@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html">http://www.gnu.org/li
< p class = MsoNormal > The latest version of PAMGuard has been tested on 64 bit
Windows 10. We expect it to work without problems on 64 bit versions of Windows
8 and probably 7.< / p >
8 and probably 7. Some testing has been undertaken on Windows 11 and nothing
unexpected has been noted. < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > On Windows, download and run the Windows installer.< / p >
@ -364,11 +365,11 @@ you should be able to launch PAMGUARD via an appropriate command line which
should be something like:< / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < em > < span style = 'font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif' > java
-Xms384m -Xmx102 4m -Djava.library.path=lib64 -jar PamguardBeta _xxxxxx.jar< / span > < / em > < / p >
-Xms384m -Xmx4096 m -Djava.library.path=lib64 -jar Pamguard_xxxxxx.jar< / span > < / em > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > The -Xms384m -Xmx102 4m specify the initial and maximum heap
size for the JVM being used to run Pamguard i.e. how much memory it gets to
use. The default max size usually being too low.< / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > The -Xms384m -Xmx4096 m specify the initial and maximum heap
size for the JVM being used to run Pamguard i.e. how much memory it gets to use.
The default max size usually being too low.< / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > The -Djava.library.path=lib64 tells the JVM that it should
look in the folder called " lib64" for the required shared libraries
@ -381,13 +382,16 @@ just run the appropriately named executable (e.g. PamguardBeta_MixedMode.exe or
PamguardBeta_ViewerMode.exe):< / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < em > < span style = 'font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif' > java
-Xms384m -Xmx102 4m -Djava.library.path=lib64 -jar PamguardBeta_xxxxxx.jar -v< / span > < / em > < / p >
-Xms384m -Xmx4096 m -Djava.library.path=lib64 -jar PamguardBeta_xxxxxx.jar -v< / span > < / em > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < em > < span style = 'font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif' > < / span > < / em > < / p >
< h1 > < a name = "_LATEST_VERSION_2.02.03" > < / a > < em > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria",serif;font-style:normal'>< a
href="#_Latest_Version_2.02.03_1">LATEST VERSION 2.02.03 February 2022< / a > < / span > < / em > < / h1 >
href="#_Latest_Version_2.02.05">LATEST VERSION 2.02.05 October 2022< / a > < / span > < / em > < / h1 >
< h1 > < em > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;font-style:
normal'>< a href = "#_Latest_Version_2.02.03_2" > Version 2.02.03 February 2022< / a > < / span > < / em > < / h1 >
< h1 > < em > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;font-style:
normal'>< a href = "#_Latest_Version_2.02.02" > Version 2.02.02 October 2021< / a > < / span > < / em > < / h1 >
@ -437,64 +441,78 @@ Version 2.00.11 October 2017</a></span></h1>
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Latest_Beta_Version_2.00.10" > Beta
Version 2.00.10 June 2017< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#Latest_Version_1.15.11" > Version
1.15.11 MAY 2017< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Older_Versions" > Older Versions< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Version_1.15.10" > Version 1.15.10
March 2017< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< h1 > < a name = "_Latest_Version_2.02.03_1" > < / a > < a name = "_Latest_Version_2.02.05" > < / a > < span
lang=EN-US>Latest Version 2.02.05 October 2022 < / span > < / h1 >
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Version_1.15.09_January" > Version
1.15.09 January 2017< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< h2 > < span lang = EN-US > Click Train Detector Features and Bug Fixes< / span > < / h2 >
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Latest_Version_1.15.08" > Version
1.15.08 November 2016< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > < span lang = EN-US > Features< / span > < / b > < / p >
< h1> < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Latest_Version_1.15.07" > Version
1.15.07 November 2016< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Changes to GUI to make dialog shorter for
low DPI screens. < / span > < / p >
< h1> < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Latest_Version_1.15.06" > Vers ion
1.15.06 November 2016< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Complete rewrite of the classificat ion
system to have nested classifiers which can be enabled or disabled. < / span > < / p >
< h1> < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Toc444450394" > Version 1.15.05
September 2016< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Changes to classification GUI to
accommodate the new classification system.< / span > < / p >
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Latest_Version_1.15.04" > Version
1.15.04 July 2016< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Addition of data selectors to the minimum
number of clicks accepted by the classifier. This allows the click-by-click
classifier and the click train detector to be used to together to improve
classification accuracy. < / span > < / p >
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Latest_Version_1.15.03" > Version
1.15.03 April 2016< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > < span lang = EN-US > Bug fixes< / span > < / b > < / p >
< h1> < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Latest_Version_1.15.02" > Version
1.15.02 March 2016< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Click detection bug fix in kernel which
improved click fragmentation. < / span > < / p >
< h1> < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Toc444450394" > < span lang = EN-US > Version
