IrriMAX 10.1.3 and Utilities - Release Notes ============================================ Contents -------- - System Requirements - Licensing and Registration - Spanish and French Versions - Installing IrriMAX - IrriMAX Files Location (changed in IrriMAX 8 - please read) - Compatibility with earlier versions of IrriMAX/EnviroSCAN - Known Issues - Acknowledgements - Contacting Sentek - New Features in IrriMAX 10.1.3 - Issues Addressed by IrriMAX 10.1.3 - New Features in IrriMAX 10.1.2 - Issues Addressed by IrriMAX 10.1.2 - New Features in IrriMAX 10.1 - New Features in IrriMAX 10.0.4 - New Features in IrriMAX 10.0 - New Features in IrriMAX 9.1.2 - New Features in IrriMAX 9.1 - New Features in IrriMAX 9.0.3 - New Features in IrriMAX 9.0 - New Features in IrriMAX 8.0.4 - New Features in IrriMAX 8.0 - New Features in IrriMAX 7.1 - New Features in IrriMAX 7.0 - New Features in IrriMAX 6.1 - New Features in IrriMAX 6.0 - New Features in IrriMAX 5.0 System Requirements ------------------- - Display resolution of at least 800 by 600 pixels. - 30MB free disk space. - One of the following operating systems: Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (except Starter Edition) Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (except Starter Edition) Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2003 R2 Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (IrriMAX 7.1 is the last version compatible with Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me or Windows NT 4. IrriMAX 8.0 is the last version compatible with Windows 2000.) - Windows Vista or later to use the "Android Device (USB Cable)" module. - Microsoft Excel 97 or later (only if you intend to use the Excel Module in Data Exchange to read and write Excel workbooks.) - Microsoft Excel 2007 or later (only if you intend to use the Excel module to read and write workbooks in .XLSX format.) - Viewing of the printable version of the manuals requires PDF viewing software such as Adobe Reader. Adobe Reader can be obtained from http://get.adobe.com/reader/ - Creation of Xvid video files from the 2D Imager module requires the Xvid codec to be installed on your system. The codec can be downloaded from http://www.xvid.org Licensing and Registration -------------------------- - IrriMAX will stop functioning if not registered within 30 days. - To avoid premature termination of your 30-day trial license, do not set your computer's clock backward by more than 70 minutes during the period of the trial. - The 30-day trial is instated for all users, including those upgrading from a fully-registered older version of IrriMAX. - There are two license levels for IrriMAX: Standard and Premium. The following software features are only available with the Premium license: - 2D Imager - Mail and Webify of workspaces and graphs - Alerts - Reports - Server mode The 30-day trial license is a Premium license. When the trial expires you will require a license that includes the Premium features. - The Data Exchange Adcon module requires a license that includes the module. Spanish and French Versions --------------------------- - IrriMAX 10 is also available in Spanish and French language versions. Note that only the software has been translated. The installation programs, online help and all documentation remain in English. - The Spanish, French and English versions have separate install packages. You can switch between the different language versions by running the appropriate installer and choosing the Repair option. - Your assistance is requested to improve the quality of the translation. Please send feedback to techsupport@sentek.com.au Installing IrriMAX ------------------ - When installing IrriMAX on a server running Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Services, do not directly run the IrriMAX Setup program. - In Windows Server 2008, choose "Install Application on Terminal Server" from the Control Panel. - In Windows Server 2003 choose "Add/Remove Programs" from the Control Panel and click "Add New Programs". - Windows 2000 Server is not supported - If you are upgrading from IrriMAX 7 or 7.1 with the Mapped Readings module installed, the installer will prompt you to uninstall the Mapped Readings module before installing IrriMAX. The module is now part of IrriMAX and uninstalling it before upgrading ensures that it is removed from the Add/Remove Programs list. - If you are upgrading from IrriMAX 6.1 with the EnviroSCAN Plus module installed, the installer will prompt you to uninstall the EnviroSCAN Plus module before installing IrriMAX. The module is now part of IrriMAX and uninstalling it before upgrading ensures that it is removed from the Add/Remove Programs list. - If you have an Internet download of IrriMAX, instructions for installing it are included on the Sentek web site at http://www.sentek.com.au - The IrriMAX CD has a menu program (Menu.exe) which allows selection of the IrriMAX installer, the "Introduction to IrriMAX" video and other options. - The menu should automatically run when the CD is inserted. If your computer has the AutoPlay feature disabled, the menu can be run manually by doing one of the following: a. Using Windows Explorer, view the installation CD and open (double-click) "Menu.exe", or b. Select "Run..." from the Start Menu and type "D:\Menu.exe" where "D" is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive - To install IrriMAX without using the CD menu, use one of the above methods to run "Setup.exe" from the installation CD, or open "Add/Remove Programs" in the Windows Control Panel and click the "Install" button. - Example databases can be found in the "IrriMAX Sample Data" folder within the Sentek Public folder. See "IrriMAX Files Location" below for the location of the Sentek Public folder. - The default configuration file for the Remote Connection Manager utility has been renamed from RCMW.INI to RCM80.INI for IrriMAX 8 and later versions. If you are upgrading IrriMAX 7.1 or earlier, the installer will install the new file but the utility will