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@ -450,7 +450,9 @@ Version 2.00.10 June 2017</a></span></h1>
name="_Latest_Version_2.02.06"></a><span lang=EN-US>Latest Version 2.02.06
November 2022</span></h1>
<h2><span lang=EN-US>Bug Fix</span></h2>
<h2><span lang=EN-US>Bug Fixes</span></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Two memory leaks:</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A memory leak has been found which seems to
mostly occur in Viewer mode. Some data on background noise measurements are not
@ -458,6 +460,9 @@ being cleared from memory, so memory will eventually run out. This could happen
after browsing a lot of data, but was most likely when reprocessing files
offline, for example running click classifiers. This is now fixed. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Also fixed a memory leak in the ROCCA
whistle classification module.</span></p>
<h2><span lang=EN-US>New Features</span></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SoundTrap SUD file reading. If you’re using
@ -498,8 +503,8 @@ classifier was being trimmed. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Documentation</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Comprehensive help file including
description of the algorithm, screen grabs and examples.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Comprehensive help file including description
of the algorithm, screen grabs and examples.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Bug fixes</span></p>
@ -586,8 +591,9 @@ the TF FX display to crash if no data were displayed.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>See major release notes for V 2.02.01
below. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Bug 495: TD FX display throws NullPointerException
if user has removed all data units and then moves mouse over display area.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Bug 495: TD FX display throws
NullPointerException if user has removed all data units and then moves mouse
over display area.</span></p>
<h1><a name="_Latest_Version_2.02.01"></a><span lang=EN-US>Version 2.02.01
October 2021</span></h1>
@ -695,9 +701,9 @@ Implemented a Backup Manager for backing up multiple types of data to multiple
locations] </p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>6. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
Upgrades to how PAMGuard lets the user enter custom date formats in the Sound
Acquisition dialog </p>
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span
lang=EN-US> </span>Upgrades to how PAMGuard lets the user enter custom date
formats in the Sound Acquisition dialog </p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>7. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span
@ -754,9 +760,9 @@ included in a future release. </p>
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
An implementation of the Generalized Power Law Detector, developed by Tyler
Helble ([Helble et al., ‘A generalized power-law detection algorithm for
humpback whale vocalizations’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
vol. 131, no. 4, pp. 2682–2699, 2012) is now available. For details, see the
online help </p>
humpback whale vocalizations’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, vol. 131, no. 4, pp. 2682–2699, 2012) is now available. For
details, see the online help </p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>18. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
@ -1177,14 +1183,14 @@ Add option to Whistle &amp; Moan Detector data selector to only display
whistles that have super-detections. </p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>4. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
Functionality to clone hydrophone streamers. </p>
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span
lang=EN-US> </span>Functionality to clone hydrophone streamers. </p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>5. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
Added automatic log file - all messages to the console will now be written to a
txt file as well. File is stored in user.home/Pamguard folder - look under the Help
menu item for a shortcut to open the folder. </p>
txt file as well. File is stored in user.home/Pamguard folder - look under the
Help menu item for a shortcut to open the folder. </p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>6. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
@ -1222,9 +1228,9 @@ Detector display. </p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>1. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span
lang=EN-US> </span>This version of PAMGuard has been upgraded to make it compatible
with Java 12. psfx files generated in previous beta releases should be
compatible with this version, and vice-versa.</p>
lang=EN-US> </span>This version of PAMGuard has been upgraded to make it
compatible with Java 12. psfx files generated in previous beta releases should
be compatible with this version, and vice-versa.</p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>
@ -1584,8 +1590,8 @@ first time the spectrogram dialog is opened.</p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>4. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>Bug 385. Bug in offline toolbar which will crash if the classifier dialog
is opened and then closed with no classifiers specified.</p>
</span>Bug 385. Bug in offline toolbar which will crash if the classifier
dialog is opened and then closed with no classifiers specified.</p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>5. </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
@ -1866,9 +1872,9 @@ window.</p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2.</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>Bug 336. Files were being corrupted if the limit file size option was set
to a lower value in viewer than it has been when data were collected - would
truncate files being rewritten after change.</p>
</span>Bug 336. Files were being corrupted if the limit file size option was
set to a lower value in viewer than it has been when data were collected -
would truncate files being rewritten after change.</p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>3.</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
@ -2004,9 +2010,9 @@ Added circular movement option to source simulation </p>
<h1><a name="_Latest_Beta_Version_2.00.10"></a><span lang=EN-US>Beta Version
2.00.10 June 2017</span></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PAMGuard Version 2 contains major updates. You
should read and understand these notes before proceeding with installation and
use of this version. These changes have been funded under contract to NOAA
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PAMGuard Version 2 contains major updates.
