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ARK 5.0.2 Release Notes

Improvements:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
B IDS All Product libraries are now displayed in alphabetical order in IDS.

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
3 iLog GA3285 Show sessions feature could not be reenabled in the previous version. It can now be reenabled when a new .csv file is loaded.
3 IDS Analog products Analog products were not communicating properly in IDS due to a recent code modification.


ARK 5.0.0 Release Notes

Improvements:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
A All GA3285 The GA3285 product has been added to all of the standard SDT support tools.

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
2 IDS GA3285, GA3284 ADM or AutoADM (GA3285 only) must be written or burned to the device for the live polar plot to be displayed.


ARK 4.8.3 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
3 IDS GA3284 Fixed an issue with adaptive directional mode where the beta value would affect the graphs.


ARK 4.8.2 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
1 Microcard Consolidator, Foundation Fixed an issue that was preventing users from communicating with Foundation or Consolidator devices when using the Microcard.
1 All Foundation The highcut filter was not being disabled correctly when 16 kHz was selected as the centre frequency. This was only occuring for libraries created using ARKonline.
2 IDS All The minimum output sensitivity value on the CalConfig->Setup tab in IDS was changing from 84 to 86 when you switched products in the library. The value now stays at 84.
2 ARKonline wizard Paragon Selecting only 1 mic omni on the Front End page in the wizard and then clicking 'Next' would result in a 'page not found' error.
2 ARKonline wizard Foundation, Consolidator Removed 15 kHz from the list of possible frequency values for the parametric highcut filter. This frequency does not produce a stable biquad filter.
1 CalConfig Consolidator GA3227 Demo Library trimmer product was giving subscript out of range error when CalConfig was run twice in a row.
1 Filter Designer Plus GA3284 When switching from a Consolidator/Foundation platform in FDP to GA3284, the sampling frequency options were not updated correctly. The options were still 24 and 32 kHz.
2 CalConfig Foundation, Consolidator When calibrating a product to have a sampling frequency of 24kHz, the wideband gain was approximately 1-2dB off from its expected value, depending on the microphone and receiver used.
2 CalConfig Venture, GA3284 The Frontwave calibration was not calculating the Null Depth correctly.

Improvements:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
A All Consolidator Addition of 32kHz support.


ARK 4.8.1 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
1 IDS GA3284, GA3226 Fixed a bug that was causing the Interactive Data Sheet to crash when the Squelch Threshold Ratio was set to 1:3 and the FBC was enabled.
2 CalConfig Venture, GA3226, GA3284 Fixed an error in the Frontwave calibration that was occuring when the volume control was enabled.

Improvements:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
B IDS Venture, GA3226, GA3284 Added a table on the Advanced Features tab with default settings for the FBC delay for different hearing aid styles and mic to rec spacing.
B IDS Venture, GA3226, GA3284 Message added to the top of the Advanced Features page in the ARKonline wizard regarding the importance of setting the FBC delay value to a valid setting based on the hearing aid style.
B ARKonline Wizard GA3219, GA3217 Default range for GA3219 and GA3217 products in the wizard has been set to 1 to 50.
B All GA3219, GA3217 GA3219 and GA3217 Demo Libraries were modified to only display a FBC delay range of 1 to 50.


ARK 4.8.0 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
1 All GA3226 In Mic plus Telecoil or Mic plus DAI mode, under certain acoustic conditions there was a notch in the frequency response when the Feedback Canceller was enabled.
2 All DSP Programmer 2 Serial ID was not being read out correctly for DSP Programmer 2's.
2 IDS Venture Programming a very small beta value in directional mode was causing artifacts.
2 All GA3226 FBC delay range limited to >=1 and <=50 for the GA3226 Demo Library.
2 All MicroConnect Errors in Microconnect.inf file would not allow MicroConnect programmer to be installed correctly.
2 Modeler All Using the Frye 7000, the 100 Hz Level Detector read was incorrectly reading out too low. This would cause the 100 Hz value to be modeled incorrectly.
3 Filter Designer Plus Foundation Foundation was not showing sampling frequency options all the time in Filter Designer Plus.
3 Filter Designer Plus Venture, GA3226 When transferring coefficients to IDS, users will get an Element Not Found Run-time error if the coefficients generated were out of range.


ARK 4.6.0 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
1 IDS GA3226 Opening IDS files and then re-saving would set the CalConfig->Setup Input Type value incorrectly.
1 Modeler All Receiver saturation curve was modeling incorrectly around 6.3 kHz.
1 All Foundation VC was not reading back correctly if External VC was set to a constant disabled value in the GA3216 Wizard.


Improvements:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
B Product Libraries All Added the ability to select Sine or Speechweighted Input signals in IDS in the Graphs menu. In order to enable this feature, libraries will need to be rebuilt in ARKonline.
B All HiPro HI-PRO USB is compatible with ARK software.
A GA3216 Wizard Foundation Added the option to create Extended Programmable mode maps.
A IDS, FDP, Product Libraries Foundation Added support for Generic Biquads to the GA3216 wizard. Users can select generic biquads or EQ Filters.