continue to use the old one. The new file can be selected from within the utility. IrriMAX Files Location ---------------------- Starting with IrriMAX 8.0, the location for the example databases and various IrriMAX log and settings files is no longer the IrriMAX installation folder, but the new Sentek Public Folder. The Sentek Public Folder can be found at one of the following locations, depending on the operating system: Windows 10, Windows Vista and Windows 7: "C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Sentek" Windows XP: "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\Sentek" During an upgrade from a version of IrriMAX earlier than 8.0, the following files are moved by the installer to the new location: - Sensor.ini (custom sensor information, renamed to Sensor.dat) - Calibration.ini (user calibration equations) - DEX.log (default Data Exchange log file) - RCM.log (default Remote Connection Manager log file) - download.log (log file for LgrDL41) - machine.dat (registration information, renamed to register.dat) Compatibility with earlier versions of IrriMAX/EnviroSCAN PLEASE READ CAREFULLY --------------------------------------------------------- The following issues should be noted if you intend to share files with, or revert to, a previous version of IrriMAX. - The workspace (.sws) files created by IrriMAX 10.1 cannot be read by IrriMAX 7.1 or earlier versions. These versions will report an "Unexpected file format" error. - The graph (.gt, .gss, .gsc, .gsk) files created by IrriMAX 10.1 cannot be read by IrriMAX 7.1 or earlier versions. These versions will report an "Unexpected file format" error. IrriMAX 10.1 will issue a warning when re-saving graph documents that were created using a version of IrriMAX that is unable to read the re-saved document. This warning will also be shown in the "Save changes to ..." confirmation dialog which appears when closing a modified graph document. Please note that IrriMAX attempts to automatically re-save graph documents to keep them up-to-date with database changes. If the database has been updated and the graph documents use the older format, then the "Save changes to ..." warning dialog will appear when each graph is closed. The dialog will continue to appear until the graph documents are saved in the current format. - The soil moisture database (.sdb) files created by IrriMAX 10.1 cannot be read correctly by IrriMAX 5.0 or earlier versions. These versions will report "Could not read one or more conf. tables" when attempting to open a database created by IrriMAX 10, and databases created by IrriMAX 10 will not show up in the scan list of Database Manager. - The naming of Irrigation and Rainfall index files (file extension .wdx) has changed since IrriMAX 5. The index files created by IrriMAX 5 are now redundant and can be deleted. Similarly, if you revert to IrriMAX 5, the index files created by IrriMAX 6 or later can be deleted. It is safe to delete index files because they are automatically generated when needed. - Layout (.sll) documents containing Diviner 2000 databases are not backward compatible with ESW 4.0. Attempting to open these layouts in ESW 4.0 will result in the message "Fatal error (BLOB12). EnviroSCAN will now terminate". - Do not install AutoSDB 1.0 over IrriMAX as it will corrupt your installation. There is no need to do this, because AutoSDB has been part of the IrriMAX package since IrriMAX 5. Known Issues ------------ - IrriMAX cannot be run under the Windows "Guest" account. It will present an error message to this effect. - The Data Exchange Excel module will not work if you are directly editing a cell in any Excel worksheet at the same time as attempting an exchange. It will produce the error "Call was rejected by callee". - Logger Manager, Data Exchange and Logger Download 4.1: RS485 converters driven by RTS (RTS:X setting) do not work reliably due to timing issues. The workaround is to use RS485 converters that automatically switch to 'transmit' when they detect data on RS-232, instead of depending on RTS line toggling. - If you are upgrading from IrriMAX 6.1 or an earlier version, Remote Connection Manager might sometimes fail to hang up the modem when the Cancel button is clicked. This is due to a deficiency in your existing configuration file RCMW.INI. Sentek recommends that you inspect the RCM Site Configuration Devices tab for your modem and ensure that there are sufficient tildes (~) at the end of the Connection Cancel field to generate a five second delay. For example, if the Delay field holds 500 milliseconds, you will need ten tildes at the end of the Connection Cancel field. Also ensure that there are three tildes (~~~) at the start of the Command Mode and Disconnect fields. - When the AutoSDB1/2 Excel client AutoSDB_Sample.xls is started you get the message: "Macros in this workbook are disabled because the security level is high, and the Macros have not been digitally signed or verified as safe." To run the macros requires the security level be changed from the default (high) to medium level, where you get the expected Enable Macros / Disable Macros message. Acknowledgements ---------------- Thanks to Ignacio Puech for his huge contribution to the Spanish translation. Thanks to Agralis Services for their massive efforts in providing the French translation. