---
title: "Firmware Release 1.5 Redundancy and Faster UCI – nnounce"
slug: "release-15-march-2025"
description: "Q-SYS core and network redundancy, 30% faster UCI, screen saver, and a first login password wizard."
updated: 2025-10-03T10:24:43Z
published: 2025-10-03T10:24:43Z
canonical: "docs.simpleway.cloud/release-15-march-2025"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.simpleway.cloud/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Release 1.5 - March 2025

Overview of features deriving from the firmware upgrade from version 1.4 to version 1.5

> [!NOTE]
> **Features:**
> 
> 1. **Faster UCI**
> 2. **Q-SYS core and network redundancy**
> 3. **Screen saver and backlight level control for micnode 2h and 2g microphone stations**
>   1. **Backlight level control**
>   2. **Screen saver**
> 4. **Display touch selftest**
> 5. **Password setup wizard of first use**
> 6. **Reboot scheduler**
> 
> 
> 
> **Release notes 1.5 and patches**

---

## **Main features:**

1. **Faster UCI**

We have improved browser and Q-SYS UCI speed which is now up to 30% faster.

1. **Q-SYS core and network redunacy**

Our “big” devices (ionode4, ampnode4, micnode2h and micnode2g) have two LAN ports - A and B. This exceptional feature enables to fulfill different scenarios:

- Q-SYS core redundancy,
- Network redundancy,
- Reporting.

1. **Screen saver and backlight level control for micnode 2h and 2g**

New display setting features are available on the Device Interface tab, allowing the user to set the:

1. **backlight level** intensity of the microphone station screen, as well
2. **screen saver** time.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/image(246).png)

[Device Interface for micnode2h&g](/nnounce/docs/device-interface-for-micnode2hg)

1. **Display touch selftest**

Test your micnode2 device’s display with the Display touch seftest function on the *Maintenance* tab. You can check whether the display on your device respondes properly.

For more see the Display touch section on the [Maintenance](/nnounce/docs/maintenance) tab.

1. **Password setup wizard for first use**

First time login into the nnounce devices’ configuration UI is now super-easy with our wizard.

This makes sure that the nnounce devices are complient with regulations prohibiting universal default and easily guessable passwords such as:

For more see the First login wizard on the [Users](/nnounce/docs/users) tab.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/image-1696332326543.png)

  

1. **Reboot scheduler**

Not only an immediate restart of the device is now possible, but also a **daily scheduled restart** can be set.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/image(262).png)

For more see the Device reboot section on the [Maintenance](/nnounce/docs/maintenance) tab.

## **Release notes 1.5 and patches:**

[PDF document](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/JIRA_HW_tasks_Release1.5_FINAL(1).pdf)

[PDF document](https://cdn.document360.io/a3e67867-6316-451b-94ad-ec727ac9102a/Images/Documentation/JIRA_HW_tasks_Release1.5_Patches-1-7.pdf)

> [!NOTE]
> Note:
> 
> Cyber security regulation:
> 
> - UK - Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act 2022,
> - EU - Cyber Resilience Act and the EN 303 645 standard which sets out a cybersecurity baseline for internet-connected consumer products,
> - USA - California's Senate Bill No. 327.