SquirrelView Development Release Note
 
Release Date: January 2020 
 
NOTE: Please read this document before installation
 
Operating Systems
SquirrelView supports the following operating systems:-
 
  Windows 7 and above (32-bit & 64-bit)
  
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V3.9.1 2020

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
This release is identified by the 1996-2020 copyright date found in the ‘About SquirrelView’ window which is in the ‘Help’ drop down menu.
 
Communication
 No change
 
Export
 No change
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 No change
 
Logger Support
  No change
  
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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Exception error seen when starting the Logger Setup tool after 1/1/2020
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V3.9.1

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 Application installer now compatible with Windows 8.0 and 8.1. No changes were required to the application itself.
Communication
 No change
 
Export
 No change
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 No change
 
Logger Support
  No change
  
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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None
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V3.8.13

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 Updated the French language text used across the complete application
  Removed Classic cure option from PaintView Cure Parameters tab in Logger Setup to simplify selection
 Renamed Universal Cure to Cure Index on the PaintView Cure Parameters tab
Communication
 No change
 
Export
 No change
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 No change
 
Logger Support
  No change
  
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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CR  14616 Corrected error when trying to import a csv or txt file into Squirrel View Plus.
CR 14648 Corrected cure calculation quick report which was incorrectly calculating temperatures in Degrees Fahrenheit.
CR  14859 Corrected error in Trigger when using Degrees Fahrenheit
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V3.7.6

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
  Added a selection of sample setup and data files to the installation
  Arranged for the language selection made during installation to be propagated to SquirrelView
 Added support for B, C and D type thermocouples
 
Communication
 No change
 
Export
 No change
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 No change
 
Logger Support
  Updated the USB driver for the OQ610 logger to be 64-bit Windows compatible
  Digitally signed the OQ610 USB driver package
 Added support for the restricted keypad lock configuration
  Added support for 2020 / 2040 loggers with graphic display
  Improved the support for selecting firmware during reprogramming
 
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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V3.6.6

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 Modified the appearance of the Assistant buttons
 
Communication
 Improved the reliability of modem communication for large data downloads
 Added support for ad-hoc wireless networks to the configuration of inbuilt wireless Ethernet
 
Export
 No change
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 Added the QuickGraph / FullGraph menu item and toolbar button
 Added checkboxes to the legend in Analysis to show / hide individual channels
 
Logger Support
 No change
 
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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CR14255 Removed the option to not run SquirrelView on the finish page of the installer. It now always runs for the first time at the end of installation
CC1936 Changed cure ACT and BCT times to display as time intervals rather than times in Analysis and Report
 
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V3.5.9

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 No change
 
Communication
 No change
 
Export
 No change
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 Moved the display of the paint cure calculation to a convenient dedicated tab
 Modified the run description for the quick report feature and the report title for the custom report feature
 
Logger Support
 Added the facility to reformat the logger internal memory to 16, 32, 64 or 128 MB, up to its maximum size
 
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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CR14229 Improved the display of the paint cure calculation
CC1858 Improved the reporting of the paint cure calculation and added BCT and ACT times to the Universal Cure algorithm
CC1890 Modified the template feature to retain graph title and run description from the data
 
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V3.4.5

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 Grant Downloader now runs with standard SquirrelView (no requirement for SquirrelView Plus)
 
Communication
 Improvements to Ethernet selection
 Added support for configuration of inbuilt wireless Ethernet
 
Export
 No change
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 Added support for the new Universal Cure algorithm in the paint cure calculation
 Improved the behaviour of notes
 Improved the deriving of analysis file names
 
Logger Support
 Updated the 20xx USB drivers based on the latest release of FTDI drivers for Windows of 20 Mar 2008, incorporating support for Windows Vista
 
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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CC1653 Corrected the handling of early events in the data stream reporting data file corruption
CC1687 Fixed a bug preventing download of logger data files greater than 32767 KB in size
CR14074 Corrected the behaviour of metering with gauges and dials
CR14081 Improved the clean up in the event of finding data file corruption such that subsequent non-corrupt data files are not reported as corrupt
CR14123 Constrained the trigger width sample count on the Edit Channel Trigger form to be between 1 and 255
CR14156 Corrected the handling of consecutive events in the data stream
 Fixed a bug relating to timestamping of data in overwrite mode resulting in reporting of data file corruption
 Fixed a bug where the trigger B sample count was being initialized with the data for the trigger A sample count during the input of a setup file
 
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V3.3.5

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 Improved installation/uninstall script
 Introduced user-defined thermistor range type
 Added common mathematical functions to calculated channels
 Added Sum logging method
 Added enforcement of the separation of higher single-ended voltage channels from other channels
 Added dotted blue lines in the setup screen to indicate the pairing of channels
 
Communication
 Added the ability to launch the Finder tool from the in-built Ethernet screen
 
