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Revision history for Supervisor 9 utility

Last Update: 05/20/10

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Version 9.2.47 (05/20/10)

Changed AVRF label to Vref, reposition all related controls
added compiled help file to package
added serial-number entry dialog to CommPort interface
cleaned up IP address handling, especially for ODUs with invalid IP addresses
cleaned up device discovery across multiple Ethernet interfaces
Added internal >arp command, to list all Anacom devices in ARP tables
Doesn't show Ethernet info at all on Comm Port dialog.
Created linkage between Summary listview entries and device dialogs; clicking on summary activates associated device dialog, clicking on polling/logging LEDs toggles those modes on the device.

Version 9.2.46 (03/10/10)

Fixed bug in polling loop, when no valid targets are present
Tweaked polling/rescan interactions
Doesn't close/reopen comm port on baudrate change (this speeds up baud-rate-change iterating on ReDiscovery)
Fixed bug in receiving/displaying long reports from ODU
Updated text on Add Device button
Setup scripts forgot to copy help file into archive
Save/restore Summary-dialog positioned
Fixed bug: Connect after initial Abort would fail

Version 9.2.45 (03/04/10)

suspend polling on new devices until auto-read is completed
fix problem with switched rediscovery
fix handling of ReDiscovery on switched ports

Version 9.2.44 (02/26/10)

bugfix: code wasn't checking for TxOnly on ProtSwitch, before initially drawing the Monitor.

Version 9.2.42 (02/19/10)

Added ODU emulator and help file to distribution

Version 9.2.41 (02/11/10)

Updated label/tooltip language files
On "Add Serial Port", checks all known serial ports to see if they can be opened, or are busy.
Added unavailable comm ports to CommPort dialog, mark as unavailable, display messages and disable connection as required

Version 2.39 (02/04/10)

Fixed bug during program startup, handling removed devices
Changed program name to Supervisor 9
Updated tooltips

Version 2.38 (02/02/10)

Added >FAULTS internal command, to display "dropped P command" and "recovered Device Lost" events.
Added option to specify retry time in minutes, once "Device Lost" occurs
Added command descriptions to the internal-command help listing
Added internal command ">polling" to suspend/resume polling
Suspended polling on Ethernet ReScan operation
Converted all packet handlers to use Windows event mechanism
Modified summary dialog to automatically resize for number of discovered devices
Fixed bug in recovering device data from INI file
Fixed buffer-overrun issue when SAVE failed and returned a large response message, which we didn't buffer for.
Removed redundant unconditional SAVE during discovery
Implemented Ethernet Global Scan via BootP

Version 2.37 (12/14/09)

Removed information message from Command window in certain cases
Fixed some bugs in Ethernet scanning
Padded serial number to six digits when reading from SerialNumber control
On "Add Serial Port", if no more serial ports are available, messages dump to status bar and MessageBox, instead of syslog

Version 2.35 (12/02/09)

Fixed bug when aborting initial Connect, after one or more units discovered.
After "Device Lost" occurs, if successful command is send from user window, re-enable the device.
Fixed auto-connect on Ethernet ports
Fixed storing of polling state for Ethernet devices
BootP: Added support for Global search
BootP IP management implemented
Ethernet: When reading serial numbers from Serial Number ComboBox, cast to uppercase so compares are consistent
Blocked Ethernet Global Discovery for now
Switched to Inno Setup for creating install file

Version 2.34 beta (10/06/09)

try to fix issue with Summary Listview:Alarms background color being wrong on "Device Lost".
Fixed issue where, on Monitor dialog, after executing SendCommand, the sent command is not left highlighted, which is different from how CommPort dialog works.
Cleaned up summary listview
Preliminary Ethernet interface completed
Added tooltips for Ethernet controls
Fixed bug in internal status command
Modified logging of dropped polling commands
Screen positions of CommPort and Monitor dialogs are now stored in configuration file
Updated Monitor dialog(s) to add units as required, and change labels to more closely match Supervisor 7.

