Tableau Revision History - BRIDGE_FW

Tableau Firmware Revision History

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v6.70

May 11, 2010

TD1

TFU v6.70 introduces TD1 REV 2.20 firmware. The TD1 REV 2.20 firmware includes the following enhancements for the TD1:

Added support for .e01 Disk-to-File images.
Added support for the following localized languages: German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Please note that only TD1 units manufactured after July, 2009 are equipped with the LCD module that supports multi-language characters. All TD1 units with a serial number range of 01D15000 and higher are equipped with this module. Please contact your Tableau Reseller or Tableau support if you need assistance determining whether your TD1 is equipped with the multi-language LCD module.
Reorganized Setup menu.

All TD1 users are advised to apply this update.

v6.61

February 11, 2010

T35es, T3458is, T34589is

TFU v6.61 introduces a fix for Windows 7 FireWire communication, and bug fixes and enhancements for Tableau Forensic Bridge models T35es, T3458is, and T34589is. This release contains the following changes:

Addresses a compatibility issue with the Windows 7 1394OHCI.SYS (FireWire) driver. Consequently, Tableau software applications such as Tableau Firmware Update and TabTest will now work properly with the native Windows 7 1394 bus driver.
Improved communication between Tableau Disk Monitor / Tableau Imager and bridges using an eSATA or SATA host connection.
Improved SCSI transfer performance of the T3458is and T34589is.
Improved serial number reporting of USB devices through the T3458is and T34589is.

v6.50

September 22, 2009

T8, T9, T3458is, T34589is

TFU v6.50 introduces bug fixes and enhancements for Tableau Forensic Bridge models T8, T9, T3458is, and T34589is, and also adds support for Tableau models T9, T3458is, and T34589is. This release contains the following changes:

Improved data transfer rate of the T8 Forensic USB Bridge.
Fixed bug where nonsensical characters were displayed in the Device LUN info menu when no device was attached to or detected by the T9.
Improved detection and removal behavior of write-blocked USB and FireWire devices attached to the T3458is and T34589is.
Improved the device recognition information reported by the LCD on the T34589is.
Improved the bridge behavior of the T3458is and T34589is when used with the Tableau Test Utility (TabTest).
Eliminated duplicate reference to "Tableau" in the Windows Device Manager string for the T34589is.
Fixed recognition issues with certain devices for all Tableau models affected in this release.

v6.40

August 14, 2009

TD1

TFU v6.40 introduces TD1 REV 2.10 firmware. The TD1 REV 2.10 firmware includes the following enhancements for the TD1:

Support was added for FAT32 long filenames.
Support was added for entering/editing information via an attached USB keyboard.
Added new UI prompts for editing case name and image filenames.
Added expanded options for configuring alert notification behavior.
Added user-selectable EL backlight timeout configuration.
Improved performance of source disk error recovery.

All TD1 users are advised to apply this update.

v6.30

May 19, 2009

T35es


	This release includes a performance upgrade for the Tableau Forensic Bridge model T35es, which significantly increases SATA to eSATA transfer rates.

v6.22

March 31, 2009

TD1

TFU v6.22 introduces TD1 REV 2.02 firmware. The TD1 REV 2.02 firmware includes the following bug fixes for the TD1:

A bug was fixed which could cause certain TD1 units to occasionally freeze or malfunction at unpredictable times.
A bug was fixed which could cause disk-to-file duplication to hang if the destination file system had been mounted on a Windows host PC.

All TD1 users are advised to apply this update.

v6.21

February 4, 2009

TD1

TFU v6.21 introduces TD1 REV 2.01 firmware. The TD1 REV 2.01 firmware includes the following bug fixes for the TD1:

The TD1 can now properly detect Seagate model ST9402115AS drives.
A bug was fixed in which disk-to-file duplication would hang with very large destination drives which were nearly full.
A bug was fixed in which disk-to-file duplication would hang due to a nonresponsive destination drive.
A bug was fixed in which error counts were incorrectly reported under the TD1 "Duplication Details" screen.

