[+] If the software is installed into the same directory of an old installation without performing uninstallation first, the old configuration such as the color scheme and calibration
data, etc. will be inherited. It is also possible for a brand-new installation to inherit an old configuration if the old configuration file Scins.cfg is renamed to Scins.cfg.old and put
under the new installation directory before the very first run.
[+] Added SPA_THD() API in vtSPA.dll for THD, THD+N, SINAD and SNR calculation for software development.
[+] Added sample codes for using vtSPA.dll in TestDAQ VC# project.
[+] Added sample codes for interfacing to VT IEPE-2G05 in TestDAQ VC++ and VC# projects and LabVIEW Projects.
[+] Added ActiveX automation client sample codes in Python.
[+] Allow Power Spectral Density (i.e. [Spectrum Analyzer Y Scale]>"Energy Per Hz") option even under octave band analysis mode.
[*] Reference Curves will be drawn as "Step" instead of "Line" when Chart Type is "Bar" or "Step".
[+] Added 1/1, 1/3, 1/6, 1/12, 1/24, 1/48, 1/96 octave smoothing options at [Spectrum Analyzer Processing]>"Intra-Frame Processing">"Smoothing via Moving Average". It is possible to
specify a minimum number of points for octave smoothing which is useful for smoothing low frequency portion.
[+] In single-channel 1/1 or 1/3 octave analysis, if [Spectrum Analyzer Chart Option]>"Mark Peaks" is ticked and [Spectrum Analyzer Y Scale] is in dBV, dBu, dB or dBFS, the Y value of
each octave band will be displayed as text as well in the spectrum graph. This would be convenient during EQ processes.
[*] Added 1dB, 2dB, 5dB, 10dB, 15dB, 20dB, 25dB, 30dB, 35dB, 40dB, 45dB, 60dB, 70dB, 80dB, 90dB, 120dB, 300dB, 350dB, 400dB, 450dB, 500dB options for dB scales of Y axis in Spectrum
Analyzer and Spectrum 3D Plot.
[*] Engineering units are added in the Y axis display range options in Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer and Spectrum 3D Plot View Parameter ToolBars.
[*] When [Oscilloscope Processing]>"Digital Filtering">"Arbitrary">"IIR Coefficients" is selected, "FIR Delay Removal" will be unticked by default.
[+] Added DIM option in [Spectrum Analyzer Processing]>"Parameter Measurement">"IMD". The corresponding MultiTones configuration files for DIM30 and DIM100 test signal generation are
also provided.
[*] Insert, Modify, Delete, Clear All steps in Device Test Plan will no more automatically close the opened X-Y Plots.
[+] Added [Sticky Move] option in the system menu of the main window of Device Test Plan. When selected, moving the title bar of Device Test Plan will move all its associated X-Y Plots
together. This option is ticked by default. Similarly, added [Sticky Move] option in the system menu of the software's main window as well.
[+] Added "Frequency Response" options: White Noise, Pink Noise, Arbitrary under Automatic MultiTones Configuration mode of Signal Generator. It will generate FFT-bin-aligned multitones
with the specified frequency response within the specified frequency range.
[+] Added "..." button beside "Mask" in Signal Generator. If clicked, Mask Configuration dialog box will pop up. It is now possible to specify a window function for the "On" duration and
"Off/On Amplitude Ratio (dB)". This can be used to generate various window gated output. By default, Rectangle window is used for "On" duration and zero is output during "Off" duration.
[*] When [Record Length]/[FFT Size] is less than 2 under Coherence Function mode in Spectrum Analyzer, a warning message will be displayed in the center of the Spectrum Analyzer window.
[*] Support Spectrum Analyzer's Inter-Frame Peak Hold or Linear Average for a specified number of frames in Instruction SIO in Device Test Plan when "No Trigger" is ticked.
[+] Added a DDP called NumberOfFrames to show the number of data frame acquired since the start of data acquisition.
[+] Added a DDP called OverallPassFailCheck to show overall Pass / Fail /Nil. If no alarm is configured in all DDP viewers, "Nil" will be displayed (=0). If any alarm is detected, "Fail"
will be displayed (<0). If no alarm is detected, "Pass" will be displayed (>0).
[+] Added [Copy As Text] and [Export] options in the context menu of DDP Viewer.
[+] Added "+Reverse" option in Signal Generator to allow backward sweep after the forward sweep when "Loop" is ticked.
[+] Added Total Distortion and Noise (TD+N) option in [Spectrum Analyzer Processing]>"Parameter Measurement">"Peaks". If selected, the detected peaks will be considered as the multitone
stimulus and the rest will be considered as the total distortion and noise. The corresponding DDPs are: TDN_A(%), TDN_A(dB), TDN_B(%), TDN_B(dB).