Version 2.33 (09/29/09)

send "DIGIPEAT ON" command to ProtSwitch discovery sequence
Fixed bug with initial display of "Tx Warmup" and "Tx Enable" ComboBoxes
Added timeout to BAUDRATE commands (except for the DTE0 commands)
Changed serial-port mutex to use standard timeout, to help resolve conflicts between polling and manual command sending.
Fixed remembering of language setting
Added dialog option to Ethernet CommPort dialog, to specify which Ethernet interface the program will listen on.
On ChangeBaud operation, after verifying contact with ODU via ODU command, send SAVE command to detected unit.
Added prototype Ethernet support
Modified Monitor dialog-resizing mechanism to know whether a new property sheet is being created.

Version 2.32 (09/01/09)

Fixed alarms-email-timer handling (enable/disable)
Fixed bugs in data display after WriteEdits is executed
Implemented automatic property-sheet resizing on screens with non-standard dlu values
Progress continues on dynamic dialog resizing for odd-dlu machines

Version 2.31 (08/06/09)

Added Makefile control to manage prototype resizing code
Fixed bug: TxOnly flag in P command does not apply to radios
Restored display of OnTime for ProtSwitch
Added debug code to examine screen-sizing problem on certain laptops

Version 2.30 (08/06/09)

Fixed bug when opening new CommPort dialog and then CONNECTing

Version 2.29 (08/05/09)

Fixed comm-port interaction issues
Added descriptive message when insufficient devices found
CommPort dialog: change "Connect" LED label to "Port Open"
Changed Connect button to "Chg Baud" once port is opened
Clarified messages during various types of device detection
Eliminated excessive startup messages
Reviewed polling/mutex issues

Version 2.28 (07/24/09)

Added timer to TX LED, so it's more noticeable when activated
Internal Uptime command: fix bug in time computations
"Device Lost" message is also shown in appropriate Monitor Alarms field
Put CommTask and Polling "parent object" messages under WINMSGS control
Added SAVE command after changing device address
CommTask, Polling: exclude certain Windows messages from "lookup failed" warnings
Added second STX to each package, to try to fix lost-P-command issue
Changed temperature displays to signed vs unsigned
Fixed handling of Protection Switch LEDs

Version 2.27 (07/16/09)

Added new serial-port enumeration method; now detects and accesses the Belkin USB-Serial adapter.
Made log-file time displays more consistent
Fixed updating of Monitor Alarms background color
Polling faults: log file is no longer updated on each transient loss of communications, only permanent port disable is logged.
When polling thread marks port as "Device Lost", Monitor-dialog Connection
LED is also updated
Updated help file
Changed temperature displays to signed vs unsigned
Fixed Win2000 bug, program should work now

Version 2.26 (07/13/09)

Logging Options dialog; add device serial number to title bar get_mon_mutex() now returns a unique code on TIMEOUT, allowing callers to have special behavior when port is busy
Added abort button/option to Connect operations
Device will now be disabled after a certain number of consecutive polling errors. This number is set via the CommPort options dialog, and stored in INI file.
Removed unused debug function which was preventing running on Windows 2000 (and possibly Win98SE as well !!)

Version 2.25 (07/08/09)

Bugfix: polling LED on summary list wasn't updating when polling state was toggled on Monitor dialog

Version 2.24 (07/08/09)

Added 'release' and 'packages' labels to makefile
Removed unused library from Makefile
Updated tooltips for new re-CONNECT handling
When CONNECT is pressed, and existing ODUs are already known, treat the operation as a baudrate change. Retain list of known devices, after baudrate change, just send ODU to them to confirm communications.
Fixed bug when stuffing multiple Monitor ComboBox controls
Bugfix: Modify ReScan to handle missing devices cleanly
Updated Chinese-language files
Modify logging functions to flush data to disk immediately on writes

Version 2.23 (06/29/09)

Fixed device-scanning issues
Change suspend_polling to be handled in the CommTask thread

Version 2.22 (06/25/09)

Added infoout() function to display warning (vs error) messages
Fixed handle leak in serial_read()
Changed misleading error report
Updated tooltips for new Monitor buttons
Re-write mechanism for handling data editing on Monitor dialog, so polling does not interfere.
When cursor is in command input field now, TAB will move to SendCmd button.Shift-TAB will move back to command input field.
Updated terminal message