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/) See OpenSSL_License.txt in the IrriMAX installation folder. Contacting Sentek ----------------- If you encounter any problems running this package, please contact your distributor, or Sentek's Technical Support department at the following contact points: - Email: techsupport@sentek.com.au - Internet: http://www.sentek.com.au - Phone: +61 8 8366 1900 - Facsimile: +61 8 8362 8400 New Features in IrriMAX 10.1.3 ------------------------------ - The 2D Imager module is now included with a Premium license. Issues Addressed by IrriMAX 10.1.3 ---------------------------------- - The "Export Servers" function of the Data Exchange "Sentek Plus/Multi" module failed to produce a .reg file unless Data Exchange was run as Administrator. This was due to Windows User Account Control. New Features in IrriMAX 10.1.2 ------------------------------ - "Temperature Compensation" has been added to the graph's Tools menu. In cases where temperature variations visibly affect soil water content measurement, this filter can adjust SWC by an amount based on the difference between the measured temperature at the same depth and a reference temperature. Correction can be applied to either of the final calibrated SWC values, or to the raw sensor counts. In the latter case, the raw counts are reverse-calculated, so the database must contain the same calibrations and air/water normalization counts that were used to produce the SWC values. These can be extracted from a CFG file created by the Probe Configuration Utility (see below). - An "Import CFG" button has been added to the Logger Dialog, to import air/water counts and calibrations from a matching CFG file created by the Probe Configuration Utility. - The Calibration Registry's "Calibration.ini" file has been updated with a number of new calibrations, more information has been added for some existing calibrations, and many calibrations have been renamed for clarity. After performing an upgrade or repair install, your existing Calibration Registry will now be updated with the new and modified calibrations. Any unique calibrations that you have entered yourself will be preserved. Duplicate calibrations with the same A, B and C values as an "official" calibration will be deleted. (The previous behavior was to leave a pre-existing Calibration Registry untouched.) When you open a database using the Logger Configuration dialog, you are notified with a message if the database contains calibrations that are not in the registry. This has been changed so that there is no warning if the same calibrations exist in the registry under different names. The Calibration Registry dialog will not permit you to save a calibration with the same A, B and C values as an existing calibration. When you close a database in the Logger Configuration dialog, you are warned if your changes to the database have resulted in "orphaned" calibrations that are no longer in the database or the registry. This has been changed so that the warning does not appear if the orphaned calibrations exist in the registry under different names. Issues Addressed by IrriMAX 10.1.2 ---------------------------------- - When Data Exchange downloaded using the HTTP protocol it did not always time-out when communicating with an unresponsive server. - When Data Exchange downloads to multiple destination databases and encounters an error updating a database, it now continues to the next database rather than stopping. - The IrriMAX workspace now correctly remembers the location of windows that were positioned using "Aero Snap". Restoration of two or more of these windows from a minimized workspace no longer causes IrriMAX to flicker and become unresponsive. - The "Android Device (USB Cable)" Data Exchange source module had occasional trouble reading random ESP files on Windows 10. - The "New Database" Wizard did not behave correctly when "Android Device (USB Cable)" was selected and no files were found. A blank entry was added to the database list and the "New Database" Wizard did not reappear. - The Data Exchange SDB Destination module now explicitly rejects dates outside the year range 1970-2037. Support for dates after 2037 will be added in a later release. - Fixed the rare case of Database Entry showing a different sensor's values when there are more than nine sensors with the same address letter, and they are out of order in the configuration. - Fixed the rare case of vertical lines being drawn between isolated points when the graph is zoomed out enough. - Zoom to Vertical Extents did not work when using a custom unit with a negative multiplier. - The New Database Wizard did not recognize .XLSX as an Excel file. - Installation on some Windows 10 machines failed with the error "Windows blocked the installation of a digitally unsigned driver" New Features in IrriMAX 10.1 ---------------------------- - Graphs can now forward-predict the intersection of a soil moisture line with the budget lines. A dashed line is drawn, and a label added at the intersection indicating the estimated time. The following conditions are required to display the predictive line: 1) Forward prediction must be enabled on the Budget Lines tab of the IrriMAX Settings dialog (this is the default setting.) 2) The pane can contain only one graph line. 3) The predictive line must be sloping downward. It is not displayed if it would be sloping upward. The slope of the predictive line is determined by calculating the line-of-best-fit for every continuous 24-hour period within the last three days of data. The steepest descending line is chosen. This ensures that when predictions are inaccurate, they are usually too early rather than too late. - Alerts can be raised based on the predictive lines. To enable this feature, specify an alert time-window on the Budget Lines tab of the IrriMAX Settings dialog. Create your alert triggers as usual. Your alerts will be triggered if the predictive line indicates that the intersection with the budget line will occur within that time period. - New "Android Device (USB Cable)" Data Exchange source module allows download from ESP files stored by a Sentek App on an Android phone or tablet. An option has been added to the "New Database" and Download wizards. This feature requires Windows Vista or later versions. - The Database Entry utility now has the ability to shift the timestamps of a selection of readings. A new time is entered for either the first or last reading in the range, and the times of all readings in the range are then altered by the difference. Select a range and choose "Timeshift..." from the Edit menu. - The Data Exchange Excel module can now read and write the .XLSX files introduced by Excel 