merging IOC-ANU-PRO Anubis Pro SPS Instruction Manual

: June 6, 2024
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MERGING+ANUBIS FIRMWARE
ANUBIS FIRMWARE UPDATES HISTORY
Feature change:
ANUBIS TROUBLESHOOTING
Documents / Resources
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MERGING+ANUBIS

MERGING+ANUBIS FIRMWARE

Latest certified Firmware and Maintenance modes are distributed by Merging in the Anubis download section. https://www.merging.com/anubis/download Verify your Anubis Firmware version and Maintenance mode version by going to the Anubis under Settings>Info. You should see the Firmware version number such as v1.0.9b39588 and the Maintenance mode version. Merging releases new firmware frequently for Anubis.
Refer to the Anubis User Manual Firmware Update section in order to proceed with a Firmware update, or consult our online documentation. MERGING+ANUBIS Firmware Update Procedure
Note: There are two types of updates possible. Either the Anubis Firmware update (frequent releases) or the Maintenance Mode update (un-frequent releases but mandatory for some firmware). Anubis Support Download Section (for Drivers, Apps, and Firmwares links) https://www.merging.com/anubis/download

ANUBIS FIRMWARE UPDATES HISTORY
Fixed in Firmware version 1.2.6.49236– Release Date: 12.10.2021
Important: Requires ANTMAN 1.2.2 and Above.

Improvement. Music Mission SoundID recall added to the Bus Routing Snapshot entry
Fixed. Monitoring Mission issue with 2.2 setup
Fixed. Monitoring Mission SoundID Reference button removed if no profiles were imported
Fixed. Monitoring Mission Multichannel top speakers controls hidden by SoundID button
Fixed. Monitoring Mission Channel solo implementation and the Subchannel Solo
Fixed. Monitoring Mission Subs channels trim
Fixed. Monitoring Mission no sound when applying delay on Speaker set
Fixed. Monitoring Mission issue with low-level EQ when Speaker mode is changing
Fixed. Music Mission Web Access Mix button blocked
Fixed. Music Mission SoundID related EQ refresh issues when changing the sampling rate
Fixed. Music Mission Deleting a SoundID profile removes it properly from TFT
Fixed. Music Mission SoundID ordering in Routing issue.
Fixed. Music Mission Snapshot Bus Routing recall now keeps SoundID profile status
Fixed. Music Mission UI Remote Web Access UI fixes
Fixed. Music Mission Snapshot reload can crash the remote access
Fixed. Music Mission Dynamics Bus return to DAW muted

Fixed in Firmware version 1.2.5.49031– Release Date: 28.09.2021 Important: Requires ANTMAN 1.2.2 and Above.

New. Sonarworks SoundID Reference supported, for Headphones or Room Correction
Improvement. Anubis Rotary Performance is a little slow at times it lags
Improvement. Monitor Mission, Bass management UI layout changes and added options
Improvement. Monitor Mission, EQ on channels and on patch points
Improvement. Monitor Mission, EQ Link/Bypass function
Improvement. Monitor Mission, filtering status icons
Improvement. Music Mission, selective Snapshot recall
Improvement. Music Mission, updated Bus Routing Layout
Improvement. Music Mission, Group collapsing in the SetUp page
Improvement. Web Access remote PreAmps faders scaling UI
Improvement. New setting to display SOLO or MUTE on Anubis TFT
Improvement. Anubis Fan translate regulation slopes
Fixed. EQ on Reverb can cause infinite loop feedback on CUE’S
Fixed. Anubis SPS two ports no long advertise Bonjour after connection/disconnection
Fixed. Device issue advertising itself after RJ45 disconnect/connect
Fixed. ASIO clock not updated when PTP domain has changed

Fixed in Firmware version 1.2.4.48118– Release Date: 02.06.2021 Important: Requires ANEMAN 1.2.2 and Above.

Improvement. Remote control of Anubis reliability from drivers
Improvement. Peering reliability
Improvement. Peering. Display of MIDI Pre Channels start number for remote control
Improvement. Last peer output will take over if the same output module already peered
Improvement. Music Mission. New Anubis settings for Live Mixing application
Fixed. Peered modules can go offline and back online
Fixed. Sink provides too big Unicast port number
Fixed. Monitor Mission freeze when total monitors channels exceed 30.2
Fixed. Talkback AD peak meter is not accurate
Fixed. The cue channel set should not be displayed in the Speaker panel.
Fixed in Firmware version 1.2.2.47903– Release Date: 08.06.2021 Important: Requires ANEMAN 1.2.2 and Above.
Improvement. Peering and Unite reliability fixes
Improvement. Anubis published name unique
Improvement. The refresh rate of the metering adjustments for performance gain
Improvement. Music Mission Dynamic module, only compressor ON at first
Improvement. Music Mission Web Access now supporting EQ and Reverb remote control.
Note Dynamics remote control is still under development.
Fixed. Peering: Input’s modules can appear duplicated in the Anubis Mixer
Fixed. Music Mission Parallel Dynamics wrongly routed and leaking
Fixed. Monitor Mission Bass Management issue
Fixed. Monitor Mission DXD/DSD headphone monitor path broken
Fixed. Monitor Mission hang if no speakers and performing Mon to Cue from Web Access

Fixed in Firmware version 1.2.2.47673– Release Date: 20.05.2021 Important: Requires ANEMAN 1.2.2 and Above.

