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For SWTools version. x.y.z.w - version format. All are numbers. x - major version of swtools y - minor version z - patch w - version of installation package

[3.0.0.24]​

Changed​

  • bl_srm change SRM server communication protocol (JSON is used)
  • bl_srm drop interactive mode
  • launchpad modify action for upgrade icon, GUI window is used for device upgrade
Breaking change
  • Server URL and communication protocol is changed. The protocol are not compatible with the previous!

[2.19.0.24]​

Added​

  • [INTERNAL] Add new IF "usb_ipc" - this interface is used for IPC comunication and libusb is removed from the dll
  • emGUI offers 'search docs' - per entry in context menu
  • emGUI attaches current interface to the diagnostic report and checks if target is ready before pulling logs
  • emGUI script manager offers script import from file with preprocessing

Fixed​

  • siliWatch scope manipulation more intuitive (automatic clear, etc).
  • siliWatch notifies when ploting was not sucessful
  • plugins - message box is always on top
  • plugins - header buttons with link to docs
  • emGUI crash fixes during target loss

Changed​

  • emGUI - remove global reclaim button, replaced by 'search' with already existing tree

[2.18.0.24]​

Changed​

  • emgui change save/load icon back to the 'diskette'
  • emgui add dark-mode
  • emgui do not reclaim healthy sessions
  • launchpad revert back 'addressing' to 'options'

Fixed​

  • emgui pre-load tkinter module to the master thread as a workaround for thread-safety
  • emgui make window un-minimize on plugin invocation
  • siliSpin add 'enter' and 'esc' keyboard shortcuts
  • plugins - optimizations and UI fixes
  • Fix CORS policy - correctly respond to OPTIONS request

[2.17.0.24]​

Changed​

  • emgui starts scope automatically with scope manager
  • launchpad add presets to the addressing dialog
  • emGUI fix SXAPI crash bug with (multiple plugins shared a global exception object)

Fixed​

  • siliTune identrun hang fix
  • plugins - many optimizations and UI fixes

[2.16.0.24]​

Changed​

  • scope disable multiple instances for the same conn opts, bring the original window instance to top once triggered
  • emGUI parameter flag decoding to the parameter typename (volatile, bitwise, discrete)
  • LaunchPad unify namespace with documentation, update links, add link to addressing dialog
  • siliWatch redesign update to make window more responsible, re-catch lost device
  • siliSpin add reinit upon unsuccessful release
  • plugins add docs shortcuts, upgrade messagebox, general small updates

Fixed​

  • emGUI hearbeat bug
  • peakCAN initialization problem (when daughter tool spawned and parent restarted)
  • emgui X yosctl cross-instance check
  • conn_options remove console window pop-up during child tool spawning

[2.15.0.24]​

Added​

  • support for Peak CAN dongle - This is currently in experimental stage, you may experience some issues.
  • Create new SWTools SOLO installer - This installer contains only the SWTools and drivers are not included. (To save space)

[2.14.2.23]​

Fixed​

  • crash when generating diag report of node without active target
  • UX flaws in filtering and multi-selection, combination of context menu + CTRL
  • plugins updated

[2.14.1.23]​

Fixed​

  • small fixes in search function
  • Plugins updated

[2.14.0.23]​

Changed​

  • scope - last sample cursor draw now turned off by selecting MASTER mode
  • emgui.cmd - opens up emgui in the c:/silixcon folder only if no arguments are given (no scripts)
  • emGUI - improve 'diff tool' function - dynamic un-hiding of modified parameters
  • emGUI - resize value edit boxes on read/write
  • Drivers - updated Kvaser drivers to 5.45.724
  • Drivers - updated Can King to 6.27.701
  • Install - during uninstallation, these folders are removed:
    • /silixcon/swtools
    • /silixcon/python - new
    • /silixcon/drivers - new
    • /silixcon/scripts - new
    • /silixcon/plugins - new
note
  • /silixcon/config_backup is not removed during the uninstallation.

Fixed​

  • scope - repair cursor positioning when only XSCALE is checked
  • emGUI - enable CORS mechanism mirroring the 'origin' entry from request header to response header
  • emGUI - fix race condition when running multiple plugins.
  • emGUI - fix 'reclaim session' functionality, add global reclaim action icon
  • emGUI - fix login vs fetch race condition; caused crashes when login failed before fetch
  • emGUI - many small UX fixes

Added​

  • siliWatch, siliSpin, siliTune plugins
  • bl, bl_secure, bl_srm - add adjustable trial count with 't' option
  • emGUI - dynamic plugin icon display to the toolbar, doc icon button that leads to docs page
  • emGUI - parameter load and save + reclaim shortcuts to the toolbar, purge file menu
  • emGUI - parameter restore to the context menu
  • emGUI - sxapi command to run an external file as a plugin
  • emGUI - sxapi support full 'execute' method with asynchronous access to standerd input and output
  • emGUI - 'change address' and 'show logs' dialog
  • emGUI - 'script manager'
  • emGUI - 'drag and drop' functionality for variables import
  • emGUI - 'generate diagnostic report' function
  • emGUI - name filter function

[2.13.0.21]​

Added​

  • scope - add cursor value display

Fixed​

  • Fix command line option overriding bug (all tools)
  • [INTERNAL] Add -gg option to randomize key pair