1.15.00 February 2016 < / span > < / a> < / s pan> < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Bug fix to database were JSON data from
classifier was being trimmed. < / span > < / >
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Toc444450395" > Version 1.14.00
Beta, September 2015< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > < span lang = EN-US > Documentation< / span > < / b > < / p >
< h1> < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Toc444450396" > Version 1.13.05
Beta, July 2015< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Comprehensive help file including
description of the algorithm, screen grabs and examples.< / span > < / p >
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Toc444450397" > Version 1.13.04
Beta, June 2015< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Bug fixes< / span > < / p >
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Toc444450398" > Version 1.13.03
Beta, March 2015< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< h2 > < span lang = EN-US > Other Features< / span > < / h2 >
< h1 > < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Toc444450399" > Version 1.13.02
Beta, January 2015< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Help documentation for Backup Manager< / span > < / p >
< h1> < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Toc444450400" > Version 1.13.01
Beta, January 2015< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Help documentation for Matched Click
Classifier< / span > < / p >
< h1> < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Toc444450401" > Version 1.13.00
Beta December 2014< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Database logging of offline tasks (such as
click re-classification, bearing calculation, etc.)< / span > < / p >
< h1> < span style = 'font-size:12.0pt' > < a href = "#_Toc444450402" > Older Versions< / a > < / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Data selector for Whistle Classifier module< / span > < / p >
< h1 > < a name = "_Latest_Version_2.02.03_1" > < / a > < span lang = EN-US > Latest Version
2.02.03 February 2022< / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Variable sound output level when using
National Instruments devices for sound playback.< / span > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Speed improvement when processing flac
audio files. < / span > < / p >
< h2 > < span lang = EN-US > Bug Fixes< / span > < / h2 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Soundtrap DWV import. Will now generate binary
files even if DWV file doesn’
conditions when no clicks were detected). < / span > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Spectrogram. Changes to stop occasional
crashing when restarting processing of wav files. < / span > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Sizing of dialogs on ultra high definition
monitors so that data fields are sized correctly. < / span > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Fixed a memory leak in ROCCA< / span > < / p >
< h1 > < a name = "_Latest_Version_2.02.03_2" > < / a > < span lang = EN-US > Version 2.02.03
February 2022< / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > Some minor bug fixes following our migration to GitHub. Note
that the older Bug numbers only refer to bugs reported on the SVN site. New
@ -640,8 +658,9 @@ lang=EN-US> </span>Improvements to datamap display, to ensure even small images
will be shown < / 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'> < / span >
Allow Clip Generator to create both a binary record and a wav file < / p >
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span > < span
lang=EN-US> < / span > Allow Clip Generator to create both a binary record and a
wav file < / 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'> < / span >
@ -732,10 +751,10 @@ Version 2.00.10</a> before proceeding with installation and use of this
version.< / b > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > This version of PAMGuard has been bundled with Java 13
(release 13.0.1). PSFX files generated in previous beta releases (2.xx.xx)
should be compatible with this version, and vice-versa. PSF files generated in
core releases (1.15.xx) can be loaded in this version, but will be converted to
PSFX files when PAMGuard exits.< / p >
(release 13.0.1). PSFX files generated in previous beta releases (2.xx.xx) should
be compatible with this version, and vice-versa. PSF files generated in core
releases (1.15.xx) can be loaded in this version, but will be converted to PSFX
files when PAMGuard exits.< / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > < span lang = EN-US > Bug Fixes< / span > < / b > < / p >
@ -833,8 +852,9 @@ August 2020</span></h1>
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > If you are upgrading from a PAMGuard core release
(1.15.xx), PAMGuard Version 2 contains major updates. You should read and
understand the notes listed for < a href = "#_Latest_Beta_Version_2.00.10" > Beta Version
2.00.10< / a > before proceeding with installation and use of this version.< / b > < / p >
understand the notes listed for < a href = "#_Latest_Beta_Version_2.00.10" > Beta
Version 2.00.10< / a > before proceeding with installation and use of this
version.< / b > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > This version of PAMGuard has been bundled with Java 13
(release 13.0.1). PSFX files generated in previous beta releases (2.xx.xx)
@ -985,8 +1005,9 @@ lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> &nb
Added global hotkeys to Logger module. < / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'text-indent:-18.0pt' > < span lang = EN-US > 10. < / span > < span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span >
Added channel display to noise one band measurement display. < / p >
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span > < span
lang=EN-US> < / span > Added channel display to noise one band measurement display.
< / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'text-indent:-18.0pt' > < span lang = EN-US > 11. < / span > < span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span >
@ -1098,17 +1119,18 @@ Bug 447. Viewer mode throws exception when trying to load beamformer
localisations< / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'text-indent:-18.0pt' > < span lang = EN-US > 16. < / span > < span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span >
Bug 448. Detection Group Localiser data units not being loaded in Viewer mode.< / p >
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span > < span
lang=EN-US> < / span > Bug 448. Detection Group Localiser data units not being
loaded in Viewer mode.< / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'text-indent:-18.0pt' > < span lang = EN-US > 17. < / span > < span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span >
Bug 449. Rocca Encounter Stats output file calculating incorrect values.< / 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'> < / span >
Bug 450. Ishmael Detectors subscribing to FFTDataBlock twice, meaning they
process each data unit 2x doubling the output.< / p >
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span > < span
lang=EN-US> < / span > Bug 450. Ishmael Detectors subscribing to FFTDataBlock
twice, meaning they process each data unit 2x doubling the output.< / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > < span lang = EN-US > Upgrades< / span > < / b > < / p >
@ -1213,9 +1235,9 @@ lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> &nb
Bug 430. Rocca calculates inflection point parameters incorrectly< / 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'> < / span >
Bug 431. Error when trying to mark section of spectrogram to send to Bearing
Calculator module< / p >
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span > < span
lang=EN-US> < / span > Bug 431. Error when trying to mark section of spectrogram to
send to Bearing Calculator module< / 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'> < / span >
@ -1326,8 +1348,8 @@ Click Train Detector upgrades, including ability to import time chunks from csv
file for batch processing.< / 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'> < / span >
Better display of microseconds in dialogs.< / p >
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span > < span
lang=EN-US> < / span > Better display of microseconds in dialogs.< / 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'> < / span >
@ -1431,9 +1453,9 @@ lang=EN-US> </span>Matched template classifier extended to handle multiple
templates.< / 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'> < / span >
New methods for handling and logging time offsets from the PC clock based
either on GPS NMEA data or on pings of an NTP time server.< / p >
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span > < span
lang=EN-US> < / span > New methods for handling and logging time offsets from the
PC clock based either on GPS NMEA data or on pings of an NTP time server.< / 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'> < / span >
@ -1489,8 +1511,8 @@ lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> &nb
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > < span lang = EN-US > Upgrades< / span > < / b > < / 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'> < / span >
Added decimal degrees option to latitude/longitude dialog.< / p >
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span > < span
lang=EN-US> < / span > Added decimal degrees option to latitude/longitude dialog.< / 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'> < / span >
@ -1680,8 +1702,8 @@ lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> &nb
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'text-indent:-18.0pt' > < span lang = EN-US > 10. < / span > < span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
< / span > Bug 376. Error when using a serialised data map which spans a period of
time in which Pamguard modules have changed.< / p >
< / span > Bug 376. Error when using a serialised data map which spans a period of time
in which Pamguard modules have changed.< / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'text-indent:-18.0pt' > < span lang = EN-US > 11. < / span > < span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
@ -1799,8 +1821,8 @@ and encouraged to manually fix the database.</p>
<!-- ************************************************************************************************************************** -->
< h1 > < a name = "_Latest_Beta_Version_2.00.12" > < / a > < span lang = EN-US > Beta Version 2.00.12
January 2018< / span > < / h1 >
< h1 > < a name = "_Latest_Beta_Version_2.00.12" > < / a > < span lang = EN-US > Beta Version