ARK 4.4.0 Release Notes

Improvements:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
A All GA3226 The GA3226 product has been added to all of the standard Gennum support tools.
B Frye 7000 All Implemented several improvements for communicating with the Fonix 7000.


Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
3 CalConfig Venture The null depth checking routine in the Venture FRONTWAVE calibration has been fixed.
3 HiPro Controller Component All Further improvements were implemented to handle communication with longer cable lengths.
3 Product Libraries Venture Fixed a bug in Venture that was restricting certain OCL gain and OCL time constant value combinations.


ARK 4.2.6 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
3 Product Libraries Foundation The function ReadTrimmerAssignments was always returning successfully. It now returns the result from the function call.


Improvements:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
B IDS, CalConfig, Product Libraries Foundation For enhanced traceability, the product identifiers(libraryid, productid and manid) are now stored in the device when it is configured.


ARK 4.2.5 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
3 Product Libraries, IDS Venture A graphing issue for 16kHz products was fixed so that the highcut's centre frequency adjusts the graphs properly.
2 Cal/Config All The Frye 7000 was occasionally giving errors during receiver modelling. This issue has been resolved.
2 ARKonline Venture, Foundation, Duet Fixed several issues with copying maps and Soundfit map creation to prevent build errors.


Improvements:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
A Product Libraries Venture Added a new feature to Venture products - programmable power on delay. Please contact Gennum for new hybrids (version C).
B None None The microconnect.inf file has been added to this release to allow the Microconnect programmer to work on laptops.
B ARKonline All The ARKonline wizards no longer allow maps to be named or renamed to that of an existing map. This change will prevent build errors from occurring.


ARK 4.2.4 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
1 Cal/Config, Controller Components Venture The Cal/Config procedure has been corrected so that new parts do not fail the burn verify step on the first run through the program.
2 Product Libraries Foundation The buildtool has been updated to correct an issue with the memory switches in multimemory trimmer mode.


ARK 4.2.3 Release Notes

Improvements:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
A Product Libraries Venture The External VC on Venture has been updated to allow for a programmable range. Please contact Gennum for new hybrids (version B).


ARK 4.2.2 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
1 Cal/Config Venture Cal/Config from version 4.2.1 introduced an error where calibration data would not be stored properly. This issue has been corrected.
1 Controller Components Venture An update to the Venture product caused an error in Cal/Config to appear where a final burn would not verify properly. This issue has been corrected.


ARK 4.2.1 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
1 Cal/Config Venture If Cal/Config failed in the middle of calibration, it would occasionally overwrite important control data. This issue has been corrected.
2 Libraries Venture, Foundation, Duet Updated scratch space allocation so that any value can be allocated. For Venture and Duet, 1 to 256 bytes of data can be allocated. For Foundation, 1 to 128 bytes of data can be allocated.


ARK 4.2.0 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
1 Libraries Venture Certain settings were not being programmed correctly for two mic omni, telecoil and mic + telecoil modes.
2 Libraries Venture EQ filter settings were corrected to work properly at 8kHz for 32kHz sampling rate.
2 Cal/Config Venture Input sensitivity calibration was corrected so that it would not be affected by the external VC setting.
2 Libraries Foundation, Duet, Venture Scratch space allocation was fixed so that values less than 256 bytes can be allocated. Note that software must now allocate scratch spaces of multiples of 32 bytes for Foundation and Venture and multiples of 2 bytes for Duet.
2 Libraries Foundation Libraries were corrected to properly read out squelch thresholds at the low end of the range.

Improvements:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
A All Venture 16kHz support added for Venture products.
A All Venture CE support added for Venture products.
A Libraries Venture Gain reduction values shift appropriately with the value of the low battery threshold.
A Libraries Foundation Low battery beep voltage threshold and low battery voltage averaging time constant are programmable in ARKonline.
B IDS All The Scratch Editor form was updated in IDS to grey out the first four bytes when the serial ID was in use.


ARK 4.0.0 Release Notes

Bug Fixes:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
2 Filter Designer Plus PARAGON, Duet, Venture Parts of the Filter Designer Plus were redesigned to improve the behaviour of the system when switching between different products. The application now supports the Venture product.
3 IDS All Products The Scratch Editor and Calibration Setup forms were updated in IDS to exhibit better behaviour under various error conditions.

Improvements:

Level Tool(s) Affected Product(s) Affected Description
A All Venture The Venture product has been added to all of the standard Gennum support tools.
A Frye 7000 All A Frye Fonix 7000 component has been added to mARK2.
B Frye 6500 All The Frye Fonix 6500 component now automatically verifies the levelling status of the sound chamber.




Bug Fix Criticality Levels:
  • 1: Critical bug fix. Sound Design recommends that all software using the affected modules should be updated as soon as possible. This includes fitting software, manufacturing tools, and all development software using these modules.

  • 2: Important bug fix. Sound Design recommends that this update should be incorporated into software under development and/or included in the next planned software release.

  • 3: Minor bug fix. This update improves look and feel or ease of use.
Improvement Levels:
  • A: Major improvement. This update significantly improves the software that enhances the product's performance and/or adds features or support for new Sound Design products.

  • B: Minor improvement. This update makes minor improvements to the software impacting the product's performance and/or its features.
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