VERICOM :: PROFILE HISTORY

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Upgraded versions to Profile for Windows
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Changes from 3.3.8 to 3.3.9

Added some delay for RS232 communications to fix a problem when many files are imported

Changes from 3.3.7 to 3.3.8

Changed some formulas

Changes from 3.3.5 to 3.3.7

"adj speed" renamed for less confusion, now labeled "OBDII Speed".
"Veh speed" eliminated.

Changes from 3.3.4 to 3.3.5

Added 3 new formulas on the Speed2 tab.Removed Gradient from all forms.Changed USB baud rate to work with many USB drivers.
Fixed double click on *.run files to open into Profile.

Changes from 3.3.3 to 3.3.4

Changed timing of RS232 communication so it works better with wireless transmission.

Changes from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3

Fixed problem with VC3000 Settings on the RFM tab, Operators. It would not clear the operators properly.

Changes from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2

Display average now exports with the average of runs data on the last line instead of the first line.Font size increased on graph exports.Now when you save a graph, you have the option of saving as a BMP or a metafile.Formulas: Now you can export the Math tables to HTML.
Added user list to VC3000 Setup RFM tab.

Changes from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1

Changed VC3000 USB communication to use the "Custom Baud Rate" property. This negates the need for a custom (proprietary) Vericom device driver, so the standard FTDI driver can be used.Formulas tables: added export to text.Data table: added export to text.
Formulas lane change: added solve for speed.

Changes from 3.2.5 to 3.3.0

Compiler update.Fixed Help button on some forms.New serial communications component.Support for future Gradient measurement.Run Data Form:
1. Remove clear data command.Fix Barometric and Station pressure when switching between English and Metric units.
2. Added accelerometer zeroing status (VC3000 firmware 2.15+).
Display Average:
1. Added more display items.
2. Added checkbox for vehicle and time/date.
Formulas:
1. New formula images.Added new formulas.
2. Added more expanded formulas.
Better File history on the File menu.Uses Windows registry instead of INI file.Defaults to "My Documents" folder for .RUN files.VC3000 Setup
1. Remove Settle time. It's automatic now.Fixed RFM operator name and airport name download problem.
2. Added RFM average and peak modes. Note: Profile only supports the RFM average mode for runway friction number calculations.
Added default vehicle weight to Options.
Graph: increased text size to 12 pts on graphic exports.

Changes from 3.2.4 to 3.2.5 1/28/2004

Added Runway Friction Report. New serial communication component. Support for VC3000 larger header size, supports RFM parameters. Data Form: added Airport info tab. Import: if VC3000RFM then automatically create directory and import
all files into this directory. The RFM report then uses all files
in this directory to generate a report. Setup VC3000: added RFM parameters. Setup VC3000: new icon, and buttons bitmaps for Get and Set. Setup VC3000: configuration is based on VC3000 product ID. Compiler updated to latest version. No “New” under File or icon. Font on data tab changed to system. ASCII output from Display Average fixed.
Formulas, math functions no longer let user edit output results.

Changes from 3.2.3 to 3.2.4

Added to the graphing sub-system an additional cursor selection. Cursor selections now are: No cursor, single cursor that displays the value at the cursor position, and the new average cursor modes. The average cursor selection display two cursors, one green, the other red. The display shows the average of the values between the two cursors. The green cursor is the start of average, with the red cursor indicating the end. When in dual cursor mode the keyboard left and right cursor keys will move the last selected cursor.Fixed problem with Display Average, New parameters are not correctly calculated when a run is deselected.VC3000 Setup fixed bug to display current host interface baud rate.Added "F1" key help context to many fields and forms.Display average, fixed scroll bar problem with file listFormulas, instead of loading forms at the start of profile. Created and destroyed at execution time.Make Average, fixed the problem of not displaying Gx for brake runs.Graph, fixed problem with legend checkboxes not working when multiple runs are displayed.Options, fixed problem when units are changed; default header information units are not switched.Profile main, removed new run tool button.Added new pedal load cell to sensors.VC3000 Setup, Added user type and zeroing parameters.Formulas, protected (read only) result and table fields.Added HTML help compatibility..RUN files now associated with Profile so when a .RUN file is clicked on in Windows explorer profile starts and opens the file.
Zeroing added to the VC3000 setup dialog.

