  The CALICE collaboration is developing an engineering prototype of an analog
hadron calorimeter for a future linear collider detector. The prototype has to
prove the feasibility of building a realistic detector with fully integrated
front-end electronics. The performance goals are driven by the requirement of
high jet energy resolution and the measurement of the details of the shower
development. The signals are sampled by small scintillating plastic tiles that
are read out by silicon photomultipliers. The ASICs are integrated into the
calorimeter layers and are optimized for minimal power consumption. For the
photodetector calibration an LED system is integrated into each of the detector
channels. In this report the status and performance of the realized module are
presented. In particular, results from timing measurements are discussed, as
well as tests of the calibration system. The new module has also been used in
the DESY test beam environment and first results from the electron beam tests
are reported.
