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@ -450,7 +450,9 @@ Version 2.00.10 June 2017</a></span></h1>
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name="_Latest_Version_2.02.06"></a><span lang=EN-US>Latest Version 2.02.06
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November 2022</span></h1>
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<h2><span lang=EN-US>Bug Fix</span></h2>
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<h2><span lang=EN-US>Bug Fixes</span></h2>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Two memory leaks:</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A memory leak has been found which seems to
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mostly occur in Viewer mode. Some data on background noise measurements are not
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@ -458,6 +460,9 @@ being cleared from memory, so memory will eventually run out. This could happen
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after browsing a lot of data, but was most likely when reprocessing files
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offline, for example running click classifiers. This is now fixed. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Also fixed a memory leak in the ROCCA
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whistle classification module.</span></p>
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<h2><span lang=EN-US>New Features</span></h2>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SoundTrap SUD file reading. If you’re using
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@ -498,8 +503,8 @@ classifier was being trimmed. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Documentation</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Comprehensive help file including
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description of the algorithm, screen grabs and examples.</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Comprehensive help file including description
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of the algorithm, screen grabs and examples.</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Bug fixes</span></p>
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@ -586,8 +591,9 @@ the TF FX display to crash if no data were displayed.</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>See major release notes for V 2.02.01
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below. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Bug 495: TD FX display throws NullPointerException
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if user has removed all data units and then moves mouse over display area.</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Bug 495: TD FX display throws
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NullPointerException if user has removed all data units and then moves mouse
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over display area.</span></p>
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<h1><a name="_Latest_Version_2.02.01"></a><span lang=EN-US>Version 2.02.01
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October 2021</span></h1>
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@ -695,9 +701,9 @@ Implemented a Backup Manager for backing up multiple types of data to multiple
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locations] </p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>6. </span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>
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Upgrades to how PAMGuard lets the user enter custom date formats in the Sound
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Acquisition dialog </p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span
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lang=EN-US> </span>Upgrades to how PAMGuard lets the user enter custom date
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formats in the Sound Acquisition dialog </p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>7. </span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span
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@ -754,9 +760,9 @@ included in a future release. </p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>
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An implementation of the Generalized Power Law Detector, developed by Tyler
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Helble ([Helble et al., ‘A generalized power-law detection algorithm for
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humpback whale vocalizationsÂ, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
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vol. 131, no. 4, pp. 2682Â2699, 2012) is now available. For details, see the
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online help </p>
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humpback whale vocalizationsÂ, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of
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America, vol. 131, no. 4, pp. 2682Â2699, 2012) is now available. For
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details, see the online help </p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>18. </span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>
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@ -1177,14 +1183,14 @@ Add option to Whistle & Moan Detector data selector to only display
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whistles that have super-detections. </p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>4. </span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>
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Functionality to clone hydrophone streamers. </p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span
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lang=EN-US> </span>Functionality to clone hydrophone streamers. </p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>5. </span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>
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Added automatic log file - all messages to the console will now be written to a
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txt file as well. File is stored in user.home/Pamguard folder - look under the Help
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menu item for a shortcut to open the folder. </p>
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txt file as well. File is stored in user.home/Pamguard folder - look under the
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Help menu item for a shortcut to open the folder. </p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>6. </span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>
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@ -1222,9 +1228,9 @@ Detector display. </p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>1. </span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span
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lang=EN-US> </span>This version of PAMGuard has been upgraded to make it compatible
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with Java 12. psfx files generated in previous beta releases should be
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compatible with this version, and vice-versa.</p>
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lang=EN-US> </span>This version of PAMGuard has been upgraded to make it
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compatible with Java 12. psfx files generated in previous beta releases should
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be compatible with this version, and vice-versa.</p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2. </span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span>
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@ -1584,8 +1590,8 @@ first time the spectrogram dialog is opened.</p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>4. </span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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</span>Bug 385. Bug in offline toolbar which will crash if the classifier dialog
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is opened and then closed with no classifiers specified.</p>
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</span>Bug 385. Bug in offline toolbar which will crash if the classifier
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dialog is opened and then closed with no classifiers specified.</p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>5. </span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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@ -1866,9 +1872,9 @@ window.</p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2.</span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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</span>Bug 336. Files were being corrupted if the limit file size option was set
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to a lower value in viewer than it has been when data were collected - would
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truncate files being rewritten after change.</p>
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</span>Bug 336. Files were being corrupted if the limit file size option was
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set to a lower value in viewer than it has been when data were collected -
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would truncate files being rewritten after change.</p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>3.</span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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<h1><a name="_Latest_Beta_Version_2.00.10"></a><span lang=EN-US>Beta Version
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2.00.10 June 2017</span></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PAMGuard Version 2 contains major updates. You
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should read and understand these notes before proceeding with installation and
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use of this version. These changes have been funded under contract to NOAA
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PAMGuard Version 2 contains major updates.
