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bonsaiDRIVE firmware 00.58 supports new bonsaiLAN Gigabit Ethernet board


bonsaiDRIVEs shipping with 1TB SATA disk

bonsaiLOADER software
bonsaiLOADER 1.30 for Windows (ZIP 281 kB)

bonsaiLOADER 1.30 for Windows (EXE 537 kB)

bonsaiLOADER 1.0 for Mac OSX (ZIP 89 kB)

bonsaiFIRMWARE files

New in version BF00.58

new MENU 017 MAXIMUM RECORDING TIME allows to predefine
recording time and automated multi clip recordings.

supports new bonsaiLAN gigabit ethernet module.
TCP/IP behaviour adapted to new MAC OSX 10.6.

new bonsai 9-pin commands COPY REGION and PASTE REGION
to remote bonsaiD editing fuctions.
See 9-pin implementation 0.58 below for more details.

FTP command RENAME allows clip naming, renaming and changing
the clip number.

Import of "only audio" QuickTime files for audio overlays.

Support of QuickTime LPCM multitrack audio codec
(multiple discrete channels).

QuickTime embedded timecode support (import and export).

Import QT reference header files separately from movie data files.

New menu SDI AUDIO OUTPUT (026) to select SDI embedded audio
channels: 8TRK 1-8, 8TRK 1-4, 2TRK or DISABLED.

Improved analog 8TRK monitoring (also during EE and record)
allows to use the bonsaiDRIVE as SDI audio embedder/
deembedder in EE mode.

MMC commands RECORD -STROBE -EXIT -PAUSE implemented.
Additional Midi Program Changes implemented to select clips
129-255 and clip++/ clip--.

Additional time code chase mode LOCK & RELEASE (menu 030)
for chasing bursts or interrupted timecodes.

Updated user manual to versions BF00.58

Compatibility:

Firmware BF00.58 can be used for all existing bonsaiDRIVEs,
also for units without bonsaiLAN or SDI module installed.
The firmware upload consists of two parts where the first flashes the
bonsaiDRIVE itself and the second the bonsaiLAN module.
bonsaiDRIVEs without bonsaiLAN module installed will boot up
already after the first part of the firmware update.

BF00.58 (22nd of October 2009) ZIP
bonsaiLITERATURE

bonsaiDRIVE user manual 0.58 ENGLISH PDF

bonsaiLAN user manual 0.52 ENGLISH PDF

bonsaiDISK is a list of recommended drives PDF

bonsai 9-pin implementation PDF (firmware BF00.58)
bonsai midi implementation PDF (firmware BF00.5X)

bonsaiLAN assembly instructions PDF
bonsaiRACK assembly instructions PDF
bonsaiSDI assembly instruction PDF
bonsaiRACK picture JPG