CueServer 2 User's Manual

Release v5.1.3 [May 9, 2024]

Version 5.1.3

Version 5.1.3 is a maintenance release for all CueServer models with 34 important bug fixes and improvements. It is a recommended update for all v5.0.0 and later users.

  • General
    • New Informational help popups have been added throughout the application that describe various pages and properties.
    • New Updated the application to newer application frameworks, which has improved performance and reliability.
  • Live Status
    • New The CPU Info panel now displays more information about the CPU type of the running hardware.
  • Stage View
    • Bug Addressed an issue that could cause the Stage View to not properly re-render itself on older macOS operating systems when the view is dragged from a non-Retina monitor to a Retina monitor.
  • Cue/Preset Editor
    • Bug Fixed an issue that could cause channels to become hidden after unpatching a fixture or loading a show that does not have a patch.
  • Macros
    • New Added the ability to Enable/Disable Macros in the Macro Editor panel.
  • Layout Editor
    • New Added the ability to set a customizable range of values on the Slider object when adjusting a variable.
    • Bug Resolved an issue that would cause a station to become not-editable if the live station is set to a non-existent page.
    • Bug Addressed an issue that prevented the Rotation field in the inspector panel from being able to increment/decrement.
    • Bug Fixed a problem that caused image files with apostrophe characters (‘) in the filename to fail to load.
    • Bug Addressed an issue where Fixture objects were allowing the user to choose improper alternate functions.
    • Bug Improved performance of loading/switching between layouts.
  • Touchscreen Engine
    • New Added new “Color Approximation” algorithm that allows fixture objects to more closely render the output color of a fixture with complex emitters.
    • New Allow the Label on a Fixture Object to be directly edited on a Touchscreen.
    • New Implemented a significant improvements in image storage and rendering that speeds up page loads, operation and lowers the amount of storage space required.
    • Bug Fixed the rendering of the Page Navigation object to use more available space and to wrap the tab captions if necessary.
    • Bug Resolved a regression that prevented Gobo, Prism, and Direction ornaments from appearing on fixture objects.
    • Bug Addressed an issue with drawing the proper indicator state of objects that are set to Select Channels.
  • Settings
    • Bug Fixed a regression that caused a crash when clicking in the white space under any of the hardware settings sub-navigation panes.
    • Bug Addressed a problem that would occur with the LCD display preferences when the preferred hardware model was changed between a CueServer 2 and CueServer 3.
    • Bug Fixed an issue with generic CueServers showing the wrong LCD display preferences.
  • CueScript
    • Bug Updated the RELEASE command to properly not clear the playback’s current cue when only selected channels are being released.
    • Bug Fixed a problem when recognizing a syntax error after the command STATION n AT was followed by a non-integer.
  • JavaScript Interpreter
    • Bug Fixed a bug that could leak memory with asynchronous JavaScript calls.
  • WebSockets API
    • New Added CueSubscription and GroupSubscription APIs.
    • Bug Updated the message ID constants for the BLRQ, BLRS, PLRQ, and PLRS messages.
  • LCD Display
    • Bug Addressed an issue that could cause virtual keycaps to appear with the wrong text when shows are loaded that had been created with old versions of Studio.
  • Networking
    • Bug Addressed an issue that could cause a CueServer to briefly identify itself on the network with an incorrect IP address immediately after booting.
    • Bug Fixed a bug that could cause IGMP Query packets to be sent from CueServer using the wrong source IP address in the message payload.
  • Hardware
    • New Support for new internal hardware revisions has been added.
    • Bug Addressed an issue that could cause improperly formatted serial data to not be properly recognized as an error.
    • Bug Fixed a problem that prevented a module’s indicator from flashing Red when a receive error is detected.
  • Windows
    • New Separate application builds are now available for 32-bit, 64-bit, and ARM-based Windows environments.
    • Bug Fixed an issue that was causing tabs in the Cue/Preset Editor and the Plugins Editor to appear with incorrect colors when the OS is in dark mode.