Changelog - Thorlabs Beam Application ________________________________________________________________________________ Feb-13-2009 - Release V1.0 - Internal release Mar-04-2009 - Release V1.1 Changes to V1.0: - C++ sample added Mar-05-2009 - Release V1.2 Changes to V1.1: - C++ sample improved - Manual updated May-28-2009 - Release V1.3 Changes to V1.2: - Manual updated Nov-16-2009 - Release V2.0 Changes to V1.2: - Measurement over time - Advanced Calculation Results - Performance improved - Pass / Fail Analyse - Distance Measurement - Laguages English, German and Chinese - Set Reference Position to Centroid, Peak, Sensor Center, ROI Center or user defined position - Equal scale in all windows - Changing a parameter will have effect at once - camera preview image in false colors - save origin camera image and recontruct calculation results with the image import - zoom / scale the diagrams with the mouse and move them with the arrow keys - separate mode for drawing a user defined calculation area and set a user defined position for the x-y-profiles Jan-08-2010 - Release v2.1 Changes to v2.0: - Increasing or decreasing the ROI by 20% in 2D Projection Window - Maximum deviation of centroid with indicators in 2D Projection window - Reference point of maximum distance in position window either first position of centroid or mean of all plotted centroids - German help file - Window with live stream without calculations - user defined path to log file - Fix: performance problem in diagrams - Fix: autoscale dows not have affect in X-Y-Data export Jan-29-2010 - Release 2.2 - Current date and time in the symbol bar - Quick access tool bar - Cursor in the X-Y-profiles can be hidden - Unit of power calibration expanded with mW - Calculation results are grouped - Symbol toolbar is separated in window, datetime and main symbol toolbar. Jun-14-2010 - Release 3.0 - Mē measurement - Signed installation packet and application - Image export in grayscale Feb-23-2011 - Release 4.0 - Integration of Slit Beam Profiler - Exchange of DirectX with OpenGL - Non modal settings dialogs - Redesign of diagrams - Sequential saving of diagrams and data Jan-22-2013 - Release 5.0 All windows: -button to hide the toolbar and oll other graphic items from the window to maximize the diagram -menu entries in the menu "view" to show and hide all toolbars and GUI elements from all windows. Plot window: -Bessel Fit button in the profile window -Bessel Fit in the calculation result window Time plot windows: -Save data from time plot diagrams -Start time of measurement in time plots diagrams -x axis with time and not count of seconds -Clear the data of all windows with a clear button from the toolbar of the time plot windows Beam Stability window: -indikator of the measurement time -green curves of the mean of the 100 latest measurements -save the data from the beam stability diagram -clear all data of all windows with a button from the toolbar of the beam stability window -settings moved to a settings dialog which can be opened via a button from the toolbar -settings expanded with the plot method and the plot interval Environment Measurement: -new window "envorironment data" created which plots the temperature and centroid over time -connected temperature sensors are listed in the calculation results -the settings of the temperature sensor are shown in tabs in the device settings dialog -temperature unit added to application settings -show/hide the temperature from the calculation results window Symbolbar: -button added to reset the application settings to default values -new symbol bar with the three alignment windows -thorlabs logo inserted with link to thorlabs website Software Updater: -with the start of the application a dialog appears if a newer version on the tholabs website has been detected. -dialog "Check for updates" in the menu "help" openes this dialog manually. Three new alignment windows: -manual vergence measurement -tuning view -beam overlapping Application settings: -center the calculation area to centroid position -for multi slit beam profiler: real rolling averaging Multi Slit Beam Profiler supported. Firmware version of the instrument added to device settings dialog Feb-17-2014 - Release 5.1 - sequential saving for the raw data export - native BC1 driver to operate the device in C/C++, LabView and .Net - automatic elliptical calculation area - ISO auto calculation area for BC instruments - supports BP209-IR2 instruments - Firmware update of the BC106 from 13.12 to 13.20 or from 13.13 to 13.21 May-23-2014 - Release 6.0 - M2 window with a new layout - Auto connect of all instruments - Alignment feature added to the M2 window - New Icons - VISA 5.2 upgraded to VISA 5.4 in the installer package - DDSM100 stage supported for the M2 measurement