2.00.12 January 2018< / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > PAMGuard Version 2 contains major updates.
You should read and understand the notes listed for < a
@ -2038,6 +2060,11 @@ displayed on the map may default to black. This is due to the above changes to
how colours are managed. Changing back to the colours of your choice is
relatively simple through the PAMGuard GUI. < / span > < / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt' > < span
lang=EN-US> < / span > < / p >
< h1 > < a name = "_Toc444450402" > < / a > < a name = "_Older_Versions" > < / a > Older Versions< / h1 >
< h1 > < a name = "Latest_Version_1.15.11" > < / a > < span lang = EN-US > Version 1.15.11 May
2017< / span > < / h1 >
@ -2093,8 +2120,8 @@ list grew to a ridiculous size. Code has been put in place to a) stop it
happening again and b) to repair any configuration files which are corrupted.
Corrupted files will be slow to load, slow to save and will be > several
megabytes in size. It may be necessary to delete the PamguardSettings table in
any databases since these too may have become oversized which will slow down
viewer mode PAMGuard start-up.< / p >
any databases since these too may have become oversized which will slow down viewer
mode PAMGuard start-up.< / 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'>
@ -2103,8 +2130,8 @@ after the contour was recalculated. This has been corrected.</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'>
< / span > Bug 310. When exiting Viewer mode, PAMGuard queries the user whether they
are sure they want to exit without saving even though they selected < em > < span
< / span > Bug 310. When exiting Viewer mode, PAMGuard queries the user whether
they are sure they want to exit without saving even though they selected < em > < span
style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Save and Exit< / span > < / em > . Corrected,
and added an < em > < span style = 'font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif' > Exit without
Save< / span > < / em > option.< / p >
@ -2227,8 +2254,8 @@ sample rate. </span></p>
font-stretch: normal'>< span style = 'font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif' >
< / span > < / span > < span lang = EN-US > Bug 305. Date and Time not being correctly
extracted from wav files created using SoundTrap recorders. Fixed by correctly
finding and unpacking information in the accompanying xml log files that come
with SoundTrap files. < / span > < / p >
finding and unpacking information in the accompanying xml log files that come with
SoundTrap files. < / span > < / p >
< h1 > < a name = "_Latest_Version_1.15.06" > < / a > < span lang = EN-US > Version 1.15.06
November 2016< / span > < / h1 >
@ -2267,11 +2294,11 @@ was used. This is fixed. </p>
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'margin-left:40.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt' > 5.< span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
< / span > Bug 295. If a click has a total length of a single sample, the code attempting
to estimate the time delay between channels would crash. This is now fixed.
This could only occur if both pre sample and post sample were set to 0 in the
click detector, which is generally not a good idea, so this bug may have been
there for some time, it's just that no one noticed before. Fixed< / p >
< / span > Bug 295. If a click has a total length of a single sample, the code
attempting to estimate the time delay between channels would crash. This is now
fixed. This could only occur if both pre sample and post sample were set to 0
in the click detector, which is generally not a good idea, so this bug may have
been there for some time, it's just that no one noticed before. Fixed< / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'margin-left:40.5pt;text-indent:-22.5pt' > 6.< span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
@ -2365,9 +2392,9 @@ automatic click train identification and tracking. </span></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'>
< / span > < span lang = EN-US > The automatic click train identification is now using
the same internal structures as the manual tracking, so it's possible to
combine automatic and manual tracking. < / span > < / p >
< / span > < span lang = EN-US > The automatic click train identification is now using the
same internal structures as the manual tracking, so it's possible to 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'>
@ -2384,9 +2411,9 @@ the future. </span></p>
< p class = MsoNormal > < i > Logger Form Design< / i > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > A GUI driven system for designing Logger forms has been released.
