Release notes for Jabra PanaCast 50 VBS

Fixed/Details:

• Addressed connectivity issues when ICMP echo requests were disabled for the default gateway

Updated:

• TAC default password change is not a requirement.
• Zoom Room automatic check in added.

Minor performance and stability improvements

Security Updates:

• Security Enhancement: after first-time login to the Web UI or App UI the user will be forced to change the default password (PanaCast Control only).
• Added option to add Security code to prevent unauthorized factory reset (PanaCast Control only).
  • To create Security Code, follow these steps: (App UI) > Device Settings > Admin access > Account > Security code for factory reset > Configure.
    A similar path is available in the Web UI.

Minor performance and stability improvements.

New Features:

• High frame rate content sharing support

Updated:

• Added support for partial Configuration Profiles in Microsoft Teams Admin Center

Fixed:

• Teams application becomes unresponsive after enabling or exiting the BYOD mode
• PanaCast 50 VBS showed offline in Microsoft Teams Admin Center and Unmonitored in Microsoft Pro Portal but is online and working
• PanaCast 20 cameras not available in Zoom when connected to PanaCast 50 VBS bar
• Shared screen appears black in Zoom when sharing from a macOS Sonoma device
• Zoom menu not removed after unplugging the touch USB cable from the PanaCast 50 VBS bar to a touch display
• Improved device operation on IPv6 networks
• Jabra+ setup of PanaCast 50 VBS on IPv6 network showed “Something went wrong” error
• Touch controller displays “Cannot pair with video bar” message if connected to Wi-Fi after initial Ethernet setup
• A rare instance where a blank screen was shown on the Touch Controller after power cycling the unit
• Improved hardware rebooting during soft reboots and hardware reset
• Unexpected behavior which resulted in touch controllers initiating factory reset if powered off during an update
• Touch Controller showed a “Waiting for Video bar” after rebooting the touch controller
• Audio distortion when connecting Apple devices via HDMI IN port
• Unexpected audio transmission after unplugging and plugging an HDMI cable into the HDMI IN port of the PanaCast 50 VBS bar
• Unexpected audio loss if HDMI IN is active prior to start of a Teams call
• Improved speaker performance
• An edge case where devices fail to connect properly to a particular Wi-Fi access point

Release note edited 11/6/2025:

• Addition of Configuration Profiles support

New Features:

• Jabra Control IP support added for PanaCast 40 VBS
• Device level pairing on networks with Public IPv4 addresses now supported

Minor performance and stability improvements.

Fixed:

• An issue where microphone or speaker audio could randomly disappear on the video bar.
  Note: this update will only update the video bar.

Limitation:

• Device-level pairing in networks with both IPv4 and IPv6 currently supports private IPv4 addresses only.  Support for device-level pairing over local networks which use public IPv4 addresses, and also have IPv6 enabled, is targeted for the next firmware release.
  For more information, please refer to this FAQ on this topic.

The public release note has been edited July 16, 2025 with limitation section.

New Features:

• Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform (MDEP) OS framework adopted to support Intune Non-Google Management Services/Android Open Source Project management policy
• Intelligent Meeting Space. For further details, please click here
• Persistent Bring Your Own Device mode via USB-C connection
• WiFi support
  • WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPA3 – PSK supported
• Aux-out audio for assisted listening devices. For further details, please click here
• 802.1x certificates for Ethernet networks
• Support for USB cameras in Microsoft Teams
• Touch controller display brightness is now configurable
• Touch controller color blindness options now available
• Deuteranomaly, protanomaly, tritanomaly supported

Updated:

• Image quality enhancements
• Speaker focus enhancements
• Touch reactivity of touch controller improved

Fixed:

• A user interface issue when connecting Jabra PanaCast 50 VBS to Dell P2424HT touch monitor
• A bug which caused Jabra PanaCast 50 VBS to become unresponsive when connected to Avocor H-Series interactive display
• A bug which caused microphones to fail
• A bug which displayed a black image when joining Zoom meetings via Direct Guest Join feature from Microsoft Teams Rooms environments
• A bug which caused the touch controller and video bar to lose pairing when a PAC proxy was configured
• The correct image is now displayed for Single-Stream Dynamic Composition
• Shared content no longer remains on display after the removal of the HDMI cable from the host

Minor performance and stability improvements.

New Features:

• New video mode: Multi-stream Dynamic Composition for Zoom Rooms with support for Zoom Smart Gallery with up to six simultaneous video streams.
• New layout for Single-stream Dynamic Composition. Read more here
• Added support for Jabra+ via the use of provisioning codes. Read more here
• AI-Powered non-speech noise suppression option for noisy environments. Read more here
• Added support for Korean language

Updated:

• Renamed devices as “PanaCast 50 VBS bar” and “PanaCast Control” in Teams Admin Center

Fixed:

• Display challenges when in BYOD mode
• Microphone audio transmitted through the speakers during a local meeting with screen share
• Black video output in some scenarios
• Teams meetings could be interrupted by updates pushed from Teams Admin Center

Versions impacted for above fixes:

• Microsoft Company Portal (VB/TC): Version 5.0.6152.0
• Microsoft Admin Agent (VB/TC): Version 1.0.0.202402202353.product, 703
• Microsoft Teams (VB/TC): Version 1449/1.0.96.2024080804
• Zoom Rooms (VB): Version 6.1.5.5274
• Zoom Rooms Controller (TC): Version 6.1.5.2916

Minor performance and stability improvements

New features:

• Jabra PanaCast 50 Video Bar System bring your own device (BYOD) mode for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android systems
• Jabra PanaCast 50 Video Bar System bring your own device (BYOD) mode for Zoom Rooms on Android systems
• Jabra PanaCast 50 Video Bar System support for IEEE 802.1X PEAP via Ethernet port
  •  Username and Password Authentication
• Added monitoring of the call state to prevent firmware updates applying while in a call when processed from the Web Console or Zoom

Updated:

• Static IP address can now be configured on first use, without the need for DHCP setup
• Possibility to view and delete custom CA certificates

Fixed:

• Microphone volume setting was not retained after a reboot of the system
• People Count data was not updated while system was in idle status*
• Video freeze when enabling Multi-Focus Framing in Zoom Rooms

Versions impacted for above fixes:

• Zoom Rooms: 5.17.7.5*
• Zoom Room control: 5.17.1 (2486)*

Details:

• Fixed: an issue where the Microsoft Teams Admin Center would show an update failed, even though the Teams Rooms App updates successfully
• Fixed: an issue where the Zoom Rooms application would not launch successfully, showing "Quickstep keeps stopping" when attempting to launch following an update
• Performance and stability improvements

Versions impacted for above fixes:

• Microsoft Company Portal (VB/TC): Version 5.0.5484.0
• Microsoft Admin Agent (VB/TC): Version 1.0.0.202306202019.product
• Microsoft Teams (VB/TC): Version 1449/1.0.96.2023062301
• Zoom Rooms (VB): Version 5.16.0.3769
• Zoom Rooms Controller (TC): Version 5.16.1