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Timing Updates

Plura timing products are constantly being improved and adapted to new requirements. These are the latest software and documentation updates.

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2025

Date Product Document Version Reason Description
2025-03-07 RUB IE Firmware 2.25.9 Bugfix Removed superfluous menu items that are not bound to existing software options
  • Bug was introduced in version 2.25.6.
RUB PM Firmware 2.25.9
2025-02-13 RUB GT-L Firmware 2.25.6 Enhanced New setting "Auto" for local time zone in RUB GT
  • Works the same as "Auto + Reference Check" but omits the "Reference Check".
  • To use it set "Reference / Time Zone and DST Mode / Local Time Zone" to "Auto".
RUB IE Firmware 2.25.6
RUB PM Firmware 2.25.6
Rubidium Configuration Tool Software 2.25.6
RUB GT Manual 4.5
2025-01-22 UD/SC Configuration Tool Software 15.5 Enhanced Added flash size to System / Info

2024

Date Product Document Version Reason Description
2024-12-12 UD Stage Firmware 14.49 New Initial release of UD Stage displays
2024-12-12 UD/SC Configuration Tool Software 14.49 New Added support for UD Stage displays
2024-12-12 UD/SC Configuration Tool Software 14.49 New Added support for option 22
2024-12-10 RUB IE Firmware 2.24.49 Bugfix Fixed broken signature of status monitor
  • Bug was introduced in version 2.24.48.
RUB PM Firmware 2.24.49
TCC70XS2 Ethernet Firmware 2.24.49
2024-11-27 RUB IE Firmware 2.24.48 New DNS servers can be configured
  • After configuring DNS servers on "System" page, the Syslog server as well as NTP client’s hosts can be configured as DNS names rather than IP addresses.
RUB PM Firmware 2.24.48
TCC70XS2 Ethernet Firmware 2.24.48
2024-11-21 PCIe 3G Firmware 9.22 Bugfix Fixed a bug that potentially damages PCIe (v2) cards
  • Original PCIe cards (not "v2") are not affected.
PCIe LV Firmware 9.22
PCIe L Firmware 9.22
PCIe TS Firmware 9.22
2024-11-14 RUB XT Firmware 2.24.47 New Added automatic insertion color of MTD timers
  • "Read / MTD / Color" in configuration enables insertion of MTD timers with actual color including automatic color change.
RUB XV Firmware 2.24.47
RUB IE Firmware 2.24.47
RUB PM Firmware 2.24.47
Rubidium Configuration Tool Software 2.24.47
RUB XT Manual 2.9
RUB XV Manual 2.9
TCC70XS2 3G-Video Firmware 2.24.47
TCC70XS2 Ethernet Firmware 2.24.47
TCC70 Configuration Tool Software 2.24.47
TCC70XS2 Manual 3.1
2024-11-12 Rubidium Configuration Tool Software 2.24.46 New Added support for option 87
TCC70 Configuration Tool Software 2.24.46
2024-11-08 NTP-Tool Software 1.9.2 Enhanced Added Plura logo
2024-10-10 UD/SC Configuration Tool Software 14.42 Bugfix SPT/TCU+MTD-ID flash update fix
  • Fixed a bug that prohibited the last reboot after flash updating a SPT or TCU with MTD-ID.
2024-09-05 UD/SC Configuration Tool Software 14.36 New Added blue display color to MTD timers
SPT Firmware 14.36
SPT-H1 Firmware 14.36
2024-09-04 Rubidium Configuration Tool Software 2.24.36 New Added blue display color to MTD timers
RUB IE-M Firmware 2.24.36
RUB PM-M Firmware 2.24.36
2024-09-03 RUB IE-R Firmware 2.24.36 New Added blue display color to the Timer Request Protocol
RUB PM-R Firmware 2.24.36
