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8RELEASENOTES
PleasenotethatPiMProSoftwareVersion4.13.8makessignificantchangesand
improvementstothewayinwhichreportsarestored.Inpreviousversionsof
thesoftware,allreportswerestoredinthemaindirectoryoftheUSBorLocal
Drive.Asaresult,managingreportsandtheirassociatedimages,PDFfiles,and
HTMLfilesbecamedifficultasthenumberofreportsincreased.Inthisversion,
eachreportisstoredinitsownuniquesubdirectoryandallfilesassociatedwith
thatreportarestoredinthatdirectoryforsimplicity.
ITISVERYIMPORTANTTHATYOUFOLLOWTHEINSTRUCTIONSBELOWCAREFULLYINORDER
TOCONVERTYOUREXISTINGREPORTSTOTHENEWREPORTDIRECTORYSTRUCTURE!!
InstallationStepsforPiMProS/WVersion4.13.8
1)
LoadthenewversionofPiMProS/W(Version4.13.8)ontoaUSBdriveandinstallvia
theS/WUpdatesiconwithintheConfigMenu.Whentheunitrestarts,youwillnotice
thatnoneofyourexistingreportswillbevisibleinManageReports.
2)
InsertablankUSBdriveandrunBackupReportswithintheManageResourcesMenu.
ThiswillcopytheoldreportsfromyourLocalDriveandconvertthemtothenewreport
directorystructureontotheUSB.
3)
VerifythatallyourreportsnowappearonUSBviaManageReportsmenu.
4)
RuntheClearReportsutilitywithintheManageResourcesMenutoclearthelocal
driveofalltheoldformatreports.
5)
UsingManageReports,individuallycopyanynewlyreformattedreportsthatyou
wanttohaveonyourLocalDrivefromtheUSB.
PiMProSoftwareVersion4.13.8RELEASENOTES
MAJORFEATURESaddedsinceVersion4.9.1
1)
ReportDirectoryStructureReportinformation(.native,.html,.pdfand.jpgfiles)are
nowplacedinindividualdirectoriestosimplifyreportmanagementandavoidproblem
ofmissingimages.
2)
TouchScreenCalibrateonStartupAmeanstocalibratethetouchscreenisprovided
onstartup.Thisisaccomplishedbytappingthetouchscreen3timesduringthe
startupsequencewhenPiMProLoading.isdisplayed.
3)
SaveReportNameThenameofthesavedreportisnowrememberedsothatthe
userdoesnothavetoreenterthenameeachtimethereportissaved.
4)
MinandMaxPIMvaluesinPIMvsTIMEMenuGraphnowindicatesMinimumPIM
valueinadditiontotheMaximumvaluepreviouslydisplayed.
5)
LicensingSCPILicensinghasbeenadded.
6)
ImprovedPIMSensitivityinPIM&RLMenunowdisplaysreadingsbelow132dBm
(PIMreadingsarenolongerrounded).Userscannowseethatthereceiveris
operationalevenwhilethetransmitpowerisoff.
7)
ImprovedRXSensitivityinRXInterferenceMenuGraphhasbeenmoveddownby5
dBto137dBmtoshowmoreoftheNoiseFloor.
8)
FasterPIMSweepThesecond(reverse)sweephasbeeneliminatedforallPiMPro
modelstospeedupthisfunction.
FIXESandIMPROVEMENTSsinceVersion4.9.1
1)
PIMvs.Time
a. Noncontinuousmodehasbeeneliminatedfrompopupwindow.
b. Pass/FailLimitsCorrectedanerrorinthisscreenthatloadedincorrectpass/fail
limitswhenusingtheDefaultbutton.
2)
SetupMenu
a. SaveSetupPopupwindownowappearstoconfirmthattheStatehasbeen
saved.
b. LoadSetupPass/Faillimitsarenowgloballysaved.ChangestothePass/Fail
limitsinanyscreenarenowproperlysavedandvalidforanytestbeingperformed.
PiMProSoftwareVersion4.13.8RELEASENOTES
FIXESandIMPROVEMENTSsinceVersion4.9.1(continued)
3)
PIM&RLCalculationofVSWRAtlowpowerlevels(+33dBm),somePimProunits
wouldenteracontinuousQUICKCALloop.Thishasbeenfixed.
4)
ManageResourceBackupreportsnowshowsaprogressmessagetoinformthe
userthatreportsarebeingprocessed.Alsothisbackupnowrecognizesoldreports
andnewreports.
5)
ReportMenuSaveReportnolongerallowsspacesorperiods.tobeusedina
filename.Previouslywhenspacesorperiodswereused,itcausedproblemswithhtml
files.
6)
SCPIProgrammingFixes
a. DisplayBlinkingTXONfrontpanelwheneithertransmitterison.
b. TimerEnabledforPIM:TX1:ONandPIM:TX2:ONcommands.
c. CONF:PIM:SETCommandNowallowschangeoffrequenciesmorethanonce.
d. QuickCalCommandAddedtoDIRECTSCPI.
e. ECO?CommandNowreturnsthecorrectvalue
f. DIRECTSCPIAbugwhichcausedalimitationinthenumberofsocketopenand
closecommandshasbeencorrected.