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Change Log for WL
« on: May 15, 2013, 12:48:15 AM »
Version 6.0.3 Bugs Fixed
•   Replaced .Net 2.0 with .Net 3.5 for Windows 8 compatibility.

Version 6.0.2 Bugs Fixed
•   Fixed bug that occurs when the user clicks “OK” in the “WeatherLink Network” screen for creating a user, even with a pair of valid DID and key.

Version 6.0.1 Bugs Fixed
•   Humidity was displayed incorrectly (as “N/A”) on WeatherLink.com.
•   Monitor II values sent to Weatherlink.com did not include calibration numbers.  Also, in some instances, humidity was displayed as over 100.
•   For APRS data upload, if there multiple servers for the specified APRS site, WeatherLink shall try each of them until the upload is a successful.
•   For Web-Download, WeatherLink now validates initial data from server before proceeding.
•   O the “Set Station Alarms” screen, the error message for invalid “ET Day” value is now corrected.
•   On the “Vantage Summary” screen, the alignment issue for the “Today’s Highs” column and the “Today’s Lows” column are now corrected for Windows Vista and Windows 7.

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Version 6.0.0 Features
•   Program supports the WeatherLink Network Upgrade which allows users to configure the software to upload data to the WeatherLink.com server if they have purchased the “WeatherLink Annual Subscription Plan”. (Not required for WeatherLinkIP.)

Version 6.0.0 Bugs Fixed
•   Communications Port dialog crash when switching between USB and Serial mode.


Version 5.9.3 Features
•   Program can now import Envoy8x data exported by the Weather Data Transfer Utility.

Version 5.9.3 Bugs Fixed
•   APRS data upload operation now tries up to 3 APRS server before giving up.

Version 5.9.3 Bugs Fixed
•   APRS data transfers with Vantage Pro2 firmware version 1.90
•   Slow internet transfer issue introduced in WeatherLink version 5.9.1.
•   Corrected the “Plot” unit label for "Inside Air Density"

 Version 5.9.1 Features
•   Air density unit could be configured as either “kg/cu m” or “lb/cu.ft”.
•   Added communication delay for getting HiLow data and the Time for Internet upload.  Also added some miliseconds delay for getting reply from firmware.  This avoids some of the “Data read error”.
•   USB spike handling is now done by unloading and re-loading the USB Express driver upon drop-out.  If the bulletin is running after USB connection is dropped for a period of time – more than 20 seconds, software shall display error to inform user the loss of connection.
•   “Open Plot” problem introduced in 5.9.0 has been fixed so the “Open Plot” dialog shall show up.

Version 5.9.0 Features
•   USB Connection Dropout issues, which might happen to a nominal number of USB WeatherLink users, has been reduced.  Now even if a “drop-out” actually occurs and re-connection detected a second or later, WeatherLink software will be able to put itself back into a ready state.  Drop out and reconnection activities are logged.  
•   The Vue model is now supported.  This model is similar to the VantagePro Plus model.  But the only supported optional “accessories” are: Rain Collector, Solar Radiation, and UV.
•   WeatherLink software, upon starting, shall create the “Expansion_modules” folder, if it does not yet exist.  That will get rid of the potential problem seen during Expansion module software installation.
•   Information dialog boxes are suppressed for better usability.  That include the following 3 scenarios:
a.   When the WeatherLink program is minimized.  
b.   After the screen saver has been activated.  
c.   If any Active Monitor windows, such as Bulletin, Strip charts and Plot, are running.
•   The “Readme.wri” has been converted to “Readme.rtf” file, in order to be sure that the file type is recognized by more Operating Systems.
•   Web download Password may contain special characters.  Now WeatherLink.com users can safely use those special characters for their password and WeatherLink application software will recognize them.   Here is the complete special character set: “!”, “*”, “\”, “(“, “)”, “;”, “@”, “&”, “=”, “+”, “$”,”,”, “/”, “?”, “%”, “#”, “[“, “]”.
•   Added the ability to set the Wind Direction calibration on the VP2 console, Vue console, or Envoy.
•   Added the ability to synchronize the units used on the VP2 console, Vue console, or Envoy console with the software settings.
•   WebDownload TimeOut has been lengthened from 30 seconds to 60 seconds.
•   “Show indoor data only” mode should be available for all Vantage models.  That is, if the “Show indoor data only” checkbox is checked in the Station Config screen, all “Accessories” sensors information shall be invisible.  Two pieces of “Indoor data” -- EMC and Air Density – have been added to all Vantage Models.
•   Upon entering the “Set Transceiver” screen, the software will check for model mismatch between hardware and software configuration.  The user will be prompted to change the console model in the “Station Config” screen, if there is a mismatch.