2007. This format can store more than the .XLS file's limit of 65536 rows and 256 columns. - The Calibrations tab of the Graph Settings dialog now displays "(Unregistered) " if a calibration exists in the graph document but not in the calibration registry. - New "/resend" command-line switch can be used in conjuction with the "/alertmail" switch to resend all previously emailed alerts. - It is now possible to cancel the download when using the New Database Wizard. - When removing a pane from a graph, the free space is now allocated proportionally between all remaining panes, not just those below the removed pane. - The 30-day trial now allows the use of Premium features and the 2D Imager module. New Features in IrriMAX 10.0.4 ------------------------------ - The Data Exchange Sentek Plus/Multi Satellite module now supports downloading from probes with firmware version 1.2.1, which adds support for Temperature and Humidity sensors. - The RT6 Logger Driver can now communicate using TCP/IP. The RT6 Logger Manager utility and the Data Exchange RT6 source module allow entering a domain or IP address and a port instead of a COM port (e.g. "irrimaxlive.com:77777") - The "Calibration.ini" file has been updated with the following new calibrations: 1) Drill & Drop Clay Sentek 2) Drill & Drop Combined Sentek 3) Drill & Drop Heavy Clay Sentek 4) Drill & Drop Loam Sentek 5) Drill & Drop Sand Sentek 6) Drill & Drop Silty Sand (KTS, USA) To update an existing "Calibration.ini" file, see the "Installing IrriMAX" section above for instructions. - If an "Applied Water" pane contains only Rainfall sensors, the pane legend will read "Rainfall" rather than "Applied Water". Similarly for Irrigation sensors. - The Calibrations tab of the Graph Settings dialog has some usability improvements: All lines are selected by default, the line selection is no longer lost when Apply is hit, and the calibration drop-down and Reset button are disabled when no lines are selected. New Features in IrriMAX 10.0 ---------------------------- Please refer to the "What's new in IrriMAX 10?" section of the online help (under "Before you begin") for more information about the features and changes listed below. - New 2D Imager module for visualizing soil moisture, salinity and temperature in a two-dimensional vertical slice of soil, using data from an array of two or more probes. (This feature is separately licensed.) - Instant online registration and licensing. - All toolbars have been updated. Their size can be chosen on the General tab in IrriMAX Settings. - A "Calibrations" tab has been added to the Graph Properties dialog for panes containing moisture sensors. It can be used to apply a different calibration to selected sensors, without requiring the presence of raw values in the database or recalculating the cooked values in the database. This feature requires that the calibrations stored in the database are correct. The only exception is that, for databases originating from a Sentek Plus or Multi probe, the neutral calibration (named '-' or 'Default Calibration') will be ignored and the Default Sentek Calibration assumed instead. - "V.I.C. Filter" has been added to the Tools menu of the Graph window. This allows the creation of a database containing only those V.I.C. values that correspond to a nominated soil water content, optionally at points where moisture is on a downtrend. - An "Instant Graph" feature has been added to the Workspace Manager which instantly creates a graph for each selected database, without using the Sensor Selection dialog. Databases with moisture readings get a summed, interpolated graph with a stacked pane on top. Other databases get common-Y graphs with a pane for each sensor type. - A new graphing mode "Lines + Points" draws each individual point on a line as a filled circle. This is useful for sparser data, such as obtained from a Diviner 2000 or the new V.I.C. Filter feature. - The graph Stack command has been improved. The lines are now arranged so that they nestle together to make better use of vertical space, while keeping far enough apart so that axis and ruler labels do not overlap each other. - Budget Lines can be set directly from a horizontal ruler, using the ruler's right-button context menu. - The Data Exchange SDB Destination module has a new command- line switch /recalcfromdsc. This can be used to recalculate the cooked values supplied by the source to fit the calibrations chosen in the destination SDB, assuming that the cooked values in the source were the result of applying the Default Sentek Calibration. Only 'A' sensor readings with raw values of 65535 are recalculated. - The Download Wizard supports the /recalcfromdsc switch described above. - The vertical zoom amount can be copied from one graph pane to another. - The Mapped Readings module has two new directives: "MonthCol" and "DayCol" for cases where the month and day are in separate columns from the year. Support for these directives has been added to the Download Wizard. - The Mapped Readings module now ignores space characters at the start of each line of the readings file. This allows space to be used as a separator in cases where the values in the first column are right-justified and might not all begin at the start of the line. - The Mapped Readings module now interprets non-numbers (e.g. '-') as invalid values rather than zeroes. - Server mode is more responsive and the IrriMAXServer.exe "/status" command is now always executed immediately. - Using Logger Configuration Dialog, it is now possible to change custom sensors to use addresses starting with T, F and V. The only unchangeable address prefixes are A, B, S, M, I and R. - The Logger Configuration dialog provides default sensor properties for addresses starting with H (humidity) and P (pressure). - The Logger Configuration dialog now permits changing the depths of sensors when there are readings in the database. - Alerts based on the age of the last reading will now also be triggered if the database is empty or the last reading