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Wireless Workbench Changelog

What's new in Wireless Workbench 6.12.2.35

Aug 11, 2017
  • Improvements:
  • Added support for Axient Digital receivers and AD series transmitters, including:
  • AD1/2 Bodypack and Handheld Transmitters
  • AD4D Dual Receiver
  • AD4Q Quad Receiver
  • AD610 Diversity ShowLink Access Point
  • Added support for the following new devices/bands:
  • ULX-D ULXD6/8 Boundary and Gooseneck Transmitters
  • SBC450/850 Networked Charging Stations (featuring redesigned properties panels)
  • BLX H62
  • PSM300 H62
  • PSM900 G62
  • PSM1000 G62
  • QLX-D G62
  • SLX H62
  • Added prompt in Preferences > Coordination to enable User Group for countries that support them

New in Wireless Workbench 6.12.1.25 (Mar 21, 2017)

  • OS Support:
  • Added compatibility with macOS Sierra (10.12), including signing Wireless Workbench with Gatekeeper (macOS only)
  • General UI:
  • Optimized UI to render on high-resolution screens
  • Improved performance of Monitor view with large counts of Channel Strips
  • Added "View Release Notes" to Help menu
  • Added "Open Recent Show" to File menu
  • Added "Assign Color" to context menu of Properties Panels
  • Remote Device Connection:
  • Added option to connect to remote devices through a VPN Connection. After a VPN connection is established, go to Network Preferences in WWB6, select the NIC of your VPN, and then specify the IP addresses of remote devices.
  • Timeline:
  • Fixed issue that stopped recording ShowLink data if UHF reception was lost.
  • Added capability to record and display ShowLink data per channel slot.
  • Added the following new system events:
  • Active Tx Change
  • Audio Mode Change
  • Audio Peak Overload
  • RF Power Change
  • Added Y-axis color scales to the plot views of RF, Audio, and Battery data streams.
  • Added "Keep channels armed" option after a Timeline recoding has finished in order open a new Timeline tab to record another Timeline with the same channels.
  • Improved presentation of Antenna Status for ULX-D systems to represent Interference states (red).
  • Improved presentation of Frequency Diversity channels while recording.
  • Increased time resolution for markers to 100 ms.
  • Frequency Coordination:
  • Updated coordination preference for "minimum spacing from TV channel" to support different spacing for leading and trailing edges of an avoided TV channel.
  • Added context menu options to frequency headers in Coordination Workspace (delete groups of frequencies, move to another zone)
  • Added ability to import a list of frequencies from common file formats (.csv, .txt) into Exclusions dialog.
  • TV Management:
  • Added a coordination preference to "Ignore scan peaks within an excluded TV channel".
  • Fixed issue that prevented WWB version 6.12.0 from importing TV exclusion files that were created by previous WWB versions and had "Countries with 6 MHz (Japan)" as the selected country.
  • New Device/Band Support:
  • ULX-D bands: G62, Z17, Z18, Z19, Z20
  • QLX-D bands: Z17, Z18, Z19, Z20