[2.12.0.21]​

Changed​

  • enable path caching for fs and rpc proto to speed up same dir access

Added​

  • emGUI add group operations to context menu (open and plot) when multi-selection is enabled
  • emGUI improve dock widget layouting behavior (tree widget not overthrown by a dock widget)
  • scope zoom-scroll : scope now auto-adjusts offsets accoring to the mouse position for friendlier zoom-scroll effect
  • scope last sample display : scope shows the last captured sample as the horizontal dashed line in the trend's color
  • scope cursor display : scope features a 'cursor' on mouse click - for data history readout
  • scope add 'v' shortcut for direct screenshot export to clipboard
  • scope trend header support to the csv import/export

Fixed​

  • scope UX few small fixes

[2.11.4.21]​

Added​

  • msg_udp - experimental
  • uuid_sn - generate sn from uuid
  • sxapi - add 'open' and 'show' python functions to invoke dialogs from the sxapi script (for limited workspace saving)
  • sxapi - support for multiple plugins simultaneously, support for search, node and variable keywords, dummy searches and direct interface mode
  • scope - add plot focus select key F1 - F4
  • scope - add option '-t' to start with default settings

Changed​

  • bl accepts file name appendixes to specify offset and size
  • Updated kvaser drivers
  • scope and term show target address in the window caption

Removed​

  • SRM push using scripts [internal only]

Fixed​

  • msg_fwd - prepare to support reception of composed datagrams (finally)
  • scope - fix crashes when too big csv file loaded, fix behavior when user closes the file selection dialog

[2.10.0.21] - nightly​

Added​

  • make_mrf.py [internal only]

Changed​

  • emGUI sxapi rest server header contains 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin: assist.silixcon.com',
  • launchpad opens a browser with the same link ('Open assistant ...' button)
  • emGUI export has a new feature - sorting exported entries according to entry groups (for params, default and non-default values are also separated)
  • emGUI export/import now composes a different filename (with basename, address, S/N and date)
  • emGUI works as expected with 'ctrl' key to enable/disable multi-selection in the main tree
  • emGUI PlotManager is opened automatically after entry plot from context menu, PlotManager contains a button to start scope

Fixed​

  • msg_kvaser can wait error -7 (caused by overflowing rx queue on tx handle)

[2.9.2.21] - nightly​

Added​

  • 'intsallscript' command to install internal script
  • 'bl_secure' accepts command sequence for secured load, such as SETHWID, SETNAME, multiple files, etc.

Changed​

  • emGUI sxapi rest server sends 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *.silixcon.com'

Fixed​

  • non-working 'u' option of bl

[2.9.1.21]​

Added​

  • u option in srm - No reset broadcasting during upgrade
  • op.py (Internall only)

Fixed​

  • Fix missing libcurl.dll
  • u option in srm - No reset broadcasting during upgrade
  • op.py (Internall only)

[2.9.0.21]​

Changed​

  • emgui performs sequential load by default
  • msg_bt now works with new COD (accepted by iphone)
  • SXAPI/server provides the access through REST API

Fixed​

  • fwd fix parsing of the option string

[2.8.0.21]​

Added​

  • add new option to yosctl var push (-F) - verify config file against the target
  • add new options to srmc and bl_srm that allow to select the alternative host server/url/path
  • add multithreaded sxapi/server socket server to the emgui
  • emgui can now be run as a daemon (with -q as the option)

Changed​

  • switch srmc and bl_srm to use the new srm client with libcurl, when available
  • launchpad shows two weblinks - 'read the doc' (new online doc system) and 'online solution' (runs emgui and points to the extranet). Maybe a single link to the extranet will be enough.

Fixed​

  • add missing newline after the utility string
  • emgui performs sequential search by default

[2.7.0.21]​

Added​

  • msg_bt - Bluetooth msg interface

[2.6.0.21]​

Changed​

  • prodb - ready for new srm server (new intranet)

Removed​

  • proview

[2.5.1.21]​

Added​

  • sync_time.cmd - sync device time with pc
  • add python to PATH
  • New LITE version, only SRM included and launchpad

[2.5.0.21]​

Added​

  • save_log.cmd - new command, that create log

Fixed​

  • another fix of kvaser dll

[2.4.2.21]​

Fixed​

  • Add mising libusb-1.0.dll

[2.4.1.21]​

Changed​

  • sync versions of tools with insallation package version

Fixed​

  • Fix kvaser dll

[2.4.0.21]​

Fist official build with SXAPI

Added​

  • improve preprocessor in term: supports for macros, ifdefs, declaration
  • umsg now accept option string in format '4' or 'COM4' (for com port 4)
  • emGUI shows dialog during import from file, where user can set options to restore, push and save the parameters
  • emGUI supports SXAPI plugins
  • [INTERNAL] add cmd scripts for easy building of the emulated environment: 'e' and 'runemu'
  • msg_kvaser supports more detailed opt string which allows to select physical location of the kvaser device
  • [INTERNAL] NSIS installation associates .sxp files as sxapi scripts
  • [INTERNAL] NSIS script installs /python folder
  • Add SXAPI examples

Changed​

  • /driver folder now located in the main installation directory

Fixed​

  • attempt to fix "send wait error -7" in msg_kvaser
  • [INTERNAL] smake print some colors
  • term doesn't fail when preprocessing directive's argument contains a tab
  • term doesn't translate comment lines from the .ys file to the empty lines sent to the target

[2.3.0.20]​

Changed​

  • deploy.py - can upload directly to SRM
  • smake updated

Fixed​

  • UMSG refactored
  • Resetconn for internall will do addr -1

[2.2.0.19]​

Changed​

  • Using new SRM server on wedos
  • [prodb] - now using mariadb

Fixed​

  • some changes in umsg