SPT-R1 Firmware 14.36
SPT-R3 Firmware 14.36
RUB IE-R Manual 3.2
RUB PM-R Manual 3.2
SPT-R1 Manual 3.2
SPT-R3 Manual 3.2
2024-08-30 RUB IE Firmware 2.24.35 Enhanced Status monitor certificate update
  • The new certificate is valid until October 2027.
RUB PM Firmware 2.24.35
TCC70XS2 Ethernet Firmware 2.24.35
2024-08-29 Rubidium Configuration Tool Software 2.24.35 New Added firmware update check
  • Added "Check for Update..." button to "System" page for easy downloading of firmware updates.
  • Requires Internet access.
TCC70 Configuration Tool Software 2.24.35
2024-08-22 UD-N Firmware 14.34 New NTP server for UD displays
  • The optional software allows the UD display to act as a NTP time server, synchronized by an external real-time LTC.
2024-08-12 TCA Firmware 14.32 New Added blue display color to MTD timers
UD/SC Configuration Tool Software 14.32
2024-08-05 MTD-ID Firmware 14.32 Bugfix SPT or TCU hangs at startup if MTD-ID is connected
  • To fix it first disconnect MTD-ID from SPT or TCU, do firmware update of SPT or TCU alone, connect MTD-ID again, repeat firmware update.
  • Bug was introduced in firmware version 14.23.
SPT Firmware 14.32
TCU Firmware 14.32
2024-07-18 UD Displays Firmware 14.31 Bugfix Fixed firmware updates over Ethernet
  • Firmware updates over Ethernet were not possible because the Ethernet bootloader did not start.
  • Firmware update needs to be done over USB instead.
  • Bug was introduced in firmware version 12.77.
SPT Firmware 14.31
SPT-H1 Firmware 14.31
TCU Firmware 14.31
2024-07-17 SPT Firmware 14.29 Enhanced Enhanced function key labels
  • The function key label for "MAIN x = TIMER y" functions now shows the custom MAIN label from "Timer Name" page.
SPT-H1 Firmware 14.29
TCU Firmware 14.29
2024-07-16 UD Displays Firmware 14.28 Bugfix Fixed "TCP Spurious Retransmission" errors
  • Fixes spurious freezes of TCP connections for some seconds.
  • Concerning Timer Request Protocol and HTTP connections.
SPT Firmware 14.28
SPT-H1 Firmware 14.28
TCU Firmware 14.28
ELC Firmware 14.28
2024-07-10 UD Displays Firmware 14.25 New Added firmware update check
  • Added "Check for Update..." button to "System" page for easy downloading of firmware updates.
  • Requires Internet access.
SPT Firmware 14.25
SPT-H1 Firmware 14.25
TCU Firmware 14.25
ELC Firmware 14.25
UD/SC Configuration Tool Software 14.25
2024-07-09 UD Displays Firmware 14.24 Enhanced Changed standard NTP poll interval
  • Changed from 6 to 30 seconds.
SPT Firmware 14.24
SPT-H1 Firmware 14.24
TCU Firmware 14.24
ELC Firmware 14.24
2024-07-08 RUB C3 Firmware 2.24.28 New Added features to PTP Grandmasters
  • "Min. Delay Request Interval" can be set.
  • Added an "Antenna Enable" setting for GPI3 output. This allows use of a G16 GPS receiver as a reference of a PTP grandmaster.
RUB C3 Manual 2.0
RUB G3 Firmware 2.24.28
RUB G3 Manual 2.0
RUB IE Firmware 2.24.28
RUB PM Firmware 2.24.28
Rubidium Configuration Tool Software 2.24.28
2024-06-26 RUB IE Firmware 2.24.27 New Added firmware update check
  • Added "Check for Update..." button to "Version" or "System" pages for easy downloading of firmware updates.
  • Requires Internet access.
RUB PM Firmware 2.24.27
TCC70XS2 Ethernet Firmware 2.24.26