New in Wireless Workbench 6.12.0.88 (Oct 14, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Timeline: A comprehensive logging utility designed to capture channel status information over time, including RF Level/Antenna Status, Audio Level, Interference, ShowLink, and more.
  • Record data for up to 120 channels at a time, and for an effectively unlimited amount of time (provided sufficient hard drive space).
  • Markers can be added and customized, as well as be placed automatically to correspond with certain important conditions, like RF Dropouts.
  • Monitor view includes "Mini Timeline", featuring a buffer of 1-5 minutes of Timeline data for all networked channels. Start a new Timeline with this data using the "Auto-Timeline" control.
  • Get More Frequencies: Several features to better serve high-channel-count frequency coordination.
  • Scan Peak Management:
  • The Scan Peak threshold is now displayed on the coordination plot (orange). This threshold assumes that scan peaks above it are active transmitters, and thusly assigns an equipment profile to the frequency of the scan peak to protect and/or avoid this transmission.
  • In Preferences > Coordination > General, a new preference allow users to specify the default equipment profile to be associated with scan peaks above the threshold.
  • For more information about the "Generic" profiles that are associated with scan peaks by default, see the Help System.
  • Ignore IMDs:
  • In extremely RF-dense environments, or where very high channel counts are necessary, some users choose to ignore certain IMD products for RF channels for which they know transmitters will not be proximate. WWB6 now lets users do this as a part of the main frequency coordination workflow per group of frequency.
  • Coordination Order Enhancements:
  • Users can now rearrange Compatibility Keys (system frequency headers, like "UHF-R G1") directly in the Coordination Workspace by dragging and dropping the headers around in the list. This rearrangement will override the preferences, and directly determine the order in which frequencies are coordinated.
  • The order can be reset to the default (as specified in Preferences > Coordination > Coordination Order) at any time.
  • Remote Device Connection:
  • In environments where devices are managed in separate subnets (ex: separate VLANs for each floor of a building, venue in a park, etc.), WWB6 can now connect to devices outside the subnet in which it is connected.
  • Once connected to the software, remote devices within WWB are just like local discovered devices in every way.
  • All IP addresses within the Remote Device List (RDL) will be saved like a preference, and will persist the next time WWB6 is launched (regardless of whether a show file was saved or not).
  • Feature Constraints: (see the Help System for a full description of setup recommendations and feature requirements)
  • Remote Device Connection will be supported by the following systems:
  • Axient
  • ULX-D
  • PSM 1000
  • All remotely connected devices must be routable through the selected Network Interface Card (NIC) selected in Preferences > Network > Interface.
  • Permissions must be set such that WWB6 has the same access (through firewalls, port restrictions, etc.) to remote devices that it has with local devices.
  • While not required, it is strongly recommended to use Remote Device connection with statically IP addressed devices only. This feature will not track changing IP addresses in any environment (which is likely when using DHCP).
  • Connection to devices via a VPN connection is not supported at this time.
  • Access Control: PIN protection for networked devices to prevent them from being changed by unauthenticated Shure software.
  • Assign a PIN to a Shure networked wireless device. Shure software will monitor those devices, but prevent control of devices that have not authenticated. Enter the PIN to authenticate and gain access to control that device.
  • Feature Constraints (see the Help System for a full description of setup recommendations and feature requirements)
  • Access Control is supported by select systems running the following minimum firmware versions:
  • Axient AXT400 - 1.17.9
  • ULX-D ULXD4/D/Q - 2.0.19
  • PSM 1000 P10T - 1.4.2
  • Presets: Leveraging the Inventory Sidebar, users can save sets of parameters to a file and quickly apply them to selected devices, as opposed to manually setting parameter values each time before deploying changes to one or more devices.
  • Improvements:
  • ShowLink Tx Controls in Channel Strips: For ShowLink compatible systems, transmitter controls are now available as a part of the channel strip. This allows users to change RF Mute and Tx Gain from the Monitor View.
  • Coordination Plot Interaction Enhancements
  • Zooming in with the scroll wheel of a mouse now zooms in centered on where a cursor is within the plot.
  • Scrolling through the plot can now be done by clicking and dragging the background of the plot.
  • Right-click "Full Screen" option has been added to the Coordination plot.
  • TV Channels can be excluded from the Coordination plot by right-click menu.
  • The Frequency and Coordination plots have been extended to support a frequency range between 30 - 2000 MHz. This also extends to custom equipment profile specification (allowable frequency range) and frequency coordination (coordinate-able frequencies).
  • Coordination Workspace Enhancements
  • Frequencies can now be imported from a .txt or .csv file directly into the Coordination Workspace.
  • Locked frequencies within the Coordination Workspace are now non-editable (including manual frequency edits and drag-and-drop of markers).
  • When selecting frequencies to bring into the Coordination Workspace, the option to "Add all from Inventory and CFLs" has been added.
  • Inventory View Enhancements
  • Online/offline presentation of devices has been updated.
  • IP address is now a displayable column.
  • "By Network" is now a sortable option, which divides devices by subnet.
  • The Inventory Report can now be sorted by a variety of sorting criteria.
  • Monitor View Enhancements
  • Timeline checkbox has been added, enabling users to display a "Mini Timeline".
  • Channel Strip Designer is renamed to "Monitoring Widget Designer" and allows for Mini Timeline configuration.
  • Channel Strips now have a "Tiny" size option.
  • Tags column has been added to the Device Chooser.
  • Additional Improvements
  • User Groups have been updated for Australia and the United Kingdom.
  • P10T Audio Input Level can now be saved as a part of a show file.
  • Support for High Speed and Low Speed fan modes for AXT400, AXT600, and all AXT63X models.
  • Support has been added for VHF TV channels, as well as DAB+ stations.
  • Added/updated TV data for Hungary, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
  • Support for the "Polarity" transmitter parameter for ULX-D.
  • Added equipment profile for Radio Active Designs UV-1G intercom

