TMB’s ProPlex IQ Micro is a compact two-universe PoE-powered Ethernet-DMX node — the kind of thing that ends up in every rack and on every truss because it just works. Version 2.14 firmware is a maintenance release, but it’s not a trivial one: there are seven specific fixes targeting ArtNet behavior, RDM port indexing, and sACN multicast group handling when paired with a managed switch. If you’ve run into weird RDM discovery or multicast gremlins on your IQ Micro, this is the update you’ve been waiting for.

The most notable fix is the sACN and ArtNet Manager multicast group controller correction — a bug that prevented the unit from properly receiving sACN and Manager protocol data through managed switches. That’s the kind of issue that only surfaces in permanent installs with proper network infrastructure, which makes it all the more annoying when it does. Also fixed: a rare ArtPollReply controller fault that could, in unlucky circumstances, reboot the device mid-show. Nobody wants that.

More from TMB on the v2.14 release:

Bug Fixes

• Fixed sACN and Manager multicast group controller to receive sACN and Manager protocol data when used with managed switch
• Fixed ArtTOD RDM port index to display RDM devices
• Fixed ArtIPProg configuration to configure IP mask with IP mask instead of IP address
• Fixed ArtNetNode manufacturer ESTA ID (to show TMB), firmware version
• Fixed ArtPollReply controller error may (in rare cases) cause the device to reboot
• Improved ArtPollReply controller to reply only about enabled ports
• Added ArtTOD Control process
• Other overall improvements and minor bugfixes

Download the v2.14 firmware and learn more about the ProPlex IQ Micro by visiting proplex.com.