vMeasure Release Notes (2024)

Learn more about the changes in each vMeasure version.

User Operation and Display

• New form for the creation of XETK devices

Measurement Data Acquisition

• ETK: The fill bytes that are introduced when using address granularity, are correctly considered when writing MDFs.

Functions and Scripts

• Pressing <F1> in the Function editor when the cursor is located at a function name will open the help page of the respective function again.

User Operation and Display

• The new input box for searching or filtering in the Data window can be hidden.
• Support of a web-based interface of the Mobile UI, to obtain information about the status of the current project
• The Graphic window now enables the visualization of curves with up to 1,048,576 elements, such as those that can occur in Fourier spectra.
• Filters can be selected for the Symbol Explorer to focus the view on selected details.
• The sequence of characteristic curves in the Graphic window can be taken from the Properties dialog.
• The software update for the Smart Logger has been revised.
• The new testing tool for remote connection integrated in the Connection Manager of Vector Team Service can be used to identify the cause of internet connectivity problems or problems with the Project Collaboration of Vector Team Service. In the event of connection errors, the tool can also be started directly in the backstage.
• The list of Team Area projects can now be filtered and sorted by various criteria in the Backstage.
• Team Areas can now be pinned to the top of the Team Area list in the Backstage.
• The latest version 9.9.0 of CSMconfig is included.

Communication Protocols

• Fixed an error on creating networks without VN hardware being available

Measurement Data Acquisition

• The measurement of indirectly addressed measurements from an ASAP2 description file is supported again.
• Fixed crash due to triggering on Lost events
• Measurement signals with an 1:1 conversion rule can also be transferred to a HiSpeed function.
• Text signals of the system information are stored in MF4 as an ASCII string.
• The function for inserting a comment during a measurement is supported in the "Interactive mode" of a Smart Logger.
• If data was recorded with DHPR in triggered mode, a problem regarding the detection of triggers after pause and resume of this recorder was solved.
• With triggered recording in MF4 files, the data before the lead time is removed from the file.
• Signals from the CSM XCP Gateway can be assigned to different recorders.

Diagnostics

• Diagnostics: Troubleshooting when recording fault memory entries in the MDF file

Multimedia

• Triggered acquisition mode is now supported for GigE Vision cameras.
• Axis cameras now support automatic configuration.
• Crashes when creating certain GigE Vision cameras have been fixed.
• GigE Vision cameras in the same subnet can now be measured.
• Problems with the filename synchronization between AVI and MDF files have been fixed.
• LI USB30-GMSL2 can now be measured without any problems.
• PTP time synchronization now works for GigE Vision cameras.
• Mf4toAviConverter: Problems with converting GigE Vision cameras have been fixed.
• Compression of the MDF activated via the recorder settings, together with a triggered or split recording, could lead to errors in the MF4 when recording using DHPRs. This issue has been solved.
• Videos with H.264 frames and keyframe interval greater than 1 are now supported.
• The BayerGB8 pixel format for Velociraptor GigE Vision cameras is now supported.

Functions and Scripts

• New CASL functions are available for handling and converting times in UNIX and Excel format.
• Formulas can be read and set from Excel tables using new CASL functions.
• You can send CAN messages via CASL even after the measurement has stopped.

Measurement Data Visualization and Manual Analysis

• Binary data displayed as text in the Graphic, Text or Numeric window can no longer be changed accidentally.
• File series can be loaded as a measurement, even if individual files have been edited beforehand.
• The corresponding source is also displayed in the source column for measurements with multiple files.
• The quality of the export of windows and display pages to PDF format has been improved.

Working with Measurement Files

• Exporting MDF files to MATLAB is also possible when there are measurement comment fields with the same name.

User Operation and Display

• Fixed static online state in status bar
• For file selection fields in a panel, the required file can also be selected by dragging and dropping it onto the field.
• Vector Team Services: Improved conflict resolution when several users make changes to a project at the same time
• Project Collaboration of Vector Team Services now prevents switching to other projects during ongoing measurements.
• Project Collaboration: Improvements for failed network connections (better error message and automatic retries)
• Filters now support the placeholder "*", and the sort setting is kept persistently.
• Problems with blocking access to project and configuration files when using Vector Team Services have been fixed.
• The local measurement cursor remains active when the properties dialog of the Graphic window is closed again.
• The assignment of signals or parameters in the link dialog of Panel windows is possible again.

Communication Protocols

• XCP: Support for handling of protocol version 1.5

Measurement Data Acquisition

• The trim function of analog signals can also be used if the signal is not used by display windows or measurement functions.
• The trim function is also possible for analog signals from CSM EtherCAT modules if they are not used in display windows or measurement functions.

Multimedia

• Problems with the visualization of the Axis cameras online status have been fixed.

Functions and Scripts

• If project functions use other project functions, local variables declared outside the function definition are included correctly.

Measurement Data Visualization and Manual Analysis

• The user settings of the Mobile UI are saved.
• When exiting CANape, it is ensured that the Mobile UI server is closed.
• If a Graphic window is copied via the context menu of the title bar, all subwindows of this Graphic window are copied to the clipboard as an image.
• The frequency curve of an FFT calculation can be analyzed in the Graphic window with the help of measurement cursors.

Working with Measurement Files

• Vector Shell Extension now uses cached property values when an MDF file, which was loaded before, is currently locked, e.g. due to editing the file in another application.
• The Measurement Data Explorer is used to access the measurement data.

General Changes

• The installation of the Project Collaboration app in another directory is now handled correctly.