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You should read and understand these notes before proceeding with installation
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and use of this version. These changes have been funded under contract to NOAA
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Fisheries, contract no. WE-133F-16-SE-1126.</span></p>
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<h3><span lang=EN-US>Binary File Structural Changes</span></h3>
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@ -2046,9 +2052,9 @@ in both data stores. </span></p>
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added to PAMGuard which can display multiple types of data on the same time
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axis. It can for instance be used to display bearings to whistles on a
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bearing-time type display similar to that commonly used in the click detector.
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Composite display graphs containing data from more than one detector are also possible.
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For details, see the PAMGuard help file (Displays / Time Display FX). Note that
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this display is only available if you are running Java 8 or later. </span></p>
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Composite display graphs containing data from more than one detector are also
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possible. For details, see the PAMGuard help file (Displays / Time Display FX).
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Note that this display is only available if you are running Java 8 or later. </span></p>
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<h3><span lang=EN-US>Event Marking and the Detection Group Localiser</span></h3>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>1.</span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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</span>Added Copy-to-Clipboard button to Warning dialogs, to store error messages
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and stack trace information on the Windows clipboard. This information can then
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be easily pasted into emails, text documents, etc when contacting Pamguard
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support.</p>
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</span>Added Copy-to-Clipboard button to Warning dialogs, to store error
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messages and stack trace information on the Windows clipboard. This information
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can then be easily pasted into emails, text documents, etc when contacting
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Pamguard support.</p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2.</span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>4.</span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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</span>The installer now allows the user to enter command line
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switches/parameters to be included in *.ini files.</p>
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</span>The installer now allows the user to enter command line switches/parameters
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to be included in *.ini files.</p>
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<h1><a name="_Version_1.15.10"></a><span lang=EN-US>Version 1.15.10 March 2017</span></h1>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'><span
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lang=EN-US>1.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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</span><span lang=EN-US>Bug 306. Certain methods have been querying
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AcousticDataUnit.getDuration and expecting to receive a response in milliseconds.
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However, getDuration actually returns the number of samples. This has
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been corrected. </span></p>
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AcousticDataUnit.getDuration and expecting to receive a response in
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milliseconds. However, getDuration actually returns the number of samples.
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This has been corrected. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Plug-Ins</span></b></p>
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unchanged, in most cases simply requiring the addition of an interface class.