New in Wireless Workbench 6.11.3 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Added support for AXT100 Talk Switch capabilities. This update requires supporting Axient firmware (1.16)
  • Improvements:
  • Added compatibility with Windows 10 and Mac OS X El Capitan.
  • Added support for new QLX-D bands in the ISM range: X52, X53, X54.
  • Added support for new ULX-D band: Z16.
  • In order to support this new band, the plot ranges in the Coordination Plot and Frequency Plot have been extended.
  • Updated TV Data for Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

New in Wireless Workbench 6.11.2 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Added Site Survey (902 - 928 MHz) Utility, which utilizes ISM-band devices to capture long-term scans and generates processed scan data, tailored specifically for coordination in this spectrum. Access this utility by selecting Tools > Site Survey (902 - 928 MHz).
  • This utility is designed to use an ISM-band Shure receiver to assess whether a particular venue is well suited for ISM-band operation of fixed frequency microphone systems.
  • This utility includes the “Usability Report”, which runs sample calculations and reports an approximate number of usable channels in the ISM band.
  • For more information, consult the WWB6 Help System.
  • Improvements:
  • Added support for new ULX-D bands in the ISM range: X52, X53, X54.
  • Added support for new BLX bands: H9, H10.
  • Fixed bugs regarding deleting frequencies in the Coordination Workspace, and enabled deleting frequencies with the “Backspace” key as well as the “Delete” key.
  • Fixed TV Data for Italy and the Netherlands.
  • Fixed bug that would hide channel markers (from Inventory) in the Frequency Plot.
  • Fixed bug that would prevent scanning with MW4 receivers.

New in Wireless Workbench 6.11.0 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Added Item Properties sidebar, enabling batch edits of devices and channels in the Inventory tab.
  • Stage parameter changes to multiple channels or devices in the Properties sidebar, and send them all at the same time.
  • Assign increasing numerical values to Device ID or Channel Name with “Auto-enumerate”
  • The Coordination Workspace in the Frequency Coordination tab allows for the selection of subsets of Inventory channels to consider during Frequency Coordination.
  • Perform coordinations for subsets of channels to accomplish time or location based frequency coordination.
  • Bring frequencies in from the Inventory via “Select Frequencies from Inventory”.
  • Additional frequencies (including backup frequencies) can be added to the Coordination Workspace via “Request Additional Frequencies”.
  • Drag and drop frequency markers in the plot view to reposition them (and their frequency values) in the spectrum.
  • Leverage Analysis results to keep compatible frequencies and only recalculate incompatible frequencies.
  • Review and adjust assignments of ranked frequencies to channels prior to deployment.
  • Save and recall coordinations with Coordination Workspace (.cws) files.
  • The Monitor Tab has been completely redesigned.
  • Channel strips have been redesigned to have a uniform layout, and can be customized with the Channel Strip Designer.
  • Condensed Metering displays RF and Audio meters as a single LED, for quick sign-of-life referencing.
  • Customize the arrangement of channel strips with “Auto”, “Free”, and “Snap” modes.
  • Resize channel strips for better visibility or emphasis of important channels.
  • Organize Channel Strips into Groups and Views.
  • Improvements:
  • ULX-D receivers have the ability to disable Interference alerts. This property can be set from the Properties Panel.
  • AXT610 Axient ShowLink Access Points now have the ability to be rebooted from Wireless Workbench 6. This action can be triggered from the Properties Panel.
  • The selection of Group and Channel has been separated for more convenient selection of a particular group and channel value.
  • Tags are now managed from the Tag Manager dialog. To access this view, select Tools > Manage Tags.
  • Zones are now managed from the Zone Manager dialog. To access this view, select Tools > Manage Zones.
  • Added right sidebar to plot with controls to adjust plot view, adjust exclusion threshold, and control visibility of the inclusion/exclusion ranges considered by the calculator, including TV Channels, Additional Exclusions (those manually entered or generated from scan data), Inclusion Groups, and User Groups.
  • Assign different colors to exclusion/inclusion ranges by clicking on the color swab in the right sidebar and picking a different color.
  • Assign colors to Inclusion Groups in the Inclusion Lists dialog by right-clicking on a group and selecting “Assign Color”. Inclusion Groups’ colors will be displayed as ranges on the plot view when selected in the plot’s right sidebar.
  • Default Gateway can now be specified for all networked Shure devices via the Properties Panel.
  • NOTE: Wireless Workbench 6 cannot control devices across subnets. Default Gateway addressing permits device communication with Third Party Control Strings to traverse subnets.
  • Added full support to enable UHF-R transmitters to sync to AXT400 J receivers (including syncing of Custom Groups).
  • Added support to select “Inclusion Groups” in the Add New Device dialog.
  • Added support to handle frequency coordinations for PSM300 in terms of Groups and Channels.
  • Updated TV Data for Australia, Denmark, Belgium, The Netherlands

