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R E L E A S E N O T E S
ALEXAMiniSUP5.4SoftwareUpdatePackageSUP5.4.13
Date:August17th,2018
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TableofContents
A.Introduction..........................................................................................................................3 OverviewofFeaturesIntroducedwithSUP5.4....................................................................3 ChangestoPreviousVersions...............................................................................................3 UpdateInformation..............................................................................................................3 Downgrading.........................................................................................................................3 AdditionalSoftware...............................................................................................................3
B.NewFeaturesinSUP5.4........................................................................................................4 SupportofMVF-1withnewViewfinderPanel......................................................................4 MasterGripsStatusIndication..............................................................................................4 ImprovedTimecodeBehaviourinRegenMode....................................................................4 CenterMarkOption“SmallCross”........................................................................................5
C.KnownIssues.........................................................................................................................6 KnownIssuesFixedinSUP5.4..............................................................................................6 KnownIssuesinSUP5.4........................................................................................................6
D.UpdateProcedure...............................................................................................................10 DownloadandRegistrationProcess....................................................................................10 HowtodownloadaSoftwareUpdatePackage...................................................................10 CameraUpdateProcedure..................................................................................................10
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A.IntroductionWeareproudtoannouncethereleaseofSoftwareUpdatePackage5.4fortheALEXAMini.ThisversionexpandsfunctionsfortheALEXAMiniasindicatedbelow.SUP5.4includesimportantbugfixesandmajorimprovementsandwestronglyrecommendinstallingthisupdateatyourearliestconvenience.Wehighlyrecommendthatyoutakeyourtimetogothroughthesereleasenotesandtheknownissuessectionofthisdocumentbeforeyoustartusingthecamera.Ifyouhavenotdonesoalready,pleasemakesureyouregisteryourALEXAMiniusingouronlinecustomerregistration.Yourregistrationensuresthatyoureceiveinformationaboutfuturesoftwareupdatesassoonastheyareavailable.Youcanfindtheregistrationhere.Formoreinformation,pleasevisitwww.arri.com/alexamini.ForalistingofanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestionspleasevisittheALEXAMiniFAQs.IfyouhavequestionsorfeedbackregardingALEXAMinipleasefeelfreetocontactus.
OverviewofFeaturesIntroducedwithSUP5.4
§ SupportofMVF-1withnewViewfinderPanelStartingwithserialno.12000,theALEXAMiniMVF-1includesanewOLEDviewfinderpanel,offeringnewbrightnesssettings120,200and300Nits.
§ MasterGripsStatusIndication
§ ImprovedTimecodeBehaviourinRegenMode
§ CenterMarkOption“SmallCross”
ChangestoPreviousVersions§ Menu>Userbuttons>MasterGripsuserbuttonshasbeenrenamedtoLBUSdeviceuserbuttons
UpdateInformationCamerasshouldalwaysrunthelatestSUPsoyoucanbenefitfromthelatestimprovements,featuresandbugfixes.However,wedonotrecommendinstallinganewSUPinthemiddleofaproduction.Detailedinstructionsfortheupdateprocesscanbefoundattheendofthisdocument.SUP5.4containsupdatesforallcomponents,includingtheviewfinder.Theupdatemaytakesignificantlylongerthanpreviousupdates.Theviewfinderwillswitchoffintheprocessanddoesn’tgiveavisualfeedbackoftheupdateallthetime.Makesurenottopoweroffthecameraduringfirmwareupdate.
DowngradingDowngradingtoSUP4isonlypossibleonceinarow.SUP5.4includeshardwarerelatedupdatesthatdonotallowinstallingSUP4asecondtime.IfyouhavedowngradedtoSUP4andforsomereasontheinstallationcouldnotbecompleted,youneedtoinstallSUP5againbeforeyoucandowngradeandinstallSUP4again.ForadowngradetoapreviousSUPversion,thelicensefileoftheinstalledandofthepreviousversion(mini_fw_update_aes_x.x.x.lic)needtobeavailableontheUSBmemorystickunder/ARRI/A-MINI/LICENSES/.