You should read and understand these notes before proceeding with installation
and use of this version. These changes have been funded under contract to NOAA
Fisheries, contract no. WE-133F-16-SE-1126.</span></p>
<h3><span lang=EN-US>Binary File Structural Changes</span></h3>
@ -2046,9 +2052,9 @@ in both data stores. </span></p>
added to PAMGuard which can display multiple types of data on the same time
axis. It can for instance be used to display bearings to whistles on a
bearing-time type display similar to that commonly used in the click detector.
Composite display graphs containing data from more than one detector are also possible.
For details, see the PAMGuard help file (Displays / Time Display FX). Note that
this display is only available if you are running Java 8 or later. </span></p>
Composite display graphs containing data from more than one detector are also
possible. For details, see the PAMGuard help file (Displays / Time Display FX).
Note that this display is only available if you are running Java 8 or later. </span></p>
<h3><span lang=EN-US>Event Marking and the Detection Group Localiser</span></h3>
@ -2118,10 +2124,10 @@ lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nb
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>1.</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>Added Copy-to-Clipboard button to Warning dialogs, to store error messages
and stack trace information on the Windows clipboard. This information can then
be easily pasted into emails, text documents, etc when contacting Pamguard
support.</p>
</span>Added Copy-to-Clipboard button to Warning dialogs, to store error
messages and stack trace information on the Windows clipboard. This information
can then be easily pasted into emails, text documents, etc when contacting
Pamguard support.</p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2.</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
@ -2134,8 +2140,8 @@ parameters to Event classifier</p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>4.</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>The installer now allows the user to enter command line
switches/parameters to be included in *.ini files.</p>
</span>The installer now allows the user to enter command line switches/parameters
to be included in *.ini files.</p>
<h1><a name="_Version_1.15.10"></a><span lang=EN-US>Version 1.15.10 March 2017</span></h1>
@ -2197,9 +2203,9 @@ January 2017</span></h1>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'><span
lang=EN-US>1.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span lang=EN-US>Bug 306. Certain methods have been querying
AcousticDataUnit.getDuration and expecting to receive a response in milliseconds.
However, getDuration actually returns the number of samples. &nbsp;This has
been corrected. </span></p>
AcousticDataUnit.getDuration and expecting to receive a response in
milliseconds. However, getDuration actually returns the number of samples.
&nbsp;This has been corrected. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Plug-Ins</span></b></p>
@ -2213,9 +2219,9 @@ jar file will be required rather than a new bespoke PAMGuard installation.</span
unchanged, in most cases simply requiring the addition of an interface class.
&nbsp;Instructions for the development of new modules utilizing the plug-in
scheme can be found <a href="http://www.pamguard.org/16_HowtomakePlug-Ins.html"
target="_blank">here</a>. &nbsp;Plug-in modules can be downloaded from the
PAMGuard website here, but developers are encouraged to host and maintain their
own modules.</span></p>
target="_blank">here</a>. &nbsp;Plug-in modules can be downloaded from the PAMGuard
website here, but developers are encouraged to host and maintain their own
modules.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Modules of interest to the general PAM
community will remain as part of the core PAMGuard installation. However,
@ -2242,9 +2248,9 @@ dependencies)</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Other Changes</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The installer has been updated to handle both
64 bit and 32 bit installations. PAMGuard psf files are now registered in the
Windows Registry, so double-clicking on a psf file should run PAMGuard in
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The installer has been updated to handle
both 64 bit and 32 bit installations. PAMGuard psf files are now registered in
the Windows Registry, so double-clicking on a psf file should run PAMGuard in
normal mode (as opposed to Viewer or Mixed modes). Note that the Windows
Registry can only hold a single executable reference for psf files; therefore,
for users with multiple installations of PAMGuard, double-clicking on a psf
@ -2427,9 +2433,9 @@ combine automatic and manual tracking. </span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>6.</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span lang=EN-US>Improved options are available to the user, via the click
detector bearing time display, to correct and relabel clicks / entire click
trains. </span></p>
</span><span lang=EN-US>Improved options are available to the user, via the
click detector bearing time display, to correct and relabel clicks / entire
click trains. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Developers will hopefully find that the
target motion code has been improved in a way which will make it much easier to
@ -2448,21 +2454,22 @@ intuitive compared to the old method of typing directly into the database. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Users have often found that PAMGuard can be
'jumpy', i.e. the spectrogram does not scroll smoothly, but pauses for a second
every few seconds. This is caused by the Java garbage collector cleaning up unused
objects in memory. With 64 bit versions, which allow for more memory, some of
these pauses were becoming quite long (due to the increased amount of memory
that needed to be cleaned up). In some circumstances, these pauses were making
data acquisition systems unstable. We have therefore entirely rewritten the way
in which PAMGuard handles arrays of spectrogram data (complex numbers) so that
instead of large numbers of small Java objects there are now fewer, larger,
simpler java objects. These reduce processing delays for garbage collection and
give an overall speed improvement, but will otherwise not be noticed by users. </span></p>
