------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2010-05-06, Win Conn 1.11 (1.11.3778.33048) - Added support for new Block commands (supported by FB4 devices with firmware version 1.20a and higher) - Bug fix: Stored capture resolution is now always restored correctly after the application was restarted - Bug fix: Buffer size for listening to other firmware updates increased to 2kB - Bug fix: Eliminated the possibility of NullReferenceException in LAN functions - Bug fix: Disabled informal message box if an invalid LAN device discovery response is received ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2009-12-17, Win Conn 1.10 (1.10.3638.32134) - Added support for remote control and updating the firmware of devices connected over COM (except picture transfer) - Added support for updating devices with different firmware files if automatic firmware update is disabled in 'Preferences' dialog - Added firmware update support for devices over COM which use one of the following firmware files: adok.w19, me4.w19, vz8.w19, vz27.w19 and vz57.w19 - Added support for resolutions WXGA+/60 and WXGA*/60 - EXIF information (Maker, Model, Serial Number, Firmware Version, Date) will be stored after saving an image in JPEG or TIFF format - Power state is restored for each updated device after the update process was completed - Main window is now disabled if the 'Connect To/Firmware Update' dialog gets displayed - Improved loading of 'Firmware Update' dialog (is now faster) by only checking the stored Ethernet mode - Combo box control with the Ethernet connections on the 'Connect To/Firmware Update' dialog gets now also disabled together with the buttons while the device list is being updated - Modified help file content - Renamed the menu 'Extras' into 'Tools' - Renamed the menu 'Check for Firmware Updates...' into 'Check for Newer Firmware Files...' - Bug fix: Searching for known devices if no Internet connection but a normal network connection is available works now - Bug fix: After pressing the right mouse button above the leading icon on the 'Connect To/Firmware Update' dialog the corresponding list entry was not selected which caused an exception - Bug fix: Especially on LAN devices firmware updates sometimes failed because the 'Firmware Update' dialog was closed but the associated device list index of the selected devices changed. This could lead to a firmware update sent to the wrong devices - Bug fix: If a device switch took place while a picture over LAN was captured the picture will not get copied into the main picture buffer for display - Bug fix: If a device change happened while a picture transfer from a LAN device was running, the change was not detected and the command was retried what caused an exception ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2009-09-08, Win Conn 1.9 (1.9.3538.24628) - Added help contents - New tool bar and remote control icon for 'Still Image' capture - Active device is now still active after firmware update was executed on this device (was only an issue with USB devices) - While device discovery is running all buttons on the 'Connect To' dialog are disabled to prevent a user from pressing the 'Refresh' button (doesn't make sense because the refresh is already in progress) - Improved detection of broken USB connections - Added 16:10 support for VZ-8 series devices - Added BugTrap error reporting support to 64 bit version - Bug fix: Fixed critical crash bug while startup of application when some Windows Updates for Internet Explorer 7 and 8 are installed on Windows XP with SP3 - Bug fix: Reseting the DPI value on the 'Preferences' dialog works now - Bug fix: Firmware update on FB3 devices on Windows Vista 64 bit was not working - Bug fix: 'Print Picture' dialog was not shown anymore on Windows Vista 64 bit - Bug fix: Option 'Always save in native resolution' for auto saving pictures was not working properly with protocol 2 devices - Bug fix: Opening the 'Connect to' dialog sometimes caused an error if the application was running in Continuous View mode - Bug fix: Closing the application sometimes caused an unhandled exception due to a device list update triggered by the USB while closing the application - Bug fix: If a firmware update is executed on the currently active LAN device the new firmware version number is also updated in the main window caption - Bug fix: Corrected the window position restore and remote control docking algorithms - Bug fix: The message box 'Device is switched off' is now displayed while a multicast stream transfer is running if the device gets switched off (no error message anymore) - Bug fix: The Light button on the remote control gets now also periodically updated while a multicast stream transfer is running - Bug fix: Displayed resolution list in the Preferences capture tab matches now the selected resolution format (4:3, 16:9 or 16:10) of the device - Bug fix: Fixed the wrong file size for saved BMP pictures if they were received over LAN (wrong pixel format used) Update Tool 1.9 (1.9.3534.14972) - Increased version to 1.9.