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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Release notes for TCU

Date	Product	Document	Version	Reason	Description

2024-08-05	TCU	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.

2024-07-18	TCU	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.

2024-07-17	TCU	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.

2024-07-16	TCU	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.

2024-07-10	TCU	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.

2024-07-09	TCU	Firmware	14.24	Enhanced	Changed standard NTP poll interval Changed from 6 to 30 seconds.

Date	Product	Document	Version	Reason	Description

2023-12-08	TCU	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.

2023-07-06	TCU	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.

2023-06-21	TCU	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.

2023-04-04	TCU	Firmware	12.64	Bugfix	In source "LTC: MTD" the local timer was not shown It was overwritten by MTD real-time.

2023-03-03	TCU	Firmware	12.59	Bugfix	Brightness of keyboard can be set again Bug was introduced in version 11.7.

2023-02-21	TCU	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.