CAM Overview

Alphawave CAM Release Notes

2.17 - 2011-11-02

  • Internal

2.16 - 2011-11-02

  • Updated drivers
    • Alphawave/Site - added System tab with system, memory and CPU usage info.
    • CPI/CPIAmp - allow 'band' to be set for any of the single band amplifiers.
    • Paradise/Evolution
      • Updated to support firmware 2.0.13 and updated panels as appropriate.
      • All unavailable/irrelevant options hidden according to firmware version.
      • Fixed parsing of a partial packet; now NO parameters are updated.
      • 'Reset Modem' added (performs a modem reboot)
      • Minor panel improvements.
    • Radyne/DMD20 - update for DMD2050 and fixes/improvements to panels.
    • Radyne/DMD15,20,2401 - ranges and offset calculation modes added in.
    • Gigasat/STC - fixed reading of firmware version, can also be overridden.
  • Daemon
    • Ability of server to list "Removed" devices for GFX recovery system use.
    • 'config' file only re-written if changed; previous version kept as '.bak'
  • GFX
    • Tidyup of login screen with clearer method of server selection.
    • Major rework of Console Screen interface for cleaner look and simpler use.
    • Major increase in presence of menus available from right click.
    • Major rework of system to define, edit & use Racks, Chains and Bookmarks.
    • Major rework of display features for Racks and Chains.'
    • Popup help improvement to be less obtrusive but its appearance is clearer.
    • Improvement to onscreen keypad.
    • Console Screens save and restore history inbetween user sessions.
    • ALT-Left/Right can now be used to move backwards/forwards through history.
    • Interface to recover "Removed" devices similar to "Hidden" devices one.
    • Feature to show Service mode devices at end of lists or to hide them.
    • More ways to get hold of device address descriptors for customising views.
    • Ability to drag device icons or names to get device address descriptors.
    • Ability to drag and drop device address descriptors into text boxes.
    • Ability to drag and drop the view from one console screen into another.
    • Ability to drag windows from one console screen into another.
    • Windows become translucent when dragging to clarify the action.
    • More popup help added across the board to clarify actions available.
    • Action of shutters to lock items made clearer when pointer over them.
    • Feature where text too large to fit will auto scroll when pointer over it.
    • Feature to display multiple graphs on same axes and added min/max type.
    • Temporary windows/popups can now all be cleared away with the Escape key.
    • Feature for device windows to either open at last tab viewed or first tab.
    • Ability to remove user config files to clean up settings.
    • Ability for Device Explorer open in one go for use on remote (VNC) setups.
    • Ability to lock a specific Console Screen so it can't be changed.
    • Command line can now select a Console Screen to startup on.
    • Command line can now show/hide Device Explorer tree on startup.
    • Fixed alarm LEDs being rendered incorrectly as always 'Off'
  • Devices
    • Feature to view all device variables in one panel from under the CAM tab.
    • Ability to drag and drop specific variables into a monitor list therein.
    • Padlocking of all Bus Address fields that can cause communication loss.
  • Windows
    • Update to Python 2.7
    • Improvement to System Tray menu.
    • Fixes to installer for shortcut issues under 64bit Windows 7.
    • Improvements to installer to have a better option system.
    • Installer includes the Python installers for required modules (for mimic).
    • Installer and Uninstaller both check Daemon and GFX aren't running.
  • OSX
    • OSX build now cross-compiled rather than needing to be built on a Mac.
    • Update to Python 2.7
    • Tested on 'Lion'
  • ARM embedded systems (CAM200/CAM250 units)
    • Update to Python 2.7
    • Update to 2.4.26-ts11 kernel and etch ('e1' suffix).
    • Improved CF card file system resilience from power outages during boot.

2.15 - 2011-07-06

  • Internal

2.14 - 2011-07-05

  • General
    • Addition of ReleaseVersion file containing build information for support.
  • GFX
    • Addition of server and GFX client activity indicators to main top bar.
    • Rationalisation of top bar menu options with server menu on its indicator.
    • Addition of middle click to bring up preferences for certain main items.
    • Increased number of Console Screens with improved preferences control.
    • Console Screen fade added to make windows clearer when they are being used.
    • Window border highlight whenever mouse is over something for same device.
    • New window/open menu added to window top LHS device icon on device windows.
    • Rationalisation of LHS Device Explorer tree options into a menu.
    • Addition of automatic sub-menus when appropriate entry highlighted.
    • Show/hide setting for individual grouping tabs in LHS Device Explorer tree.
    • Improved control for partition bar between Device Explorer tree and Console.
    • Improved sorting of device names to handle numbered items in a useful way.
    • Device display uses full name which can optionally include CAM name.
    • Option to display plain CAM name instead, if using full name is unhelpful.
    • Improvement to pop-up help positioning and display behaviour.
    • Addition of more pop-up help for numerous features.
    • Added in scroll wheel support for things which have a vertical scroll bar.
    • Mouse cursor changes from pointer to drag cursor when dragging items.
    • Improvement to a number of commonly used icons. E.g. lock.
  • Devices
    • Devices can be selected with a menu for Interface Filters (and similar)