All TD1 users are advised to apply this update.

v6.20

December 8, 2008

T8, T35e, T35es

TFU v6.2 introduces significant bug fixes and additional drive support for Tableau Forensic Bridge models T8, T35e, and T35es. This release contains the following changes:

The T35es can now detect Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives, Maxtor DiamondMax 22 SATA drive, and the Super Talent 8GB solid state drive.
The T35es now performs better when blocking large numbers of writes while using the eSATA host connection. As a side-effect, the T35es works more reliably with subject drives that trigger the Windows AutoPlay mechanism.
A bug was fixed which would cause the T35es to crash when used with a USB host connection in conjunction with the Tableau Disk Monitor or Paraben Forensic Replicator.
The T35e and T35es are both detected more reliably by the host PC when multiple bridges are connected in a daisy-chained configuration using a 1394/FireWire host connection.
The T8 is now able to detect many USB devices that expose multiple virtual devices to the USB host. Newly supported devices include a number of USB media card readers and Western Digital MyBook drives.

T35es and T8 users are advised to apply this update.

v6.10

November 17, 2008

TD1

TFU v6.1 introduces TD1 REV 2.0 firmware. The TD1 REV 2.0 firmware includes a number of new features and enhancements to the TD1:

Logs can now be saved to a USB mass storage device (e.g., a thumb drive) attached to either of the TD1's USB ports.
Logs can now be printed to a USB printer device attached to either of the TD1's USB ports.
Logs now include the TD1 serial number.
The duplication status screen now shows multiple performance metrics: instantaneous transfer rate in bytes/second, instantaneous transfer rate in GBytes/minute, average transfer rate in GBytes/minute, total elapsed time, and estimated time to completion.
Voltage and current monitoring for source and destination drives.
Low-voltage warning for power supply.
Increased Disk-to-File duplication (imaging) speed.

All TD1 users are advised to apply this update.

v6.00

September 23, 2008

TD1

TFU v6.0 introduces support for the Tableau TD1 Forensic Duplicator.

TFU v6.0 includes TD1 firmware REV 1.1. The TD1 REV 1.1 firmware incorporates several important bug fixes and new feature enhancements:

A bug has been fixed in the TD1 logging system which caused the TD1 to display logging infomation erratically when the internal log memory (in FLASH) is full. This bug would become apparent when approximately 59 entries were recorded in the logs.
A bug has been fixed in the TD1 MD5 hash calculation. Based on Tableau engineering testing, the TD1 would intermittently produce the wrong MD5 hash value if the user cancelled an earlier operation such as disk wiping before starting a duplication. Users have not reported this problem in the field and Tableau has not been able to reproduce this problem if the TD1 is power-cycled before starting duplication and/or hashing. SHA-1 hash calculations were not affected by this bug.
Several enhancements have been made to the user interface, including the addition of a date/time display in the upper-left corner of the main menu and a start-up warnings for low-battery conditions.
The TD1 firmware version is now displayed under Setup -> TD1 Information, just before the firmware build date/time.

All TD1 users are advised to apply this update.

v5.20

April 7, 2008

T3, T3u, T5, T10, T12, T14, T15, T35e, T35i, T335, T345


	This release improves compatibility with the HPA implementations of certain hard drives. In particular, this fixes a bug in which Tableau SATA bridges would not access more than 128GiB of certain Fujitsu laptop drives. This update affects all Tableau forensic ATA bridges.

v5.10

March 5, 2008


	This release adds support for Windows Vista x64. This release also adds the following functionality to the Tableau model T8 bridge: Added support for new version of Tableau TDA8-M Media Card Reader, which now supports SDHC media cards. Added support for Iomega REV drives and similar devices which present themselves as CDROM devices.

v5.00

November 27, 2007

T10, T12, T14, T15, T35i, T335, T345, TACC144x


	This release contains the following changes: Added support for Windows XP x64. Fix for continual bridge reset bug triggered by Hitachi 2.5" SATA drive, which affected the T10, T14, T15, T35i, T335, and T345 bridges.

