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Author Topic: Christie Projector Software Versions Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-11-2018 12:06 PM                     Looks like Christie is up to 4.8.1 (3). The big feature here is...wait for it... If you have a Solaria 1, you can NOW use an alternate server to the dreaded, guarantee to die, Christie IMB S2. At the moment, the Dolby/Doremi IMS2000 and the GDC SX3000 are supported. It should be noted that the previous Christie version 4.8.0 (8) is a CRITICAL update for anyone on 4.7.x Your PIB is in danger so if you are on 4.7, plan on migrating to 4.8.x immediately. Oddly enough, 4.7 in its various forms are still available but 4.8.0 was pulled for 4.8.1 despite not identifying any fix to 4.8.0 and I'm unaware of anything harmful in 4.8.0.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-11-2018 01:05 PM                     So owners of this POS now have to buy a new input module at ~2500, and spend 20K plus on a new server? Or will it take other IMB's? I have several of these dreaded projectors that I've had to service in my area and getting rid of the Christie IMB would be a yuge blessing. Mark  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-11-2018 01:50 PM                     As I read it, if you update to 4.8.1, you can put your SX3000 in it. I have no other information than that (I haven't looked). I'm sure there would need to be a new faceplate involved to have access to the IMB.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-11-2018 05:15 PM                     Well, that's very good news since the Christie IMB's around here still occasionally die. It will be up to GDC to come up with a new face plate which I am sure they will... Mark  |  IP: Logged Mike Moreno Expert Film Handler Posts: 200 From: culiacan sinaloa mexico Registered: Jul 2008 posted 03-16-2018 03:17 PM                        great news. I have some Solaria´s and at the begining the IMB used to die.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-16-2018 10:50 PM                        dumb question: how does one check what version software one has?  |  IP: Logged Stephan Shelley Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 854 From: castro valley, CA, usa Registered: Nov 2014 posted 03-16-2018 11:52 PM                     menu>about it will tell the versions and you do not have to be logged in to see.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-18-2018 01:23 AM                        oh durr, wrong thread... i meant to ask about the dolby server... heading over to that thread now!  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 03-20-2018 09:03 AM                     Steve- Most of the projectors that I service are still on 4.4.0.9. I started using 4.7.0.1 and quickly discovered that nearly every projector would display lamp IMCB version mismatch errors. I have seen this error occasionally in the past, but we're talking just about every single projector that went to 4.7.0.1 started doing it. So I stopped using that version. Does 4.8 correct this issue? As for the PIB, that's always been the weakest link in these projectors, in my experience. I can't count how many I've replaced over the years. What inherent PIB problems does 4.7 introduce that weren't present before?  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 03-20-2018 01:30 PM                     If you have a version mismatch, did you try re-installing the package, maybe forcing the update? Did you also power cycle the projector twice after the update? 4.8 release note does not say anything about that. 4.7.1 does mention that a version mismatch is fixed but it only applies to the 2208-LP projector.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 03-20-2018 01:54 PM                     I have tried "upgrade different components only" and "force all". Neither resolves the issue. I power cycle the projector after an upgrade, and when the error appears. Sometimes the error comes back as soon as the projector comes back up; sometimes it goes away for a while, but almost always comes back at some point.  |  IP: Logged Elia Orselli Film Handler Posts: 42 From: Imola, Bologna, Italy Registered: Feb 2008 posted 03-21-2018 07:52 AM                        quote: Ken Lackner I power cycle the projector after an upgrade Do you power cycle the projector twice as Marco said?  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 03-21-2018 12:49 PM                     Yep.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 03-21-2018 03:00 PM                     I have not replied as I do not have any advice, I'm sorry. But if more than one projector is showing this issue, I'd be tempted to think there is an issue with that particular software version. Did you ask Christie if that is a known bug?  |  IP: Logged Stephan Shelley Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 854 From: castro valley, CA, usa Registered: Nov 2014 posted 03-21-2018 04:33 PM                     Not just in standby as the power switch on the TPC does but unplugging or turn breakers off and back on. Twice as has been stated. It should mention this on the TPC as well.  |  IP: Logged

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