Changes from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3

Added math for: distance for turn away, distance for lane change, and minimum speed. These math routines use a graphical report writer for enhanced printout.Added metric formulas.Changed formulas from radians to degrees. Accident reconstruction personnel more commonly use degrees.Chart editor, fixed the editing of the chart grid.Display average, added check boxes, so operator can deselect runs from averages.Sensor smoothing increased to 0-99 from 0-9.Data menu, added "save as ASCII".Updated charting software.Charting, added picture exports: PDF, Postscript, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PCX, and VML.
Charting, added save and restore of graph parameters selections.

Changes from 3.2.1 to 3.2.2

VC3000 Import has new feature to save runs in ASCII (*.csv) file format. Excel may be used to read these files.Move the default run parameters from the Import form to the options form. Added to Options form Header Defaults, Sensor Defaults, and OBDII Defaults. These default parameters are written to the Profile.INI file.OBDII Distance added. OBDII Distance is calculated from OBDII Speed.OBDII distance calibration parameters added.Smoothing for analog sensors and OBDII sensors added.Data run header changed for OBDII Distance parameters and smoothing parameters.Fixed bug in Save-As-ASCII and Save-as-Text. Was not writing new parameters.Added Reaction Time in Display Average.Added Reaction Time in Quick Stats for brake runs.Added Reaction Time in Quick Stats for acceleration runs.Added End Stats tab for acceleration runs.Added Print button on formulas form.Added OBDII Distance to meters form.
Added factory default setup information.

Changes from 3.2.0 to 3.2.1

Graph for VC2000 run overlays fixed. Lateral G not opened. Only affected VC2000 runs.

Changes from 3.1.7 to 3.2.0

OBDII parameters supported.

Automatic COM port search and automatic Baud Rate.

Multiple graphs and meters can now be opened.

Close confirmation box when closing Program.

Data Print does not print extra header info on brake runs.

Quick Stats for Brake runs shows only 3 digits after decimal.
Various minor bug fixes.

Changes from 3.1.6 to 3.1.7

Display Average for acceleration runs; HP SL fixed.

HP, RPM, Torque and acceleration in dsp. Avg. use average, not instant.

Decimal places on New Parameters in dsp. Avg. use 2, not 1.

Average G line in graph.
Time added to display average, in the date column.

Changes from 3.1.5 to 3.1.6

Stats for acceleration runs finds maximum speed for options instead of end speed.

Quick Stats acceleration has 3 digits, not 4 after decimal point.

Bug fixed from 3.1.3: Profile.ini grows huge if quick stats for acceleration runs is used.

Bug fixed: Printing more than 31 runs in display average would crash.

Up to 10 new parameters can be added to brake runs.
Known issue: In Display Average for acceleration runs, HP SL not correct.

Changes from 3.1.4 to 3.1.5

Stats for acceleration runs finds maximum speed for options instead of end speed.

Changes from 3.1.3 to 3.1.4

Fixed error on VC3000 Settings tab when switching between Metric and English.
Help has Vericom's current address.

Changes from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3

Sensor range chosen from 4 fields, Volts high and low, Units high and low.

The conversion from In. HG to Bar is corrected for pressure.

Bar now reads mBar.

No saving as ASCII under the file menu Save As…

Factory sensors to choose from.
3 new formulas on Radius tab.
Updated Help.

Changes from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2

1. Added 4 fields for VC3000 bar graph range and alarm thresholds.
2. New address in About.
3. Clickable web address and email address in About box.
4. Minor other changes.

Changes from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1

1. Sensors that have been calibrated now range correctly.
2. Display average opens the Open dialog first, and can select many runs at once, including saved ASCII files.
3. Zero adjust checkbox for sensors on the VC3000 Settings tab now works.

Changes from 3.0.0 to 3.1.0

1. Added second tachometer.
2. Fixed Metric problems with Quick Stats.
3. Fixed bug - Tach1 checkbox never set in run window VC3000 Settings tab.
4. Changed metric maximum barometric and station pressure from 889 to 1200.
5. Minor other fixes.