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Instructions for the development of new modules utilizing the plug-in
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scheme can be found <a href="http://www.pamguard.org/16_HowtomakePlug-Ins.html"
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target="_blank">here</a>. Plug-in modules can be downloaded from the
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PAMGuard website here, but developers are encouraged to host and maintain their
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own modules.</span></p>
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target="_blank">here</a>. Plug-in modules can be downloaded from the PAMGuard
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website here, but developers are encouraged to host and maintain their own
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modules.</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Modules of interest to the general PAM
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community will remain as part of the core PAMGuard installation. However,
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Other Changes</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The installer has been updated to handle both
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64 bit and 32 bit installations. PAMGuard psf files are now registered in the
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Windows Registry, so double-clicking on a psf file should run PAMGuard in
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The installer has been updated to handle
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both 64 bit and 32 bit installations. PAMGuard psf files are now registered in
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the Windows Registry, so double-clicking on a psf file should run PAMGuard in
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normal mode (as opposed to Viewer or Mixed modes). Note that the Windows
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Registry can only hold a single executable reference for psf files; therefore,
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for users with multiple installations of PAMGuard, double-clicking on a psf
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>6.</span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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</span><span lang=EN-US>Improved options are available to the user, via the click
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detector bearing time display, to correct and relabel clicks / entire click
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trains. </span></p>
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</span><span lang=EN-US>Improved options are available to the user, via the
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click detector bearing time display, to correct and relabel clicks / entire
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click trains. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Developers will hopefully find that the
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target motion code has been improved in a way which will make it much easier to
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Users have often found that PAMGuard can be
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'jumpy', i.e. the spectrogram does not scroll smoothly, but pauses for a second
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every few seconds. This is caused by the Java garbage collector cleaning up unused
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objects in memory. With 64 bit versions, which allow for more memory, some of
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these pauses were becoming quite long (due to the increased amount of memory
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that needed to be cleaned up). In some circumstances, these pauses were making
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data acquisition systems unstable. We have therefore entirely rewritten the way
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in which PAMGuard handles arrays of spectrogram data (complex numbers) so that
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instead of large numbers of small Java objects there are now fewer, larger,
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simpler java objects. These reduce processing delays for garbage collection and
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give an overall speed improvement, but will otherwise not be noticed by users. </span></p>
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every few seconds. This is caused by the Java garbage collector cleaning up
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unused objects in memory. With 64 bit versions, which allow for more memory,
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some of these pauses were becoming quite long (due to the increased amount of
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memory that needed to be cleaned up). In some circumstances, these pauses were
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making data acquisition systems unstable. We have therefore entirely rewritten
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the way in which PAMGuard handles arrays of spectrogram data (complex numbers)
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so that instead of large numbers of small Java objects there are now fewer,
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larger, simpler java objects. These reduce processing delays for garbage collection
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and give an overall speed improvement, but will otherwise not be noticed by
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users. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US>Click Detector RainbowClick file output</span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This feature has been removed since it has
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been obsolete for several years. Users should use the PAMGuard binary storage
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system for Click Detector data. </span></p>
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been obsolete for several years. Users should use the PAMGuard binary storage system
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for Click Detector data. </span></p>
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<h1><a name="_Latest_Version_1.15.04"></a><span lang=EN-US>Version 1.15.04 July
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2016</span></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This is the first release of a 64 bit
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version of PAMGuard. As with the 32 bit version a number of C language
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libraries are required to interface to external sound cards and other data
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acquisition devices. These have been extensively tested on several different computers,
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but may not be as stable as the 32 bit versions. Please report any problems
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immediately to the PAMGuard team. </span></p>
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acquisition devices. These have been extensively tested on several different
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computers, but may not be as stable as the 32 bit versions. Please report any
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problems immediately to the PAMGuard team. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Other Changes</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Updated the configuration file WMM.COF for
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World Magnetic Model to the latest 2015-2020 version. See
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Updated the configuration file WMM.COF for World
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Magnetic Model to the latest 2015-2020 version. See
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https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/WMM/soft.shtml</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Small changes to the ROCCA classification
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2.</span><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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</span><span lang=EN-US>Bug 254. Lookup lists failing in imported SQLite databases.
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</span>This was caused by the system 'padding' topic's with blank spaces and is
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now fixed. </p>
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</span><span lang=EN-US>Bug 254. Lookup lists failing in imported SQLite
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databases. </span>This was caused by the system 'padding' topic's with blank