New in Wireless Workbench 6.10.3 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • Improvements
  • Fixed bug which would not display Group and Channel for frequencies coordinated for PSM300 In-Ear Monitor systems, as well as FP and BLX wireless systems.
  • Added support to repair a rare networking issue with Duplicate Dante MAC Addresses for Dante-enabled ULX-D receivers. Note: this fix requires updating ULX-D to firmware version 1.5.18.
  • Added support for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

New in Wireless Workbench 6.10.2 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • Improvements:
  • Added support for new PSM300 In-Ear Monitor System.
  • Updated TV data for United States, France, and Austria
  • Bug fixes

New in Wireless Workbench 6.10.1 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • Improvements
  • Resolved Mac installation issue that resulted in warning saying “Database not found”, and the application not launching.

New in Wireless Workbench 6.10.0 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Support for QLX-D Digital Wireless System
  • Full networked control of the QLX-D receiver parameters
  • Perform scans for the Coordination plot, Frequency plot, and RF History plot
  • Coordinate and deploy frequencies to online and virtual QLX-D receivers
  • Monitor receiver channels with channel strips and properties panels
  • Monitor Only mode
  • Prevent the software from making changes to any networked devices. Particularly useful during showtime, Monitor Only mode safeguards against accidental parameter changes.
  • Select from Frequency List
  • Browse and assign frequencies to online or virtual devices from a pre-coordinated frequency list.
  • Accessible from the inventory view and properties panels of devices, Select from Frequency List allows convenient assignment of frequencies from Frequency Lists hosted by AXT600 Spectrum Managers, and Wireless Workbench.
  • Improvements:
  • Frequency Analysis has been completely redesigned.
  • Found conflicts are listed for each frequency by type, and include details describing each conflict’s contributing factors.
  • Optimization of conflicts reporting
  • Only frequencies that are impacted by conflicts are marked as incompatible. Frequencies that have caused conflicts, but are not impacted themselves are no longer marked as incompatible.
  • If you analyze solutions preformed with previous versions of Wireless Workbench 6, you may see different analysis results because of this optimization.
  • Selection of both frequencies and conflicts highlight the frequencies that contribute to the respective conflicts.
  • Conflicts are filterable from the results view by type.
  • Conflict counts are displayed by type.
  • Analysis report can be generated, printed, and exported to .csv or .pdf formats.
  • ShowLink Properties Panel Enhancements
  • Improved display of ShowLink Link Quality with inline icons for each connected transmitter.
  • Added Channel Mask feature, allowing limits to be placed on which ShowLink channels are available for automatic selection.
  • ULX-D Interference reported by the ULX-D receiver are now displayed in the Interference Events dialog.
  • Battery meters for portable devices are now shown in segments instead of a gradient.
  • Added TV data for Switzerland and Italy.
  • Updated TV data for Germany and Australia.
  • Added ShowLink Icon(s) to AXT400 channel strip when linked transmitter data is displayed.
  • Added PSM900 band support for G6J, G14J, K1J, and L6J.
  • Added PSM1000 band support for G10J, J8J, L8J, and L11J.
  • Updated Group and Channel maps for AXT400 J bands G19, H18, J12, and L20.

