Version 10.0 release notes and upgrade instructions

Toolbox version 10.0 and firmware version 10.0 introduce a variety of new features and improvements.

If an upgrade of your hardware is required, please contact your local DHD distributor - see List of DHD distributors.

• Support for XC3 / XD3 devices
• Support for DX2

• New user management, moving away from Toolbox users
• Improved system security capabilities
• New initial setup & configuration process for new delivered and upgraded devices
• Device discovery now additionally via mDNS / AVAHI

• Device reset (admin user password and network settings) via “FCT” key (XC3 / XD3 only)

• New wordings in our products:
  • Master → Main
  • Slave → Backup
  • Blacklist → Blocklist
  • Whitelist → Allowlist

• Support for XC3 / XD3 devices
• Support for DX2
• Increased overall number of Faders and Buses, utilizing the capabilities of the new XC3 & XD3 cores (XC3 / XD3 only, see Functional Range of the XC3/XD3 Core Devices with Firmware 10.0)
• New Login system, using encrypted passwords - moving away from Toolbox users
• Channel Names: new line by backslash in OLED displays (MX/RX/SX)
• Pink Noise and Hinz Triller are now avaliable without additional license (moved from 52-8581 enhanced DSP processing)
• Logging is now done via Syslog instead of DHDCS

• Support for XC3 / XD3 devices
• Support for DX2
• Loading project files made more efficient and faster
• console users, created in Toolbox, are now legacy users

• System App
  • Firmware & kernel update on device
  • Refined network settings, now supporting multiple network interfaces and VLAN configuration (VLAN XC3 only)
  • Manage Services page to define usage of different network interfaces
  • User Management page for user management via system app (moved from toolbox)
  • Service page for common maintenance tasks previously performed by DHDCS
  • Factory Test switch
  • Clear Parameter Memory function
  • Enhanced port state information, now contains power consumption of modules, IPx and DSPx module state
  • Calibrate fader / Calibrate touch integrated in port state
  • Setup Logging page for syslog setup
  • New NTP time server now applied immediately (XC3 / XD3 only)

• New first launch experience with initial setup & configuration process for new delivered and upgraded devices
• Assist App: support for DX2
• Views App: maximum of 500 Grid Units for Web Views (XD3 only, previous systems: 250 Grid Units)
• Dark Mode: adapts automatically to your operating system settings
• SSL / TLS certificate support
• New user management, encrypted user login and DHD user server support
• DHD devices can now discover each other: online DHD device list offered within in WebApps
• AES67 out of band control support
• XC3 integrated AES67 GUI support

• Shared Kernel with XC3
• Integrated web apps and System App for network and general settings
• Integrated System App offers:
  • Network settings
  • SSL/TLS certificate support
  • Licensing
  • Operating System and Process information

• AES67 web interface now integrated in webapps
• DHD devices can now discover each other: online DHD device list offered within in WebApps
• User Management & Logins are now done via WebApps users of the core with username & password
• DHD user server support (via core)
• Out of Band control capabilities via WebApps of the core
• Dark Mode: adapts automatically to your operating system settings

• New network specifications and management approach
• Mandatory admin user
• New device-internal microservice architecture to improve stability of the overall operation
• New firmware & kernel upgrade policies
• Support for SSL / TLS certificates (XC3 / XD3 only) for encrypted communication
• Secure HTTPS REST API calls
• SNMPv3 (secure) support (XC3 / XD3 only)
• Syslog replaces DHD logging, capable of standardized logging via UDP/TCP
• Regular security updates & patches for kernel and firmware (XC3 / XD3 only)
• Managing the available services per ethernet interface allows to create “public” and “internal” interfaces
• All user passwords securely stored via one-way encryption
• No factory default-passwords
• ETH1 & ETH2 work fully-redundant as bond-device (XD3 only)

See Operation Server & Operation Manager version 10.0 release notes

• DHD Logging replaced by syslog
• Redeem vouchers / store licenses via DHDCS replaced by WebApps
• Update Firmware / Kernel via DHDCS replaced by WebApps
• Firmware reset / system reboot via DHDCS replaced by WebApps
• User PIN code login replaced by secure username / password login

For a seamless transition, we recommend planning with enough spare time to convert your Toolbox project.

First of all, you need to have your Toolbox working at the latest Toolbox v9.2.x. If this condition is fulfilled, open your .dp9 project file with Toolbox v10.0.x. When saving your project file with Toolbox 10, file type will be converted into .dp10.

You may receive some WARNING messages in the Messages Section. Those messages inform you if your Toolbox project is using no longer supported hardware, if other problems occurred or if adjustments were done during conversion of the project. A double click on the message leads you to the hardware module or part of the configuration that is subject of the message.