2.13 - 2011-05-25

  • Daemon
    • Default alarm time set to 5s
  • Devices
    • Overhaul of CAM tab and its sub-panels for all devices.
    • Overhaul of System tab and its sub-panels for CAM Site device.
    • Ethernet device main panel can set interface filter for Site device edit.
    • Serial device main panel can set interface filter for Site device edit.
    • CAM/Variables tab shows all CAM variables in a scrolling list.
  • GFX
    • Display in top right of which CAM site and server that GFX is connected to.
    • Text box edit and clipboard select keys now conform to Windows standard.
    • Console Screen control option of display width for device name and location.
    • Full name of device shown as well if different to its CAM name.
    • Improved name sorting handles groups of digits within as numerical values.
    • "Hidden" tab on LHS Device Explorer tree is hidden if no hidden devices.
    • Device Explorer preferences option to always hide "Hidden" tab.
    • Hold left click on a device panel tab will break off a window at that level.
    • Addition to bookmarks for wildcard matching (now have '@' as well as '*').
    • Made some more preferences be saved per user instead of for all users.
    • -W (window-size) command line flag now accepts "FULL" and "MAX" as well.
    • Vertical/rotated text supported in tabs and other panel items.
    • Resource tabs can also be placed on the right or along bottom.
  • Windows
    • Installer now checks user has administrator privileges before continuing.
    • Un-installer asks at start instead of end if to keep CAM-Site directory.

2.12 - 2011-04-19

  • Updated drivers
    • Alphawave/IO - RS232 control lines (2 out 4 in) available to IO.
    • Alphawave/Site - Ability to run external scripts and append to output log.
    • Codan/5000 - Ability to ignore unsupported commands, e.g. 40W SSPA version.
    • S3Satcom/Satsio - Sorting added to Satellites panel plus minor improvements.
  • New drivers
    • Control/TSRS - Customer specific device.
    • Gigasat/RFS3 - Redundancy Controller.
  • Daemon
    • "Hot standby" script to wait on a(nother) CAM server failure.
  • GFX
    • Added visual feedback to panel tabs when pointer over or when clicked.
    • Improvement and re-jig to User/Preferences panels.
    • Improvement to device sorting on console screen.
    • Added user alterable column width for Name and Location on console screen.
    • Some lists can be sparse and/or sortable with optional movable columns.
    • Horizontal scrolling added to node explorer and console screen views.
    • Device panel edit overrides feature introduced for engineering use.
    • Can hold down CTRL while logging in to suppress restoration of windows.

2.11 - 2011-02-14

  • General
    • Release file filenames contain version control revision, CPU and OS name(s).
    • (INTERNAL) Build and release processes improved. SCons used instead of Make.
  • Updated drivers
    • Paradise/Evolution - updated to firmware 1.9.92a and fixes/improvements.
      • Relevance rules updated to decide what's shown/hidden selectable/shaded.
      • Added ability to override SAF codes for forcing features to be available.
      • Special polling of some slow-to-read MCP variables to prevent TCP timeout.
      • More freqent polling of read-only MCPs.
  • New drivers
    • Advantech/AMT-TXR - Tranceiver.
    • S3Satcom/Satsio - Antenna controller.
    • Terrasat/IBUC - Intelligent block upconverter.
  • Daemon
    • Unlicensed devices return appropriate lock message for display by GFX.
  • GFX
    • Added in summary panels on LHS explorer tree for all device panels.
    • General tidyup of all panels on all devices.
    • Proper control of default font sizes now available in Preferences.
    • Window Raise Policy works better and Page Up/Down will raise/lower windows.
    • Added in under View tab: Cascade / Move Onscreen / Close All windows.
    • Added in under View tab: Lock Windows Layout.
    • Added in under View tab: Show Hidden List Options, e.g. in Radio Groups.
      • This overrides hiding options that are otherwise unavailable/unselectable.
  • Windows
    • Installer improvements for XP/Vista/Win7 consistency for Start Menu/Programs
    • Uninstaller improvements to delete empty folders on exit.
    • All GFX Resource filenames end ".txt" and have CR/LF line termination.

