Release Date: April 3, 2008

Changes in this release:

New Features:

  • Added the ability to control a USB-ISS-UV/VIS with the USB2000+ (compatible firmware is required for the USB2000+ for it to work with the USB-ISS-UV/VIS).
  • Added a new feature in SpectraSuite to allow users to put the NIR-256 and the NIR512 into High Gain Mode.  Additionally, users can store a default enable/disable value for the High Gain Mode in the EERPOM of the NIRs, and SpectraSuite will respect this default enable/disable accordingly.
    To utilize this mode, right-click on the NIR spectrometer in the Data Sources window, choose “Features” and then click on the ”High Gain Mode” tab.

Bugs Fixed:

  • Fixed bug that caused the graph cursor bar to not move with the wavelength spinner when the acquisition was paused.
  • Fixed bug that caused the Centice MMS-Raman spectrometer’s features to not show up correctly under “Spectrometer Features”.
  • Fixed bug that caused the “Save Spectra Collection” dialog box to not resize properly and also caused the buttons to show up too small on Mac OS X.
  • Fixed bug that caused the “Percentage” text boxes on the PARSpec Module view to show incorrect values.
  • Fixed bug that caused users of the USB650 and USB325 to always be presented with an “Invalid Spectrum” error when trying to load a dark or reference sample from a file in one of the wizards (Absorbance Wizard, etc).
  • Fixed bug that caused the Spectra Splicing Feature to not work correctly when trying to splice an acquisition from a USB650 or USB325 with another spectrometer.
  • Fixed small bug in the Trigger Configuration Wizard that prompts the user to select an action for his/her trigger.

 

Module

Version Number

SpectraSuite Core

2.0.118

Absolute Irradiance

2.0.41

Chemistry

2.0.18

Color Measurement

2.0.16

Spectral Correction

2.0.7

Strip Chart

2.0.14

HighResTiming Wrapper

2.0.5

SPAM Wrapper

2.0.42

OmniDriver Wrapper

2.0.69

OmniDriverGUISupport Wrapper

2.0.28

UniUSB Wrapper

2.0.10

 

Release Date: March 31, 2008

Changes in this release:

New Features:

  • Added some file-checking to make sure that users aren’t trying to open the text file that is saved by default when performing a High Speed Acquisition.  Before, SpectraSuite would attempt to load this file, despite it being in the wrong format.  Now, if it is detected that the user is trying to load this file, the user is presented with an error message dialog box instead, informing him/her that he/she needs to save a High Speed Acquisition via the “Save Spectra Collection…” action first.
    The High Speed Acquisition capability is invoked by right-clicking on a spectrometer and choosing “High Speed Acquisition”.
    To open a saved set of spectra, click on the menu item: File.Open Load Spectra Collection

Bugs Fixed:

  • Fixed bug that caused Auto-Toggle Strobe/Lamp enable feature to not respect the state of the Strobe/Lamp Enable.  Now there are 3 possibilities:
    • Strobe enable on, auto toggle on: Lamp toggles on for each scan and off afterwards
    • Strobe enable on, auto toggle off: Lamp comes on and stays on
    • Strobe enable off, auto toggle on or off: Lamp is off      
  • Fixed bug that caused Spectrometer Simulation to not work.
  • Fixed bug that caused “Save Spectrum Collection” action to balk when provided with an already-existing directory to save files to.
  • Fixed bug that sometimes prevented SpectraSuite from starting up on Windows platforms.

 

Module

Version Number

SpectraSuite Core

2.0.117

Absolute Irradiance

2.0.41

Chemistry

2.0.18

Color Measurement

2.0.16

Spectral Correction

2.0.7

Strip Chart

2.0.14

HighResTiming Wrapper

2.0.5

SPAM Wrapper

2.0.42

OmniDriver Wrapper

2.0.68

OmniDriverGUISupport Wrapper

2.0.28

UniUSB Wrapper

2.0.10

 

Release Date: March 28, 2008

Changes in this release:

New Features:

  • Added a new calculation for PAR in the PARSpec module and Photometry.  Results are now shown in both the units of μmol as well as μmol/m2/s2.
  • Added a new calculation in the PARSpec module that shows the % of total light in each of the 3 user-defined bins.