is more than the specified period in the future. (The latter indicates that the logger's clock or the database's Time Zone property is misconfigured.) - Added the following keyboard shortcuts for graph window functions: Ctrl+N for New Pane, Ctrl+= for Equalize Pane Heights, Ctrl++ for Enlarge Pane, Ctrl+T for Text, Ctrl+E for Enter Readings and Ctrl+K for Stack. Stack now has a toolbar button. - If the Shift key is held down when choosing to stack a separate graph, all stackable panes in the graph window are stacked. - Added two more General Date/Time formats starting with yyyy. - "Select All" added to Workspace Manager's Edit menu to select all databases. Keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+A. - Logger Layout "Select All" now has Ctrl+A keyboard shortcut. - The maximum size for log files has increased from 1MB to 5MB. - If a database is opened for writing and no changes are made, the original file modification time is now restored when the database is closed. - Database Manager's Verify and Scan operations now have a more responsive Cancel button. - The default search method used when downloading from the RT6 logger has been changed from sequential to binary. - The Data Exchange "Sentek Plus/Multi (Satellite)" module no longer requires a separate license. - The ES2 Database Converter utility has been removed. New Features in IrriMAX 9.1.2 ----------------------------- - Support for sensor temperature, humidity and pressure sensors has been added to the Data Exchange Sentek Plus source modules (with the exception of Satellite.) - The Data Exchange SDB destination module will now attempt to match sensors using the probe name and depth, before falling back to the original behaviour of matching on the internal probe id and depth. - The Mapped Readings DateTimeCol directive now recognizes dates of the form YYYYMMDDHHMMSS and YYYYMMDDHHMM. The DateCol directive now recognizes dates of the form YYYYMMDD. The TimeCol directive now recognizes times of the form HHMMSS and HHMM. - The Budget Line Periods report now includes the value of the budget line in the Above and Below headings. - IrriMAX running in server mode is now quicker to respond to commands. Multiple instances now share the same hidden desktop. - Data Exchange now reports the error code when a HTTP or FTP file download fails. New Features in IrriMAX 9.1 --------------------------- Packages - A package is a compressed archive of all files used by a workspace or graph, intended to facilitate easy exchange of IrriMAX files. IrriMAX can extract the contents of the package to a chosen location, and then open them automatically. - Packages can be created either manually from the workspace or graph File menus, or automatically as attachments when using the Mail Workspace or Mail Graph commands. They can also be created when webifying a workspace or graph. - Packages can be opened by browsing in IrriMAX, or directly from Windows by double-click or drag-and-drop. They can be opened directly from email attachments or after downloading from a web page. Server Mode (This feature requires a Premium license) - IrriMAX and Data Exchange command lines can be sent to an instance of IrriMAX running in server mode. This special mode allows commands to be queued and executed on a hidden desktop. A small program called IrriMAXServer.exe is used to communicate with the server instance. Reports (These features require a Premium license) - All graph reports now have the option to output to a text file rather than direct to Notepad. - All graph reports except the Budget Line Periods report can output their values to an IrriMAX database for graphing. - All graph reports now have the option to choose a time range based on growth stages. - The last-used parameters for all reports are now stored in the graph document so that they don't need to be re-entered each time the report is run. - If a single ruler is present on the graph, the start of the range to report will default to the time at the ruler. (As before, if two rulers are present, the time range to report will default to the range between the two rulers.) Alerts (These features require a Premium license) - Alerts can be combined into one email (as before), or sent separately. - You can elect to be notified about only those alerts that are new since the last alert email was sent. - You can elect to be notified when an alert is over. - Alert email messages now contain more information in the subject line, and redundant information in the body has been removed. - Alert emails can now be sent manually from within IrriMAX. - The value of the last reading can be included in a graph-based alert by including "%V" in the user-defined message. - Each alert in an email is now prefaced by a bullet-point ("*" for red alerts and "-" for yellow and green.) This prevents Microsoft Outlook removing "extra" line breaks when the email is viewed. - The /alertmail command-line switch now uses the new alert mailing properties stored in the workspace document. If used without an argument, it uses the email address stored in the document. Webify (These features require a Premium license) - When webifying a workspace with the "Upload when complete" option, it is no longer necessary to specify an Output Folder. IrriMAX will use a temporary folder and delete it after the upload is complete. - It is no longer necessary to specify a full path to the Output Folder when webifying a graph or workspace. Relative paths can be used to specify a folder in a location relative to the graph or workspace document. - FTP upload of webified files now uses two simultaneous connections to improve speed. - The new macro WORKSPACE_PACKAGE_LINK can be used in a workspace webification template to generate and include a package containing the workspace document and all related files. - The new macros GRAPH_PACKAGE_LINK and GRAPH_ZIP_LINK can be used in a workspace or graph webification template to generate and include a package or zip containing the graph document and related database