1.95 - 2010-09-24

  • GFX
    • Replaced all XML resouce files with Python equivalents & removed XML system.

1.94 - 2010-08-20

  • Updated drivers
    • Paradise/Evolution - fixed packet handler major bug from last release.
  • Daemon
    • Improved packet timeout decision for better handling of segmented packets.
  • GFX
    • Cam_String variables now available in GFX script files for general use.

1.93 - 2010-08-12

  • Updated drivers
    • Paradise/Evolution - updated to firmware 1.9.83 and GFX panel improvement.
    • ALL - GFX Resources rejig so files ending _000 and _100 moved into one file.
  • New drivers
    • ETM/TWTA - Amplifier.
    • Advent/ACU4100 - Antenna Controller.
  • Daemon
    • Added explicit variable setting and simple loops in specification syntax.
  • GFX
    • Cam_Padlock confirm pop-up box for Password, Message or just Set/Cancel.
    • Cam_Container_Script can now take function names and passes in "detail".
    • Major rejig of variable "detail" panels so GFX scripts can be in one file.
    • Major rejig of location of common shared resource files.
    • Major simplification of resource file search paths.

1.92 - 2010-07-18

  • Updated drivers
    • Alphawave/IO - Added in facility to be able to label the group button/led.
    • Alphawave/PicoTC08 - removed obsolete config parameters.
    • Alphawave/SFT - removed obsolete config (from obsolete device).
    • CPI/CPIAmp - Added in new 750W amplifier.
    • Miteq/Converter - Now includes Down9422 and Up9473 devices (now deprecated).
    • Paradise/Evolution - updated driver and panels to handle firmware to 1.9.83
    • Tandberg/EN8040 - Improved alarm reporting.
    • Added no_activity_indicator to all devices module_connected for CAM200 box.
  • GFX
    • Cam_Option text changed from italic to bold for consistency.
  • Hardware
    • Added CAM250 build info in Docs for version of CAM200 with Ethernet switch.

1.91 - 2010-03-17

  • Updated drivers
    • Updates to Xicom HPA simulator.
    • CP210x usb/serial driver for kernel 2.4
    • Tandberg/EN8040 - Improved alarm reporting.
    • Moved ADIO and PMD HID into their own directories in CAM/Support/Utilities.
  • GFX
    • Startup options can be given for GFX in CAM-Site/GFX/startup-options.
    • No longer quit if a command line specified options file is not present.
  • Windows
    • fix: path name to 'local' panels corrected.

1.90 - 2010-02-09

  • General
    • Added activity indicator function using on-board LEDs on TS-7200 hardware.
    • Added support for CP210x USB driver to CAM200 kernel 2.4
    • Improved serial port support for improved resilience with absent hardware.
    • Support for PMD 1024LS now handled in separate pmdhid daemon.
    • Xicom/XicomHPA device simulator.
    • Support for MAC OSX (native not cross compile).
  • New drivers
    • Tandberg/EN8040 - Video encoder.
    • Tandberg/RX1290 - Video receiver.
  • Updated drivers
    • Added logging and enable messages to Alphawave/Switcher device.
    • Added in /d flag to SNMP OID specifier to help provide sparse arrays.
  • ADIO
    • Support for TS-DIO64 and TS-DIO24 add-on cards.
    • Support for serial port communication on /dev/ttyAM1.
    • Support for command aliases.
  • Daemon
    • Added command line option -t to auto-quit after the given number of seconds.
    • fix: Correct handling of system return codes in CAM serial port setup.
    • fix: Corrected handling of user_cant_see in server.
    • fix: Increased CSV file logging stability that caused occasional coredumps.
    • fix: Preventing SEGV coredump when using telnet access to server port.
  • GFX
    • Added command line option -S so that the server login box will always be displayed on the login screen.
    • Added command line option -@ to take an options file.
    • Added local overrides in CAM-Site directory to resource file search paths.
    • Added Retry button on the server timeout box.
    • Added Quit button to login screen.
    • Removed Reset Login button from login screen.

