Proxima 4020/4040/4060 Firmware - Release Notes

• Version history
• Installation

Version 1.63 - Composer 1.1.2

July 2025

Fixed issues:

• System administration:
  • Fixed an issue where the Composer window appeared on output screens or prevented screens from being restored when entering or exiting Maintenance mode too quickly.
  • Fixed an issue where the Composer window appeared on output screens when an external USB audio card was plugged in and powered after the Proxima server.
  • Fixed a focus issue that prevented keyboard shortcuts assigned in Composer to stop working correctly after starting the Proxima server.

Known issues:

• In rare cases, entering or exiting Maintenance mode may trigger a Bad Gateway Error 512, which requires refreshing the Proxima Composer web administration page to reflect the correct maintenance mode status.
• Keyboard shortcuts assigned in Composer may take up to 15 seconds to become available after the project is opened.

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Version 1.62 - Composer 1.1.2

June 2025

What’s new:

• System administration:
  • Added a message when changing NTP configuration to warn an eventual disconnection.
  • Added a new Date and Time informations panel to display the current time and date of the Proxima server.
  • Added contextual message when the configured audio card is missing.
  • Added support for System monitoring functionality for the Proxima 4020 model.
  • Removed the Report this issue button from error message boxes.
  • Improved error message texts.

Fixed issues:

• System administration:
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the month from being set correctly when configuring NTP.
  • Fixed issues that prevented the server server date and time from being properly initialized after Time zone or Time changes.
  • Fixed issues that caused a Bad Gateway Error 512 when proceed SHUTDOWN, REBOOT or UPDATE of the Proxima server.
  • Fixed an issue that displayed a inccorect setting in the Audio Profile.
  • Fixed an issue that caused an error message when deleting logs and when the logs path did not exist.
  • Fixed an issue that caused an error message when updating firmware and when .PXU file or UPDATE folder did not exist.
  • Fixed an issue to prevent a cascading of the same error message.

Known issues:

• In rare cases, entering or exiting Maintenance mode may trigger a Bad Gateway Error 512, which requires refreshing the Proxima Composer web administration page to reflect the correct maintenance mode status.
• Under specific conditions, the Composer window appeared on output screens after a boot or prevented screens from being restored when entering or exiting Maintenance mode too quickly.
• Keyboard shortcuts assigned in Composer may take up to 15 seconds to become available after the project is opened.

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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.

• System 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.

• System 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.

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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:

1. Download the firmware .pxu file from the Support page of the Proxima server on our web site.
2. Connect to the web administration of the Proxima server.
3. In the My files menu, create a root folder named UPDATE.
4. Copy the firmware .pxu file in the UPDATE folder.
5. 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.
6. 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.

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