Owner-reported findings. Published Oct 26, 2026. Reviewed Oct 26, 2026.
Symptom
After a firmware update on a control room Yamaha QL5:
- OverDrive lost its connection to the audio board.
- Only 3 of 14 Dante sources came back.
There was a news show at 1 PM.
Order of operations
- Get audio to the board first. Air comes before tidiness. Audio was restored before the 1 PM show.
- Rebuild the Dante setup: subscriptions and device configuration that didn’t survive the update.
- Rebuild the HA setup.
The lessons-learned list
The most useful output was a list of everything that needed rebuilding after the firmware upgrade. Next time, that list is the pre-update checklist: capture it all before, verify it all after.
Takeaway
A firmware update is a configuration change, not just a software change. Plan the rollback and the rebuild before you press the button.