AdditionalSoftwareARRIrecommendsupdatingARRIRAWConverter(ARC)version3.4.5orlowertoversion3.5orhigherwhenusedwithSUP5.xfiles,especiallywhenusinguserpixelmapsandwhenHDRlooksareusedfortheprojectcolormanagement.ThenewHDRcolorspaces,Rec-2100PQandRec-2100HLG,areincorrectlyinterpretedasREC709inpreviousARCversions.Thiscanleadtoincorrectimagecolorprocessingandcolorspacemetadataintheexportedrenderedfiles.
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B.NewFeaturesinSUP5.4
SupportofMVF-1withnewViewfinderPanelAllALEXAMiniMVF-1fromserialno.12000onwardshaveanewOLEDviewfinderpanelbuiltin,becausethepreviouslyinstalledviewfinderOLEDpanelisnolongeravailable.ThisnewviewfinderpanelwillonlydisplayanimagewhenusedwithSUP5.4andhigher,andwillnotdisplayanimagewithversionsbelowSUP5.4.Thepanelcomeswithanewcalibrationandnewbrightnesssetting,withoptions120,200and300Nits.EVFgammaisfixedandequivalenttotheLiftedsettingoftheprecedingviewfinderpanel.Thefactorydefaultbrightnesssettingis120Nits.AllexistingMVF-1willnotbeaffectedbythischange,andwillcontinuetofunctionasbefore.
MENU>Monitoring>EVF/Monitor>Settings>EVFbrightness
MasterGripsStatusIndicationThestatusinfolensdataoverlaysforiris,focusandfocallengthnowindicatewhetherornotanARRIMasterGripcontrolsalensaxis.AssoonasaMasterGripgainscontroloveranaxis,thenameofthecorrespondingoverlayishighlightedwhite(examplebelow:Irisaxis):
IrisnotundercontrolofMasterGrip
IriscontrolledbyMasterGrip
ThisindicationisespeciallyusefulwhenusingoneMasterGriptocontrolfocusandiris,switchingbetweenbothaxes.
ImprovedTimecodeBehaviourinRegenModeCompatibilitywithSMPTEcompliantgeneratorsthathavecausedintermittentwarningsinthepasthasbeenimprovedforRegenmode.StartingwithSUP5.0thecameraappliedastrictqualitycontrolonthetimecodesignaltoensurethatthesourcewouldworkwithJAMSyncmodeandtuning.ThischeckhaspartlybeenremovedinREGENmodetosupportgeneratorsthatcomplywithSMPTEspecifications,butdonotmatchtherequirementsfortuningthecamera.Asaconsequencesometimecoderelatedwarningswillnotshowanymoresothatoperatorswillhavetotakegreatercarethatthetimecodesignalappliedtothecamerawillmatchtheprojectsetup.Thewarningsthatwon’tshowinRegenmodeanymoreare:
§ LTCInframerateisincompatiblewithprojectframerate(mixingintegerandnon-integerframerates)§ LTCIndropframeconfigurationmismatch(camerausesdropframe,sourcedoesnotorviceversa)
InbothcasesthecamerawillnowshowthewarningTimecodesynchronizationisrequired.§ LTCInframeratediffersfromprojectrate(mixingintegerormixingnon-integerframerates)
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CenterMarkOption“SmallCross”ThecentermarksettingforEVFandSDIhasbeenextendedwiththeoptionSmallCross.
MENU>Monitoring>EVF/Monitor>EVFOverlays>CentermarkMENU>Monitoring>SDI>SDIprocessing>Overlays>Centermark
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C.KnownIssues
KnownIssuesFixedinSUP5.4FollowingknownissueshavebeenresolvedintheSUP5.4release:
§ AudioplaybackonSDIoutputsandheadphoneoutmaybenonlinearwhenplayingbackProResclipswithprojectrate59.94p.
KnownIssuesinSUP5.4ThisisalistofknownissuesfortheSUP5.4softwarepackage.
Accessories
•RecordStart/StoponCanonHJ18B4lensIncasethestart/stopfunctionontheCanonHJ18B4lensisnotworkingwiththeARRIB4MountandconnectedHirosecable,pleaseexecutea"Resetall"onthelens.