* and updated copyright information - Windows Vista UAC prompts: User is only asked for administrator rights if an update should be installed - Added support for installing/updating the WolfVision VZ Download application ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2009-03-18, Win Conn 1.8 (1.8.3364.28117) - Added 16:10 picture format support - Additional icon in the device list on the 'Connect To' dialog indicates activated authentication for Ethernet/LAN devices - Changes of the capture settings in the Preferences dialog are now automatically committed when the dialog gets closed - Standard value for the setting 'Check for updates while startup' on the General tab of the Preferences dialog changed from 'Off' to 'On' - Added the possibility to set the DPI value for saved pictures (Preferences dialog on the General tab) - On the 'Connect To' dialog the user is now able to change the used network adapter for Ethernet/LAN device discovery or even switch Ethernet/LAN device discovery off - Firmware update progress dialog redesigned to support more than 15 updates at the same time (vertical scoll bar gets displayed). Also the serial number gets now displayed for Ethernet/LAN devices - Added additional message boxes for better error detection while installing the application - Bug fix: Setup routine works now also with Turkish operating systems (code page error fixed) - Bug fix: Remote control context menus 'Store Memory' and 'Recall Memory' got fixed for Ethernet/LAN devices (used the wrong memory number) - Bug fix: No refresh for the device list is triggered anymore if an error occurs for Ethernet/LAN devices while the acces level is retrieved (could cause a recursive loop) - Bug fix: Adjusted the column width for the first column on the 'Connect To' dialog to support more than 9 devices at the same time. Without this change numbers bigger than 9 got truncated - Bug fix: Concurrent file access to firmware files for reading works now without a misleading error message Updater 1.7 (1.7.3335.29291) - Increased version to 1.7.* and updated copyright information - If log file gets bigger than 100KB it's deleted and newly created to ensure that it's not getting too big ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2009-01-27, Win Conn 1.7 Update 2 (1.7.3314.26834) - Bug fix: Damaged TWAIN driver fixed (problem was introduced with version 1.7 update 1) - Bug fix: Video Capture driver works now on Windows Vista and Windows Vista x64 systems - Bug fix: Video recording works now on Windows Vista x64 systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2008-11-24, Win Conn 1.7 Update 1 (1.7.3250.21935) - Bug fix: Error report files were not complete (application log file was missing) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2008-11-21, Win Conn 1.7 (1.7.3247.20141) - Security update: Authentication with username and password for EYE-12/SCB-12 devices added (more devices will follow) - The application can now be started even if there are no devices available (for firmware file update checks and software update checks) - Color of remote control buttons changed to match the new layout of the infrared remote control - Corporate Identity: All WolfVision logos updated - Error report files are now send to WolfVision as XML files instead of text files (XML is easier for automatic analysis) - Bugfix: Security breach while checking the Ethernet mode has been fixed. If the mode can not be retrieved from the device the application will now use the setting "Off" for devices which support the new protocol and "Image+Control+FW" for all other devices - Bug fix: The information dialog which informs the user about a missing Internet connection is no longer displayed on every application startup. It is now only displayed if it makes sense - Bug fix: Check of firmware files for VZ-8(3) series devices was improved to ensure that no old files which might be invalid because of their age are used for a firmware update - Bug fix: VZ-8(2) and VZ-8(3) devices with firmware version 1.10a and higher use another rotation direction for Image Turn. This change is now also addressed in this software and in the WIA driver - Bug fix: Invalid reuse of an application variable sometimes caused a crash. This variable is no longer used multiple times to prevent these crashes - Bug fix: Some display texts had typos and were fixed - Bugfix: The status bar texts "Power on"/"Power off" were not displayed correctly at all times. This was fixes Updater 1.6 (1.6.3247.22591): - Increased version to 1.6.* - Added x64 support for installation over update application ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2008-07-16, Win Conn 1.6 (1.6.3119.20128) - End User License Agreement added - Added support for the new devices VZ-8light-3 and VZ-8plus-3 - Added support for new main board (firmware update, remote control and picture transfer) - All names for devices are now displayed in the long format (e.g. VZ9P is now VZ-9plus, VZ8L-II is now VZ-8light-2, etc.) - Concurrent LAN communication is now handled by two separate functions to increase the connection stability - Added cross application domain communication capability (remote conrolling the Connectivity software) - Bug fix for Windows Vista SP1: The 'Save As' dialog box object had to be adjusted to ensure that the dialog is always displayed - Bug fix: Concurrent settings for autosaving pictures with an EYE-12 device with activated trigger mode fixed ('Autosave picture after it was captured with monitor icon' vs. 