Product Release Information visionCATS 1.4.0
Release Number: 1.4.0
Release Date: 21/01/2014
Customer Support: For more information or support, please email us at support@camag.com
Introduction
This document contains the release notes for visionCATS version 1.4.0. The following sections describe the release in detail and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements the main documentation.
Installation and Upgrade Notes
Installation
See the installation instructions for full details.
IMPORTANT: You must completely uninstall any previous “developer release” or “early access” version of this product before installing this release.
Manifest
This release consists of the following items:
Release notes
Drivers
Instrument Firmware
visionCATS installer
What’s new in visionCATS 1.4?
- New explorer with preview functionality
- Clean plate correction integrated in the comparison viewer
- New layout for the reports
- The visionCATS server can be installed in a virtual environment
- Optimization of the image loading using the GPU
- Handling of the instrument and COM ports reworked
- Integration of the CAMAG Method Library, service provided by the CAMAG Laboratory
What’s new in visionCATS 1.4 SP1?
- Migration from 1.3 (specifically license and Visualizer correction images)
- SST definition and export/import
- Backup and restore
- Method library available with new SST features
- Panel resizing, docking, small screen resolution
What’s new in visionCATS 1.4 SP2?
- Time handling for the license registration
- Correction of a specific bug during the migration
- Restore of a visionCATS backup on a foreign system
- Report improvements for 20×20 plates
- Display additional image parameters in the report
- Bug correction in the sequence table
Known Problems and Workarounds
Defect: After changing of Visualizer, a Visualizer cannot be executed in an analysis having already images.
Reason: Only one Visualizer can be used in an analysis.
Workaround: Redo the analysis.
Defect: After changing of camera for a Visualizer, already opened analysis with Visualizer step waiting for execution, or Visualizer Manual control or OQ may behave strangely (using old camera, bad image corrections…).
Workaround: Before changing of camera, close all analysis with next step as Visualizer and Visualizer views.
Defect: After changing of camera for a Visualizer, Visualizer in toolbox isn’t marked as having a bad Diagnostic.
Workaround: Restart the client.
Defect: While using two visualizers on a single PC, one or both camera aren’t detected, or the camera of one visualizer seems to be connected to the other.
Workaround: We strongly suggest to use only one Visualizer per InstrumentService.
Defect: No image appears in Data or in Comparison after installing for the first time visionCATS on the machine.
Workaround: Restart Windows.
Defect: Sequence table doesn’t allow to drag and drop a multi-selection.
Workaround: Before clicking for drag and during the drag, hold SHIFT key for dragging a multi-selection.
Defect: Applications crashes after clicking on an image or opening a comparison.
Workaround: Update your graphic driver to the latest version.
Defect: After installation, no visionCATS is installed. Also, the SQLServer service may not want to start.
Workaround: Change the name of the user which installs the application, username should be different from machine and domain name.
Defect: Instrument aren’t responding correctly.
Workaround: Check if you have an Intel(R) Active Management Technology – SOL COM port on your machine, and disable the corresponding COM port in visionCATS/General Settings.
Defect: visionCATS display Out of memory with only around 1.2GB of 4GB memory used by visionCATS, on a 32bits system.
Workaround: increase the applications memory space with “bcdedit /set increaseuserva 3072“ command, and restart Windows.