Version 5.9.0 Bugs Fixed
•   Right Click on Bulletin now leads to the Summary screen.
•   The “Station renaming” problem has been fixed.  Now stations stored outside the WeatherLink directory can also be renamed
•   Fixed the issue so that WeatherLink, when using a dial-up modem connection, will not dial the modem upon quitting the program.
•   Sunshine/Sunset now will not show time with hours and “60 minutes”.  “60 minutes” shall be rounded to the next hour.
•   For Wind Run, the unit is now denotedas “n mi” (nautical miles) instead of “knots” – this can be seen on the Plot and on the Web Graph.

Version 5.8.3 Features
•   Added the ability to set the Wind Direction calibration on the VP2 console or Envoy.
•   Added the ability to synchronize the units used on the VP or Envoy console with the software settings.
•   Save weather data received from a station when a download is interrupted. The next download attempt does not have to start over from the beginning.

Version 5.8.3 Bugs Fixed
•   Fixed the "Unable to copy log file" pop-up error when logging messages.
•   Fixed the issue where WeatherLink, when using a dial-up modem connection, dials the modem upon quitting the program.
•   Fixed bad error message "Error (-1) on COM0" when testing Comm port with no station attached.

Verson 5.8.2 Feature
•   Updated Silicon Lab direct USB driver and VCP driver to version 5.30 for both Windows XP and Vista.
   
   Version 5.8.1 Bugs Fixed
•   Updated USB driver DLL files, CP210xManufacturing.dll and SiUSBXp.dll
•   Fixed problem with using direct USB driver with Vista.
•   Fixed CRC error when using direct USB communication.

Version 5.8.0 Features
•   Support has been added for the new WeatherLinkIP data logger (# 6555).
•   The Communications Port now supports both a direct USB connection  and multiple connection methods for WeatherLinkIP.
•   The Station Walkthrough has been modified to accommodate the addition of a web station.

Version 5.8.0 Bugs Fixed
•   WeatherLink will crash if it cannot access database files over a network.
   
   Version 5.7.1 Features
•   Updated new daylight savings dates for North America for years after 2006.
•   Calculated hourly rain and last 24-hour rain for APRS.
•   Changed APRS default server to "cwop.aprs.net".
•   Changed Console Diagnostic screen to display console or Envoy firmware version and/or date.

Version 5.7.1 Bugs Fixed
•   Fixed problem with yearly rain fall not showing up correctly on the "Set Yearly Rain" dialog box when the unit was "mm" instead of "inch".
   
   Version 5.7 Features
•   APRS Feature changes - Option of APRS vs. NOAA report has been removed.   The standard is NOAA.   WeatherLink software now sends 2 minute average wind speed and 10 minute gust into the APRS string for NOAA requirement.   For Vantage Pro console, altimeter setting is reported instead of barometer in the APRS string.   WeatherLink now supports rotating APRS server.   The default APRS server is "rotatewx.aprs2.net"
•   Bright Sunshine Hours Report has been added to the reports menu
•   Number of COM ports have been increased to 18 ports

Version 5.7 Beta Bugs Fixed
•   WeatherLink will no longer lock up if database files are readonly.
•   Bulletin bar no longer shows -32.767 if bar value is missing
•   Sunrise/Sunset calculation for Monitor/Wizard does not always default to Pacific Time Zone settings
•   WeatherLink now allows Palm .pdb and capitalized .PDB files to be imported into the WeatherLink software
•   Saving the plot templates now works correctly