NEW. Music Mission first official release firmware
Improvement. Presets and Snapshots naming
.mumi extension files are Music Mission snapshots
momi extension files are Monitor Mission presets
Note: to load a previous Monitor mission preset remove the .momi filtering in the file extension dialog in order to load your previous .bin presets.
Improvement. GPI Global mute action added for all Missions
Fixed. Bass Gateway setting does not check for an empty entry
Fixed. Anubis virtual MIDI ports fail to load, solves PreAmps remote and MIDI Din issues.
Fixed. Wrong ST2022-7 streams’ status (during a short period)
Fixed. NMOS Fixed null value activation time when patching an IS-05 receiver

Fixed in Firmware version 1.1.14.46699 – Release Date: 25.02.2021 Important: Requires ANEMAN 1.2.2 and Above.

Fixed. Bass Management EQ not always applied
Fixed. Bass Management issue with routing
Fixed. LFE Boost is not always disabled / applied
Fixed. Randomly the RAVENNA sources can become muted or generate a High-Frequency noise, requiring a reboot to solve.
Fixed. PreAmps Boost parameter if active on Combo 1 cuts the Built-in talkback input signal
Fixed. Potential RAVENNA noise issue when mixing up streams of 8 channels and 2 channels

Fixed in Firmware version 1.1.12b45672 — Release Date: 19.11.2020 Important: Requires ANEMAN 1.2 .2 and Above.

GPIO “Momentary” mode which pulses the output each time an action is changed
Support for 18 presets internally (used to be 5)
New “Relax Check” option under the Advanced Pages for Sinks to accept source of less channels
At times the Anubis is no longer discovered by MTDiscovery or ANEMAN
Overtime Potential crash of the Anubis application due to a memory leak
Bass Management: LFE Boost now affects LFE channel only
GPIO and MIDI selection problem
Potential Anubis memory leak causing asserts
GPO not triggered by speakers change when configured
Issue where EQ enabling was conflicting with Bass Management
High noise level measured not audible on Dual PreAmps input
Pasting EQ Curve deletes Bass Management Hi-Pass Curve
Flat a Monitor EQ having Bass management can remove a frequency band
Mono downmix now will affect subs in case of x.2 speakers format
Anubis SPS random discovery issue.
AolP listener parameters are now restored (start/reboot) except the routing
The Anubis default Coiling Mode is now MID fan mode.

Fixed in Firmware version 1.1.8b44345 – Release Date: 30.07.2020 Important: Requires ANEMAN 1.2.2 and Above.

New. Anubis SPS, along with ST 2022-7 support
New. NMOS (IS-04 and IS-05) Support.For more details on NMOS click here
New. EQ for Monitors
New. Anubis Settings available from Web Access
New. Sources & Monitors ordering can now be changed from their respective settings page
New. Maintenance mode is now embedded into the firmware update. Users no longer need to perform potential Maintenance Mode Updates.
New. Anubis Virtual Keyboard (rename Source, Monitors, and Presets from Anubis TFT) Refer to the latest Anubis User Manual for more details
New. Speaker Set Support: Such as 9.1 – 7.1.6 – 9.1.2 – 9.1.2 – 9.1.4 – 9.1.6. Stereo 2.2, Custom 5.2, and Custom 7.2.4
New. 3 channel set type has been added for Sources and Stream Listeners:
• 8 Center channels: CCCCCCCC
• 4 Stereo channels: LRLRLRLR
• 2 Center channels: CC (not available for stream listener that is fixed to 8 channels)
New. SSM: use/provide source-filter SDP attribute
New. Anubis missions hosting and changes to the home page
Improvement. Advanced pages added upload/download configuration from advanced pages
Improvement. Validate subnet mask provided by the user
Fixed. Anubis: Delete all connections will blank out the Anubis PreAmps page momentarily
Fixed. Anubis Settings>Monitor Trim (main) positive values going above limitation
Fixed. Speaker set changes with Bass management – LFE fade in/out is now cleaner
Fixed. Anubis Split Channels can at times have their Gain stuck on a value
Fixed. Anubis high CPU consumption if in Settings>Trigger you enable MIDI and both Talks to button and use Auto-Latch
Fixed. Deleting Speaker Set could crash the Anubis Monitoring engine
Fixed. PTP Master/Slave status not properly reported in TFT (Settings and Status bar)
Fixed. When changing IP settings; UI shows old values in the web access
Fixed. NMOS issue causing a potential hang
Fixed. Anubis mixer transparency issue.
Fixed. Occasional one sample click on Combo 1 input
Fixed. possibility to downgrade trunk firmware to the previous one
Engineering change. Bass Management restricted to 12dB slope, refer to Manual for details