files. - "Webify Graphs..." has been renamed to "Webify Workspace..." Data Exchange - The Data Exchange SDB destination module has a new switch "/logger:" which is used to override the Logger ID provided by the source module. For command-line use only. - The Data Exchange SDB destination module has a new switch "/combine" which is used to combine multiple source databases into one destination. For command-line use only. Miscellaneous - "Upload Workspace..." has been added to the Workspace Manager Tools menu, to permit uploading of workspace files to a FTP server. This feature can be accessed from the command-line using the "/upload" switch. - It is now possible to display "tags" which show the values of the last readings on single-axis graphs, and the distance to the adjacent budget lines as a difference or a percentage on single-line graphs. Access this feature on a pane-specific basis from the Tags submenu of the graph's View menu. - IrriMAX databases (.SDB and .WDB files) are now registered with Windows to be opened by IrriMAX, where they are added to the databases list. - Workspace, graph and layout documents display an asterisk (*) in their title bar when they contain unsaved changes. - IrriMAX now remembers 16 recent workspaces (formerly 4). - Mapped Readings map files are now included in workspace and graph zip files and packages. It is now possible to enter a relative path to the map file in the Download Wizard, to specify a map file in a location relative to the workspace document. - The Logger Dialog now allows a Logger ID of 32 characters for non-RT6 loggers (previously 22) and Site names of 32 characters (previously 29) - The "Advanced..." button on the Webify and Mail dialogs has been renamed to "More Properties..." - The "Calibration.ini" file has been updated with corrections to the following calibrations: 1) Coarse Sand (1.3 g/cm3) 2) Clay (1.01 g/cm3) 3) Mattapex Silt Loam Ap Horizon (1.24-1.58g/cm3) To update an existing "Calibration.ini" file, see the "Installing IrriMAX" section above for instructions. New Features in IrriMAX 9.0.3 ----------------------------- - Supports Sentek MULTI Satellite 2.2 file format. - New Cumulative Values Report, which displays the values from the current pane as a running total. (This feature requires a Premium license.) - Can now run a Graphed Values Report, a Cumulative Values Report or a Budget Line Periods Report from the command-line using new /gvreport, /cvreport and /blreport switches. (This feature requires a Premium license.) - Can now hide or show all comments on a graph by means of a new "Comments" item on the graph "View" menu. - Databases can now be updated while they are open in a graph under another Windows desktop session. - The Time Shift property can now be used on any graph pane. - The maximum vertical zoom-in on a graph has been increased. - The maximum length of a Budget Line name has been increased from 19 to 30 characters. - If a zoom to horizontal extents hits the maximum time range of two years, it now shows the latest readings not the earliest. - When viewing the leftmost extent of a graph and performing a horizontal zoom in, normal behaviour is to zoom in on the center of the window. To keep viewing the leftmost extent, hold down the left arrow while performing the zoom. - The Graphed Values Report now uses the sensor's minimum and maximum values to determine the number of decimal places to use. Invalid and uninitialized values are now shown as "-". - The Data Exchange CSV source module has better detection of bad CSV files. - The final page of the New Database Wizard has better validation and a database folder path relative to the workspace folder can be entered. - Faster loading of IrriMAX executable. - The "Calibration.ini" file has been updated with new calibrations from the Calibration Manual version 2.0. New Features in IrriMAX 9.0 --------------------------- Workspace Manager: - Database Alerts notify the user when the last reading in a database is too old, or contains an invalid value. (This feature requires a Premium license.) - The workspace window can be used to store download commands and perform batch or unattended downloads. Downloads are set up using the new Download Wizard. The functionality of the Data Exchange utility is fully integrated into IrriMAX. - A "New Database" Wizard assists with creation of databases and adding them and their download commands to the workspace. - The Download Wizard can create and update the Mapping Files used by the Data Exchange Mapped Readings module. These files no longer need to be edited by hand. - A time zone can be stored for each database. - Comments can be entered for a workspace. - Graph row sorting (e.g. by fuel-gauge) is now enforced continually. - The Trim/Extract dialog can now completely empty a database. - Remove and Recalculate now allow multiple selection of databases. - Settings for default temperature and volume units of measure. Graph Window: - Graph Alerts notify the user when the last reading is above or below a nominated budget line. (This feature requires a Premium license.) - Various reports can be generated from the graph window, including the time spent between budget lines and an estimate of crop water use. (This feature requires a Premium license.) - Graph panes and pane properties can be copied and pasted between graph windows. - The unit of measure for each pane can be chosen from the default setting, the database unit, or known conversions. A user-defined unit can also be created for each pane. - Growth Stages are now permitted on all panes. - "Enlarge Pane" expands the current pane height by 25%. - New zoom commands for "3 Months", "6 Months" and "1 Year". - Graph printouts are improved for multi-pane graphs. - Hold Shift when choosing from the Zoom Y menu to zoom all panes. - Improved default graph line colors (upgrading users will need to select "Reset All" on the Colors tab in IrriMAX Settings) Data Exchange: - New "Sentek Plus/Multi (Satellite)" Data Exchange source module allows