'Always save in native resolution') - Bug fix: Corrected some spelling errors in the text resource files - Bug fix: The remote control window is no longer the TopMost window on the screen if the About dialog is displayed - Bug fix: A race condition for the remote control buttons Zoom, Iris, Focus and Mirror was fixed. The sequence of commands is now always Start followed by a Stop command - Bug fix: If the serial number of the last used device from the INI file is a text string instead of a number the application no longer crashes and instead uses the first discovered device - Bug fix: The remote control slider windows didn't get displayed because the necessary function was called from a different thread. This was changed - Bug fix: If the device is in 16:9 mode and the image turn is set to 90 or 270 degrees the captured 4:3 resolution should correspond to the selected 16:9 resolution. This wasn't the case therefore it was fixed - Bug fix: Added some exception handling code to functions which could throw exceptions while the application is closing - Bug fix: Some antivirus software products report our setup package to the user even if it is not infected with any kind of trojan/virus. To prevent this the internal structure of the setup package was changed - Bug fix: Wrong data type (Integer instead of UInt32) for JPG size with multicast transfer was used - Bug fix: Reset of the trigger mode setting while switching to another device from an EYE-12 is now done before the toolbar icons and menu items are enabled/disabled. Had to be fixed because otherwise the still image button/menu item didn't get enabled again while switching from an EYE-12 to another device - Bug fix: Permanent Power/Light check while running in continuous mode with the remote control visible is not necessary for EYE-12 and new main board devices - Bug fix: Timer tick function for the Power LED on the remote control is no longer enabled again if the device is switched off or was disconnected. This prevents multiple displays of the corresponding error message - Bug fix: Resetting settings on the General tab was adjusted to also include the setting for saving the last used device ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2008-04-25, Win Conn 1.5 Update 2 (1.5.3037.16351) - Bug fix: Start of application now also works on Chinese operating systems Updater 1.5 (1.5.3036.25895): - Increased version to 1.5.* - Resized the progress form to display the first text completely (in German, the third line was not visible) - Rearranged the controls on the start form for more space to display the changes in the new version - If a unsupported language (e.g. Chinese) is selected for the culture setting, a try/catch block was added to handle the occuring exception and the English culture setting is selected as default - The array for the update changes was changed to a List(Of String). This list can handle infinite entries instead of a predefined amount of array elements because we were already scratching at the predefined array bound (50 entries) - Fixed a wrong conditional clause for a 'for' loop - Changed the way the changes entries are stored in the XML file. A new section for the changes was created were the item with the highest number is automatically the upper most entry in the list. Also the line spacing was increased to display 80 characters in one line on the dialog. Therefore another font had to be chosen (Courier New) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2008-04-16, Win Conn 1.5 Update 1 (1.5.3028.13807) - The application can now remember the last active device before it was closed and restores the connection to this device the next time the application is started - Bugfix: Device detection works now properly if USB was connected while the device gets connected to the power supply - Bugfix: Check for new firmware files works now properly (was causing an application crash if a newer version for an existing file was detected) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2008-04-03, Win Conn 1.5 (1.5.3015.29996) - Automatic firmware update procedure added. Information about old and new firmware version is now displayed while the update is executed - State icons for the dialogs 'Connect to' and 'Firmware Update' were added to display the actual firmware status. If the device is a known LAN device these state icons also indicate if the device was found on the network - The same options for text annotations in movie files are now also provided for saving pictures - The actual picture can now be sent as an email with a context menu (right click on the picture window) - If a new USB device is detected, the user can now decide if he wants to switch immediately to this new device to use it - A 'Reset settings' button was added to each preferences dialog tab to reset the values on the actual tab to the default values - New communication protocol (USB, LAN and RS232) for EYE-12 devices added - TWAIN and WIA drivers overworked for the new communication protocol - Double click on an entry of the list of known devices now opens the entry editor for this entry - A firmware update can now also be started directly from the 'Connect to' dialog with a right click on the device - Synchronization check while device discovery over LAN added - The application always checks for a valid and functional Internet connection before it tries to use it - Enhanced rights management for LAN devices added (only works with EYE-12 devices right now) - Serial numbers of older devices are now always