EXTSync
•ChangingSDIsettingswhilerunningoffsyncspeedTheSDIoutsmightnotbeinsynctoeachotheranymorewhenSDIsettings(SDIframerate,SDIformatand/orSDIimage)arechangedwhilethecamerasarerunningoffspeed(sensorfps!=projectfps)inEXTsyncmode.Inthiscasechangethesensorfpssettingbackandforthonthemastercameratore-establishSDIoutsync.
•FalsealertswithslavecamerasconnectedbutnotyetconfiguredFalsealertstatesareissuedwhenslavecamerasareconnectedtoamastercamerabutarenotyetconfiguredasslavecamera.WhensettingupanEXTsynccluster,firstenableallslavecamerasandmasterlast.
FrameGrab
•FramegrabsdonotworkduringplaybackofinterlacedS16orHDclipswhenplaybackispaused.Inordertoperformaframegrabrewind,hitplayanddotheframegrabattheappropriateposition.
•FramegrabsfromARRIRAWplaybackFramegrabstakenfromARRIRAWplaybackmayexhibitdifferencesinpixelbrightnessontheedgesoftheframe.
Inputs/Outputs
•SDIoutputswhenusingtimecodesyncWhenusingatimecodesignalassyncsource,theSDIoutputsmaynotbepreciselyinsynctothesyncsource.ForpreciseSDIoutsynctosyncsourcepleaseuseatri-levelgenlocksignal.
•Monitoringin3.2Kwith1.3xanamorphicdesqueezeEVF/MonitorandSDIoutputsmayshowscalingartifactsin3.2Krecordingmodewith1.3xanamorphicdesqueezeenabled.Theartifactsarelimitedtothemonitoringoutputs,theydonotaffecttherecordings.
•1.3xanamorphicdesqueezeisnotavailableforUHDSDIoutput1.3xanamorphicdesqueezeisnotappliedtoUHDSDIoutput4226G,DL4226Gand4223GDL.
•MomentaryimagelossonSDIoutputswhenconnectingasyncsourceTheSDIoutputsre-synchronizewhenconnectingagenlockortimecodesource.Whilere-synchronizingashortimagelossmayoccur.
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•1.3xanamorphicdesqueezeisnotavailableforEVFzoom1.3xanamorphicdesqueezeisnotappliedtotheEVFzoomimage.
•TemporaryimagelossonSDIoutputswhenconfiguring6GWhenchangingtheSDIoutputto6G,orwhenchangingtheSDIoutputfrom6Gtoanotherformat,bothSDIoutputsmayexhibitashortimageloss.
Media
•ProtectionagainstcrossplatformCFast2.0formattingissuesOnlyCFast2.0cardsthathavebeenerasedonALEXAMiniorAMIRArunningSUP4.0(orhigher)canbeusedforrecording.ThisisforprotectionagainstissuescausedbydifferentCFast2.0formattingschemesusedbyothercamerasmanufacturers.
Metadata
•TiltandrollmetadatanotaccurateTiltandrollvaluesinmetadatamaynotbeaccurateenoughtobeusedforVFXapplications.
Playback
•ClipswithHDRlooksburned-inwillnotbecorrectlydisplayedonMVFandEVFWhenplayingbackaclipthathasaHDRlookburned-in,itwillnotbecorrectlydisplayedonMVFandEVF,sincebotharenotHDRcapableandnotone-mappingisapplied.Thisisamonitoringproblemonlyanddoesnotaffecttherecordedfootage.However,wegenerallydonotrecommendburninginlookswhenshootingHDRcontent.
•InternalcameraplaybackofProRes4444XQclipsIncameraplaybackofProRes4444XQclipsmayshowjitterorahorizontallydividedframe.Therecordedclipisfine.
•InPausemode,interlacedclipsonlyshowhalfverticalresolutionThisbehaviorcanonlybeobservedwhenplaybackismonitoredontheSDIoutputs.