Export
 Arranged for the “Export - Replace No Readings with #N/A” option to be on by default
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 No change
 
Logger Support
 No change
 
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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CC1387 Corrected Alarm D setup screen
CC1396 Corrected display of decimal places in Online Metering
CC1460 Fixed a problem in the logger auto-detect mechanism
CC1474 Improved handling of numbers with respect to regional settings during Export to Excel
CC1480 Corrected the separation of date and time values into separate date and time columns
CC1518 Fixed a corrupt data problem when pause / continue events have no intervening data
CC1541 Fixed a problem in the reading of data for the SQ1000 series
CC1554 Corrected a problem in the handling of decimal places for scaled ranges
CC1556 Improved the handling of decimal places on the y-axes in Analysis
CC1612 Fixed a problem in the downloading of runs from the SQ610
CC1692 Added backward compatibility for analysis files from SquirrelView V3.2 and earlier
 
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V3.2.4

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 Improved installation/uninstall script
 Improved messages if downloader not installed, wrong type of 20xx selected in Analysis/Export
 Allow 20xx display to be permanently on ((Diagnostics->SquirrelView->System)
 
Communication
 Added support for inbuilt Ethernet functionality which now comes as standard on SQ2020 2F8 and SQ2040
 Improved labeling of optimization settings
 
Export
 Ability to split date and time column in export to Excel (CC1288)
 Ability to split header from data in export to Excel to aid graphing
 Option to replace ‘No Readings’ with ‘#N/A’ which is ignored by Excel when charting (Diagnostics->SquirrelView->System)
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 No change
 
Logger Support
 !! Support for new SQ2010 Squirrel. See http://www.grant.co.uk/Data+Acquisition/ for more details !!
 
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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CC1362 Possible to lose one column of data in export to Excel
CC1376 Problems with switching between Ethernet and other connection types in ‘My Loggers’
 
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V3.1

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 Language support for Italian and French
 
Communication
 Added support for Elpro 805/905 Radio Modems
 
Export
 Exported output made more consistent with Analysis output
 Improved support for international regional settings
 Option to replace ‘Calibration’ with ‘#N/A’ which is ignored by Excel when charting
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 Improved Data Creator to allow joining of runs in series as well as parallel
 
Logger Support
 No changes from previous version
 
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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CC948 Fixed issue of sending a setup to a 600 logger when using Italian (Italy) regional settings
CC998 Fixed Export output issue where 2E+38 was being displayed instead of calibration
CC1007 Verified and corrected translation problem with Cure Parameter Conflicts screen
CC1026 Error can occur on 2nd communication retry during metering
CC1068 Better information supplied when sample Intervals A to D are not multiples
CC1228 Fixed problem on Event channel data not being exported correctly
 
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V3.0

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 Language support for German and Spanish
 Improvements to SquirrelView GUI, e.g. Analysis Graph Settings
 Facility to use Windows “My Documents” for location of datafiles, setfiles etc.
 Addition of Grant Downloader application (To be installed separately from the SquirrelView CD)
 
Setup
 For 20xx loggers thermistor and single ended voltage ranges are allowed on same block
 On entering setup, the attached 20xx logger (if connected) is compared with the selected logger for a correct match
 
Metering
 Settings options made more consistent with Analysis settings
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 Once a data file is imported into analysis that data is now referred to as an Analysis File
 Analysis File name now uses the data file name as default rather than the Run/Job description
 Removal of Summary tab which has now been replaced with “Analysis File Properties”
 Analysis Folders, to allow the user to group Analysis Files together
 Ability to rename Analysis Files
 Data source is now included into Analysis File Properties
 Improved interfaces for adding and editing of Cure Parameters, Oven Profiles and Tolerance Curves
 Graph Cursor, if enabled, now follows the readings table when readings double-clicked
 Re-organization of the menu structure
 Creation of Templates made easier
 
Communication
 Increased 20xx USB Download Speed (requires V3 firmware or later)
 
Logger Support
 Support for the NEW 610 and 4F16 Loggers
 SquirrelView V3 is fully compatible is previous 20xx loggers versions
 
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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CC945 Error 13 whilst metering and using either gauges or dial on international regional settings
CC615 No functionality from Various Assistant button due to unregistered controls
CC677 Error 13 reported whilst using data creator on 1023 data files
CC728 Graph is not showing single data points when followed by actions/ enclosed by events
CC769 Calculated channels are logged on every interval when metering regardless of whether they should be or not
CC820 Manually pausing the logger before logging the first readings causing decoding issues
CC863 Decoding error for 10xx/800/400/6xx data files which contain channels of all zero value readings
CC898 Exporting to Excel doesn’t process all runs correctly in a multi-run data file. Each run now has it’s own book
CC919 On sending a Set up containing out of range EU parameters caused an error 53
 
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V2.02

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 Support for new SQ2040 Squirrel
 Double-click on datfiles to open directly into Analysis/Export
 Much improved ‘Direct to Excel’ export speed
 Revised Help
 
