Revision History

The following table shows the revision history of the Software.

Table 1 Revision History

Version

Date

Changes

V4.0.0

22nd Dec. 2022

3.4.2

25th May. 2022

3.4.1

18thFeb. 2022

  • Added the functions of enumerating frame grabbers, upgrading frame grabbers, and configuring frame grabber attributes based on GenTL. See GenTL Management for details.

  • Added the function of adding virtual cameras. See Add a Virtual Camera for details.

3.4.0

17th Dec. 2021

  • Added ACK mode of devices Discovery in General Settings page, which helps avoid the failure of enumerating cameras in broadcast mode. See General Settings.

  • The Image Processing tab changes to Advanced Features. Added and edited some parameters on this tab. See Camera Feature Configuration.

  • Setting crossing line is supported in multi-window mode.

3.3.0

28th Sept. 2020

  • Supports setting encoding type for the character strings. For details, see General Settings.

  • Supports setting default saving path for cti file. For details, see General Settings.

  • Supports exporting information of all the cameras connected to the Software. For details, see Tool.

  • Supports setting timeout period for GVSP protocol. For details, see Other Features.

  • Supports setting Line Debouncer Time to filter out unwanted short signals (contact bounce) from hardware trigger signals. For details, see IO Output.

  • Supports setting Color Correction Matrix (CCM) to enhance color fidelity. For details, see Color Correction Matrix Settings.

  • Supports zooming in or out the LUT graph by scrolling the mouse wheel. For details, see Configure LUT.

  • Supports setting Gamma and Contrast when LUT line type is set to Adaptive. For details, see Configure LUT.

  • Edited User Set Control due to UI optimization.

  • Supports dragging live images to adjust the position of live images. For details, see Acquisition and Live View.

  • Supports sharpness indicator (only available when image format is mono8). For details, see Acquisition and Live View in 1-Window Mode.

  • Supports exporting RGB values of each pixel. For details, see Acquisition and Live View in 1-Window Mode.

3.2.1

8th Apr. 2020

Fixed bugs.

3.2.0

20th Dec. 2019

  • Optimized the user manual.

  • Supports new file formats for the captured pictures and recorded video files. For details, see Capture and Recording.

  • Supports enable the PC to respond to the keyboard shortcut request from the Software in priority if a same keyboard shortcut of another software or program exists. For details, see Shortcut.

  • Supports fast accessing the folder containing the SDK development documents and demos. For details, see Help.

  • Supports sticking a GigE Vision camera to the top and its GVCP configuration. For details, see Other Features.

  • Supports sticking a USB3 Vision camera to the top. For details, see Other Features.

  • Supports GenTL, which allows you to connect CoaXPress cameras . For details, see GenTL Management.

  • Supports use Event Monitor to monitor USB3 Vision cameras.

  • Updated the UI for configuring white balance under Bayer format. For details, see Configure White Balance (Bayer).

  • Adjusted the procedures for drawing ROI and AOI. For details, see Draw ROI.

  • Supports displaying feature difference when importing features to a single camera. For details see Import/Export Features of a Single Device.

  • Supports opening local images and video files. For details, see View Local Image and Video.

  • Supports more configurations for the cross line. For details, see Set Cross Line.

  • Supports setting grids on images. For details, see Configure Grid.

  • Supports using histogram for evaluating image quality. For details, see View Histogram.

  • Supports selecting the information item(s) which need to be displayed on IP Configurator. For details see IP Configurator.

  • Supports selecting the information item(s) which need to be displayed on Firmware Updater. For details, see Firmware Updater.

  • Supports selecting information item(s) which need to be displayed on Bandwidth Manager and connecting cameras on Bandwidth Manager. For details, see Bandwidth Manager.

  • Added mutual exclusion feature for the Periodically Send parameter and Request Acknowledge parameter of Action Command. For details, see GigE Vision Action Command.

  • Supports selecting information item(s) which need to be displayed on Embedded Information window. For details, see View Embedded Information.

  • Supports batch settings in NIC Configurator. For details, see NIC Configurator

  • Supports manually refreshing logs on Log Viewer, viewing process name and process ID in the log information, and adding DLL(s) to display their logs. For details, see Log Viewer Tool.

3.1.0

11th Oct. 2018

  • Added the Add Camera Link Camera chapter to introduce how to add Camera Link cameras to the client and the camera status.

  • Added the Bandwidth Manager chapter to introduce how to optimize bandwidth of the connected cameras via Bandwidth Manager.

  • Added the Environment Diagnostics chapter to introduce how to diagnose and optimize the running environment and the secondary development environment.

  • Added the GigE Vision Action Command chapter to introduce GigE Vision action command, which can be used to trigger actions in multiple cameras in a network simultaneously.

  • Added the Keyboard Shortcut Settings chapter to introduce how to configure keyboard shortcuts for some frequently-used operations.

  • Edited the Configure Image Processing Features to introduce changes in the operations of drawing ROI.

  • Edited the Log Viewer chapter to introduce how to configure SDK log service.

3.0.0

6th Jul. 2018

  • Restructured the whole user manual due to UI changes.

  • Added the Log Viewer chapter to introduce the tool in which you can view and filter logs from different DLLs.

  • Added the View live View in Full Screen chapter to introduce how to view live view in full screen mode when the window division is set to 1-window mode and multiple-window mode.

  • Added Window Division to introduce how to set window division and customize window division.

  • Added the View Embedded Information chapter to introduce how to view the embedded image information of multiple cameras simultaneously.

2.4.0

6th Feb. 2018

  • Updated the Interface Introduction chapter to describe updates in the menu (added buttons and moved camera feature settings to Camera > Basic Features).

  • Added the Import/Export Camera Feature via File Access chapter to describe how to import and export camera features via the tool called File Access, which can import and export different files.

  • Added the Batch Import and Export Features chapter to describe how to import and export features for multiple cameras.

  • Added the Event Monitor chapter to describe the tool called Event Monitor, on which the messaging channel events can be displayed to help you find the causes of issues that may occur during the use of your camera.

  • Added the Multicast Configuration chapter to describe how to set multicast.

  • Updated the Configure Camera IP Address chapter to describe how to configure IP addresses of multiple cameras simultaneously.

  • Updated the Update Camera Firmware via Firmware Updater chapter to describe how to update firmwares of multiple cameras simultaneously.

2.3.1

25th Nov. 2017

Updated the View Status chapter to show real time bandwidth, errors, packet lost in Status page is supported.

2.3.0

29th Aug. 2017

  • Restructured the whole manual to make the manual more user-friendly.

  • Updated the Running Environment chapter to update the PC system requirements.

  • Added the Packet Resending Settings chapter to describe the packet resending settings.

  • Added the Live View chapter to describe live view for single camera and live view for multiple cameras, as well as other operations during live view, such as configuring cross line to help adjusting the position of the object in the live view image.