Currently, this feature has no online help, but is reasonably intuitive
compared to the old method of typing directly into the database. < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > A GUI driven system for designing Logger forms has been
released. Currently, this feature has no online help, but is reasonably
intuitive compared to the old method of typing directly into the database. < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < i > < span lang = EN-US > Improved Number handling< / span > < / i > < / p >
@ -2447,9 +2474,8 @@ today. </p>
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt' > 5.< span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
< / span > Bug 277. Text fields in classifier dialog were not large enough to
display times greater than 10ms. We have increased length of text fields in the
dialog.< / p >
< / span > Bug 277. Text fields in classifier dialog were not large enough to display
times greater than 10ms. We have increased length of text fields in the dialog.< / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt' > 6.< span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
@ -2458,17 +2484,17 @@ changes in future releases. New PAMGuard releases will always be able to open
older binary files, however, with previous PAMGuard releases if a newer file
format was opened, then PAMGuard was unable to check that the file format was
newer and would attempt to read the files and might even corrupt them. Now it
will recognise that it cannot open the files, display appropriate error messages
and not attempt to read the files. NOTE that at this time there are no planned
file format changes and that this is purely a future proofing exercise.< / p >
will recognise that it cannot open the files, display appropriate error
messages and not attempt to read the files. NOTE that at this time there are no
planned file format changes and that this is purely a future proofing exercise.< / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-20.25pt' > 7.< span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>
< / span > Bug 279. GUI Resizing: The whole PAMGuard GUI would suddenly resize to
something very small when a dialog is opened. This has been traced to improper
use of a common dialog component SourcePanel which tries to repack its parent
Window. Some programmers had inadvertently set it to repack the main PAMGuard
GUI instead. This has been Fixed.< / p >
Window. Some programmers had inadvertently set it to repack the main PAMGuard GUI
instead. This has been 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'>
@ -2542,16 +2568,16 @@ and datagram creation.</p>
< h1 > < a name = "_Toc444450394" > < / a > < span lang = EN-US > Version 1.15.00 February 2016< / span > < / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Beta Version 1.15.00 64 bit and Core
version 1.15.00 32 bit. Both using identical Java core software but linking to
< p class = MsoNormal > < span lang = EN-US > Beta Version 1.15.00 64 bit and Core version
1.15.00 32 bit. Both using identical Java core software but linking to
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 >
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 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > < span lang = EN-US > Other Changes< / span > < / b > < / p >
@ -2625,8 +2651,8 @@ name="_Toc312065299"></a><a name="_Toc312063944"></a><a name="_Toc312065300"></a
name="_Toc312063945">< / a > Version 1.14.00 Beta, September 2015< / h1 >
< p class = MsoNormal > The format of configuration files has changed for version
1.14.00. Older configurations will load with this new version, but configurations
saved with 1.14.00 may not open correctly with earlier versions.< / p >
1.14.00. Older configurations will load with this new version, but
configurations saved with 1.14.00 may not open correctly with earlier versions.< / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > PAMGuard Versions 1.14.00 and above will work with Java 8.
PAMGuard will continue to work with Java 7, but support for Java 7 will be
@ -2693,9 +2719,9 @@ 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' >
< / 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' >
@ -2789,9 +2815,9 @@ lang=EN-US>1.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times N
< / span > Spectrogram annotation marks. A simple system for marking spectrograms
during real time analysis has been incorporated. To use it, add the module, in
the spectrogram settings, select the annotation marks in the 'Mark Observers'
tab of the spectrogram configuration dialog, and also right click on the spectrogram
and select to display the annotations. Annotations are saved to the database so
you will also need a database module in your configuration. < / p >
tab of the spectrogram configuration dialog, and also right click on the
spectrogram and select to display the annotations. Annotations are saved to the
database so you will also need a database module in your configuration. < / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'margin-left:47.25pt;text-indent:-29.25pt' > < span
lang=EN-US>2.< / span > < span lang = EN-US style = 'font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif' >
@ -2814,9 +2840,9 @@ 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
@ -2851,8 +2877,8 @@ minutes and seconds. Now correctly displays the number of remaining days. </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' >
< / span > Bug 226. Spectrogram Mark Observer list doesn't refresh when modules
added or removed. < / p >
< / span > Bug 226. Spectrogram Mark Observer list doesn't refresh when modules added
or removed. < / 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' >
@ -2896,9 +2922,9 @@ be specified by the user in the Rocca Parameters dialog Notes tab.</p>
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'text-indent:-18.0pt' > 1.< span style = 'font-size:
7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span > Bug
209. Map zoom level. This was zoomed right into a range of about 1m when new maps
were created. This is now fixed and it starts with a default range of 10km on
the display. < / p >
209. Map zoom level. This was zoomed right into a range of about 1m when new
maps were created. This is now fixed and it starts with a default range of 10km
on the display. < / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'text-indent:-18.0pt' > 2.< span style = 'font-size:
7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> < / span > Bug
@ -3187,8 +3213,8 @@ whistle.</p>
. Did not affect band level calculations. < / li >
< li class = MsoNormal style = 'margin-bottom:0cm' > Bug in noise band monitor.