ANUBIS FIRMWARE UPDATES HISTORY

Fixed in Firmware version 1.0.20b43451 – Release Date: 03.06.2020
Warning: updating to the new firmware will require the user to re-enter the Output Channels Delay values if previously preset.

Fixed. Anubis potential Crash/Freeze when doing a Mono mixdown of a monitor containing no C channel but LFE (e.g. 2.1)
Fixed. Anubis potential Crash/Freeze if using Trigger Action having Dot (e.g. 5.1.4)
Fixed. Deleting the last Monitors could result in an Anubis crash
Fixed. LFE inconsistencies. Loss of LFE signal when switching between Speaker Sets
Fixed. Setting a GPI action to On or Off always reverts to Toggle
Fixed. Reboot to factory patching issues

Warning: U sers need to roll back from a 1.1.x firmware to a previous 1.0.x Firmware must first roll back to the Anubis Firmware 1.0.20b43451 and from there roll back to older 1.0.x Firmware’s if needed.
Fixed in Firmware version 1. 0.19b42352 (Based on Maintenance Mode 16)
Warning: updating to the new firmware will require the user to re-enter the Output Channels Delay values if previously preset.

Fixed. Anubis Source is inaudible at times until you update the volume value
Fixed. Anubis DSD/DXD: unselected Source leak or muted source
Fixed. Anubis: Preset icon color does not change when deleted
Fixed. Anubis Potential small bust of Noise when changing Monitor set in DXD
Fixed. Downmix does not behave correctly in some cases
Fixed. Cue Monitor set can become muted when changing sampling rates
Fixed. Web Access: SUM selection behavior required toggling
Fixed. Web Access: SUM remote control issue.

Fixed in Firmware version 1.0.18b41960 (Based on Maintenance Mode 16)
Warning: updating to the new firmware will require the user to re-enter the Output Channels Delay values if previously preset.

New. DSD Support (DSD64, DSD128 & DSD256). Refer to the Anubis User Manual for details and features. DSD Restrictions are available in the Anubis User Manual DSD section.
New. Direct DAC volume control path
New. Anubis PreAmps metering scale for DSD to support +6dB SA-CD
New. Anubis PreAmps Web Access remote control support
Improvement. Settings>General Combo-Box AD mode changes for DSD formats support.
Improvement. PTP Master locking reliability and Slave time reduced
Improvement. AD gain change steps free
Improvement. Monitor channel Trim (-12dB to 0dB) now exclusive to each Monitor Set
Fixed. Applied delays on HP/Cues Monitors outputs could glitch at sampling rates change
Fixed. Web Access: Source renaming in the Web Access not updated in ANEMAN
Fixed. Web Access: Wrong peak warning in Source page detected.’
Fixed. Web Access: Downmix for cue not activated from Web to Anubis
Fixed. Web Access: PTP status not updating on the web access page
Fixed. Web Access: Source Trim value could un-select on release
Fixed. Web Access. SUM selection accuracy

Feature change:

Settings>Audio Outputs page no longer have per channel output Trim. This was replaced by an Attenuation feature for the output pairs. Trim/channel has to be done in the Monitor from now on. Improvement. Web Access: Presets Support, User Manual embedded, Debug Report Generation
Fixed in Firmware version 1.0.13b41198 (Based on Maintenance Mode 16)
Warning: updating to the new firmware will require the user to re-enter the Output Channels Delay values if previously preset.

New. GPIO support
Improvement. Web Access: Presets Support, User Manual embedded, Debug Report Generation with Source, and Monitor renaming.
Improvement. Talkback link to Speaker Set Dim option
Improvement. Added option to Dim SpeakerSet when Talk is engaged
Improvement. Anubis PTP Slave lock performance improved
Improvement. Downmix color matching the Monitor set color
Fixed. A random burst of the noise issue
Fixed. Web access: Cannot select source unless a Monitor is selected
Fixed. Speaker Sets can be sharing the same connected speakers
Fixed. Stream listener muted
Fixed. Talk patch was not possible at times
Fixed. Changing the Monitor speaker set type will deselect it
Fixed. Monitoring: Polarity button status not kept when selecting another speaker set
Fixed. Speaker set can become unselected if Web Access is open
Fixed. Monitoring and Source configuration issue
Note: No longer automatically enter the Source or Monitor configuration page after creation

Fixed in Firmware version 1.0.12b40720 (Based on Maintenance Mode 16)
Warning: updating to the new firmware will require the user to re-enter the Output Channels Delay values previously preset.