v4.30

August 01, 2007

T3, T3u, T4, T5, T8, T10, T14, T15, T35e, T35i, T335, T345

This release contains the following changes:

Fix for instance where data corruption may occur when reading areas of a disk near a bad sector.
Fix for inability to apply firmware updates to T3u, T4, T5, and T8 when using the built-in FireWire 400 port on certain laptops.
Fix for compatibility issue when using certain UDMA6 IDE drives with the T335.
Enable dip switch 1 on early T35e releases to select between read-only and read-write mode.

v4.20

July 05, 2007

T3, T3u, T4, T5, T10, T14, T15, T35e, T35i, T335, T345


	This release enables Tableau IDE and SATA bridges to successfully disable HPA and DCO on certain problematic hard drives. This release also allows Tableau bridges to negotiate into FireWire 800 mode when communicating with a host PC running Windows Vista.

v4.10

June 14, 2007

This release enables the T8 Forensic USB Bridge to recognize and communicate with a wider range of USB Mass Storage devices; in particular, those using the T8 will benefit from improved compatibility with a number of off-brand USB flash drives. This firmware release also allows the T8 to recover from read errors when imaging a failing drive, corrects an intermittent bug that could cause the T8 to mount a disk very slowly, and adds capability for the T8 to report drive manufacturer and serial number information to the Tableau Disk Monitor application.

The Tableau Firmware Update components are now digitally signed. As a result, Tableau is now recognized as a trusted publisher in Windows Vista.

v4.00

December 14, 2006

T335

v4.0 is a major new release of the Tableau Firmware Update. The Tableau Firmware Update can now update multiple Tableau Forensic Bridges connected to the computer at the same time. This is especially important when a Tableau Forensic Bridge such as the model T35i, T335, or T345 is permanently installed in the computer and the user needs to update an externally attached Tableau Forensic Bridge.

Tableau Firmware Update v4.0 can now also update the firmware in the Tableau model T335 Forensic Drive Bay Controller. All Tableau model T335 users are strongly advised to apply the v4.0 Tableau Firmware Update. This update fixes device compatibility issues in the T335 when using certain IDE hard disks.

v3.50

November 10, 2006

T10, T14, T15, T35i, T345


	Firmware Update v3.50 fixes a bug in T10/T14/T15/T35i/T345 firmware which prevents proper opertion with the Tableau Disk Monitor application. This firmware update is recommended for all T10/T14/T15/T35i/T345 users who are using Tableau's Disk Monitor application.

v3.40

May 10, 2006

T3, T3u, T5, T10, T14, T15, T35i, T345


	Firmware Update v3.40 improves automatic HPA handling/compatibility with LBA48-capable hard disks. This firmware update is recommended for all IDE/SATA users who are using Tableau's automatic HPA/DCO handling features. Firmware Update v3.40 also adds support for the Tableau T35i Forensic SATA/IDE bridge.

v3.33

March 2, 2006

T10, T14, T15, T345

Firmware Update v3.33 fixes a compatibility problem with the Tableau T10, T14, and T345 when using older IDE drives which support only Ultra DMA modes 0, 1, and 2. Prior to Firmware Update v3.33, the T10, T14, and T345 could sometimes mis-read data from IDE hard disk when using UDMA modes 0, 1, and 2, possibly leading to corrupt disk images. Typically, this might cause a subject hard disk to appear to be unpartitioned.

NOTE: This problem would not occur with hard disks which support UDMA mode 3/later or with hard disks which support only DMA and PIO modes. Likewise, no such problems have been observed with Tableau's Classic Family of forensic bridges, including the T5.