1.89 - 2009-07-30

  • General
    • Correct paths for windows shortcuts.
    • Front-end to modem QoS plotter.
    • Updates for gcc 4.3.1
    • Fixes to TCP 'serial' ports to improve connectivity.
    • Install CAM into $USER rather than ProgramFiles (for Vista).
    • Improved cam_sendmail (in py) for sending mail on alarms.
    • Fixed windows GFX (re)connection to daemon.
    • ADIO stand-alone application for TS7200 control lines.
    • Support the IO lines on a TS7200 (ARM) board.
    • Serial ports (specifically TCP ones) can have a 'soft' target baud rate.
    • fix: better handling of queued (serial) commands.
    • Added local_devices_only for use on low memory boxes to not store network.
    • Every device alarm has a soft 'note' which can be set by the user.
    • Putting a serial device into service mode stops sending data.
    • Corrected sorting of columns in GFX.
    • 'summary_alarm' view showing a single line per alarm.
  • New drivers
    • Satori/PowerSensor - USB RF power sensor.
    • Alphawave/Link - Shows devices as end-to-end 'Links'.
    • Advent/ACU4000 - Antenna controller.
    • Advent/SF4000 - Satellite finder.
    • Perle/IOLAN - Digital IO on ethernet.
    • Vocality/V100 - Data/voice multiplexer (displays stats only).
    • Advantech/SSPB - Amplifier.
    • CPI/Amplifier - Unified driver structure.
    • Gigasat/GigaTB - Tellback alarm device.
    • Dalman/RAU - Remote alarm panel.
    • Novella/BRXL - Beacon receiver.
    • Newtec/AZ710 - Upconverter.
    • Timetech/Satre - Rangefinding modem.
    • Gigasat/UCD - Up/down converter.
    • Vertex/SSPA - Amplifier.
    • Symmetricom/TP1100 - Time provider (alarms only).
    • Alphawave/IO [ADIO] - TCP access to a (remote) TS7200's IO lines.
    • Alphawave/Switcher - Switch multiple (CAM) switches together.
  • Updated drivers
    • Comtech/CDM-600 - Corrected tx/rx frequency read/write.
    • Symmetricom/9611 - Fixes after live test.
    • Gigasat/STC - Support beacon_type (added in V5.55).
    • ResearchConcepts/RC-AC - Updates to support az/el.
  • Paradise/Evolution driver
    • Front panel LED fixes.
    • Correct handling of BERmax.
    • AUPC parameters.
    • upgrade-firmware.py script to upgrade firmware without web interface.
    • IF/LBand frequency display, but hide if not available.
    • Updates as new firmware introduces new features.
    • Spectral plot.
    • Attempt to force 'remote' mode automatically on reconnection.
    • Better alarm handling.
    • Support revised, unified, BERT/PRBS tester.
    • Send a 'commit' after every 'set' command to ensure 'rx' values up to date.

1.88 - 2008-06-03 - "Bolton"

  • General
    • CAM Demo with real data now available.
    • CAM device drivers can writable entirely in python for speed of development.
    • CAM now requires a working python 2.4 install.
    • A .deb/.rpm/python setup for python CAM interface modules on request.
    • Changes to licence files.
  • GFX
    • Device lock on all panels to soft lock for a given user or site.
    • Mimic - can install python scripts into the GFX for customer specific displays and mimics.
  • New drivers
    • ASC/ASC300 - Beacon receiver.
    • Agilent/Analyzer - E440x spectrum analyzer.
    • Alphawave/Link - Device to monitor groups of devices as a whole.
    • Alphawave/Script - For customer specific drivers.
    • CPI/CMPA2 - Newer amplifier hardware.
    • DoubleD/DDA235 - Waveguide switch controller.
    • ETL/RFSwitch - Redundancy Controller.
    • Gigasat/RFS2 - Updated Redundancy Controller.
    • Gigasat/STC - Antenna controller.
    • Paradise/Evolution (P3000/PD25) - Satellite modem.
    • Radyne/RCS20-4 - Updated redundancy control system.
    • ResearchConcepts/RC2500 - Antenna controller.
    • Symmetricom/9611 - Clock distribution unit.
    • Tandberg/TT1220 - MPEG-2 Decoder.
  • Updated drivers
    • Paradise/CSSPA - Updates and fixes.
    • ETL/RFMatrix - Updated and reworked.
    • Gigasat/MuxIO - Rework.
    • Xicom/XicomHPA - Support cut down model.

And many other small fixes and improvements.

