Telestra 8.8.0 Release Notes
Released: October 13, 2025
This software release supports the following base operating systems:
| OS |
Version |
| RHEL |
8.10 x86_64
|
ASTi audio and I/O distribution devices use the following firmware version with this software release:
| Hardware Device |
Firmware Version |
| ACU |
2.1
|
| ACE-RIU |
2.11
|
| ACU2 (ACU2-04-02) |
2.17
|
| ACU2 (ACU2-04-03) |
3.11
|
| AI-Tango |
2.3.0
†
|
† New version in this release.
What's New
- Telestra: adds Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) disk encryption to cold-start installation for enhanced security.
- Telestra server: adds the ability to export projects and sound libraries to formats compatible with Telestra 7.X and earlier.
- Telestra web interface: adds the Radio Monitor page, which enables users to view the status of the radio environment on the local Telestra server.
- Telestra web interface: adds Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) configuration options, including port range for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) plans and network interface selection for multicast RTP streams.
- Telestra web interface: adds a notification reminding users to update ACU2 (-03) firmware when the device is below the minimum required version.
- Telestra: adds support for Pitch pRTI 6 for HLA 1.3 and HLA Evolved.
Improvements
- Telestra server: updates Transmit Receive Volume version 2 (TRVv2) Center Azimuth orientation to be relative to attached entity orientation.
- Studio: in the Transmitter component, restores radio power-off behavior to send DIS Transmitter protocol data units (PDUs) with Transmit State set to OFF before stopping transmissions.
- Telestra web interface: adds network Time Server synchronization status to Network > Status, showing which Network Time Protocol (NTP) server is actively in use.
- Telestra web interface: on Hardware, renames reset buttons to Factory Reset for AI-Tangos and Restore Defaults for Ashly Power Amplifiers, improving warning messages for clarity.
- Telestra web interface: improves Spectral Analysis workflow, including reanalyze buttons, recording timestamps, plot scaling controls, value display options, and page layout.
- Telestra web interface: on Hardware, adds more visible warnings when Ashly Power Amplifiers with Dante interface cards are unpaired.
- Telestra web interface: improves help text and terminology across multiple pages, including Network, Projects, Protocols, Spectral Analysis, Domains, Credit Report, and Hardware.
- Telestra web interface: updates in-product documentation for Telestra 8.8.0.
Fixes
- Telestra web interface: resolves an issue where the detailed Credit Report did not match real-time credit usage on Dashboard.
- Telestra web interface: on Hardware, ensures the AI-Tango Find Me button continuously blinks when active.
- Telestra web interface: on Spectral Analysis, ensures the Text Cases Aircraft ID box correctly displays text while editing.
- Fixes other small bugs.
