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Release Notes

Firmware Release Notes for AES16e™/LT-TB™/E44™/E22™ AES16e/LT-TB/E44/E22 Firmware Update for macOS Release Notes

Firmware Release Notes for AES16e™/LT-TB™/E44™/E22™

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Revision History / Release Notes

Installation Notes
The firmware update process will take under 2 minutes. Once the update has been done successfully, your computer will need to be powered off for the new firmware to become active.

If for some reason the firmware update process fails, do not power off your computer until successfully updating the firmware. The firmware update process is not permanent until the computers power is switched off, so you may reboot your computer and re-run the update program to try again.

PLEASE NOTE: Before updating the firmware on your Lynx PCI Express card, please close all applications that are running, pause or suspend the Windows Task Scheduler (System Agent), and insure that your power to your computer will not fail by connecting it to an uninterruptible power supply.

If the Lynx PCI Express card firmware update is interrupted while updating the card, you may have to revert to the factory default firmware by changing the jumper on the card to the PROM 1 position. The firmware update process always programs PROM 2 so there is never a risk rendering the card unusable.

The LynxFirmware application supports updating firmware on the following products:

PCI Express: AES16e; AES16e-SRC; AES16e-50; E22; E44
Thunderbolt: LT-TB; LT-TB3 (Including Hilo-TB; Hilo-TB3; Aurora(n)-TB; Aurora(n)-TB3)
Hilo (connected to computer via Thunderbolt, Dante or USB)
Aurora(n) (connected to computer via Thunderbolt, Dante or USB)
LM-DIG connected to Aurora(n)
LT-DANTE connected to Aurora(n) (FPGA firmware only, not Dante Firmware)
Aurora 8 or Aurora 16 (connected to computer via Thunderbolt, Dante, USB or MIDI)
LT-HD inside Aurora 8 or Aurora 16 (connected to computer via MIDI)
LT-MADI inside Aurora 8 or Aurora 16 (connected to computer via MIDI)

Firmware Revision History

LynxFirmware Updater 1.0.6 - January 25, 2023

Hilo-TB now only shows the Hilo if the LT-TB is already updated to Firmware 6.5. To update the LT-TB to Firmware 6.5 makes sure to power cycle both the computer and the Hilo, then launch LynxFirmware BEFORE any other applications are loaded.

LynxFirmware Updater 1.0.5 - October 11, 2022

Updated to Dante 4.5 API. Now supports Apple Silicon based computers.

LynxFirmware Updater 1.0.4 - August 18, 2021

Updated to Dante 4.4 API. Please note that Audinate does not support Dante on Apple Silicon M1 based computers. Supports Big Sur on Intel.
Added instruction localizations in Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Indonesian, Italian and German in addition to English.

LynxFirmware Updater 1.0.3 - March 06, 2021

LT-TB now has DMAV2PLUS; Added readback of clock register to allow Aurora(n) sample rate updates to be seen by driver when clocked externally.
This build includes:
AES16e: 14.1
LT-TB: 6.5
E44/E22: 2.6

Version 1.19.09.17 - September 17, 2019

LT-TB now has DMAV2PLUS; Added readback of clock register to allow Aurora(n) sample rate updates to be seen by driver when clocked externally.
This build includes:
AES16e: 14.1
LT-TB: 6.4
E44/E22: 2.6

Version 1.19.03.20 - March 20, 2019

Added support for independent A/D HPF control of input pairs on Rev B PCB. Current driver capable of control HPF on inputs 3 & 4 only on E44.
This build includes:
AES16e: 14.1
LT-TB: 6.2
E44/E22: 2.6

Version 1.18.06.20 - June 20, 2018

Fixed SynchroLock failure to lock for E44/E22.
Fixed programming over bus issue with Winbond PROMs for E44/E22.
This build includes:
AES16e: 14.1
LT-TB: 6.2
E44/E22: 2.5