Tableau recommends that all T10, T14, and T345 users update their firmware to v3.33.

v3.32

January 23, 2006

T3, T3u, T5, T10, T14, T15, T345


	Firmware Update v3.32 improves automatic HPA handling/compatibility with certain hard disks (e.g., Maxtor model 6Y200M0). This firmware update is recommended for all IDE/SATA users who are taking advantage of the automatic HPA/DCO handling which was introduced in Firmware Update v3.30.

v3.31

January 20, 2006

T4, T345

Firmware Update v3.31 resolves T4 and T345 SCSI compatibility problems which were introduced by Firmware Update v3.02. Firmware Update v3.02 made changes in T4 & T345 SCSI protocol handling to address an incompatibility with Quantum Atlas IV SCSI hard disks. Unfortunately, the changes in Firmware Update v3.02 created new problems for a small set of devices (e.g., HP/Compaq Model BD07285A25 72.8GB Ultra320 SCSI hard disks).

Firmware Update v3.31 addresses these compatibility issues. As of release v3.31, T4 and T345 SCSI firmware now correctly handles each of these SCSI hard disks.

NOTE: Firmware for other Tableau models is identical to Firmware Update v3.30.

v3.30

October 24, 2005

T10, T14, T15, T345

Firmware Update v3.3 introduces a new feature for all Tableau bridges with IDE and SATA interfaces. As of this release, Tableau bridges will recognize IDE and SATA hard disks with HPA (Host Protected Area) regions and will automatically override the HPA setting, making the HPA area of the hard disk visible to the host computer, thereby allowing the HPA region to be imaged or analyzed by standard forensic tools.

NOTE: Tableau bridges use a "volatile" (i.e., non-permanent) command to override the HPA setting, so no permanent changes are made to the hard disk.

IMPORTANT: If you have a hard disk with an HPA region and you have used a Tableau bridge with earlier firmware to image this device, you will notice that you get a longer image from the same hard disk using this new firmware. The first part of the image (i.e., the area preceding the HPA region) will be identical in both images. The extra data in the newer image corresponds to the HPA region. If the subject hard disk does not have an HPA region, images collected with newer and older Tableau firmware will be identical in length and content.

The firmware in this release also has support for detecting and overriding regions of a hard disk which have been made inaccessible using DCO (Device Configuration Overlay). However, overriding DCO settings requires that permanent (i.e., non-volatile) commands be sent to the hard disk. Tableau does not believe forensic bridges should make permenent changes to a hard disk automatically. Therefore, Tableau bridges do not override the DCO automatically. In the near future, Tableau intends to release a Microsoft Windows-based application which will allow the DCO to be overridden under the control of the user.

v3.22

October 19, 2005

T3, T3u, T4, T5, T8

Firmware Update v3.22 improves compatbility with Linux-based systems when using USB to connect a Tableau T3u, T4, T5, or T8 to the host computer. Some users have reported compatibility problems when using Linux distributions based on kernel release 2.6.10 or later. This firmware update should resolve those problems. (NOTE: No such compatibility problems have been reported when using Windows-based PCs or computers based on Apple operating systems.)

Firmware Update v3.22 also expands the range of USB devices recognized by the T8 Forensic USB Bridge. As of v3.22, the T8 will now recognize USB Mass Storage Class devices with subclass codes of 2 (SFF8020I), 5 (SFF8070I), and 6 (SCSI). Prior to v3.22, the T8 would only recognize subclass 6 (SCSI).

v3.11

September 7, 2005

T15

Release v3.11 includes updated firmware for the Tableau T15 FireWire800 SATA Bridge. This firmware fixes a bug in earlier T15 firmware which fails to turn OFF the T15's "WrBlk" LED when the T15 is switched into read/write operation by the user.

This is a POTENTIALLY SERIOUS bug in earlier T15 firmware. If you have removed the plastic knock-out panel on a T15 and attempted to switch the unit into read-write mode (DIP switch 1 on the T15), the T15 does switch into read-write mode, but the "WrBlk" LED remains illuminated. For users who have removed the plastic knock-out panel on the T15 it is especially important to apply this firmware update.

All T15 units shipped as of this writing have been read-only units shipped in black plastic cases; and the knock-out plastic panel (which, when removed, provides access to the internal DIP switches on the T15) is always in place as shipped by the factory. This includes T15 units sold as "FireFly(tm) SATA" by Digital Intelligence. As shipped by the factory, the "WrBlk" LED on these units is illuminated, correctly indicating that the unit is in read-only mode.

