----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- CAEN SpA - Computing Systems Division --- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAENVME Library Release Notes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rel. 2.22 - December 2010 Rel. 2.21 - November 2010 Rel. 2.20 - November 2010 Rel. 2.13 - August 2010 Rel. 2.12 - February 2010 Rel. 2.11 - April 2009 Rel. 2.10 - October 2008 Rel. 2.9 - July 2008 Rel. 2.7 - September 2007 Rel. 2.6 - March 2007 Rel. 2.5 - October 2006 Rel. 2.4 - January 2006 Rel. 2.3 - August 2005 Rel. 2.2 - May 2005 Rel. 2.1 - December 2004 Rel. 1.1 - June 2004 Rel. 1.0 - March 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description ----------- This document is updated for every official release of the CAENVME Library and it contains various information specific to this software which can not be found in the User's Manual, available together with the software or on the CAEN web site: www.caen.it. System Requirements ------------------- - CAEN V1718 USB-VME Bridge and/or CAEN A2818 PCI-CONET Board with driver version equal or greater than 6.3.1 - Windows 2000/XP/Vista - Microsoft .NET framework 1.1 or later (for CAENVMEDemo and CAENVMELibDotNetWrapper) - LabView 8.2 or later (for LabView's VIs and demos) What's New in Rel. 2.22 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - Fix bug on CAENVME_ReadRegister, CAENVME_WriteRegister and CAENVME_Init when used with more than one A2818 boards What's New in Rel. 2.21 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - Bug Fix on CAENVME_Init. It failed to open multiple connection with device under windows What's New in Rel. 2.20 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - add support for new A2818 driver 6.3.1 for both 32 and 64 bit windows platform - add support for new PCIe A3818 Card (only Linux) What's New in Rel. 2.13 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - add support for the new USB driver version 3.4.2 for Windows 64bit platform - add support to the 64Bit driver What's New in Rel. 2.12 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - fix buf in ReadFlashPage (the USB driver was open but not closed) What's New in Rel. 2.11 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - fix buf in BLTWriteCycle introduced with version 2.10 - removed driver folder. (It has been create a standalone package) What's New in Rel. 2.10 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - Fixed bug: initializing multiple A2818s caused library malfunctioning What's New in Rel. 2.9 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - Fixed bug: on function CAENVME_End. What's New in Rel. 2.8 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - CAENVMELib rev. 2.8: CAENVME_DecodeError: Added missing case cvTimeoutError What's New in Rel. 2.7 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - Update to PLX API 4.40 for Windows Vista compatibility - Removed ODL references from CAENVMELib project (for LabView compatibility) What's New in Rel. 2.6 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - Changed return value for the IRQEnable/Disable functions. - CAENVMEtypes.h: added cvTimeoutError return value. - CAENVME_IRQWait: now returns cvTimeoutError on timeout error What's New in Rel. 2.5 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - Fixed bug on controlling the DW in BLTReadCycleEx, BLTWriteCycleEx and BLTReadAsyncEx. - Fixed bug in the upgrade program - Fixed bug (introduced from rev 2.4) into file plxfunc.c: PLXCloseDriver: the file_handle is closed only if there are no other device with same link_number. What's New in Rel. 2.4 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - Fixed multithreading support for daisy chained boards. - Bug fixed on init failure: resources are now correctly released. - Added CAENVME_DriverRelease: get device drivers release. What's New in Rel. 2.3 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - New function CAENVME_DecodeError that permit to obtain a string description given an error code. - Bug fixed in CAENVME_IACKCycle function. - Some data types changes in function parameters to obtain more homogeneus typing. - Bug fixed in CAENVME_BLTWrite function. - New functions CAENVME_FIFOBLTReadCycle, CAENVME_FIFOMBLTReadCycle, CAENVME_FIFOBLTWriteCycle, CAENVME_FIFOMBLTWriteCycle that permit to execute BLT cycles without the address increment. What's New in Rel. 2.2 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - Added VME interrupts handling. - Fixed problem with high speed PCs. - Bug fixed in CAENVME_End function. - New functions CAENVME_MultiRead and CAENVME_MultiWrite that permit to issue many single accesses with a single command. - Added the byte swapping capability. What's New in Rel. 2.1 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - Support for CAEN V2718 PCI-VME Bridge. - Some speed improvements. Note: This software release is compatible only with CAEN V1718/V2718 equipped with firmware release later than 0.11. Be sure to upgrade your hardware BEFORE installing the software contained in this package. What's New in Rel. 1.1 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - Support for large read and write Block Transfers. What's New in Rel. 1.0 -------------------------- New Features and Important Notes -------------------------------- - First release Determining Your Software Release --------------------------------- To determine the complete software release of the CAENVME Library installed in your machine, you can use the About menu choice of the demo program. You will see the release number of the CAENVME Library and the release number of the firmware installed on the CAEN V1718 USB-VME Bridge. How to get support ------------------ Our Software Support Group is available for questions, support and any other software related issue concerning CAEN products; for software support visit the page www.caen.it/computing/support.php.