Bugs Fixed:

  • Fixed bug that caused the USB-ISS-UV/VIS to not show up correctly in SpectraSuite when used with a USB650 or USB325.

 

Module

Version Number

SpectraSuite Core

2.0.116

Absolute Irradiance

2.0.41

Chemistry

2.0.18

Color Measurement

2.0.16

Spectral Correction

2.0.7

Strip Chart

2.0.14

HighResTiming Wrapper

2.0.5

SPAM Wrapper

2.0.42

OmniDriver Wrapper

2.0.67

OmniDriverGUISupport Wrapper

2.0.28

UniUSB Wrapper

2.0.10

 

Release Date: March 12, 2008

Changes in this release:

New Features:

  • Reduced the minimum allowed integration time for the Maya 2000 from 15 milliseconds down to 13 milliseconds. You can set the integration time for all spectrometers via the “acquisition parameters” panel near the top-left corner  of the main SpectraSuite application window.

Bugs Fixed:

  • The USB-ISS-UV/VIS light souce now shows up in the “Data Sources” window when attached to the USB325 spectrometer.
  • Removed the external hardware trigger mode feature from the Maya and Maya Pro spectrometers (this mode was not supported by these devices).
  • The “Blackbody” label now displays properly when you choose “graph layer options”.  To see this, right-click within a graph panel and choose “Graph Layer Options”.  One of the tabs that will appear should now be labeled “Black-Body Layer”.
  • Corrected a problem that caused an exception when the user clicked within a graph panel, then clicked the “peaks” icon and then the “Configure” icon button.
  • Text fields were widened in the “Version Info” feature panel so it no longer clips the version numbers displayed for certain spectrometers.  To bring up the “Version Info” panel, right-click on the spectrometer in the “Data Sources” window and choose “Spectrometer Features”.  Then click on the “Version Info” tab.
  • Fixed a problem that prevented saving of irradiance calibration factors.  To save irradiance calibration factors, right-click on the spectrometer in the “Data Sources” window and choose “Spectrometer Features”.  Then click on the “Irradiance” tab.  Enter the factors and click the “Save Factors” button.

 

Module

Version Number

SpectraSuite Core

2.0.114

Absolute Irradiance

2.0.40

Chemistry

2.0.18

Color Measurement

2.0.16

Spectral Correction

2.0.7

Strip Chart

2.0.14

HighResTiming Wrapper

2.0.5

SPAM Wrapper

2.0.40

OmniDriver Wrapper

2.0.65

OmniDriverGUISupport Wrapper

2.0.27

UniUSB Wrapper

2.0.9

Release Date: March 4, 2008

Changes in this release:

New Features:

  • Support for Microsoft Vista (32-bit only) has been added.
  • Enhanced the feature that saves Omni Spectrum Collections from a High Speed Acquisition.  High Speed Acquisitions are initiated by right-clicking on the spectrometer in the “Data Sources” window and choosing “High Speed Acquisition”. This feature now saves a series of single files, each containing one spectrum in a user-defined directory.  This does the following:
    • Fixes the issue with the OmniSpectrumCollection file taking a large amount of time and memory to load
    • Allows users to save collections as a series of text files which is much faster to load
    • Makes it possible to load a single spectrum file and keep running the data though as an acquisition.  This results in the ability to re-process previously-acquired data, so long as a suitable reference and dark spectrum are saved and loaded.
  • Added the ability to change the integration time for a QE65000 in 2D mode the same way the integration time can be changed for 1D mode.