[+] Added Blackman Harris 7, Cosine Sum 220, Cosine Sum 233, Cosine Sum 246, Cosine Sum 261 window functions in Spectrum Analyzer. The corresponding 24-bit 1024-point wave files are also
added in \wav\window subdirectory of the software for reference.
[*] Added "N" and "lbf" options in [Setting]>[Calibration]>"Sensor">"Unit".
[*] "-C-" will be displayed at the lower left corner of Spectrum Analyzer to indicate [Spectrum Analyzer Processing]>"Intra-Frame Processing">"Compensation1" or "Compensation2" is
selected.
[*] Added 99.1%, 99.2%,...,99.9% options in Window Overlap Percentage in Spectrum Analyzer View Parameter Toolbar.
[*] Added grid and more axis labels in Spectrum 3D Plot for better quantitative view.
[+] Added [Spectrum 3D Plot Processing] tab.
[+] Added 1/1, 1/3, 1/6, 1/12, 1/24, 1/48, 1/96 Octave options for [Spectrum 3D Plot X Scale]
[+] Added [Spectrum 3D Plot Y Scale]>"Shift Display Range by (dB)" and now it is possible to zoom in/out along Y axes.
[+] Added [Spectrum 3D Plot Chart Options]>"Spectrogram">"Smoothing" option. It smooths the graph along both time and frequency axes through interpolation.
[+] Added Inter-Frame and Intra-Frame options in Spectrum 3D Plot View Parameter Toolbar. It is now possible to split one oscilloscope frame of data into multiple FFT segments and
generate a Spectrum 3D Plot through the newly added Intra-frame option. Intra-frame mode supports two analysis modes: Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT) and Cumulative Spectral Decay
(CSD).
[+] Added [Spectrum Analyzer Processing]>"Intra-Frame Processing">"Circular Correlation" option. If ticked, the Auto Correlation function and Cross Correlation function in Spectrum
Analyzer will change from linear correlation to circular correlation. It can be used as one of the impulse response measurement methods.
[*] The two channels of data used in Cross Correlation computation in Spectrum Analyzer are swapped. When Cross Correlation function is used to obtain the impulse response, the stimulus
should be in Ch. B and the response should be in Ch. A. This arrangement is now consistent with that of the Transfer Function measurement.
[*] The exported text files of Auto Correlation function, Cross Correlation function and Impulse Response in Spectrum Analyzer can now be imported via [File]>[Import].
[+] Added Derived Data Curves (DDC) button in the Instrument & Miscellaneous Toolbar. Maximum 8 DDC windows can be opened concurrently. The following DDCs are available:
(1) Energy Time Curve (Log-Squared)
(2) Energy Time Curve (Envelop)
(3) Energy Time Curve (dBSPL)
(4) Impulse Response Schroeder Integration Curve
(5) Step Response From Impulse Response Integration
(6) Frequency Time Curve
It is possible to apply a 1/1 octave filter from 63Hz to 8kHz or 1/3 octave filter from 50Hz to 10kHz to the time-domain data non-destructively before deriving the above DDCs.
[+] Added [Oscilloscope Processing]>[Parameter Measurement]>"Reverberation / Speech Intelligibility" option. If ticked, reverberation analysis according to ISO3382 and speech
intelligibility analysis according to IEC 60268-16 will be performed. The analyses can be based on either 1/1 or 1/3 octave bands. Parameters that can be measured include Early Decay
Time (EDT), Reverberation Time RT60 (through T20 or T30), Clarity C50 and C80, Definition D50, Center Time Ts, Modulation Transfer Function (MTF), Articulation Loss of Consonants %ALcons
and Speech Transmission Index (STI). The results are stored in DDP arrays: AcousticParameter_A_Array and AcousticParameter_B_Array. They can be viewed as a report through DDP Array
Viewer:
(1) A-Reverberation / Speech Intelligibility (1/1 Octave)
(2) B-Reverberation / Speech Intelligibility (1/1 Octave)
(3) A-Reverberation / Speech Intelligibility (1/3 Octave)
(4) B-Reverberation / Speech Intelligibility (1/3 Octave)
[+] Added [Oscilloscope Processing]>[Parameter Measurement]>[Discontinuity] option. If ticked, the maximum waveform discontinuity value and its time of occurrence will be stored in
DDPs:MaxDiscontinuityValue_A(%), MaxDiscontinuityTime_A(ms), MaxDiscontinuityValue_B(%) and MaxDiscontinuityTime_B(ms).
[*] "iB=oA" loopback mode of Signal Generator allows feeding a signal of more than 1s into Oscilloscope, in order to facilitate impulse response and transfer function measurements using
single-channel mode.
[+] Added Panel Setting Files for ANSI/CEA-2010 subwoofer max. SPL test.
[+] Added Panel Setting Files for single-channel impulse response and transfer function measurements.
[+] "Copy As Text" and Export functions in Spectrum 3D Plot can export data in slices of time or slices of frequency. A pop up message will prompt for user selection.