every few seconds. This is caused by the Java garbage collector cleaning up
unused objects in memory. With 64 bit versions, which allow for more memory,
some of these pauses were becoming quite long (due to the increased amount of
memory that needed to be cleaned up). In some circumstances, these pauses were
making data acquisition systems unstable. We have therefore entirely rewritten
the way in which PAMGuard handles arrays of spectrogram data (complex numbers)
so that instead of large numbers of small Java objects there are now fewer,
larger, simpler java objects. These reduce processing delays for garbage collection
and give an overall speed improvement, but will otherwise not be noticed by
users. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US>Click Detector RainbowClick file output</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This feature has been removed since it has
been obsolete for several years. Users should use the PAMGuard binary storage
system for Click Detector data. </span></p>
been obsolete for several years. Users should use the PAMGuard binary storage system
for Click Detector data. </span></p>
<h1><a name="_Latest_Version_1.15.04"></a><span lang=EN-US>Version 1.15.04 July
2016</span></h1>
@ -2604,14 +2611,14 @@ different libraries for control of sound input devices. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This is the first release of a 64 bit
version of PAMGuard. As with the 32 bit version a number of C language
libraries are required to interface to external sound cards and other data
acquisition devices. These have been extensively tested on several different computers,
but may not be as stable as the 32 bit versions. Please report any problems
immediately to the PAMGuard team. </span></p>
acquisition devices. These have been extensively tested on several different
computers, but may not be as stable as the 32 bit versions. Please report any
problems immediately to the PAMGuard team. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Other Changes</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Updated the configuration file WMM.COF for
World Magnetic Model to the latest 2015-2020 version. See
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Updated the configuration file WMM.COF for World
Magnetic Model to the latest 2015-2020 version. See
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/WMM/soft.shtml</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Small changes to the ROCCA classification
@ -2646,9 +2653,9 @@ contains queries. Fixed.</span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2.</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span lang=EN-US>Bug 254. Lookup lists failing in imported SQLite databases.
</span>This was caused by the system 'padding' topic's with blank spaces and is
now fixed. </p>
</span><span lang=EN-US>Bug 254. Lookup lists failing in imported SQLite
databases. </span>This was caused by the system 'padding' topic's with blank
spaces and is now fixed. </p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>3.</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
@ -2748,9 +2755,9 @@ displaying in the viewer. This is now fixed. </span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'><span
lang=EN-US>3.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span lang=EN-US>Bug 248. Crash in hydrophone array manager. Bug in
array manager would crash PAMGuard when the click detector was configured with more
channels than the sound acquisition system (almost impossible to achieve, but
someone managed it). </span></p>
array manager would crash PAMGuard when the click detector was configured with
more channels than the sound acquisition system (almost impossible to achieve,
but someone managed it). </span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'><span
lang=EN-US>4.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
@ -2769,8 +2776,8 @@ lang=EN-US>6.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times N
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'><span
lang=EN-US>7.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span lang=EN-US>Bug 252. Bug which plotted bearings to whistle and moan
detections from the front hydrophone rather than the central position between hydrophones
now fixed. </span></p>
detections from the front hydrophone rather than the central position between
hydrophones now fixed. </span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>&nbsp;</span></p>
@ -2819,8 +2826,8 @@ writing results files. Fixed. </p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'><span
lang=EN-US>7.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>Bug 237. Logger forms not saving data to database after sound
acquisition starts. Fixed. </p>
</span>Bug 237. Logger forms not saving data to database after sound acquisition
starts. Fixed. </p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt'>8.<span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
@ -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
lang=EN-US>4.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</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.&nbsp; </p>
allows the de-multiplexing and calculation of angles from military style DIFAR
sonobuoys. See online help for details.&nbsp; </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>&nbsp;</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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
@ -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.&nbsp; </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.&nbsp; </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. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;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
&quot;ODBC Database&quot; to just &quot;Database&quot;. This will not affect
existing configurations. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Default name for the Database module has changed from &quot;ODBC
Database&quot; to just &quot;Database&quot;. 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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
@ -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 &nbsp;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 &nbsp;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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;