Version 5.6 Features
•   Support for configuring VP2 repeaters.
•   Display repeater battery status.
•   Changed layout of the Alarm & Battery Status window
•   Ability to separately clear Day, Month, or Year High and Low data in the Clear dialog. Still does not allow individual sensor high/low values to be cleared.
•   If the Bulletin, Summary, etc. window is open when an APRS upload is scheduled, then additional wind parameters are included in the APRS data packet. The new data is user selectable between a 1 minute average speed with a 5 minute high speed, or a 2 minute average speed with a 10 minute high speed.
•   A table of wind speed data is displayed in the Summary window with Average and High wind speeds over the last 1, 2, 5, and 10 minutes.
•   New HTML tags for Weather Forecast, Moon Phase, Average Wind Speeds (1, 2, 5, & 10 min), High Wind Speed (1, 2, 5, & 10 min),
•   Inside Dewpoint and Inside Heat Index are calculated and shown in the Browser, Plot, and Summary windows. See the instructions below to enable this feature in existing weather station databases.
•   In the Browser window, "Rain" is renamed "Total Rain" and "ET" is renamed "Total ET" See the instructions below to enable this change in existing weather station databases.
•   Following international reporting standards, current wind direction readings of due north in the Bulletin, Summary, HTML templates, and APRS data packets, is reported as 360 instead of 0.
•   FTP uploads attempt to reset the FTP connection on the first failure, and skips uploading the rest of the files on a second (consecutive) failure.
•   Modified Wind Chill calculations between 40 F (4.4 C) and 93 F (33.9 C) to give more "intuitive" readings for temperatures above the upper limit of the official wind chill formula (which is 40 F). The result of this modification is lower wind chill values in the above temperature range than using the official formula.
•   Slight change in the Bulletin Layout for VP Plus
•   8 update profiles are available in the Internet upload feature for increased flexibility.
•   Internet Proxy settings are available in the Internet Configuration dialog.
•   Extend range of Air Density measurement value below 0 C (32 F) and above 49 C (120 F).
•   Added the ability to reset the timestamp of the last data uploaded to Weather Underground, if the Weather Underground module is installed.
•   New USB drivers that can be installed automatically when WeatherLink is installed.
•   Add a Mediterranean forecast zone between 30 N to 45 N and 10 W to 45 E.
•   Updated the default APRS server to arizona.aprs2.net and updated the default password to reflect the WeatherLink version number.
•   Fixed some issues with uploading to Weather Underground.

Known Bugs in 5.6:
•   Will not print in color on a Tectonics Phaser 850 Printer
•   Weather Underground upload is not interruptible.
•   Occasionally WeatherLink tries to send the same record twice to Weather Underground (i.e. the last record of one upload is sent as the first record for the next upload). This generates a "Duplicate key" warning message which can be ignored.
•   When a Plot or Strip chart starts at midnight, the first midnight record is not displayed. This is because it "belongs" with the previous day's data.
•   The progress dialogs for downloads and internet uploads can not be hidden or minimized, even when the WeatherLink program has been minimized.
•   If you maintain your weather station on Standard time, but Windows sets your PC to Daylight savings time (or if for some other reason your station time is different from your PC time), the barometer graph in the Bulletin will have a 1-hour gap between the last data record and the current time. For Monitor and Perception stations, this means that a forecast can not be generated until the Bulletin has been running continuously for 3 hours.
•   64-bit drivers are not available for the USB datalogger. Until they can be provided by our supplier, the USB datalogger does not support 64-bit versions of Windows.

Version 5.6 Beta Bugs Fixed
•   The Forecast HTML tag works for Monitor stations.
•   Fixed problems with reporting negative ISS reception percentages.
•   Added Inside Dew and Inside Heat to the Summary Window
•   Fixed APRS reporting of the new average and high wind values in non-MPH units.
•   Added "Low Console Batteries" warning message to the Bulletin and Summary windows and added the current console battery voltage to the Alarm & Battery Status window.
•   Modified the Wind Chill and Heat warning messages in the Bulletin and Summary to reflect the messages that appear on the Vantage console when the particular weather data is selected on the console, instead of the general message if another variable is selected.
•   Fixed a problem with viewing log files in different directories.
•   NOAA Year reports blank out rain data for months with no data
•   Historical gifs with Week and 2 Week time spans use Windows date format for M/D vs. D/M.
•   Fixed issue with default strip chart templates not being stored in the correct folder.
•   Fixed memory leak generating historical upload graphs
•   Fixed some anomalous High wind speed issues with internet uploads.

Version 5.5.1 Features
•   Includes USB Drivers for Vantage USB support.  (CP2101)
•   Auto Detect functionality in communication setup dialog box.  Used to detect which port the Vantage Console is connected.  
•   Includes Streaming Data Logger Configuration software
•   High/Low Soil moisture values larger than 128 are correctly reported as positive numbers.

Version 5.5 Features
•   Supports Software Expansion Modules to provide additional and optional functionality.
•   The Expansion Module Programming Interface will be published after the final 5.5 version is released to allow 3rd parties to write their own modules. This will involve creating Windows DLLs. C or C++ is the recommended development system.
•   Module Management function added to WeatherLink under the File menu.
•   Supports GLOBE soil data report format.
•   Both WeatherLink and the Expansion Modules use HTML Help. Windows 95, 98, and NT 4 require Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later and the latest version of HHUPD.exe from your WeatherLink CD or from www.microsoft.com.  