Bugs Fixed:

  • Strip Chart file saver no longer drops zeroes from the acquisition time’s millisecond portion.
  • We are now able to access more than one Jaz spectrometer on a multi-channel system.
  • Fixed bug that caused SpectraSuite to hang when writing data to spectrometers’ EEPROM (Wavelength Coefficients, etc)
  • Fixed a bug causing the USB-ISS-UV/VIS to not work properly with the USB4000

 

 

Module

Version Number

SpectraSuite Core

2.0.113

Absolute Irradiance

2.0.40

Chemistry

2.0.18

Color Measurement

2.0.16

Spectral Correction

2.0.7

Strip Chart

2.0.14

HighResTiming Wrapper

2.0.5

SPAM Wrapper

2.0.39

OmniDriver Wrapper

2.0.63

OmniDriverGUISupport Wrapper

2.0.26

UniUSB Wrapper

2.0.9

Release Date: February 13, 2008

Changes in this release:

New Features:

  • Added a wizard for configuring the JAZ Network Spectrometer.  To access the new wizard, select the “Spectrometer” menu item and then “Jaz Network Spectrometer”.
  • The “Network Spectrometer” feature panel for the JAZ network spectrometer now accurately reflects the start-up state of the spectrometer (ie. IP address, connection state, etc.).
  • Additional enhancements to the SpectraSuite Spectrum-Splicing feature accessible under Tools | Splice Spectra
  • Added Analog-Out with an HR4000 or HR2000+ as an option for Triggering.  This can be found under Tools | Triggers | Configure New Triggers.
  • Added the ability to transpose the 2D data when saving the spectrum to a text file.  This will allow the resulting text file to be opened in Excel.

Bugs Fixed:

  • Removed “Rescan Devices” and “Remove Spectrometer” from the display thread so that SpectraSuite is not frozen until these finish executing.
  • Enhancements/clean-up to the Trigger Configuration Wizard GUI.
  • Fixed a commonly-thrown exception in the Absolute Irradiance Graph.
  • Fixed some bugs in the graphing code that caused the X-Axis to sometimes be incorrectly placed.
  • Fixed some bugs in the graphing code that caused rectangular zooming to not always work correctly.
  • Fixed a bug causing the USB-LS-450 to not work correctly with a USB2000+.
  • Fixed a bug that caused graphs to not print correctly.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the top-most tick mark label on the Y-Axis to sometimes not paint correctly.
  • Fixed a bug that caused an extra tick-mark to sometimes show up at the top of the Y-Axis.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the chart’s grid-lines to be painted on top of the X-Axis (instead of behind).
  • Fixed a bug that caused the right-most tick mark on the X-Axis and the right-most column of grid line marks to be chopped off.

 

Module

Version Number

SpectraSuite Core

2.0.109

Absolute Irradiance

2.0.40

Chemistry

2.0.18

Color Measurement

2.0.15

Spectral Correction

2.0.7

Strip Chart

2.0.14

HighResTiming Wrapper

2.0.5

SPAM Wrapper

2.0.38

OmniDriver Wrapper

2.0.60

OmniDriverGUISupport Wrapper

2.0.25

UniUSB Wrapper

2.0.9

 

Release Date: January 21, 2008

Changes in this release:

New Features:

  • Added a “Save Spectrum to File” event in the SpectraSuite triggering system accessible under Tools | Triggers.
  • Made several enhancements to the SpectraSuite Spectrum-Splicing feature accessible under Tools | Splice Spectra:
    • Added a color legend to show what the green and yellow regions mean.
    • Optimized the user interface to reduce flicker when moving sliders.
    • Enhanced the preview graph shown at the bottom of the Spectra-Splicing window.
    • Made the user interface more intuitive so that it will prevent users from accidentally splicing spectra of different processing modes together.
    • Made it possible to splice together multiple acquisitions from the same spectrometer (consequently allowing users to use a spectrometer at multiple integration times in the same spectrum).
  • Added a Full Width at Quarter Max (FWQM) measurement.
  • Added ability to scale current out signal on a USB-AOUT or USB-LS-450-4/20 to user-defined min and max.  This functionality can be found when selecting a “Continuous Current Out” trigger under Tools | Triggers | Configure New Trigger.

Bugs:

·        Various bug fixes in graphing code (this fixes some weird behavior that occasionally caused the X-Axis to show up at a weird place on the Y-Axis)

·        Fixed problem that sometimes the preview graph on the Combine Calibration File dialog to show up incorrectly.

·        Fixed bug that caused the Y-Axis label to change when changing the X-Axis units.