1.87 - 2005-08-01 - "Bafly"

  • New web-based supervisor / plugin system.
    • Plugin: Scheduler.
    • Plugin: Redundancy Controller.
    • Plugin: Sync Device time.
  • Updated drivers
    • Fix to SNMP-controlled devices enabled HEX strings to be manipulated (enables BISS keys to be set in TT1260).
    • ETL/RFMatrix - uses new menu_max variable to split the 64 menu options into columns.
    • ETL/RFMatrix - added CLI-like interface for bulk setting of routes.
    • Xicom/XicomHPA - Tidy main panel. local/remote indicator fixes.
    • Andrews/StepTrack - Allowed smartrack table to be selected + other fixes.
    • Alphawave/E2V/Stellar - Tidy main panel.
    • IO - Fix for PMD driver 'bus'.
  • Manual updated

1.86b - 2005-06-21 - "Solstice"

  • GFX
    • fix: bookmark generation panel.

1.86 - 2005-06-16 - "Ticktock" (not released)

  • Daemon
    • New device_time variable in all devices to facilitate time sync.
  • GFX
    • Bookmarks extended to set all devices to the same value.
    • Bookmarks can be generated from middle-click over a variable or panel.
    • fix: unit height in rack mode.
  • New drivers
    • Xicom/XTC - Amplifier redundancy controller.
    • E2V/Stellar - SSPA.
    • Measurement Computing PMD 1024 IO device.
  • Variable/log query system extended to enable QoS plots from log dumps.

1.85 - 2005-03-04 - "Blogger"

  • Updated drivers
    • fix: PModem log reading over unreliable links.
    • fix: Anritsu failure to fetch trace.
    • fix: Gigasat/RFS tested with final firmware.
  • Updated Web page online at http://www.alphawave.net
    • Documentation.
    • Supported Devices.
    • Downloads.
  • Daemon
    • fix: excessive memory usage when under exceptional strain.
  • GFX
    • fix: allow gfx to run from a read-only environment.

1.84 - 2005-02-07 - "Eudrevo"

  • New drivers
    • Anritsu/MS2600 - Spectrum analyser.
    • Comtech EFData/CDM-600 - Modem.
    • Comtech EFData/SDM-300 - Modem.
    • ETL/RFMatrix - NxN Matrix Switch.
    • Gigasat/FVE - MPEG2 Encoder.
    • Gigasat/Mux - IO.
    • Gigasat/RFS - Redundancy Controller.
    • Hughes/UMOD-9100 - Modem.
    • Isis/Innovation16x1 - Video router.
    • Miteq/MT3200 - Amplifier.
    • Miteq/RSU - Converter redundancy controller.
    • Miteq - Up/Down converters (now unified).
    • Paradise/ODU-BUC - Outdoor block upconverter.
    • Paradise/SSPA - Indoor.
    • Radyne/DMD20 - Satellite modem.
    • Research Concepts/RC-1000/1500/2000 - Antenna Controller.
    • Research Concepts/RC3000 - Antenna Controller.
    • Tandberg/E5740 - MPEG encoder.
    • Tandberg/TT1260 - DVB receiver.
    • Telindus/Mux - telnet interface driver script.
    • Alphawave/IO - Digital IO ('comedi' card) based device.
    • Alphawave/Script - Facilitates easy to write device drivers.
  • Updated drivers
    • new: Paradise/PModems with > v4.05 provide read LCD and key press messages.
    • mod: Paradise/PModem panel reorganization into 'Unit' and 'Modem' submenus.
    • fix: Paradise/PModem logging.
    • fix: Paradise/PModem L-band modem detection.
  • Daemon
    • Devices have Manufacturer, Model and Category variables.
    • Variable logging
      • Changes to variables and commands logged to a CSV file.
      • Automatic min/max/average stat calculations for variables.
      • CGI for viewing logs in browser as HTML, PDF or CSV.
      • Specialised QoS graphing for Paradise PModem.
      • Specialised Graphing for APC Smart-UPS.
    • Python interface to CAM
    • Fix
      • Crash on quit.
      • Prevent saved variable files being written out with null values.
    • Preload system
      • Variables can be loaded all in one go.
      • Used by scripts to restore the state of a device from a file.
      • Can be used via the GFX for instant updates.
  • Alarm system
    • Templates and triggers.
    • cam_sendmail: script to send mail, can be used as an alarm trigger.
    • cam_sms: script to send SMSs, can be used as an alarm trigger.
  • GFX
    • Graph objects: line graphs and labelling and grids.
    • Site-specific panels.
  • SNMP
    • SNMP proxy functionality added.
    • Complete coverage of all CAM devices.
    • MIB files generated for all devices.
    • Use net-snmp library.
  • CAM200 released
    • Port of CAM for an embedded ARM system.
    • Can be used for adding SNMP to existing devices.
    • Small, low power (5V only), no moving parts.
    • 2 serial ports.
    • Easy to use configurator (telnet, ssh or serial).
    • Supplied as bare board for integration or boxed.
  • CAM600 released
    • Port of CAM for an embedded 'VIA' miniITX motherboard.
    • 1U rackmount chassis with 2 line LCD and keypad.
    • No moving parts, removable, CF-based, storage.
    • Redundant 12V DC power.
    • 8 serial ports.
    • 1 PCI slot for expansion or synchronous serial.
  • Installer
    • Now adds "open GFX in a window" shortcut.
  • Update Manual