Tableau believes only a handful of T15 users - those who have removed the plastic knock-out panel and attempted to switch T15 units into read-write mode - will be affected by this problem. Further, Tableau believes that most, if not all, of these users have or will notice that the WrBlk LED incorrectly remains illuminated after turning DIP switch 1 to the ON position, and that these users have or will contact Tableau or its distributors for assistance.

Nonetheless, Tableau encourages all T15 customers to apply this firmware update.

NOTE: Tableau has verified that other Tableau products, including the T3, T3u, T4, T5, T8, T10, T14, and T345 are not affected by this problem.

v3.10

July 28, 2005

Tableau Firmware Utility update.

Release v3.10 includes an updated version of the Tableau Firmware Update utility. This version allows the Tableau Firmware Update to recognize T14 FireWire800 IDE Bridges manufactured in early 2005 which incorrectly report themselves to be T15 FireWire800 SATA Bridges.

Even though the T14 bridges manufactured in early 2005 incorrectly report themselves to be T15 bridges, the T14 bridges function correctly. Data transferred using these T14 bridges will be correct, and disk images captured with these units will be forensically sound. However, to eliminate the potential for confusion, Tableau suggests that all T14 users update the firmware in their T14 bridges. After updating with Tableau Firmware Update v3.1 or later, these T14 bridges will report the correct model information.

v3.02

June 15, 2005

T4, T345


	Release v3.02 includes updated firmware for the Tableau T4 and Tableau T345 forensic bridges. This update makes a change in the transmission of commands to SCSI devices, increasing compatibility with SCSI devices requiring the SCSI IDENTIFY message (e.g., the Quantum Atlas IV 9.1GB).

v3.01

May 3, 2005

T10


	Release v3.01 includes updated firmware for the Tableau T10 forensic bridge which matches the first T10 production release. Release v3.01 is otherwise identical to release v3.0.

v3.0

April 11, 2005

T3, T3u, T4, T5, T10, T14, T15, T345

Release v3.0 adds new host query capabilities to the firmware for all models of Tableau forensic bridges. With these new query capabilities, third party software can now more easily detect the presence and operating state of Tableau forensic bridges. This, in turn, allows these applications to include more useful information in their output logs.

Please contact the vendor of your forensic imaging software to determine if the software supports querying the presence and operating state of Tableau bridges.

v2.21

February 21, 2005

T3, T3u, T4, T5, T10, T14, T15, T345

This release contains updated USB firmware for the Tableau T3u, T4, and T5 forensic bridges. This release fixes a bug which prevents correct operation when two or more Tableau T3u/T4/T5 bridges are attached to the computer at the same time via USB. With this updated firmware it is now possible to connect two or more Tableau T3u/T4/T5 bridges to a computer at the same time when using USB. The problem, and this updated firmware, only affect operation with USB. 1394/FireWire users are not affected by this problem and will not be impacted by the updated USB firmware.

This release also improves compatibility with certain models of Western Digital hard disks (e.g., WD800BB-23FJA0). These firmware changes should not affect the compatibility of Tableau forensic bridges with other hard disks, and this firmware upgrade is recommended for all users of Tableau IDE and SATA products.

This release also introduces support for Tableau's T15 and T345 forensic bridges. For reference, the Tableau T345 is marketed as the Digital Intelligence UltraBay.

v2.0

October 12, 2004

T3, T3u, T4, T5, T10, T14

This release incorporates firmware "workarounds" for problems with Windows XP SP2 (XP Service Pack 2). Windows XP SP2 introduces changes in Microsoft's 1394/FireWire drivers which cause Microsoft's drivers to transfer data at very slow speeds when communicating with 1394B/FireWire800 capable devices, such as Tableau's line of forensic bridges. This is an error in Microsoft's Win XP SP2 drivers which badly degrades the performance of 1394B/FireWire800 devices.