·        Fixed bug that caused the Y-Axis label to always show up as “Intensity (counts)” when splicing spectra of other processing modes together.  (For instance, if you’re splicing two absorbance measurements together, the Y-Axis label on the spliced graph will now reflect the appropriate units).

·        Fixed bugs with “Show Raw” and “Auto Equalize” buttons on the “Exposure Image” feature panel of the QE65000 and MMS-Raman spectrometers.

·        Fixed bug causing the image on the “Exposure Image” feature panel on the QE65000 and the MMS-Raman spectrometers to sometimes disappear if the feature panel is resized.

 

Module

Version Number

SpectraSuite Core

2.0.107

Absolute Irradiance

2.0.40

Chemistry

2.0.18

Color Measurement

2.0.15

Spectral Correction

2.0.7

Strip Chart

2.0.14

HighResTiming Wrapper

2.0.5

SPAM Wrapper

2.0.38

OmniDriver Wrapper

2.0.58

OmniDriverGUISupport Wrapper

2.0.24

UniUSB Wrapper

2.0.9

Release Date: January 4, 2008

Changes in this release:

New Features:

·        Replaced 3rd party charting library with a version devloped in-house.  This fixed several long-standing issues.

1.      Font colors and typefaces are now configurable.  To change these items, right-click the graph and choose “Graph Layer Options”.

2.      Eliminated the superfluous “Min must be less than max” warning message.

3.      Fixed various anomolies when drawing preview graphs.

4.      Fix a problem with panning and zooming which caused trend lines to occasionally fail to line up correctly with the axes.

·        Added preliminary support for the current-loop output feature of the USB-AOUT and LS-450-4/20 devices.  Users can now generate a 4 to 20 milliamp signal that is proportional to scope mode intensity.  The output signal can be based on three different input modes (all based on scope mode values).

1.      Intensity at a single wavelength.

2.      An average of intensities for a range of wavelengths.

3.      The value of an integration over a range of wavelengths.

To activate the current-loop output signal, go to the “Tools” menu and choose “Triggers” and then “Configure New Trigger”. Then choose “Continuous current out”.  Next, give your trigger a unique name.  Then choose the spectrometer that will supply the input intensity values. Click “Next” and choose the input mode (single wavelength, averaged wavelengths, or integration) and specify a wavelength value(s).  Lastly, choose the spectromter to which the USB-AOUT or LS-450-4/20 device is attached.  The current-loop output signal should immediately begin to track the input intensity values.

Note: the signal will appear across the following two connector pins:

·        pin 6 -- ground

·        pin 8 – signal

Refer to the “Installation and Operation Instructions” document for the USB-AOUT for more details. You can download this PDF document from www.OceanOptics.com

Bugs:

·        Further improvements to photometry on spectrometers that don’t cover the entire visible range.

 

Module

Version Number

SpectraSuite Core

2.0.103

Absolute Irradiance

2.0.39

Chemistry

2.0.17

Color Measurement

2.0.15

Spectral Correction

2.0.7

Strip Chart

2.0.14

HighResTiming Wrapper

2.0.5

SPAM Wrapper

2.0.36

OmniDriver Wrapper

2.0.55

OmniDriverGUISupport Wrapper

2.0.23

UniUSB Wrapper

2.0.9

 

Release Date: December 14, 2007

Changes in this release:

New Features:

·        Added “Absorbance by Relative Transmission” to the “Processing” menu.  To invoke this feature, click on the Processing menu, click on “Other” and then click on “Absorbance by Relative Transmission”.

·        Added the Kubelka-Monk calculation, which is based on “Reflection %” numbers.  To produce a graph showing the Kubelka-Monk values, click on the Processing menu, click on “Other”, and then click on “Kubelka-Monk K/S Calculation”.

Bugs:

·        Stray Light coefficients are now more tolerant of other locales.

·        Photometry now works on spectrometers that don’t cover the entire visible range.

·        Fixed some problems with the German language translations.

·        Fixed a bug with autonulling support for the JAZ running over the ethernet.

 

Module

Version Number

SpectraSuite Core

2.0.101

Absolute Irradiance

2.0.