Changes from 2.x to 3.0

1. For the VC3000 only.
2. New Graphing.
3. New Meters.
4. New importing method. All user commands are done from Profile so the VC3000 only needs to be turned on and connected to import data.
5. USB functionality added.
6. Various new panels added for VC3000 interface.
7. Profile can be used to set the VC3000 setup.
8. Many other enhancements.Changes from 2.5.3 to 2.5.4

Error fixed in DATA where it would display Lateral G as an RPM field.

Changes from 2.5.2 to 2.5.3

Fixes access violation when opening runs if no run window was open.

Changes from 2.5.1 to 2.5.2

1. Fixes access violation when importing to a form that has already been imported to.
2. Fixes fields in the header that appear for an acceleration run imported to a form that had a brake run.

Changes from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1

1. Importing from a programmed speed run that starts above 0 now works correctly.

Changes from 2.0.16 to 2.5.0

1. New Graphing.
2. New Meters.
3. New importing to make importing multiple runs more reliable.
4. Misc. error fixes.

Changes from 2.0.15 to 2.0.16

1. Fixed error in opening ASCII runs in Display Average. Now shows Adjusted distance and Peak Acceleration.

Changes from 2.0.14 to 2.0.15

1. Fixed error that produced access violation in QuickStats sometimes.

Changes from 2.0.13 to 2.0.14

1. Added a speed formula.

Changes from 2.0.12 to 2.0.13

1. Reading and writing ASCII CSV files for sensors works better.
2. Error fixed from 2.0.12; if a RUN file was opened then saved and the Sesor Setup page was not viewed it would uncheck the sensors and erase sensor names and ranges. Data was still intact, just sensor setup info would have to be re-entered.

Changes from 2.0.11 to 2.0.12

1. When making changes to the sensors of a Run file, nothing was updated until the Sensor Setup page was exited. Therefore saving did not work properly when saved from Sensor Setup. Now everything is updated when any field changes.

Changes from 2.0.10 to 2.0.11

1. Some computers would not upload Continuous runs from the VC2000PC. Exceptions no longer used in progress bar.
2. Unit definition background color in Formulas changed to default color.

Changes from 2.0.9 to 2.0.10

1. Display Average print and ASCII save updates.
2. A run with a date greater than the current date will now open.
3. The date from the VC2000 is checked for validity.
4. Longer delays in upload for more reliable multi-file uploads.

Changes from 2.0.8 to 2.0.9

1. Error fixed in meters: it would crash if all values were zero for that meter.

Changes from 2.0.7 to 2.0.8

1. New Graphics DLLs to fix an error with the border attributes.
2. Quick Stats for acceleration runs has win95 style tabs.

Changes from 2.0.4 to 2.0.7

1. Time of Day field added to header and date and time uploaded from VC2000 with each run if it has a date/time chip installed.
2. Serial port closed after single runs imported fixing the "ie_open" error message when trying to import sometimes.
3. New Tabs for some tabbed windows and dialog boxes.
4. Sensor Setup added to the Run window if sensors were used.
5. Formulas pictures did not appear correctly on some computers. The pictures are no longer transparent, fixing the problem.
6. Default file extension is Run if a file extension is not specified in Save As.

Changes from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4:

1. An image in Formulas not compatible with Windows NT was fixed.

Changes from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3:

1. Error from 2.0.1 fixed: Graph scaling works again.
2. If Formulas dialog used under Graph it crashed the software. Formulas icon and Menu was removed from Graph.
3. ASCII importing runs with sensors fixed.
4. Error fix: Make average displayed HP and HPSL if brake runs were displayed.

Changes from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2:

1. Summation of vectors if lateral G used in Graph and meters now works.

Changes from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1:

1. New graphics DLL's
2. Formulas no longer crashes program if used after graphing or meters.
3. Faster uploads for multiple uploads.

Changes from 1.53 to 2.0.0:

1. 32 bit compatible only (Windows 95/98/NT).
2. Many interface changes.
3. Minor error fixes.

