Lightware MX-FR Series

11. Appendix MX-FR Series Modular Matrix Frames – User's Manual 136
Firmware Release Notes

3.0.0
Released: 2010-07-14
New feature
▪ MX-FR16 support
▪ MX-FR80 support
▪ MX-DVID-IB, MX-DVID-OB support
▪ MX-DVI-TP-IB, MX-DVI-TP-OB support
▪ MX-DVI-TP-IB+, MX-DVI-TP-OB+ support
▪ MX-OPT-DVI-OB, MX-OPT-DVI-OB-RCLK support (including SX4A
and SX4B optical modules)
▪ 
▪ Implements a test input and a preview output port on the CPU
card
▪ SMPTE alarm function
▪ Advanced EDID management, HDMI support is automatically
stripped if needed
▪ LCD menu, control board
▪ Date and time functions
▪ 

▪ Monitoring the voltages, fan speeds and power supplies
▪ PROTOCOL#2 support
▪ Standby mode
3.0.1
Released: 2010-09-16
New feature
▪ MX-FR32R support
▪ Extended reliability, watchdog + task autorestart
▪ MX-HDMI-IB, MX-HDMI-OB support (including audio support)
▪ MX-DVI-HDCP-IB, MX-DVI-HDCP-OB support
▪ MX-OPT-DVI-IB support
▪ MX-DVIDL-IB, MX-DVIDL-OB support
▪ HDCP is supported by crosspoint level (HDCP protected signal
is routed only to compatible output boards, so mixed cards are
supported).
▪ HDMI and HDCP support on preview out and test in
▪ DualLink signals are supported by crosspoint level (mixed cards
are supported).
▪ HDCP repeater function support
▪ MX-DVI-CPU SCH 2.2 support
▪ Extended protocol command set (E.g. diagonal switching)
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▪ Monitor task dies eventually (very rare). It restarts automatically,
so causes no visible problem.
▪ Sometimes there is no response to a command (extremely rare).
3.0.11
Released: 2011-04-06
New feature
▪ 
LCD.

▪ 
▪ 
robust now.)
▪ 
▪ 
▪ Protocol#2 mode freezed when invalid characters were sent.
▪ 
▪ Automatic EDID refresh on LCD
▪ Preset didn't save the mute state.
▪ AD xpoint switching speed up
3.0.3
Released: 2012-12-22
New feature
▪ LCD menu improvements
▪ MX-DVII-HDCP-IB support
▪ Dual protocol mode. (In Protocol#1 mode Protocol#2 commands
are also accepted.)
▪ MX-DVID-OB SCH 1.1 support
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▪ 
▪ Preview output HDMI mode is possible now.
3.0.4
Released: 2010-12-23

▪ 
3.0.5
Released: 2010-01-24
New feature
▪ Recognising analog video formats by VESA GTF and CVT for MX-
DVII-HDCP-IB
▪ 4-line LCD menu support
▪ ELIST command is added. ( Front LCD error list - errors since the
last boot-up - is copied.)
▪ USB support is added.
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▪ Xpoint factory default
▪ 
▪ 
▪ 
3.0.6
Released: 2011-01-31
New feature
▪ Coordinated Video Timings, Reduced Blanking support for MX-
DVII-HDCP-IB
▪ 4-line LCD menu improvements
▪ 
▪ Power sum read-out is more redundant.
▪ 
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