MCE Trendsetter NEWS
Controlled Release Version 5.0 (ECO CA10033,  19 July 2006)

IMPORTANT:

• Before upgrading to this release in the field, read the CFL upgrade information on the CFL site.
  The CFL Controlled Release Upgrade flowchart and CFL Controlled Release Upgrade flowchart for CEM outline the processes needed for CFL CR upgrades. Use the Configuration checker script and additional information on the CFL Procedures page.
• You must have a customer dongle, service dongle, and customer license files before installing this release or the result will be a hard-down situation.
  Note: The dongles do not come with the CR—they must be ordered separately through the Response Center. See Ordering a customer dongle for more information. The license files can be transferred to the workstation from the RC once the dongle serial number is known.
• You must install the version of Service Shell in this controlled release before downloading firmware.
• Some Trendsetter NEWS devices may require hardware upgrades (GENINE board, carriage drive amplifier, unload table pulley) before upgrading to Controlled Release 5.0. See Trendsetter NEWS Release Notes for MCE firmware version 1.30 for more information.

Patches and updates

• MCE Trendsetter NEWS 200 firmware patch 1 for CR 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2
• Controlled Release 5.0 MCE firmware Update 1 for MCE Trendsetter NEWS 50, 70, and SA
  (for NEWS 100, 150 and 200, use CR 5.1)
• Print Console 3.20.0.32 Patch 1 for MCE Trendsetter NEWS CR 5.0

Components

Controlled release software kit: 634-00010E (Note: Printed copies of the PC QuickStart Guide are no longer distributed in the CR SW kit)
CR CD Only: CD: 651-00592A (link points to CD files on Production’s master server). Order the CD from CD.Requests@Creo.com.

Trendsetter NEWS MCE Controlled Release 5.0 ReadMe/Release Notes

The readme/release notes document for Controlled Release 5.0 contains the following information:

1. Important Information
     1.1 Providing Feedback to Product Development
     1.2 Upgrading to CR 5.0
     1.3 Reliability Improvements
2. Controlled Release Package Information
     2.1 Component Information
     2.2 Device Qualification
     2.3 Dependencies
     2.4 Workflow Compatibility
3. Installation/Upgrading
     3.1 Upgradeability
     3.2 Installation/Upgrade Procedure
4. Major Features and Fixes
     4.1 Print Console
          4.1.1 Support for Customer Feature License
          4.1.2 Image Annotation Feature
          4.1.3 Single Broadsheet Plate Picking
          4.1.4 New Hot Folder Features
          4.1.5 Kodak NewsManager Connectivity
          4.1.6 Preloader as Second Bay Option
          4.1.7 Fixed PR7775: Grouped Hot Folder Jobs Failed
          4.1.8 Fixed PR9335: Incorrect Pick Order On Single Broadsheet Imaging Job
          4.1.9 Fixed PR6200: Suspend Prompt Missing
          4.1.10 Fixed PR7297: Print Console Failed When Operator Selected Exit
     4.2 Trendsetter Firmware
          4.2.1 Increase in Throughput Specification
          4.2.2 CTP Feature Licensing
          4.2.3 New Focus High SR Mode for Focus Sensitive Media
          4.2.4 Feature Licensing and Options
          4.2.5 Feature Licensing and Simulators
          4.2.6 Single Broadsheet Picking
          4.2.7 Display Conversion With the “Scan” Command
          4.2.8 Fixed PR6207: Losing Communication With a SAT Board Causes the MCE to Grind Once Communication Is Reestablished
          4.2.9 Fixed PR7414: MCE simulators should not use port 5000 for TCP/IP connections
          4.2.10 Fixed PR7555: Inconsistent Suspend Message on Door Safety Loop Opened
          4.2.11 Fixed PR7996: Should Loaded Force Reset The Current Load Args?
          4.2.12 Fixed PR8114: Parameterized Error Table Fills Up And Results In Nonsensical Error
          4.2.13 Fixed PR8318 - Aborting while loading can cause the scheduler to lockup
          4.2.14 Fixed PR8743: Drum Stop Can Produce Unexpected Oscillations If First Command After Reset (Safety Loop Break)
          4.2.15 Fixed PR8827: Media Command Can Cause the Monitor to Deadlock a Debug Verbosity
     4.3 Thermal Head Firmware
          4.3.1 Fixed PR9934: High SR Mode for Focus Laser
          4.3.2 Fixed PR9928: Parameter Configuration Race Condition
          4.3.3 Fixed PR9929: Head Returns Before Focus Power is Adjusted
5. Minor Features and Fixes
6. System Test Plan

Readme/release notes documents for other components (for example, Service Shell, MCE and thermal head firmware, Print Console, and so on) can be found in the folder containing each component on the controlled release CD.