The firmware updates in v2.0 of the Tableau Firmware Update allow Tableau's forensic bridges to "work around" this problem with Windows XP SP2. This firmware remains fully compatible with other versions of Microsoft Windows.

This release also introduces support for Tableau's T14 and T10 forensic bridges.

Other operating systems, including Mac OS X and most Linux releases, handle 1394B/FireWire800 devices correctly and are not likely to benefit from the firmware updates in this release.

IMPORTANT: A problem has been observed with this firmware update when using T3/T3u/T5 bridges under various releases of Linux. This problem has been seen only under the following combination of circumstances:

1. The computer is running Linux.
2. The Tableau T3/T3u/T5 bridge is connected to the computer via 1394/FireWire.
3. More than one 1394/FireWire device is connected to the computer simultaneously.
4. The Tableau T3/T3u/T5 bridge is connected to the computer at startup.

If all of these conditions are met, then the Linux computer may fail to recognize the Tableau T3/T3u/T5 bridge(s). In this situation the "Host Detect" LED on the T3/T3u/T5 bridge will not illuminate. This problem is easily avoided by connecting the Tableau bridge(s) to the computer after Linux finishes booting. This problem has not been observed with Tableau T4, T10, and T14 bridges.

v1.3

June 15, 2004

This release adds several new features to the T4 SCSI bridge.

The T4 will now automatically spin-up SCSI hard disks for which power-on (automatic) spin-up has been disabled on the drive. This eliminates the need for users to change spin-up jumper settings on the SCSI hard disk. With previous versions of T4 firmware, the T4 would not automatically spin up SCSI hard disks for which power-on (automatic) spin-up had been disabled.

This release also incorporates improved handling for SCSI devices with removable media. Such devices will now be reported properly as "removable media" devices, and the media in such devices can now be ejected under control of the host computer.

With this release, the T4 now also supports "type 7" optical SCSI devices, specifically including the Sony BW-F101 "blue laser" DVD drive. Formerly, the T4 only supported "type 0" direct access SCSI devices.

NOTE: There are no changes to T3/T3u/T5 firmware in this release.

v1.2

May 19, 2004

T3u, T4

This release fixes a bug in the T4 SCSI bridge firmware which causes the size of the SCSI hard disk to be reported incorrectly. This bug causes the firmware to report a length 1 sector shorter than the actual length of drive. This, in turn, would prevent imaging software from capturing the last sector of the drive (512 bytes) and would cause the MD5 checksum calculated for the drive to differ from the checksums calculated when connecting the SCSI drive to a computer using a traditional SCSI host adapter. Tableau has prepared a PDF Product Bulletin which describes this bug.

All T4 SCSI bridge users are advised to update their bridge firmware with this new release.

NOTE: The disk size bug fixed by this release is unique to the T4 SCSI bridge and does not affect the T3/T3u SATA bridges or the T5 IDE bridge.

This release also adds support for the Tableau T3u SATA bridge. The T3u is an updated version of the original Tableau T3 SATA bridge which adds USB 2.0 support.

v1.1

April 22, 2004

T3, T4, T5

This release fixes a bug introduced in Update v1.0 (released April 14, 2004) which affects USB hot-plugging. When using USB to connect a bridge to the host computer, this bug made it necessary to plug in the USB cable to the T4 and T5 before turning on the bridge. With the v1.1 Update, USB hot-plugging works correctly.

This release also contains enhanced support for 3rd party software utilities which support Tableau forensic bridges.

v1.0

April 14, 2004

T3, T4, T5

This is the first public release of the Tableau Firmware Update. This release fixes a problem in the Tableau bridge firmware which sometimes causes the Windows computer to fail to recognize Tableau bridges when connected via FireWire/1394. This problem is generally observed only when connecting more than one Tableau bridge to the computer at a time (ie., daisy-chaining multiple Tableau bridges on a single FireWire bus) and when using a relatively fast computer (ie., processor speeds of 2.8GHz or greater).