected Screen, representing its distortion in the Perspective warping type.
- Improved the default zoom and centering of the view in the Screens space of the Output Setup, especially when expanding the window.
- Added a New Map option to the Maps drop-down list. It is now possible to create new maps directly from the settings of a sequence.
- Controls assignments on Properties are now restored when the associated object is restored via undo.
- Optimized performance for drawing polygons in the canvas, reducing interface lags, notably when using Autopilot with many sequences.
- Optimization of the performances used for hover/highlighting of Shapes in the Canvas.
- The visual effect of Shaders on a Player is now applied in the snapshot shown in that Player’s Slice Selector (as the crop is done after the application of shaders).
- Improved the precision of the step to 0.01 instead of 1.0 when using the arrows to adjust the value of the Smooth parameter (ex-Blend Curve) in the Output Setup blending module.
- Improved the Output Setup test card: added color bars, enhanced contrast and increased number of squares.
- The preview of the Edge blending gradient on screens in the Output Setup module now corresponds to the reality of the rendering.
- Allowed a greater zoom out in the Output Setup screens view.
- Added the possibility to select multiple screens warping points in the Output Setup via lasso selection.
- Added undo/redo to the following actions: sequence move, tab/column/row addition and deletion, timeline audio file addition and removal, timeline length edition.
- Optimization of the zoom on the audio waveform on the Timeline.
- Added a popup warning when no sequence is playing and export as image is requested.
Server’s web administration:
- Added Cleanup composer settings features to backup Composer logs then remove active Composer logs and Settings. In case of major issue to open your Composer project, this function allows to restore the factory state of the Composer and backup the Composer logs in My files storage space.
- Added a System monitoring feature in the menu System, to monitor in real time:
  - Memory use,
  - CPU load,
  - GPU load,
  - GPU memory use,
  - CPU temperature,
  - GPU temperature.
- Improved Maintenance mode function.
- Improved Web administration and Composer remote access security.

Fixed issues:

Composer:
- Fixed an issue that caused Warping Points to be misplaced after using Reset in Perspective warping type.
- Fixed an issue where the interface of the Output Setup window could disappear momentarily.
- Fixed a bug that caused Text parameters to be crushed if the text input was too long.
- Fixed a bug that caused the order of shapes in the Layers list to be incorrect after moving a selection of shapes.
- Fixed an issue with the use of hardware acceleration on videos.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when deleting a shape point while effect Special – Corner was ON.
- Fixed the behavior of [Space] + drag shortcut in the Output Setup. Movement could be limited on the edges.
- Fixed an improper reset of coordinates of screen points after using Reset Corners in the Output Setup.
- Fixed a bug that could cause Output Setup parameters to disappear momentarily.
- Fixed a case of incorrect screens UI after switching Linear/Bézier mode in the Output Setup.
- Fixed the display of Move to group option for players in the Layers panel menu.
- Fixed an issue when changing the color of a Special or Structure effect via Controls assignments. The color change would not be shared properly to other effects in the tab.
- Fixed a bug that caused the lasso selection of multiple Center points not to work anymore.
- Fixed a crash related to OSC.
- Fixed a potential crash when using File -> New.
- Fixed an issue that caused the waveform of an audio file to stay on the Timeline even after deleting said file.
- Fixed a bug occurring after toggling Color – Random.
- Fixed a bug that could cause a corruption on 90°-rotated output screens.
Server’s web administration:
- Fixed minor issues.

Known issues:

In the Settings -> System menu of server’s web administration, the reboot, the shutdown or the update features can generate some exception error messages due to the no activation of the System Monitoring during these process.

Installation

The logic and functionality of the Proxima server are defined with an internal program called firmware. This program may evolve to bring new features, to change the behavior of the Proxima server, or to fix issues. The firmware can be updated or replaced by following these instructions:

Download the firmware .pxu file from the Support page of the Proxima server on our web site.
Connect to the web administration of the Proxima server.
In the My files menu, create a root folder named UPDATE.
Copy the firmware .pxu file in the UPDATE folder.
In the Settings -> System menu, click on the UPDATE button. Just click once on the button and wait that the update dialog box appears.

Do not turn off the Proxima server until the operation is completed!

And wait until the Proxima server reboots completely.
When the Proxima server is fully rebooted, the firmware installation is finished and the firmware .pxu file can be removed.

The installed firmware version can be checked into the Settings -> About page of the Proxima server’s web administration.

Note: to learn more about the firmware installation, please read the user’s guide of the product.