displayed as 8-digit numbers - The trigger mode settings are now immediately synchronized with the device instead of executing the synchronization when the preferences dialog is closed - If there's no picture available, also the print settings menu items are disabled - Bugfix: If a USB picture transfer was interrupted because the connection was lost a retry sometimes didn't work anymore even if the connection was restored. This problem was fixed - Bugfix: If a synchronization problem over USB led to an empty type/version string the application accidentally switched in the 'No USB device' test mode. This was fixed - Bugfix: If the remote control is closed, all possibly visible slider windows are now also closed - Bugfix: If no file extension is entered while saving a picture, the application didn't save a picture which was fixed now UpdaterTool (1.4.3014.26250): - Increased version to 1.4.* - The function IsInternetAvailable() tries now to reach the Wolfvision web server up to 4 times with a ping before it returns with 'No connection found'. This leads to a better reliability of the Internet connection detection ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2007-11-09, Win Conn 1.4 (1.4.2869.13026) - Bugfix: Autosave with timer and UDP multicast picture transfer now always saves correct image files - Bugfix: While a UDP multicast picture transfer is running, the application can now also be closed with the 'X' box on the top right corner of the main window - Bugfix: Scanning of images with the Twain driver now always works even if a Ethernet/LAN device is selected - Message boxes are now always top most if displayed (previously the remote control was always top most which caused problems if a message box appeared under the remote control) - Changed a notification message box text to be specific for the actual state of the parent dialog ('Connect To' and 'Firmware Update') ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2007-11-05, Win Conn 1.3 (1.3.2865.20427) - Bugfix: Twain driver for Win 2000/XP now works - Changed the file format for autosave filenames from DD-MM-YYYY to YYYY-MM-DD - Autosave with timer now stops if the continuous picture mode is stopped ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2007-10-16, Win Conn 1.2 (1.2.2841.22516) - Added important information for working over a Ethernet/LAN connection (used ports for firewall configuration) - Fixed a major bug which caused permanent runtime errors with special Ethernet/LAN configurations - User can now specify known Ethernet/LAN devices which are also checked for the 'Connect To' dialog - Version number now reflects update versions (second number of version string) - Added Multicast UDP stream reception for EYE-12 devices - Remote control is now completely disabled for VGA2USB devices (was still available at some places) - Power On/Off status messages corrected (was always 'Power off', even if 'Power on' was executed) - Actually displayed picture is deleted if Continuous mode is started in trigger mode (is done because the displayed picture was not triggered) - It's now possible to deactivate all message boxes in the configuration INI file - Error in 'Keep Aspect Ratio' mode for displaying pictures fixed (problem was only visible on 15/19:9 screens) - Fixed a synchronisation error for the trigger edge setting - Added language support for German (more languages to come) - Added the possibility to disable device discovery over Ethernet/LAN, even if a working network connection is available - Fixed memory leaks while capturing pictures and recording movies UpdaterTool (1.3.2841.26557): - Applied naming convention for dialog controls - Added multi language support (German and English) - Added two new command line parameters for language information (-C, which language should be used) and testing the translated GUI texts (-D) - Changed a lot of label size properties to fit new size requirements for German texts on dialogs - Support for English and German Update information file sections added - Increased version to 1.3 - Increased string arrays to hold more entries for the update changes (old: 10, new: 50), download files (old: 5, new: 15), update conditions (old: 5, new: 15) and update uninstalls (old: 5, new: 15) - All exceptions are now also saved in the log file (only a message box was displayed before) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2007-08-23, Win Conn 1.0 Update 1 (1.0.2791.26571) - Digital Zoom warning is now always displayed while using an EYE-12 in JPEG mode (was only displayed in single mode) - Preferred picture format can now be selected in the Preferences for "Save Picture" functions - Error reports are no longer sent without permisson from the user. The user can now choose if he wants to report the error to WolfVision - Installer routine improved with more meaningful messages - Fixed some minor bugs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release 2007-07-25, Win Conn 1.0 (1.0.2762.29890) - Update from WolfVision USB Software 3.1.2 to WolfVision Connectivity Software 1.0 - USB and LAN devices are discovered and can be used within the software - Software is Windows Vista 32-bit compatible (Video Capture driver is not supported yet) - Full support for EYE-12 camera added - Graphical appearance of application was improved UpdaterTool (1.2.2753.23693): - Software version is now 1.2