Version 5.5 Bug Fixes
•   Fixed the calculation of derived wind values (such as wind chill) when the wind units are not MPH.
•   The toolbar tip window does not create a Taskbar button.
•   Fixed the font printing problem with the Strip Chart.
•   Fixed plotting of ET. The line graphs do not drop to zero at the end.
•   Station communication errors are logged more often. (Where 5.4 only displayed an error message box.)
•   Fixed Weather Underground upload problems with older browsers by using an escape sequence for the space characters in the date field of uploaded data.
•   Forces the APRS call sign to be in upper case. This was requested by the CWOP/FSL administrator.
•   Fixes some errors in Daily Summary calculations that are not visible in 5.4 but are used in 5.5 and the new expansion modules. Please use the "Recalculate Daily Values" command from the Browse menu to fix the values in your current database.
•   Fixed SensorLink and Leaf/Soil transmitter selection in the "Set Transceivers" dialog.
•   Clears out the values in the Sunburn Risk window when the UV Index drops to zero.
•   Add the year to the dates displayed in the Strip Chart.
•   NOAA reports are stored in the Station directory instead of the Program directory so that NOAA reports from different stations do not overwrite each other.
•   UV Dose alarm is displayed correctly in the Alarm Status window.
•   Correctly scrolls the error/download log file display horizontally when there are lines longer than 127 characters.
•   Fixed the bug that causes WeatherLink to crash when you try to set the Latitude & Longitude from the Weather Underground Setup dialog.
•   Fixed loss of newly downloaded data when Windows shuts down WeatherLink.
•   [mm/hr] is shown correctly in the Summary Window.
•   Fixed a Vantage Bulletin display problem in the Current Rain section by forcing the lower limit of the vertical axis to zero.
•   Fixed a problem with year long Internet upload graphs of high / low / accumulation variables that caused an erroneous zero value at the end of the current month when the year is a leap year.
•   Command-line downloading of Monitor, Wizard, and Perception stations work for leap years.
•   Fixed invalid GLOBE midnight records (i.e. reporting 24:00 instead of 00:00).
•   The "Use 00:00" option for exporting data is fixed.
•   Fix Memory leaks in internet upload.
•   Set Transceivers dialog correctly sets Temp Only station on Vantage and Envoy systems.
•   Fix Bulletin barometer graph freezing when a month rolls over.
•   Fixed a bug in the allowed range of ET entry in the Edit record dialog. (0.254 inches is allowed).
•   Valid Barometer values for data entry and calibration are 16.00 to 32.50 inches. Values outside of this range are dashed.
•   Fixed Summary display of High/Low values with inappropriate large negative values. Specifically, soil moisture values greater than 127 or missing temperature sensors.



Version 5.4 Features
•   Support for Monitor, Wizard, and Perception stations
•   Support for sending archived data to Weather Underground
•   Option to download archive data when you start the Bulletin/Summary
•   Duplicate midnight records on export are fixed.
•   GLOBE wind run reported in km instead of m
•   Correctly set Temp and Temp/Hum stations for Vantage and Envoy stations
•   NOAA mean temps are converted correctly from 4.x and 5.0-5.1 weather stations
•   Heat Index range extended to -57 F to 250 F
•   Sunrise Report daylight savings settings are separate from Set Time dialog settings. Automatic daylight savings time adjustments in Sunrise Reports for US, European, and Australian daylight savings times dates.
•   Improvements to Internet features
•   More HTML tags
•   Allow FTP transfer to the home directory
•   Current wind speed gif image will not fill the background blue.
•   HTML Tags only work if the corresponding sensors are present on the station.

Changes from WeatherLink 4.04 for Monitor, Wizard, and Perception Weather Stations
•   New Bulletin features
•   Moon phase Icon
•   Sunrise and Sunset times.
•   Weather Forecast in the Bulletin/Summary for Monitor and Perception stations - Both as a text message and as a forecast icon.
•   Bulletin renames Daily rain on the Monitor/Wizard to CURRENT rain
•   New formula for Wind Chill. Software will show different values than the Monitor or Wizard console.
•   Heat Index value calculated in software is designed to work for cool and cold conditions.
•   New data parameter Temp-Hum-Wind (THW) Index that combines the features of the Heat Index and Wind Chill.
•   (GLOBE) Data Format Support for exporting records.
•   The Internet features of the Toolbox program have been integrated directly into WeatherLink
•   New Internet features include
•   3 independent profiles allow different files to be updated at different frequencies.
•   Internet APRS weather reporting is supported for the Citizen Weather Observers Program
•   Support for sending archived data to Weather Underground