Version 2.20 (06/18/09)

Re-designed polling mechanism
Gray-out command input field during CONNECT process
Prevented multiple opens on options dialog

Version 2.19 (06/16/09)

Added default polling flag, for use when creating new device Monitors
ELSAT: Channel should be grayed out also, when frequency is grayed out

Version 2.18 (06/11/09)

Implemented busy cursor for CommPort and Monitor dialogs
Made BUSY cursor work in terminal window
Removed unused keyboard remapping module from package

Version 2.17 (06/04/09)

Update P12V label(s) to P9V, if ADC_VREF is < 4.0V
Implemented support for Prologix GPIB-USB adapter
Added factory-mode controls to CommPort dialog, vs Monitor dialog(s)
Allowed forced-scan even if port is not currently connected

Version 2.16 (05/26/09)

Added supdup utility, to generate INI files from legacy .sup files
Serial-port enum list is now sorted by COM number
Fixed bug in installer, add "SFX Compiler" config file

Version 2.15 (05/21/09)

Expanded capabilities of the installer
Added save-config/load-config entries to language-definition files

Version 2.14 (05/21/09)

Added tooltips for save-config and load-config buttons
Added special handling for "TX SSPA"
Added 22-pixel Anacom logo for listview display
Added functions to save/load configurations

Version 2.13 (05/18/09)

Fixed internal command for debugging

Version 2.12 (05/18/09)

Added internal command for debugging

Version 2.11 (05/15/09)

Fixed dropped last label on top-level listview
Internal functionality modifications

Version 2.10 (05/13/09)

Internal functionality modifications

Version 2.09 (05/11/09)

Moved single-device scan into CommTask, to avoid freezing main dialogs
Serial-port writes are now event-driven

Version 2.08 (05/08/09)

Added special handling for ELSAT/!TXIN condition
Added option to set default value for Max Devices field

Version 2.07 (05/07/09)

Added UNICODE/internationalization support

Version 2.06 (04/30/09)

Converted program to UNICODE, preparing to add Chinese support

Version 2.05 (04/28/09)

Added resizing of terminal window (rows only)
Added tooltips to options dialog

Version 2.04 (04/24/09)

Renamed program to Supervisor 9
Fixed bugs in "Close Port", also polling state no longer matters
Used ALARMS colors for Monitor Alarms field
AutoRead is now enabled by default.
Polling is now enabled by default.
Added spin control to "Max Devices" field. Also, update config file immediately when new value is entered.
AutoRead state is now independent of AutoConnect state
Modified comm-port handling; don't allow multiple un-connected ports, don't include already-used or un-openable ports in list.
"Read Info" (formerly "Properties") button now reads the read-only data every time, rather than only once.
Fixed problem with color rendering under Linux/Wine

Version 2.03 (04/20/09)

include boundary flags in power-level readings
Added commands to ComboBox, at beginning of list, instead of end
Fixed spelling of ODU in various places

Version 2.02 (04/16/09)

Fixed WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC bug
We now display a message, on ReDiscovery, when switching back to 1200 baud
Got rid of some debug data on top-level window
In lieu of reducing connect timeout, I've added a "maximum devices" field to the CommPort dialog, which will allow the user to terminate detection without waiting for timeout, once the specified number of devices is detected.The new field has a descriptive tooltip, and the value is stored in the INI file.It is not yet in the helpfile.
On Monitor dialog, "Close Window" is changed to "Close Device"
Eliminated minimizing CommPort and Monitor dialogs with top-level dialog, until I have more time to think it over.
On ELSAT units, Frequency field on Monitor dialog is now read-only.
Make P command non-retrying, to speed up polling-failure recovery.
Limit CommPort tabs to number of available ports.
CONNECT and Polling timeouts are now stored in INI file !! )
Change ReScan to not care about polling state
Updated HELP file (Summary-list LEDs, CommPort dialog changes, ReScan)

Version 2.01

Device scanning function no longer assumes response of "??????" for ODU command indicates a Protection Switch. Now, it reads INFO command to get more information.

Version 2.00

Initial (beta) release