Setup
 Support for SQ20xx 100Hz logging (2F8 & 2F16 only), sensor power timers and full display lock
 ** Above features requires V2 firmware, included on the SquirrelView disk / web download
 
Metering
 Quicker method to change manual Y-axis settings (CC452)
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 Analysis ‘Job Creator’ allows data from two datfiles to be added together or data extracted by time
 Various improvements to Analysis
 Archive/Restore file path stored by SquirrelView (CC538)
 
Communications
 Support for new Netport Ethernet to Serial adapter
 
Logger Support
 No changes from previous version
 
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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CC397 Possible lock up if errors in SQ20xx calculated channel formula
CC469 Decimal place differences in SQ1200 Analysis/Export and non-UK regional settings
CC450 If data is received out of Sequence, SquirrelView may not error correct (GSM/remote comms)
 
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V2.01

The following summarizes changes from previous version

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 New ‘Current login user’ install mode to make various SquirrelView settings unique to login id
 Current login user mode reduces amount of PC admin rights required to run SquirrelView
 Added ‘My Logger’ feature to Logger Selection
 Added ‘Action after download’ default setting to download settings for non-automatic downloads
 Updated Help
 
Setup
 Minor changes to 606 setup to make more intuitive
 6 stored setups and Logger languages in 2020 Setup (requires 1.1 Controller firmware, available June 04)
 Simplification of 2020 Scaled Range setup
 
Metering
 No changes
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 New layout added into 606 Quick Reports
 Ability to add custom logos (image) to 606 Quick Reports
 Copy Statistics, Run and Channel Info to windows clipboard
 
Communications
 Improvements to 400,800 and 1000 series communication reliability
 
Logger Support
 No changes from previous version
 
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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CC401 Comms problems due to regional setting issue
CC397 Problem with calculated channel decimal places (regional settings)
CC339 Decimal points not showing in export to Excel (regional settings)
 
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The following summarizes V2.xx changes from SquirrelView version 1.xx

 
Functional Changes:-
 
General
 Simplified install & communication wizards
 Clearer Assistant options and pull down menus
 Various screens made more consistent across logger range
 Added ‘Export direct to Excel’ feature to Standard version (previously plus only)
 Various minor feature improvements
 Improved Help
 
Setup
 Ability to hide channels not setup
 Send setup and start logging on one click
 Ability to add additional toolbars
 Allow re-ordering of channel setup grid columns
 
Metering
 Pre-selected 16 colors for graph lines rather than random (Plus only)
 Vertical grid lines removed as default to make graph clearer (Plus only)
 Improved support for direct to excel capabilities
 
Analysis (Plus only)
 Pre-selected 16 colors for graph lines rather than random
 More characters allowed in user notes
 Allowing easier deletion of Templates and Tolerance Curves
 Feature to assist in locating Alarms, Events and other reading types associated with Actions and Triggers
 
 Due to major changes being made for international compatibility, a seamless upgrade is not available from
 versions 1.03 or older. The SquirrelView system folder will be deleted removing all runs and data previously
 imported into Analysis. However, the original data files will remain (in the dat files directory) and can be
 re-imported with this new version.
 
Communications
 USB communication added for new SQ2020 Logger
 Improved messages in the case of communication problems
 
Logger Support
 No support of 8 bit loggers
 1200/50 Loggers only supported in SquirrelView Plus (enable in Tools-Preferences)
 No support for 2400 & 4800 baud rates
 
 
Problems Fixed:-
 
Ref Description
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CC121 Customer Feedback form doesn’t fit on 800*600 screen resolution
CC134 SquirrelView does not correctly handle situations where the a: drive is accessed but no disk
CC135 Event state format cannot be changed on 400 and 800. Defaults to 11111111 and gives no output in metering to excel. Only if you set it to 0/255 from the logger front panel does it work
CC152 If regional settings are changed after SquirrelView installation that results in the decimal point symbol being changed (coma to dot or visa-versa) 'Error 6' is displayed when trying to start the program

CC158 Request for Event Text to be displayed on graph
CC198 If an oven zone doesn’t fit the amount of data in it, then SquirrelView hangs up
CC198 Can use advanced report with SQ800 but unable to email, can we have save to clipboard so we can send as email?
CC198 No info on how to setup track speeds and speed is only in whole numbers, i.e.: 1m, 2m per min
CC217 Cannot talk to the OQ606 using the local Regional settings
CC303 Problems graphing downloaded data, direct to excel, due to incorrect formatting of data
 
CRxxx Potential setup issue found with older 1000 series firmware. Seen in v2.0 build 214
 
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Modems
 
SquirrelView has been validated with modems from various manufacturers however we recommend the use of the following:-
 
 US Robotics 56K Fax Modem V90/92 (using the MS Windows Standard Modem Driver)