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Topic: Barco 2.1.12: watch out
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
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Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 10-18-2016 04:23 PM
I have select sites where things get tested before they get pushed wide. New things have to prove themselves for about a month before they are even considered for wide distribution.
Normally, I do wait about 2-weeks before putting a toe in the water (Christie is notorious for releasing and removing) however, at this site, I still had 1.3.191 and was about to roll back to 1.13.190 because of a lens anomaly. However 2.1.12 had the fix for that in it.
However, this brings about another discussion on why some software fixes can take time. One has to consider all of the ramifications based on all of the permutations of a product and, in the case of DCinema, the interaction of products not under your control. Does anyone remember when series 2 first came out and nobody's stuff talked well with everyone else's? For all I know, the software will not have an issue updating with all but the right combination to make it have a hard time. You have running production changes due to obsolescence of parts and things work well until a later update that works well with all current stuff may have an issue with not the first but the second generation of something...it can be quite tricky.
If the projector and server companies really wanted to ensure compatibility, they'd have to have one of everything so see if there is a bad interaction. I watched one server software variation fill up an Enigma in just 15 minutes time but for only one projector model. That kind of crap CAN happen and it is very hard to guard against.
I don't generally post anything negative (there are exceptions) and I don't consider my post as negative but informative to avoid any issues by unsuspecting people since this is a RELEASE version of the software.
Marco, the "Release Notes" are there...look under documentation for the various projectors. 2.1.12 and beyond is to be the harmonizing of the C and CLP versions and the software will work with either (when it doesn't have issues). It will decide which Cinema Controller you have and load accordingly.
I will say this...a LOT changes. There are now 6 potential stages to the update instead of 5. The fan controller, Cinema Controller, Light Module, Router all get updated on this one. The xenon lamps get incorporated into a major update as well as the new short and HC lenses are now in there. As I said, it seems to touch a lot of the projector...more than the release notes allude to.
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