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spaces and is now fixed. </p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>3.</span><span
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'><span
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lang=EN-US>3.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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</span><span lang=EN-US>Bug 248. Crash in hydrophone array manager. Bug in
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array manager would crash PAMGuard when the click detector was configured with more
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channels than the sound acquisition system (almost impossible to achieve, but
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someone managed it). </span></p>
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array manager would crash PAMGuard when the click detector was configured with
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more channels than the sound acquisition system (almost impossible to achieve,
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but someone managed it). </span></p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'><span
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lang=EN-US>4.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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@ -2769,8 +2776,8 @@ lang=EN-US>6.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times N
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'><span
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lang=EN-US>7.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
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</span><span lang=EN-US>Bug 252. Bug which plotted bearings to whistle and moan
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detections from the front hydrophone rather than the central position between hydrophones
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now fixed. </span></p>
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detections from the front hydrophone rather than the central position between
|
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hydrophones now fixed. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> </span></p>
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@ -2819,8 +2826,8 @@ writing results files. Fixed. </p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'><span
|
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lang=EN-US>7.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
|
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</span>Bug 237. Logger forms not saving data to database after sound
|
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acquisition starts. Fixed. </p>
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</span>Bug 237. Logger forms not saving data to database after sound acquisition
|
||||
starts. Fixed. </p>
|
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|
||||
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'>8.<span
|
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style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
|
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@ -2861,17 +2868,17 @@ which is useful when using PAMGuard for demonstration purposes. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-29.25pt'><span
|
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lang=EN-US>4.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
|
||||
</span>The sound File and Folder audio input systems now have an optional time zone
|
||||
setting. Note that PAMGuard analysis should still all be taking place in UTC
|
||||
and that this option is intended to allow the conversion of file times which
|
||||
were not recorded as UTC into UTC and not the other way around. Use the option
|
||||
with caution !</p>
|
||||
</span>The sound File and Folder audio input systems now have an optional time
|
||||
zone setting. Note that PAMGuard analysis should still all be taking place in
|
||||
UTC and that this option is intended to allow the conversion of file times
|
||||
which were not recorded as UTC into UTC and not the other way around. Use the
|
||||
option with caution !</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-29.25pt'><span
|
||||
lang=EN-US>5.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
|
||||
</span>The Open Office Database system has been removed from the list of
|
||||
available options since it is not reliable. If you require a free database
|
||||
solution we recommend you use the MySql Community Server <a
|
||||
</span>The Open Office Database system has been removed from the list of available
|
||||
options since it is not reliable. If you require a free database solution we
|
||||
recommend you use the MySql Community Server <a
|
||||
href="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/">http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/</a></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-29.25pt'><span
|
||||
@ -3064,16 +3071,16 @@ Visual Methods</p>
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>'<i>Multi Threading</i>' menu item moved from 'Detection'
|
||||
(now 'Settings') to 'File'</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>'<i>Start</i>' and '<i>Stop</i>' menu items removed.
|
||||
PAMGuard should be started and stopped using the red and black buttons.</p>
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>'<i>Start</i>' and '<i>Stop</i>' menu items removed. PAMGuard
|
||||
should be started and stopped using the red and black buttons.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal><b>New Modules</b></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal><i>DIFAR</i> (Localisation Group)</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>This module, funded by the Australian Antarctic Division
|
||||
allows the de-multiplexing and calculation of angles from military style DIFAR sonobuoys.
|
||||
See online help for details. </p>
|
||||
allows the de-multiplexing and calculation of angles from military style DIFAR
|
||||
sonobuoys. See online help for details. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal><i>MEAL Localiser</i> (Localisation Group)</p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -3161,8 +3168,8 @@ module. </p>
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal><i>Sound Recorder Module</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>Now supports writing 8 and 24 bit as well as 16 bit files.
|
||||
Also writes data to dated sub folders, starting a new folder each day (UTC).
|
||||
Also provides additional information on disk space on the main display panel.
|
||||
Also writes data to dated sub folders, starting a new folder each day (UTC). Also
|
||||
provides additional information on disk space on the main display panel.
|
||||
Millisecond time is also now included in the output file names. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal><i>Datagram Options</i></p>
|
||||
@ -3174,9 +3181,9 @@ File/BinaryStore/Datagram options menu. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal><i>Viewer Configuration</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>The Viewer configuration is now saved into a separate database
|
||||
table from 'normal' settings so that Viewer can run at same time as normal
|
||||
operation, but with slightly different display settings. </p>
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>The Viewer configuration is now saved into a separate
|
||||
database table from 'normal' settings so that Viewer can run at same time as
|
||||
normal operation, but with slightly different display settings. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal><i>Spectrogram Display</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -3252,10 +3259,11 @@ whistle.</p>
|
||||
<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm'>Storage options (<a
|
||||
href="https://sourceforge.net/p/pamguard/bugs/175/">https://sourceforge.net/p/pamguard/bugs/175/</a>)
|
||||
whereby clicks were stored to database is now fixed. </li>
|
||||
<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm'>Sound Recorder output folder is now
|
||||
defaulting to the User folder (Generally C:\Users\username\PAMRecordings)
|
||||
instead of C:\Program Files (x86)\PamguardBeta which didn't work since the
|
||||
software doesn't have write access to that folder. </li>
|
||||
<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm'>Sound Recorder output folder is
|
||||
now defaulting to the User folder (Generally
|
||||
C:\Users\username\PAMRecordings) instead of C:\Program Files
|
||||
(x86)\PamguardBeta which didn't work since the software doesn't have write
|
||||
access to that folder. </li>
|
||||
</ol>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal> </p>
|
||||
@ -3342,9 +3350,9 @@ information correctly in the binary files. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i>Logger Forms</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>A substantial amount of work has been
|
||||
carried out on Logger forms, funded by the South West fisheries Science Center.