•BrowsingcliplistwithcamerabuttonsmaynotupdateclipselectioninmonitorUsingthebuttonsonthecamerabodyforbrowsingtheplaybackcliplist,maynotupdatetheselectionoftheclipinthecliplistdisplayedintheviewfindermonitor.
•InterlacedclipsjitterverticallywhenplayedbackwithSDIoutputnotsettointerlaced.ThisonlyaffectstheplaybackinSDI,therecordingiscorrect.MakesuretoalwaysmatchSDItheoutputconfigurationtotheprojectconfiguration(e.g.:60iclipstobeplayedbackwith60iSDIoutput).
•ActivatingPlaybackdoesnotdisablepeakingPleasedisablepeakingmanuallyincaseyoudonotwantpeakingduringplayback.
Recording
•CamerasometimesdoesnotprompttoformatanonARRI_UDFCFastcardWhiletheMVFDisplayissettoliveviewmode,thecamerawillnotprompttoformataCFastcard,eventhefilesystemonthecardisnottheARRI_UDFfilesystem,butFAT32,ExFATorother.
•StartrecordingfromplaybackinMPEGorARRIRAWmodeStartingaMPEGorARRIRAWrecordingdirectlyfromplaybackcanfailwitherrormessage:"RecordingstoppedduetoFPGAfailure.Pleaserebootcamera."Pleaseexitplaybackbeforestartingtorecord.
•StartrecordingfromplaybackStartingarecordingdirectlyfromplaybackmaynotwork.Inthiscaseasecondpressoftherecordbuttonisnecessary.
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•IncorrectremainingtimedisplayedinintervalrecordingUsinghighercapacityCFast2.0cardsforintervalrecordingmaycausewrongremainingtimedisplay.
•NoiseReductionin"Strong"modeThe"Strong"modeinNoiseReduction(availableinS16HD,3.2K,4:32.8Kand4KUHD)mayresultinimageartifactswithfastmovingobjects.Werecommendtestingthisaccordinglybeforeusing"Strong"mode.
•PowerlossduringrecordwithCFast2.0cardsACFast2.0cardmayneedtobereformattedwhenitisremovedduringrecordingorintheeventofasuddenpowerlossoccurswhilethecameraiswritingtothecard.Thecamerawillindicatetheerrorwithawarningmessage.Pleasefollowtheinstructionsinthewarningtoavoiddamagetothecardorfurtherrecordings.Noactionisrequiredifnowarningisdisplayed.PleasecontactARRIserviceformoreinformationorifyouencounteranyfurtherissues.
•LimitedscalingqualityinHD-SDIoutputswhenrecordingin2KTheresultingimagequalityisconsideredassufficientformonitoringbutmaybelimitedforrecordingthesignalasthemasterrecord.Thisisduetothedownscalingofthe2KresolutiontoHD.PleasesettherecordingformattoHDwhenrecordingHDontheHD-SDIoutputasmasterrecord.
•Errormessageformaximumclipsize.Onveryrareoccasions,thecameramaystoprecordingandreport"Recordingstopped-maximumclipsizereached".ThiscanonlyoccurwithimagecontentthathasverylittledetailandusingacodecwithlowdataratelikeProResLT.
•ChangingExposureIndexorWhiteBalanceduringrecordWhenchangingExposureIndexorWhiteBalanceduringrecorditispossiblethatasingleframecontainstwodifferentimagecharacteristics.
•LimitedamountofreelsonCFast2.0cardsRecordingonCFast2.0cardsislimitedto15reelspercardinProResandARRIRAWMXF.Ifthemaximumnumberofreelsisreached,recordingisstillpossibleifnofurtherreelneedstobecreated.
SUPUpdate
•TimezoneanddaylightsavingtimearesettodefaultwiththeSUPupdate.PleasemakesuretosettimezoneanddaylightsavingtimeaftertheSUPupdate.
Timecode
•SyncingmultiplecamerasusingtimecodeWhensyncingmultiplecamerasusingtimecodesyncandtimecodemoderegen,someoftherecordedclipsmayexhibitatimecodeoffsetofoneframewithprojectratesabove30fps.