download of readings that have been sent via satellite to a POP mailbox. - The Data Exchange SDB, WDB, CSV, Excel and Mapped Readings source modules can access a source file from the internet if provided with a HTTP or FTP URL. - Various enhancements to the Mapped Readings module, including new HourOfDayCol and multiplier directives, support for a different separator, and use of a comma as the decimal mark. - Various enhancements to the Sentek Plus/Multi source module, including the ability to supply a remote path relative to the path in the Server record and the ability to export servers to a .reg file. - The Data Exchange SDB Destination module now supports appending and modifying normalization history records. It also now allows import of readings from a source with a non-matching Logger ID. The user is given the opportunity to cancel. Miscellaneous: - Database Entry now has a right-button popup menu for changing the number of decimal places shown in each column of data. - Sensor normalization history can be edited. - Database raw values can be back-calculated. - Webify will create necessary folders if they don't exist. - Files can be opened by drag and drop. - Command-line switches to perform downloads and mail alerts. - Command-line switch for generating a log file. - New example workspaces "Celery", "Lucerne" and "Pasture." New Features in IrriMAX 8.0.4 ----------------------------- - Bar graphs now display their values inside the bar if there is enough room. - A "day start time" can be specified for bar graphs whose bar duration is a multiple of one day. - The Registration and Licensing dialog can be used to send updated registration details to Sentek without requesting a Site Key. It can also be used to subscribe or unsubscribe from mailing lists. Hitting Cancel on the dialog now gives you the option to save your changes for later. New Features in IrriMAX 8.0 --------------------------- This list is not exhaustive. Please refer to the "What's new in IrriMAX 8.0?" section of the online help (under "Before you begin") for more information about the features and changes listed below. Workspace Manager: - New database management tab in the workspace window - Live graph thumbnails in the workspace graph list - Default Mail and Webify templates can be specified - Multiple graphs can be sent in a single mail - Mail and Webify feature extended with more options - Drag-and-drop graph row ordering in workspace window - Various workspace window improvements Layout and Logger Configuration dialog: - Irrigation and Rainfall sensor support in SDB files - Sites can be hidden on logger layout - Sensor selection window supports custom sensors Graph Window: - New Bar Graph mode - New Change Bars mode - Graphing restrictions have been removed - Improved line legends for each graph pane - Time offset for a pane allows comparison with historical data - Differencing and totaling in vertical rulers - Separate graph stacking - Arrow-less comments - Expanded integration of graph window with other components - Various Graph User Interface improvements IrriMAX Utilities: - New Database Entry utility - Data Exchange SDB and WDB module enhancements - Data Exchange Mapped Readings Module now integrated and enhanced - Remote Connection Manager supports Windows modems - Remote Connection Manager has improved usability - Database Manager minor enhancements New Features in IrriMAX 7.1 --------------------------- - A snapshot of the workspace and graphs can be saved in a Web- compatible format and uploaded to the Internet or sent by email. The "/webify" and "/mail" command-line switches allow this to be automated. (Note that unrestricted use of these features requires a Premium license. Users with a Standard or Trial license will be able to use the features, but the generated graphics will be obscured.) - The workspace and all related files can be backed-up to a Zip archive in one easy step. The "/zip:" command-line switch allows this to be automated. - Data Exchange "EnviroSCAN Plus/Solo (Folder)" source module now allows download to multiple databases in one operation. Databases are automatically named after each Logger ID, with an optional "Root Name" prefixed. The Folder module has also been enhanced to work with the new SoloPORTER device. It automatically detects .esp files in subfolders, and can interpret filenames which contain only the sequence number (eg 0000789A.esp) - The Workspace Manager "Last" column header can be clicked to sort the graph list in order of irrigation urgency. Summed graphs are ranked according to how close their last readings are to their refill points, in relation to their full points. - Minimized graph windows are hidden. They no longer appear as stubs across the bottom of the screen. - The icons and background image in the Logger Layout window can now be imported from the following image file formats in addition to BMP: GIF, JPEG, PNG and TIFF. - Graph "Settings" is now called "Properties". Workspace Manager "Settings" is now called "IrriMAX Settings". There are new "Tools" menus in the Workspace Manager and the Graph window, containing new features and some items that were formerly in the "File" menus. - Data Exchange can be launched from the "Tools" menu in Workspace Manager. - The starting folder for browsing for graphs, layouts and databases is now set to the folder containing the workspace document at the time the workspace is loaded. - When loading a workspace, if the graph or layout documents can be found in the same folder as the workspace document, then those documents are opened. Otherwise IrriMAX finds the graph and layout documents using the paths stored in the workspace document (as before). - When loading a database from a graph or layout document, if the database can be found in the same folder as the graph or layout, then that database is opened. Otherwise IrriMAX finds the database using the paths stored in the parent document (as before). - Licenses can be transferred from one copy of IrriMAX 7.1 to another using a shared