Crashed when sample rate was exactly 2kHz. Fixed < / li >
< li class = MsoNormal style = 'margin-bottom:0cm' > Memory leak in click detector. Severe
memory leak when processing clicks in viewer mode now fixed. < / li >
< li class = MsoNormal style = 'margin-bottom:0cm' > Memory leak in click detector.
Severe memory leak when processing clicks in viewer mode now fixed. < / li >
< li class = MsoNormal style = 'margin-bottom:0cm' > Flickering of click display (< a
href="http://sourceforge.net/p/pamguard/bugs/191/">http://sourceforge.net/p/pamguard/bugs/191/< / a > )
now fixed. < / li >
@ -3206,8 +3232,6 @@ whistle.</p>
< p class = MsoNormal > < / p >
< h1 > < a name = "_Toc444450402" > Older Versions< / a > < / h1 >
< h2 > Version 1.12.00 Beta February 2013< / h2 >
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > New Modules< / b > < / p >
@ -3245,14 +3269,14 @@ mode, making is easy to scroll through and view data for short time periods. </p
< p class = MsoNormal style = 'margin-left:36.0pt' > < i > GPS< / i > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal style = 'margin-left:36.0pt' > Function to import GPS data from other
data sources for the PAMGuard viewer. < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal style = 'margin-left:36.0pt' > Function to import GPS data from
other data sources for the PAMGuard viewer. < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal style = 'margin-left:36.0pt' > < i > Database< / i > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal style = 'margin-left:36.0pt' > Can now copy data from binary
storage to the database offline for any module having both binary and database
storage. < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal style = 'margin-left:36.0pt' > Can now copy data from binary storage
to the database offline for any module having both binary and database storage.
< / p >
< p class = MsoNormal style = 'margin-left:36.0pt' > Can create a blank MS Access
database (2007 and later *.accdb formats only).< / p >
@ -3351,12 +3375,12 @@ elements has been fixed. </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 > 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. Other
changes have increased the speed (again by orders of magnitude) at which data
are read back into PAMGuard when using the viewer. < / p >
< / 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.