•SyncingthesensorviaLTCtimecoderequiresaprecisiontimecodegeneratorAprecisiongeneratorwithlowjitterisrequiredwhenusinganLTCtimecodesignaltogenlockthecamera.DevicesthatworkwithoutaproblemasstandardLTCtimecodesourcemaynotworkasLTCgenlocksource.
Usability
•MotorcalibrationrequestwhenlensfileiseditedonWCU-4WheneditinganactiveLDAlensfileonWCU-4andaLDSlensisattached,thecameraissuesalensmotorcalibrationrequest.Inthiscaseyouhavetocalibratethemotorsonceagainbeforeeditingthelensfile.
•TheWaveformexposuretoolissilentlydisabledwhenoutputprocessingissettoALEXAClassic709ALEXAClassic709outputprocessingwhileshootingHDRcontentdoesnotworkwiththewaveformexposuretoolandissilentlydisabled.UserbuttonsandtheEXPbuttonontheMVF-1viewfinderwillhavenoeffect.
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•CAPserverframegrabwhilecameraisinplaybackAframegrabtriggeredthroughCAPserverduringinternalcameraplaybackgrabsaliveimagefromthesensorinsteadofaplaybackimage.
•TiltandrollreadingsinstatusoverlaysElectronichorizonoverlayandtiltandrolloverlaymayshowfalsereadingsifthecameraorientationdoesnotallowforadequatecalculationofeitherrollortiltvalue.
•UpdatedEFmountsnotcompatiblewithSUP4releaseRevertingthecamerasoftwaretoSUP4doesnotdowngradetheEFmountsoftware.AnEFmountthathasbeenupdatedwithSUP5.xwillnotworkinthatcase.
•SimultaneoususeoftimecodemodejamsyncandgenlocksyncisnotsupportedWhenusingtimecodemodejamsyncorwhenusinggenlocksync,thecameraadjustsit'sinternaloscillatortomatchthesourceclock.Henceusingacombinationoftimecodemodejamsyncandgenlockisnotsupported.
•MirrorimageverticalflipisnotappliedtoframegrabWhenusingthemirrorimagesetting,onlythehorizontalflipisappliedtotheframegrab.
•AnamorphicdesqueezecannotbedeactivatedformonitoringwithsomeformatsAnamorphicdesqueezecannotbedeactivatedformonitoringwiththeProResHDAna.and2:39:12KAna.recordingformats.
•UsersetupscreatedwithearlierSUPsarenotcompatiblewithSUP5.xUsersetupscreatedwithSUP4orearlierSUPscannotbeloadedwithSUP5.x
•Starlite-HD5ARRIcanchangesettingsortriggerarecordingevenifUIisnotdisplayedonscreen.IftheStarlite-HD5ARRIisconnectedtoaSDIoutputshowing"CLEAN"output,settingsmaybechangedwithoutnoticewhentouchingtherespectiveareasonthescreen.PleasemakesuretheStarlite-HD5ARRIisconnectedtoanSDIoutputthatissetto"PROCESSED"toseethetouchinterface.
Viewfinder
•CalibrationappliedtensecondsafterinitialconnectionWhenconnectingaMVF-1withthenewOLEDviewfinderpanelbuiltinforthefirsttime,itmighttakeuptotensecondsbeforethenewviewfindercalibrationisloadedandapplied.
•Viewfindermayshowscalingartifactsin4:32.8KmodewithanamorphicdesqueezeTheartifactsarelimitedtotheviewfindermonitoring,theydonotaffecttherecordings.
•ForMVF-1uptoserialnumber2150whicharenotupgradedtotheneweyepieceTheviewfindersometimesmaynotswitchonasitusesaproximitysensortoactivatetheOLEDdisplayonlywhiletheeyepieceisinuse.ApproachingtheMVFatanunfavorableanglemaycauseitnottotriggerproperly.
•ZOOMorSURROUNDVIEWatverylowframeratesTheMVF-1/MONITOR'simagemomentarilyfadeswheneitherzoomorsurroundviewgetactivatedorde-activatedatverylowframerates(below5fps).