2024-06-24 RUB PM-R Firmware 2.24.25 Bugfix Fixed "Error 304"
  • Possibly occurring when trying to control GT’s MTD timers with "Controlling" commands of Timer Request Protocol.
2024-06-14 RUB IE Firmware 2.24.23 Enhanced Several enhancements
  • Improved readability of page menu by shadowing item’s background.
  • Showing reference status on MTD page.
  • Showing status monitor’s IP on "System" page.
RUB PM Firmware 2.24.23
2024-06-11 RUB IE-C Manual 1.5 Enhanced Added description of output protocols
2024-05-29 UD/SC Configuration Tool Software 14.22 Enhanced Added support for UD100-8T Stage display
2024-05-23 TC60 Software 4.8 Enhanced The TC60 configuration tool now shows actual settings even if they were made via DIP switches
TC60 Manual 4.8
2024-05-17 SPT-R1 Firmware 14.19 Bugfix Fixed +2/-1 TREQ issue
  • It happened that the count sequence of a timer received over the Timer Request Protocol was not continuous.
SPT-R3 Firmware 14.19
2024-04-10 PC System Clock Synchronization with PCI TS Software 2.12 Enhanced Added PCIe TS (v2) to the supported cards of the TimeSys software
2024-04-04 RUB IE Firmware 2.24.14 New Added MTDoE + NTP Client + Timer Request Protocol (M+C+R) firmware image
RUB PM Firmware 2.24.14
Rubidium Configuration Tool Software 2.24.14
2024-04-04 RUB IE-M Firmware 2.24.14 Bugfix Fixed default value of MTD Priority
RUB PM-M Firmware 2.24.14
2024-03-22 RUB IE-M Data Sheet Enhanced Options M, R3 and R10 no longer require option N
RUB IE-R Data Sheet
2024-03-12 TCC70XS2 Ethernet Firmware 2.24.12 Enhanced Allow reference telegrams from 2036-01-01 or later
  • For details see update notes of RUB IE-N version 2.24.1.
2024-03-01 RUB IE Firmware 2.24.11 New Added support for option 86
RUB PM Firmware 2.24.11
Rubidium Configuration Tool Software 2.24.11
2024-02-06 RUB AT Manual Enhanced Added application notes to Product Downloads section
RUB AV Manual
RUB XT Manual
RUB XV Manual
TCC70XS2 Manual
2024-01-31 RUB IE-S Firmware 2.24.5 Enhanced Added more PTP status OIDs to SNMP MIB
  • SNMP status OIDs that are calculated from bit fields were fixed.
  • . SNMP requests of EUI64 OIDs are now possible.
RUB PM-S Firmware 2.24.5
Rubidium Configuration Tool Software 2.24.5
2024-01-26 RUB IE Firmware 2.24.4 Bugfix Fixed message "File \WEB\OptAut42.htm not found"
  • Applies to GT with option A (Automation).
  • Bug was introduced with version 2.22.8.
RUB PM Firmware 2.24.4
2024-01-09 TRC Manual 1.2 Enhanced Updated download links and update instructions
  • Minor changes.
2024-01-08 RUB IE-N Firmware 2.24.1 Enhanced Allow reference telegrams from 2036-01-01 or later
  • On 2036-02-07 NTP timestamps will rollover to zero, NTP era 0 ends and era 1 starts. The NTP server is now able to work beyond this date.
  • NTP clients are responsible to handle the rollover correctly and not jump back to 1900-01-01.
RUB PM-N Firmware 2.24.1
2024-01-01 RUB IE-N Firmware 2.20.37 Bugfix The NTP Server stopped working on 2024-01-01
  • The NTP server of firmware older than version 2.20.37 ignored reference telegrams after 2024-01-01. The result was a LOST or INIT state of the NTP server.
  • MTD over Ethernet (MTDoE) was also affected.
RUB PM-N Firmware 2.20.37
TCC70XS2 Ethernet Firmware 2.20.37