1.83 - Not formally released

1.82 - 2004-03-18 - "Wilson"

  • New Devices
    • New device: Gigasat DCU and updates to UCU.
  • Updated Devices
    • Paradise/CSSPA to Rev K.
    • Xicom/XicomHPA driver.
    • Alphawave/Site Re-instated 'notify' system as part of the device.
  • Daemon
    • MAC address based licences.
  • Alarm system
    • Mute changed to Ack and Acknowledged alarms don't flash.
    • Commands to Ack all faults etc.
    • User definable alarms.
    • Commands to copy alarms, locally or globally to this type or all types.
    • User definable bulletin alarm (for Post-It notes about equipment faults).
    • Extra levels of alarm: Info / Notice / Warning (as before) / Fault (as before) / Critical.
  • GFX
    • New rack and chain buttons.
    • Bookmarks system.
    • Can now work with single button mouse.
    • Old sites not removed automatically.
    • Devices can be hidden temporarily or permanently. Hidden devices are visible in the hidden tab.
    • Many new icons and graphics.
    • Bottom 'CAM Bar' removed - all functionality contained within title bar.
    • Select devices panel menu from the 'device' icon in top left hand corner.
    • Old style 'buttons-to-open-panels' removed. All devices now 'tab' based.
    • Can open any sub-panel (and contained panels) from the tree, or by right-clicking tab.
  • Major re-organisation of the internals
    • Convert CAM Variables files and some GFX files into validated XML.
    • Compile the whole CAM with C++.
    • Factor out major parts of Daemon and GFX into common library.
    • Internal regression tests for:-
      • CAM Variable numbering.
      • Library core features.
  • Update Manual

1.81 - 2003-09-16

  • New device: Gigasat/UCU.
  • New device: PModem BUC/FSK support (untested with real hardware).
  • Initial work on XMLizing all datafiles.
  • Fixed latched 'changed' alarms (e.g. stream flipping).
  • Fixed dialler name/number entry.
  • More old devices brought into the new style.
  • Fixes to SDM6000 panels.

1.80 - 2003-05-29

  • Major testing of P300/P310/P300i/P400 and P500 and P230 drivers with Paradise.
  • Fixed broken RS232 control in paradise drivers.
  • L-Band support fully working.
  • GCC 3.2
  • Revamped panels for some old devices: Pico, RS232ctrl, 1:1 switch, Varian, Miteq, Filer, SFT, Chooser.
  • Sacrificial ACKs for Codan (for linked Async devices).
  • Sacrificial ACKs for Anacom (for linked Async devices).
  • New logo!
  • Many GFX tweaks.
  • Padlock locks all panels to Read Only after 30s (can be disabled).
  • freetype2 support.

1.79 - Internal test

  • Not released externally.

1.78 - 2003-03-13

  • Alarm system
  • GFX
    • Alarm LEDs for every device plus Alarm GUI (click on the LEDs) flashing lights and noises.
    • Frontpanel mode changed to the neater horizontal view.
    • Bottom panel of explorer is gone and all windows are now floating.
    • Rack / Chain / Table modes.
    • Alarm / Devices / Network views.
    • Sorting in all views (by name, value, etc).
    • Major speedups.
  • Daemon
    • Alarm system implemented - unlike all the other data in the CAM this is private to the server you connect to so each server can have a different alarm system configuration. The daemon calculates the alarm status.
    • Speed improvements for server interface.
  • Updated drivers
    • Alarms added to Paradise PModem, Codan 5000 and Test device.
    • Alarms are easy to add for the rest of the devices.
    • Codan 5000 driver made over.

1.77 - 2003-01-16

  • Major new interface for GFX and speed improvements.
  • Fix GFX crash on Windows XP.
  • Serial port and modem improvements and new Dialler.
  • PModem control will now work over dodgy ESC channels.

1.76 - 2002-10-28 - Paradise Demo

  • See previous ChangeLog file.
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