Other changes have increased the speed (again by orders of magnitude) at which
data are read back into PAMGuard when using the viewer. < / 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' >
@ -3444,9 +3468,9 @@ 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 > Offline event marking. Offline event marking similar to functionality in
RainbowClick is now available in the PAMGUARD viewer. Event summary data is
stored in the database and can also be exported to text files (e.g. for
importing into the Distance software). < / p >
RainbowClick is now available in the PAMGUARD viewer. Event summary data is stored
in the database and can also be exported to text files (e.g. for importing into
the Distance software). < / 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' >
@ -3459,8 +3483,8 @@ 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 > Bearings can be calculated using the envelope of the waveform rather than
the full waveform. The waveform or envelope can also be filtered prior to
< / span > Bearings can be calculated using the envelope of the waveform rather
than the full waveform. The waveform or envelope can also be filtered prior to
bearing calculation.< / p >
< p class = MsoListParagraph style = 'text-indent:-18.0pt' > < span style = 'font-family:
@ -3593,11 +3617,11 @@ 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 >
< 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 >
< p class = MsoNormal > 3. Heading sensor readout< / p >
@ -3616,8 +3640,8 @@ frequency division (i.e. previous versions would convert well from 96kHz to
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > Bug fixes< / b > < / p >
< 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 > 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 >
@ -3905,17 +3929,17 @@ classifier is still available). </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 > Bearing ambiguity resolution for planar and volumetric arrays. New
features in array dialog for estimations of errors on array location. These
feed into to a maximum likelihood estimate of angles from small 2D or 3D sub
arrays to give two polar angle coordinates. this can be used to resolve left
right ambiguity and is implemented for both the click and the whistle/moan
detectors. As a result, the click detector bearing time display can now be set
to go from -180 to 180 degrees rather than 0 - 180 degrees. In this case,
clicks in the upper half of the bearing display will be to port and clicks in
the right half will be to starboard. As you pass a whale which is to port, the
clicks will move UP the display. In the long term, I hope to turn this display
around so that time is up the screen rather than across. < / p >
< / span > Bearing ambiguity resolution for planar and volumetric arrays. New features
in array dialog for estimations of errors on array location. These feed into to
a maximum likelihood estimate of angles from small 2D or 3D sub arrays to give
two polar angle coordinates. this can be used to resolve left right ambiguity
and is implemented for both the click and the whistle/moan detectors. As a
result, the click detector bearing time display can now be set to go from -180
to 180 degrees rather than 0 - 180 degrees. In this case, clicks in the upper
half of the bearing display will be to port and clicks in the right half will
be to starboard. As you pass a whale which is to port, the clicks will move UP
the display. In the long term, I hope to turn this display around so that time
is up the screen rather than across. < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > Small features and bug fixes< / b > < / p >
@ -4110,10 +4134,10 @@ help pages</p>
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > Bug Fixes< / b > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > Memory leak caused by Night / Day colour manager now fixed.
This would cause memory leaks when multiple files were being analysed off-line
and would eventually crash PAMGUARD. The way that colours are managed in
PAMGUARD has been rewritten. < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > Memory leak caused by Night / Day colour manager now fixed. This
would cause memory leaks when multiple files were being analysed off-line and
would eventually crash PAMGUARD. The way that colours are managed in PAMGUARD
has been rewritten. < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > Some issues with Swing fixed that might have been causing
hang ups on startup especially on Macs/Linux machines< / p >
@ -4184,8 +4208,8 @@ file)</p>
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > Changes< / b > < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > The User Input module (for text entry of information by the
user) has been moved from the Displays sub menu of the Add Modules menu, to
< p class = MsoNormal > The User Input module (for text entry of information by the user)
has been moved from the Displays sub menu of the Add Modules menu, to
Utilities. This will not affect how existing settings files are loaded. < / p >
< p class = MsoNormal > < b > Multi-screen environments.< / b > < / p >
@ -4356,8 +4380,8 @@ channels or textual content change. </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 > Model viewer. Have stopped it from jumping on top of the main PAMGUARD
display < / p >
< / span > Model viewer. Have stopped it from jumping on top of the main PAMGUARD display
when dialogs are closed. < / 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' >
@ -4688,12 +4712,12 @@ and Ishmael-type detectors and localisers. </p>
< p class = MsoNormal > Information from above modules can be displayed on
configurable user displays which support real time scrolling spectrograms and
radar displays. Detection and localisation information can be optionally
displayed on the map display.Map enhancements include improved scrolling
whereby the user can click and drag to pan the area. PamGuard can now interface
with MySQL database servers and users can easily select which information is
logged. (This replaces the previous 'flat-file' logging feature). A simulation
module allows virtual vocalising animals to be placed on the map to assist in
training and development. Extensive online user help has been added to PamGuard
displayed on the map display.Map enhancements include improved scrolling whereby
the user can click and drag to pan the area. PamGuard can now interface with
MySQL database servers and users can easily select which information is logged.
(This replaces the previous 'flat-file' logging feature). A simulation module
allows virtual vocalising animals to be placed on the map to assist in training
and development. Extensive online user help has been added to PamGuard
Application< / p >
< h2 > 0.03b - first version used in a real 'at sea' environment.18/08/06< / h2 >
Douglas Gillespie