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>A substantial amount of work has
|
||||
been carried out on Logger forms, funded by the South West fisheries Science
|
||||
Center. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i>Click Detector</i></p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -3405,8 +3413,8 @@ elements has been fixed. </p>
|
||||
Symbol'>'</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
|
||||
</span>Database Speed: A substantial rewriting of some of the indexing methods
|
||||
in the database module has led to a significant increase in the speed at which
|
||||
data are written to the database (orders of magnitude for large databases).
|
||||
This is having a significant impact on the overall reliability of the software.
|
||||
data are written to the database (orders of magnitude for large databases). This
|
||||
is having a significant impact on the overall reliability of the software.
|
||||
Other changes have increased the speed (again by orders of magnitude) at which
|
||||
data are read back into PAMGuard when using the viewer. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -3550,9 +3558,9 @@ to 0dN</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
Symbol'>'</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
|
||||
</span>The Binary store now saves a complete data map between runs of the
|
||||
PAMGUARD viewer. This leads to significant improvements in the time the viewer
|
||||
takes to load large data sets.</p>
|
||||
</span>The Binary store now saves a complete data map between runs of the PAMGUARD
|
||||
viewer. This leads to significant improvements in the time the viewer takes to
|
||||
load large data sets.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
Symbol'>'</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
|
||||
@ -3646,10 +3654,10 @@ Symbol'>'</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>2. Improved offline viewer functionality. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>The offline viewer is much improved with better data
|
||||
scrolling and the ability to view data either stored in the database or the
|
||||
binary storage system. Work has stated on functions which read and use data
|
||||
stored in audio files. This is currently limited to re-calculating and
|
||||
displaying displaying spectrogram data during viewer mode operation. </p>
|
||||
scrolling and the ability to view data either stored in the database or the binary
|
||||
storage system. Work has stated on functions which read and use data stored in
|
||||
audio files. This is currently limited to re-calculating and displaying
|
||||
displaying spectrogram data during viewer mode operation. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>3. Heading sensor readout</p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -3671,8 +3679,8 @@ frequency division (i.e. previous versions would convert well from 96kHz to
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>1. Placement of axes on some displays (array manager and
|
||||
depth side panel). Problem in 1.9.01 Beta now fixed. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>2. Fixed problems of NMEA read out not restarting after a
|
||||
serial drop out. NMEA now restarts correctly. </p>
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>2. Fixed problems of NMEA read out not restarting after a serial
|
||||
drop out. NMEA now restarts correctly. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>3. Fixed a memory leak which caused occasional crashes,
|
||||
particularly when large numbers of files were processed offline. </p>
|
||||
@ -3755,14 +3763,13 @@ out a better system for handling channel numbering in PAMGUARD and have decided
|
||||
that the only practical thing to do is to force all software channel numbering
|
||||
back to a zero indexed system. i.e. even if you read out hardware channels
|
||||
3,4,5 and 6, within PAMGUARD, everywhere apart from the Sound acquisition
|
||||
dialog, you will see them listed as channels 0,1,2 and 3. The
|
||||
consequences of doing this are mainly very good. Most users will not notice any
|
||||
changes. For those who need for some reason to read channel numbers not
|
||||
starting at zero things will be more stable. However, when you go to a new
|
||||
version with this new feature, it will be necessary to reconfigure all the
|
||||
modules in any existing configurations. To do this, open the configuration
|
||||
dialog for each module in turn and select the correct, zero indexed, channel
|
||||
number. </p>
|
||||
dialog, you will see them listed as channels 0,1,2 and 3. The consequences
|
||||
of doing this are mainly very good. Most users will not notice any changes. For
|
||||
those who need for some reason to read channel numbers not starting at zero
|
||||
things will be more stable. However, when you go to a new version with this new
|
||||
feature, it will be necessary to reconfigure all the modules in any existing
|
||||
configurations. To do this, open the configuration dialog for each module in
|
||||
turn and select the correct, zero indexed, channel number. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Other Changes / new features</b></p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -3788,8 +3795,8 @@ minute of data during real time operation. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>PAMGUARD Viewer scrolling mechanism has changed. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>Each display now has a small control in the right hand end of