Changes from 1.52 to 1.53:

1. Error fixed when saving more than 3 sensors to disk.

Changes from 1.51 to 1.52:

1. Acceleration units displayed as G, ft/s², m/s², mph/s, kph/s.
2. Error fixed when converting between English and metric in header fields.
3. Error fixed in Display average, brake runs, where peak Acceleration changed when converting between english and metric units.
4. Error fixed in Display average when converting between English and metric: It would convert every time options was chosen even if it had already been converted.

Changes from 1.50 to 1.51:

1. Saving acceleration runs without RPM to ASCII now saves HP
2. Print begin range now works.
3. Quick Stats and Display Average no longer have "in run" after Peak G or RPM.
4. Save As initially uses the default directory.
5. Tab order changed in sensor setup screens.

Changes from 1.06a to 1.50:

1. The capability of reading in 16 sensors has been added to the many forms in profile. Sensors setup is a new form that controls which sensors are displayed and what their names and units are called.
2. Display Average now prints multiple pages. (Gear was left out)
3. Display Average includes as many as 10 more columns of information that can be added to acceleration runs. The same information as quick stats is available for multiple acceleration runs using display average.
4. The Line Graph cursor can now be moved by the arrow keys.
5. The Line Graph key controls for the menu items do not lock up after using a graph button, such as F4 for Open.
6. Line Graph and Meters are MDI windows thus resizable.
7. The Line Graph had an error after changing the range then close the graph. This error has been fixed.
8. Importing will not crash if there is a serial port error.

Changes from 1.06 to 1.06a:

1. QuickStats for acceleration runs would not open in 1.06. This error has been fixed.

Changes from 1.05 to 1.06:

1. Display average can be saved to a text file or an ASCII file.
2. Display average can read an ASCII file.
3. Minor Graphs and Meters enhancements.
4. Minor table enhancements.

Changes from version 1.04a to 1.05:

1. The tool Display Average now has the capability to show adjusted calculated distance and peak G for multiple Brake Runs.
2. The analog meters now except Runs that may have some value with all zeros, such as RPM.
3. The line graphs X axis scaling adjusted for multiple runs.
4. Multiple prints are now enabled.

Changes from version 1.04 to 1.04a:

1. If COM port 1 had a mouse or other non standard drivers installed, opening any port would fault. This has been fixed.

Changes that were made from version 1.03 to 1.04:

1. An added tool called Quick Stats has been added. In this, one can view certain given statistical data or specific data that the user creates.
2. The analog meters have changed. Each meter now have a round changeable background with an extra needle that points to the current maximum. The scaling is more realistic and the speed bar has been moved near the dials. This is used to slow and speed up the dials. The last two tenths of a second in a brake run are no longer used in the meters display since that is the result of the suspension settlement.
3. The analog meters and line graphs both showing which lines will print are now listed.
4. Profile is displayed in the Print Manager when printing.
5. In the tool Make Average, Print and Print Setup under the File Menu have been disabled, visually the letters are grayed out, since they performed no function.
6. An importing feature was fixed. If a Brake Run was imported and then an Acceleration Run was imported to that same window to replace the Brake Run then the Acceleration Run was treated as if it were a Brake Run.
7. Minor adjustments to the look of the Program were made.

Changes that were made from version 1.02 to 1.03:

1. Now previously saved ASCII files can be opened, viewed, and saved as a Run file or an ASCII file.
2. A small calculation error in HP was corrected.
3. The International settings are now supported.
4. Minor adjustments to the look of the Program were made.

Changes from version 1.01 to 1.02:

1. Calculations were made faster.
2. A fault when closing a Run was corrected.
3. The tool Make Average was added which has the ability to average the information of separate runs together into one run.
4. A fault when opening Display Average was fixed.
5. In Formulas, numbers that had no affect on the calculation were disabled.
6. HP and RPM were removed from the print out of a Brake Run.
7. Gear Ratio units were added to a print out.
8. Vericoms address appear and phone number in the Help|About box.
9. Minor adjustments to the look of the Program were made.

Changes made from version 1.00 to 1.01:

1. If more than two runs were open, then saving a previous Run would be saved as the last Run. This error was corrected.
2. A fault when changing range higher was corrected.