New in Wireless Workbench 6.9.2.4 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • Improvements:
  • Fixed issue with UHF-R discovery when launching Wireless Workbench while Shure Update Utility is currently running.

New in Wireless Workbench 6.9.1.2 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • Improvements:
  • Fixed issue with the "Regenerate Keys" function of ULX-D encryption mode in the ULX-D receiver properties panel.

New in Wireless Workbench 6.9.0.45 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Added channel number labels to Channel Strips
  • Added “Flash” functionality from Properties Panels and Channel Strips
  • Added “Flash All Devices” control to the status bar of the application
  • Added new threshold-driven alerts, which can be enabled/disabled, and configured from the Alerts tab in Preferences
  • Low Battery (bars or minutes remaining)
  • Low RF Signal
  • Low ShowLink Signal
  • RF Overload
  • Audio Input Overload
  • Audio Meter Overload
  • Added support to integrate with the Shure Update Utility (version 2.0.2 and later)
  • Wireless Workbench can utilize the Shure Update Utility to check for, download, and install updated software versions.
  • Wireless Workbench can launch the Shure Update Utility to send firmware updates to Shure devices
  • Improvements:
  • Windows 8.1 and Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) are now supported.
  • Interference Events Management
  • Added preference to configure whether dialog opens when an Interference event occurs
  • Added toolbar button to access the Interference Events dialog. The toolbar button icon’s color will reflect any interference events if present, as well as display a badge counter, indicating the number of events listed in the dialog.
  • The Interference Events dialog will show interference events at 3 levels: inactive, “Alert” level, and “Detected” level. Active events will always be displayed, and inactive events can be cleared from the dialog.
  • Hardware Alerts Management
  • Consolidated all fault dialog popups and other hardware alerts to this new dialog.
  • Added new threshold-driven alerts to the Hardware Alerts dialog.
  • Added preference to configure whether dialog opens when a hardware alert occurs
  • Added toolbar button to access the Hardware Alerts dialog. The toolbar button icon’s color will reflect any hardware alerts if present, as well as display a badge counter, indicating the number of alerts listed in the dialog.
  • The Hardware Alerts dialog will show hardware alerts at 2 levels: inactive, active. Active alerts will always be displayed, and inactive alerts can be cleared from the dialog.
  • Events Log
  • The “Alert Log” has been renamed “Event Log”.
  • The Event Log captures any threshold-driven alerts that are checked to be monitored in the Alerts tab of Preferences.
  • Added support for the M6 band for the following products:
  • UR4S, UR4D
  • Added support for L53 and J51 bands for the following products
  • ULXD4, ULXD4D, ULXD4Q
  • Improved functionality and user interface of TV Channels dialog
  • Now allows search for TV Transmitters without using Postal Code information
  • Added TV data for the following countries:
  • Poland
  • Ireland
  • Kuwait
  • South Africa
  • Iceland
  • Updated TV data for the following countries
  • United States
  • Australia
  • Added functionality to CFL Editor to call out frequency entries with missing bands. All frequency entries should have bands specified in order for analysis to be reliable.
  • Added support for new “Manual” setting for the ULX-D Encryption.
  • Added support for changes to Hard Lock feature in AXT100
  • Added support to import .csv scan files with any step size so long as they conform to the specific format requirements. See help system for details.
  • WWB no longer prompts to save the show file on close unless unsaved changes have been made.