2023

Date Product Document Version Reason Description
2023-12-18 UD25 Firmware 12.97 Enhanced Update to latest revision of other UD displays
UDD25 Firmware 12.97
2023-12-14 UD Displays Manual 4.12 Enhanced Added Local Start / Stop / Reset commands
2023-12-08 UD Displays Firmware 12.95 Bugfix The primary/secondary changeover of NTP client didn’t work
  • The "Active Host" display on the NTP status page was also incorrect.
SPT Firmware 12.95
SPT-H1 Firmware 12.95
TCU Firmware 12.95
ELC Firmware 12.95
2023-12-06 RUB IE Firmware 2.23.48 Enhanced Reworked setting of inserter texts
  • Applies to XT/XV, AT/AV and HT/HV/DT/DV modules.
RUB PM Firmware 2.23.48
2023-12-05 ELC Manual 2.3 Enhanced Added "LTC: MTD" user mode
2023-11-21 RUB IE Firmware 2.23.47 Enhanced Updated RTOS to Version 2.09
  • Fixes potential security issues.
RUB PM Firmware 2.23.47
TCC70XS2 Ethernet Firmware 2.23.47
2023-11-30 TCA Firmware 12.94 Enhanced Errors in the MTD sequence are now counted as "Sequence" errors
2023-11-08 RUB GNS10 Manual 1.4 Enhanced Added ANTG weight
2023-10-26 PCIe cards Manual 5.45 Enhanced Added PCIe 3G (v2), PCIe LV (v2), PCIe L (v2) and PCIe TS (v2)
  • Updated CE declaration and added UKCA declaration.
2023-10-13 PCIe cards Firmware 9.19 New Initial release of PCIe (v2) cards
  • Introducing PCIe LV (v2), PCIe L (v2), PCIe TS (v2) and PCIe 3G (v2) cards.
  • Cards are backward compatible to original PCIe LV, L, TS and 3G cards.
2023-10-05 Windows Driver for PCI and PCIe Software 5.45 Enhanced Windows driver now supports PCIe (v2) cards
  • PCIe LV (v2), PCIe L (v2), PCIe TS (v2) and PCIe 3G (v2) are supported, as well as all existing Plura or Alpermann+Velte PCIe and PCI cards.
PCI SDK and Linux Driver Software 5.45
PCL Flash Software 5.45
2023-08-24 RUB C3 Firmware 2.23.8 Enhanced Enabled status monitor status of PPS and serial inputs in Grandmaster mode
2023-07-06 SPT Firmware 12.77 New Added illuminated keys to Main mode
  • In Main mode the keys 2 (Time), 3 (Date) and 4 (Timer A) to F (Timer F) are illuminated to visualize the current mode.
SPT-H1 Firmware 12.77
TCU Firmware 12.77
2023-06-21 SPT Firmware 12.75 New Dummy load can be added to improve compatibility to PoE+
  • Auto / Off / 0.3W / 0.9W / 1.2W can be configured.
TCU Firmware 12.75
UD/SC Configuration Tool Software 12.75
2023-06-01 RUB G3 Firmware 2.22.21 New Initial release of RUB G3 module
RUB G3 Manual 1.0
2023-05-10 SPT Manual 2.8 Enhanced Added selection of time code sources
  • Added specifications of LTC IN.
SPT-H1 Manual 2.8
2023-04-20 PCIe cards Manual 5.39 Enhanced Added missing PCI / PCIe product name
2023-04-14 RUB IE Firmware 2.23.15 Enhanced Reworked DHCP behavior
  • Assuring DHCP resolve even if DHCP server or network equipment is not available immediately after TCC70XS2 or Rubidium startup.
RUB PM Firmware 2.23.15
TCC70XS2 Ethernet Firmware 2.23.15
2023-04-06 PCIe cards Manual 5.38 Enhanced Added Windows 11 and Server 2022 support
2023-04-05 UD56-8 Firmware 12.57 Enhanced Update to latest revision of other UD displays
2023-04-04 UD Displays Firmware 12.64 Bugfix In source "LTC: MTD" the local timer was not shown
  • It was overwritten by MTD real-time.
TCU Firmware 12.64
2023-03-03 SPT Firmware 12.59 Bugfix Brightness of keyboard can be set again
  • Bug was introduced in version 11.7.
SPT-H1 Firmware 12.59
TCU Firmware 12.59
2023-02-23 RUB GT Firmware 2.23.8 Bugfix DST mode was not set when loading a time zone in MTD TIME ZONE mode
  • Now DST Enable is set automatically if DST bias is not zero.
2023-02-21 SPT Firmware 12.58 Bugfix In MTD master mode DOWN key is working again
  • OFFSET+ and OFFSET- were affected, too.
  • Bug was introduced in version 11.32.
SPT-H1 Firmware 12.58
TCU Firmware 12.58
2023-01-05 UD25-8 Firmware 12.51 Bugfix STATUS display of NMEA protocol was faulty
UD56-8 Firmware 12.51
2023-01-25 UD126 Firmware 11.32 Enhanced Update to latest revision of other UD displays
UD178 Firmware 11.32
2023-01-04 UD Displays Firmware 12.51 Enhanced Field order of "Serial" config page was different to UD/SC config tools

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