DASYLab 2020 |
Version 15.0.0
January 2020
This file contains information about DASYLab 2020:
For the correct use of DASYLab 2020, the following minimum requirements must be met:
CPU | X86-compatible processor from 1 GHz |
Memory | minimum of 2 GB, 4 GB recommended |
Disk Space | 1 GB free space, of which at least 500 MB on the system partition |
Video/Graphic card | Color depth at least 24 or 32 bits (True Color) |
Screen resolution | At least 1024x768, multiple external monitors supported. |
Notes: In order to use DASYLab 2020, you need an updated serial number - even if you already have a DASYLab license for an earlier release |
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Due to extensive changes to the data format, block sizes and memory management, all modules from third-party suppliers which use the Extension Toolkit for implementation must be adapted for DASYLab 2016 and DASYLab 2020. Most hardware manufacturers that offer their own DASYLab drivers have already provided customized drivers for the release of DASYLab 2016. These drivers can still be used for DASYLab 2020. For DASYLab 2020 no adjustment of the drivers is necessary.
Older drivers which still use the Driver Toolkit (these are available in menu Measurement»Select Driver...) are not affected by this and also function with DASYLab 2020. However, these drivers cannot use the changes introduced with DASYLab 2016: greater accuracy and increased block size.
The layout concept in DASYLab has been revised and renewed in many respects. Several layouts can now be displayed simultaneously on different monitors (up to 16). For this purpose, the complete management of layouts and layout objects has also been revised. Layout pages can now be displayed and converted to different screen resolutions and aspect ratios without changing the basic appearance and arrangement of the objects on the page
When loading worksheets created with a different monitor resolution, the layouts are no longer automatically adjusted during loading.
The MQTT protocol is an open message protocol that is often used for machine-to-machine communication (M2M). With the MQTT driver in DASYLab, you can subscribe to topics of an MQTT server to receive readings and you can publish readings acquired with DASYLab to a topic of an MQTT server
The Browser in
DASYLab now has a Favorites tab. You can create your own module list with
frequently used modules so that you always have quick access to them.
New Configurator tab allows you to adjust and later change the global settings of DASYLab directly during installation. This is especially helpful when installing and setting up runtime versions.
The Configurator now displays details of the entered serial number. You can easily check which DASYLab properties and drivers are enabled in your serial number. If you have several serial numbers, it is easier to distinguish between them.
In the extended editor mode, the saved script is now opened in the IDLE development environment of the Python installation that is integrated in DASYLab. However, a user-defined editor can be set in the Configurator if required.
The Chart Recorder Module now supports an Auto scale action. This performs autoscaling of the Y-axis from the current data in the display.
The Message module now has the new Stop Wave File action. With this action, the sound output of the message module can be stopped without affecting other output types of the module (as happens during a reset action).
For the IIR filter, the filter parameters can now also be taken from global strings. Together with the new Reset action, the filter parameters can now be updated during measurement.
The following list contains descriptions of the issues fixed between DASYLab 2016 SP2 and DASYLab 2020.
ID | Caption | Description |
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--- | Read File: Original Date/Time | If the option "Original Date/Time" was used, the global system strings ${START_DATE} and ${START_TIME} now shows the original time of the data acquisition from the file. |
6339 | Move Black Box | For Worksheets, that are created with DASYLab 2016 SP2, it may happen that Blackbox modules included in that worksheet could not be moved completely to the right or bottom edge.
This bug has been fixed. |
6338 | Famos Files larger 2GB | Fixed an error that occurred when writing a Famos file larger than 2 GB. Here DASYLab wrote a wrong length information into the header of the file. Such a file is then not readable by Famos, although all data was written correctly. |
--- | IXXAT CAN | Fix an error that allow only standard frame format (11 bits) or extended frame format (29 bitts) simultaneously. When both frame formats are used at the same time on one port, the telegrams are not recognized correctly |
6251 | State Machine | The State Machine module now also supports DASYLabs module replacement function, so that the State Machine module can now occupy the space of existing modules and be replaced by other modules. |
6251 | Survey Mode in Chart Recorder Y/t and x/y module | Cursor values stored in ASCII formats can now have more than 9 characters. In addition, a complete headers is now written to the file. |
5979 | Action : Copy String or Variable Range | The 'Number' parameter is now correctly displayed in the dialog as an integer value instead of as a global string. |
--- | FIFO Info Dialog | The FIFO Info Dialog (<ctrl> left click on the wire during measurement) now always shows the correct number of used FIFO blocks, even when the FIFO has no maximum size (the global action "Limit data flow" is disabled). Previously the dialog always shows 0 for the number of FIFO blocks. |
6100 | Write data | If the action Close file and open again is used and the option Append to file is not selected, the file will now be emptied and overwritten, if the same file name is used. Previously, the file was closed and reopened and the new data was appended to the file -- even though the Append to file option was not selected. This bug has been fixed. |
6153 | Y/t display | Optimization of waterfall and color sonogram display and export for large data blocks. When exporting color sonograms, the last N saved blocks are now projected as an area on the entire diagram height. Until now, exactly N lines were drawn independently of the resolution of the output medium. |
6501 | Documentation Frame | Leaving the dialog for a documentation frame with the ESC key no longer causes a crash. |
6054 | CAN Input | The configuration dialog of CAN input modules had an error, so that the complete dialog was redrawn several times with each channel change. The responsiveness of the dialogs was improved now substantially |
--- | Vector CAN driver | When using current CAN cards from Vector Informatik and simultaneously using extended Id telegrams (29 bit) and standard Id telegrams (11 bit), the telegrams were not always correctly recognized and evaluated. |
6584 | Installation | If the windows user directories are not on drive C: (windows standard mode), DASYLab could not be installed. During the installation the configurator did not find the default folders for the public documents (error message: "At least one of the default folders could not be found.[...]"). This error has been fixed. |
6599 | Background Color in Switch Module | If the switch module was used with bitmaps, then the background color was always light gray for the On state, even if another color was set as the background color. |
6615 | Sequence Generator | When exporting the program of the Sequence generator to a CSV file, all variable assignments of parameters are now also saved to the file and imported again. |
6649 | Message Module | The Reset action of the message module now also stops a running wave playback. |
6249 | CANdb | When using a CANdb file with a CAN input or CAN Output module, it could happen that signals with an Extended ID (29 Bit ID) were not correctly coded or decoded when using a CANdb file. This bug has been fixed. |
6677 | Write data: Famos Format | When writing data files in Famos format, formerly DASYLab always writes complete data blocks. Now shortened blocks, as they can occur e.g. after a relay module, are processed correctly. |
5843 | Write data: Famos Format | Channel group is optional now. If no group name is used, DASYLab will not create a default group name. Instead it saves the data without grouping (flat). |
The following drivers are new or have been revised. Refer to the driver help sections for a detailed description of each extension.
ID | Title | Description |
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--- | MQTT |
New driver module, implemented with the DASYLab Script function
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--- | NI DAQmx | The DASYLab driver now can use DAQmx 19 API |
--- | Vector CAN | DASYLab now can use all Vector devices, that are actually supported by the Vector XL library. |
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