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Firmware and documentation for DMB300

RELEASE NOTE

IMPORTANT: one specific license key is required per each DMB300 device that must run on Gekkota 5 middleware.

IMPORTANT: After migration, in case using third party software to publish App, your previous Apps may be not compatible. For further information, contact support@qeedji.tech

IMPORTANT: In case you wish to upgrade your DMB300 devices from Gekkota 3 middleware (3.12.57) to Gekkota 5 middleware (5.YY.ZZ), it is highly recommended to contact support@qeedji.tech to know the impact of this migration. Check also the software compatibilities below, and remember that you cannot downgrade to a Gekkota 3 middleware afterwards. The specific DMB300 RMA (or Return Merchandise Authorization) consisting in downgrading the middleware Gekkota 5 back to the middleware Gekkota 3 is not covered by the warranty of the device.

Never make electric unplug on your player while software upgrade is in progress (green led blinking 6 times every 4 seconds) else the player may not be able to work properly

2023-09-05 V5.12.10 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for swap disk feature
    • Add support for Enable Virtual memory on this partition checkbox in the Tools pane of the Maintenance tab of the device Web user interface allowing to activate swap disk feature
    • Add support for system.disk.swap.authorized user preference
    • Add support for swap tag in the storage tag of the status.xml device status file allowing to watch the swap disk activating value
  • Fix: in some case, the URL launcher App could return an error message Content temporarily unavailable (code 4) when playing some images located in Web site sub directories
  • Fix: the unsigned CA certificates was not supported
LIMITATIONS
  • these video containers are not supported:
    • *.asf, .wmv, .vob, .mpg, .mpeg, .m2v, .avi, .ts, .wma
  • XPF servers are not supported
  • AV commands are not supported
  • the audio may be not synchronized accurately with the full HD .ts media when the output resolution is 1920x1080
  • transitions between MS-PowerPoint slides are not supported
  • the DVB-T peripheral card is not supported
  • the bitrate limitation is not supported
  • the colour adjustment is not supported
  • IR on Jack 3.5" is not supported
  • the device must restart at least once with the appropriate WIFI security ciphering value after the security ciphering of the WIFI router is modified
  • the GPIO Jack 3.5" can be used in output only when the Phoenix GPIO are configured as disabled
  • the playback of live video Web contents is not properly supported

INFORMATION

SUPPORTED MEDIAS

QEEDJI POWERPOINT PUBLISHER FOR MEDIA PLAYERS

CONFIGURATION SCRIPT

POWERSHELL SCRIPTS FOR AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY APPLICATION SUPPORT

KNOWN LIMITATIONS

OLD VERSIONS HISTORY

2023-04-19 V5.11.10 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for URL launcher
    • Simple Web server
    • CIFS
    • Microsoft 365
  • Change: in Pull Webdav (.gap) mode, if the Fail soft mode information content is displayed, the device waits a few minutes before downloading the App again (.gap)
  • Change: wait now seven device reboots instead of four, before purging the App from the device and displaying the information message Information - Fail Soft mode
  • Fix: playing a MS-PowerPoint media in a secondary zone could make freeze the played content then was leading to a device reboot. The device could take into account the new publication only after the device reboot
  • Fix: the activation of a power manager task was leading to a fail soft mode
  • Fix: some PDF medias could make reboot the device
  • Fix: it was possible to enter a power manager task with no recurrence day at all
  • Fix: it was possible to create a standby task with no recurring day
  • Fix: in some cases, when navigating with the Web user interface, the user could fall on the http://<ip_address>/.playout/ page instead of falling on the applicative http://<ip_address>/.admin/#/ Web page

2023-02-01 V5.10.11 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Change: the default value for the innes.image.max_size preference is now 4096 px
  • Fix: the UDP stream playback could stop after a couple of seconds with some specific streamer configuration
  • Fix: if the audio codec of a .mov media was not supported, the video track of the .mov media was not decoded
  • Fix: the WLAN network interface with these security ciphering value was not working
    • none
    • WEP
    • WPA-Personal (PSK)
    • WPA2-Personal (PSK)
    • WPA-Enterprise (EAP)
    • WPA2-Enterprise (EAP)
  • Fix: the content of a remote image having a same name could be not updated
  • Fix: MS-PowerPoint medias playback
    • the video embedded in MS-PowerPoint media could be unexpectedly shifted on the left when the slide aspect ratio was 4:3
    • the failover font researching from the Microsoft cloud was not working
  • Fix: the scrolling text was not displayed properly when the output rotation was 90° (or 270°)
  • Fix: the GPIOs reading and writing on Jack 3.5" connector and on Phoenix connector was not supported
  • Fix: in some case, when the output resolution was 90° (or 270°), the test pattern for the WLAN network interface was displayed outside the white outline
  • Fix: with some specific output resolutions, the STATE: up or STATE: down information could be not displayed in the test pattern

2022-12-19 V5.10.10

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • initial version
IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN GEKKOTA 3 AND GEKKOTA 5
  • Change: Web engine Mozilla 47 to Mozilla 92
  • Fix: these widgets based on content models that was not supported in Gekkota 3 are supported now with Gekkota 5
    • Decounter
    • AC3 real Estate