Version 1.17.04.04 - April 4, 2017

Fixed issue on E44/E22 firmware that caused multiple writes to GPOUT to toggle the output instead of setting the desired state.
This build includes:
AES16e: 14.1
LT-TB: 6.2
E44/E22: 2.3

Version 1.17.01.31 - January 31, 2017

Added the ability for the E44/E22 to do specific sample rates from 8kHz to 200kHz instead of just 44.1; 48; 88.2; 96; 176.4 & 192kHz.
This build includes:
AES16e: 14.1
LT-TB: 6.2
E44/E22: 2.2

Version 1.16.05.18 - May 18, 2016

All: Changed timing to record devices to fix occasional record issues.
All: Removed extra startup interrupt.
All: This firmware REQUIRES Build 58B or higher of the OS X driver to function properly. Please install Build 58B or higher BEFORE flashing this new firmware.
This build includes:
AES16e: 14.1
LT-TB: 6.2
E44/E22: 2.1

Version 1.15.08.07 - August 7, 2015

All: Added DMAV2PLUS support which includes:
- 5.1 support for WaveRT (6-channel interleaved)
- Smaller transfer sizes to reduce latency to under 1ms round-trip (96kHz, 32 sample buffer)
LT-TB: Added play device metering (like the E44 and AES16e).
This build includes:
AES16e: 14.0
LT-TB: 6.0
E44/E22: 2.0

Version 1.15.02.25 - February 25, 2015

AES16e: Fixed a couple of bugs that would affect users using a Thunderbolt expansion chassis.
AES16e: Fixed a bug in which the upper playback levels would get reset too often.
AES16e: Added play device metering (like the E44).
First release to include support for E44/E22.
This build includes:
AES16e: 13.2
LT-TB: 5.5 (No changes from previous release)
E44/E22: 1.6

Version 1.14.05.02 - May 2, 2014

Fixed issue with LS-ADAT and AES16e introduced with Firmware 13.
This build includes:
AES16e: 13.1
LT-TB: 5.5 (No changes from previous release)

Version 1.14.04.16 April 16, 2014

Added DMA Version 2 support for AES16e. This updated requires Windows Driver Build 21 or higher; OS X CoreAudio Driver Build 56 or higher.
Fixed issue with level meter reset for AES16e.
This build includes:
AES16e: 13.0
LT-TB: 5.5

Version 1.00.12.11 - February 6, 2014

Added support for 44.1 kHz for AES50.
Added support for CardID on AES16e.
Added support for LT-TB (First Release 5.2).

Version 1.00.12.10 - February 12, 2013

Fixed issue created in Firmware 12.9 that kept SynchroLock for engaging properly.

Version 1.00.12.9 - January 9, 2013

Fixed issue that caused certain hosts (Sonnet chassis) to sometimes not allow the AES16e to be recognized properly.

Version 1.00.12.8 - August 2, 2012

Fixed various issues related to AES50. Please note that this update is for the AES16e-50 card only.

Version 1.00.12 - September 12, 2011

Fixed PCI Express issue that occurred with some P67 and Z68 motherboards (Gigabyte & Intel).
Fixed volume indexing issue at 4X sample rates.

Version 1.00.11 - February 9, 2010

Supports PCB Rev D.
Fixed PCI Express issues for 1 DWORD memory reads and transactions across 4K-byte boundaries.

Version 1.00.10 - November 17, 2009

Corrected an issue introduced in Build 9 that copied right channel data to the left channel on a record device.

Version 1.00.09 - September 29, 2009

Added 64-channel / 32-device operation. This allows for 32 record channels and 32 play channels. This also allows for the LStream port to have independent channels from AES/EBU channels.
Added support for AES16e-50.

Version 1.00.07 - July 21, 2008

Fixed issue with PowerMac G5 (Late 2005) and playback transfers.

Version 1.00.06 - May 22, 2008

ASIO Buffer Size of 32 now supported with Version 2 Build 16 driver.

Version 1.00.05 - April 22, 2008

Initial release with Build 05 Firmware.

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