RELEASE NOTES LABONE SOFTWARE 13.10 =================================== Zurich Instruments AG, November 2013 http://www.zhinst.com CONTENTS ======== 1. Notes 2. Driver Installation 3. Labone Release History Summary of Changes 13.10 Summary of Changes 13.06 Summary of Changes 13.02 Summary of Changes 13.01 1. NOTES ======== Important: Update Firmware v13.10 requires a manual firmware update due to USB data streaming support. Please follow the instructions in the document http://www.zhinst.com/downloads/ziUHFLI_FirmwareUpgrade_13.10.pdf The v13.10 release is a feature and bug-fix release. Updating from 13.06 is strongly recommended. In contrast to earlier versions 13.10 now supports both USB and Ethernet for data streaming. The USB connection has higher priority if both connections are available. 2. DRIVER INSTALLATION ====================== When prompted by Windows for driver installation, tell Windows to _not_ look for new drivers on "Windows Update" and tell it to "automatically install drivers". Update LabVIEW driver It is important to update the LabVIEW driver separately. After updating Labone, you will find a new version of the LabVIEW API in Program Files\Zurich Instruments\LabOne\API\LabVIEW. Copy the folder "Zurich Instruments" to, i.e., C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Labview 2012\inst.lib\ and restart LabVIEW. 3. Labone Release History ========================= Legend: + Added feature * Improved/changed feature - Bug fixed ! Known issue / missing feature # Path name change SUMMARY OF CHANGES 13.10 ======================== UHFLI + USB interface support + Boxcar Averager and Periodic Wave form Analyzer (jitter free averaging scope) on Signal Inputs + Periodic Wave form Analyzer on Boxcar outputs + Integrated Tandem demodulation (full support of Auxiliary Input and Output signals as demodulator inputs) * Scope supports sampling rates down to 27kS/s * Changed meaning of colors of the power LED LabOne DataServer * Improved ziDataServer performance and stability - ziDataServer is not installed if HF2 is deselected - Installer fails if firewall service is not running - Crash on Ctrl + C LabOne GUI + Plotter: Vertical axis groups in the plotter supporting the display of boxcar, hw trigger, and various other signals + Lock-in: Phase to zero adjustment + Lock-in: Output Amplitude setting in V and dBm + Lock-in: Support of edge and gating triggers + Aux: Automatic adjustment of Preoffset and Offset to zero outputs + Sweep: Additional sweep parameters + PLL: Center point adjustment for PLL + UI: up/down arrows for fast increase/decrease of values + SW Trigger: Triggering on Ref/Trigger lines + Spectrum: Higher number of samples for FFT spectrum to suppress windowing effects * Spectrum: ZoomFFT renamed to Spectrum * Spectrum: Spectral density and power calculation on FFT spectrum * Num: Increased font size for numerical values * Lock-in: To nearest value rounding of sampling rate * Scope: Improved triggering if dual edge trigger is enabled * Scope: Scope and FFT are now integrated on a single tab * PID: simultaneous operation of all 4 controllers at a rate of 14 MSa/s * Plotter: Fix of plotter data shifting artefacts * Sweep: Improved sweep speed and support for odd configurations * UI: Unified directory structure for both Matlab and CSV data saving * UI: Improved design and drag & drop functionality for tabs * UI: Improved stability of zoom/autoscaling for extreme limits * UI: Chaining is only applied once and transfers last changed value (solves update storms) - UI: SVG saving of dual plots only saves the lower plot - Lock-in: Aux In 2 disappears - SW Trigger: Returns twice the data for subsequent 'execute' API + Timestamp support on double and integer values (API4 mode) + LabVIEW 64-bit support + Added hwtrigger field to the demod sample structure (lowest 4bits for the trigger lines) + Added PWA data type to APIs * Clean-up of ziAPI.h * Improved examples running on all device types ! LabView: hwtrigger not available in sample data ! LabView: PWA data type not available (no API4 level support) # Renamed /DEV*/STATS/TCP/* to /DEV*/STATS/CMDSTREAM # Renamed /DEV*/STATS/UDP/* to /DEV*/STATS/DATASTREAM # Removed /DEV*/STATS/USB/* # Renamed /DEV*/SYSTEM/NICS/* to /DEV*/SYSTEM/NICS/0/* # Added /DEV*/CONN/ACTIVEINTERFACE # Added /DEV*/SYSTEM/NICS/0/JUMBO # Added /DEV*/SYSTEM/FWLOG # Added /DEV*/SYSTEM/FWLOGENABLE # Added /DEV*/STATS/PHYSICAL/FANSPEED # Removed /DEV*/SYSTEM/NICS/SAVEMAC SUMMARY OF CHANGES 13.06 ======================== UHFLI + Number of demodulators increased from 6 to 8 + Auto re-calibrate after 20 minutes warmup * External reference moved from demodulator 7 to 4 * Default output enable moved from demodulator 7 to 4 * Several bug fixes and improvements in MOD option * Increased network stability and reconnect behavior * Improved Ext Ref performance * PLL/PID: increased max bandwidth LabOne GUI + One-click start of LabOne GUI + Sweeper: added Bode plot + Sweeper: measurements referencing against saved data / history + Save/Load Settings feature fully supported * Renaming of servers (LabOne Data Server and LabOne Web Server) * General improvement of look and feel * Lock-in: major improvements on Lock-In tab * Improved status bar * Stability and performance improvements on Sweeper, ZoomFFT, and SW Trigger API ! Due to the new 8 demodulator scheme, customer API programs may need to be adapted ! Wrong button image scaling under browser zoom for Firefox versions equal or older than 22.0 - LabVIEW: Fixed various UHFLI compatibility issues in sweeper and examples * Improved error messages SUMMARY OF CHANGES 13.02 ======================== UHFLI + Added MOD Option for sideband analysis * Scope level trigger * Many PID/PLL enhancements * External reference support on Ref / Trigger inputs * Auto-range on Signal Output + Auto-zero phase adjustment LabOne GUI * Improved look and feel + Persistence mode on scope + Sweeper, SW Trigger: Select waves to display and individually set colors or names * Stability and performance improvements on Sweeper, ZoomFFT, and SW Trigger * Additional functionality on Numerical Tab + Averaging on FFT and ZoomFFT + Unit support + Command log added + Saving of MATLAB and .csv files + PLL Advisor + Save ASCII files with structure + Automatic level find on SW Trigger * Additional status information in the status bar ! At least one demodulator must be enabled to get proper refresh functionality on browser ! Browser resizing will reset some read-only elements ! Number of displayed entries on the history is restricted to 100 ! Missing functionality on some buttons in ZoomFFT tab ! MATLAB data files may contain additional structure levels API * API examples added * Interface change: The API read of sweeper, zoomFFT, and SW trigger return cell arrays of measurements for Matlab and lists for Python. Therefore, data access to the structure needs an additional indirection. SUMMARY OF CHANGES 13.01 ======================== Initial release of Labone