folder on a network, floppy disk or removable storage device. New Features in IrriMAX 7.0 --------------------------- - Support for custom, self-describing sensors in the SDB database file. Readings can be added by the Data Exchange utility, or using the AutoSDB programming interface. - Graphing of readings from custom sensors in new panes alongside existing soil moisture, salinity, irrigation and rainfall data. The readings can be sourced from the same SDB as the other data, or from another SDB. - Ability to define Growth Stages for a summed graph, allowing different agronomic line and region values for different date ranges. - Display of readings from matric potential "M" sensors in the primary pane of the graph window. - Download into a database directly from the graph window, using parameters preserved in the graph document. - Ability to graph irrigation and rainfall from an "unpaired" WDB file, if no "paired" WDB exists for the SDB. Sensors R1 and I1 are automatically selected. - Undo Zoom capability in the graph window. - Preset horizontal zoom ranges in the graph window allow quick zooming to "1 day", "1 week" etc. - Graph rulers now have "Flip Labels Horizontally" and "Flip Labels Vertically" on their right-button context menu. - The site, probe and sensor details on summed graphs have been combined into a single line in the header. - "View Log File.." added to Data Exchange system menu. - The "last directory" memory for databases, graphs, layouts and workspaces is now shared by all the document types. This facilitates storage of all related files in the same location. - Data Exchange "EnviroSCAN Plus" module: This module allows download of moisture, salinity and voltage readings over the Internet from an EnviroSCAN Plus compatible Server. (The readings will have been uploaded to the Server by an EnviroSCAN Plus probe. Configuration of the probe is accomplished by using the "Intelligent Probe Configuration Utility" which is installed separately.) - Data Exchange "EnviroSCAN Plus/Solo (Cable)" module: This module allows download of moisture, salinity and voltage readings from an EnviroSCAN Plus or Solo probe using the front-panel serial connector. - Data Exchange "EnviroSCAN Plus/Solo (Folder)" module: When selected as a destination, this module copies all files from an EnviroSCAN Plus Server or a directly-connected Plus or Solo probe to a folder on the user's computer. Each of these ".esp" files contains a set of readings. When selected as a source, this module allows download of readings from ".esp" files stored in a folder on the user's computer. - Support added for serial ports COM10 and above in all programs. - Logger Configuration Dialog can be used to edit databases which are already opened by graph windows. - Logger Configuration Dialog allows easier viewing of read-only or locked databases. - The Workspace Manager "Controls" column header can be clicked to sort the graph list according to whether the graphs are minimized or not. New Features in IrriMAX 6.1 --------------------------- - Five new ways of displaying Irrigation and Rainfall data, in addition to the original "Rate" graph: The "Amount" graph shows the amount of water applied by each irrigation or rainfall event. The "Hourly Totals", "Daily Totals", "Weekly Totals" and "Monthly Totals" graphs show the amount of water applied during discrete time intervals. The first day of the week and the start time of each day can be modified using the main settings dialog. - The "Onset of stress" and "Full point" agronomic region labels are now user-editable. - The "Reset Graph" button no longer does a zoom to vertical extents. - When new graph comments are first edited, the "" text is preselected for easy replacement with new text. - New graph comments are created using the width of the previously created comment in the same graph pane. New Features in IrriMAX 6.0 --------------------------- - Ability to store Volumetric Ion Content readings alongside moisture readings in the soil moisture database (.sdb) files. Readings can be added by the Data Exchange utility, or programmatically using the AutoSDB programming interface. - Ability to create databases capable of storing volumetric ion content using the logger dialog. - Display of Volumetric Ion Content readings in the graph windows. - Ability to attach annotations (comments) to events in the graph windows. - Ability to attach horizontal rulers to graph windows. - The 'Stick to end of graph' and 'Landscape print orientation' settings are now enabled by default in all new graph documents. New Features in IrriMAX 5.0 --------------------------- - Entry and display of irrigation and rainfall events. These events are stored in irrigation and rainfall database (.WDB) files, which are paired with existing soil moisture database (.SDB) files. The events are shown alongside the corresponding moisture data in the graph windows and can be displayed by the text viewer. - Data Exchange utility provides powerful data manipulation, import and export between a variety of different data sources and destination formats. Includes plug-in modules for RT6, Diviner, SDB, WDB, CSV (comma-separated values) and Microsoft Excel. - Spike Remover to remove unusually sharp peaks and dips from the moisture readings in a database. - Ability to download into databases that are open in graph windows. Graph windows dynamically update with the new data. - Software licensing and registration. - For developers: The AutoSDB2 version 5.0 COM/Automation interface add-on for manipulating SDB and WDB files is now part of the IrriMAX software package. Manuals and example files can be found in the "AutoSDB2" folder within the IrriMAX program files folder. AutoSDB2 incorporates corrections to the type library and expands on the functionality of AutoSDB 1.0 by adding the ability to create databases. AutoSDB 1.0 is still supported, and both versions support irrigation and rainfall database (.WDB) files. For detailed information regarding database creation, contact Sentek.