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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

[3.0.2.25]​

Fixed​

  • emGUI crash when 'fetch subtree' is triggered from sub dir

Added​

  • emGUI offers interface config dialog in the node context menu
  • bl_srm shows SN in the log output

Changed​

  • plugins ignore monitor DPI scaling

[3.0.1.25]​

Fixed​

  • plugins loss of node doesn't cause plugin crash

[3.0.0.25]​

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
  • emgui offers 'attempt to reclaim context' in search options (default on)

Fixed​

  • scope remembers more labeling properties through shutdown
  • session lost mechanism fix (problematic after reclaim)
  • manipulating big uint32 variables and related sign overflow

Added​

  • emgui 'collapse all' button
Breaking change
  • Server URL and communication protocol is changed. The protocol are not compatible with the previous! From May 2025 onwards, the old protocol will be removed. Please use SWTools v3 and newer.
  • change architecture to x86_64

[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