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D.UpdateProcedure
DownloadandRegistrationProcessYoucanfindtheSoftwareUpdatePackage(SUP)intheALEXAMinidownloadsection.YouneedtoregisteryourALEXAMinicamera,alongwithyourcameraserialnumber,toaccesstheSoftwareUpdatePackage(SUP)download.ExistingALEXAcustomerswithanactiveaccountforthedownloadsectioncanusethisaccount,unlessotherwiserequested.ASUPcanbeinstalledonthecamerabyusingaUSBstickasdescribedindetailbelow.
HowtodownloadaSoftwareUpdatePackage§ Ifyouhavenotregisteredyet,pleasegototheALEXAMinidownloadsectionandscrolltothe‘ALEXAMini
SoftwareUpdatePackagex.x'section(where‘x.x’istheversionnumberofthedesiredSoftwareUpdatePackage).Click'Please->registertogetanaccount.'TheALEXAMinicustomerregistrationpagewillthenbeopened.
§ Fillintherequesteddataandmakesuretoputintheserialnumber(s)ofyourcamera(s)intheformatofK1.0003873-xxxxx.Don'tforgettoagreetotheregistrationtermsattheendofthepage.
§ Whenyouhitthe'CreateAccount'button,thesystemwillsendyouaconfirmationemailwithalinktoactivateyouraccount.Afterfollowingthelink,awelcomeemailissentcontainingthelogincredentials.Pleaseloginandnavigatetothedownloadsectionagain.
§ Whenaccessingthesoftwarepackagedownload,youwillbeaskedtoagreetothetermsandconditionsofthisdownload.Assoonasyouagreetothesetermsthedownloadlinkisreleased.
CameraUpdateProcedureTheALEXAMinisoftwareisupdatedwithaUSBmemorystick.TheSUPwillupdatetheALEXAMinicameraalongwiththeViewfinder(MVF-1),CCP-1andthelensmount–providedtheyareconnectedtothecamera.
§ Afterthedownload,pleasedoubleclickthedownloadedfile(*.zip)tounpackitorunpackitmanually.Thiswillplacetwoupdatefiles(*.SUPand*.lic)andtheSUPreleasenotesontoyourcomputer.
§ Ifnotdonebeforehand,preparetheUSBmemorystickforusewithALEXAMinibyconnectingittothecamera:pleasenavigatetoMENU>Media>PrepareUSBmediumandpressCONFIRM.ThiswillcreatetherequiredfolderstructureontheUSBstick.
§ ConnecttheUSBsticktoyourcomputerandplacethedownloaded*.SUPfileinthefolderARRI/A-MINI/SUPontheUSBstick.Thenplacethedownloaded*.licfileinthefolderARRI/A-MINI/LICENSESontheUSBstick.
§ Makesurethecameraisconnectedtoacablepowersource,orispoweredwithafullbatterytoavoidpowerlossduringtheupdateprocess.
§ Performafactoryreset.§ RemoveCFastcardfromcamera.§ ConnecttheUSBsticktothecameraandnavigatetoMENU>System>Update.§ SelecttheSUPfilefromthelist.§ Inthefollowingmessage,pressCONFIRMtostarttheinstallation.§ Aftertheupdateprocesshasfinished,asuccessmessageisdisplayed.§ Ifyouhavebeeninstallingtheupdateusingthewebremotemakesureyoucleanyourbrowser’scache,
otherwisethebrowsermaynotshowthewebremoteofthenewsoftwarecorrectly.§ MakesureyousetthecorrecttimezoneintheSystemTimeconfiguration.§ TheMVF-1andthelensmount(s)needtobeattachedtothecamera.SUPsnotonlycontainupdatesforthe
camerabodybutalsoforMVF-1andlensmounts.Toensureflawlessperformance,pleasemakesureyourMVF-1,CCP-1andlensmount(s)areupdatedaswell.
ForadowngradetoapreviousSUPversion,thelicensefileoftheinstalledandofthepreviousversion(amira_fw_update_aes_x.x.x.lic)needtobeavailableontheUSBmemorystickunder/ARRI/A-MINI/LICENSES/.
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