|
||||
a scroll bar or a slider which allows you to page through data. This is only
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>Each display now has a small control in the right hand end
|
||||
of a scroll bar or a slider which allows you to page through data. This is only
|
||||
well implemented for the map, but will be an increasingly important feature as
|
||||
more displays are set up for offline data viewing in future releases. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -3813,9 +3820,9 @@ colour from the Display menu. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>Database</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>Default name for the Database module has changed from
|
||||
"ODBC Database" to just "Database". This will not affect
|
||||
existing configurations. </p>
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>Default name for the Database module has changed from "ODBC
|
||||
Database" to just "Database". This will not affect existing
|
||||
configurations. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>Sound acquisition</p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -3856,13 +3863,13 @@ port is closed. Might prevent a few problems when using a GPS. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Bug Fixes</b></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>Crashes caused in real time or Mixed Mode if the number of
|
||||
software channels exceeds the number of hydrophones configured in the array
|
||||
manager. It is of course illogical to have software channels which are not
|
||||
assigned to a hydrophone, so rather than entirely prevent PAMGUARD from
|
||||
crashing I have inserted additional checks into the hydrophone array dialog
|
||||
which will prevent the user from closing that dialog unless all software
|
||||
channels are assigned to a hydrophone. </p>
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>Crashes caused in real time or Mixed Mode if the number of software
|
||||
channels exceeds the number of hydrophones configured in the array manager. It
|
||||
is of course illogical to have software channels which are not assigned to a
|
||||
hydrophone, so rather than entirely prevent PAMGUARD from crashing I have
|
||||
inserted additional checks into the hydrophone array dialog which will prevent
|
||||
the user from closing that dialog unless all software channels are assigned to
|
||||
a hydrophone. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2><span style='font-weight:normal'>Version 1.8.01 Beta February 2010</span></h2>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -3873,10 +3880,10 @@ Symbol'>'</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif
|
||||
</span>Play back of high frequency wav files through National Instruments (NI)
|
||||
cards: When analysing wav files, sound can be output at high frequency
|
||||
(depending on the specification of the NI card). The primary motivation for
|
||||
this has been to develop a test bed for high frequency sound acquisition
|
||||
whereby we can play 500kHz recordings of harbour porpoise out of an NI card on
|
||||
one machine, into NI cards on a different machine which are testing high
|
||||
frequency versions of the click detector.</p>
|
||||
this has been to develop a test bed for high frequency sound acquisition whereby
|
||||
we can play 500kHz recordings of harbour porpoise out of an NI card on one
|
||||
machine, into NI cards on a different machine which are testing high frequency
|
||||
versions of the click detector.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
Symbol'>'</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
|
||||
@ -4184,9 +4191,9 @@ now been fixed. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Sound Recorder</b></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>Level meters are shown for the correct channels (after
|
||||
channel numbering has been changed). Occasional crash due to synchronisation
|
||||
problems when multi-threading now fixed.</p>
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal>Level meters are shown for the correct channels (after channel
|
||||
numbering has been changed). Occasional crash due to synchronisation problems
|
||||
when multi-threading now fixed.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Whistle Detector</b></p>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -4460,9 +4467,9 @@ Symbol'>'</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
Symbol'>'</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
|
||||
</span>Better drawing of held spectrogram when putting mark rectangles on a
|
||||
spectrogram display. All panels are now correctly frozen. The rectangle is
|
||||
drawn in red on the marked panel and in green on other panels. </p>
|
||||
</span>Better drawing of held spectrogram when putting mark rectangles on a spectrogram
|
||||
display. All panels are now correctly frozen. The rectangle is drawn in red on
|
||||
the marked panel and in green on other panels. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span style='font-family:
|
||||
Symbol'>'</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
|
||||
|
||||
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