Improvements. MIDI IO status bar icons activation
Improvements. MIDI – GPIO setting entry and GPI support.
Improvements. Metering refresh rate higher
Improvements. Shorter Fade (mute, speaker set, Dim,…)
Improvements. Error log entry added to Home page
Improvements. Error log report icon added to the status bar
Improvements. Trim range extended from -36dB to +12dB
Improvements. Added option to empty a Preset
Improvements. Added ASIO Clock settings (On/Off/Auto)
Improvements: New Talkback modes in the Triggers Settings (No Latch, Latch, Auto-Latch)
Improvements: Speaker Set click-less on selections
Improvements: Output Channels Delay value parameter storing
Fixed. Removed glitch when switching modes roll-off filters and at Anubis power up
Fixed. Issue when applying Polarity on output channels
Fixed. Erroneous handling of incoming streams from Aruba switches
Fixed. Auto-Patch issue, now contiguous channels until the end
Fixed. Reboot to factory issue
Fixed. Presets reloading not considering button assignation
Fixed. Downmix selector now kept for each Speaker Set
Fixed. Anubis Premium DXD overrun error
Fixed. Mixing unicast and multicast may result in incorrect streams and performance issue
Fixed. Unwanted audible transition when changing Monitors/Sources size and number
Fixed. An issue with Dante AVIO AES67 devices when set as PTP Master
New. Default Ex-Factory configuration updated
New. AD Split mode option under Settings>Inputs
New. Web page skin
New. Info page details enhanced
New. Single and Auto-Patching feature
Improvements. Zipper noise optimized (smoother)
Improvements. Monitor type 1.1 support
Improvements. General Monitoring Mission
Fixed. Pro vs. Premium limitation issues
Fixed. Multi-patch Outputs support
Fixed. Page scrolling less sensitive to selections
Fixed. Volume control was not affecting the Talker
Fixed. DC offset remover integration time now constant vs sampling rate
Fixed. Talkback control improvements
Fixed. Peak Meters display for Outputs and reset
Fixed. Overlay menu display issue when leaving settings
When running in DXD, ANEMAN might display an ethernet Overrun error on the ANUBIS at initialization.
Please clear this error. F irmware version 1.0.9b39588 (Based on Maintenance Mode 16)
First version available to end-users

ANUBIS TROUBLESHOOTING

Rollback Firmware
Users that need to roll back to a previous firmware version can do so. But Merging recommends not doing this operation since it is possible that the previous firmware might not be compatible with your current ASIO or VAD Driver, so you might have to roll back the driver as well.
Warning: Users need to roll back from a 1.1.x firmware to a previous 1.0.x Firmware must first roll back to the Anubis Firmware 1.0.20b43451 and from there roll back to older 1.0.x Firmware’s if needed.
Cannot access the Anubis maintenance mode from ANEMAN
Make sure that you are running ANEMAN v1.1.7 build 39688 and higher.
Warning: RAVENNA Easy Connect is not supporting Anubis

RAVENNA ASIO Driver error : Make sure you are running version 12.0.1 and higher. If using Horus or Hapi those must be on firmware 3.9.4 and higher.
VAD macOS Driver error : Make sure you are running version 2.0.39648 and higher. If using Horus or Hapi those must be on firmware 3.9.4 and higher.
ANUBIS Not Starting up.: ANUBIS Ex-factory update reset

Open the Anubis Maintenance Page (Google Chrome highly recommended)
Download and update the file below as if it was a firmware update. Anubis factory Reset update: https://betadownload.merging.com/ExternalLinks/Anubis/FactoryReset/ResetConfigToFactory.Anubis
Once updated, reboot Anubis

If this procedure does not work ask support@merging.com for the Anubis rescue mode procedure.

Firewall and Antivirus:
Windows Firewall:
The Windows Firewall can block communication between Anubis and the Application. We recommend users disable the Public Network Firewall
Procedure:

Go to Windows Control Panel > Windows Firewall.
Click on “Turn Windows Firewall on or off”
Go to the Public Network section and select “Turn Off Windows Firewall”

Disable Antivirus:
Merging also recommends users to disable their Antivirus, some Antivirus as Avast and Sophos have been known to block the Anubis discovery and network connections

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