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title: ZEN MASTER March 2019 RELEASE NOTES
slug: zen-master-march-2019-release-notes
createdAt: 2025-03-18T18:57:45.790Z
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The following updates were pushed to ZEN Master during the month of March 2019.


GRID STATUS DISPLAY



ZEN Master now includes a grid-based status display that provides a high density way to monitor
Channels as well as all other objects being managed by ZEN Master. The grid display is highly
configurable, including how many objects to show on one page, how much information to include in
the status box for each option, and what type of objects to display.
The example below shows a large number of channels on one page with only the channel name in the
status box and with channels in error state sorted to the top. Additional details for a particular
channel can be found by clinking on the channel name.



![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/mzxtTQEvCNIdUNgF2kuwJ/w0zo-3i-ST5LHN5QSVbI1_image.png)

The next example shows a “penalty box” where only sources in error state are displayed with
relevant details in the status box.



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The next example shows multiple object types – Feeders, Broadcasters, Sources, etc. – displayed on
one page.



![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/mzxtTQEvCNIdUNgF2kuwJ/vEUcRJaNzOUYkLRbMc2-9_image.png)

To configure a new grid, select Grids in the left-hand pane and then click ADD GRID.



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Next, provide a name for the grid and select desired parameters.



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To show multiple grids on one page for multiple object types, select Grids in the left-hand pane and
then click ADD GRID GROUP.




![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/mzxtTQEvCNIdUNgF2kuwJ/oV6mlyJ2XWtV4nqxjlhL2_image.png)

Next, provide a name for the grid group, choose the grids you want to include, and select other
desired parameters.



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Note that admin users can share grids to other users in the same ZEN Master domain; these grids will
show up on the Public Grids pull-down. Grids defined by non-admin users will show up on the Your
Grids pull-down.

NVIDIA GPU MONITORING



When using an NVIDIA GPU for transcoding, the details graph for Broadcasters now displays usage of
the GPU decoder pipelines, usage of the GPU encoder pipelines, and usage of the GPU CUDA pipeline.
GPU memory consumption is now also displayed in the details graph.



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BROADCASTER CLUSTERS IN AZURE



ZEN Master now supports standard Broadcaster clusters in Azure. Support for NVIDIA transcoding
Broadcasters will be supported in a future release. To run Broadcasters in Azure, click Microsoft
Azure from the Settings in the left-hand pane and follow the displayed instructions.



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MINOR IMPROVEMENTS AND BUG FIXES



• Fixed users without edit permissions getting logged out when attempting to edit notes
• Confirmation popup, on delete action, will now close only after the action is done.
• Modified adaptive channels on AWS clusters to default to 6 second segments to match the
default on Zixi Broadcasters. The default segment duration can be updated under Advanced
Options when creating/editing a transcoding Channel.
• Reduced chance of false positive transcoded Channel/Source error reporting.
• Fixed Broadcaster bandwidth monitoring that was not counting UDP outputs.
• Fixed Broadcaster warnings in AWS clusters that were not escalating to errors.