Now, when the power button is pressed and held to turn the transmitter on or off, the countdown timer is replaced by a progress bar. The delay before RF output is enabled has been reduced from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
Now, when the power button is pressed and held to turn the transmitter on or off, the countdown timer is replaced by a progress bar. The delay before RF output is enabled has been reduced from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
Fix bug in the SD card recording function causing saved files to sometimes be twice as long as expected, with no audio in the second half of the file.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v1.58 15 July 2025
LED Off menu now offers three choices: on, off, and always off. “AlwOff” keeps the LEDs off through a power cycle. All three options are also selectable from the main page by pressing the keypad UP and DOWN arrow keys.
LED Off menu now offers three choices: on, off, and always off. “AlwOff” keeps the LEDs off through a power cycle. All three options are also selectable from the main page by pressing the keypad UP and DOWN arrow keys.
Improve subsonic high-pass filtering to eliminate faint audio artifacts.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v2.12 – 16 October 2024
LED Off menu now offers three choices: on, off, and always off. “AlwOff” keeps the LEDs off through a power cycle. All three options are also selectable from the main page by pressing the keypad UP and DOWN arrow keys.
Fixed a bug causing SMWB/E01-961 IR sync operations to send the wrong frequency when tuned above 986.675 MHz.
Initial release of firmware for new product shipping with 8.xx firmware. It contains no new features. Do not install in units with 1.xx or 2.xx firmware.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v2.10 – 21 October 2022
Implement changes for ease of manufacturing. No new features.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v1.56 – 26 January 2022
Eliminate a 2.75 kHz audio tone audible in some units when the Remote Control feature was enabled.
Improve reliability of “auto-on” operation.
The Clock setup page now shows running seconds and allows the seconds field to be edited.
The accuracy of battery telemetry reporting has been improved. Transmitters that have already been calibrated at the factory will remain correctly calibrated when taking this update.
The LCD backlight “off” setting now operates correctly after a power cycle.
Fix bug causing user interface to freeze when viewing the details of a take.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v2.09 – 27 December 2021
Eliminate a 2.75 kHz audio tone audible in some units when the Remote Control feature was enabled.
Improved reliability of “auto on” operation.
Menu cursor is now reset to the first item when default settings are restored.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v2.08 – 30 August 2021
The Clock setup page now shows running seconds and allows the seconds field to be edited.
The accuracy of battery telemetry reporting has been improved. Transmitters that have already been calibrated at the factory will remain correctly calibrated when taking this update.
The LCD backlight “off” setting now operates correctly after a power cycle.
The Defaults menu command now clears the Block 606 legacy mode if it had been selected.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v2.06 – 17 January 2020
Fix bug causing user interface to freeze when viewing the details of a take.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v2.04 – 31 October 2019
Long recordings are now split into 4 GB segments to increase maximum recording time.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v1.53 – 31 October 2019
Long recordings are now split into 4 GB segments to increase maximum recording time.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v2.03 – 28 August 2019
Released for SMWB/E01 with serial number 301 and higher, and SMDWB/E01 with serial number 401 and higher only.
Fixed problem sometimes resulting in the message “NO RESPONSE FROM CARD” was displayed at the end of a recording. (The recording was intact but it was necessary to turn the transmitter off and on again before using the card again.)
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v1.52 – 28 August 2019
Fixed problem sometimes resulting in the message “NO RESPONSE FROM CARD” was displayed at the end of a recording. (The recording was intact but it was necessary to turn the transmitter off and on again before using the card again.)
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v2.02 – 27 August 2019
Released for SMWB/E01 with serial number 301 and higher, and SMDWB/E01 with serial number 401 and higher only.
Transmitter now handles failed IR sync operations more gracefully.
The “slow card” warning page has been made more informative and less alarming. The “REC” icon continues to blink as the verbiage “Warning: slow card” is displayed. The BACK button is soft-labeled OK” to confirm.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v1.51 – 27 August 2019
Corrected absolute audio polarity.
Transmitter now handles failed IR sync operations more gracefully.
The “slow card” warning page has been made more informative and less alarming. The “REC” icon continues to blink as the verbiage “Warning: slow card” is displayed. The BACK button is soft-labeled “OK” to confirm.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v2.01 – 01 April 2019
Released for SMWB/E01 with serial number 301 and higher, and SMDWB/E01 with serial number 401 and higher only.
Corrected absolute audio polarity.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v1.50 – 20 December 2018
Increased maximum length of recording segment to 4 GB.
Added iXML header support (including scene and take numbers).
Added a new file naming template and improved existing templates.
Enhanced file browsing and recovery capabilities to be able to work with files from other Lectrosonics recording products.
Made file system more robust in the event that a computer operating system adds housekeeping files while copying recordings from the card.
Improved (faster) display performance.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v1.07 – 06 August 2018
Added safeguards to prevent loss of stored settings.
Audio LEDs now turn off at the end of the powerdown sequence.
Recordings no longer have a small click sound at the beginning.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v1.06 – 20 March 2018
Fixed problem where a “sleeping” transmitter could not always be awakened.
Do not “resurrect” deleted volume labels on SD cards.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v1.05 – 04 December 2017
Corrected pilot tone frequencies for frequency block 606 legacy feature.
SMWB/E01, SMDWB/E01 Firmware Update v1.04 – 11 October 2017