User Operation and Display

• Support of the Smart Logger Management, which allows distributing cloud projects to loggers
• Browser Window: Updated Browser Engine from outdated Internet Explorer control to modern Chrome Engine
• New Smart Logger Backstage for managing projects on a logger
• The user interface of the Project Collaboration of Vector Team Services has been enhanced to include a detail view and now also supports filters, sorting, and pinning.

Communication Protocols

• Support of multidimensionsl arrays for active SOME/IP devices
• Ethernet monitor: Support decoding of Ethernet frames with MACsec header
• CAN monitors can measure signals that are transmitted over ISO-TP.
• A tool for IP-address configuration of Vector devices can be executed directly from HMA.
• Ethernet monitor: Support of interface statistics signals like bus load

Measurement Data Acquisition

• Support for the ZStd and LZ4 compression methods from the MDF4.3 standard when displaying data from measurement files.
• When recording bus signals in MDF4 files, signal values that are not received are marked with the invalidation bit.
• Extended measurement configuration with further Ethernet-related columns

Database

• Ethernet monitor: Support of status tables for SOME/IP

Multimedia

• CANape now writes videos only to MDF files.
• Preview panel of Windows Explorer shows videos of MF4 files.
• Videos can now be recorded with multiple MDF recorders.

Functions and Scripts

• New library functions allow the classification of signal curves after standardized procedures.

Measurement Data Visualization and Manual Analysis

• Measurement data recorded with several recorders can be loaded as one measurement.
• When displaying signal curves in the Graphic window, the display of values marked as invalid can be configured.

Measurement Data Management

• The add-in for vMDM Explorer is now loaded from a central installation directory, which simplifies updating to newer versions.

User Operation and Display

• The latest version 9.9.0 of CSMconfig is included.
• Removed startup dialog with obsolete system settings and performance checks (VSysCheck)
• A communication error between CSMconfig and the Vector software has been fixed. Changes to the CAN bus baudrate are synchronized between the software tools again.
• The sequence of characteristic curves in the Graphic window can be taken from the Properties dialog.
• Improved the display of timestamps in the Write window and the corresponding log file

Communication Protocols

• Measurement of dynamic SOME/IP messages possible, even if no length field information has been defined in the database.
• Fixed an error on creating networks without VN hardware being available
• The XCP timeout (Standard CTO) is considered correctly when using the XCP on FlexRay transport layer.

Measurement Data Acquisition

• With triggered recording in MF4 files, the data before the lead time is removed from the file.
• The measurement of indirectly addressed measurements from an ASAP2 description file is supported again.
• With triggered recording in MF4 files, the data before the lead time is removed from the file.
• Measurement signals with an 1:1 conversion rule can also be transferred to a HiSpeed function.
• Text signals of the system information are stored in MF4 as an ASCII string.

Diagnostics

• Diagnostics: Troubleshooting when recording fault memory entries in the MDF file

Multimedia

• Compression of the MDF activated via the recorder settings, together with a triggered or split recording, could lead to errors in the MF4 when recording using DHPRs. This issue has been solved.

Functions and Scripts

• You can send CAN messages via CASL even after the measurement has stopped.

Measurement Data Visualization and Manual Analysis

• Binary data displayed as text in the Graphic, Text or Numeric window can no longer be changed accidentally.

Working with Measurement Files

• Exporting MDF files to MATLAB is also possible when there are measurement comment fields with the same name.
• The MATLAB export converter also correctly considers the signal source information when filtering signals in case of standard names.

User Operation and Display

• The sequence of characteristic curves in the Graphic window can be taken from the Properties dialog.

Measurement Data Visualization and Manual Analysis

• Binary data displayed as text in the Graphic, Text or Numeric window can no longer be changed accidentally.

User Operation and Display

• The local measurement cursor remains active when the properties dialog of the Graphic window is closed again.
• A serious error when changing the device mode from "XCP IO" to "Standard" has been fixed.

Communication Protocols

• XCP: Support for handling of protocol version 1.5
• Ethernet: Fixed an error in the hardware detection, which prevented the measurement start
• XCP: Corrected the display of UUIDs at measurement start
• CAN monitors can measure signals that are transmitted over ISO-TP.
• Improved the handling with LIN parameters

Measurement Data Acquisition

• The trim function of analog signals can also be used if the signal is not used by display windows or measurement functions.
• The trim function is also possible for analog signals from CSM EtherCAT modules if they are not used in display windows or measurement functions.
• When recording bus signals in MDF4 files, signal values that are not received are marked with the invalidation bit.
• Crashes when renaming recorder file names have been fixed.
• Extended measurement configuration with further Ethernet-related columns
• If data was recorded with DHPR in triggered mode, a problem regarding the detection of triggers after pause and resume of this recorder was solved.

Multimedia

• Various issues with the RTSP device have been fixed.
• Problems with the visualization of the Axis camera's online status have been fixed.
• Problems with the filename synchronization between AVI and MDF files have been fixed.

Functions and Scripts

• If project functions use other project functions, local variables declared outside the function definition are included correctly.

Measurement Data Visualization and Manual Analysis

• When printing or exporting Numeric windows, the font size is kept.
• When exporting individual windows, all settings of the single window print template are considered.
• When displaying characteristic curves as a spectrogram, the curve values are no longer displayed shifted upwards by one unit.
• When displaying signals from file series, the comment markers from all files are also displayed in the Graphic window.
• When moving the measuring cursor in an XY display, no remains of the cursor are left at the top edge of the window.
• File series can be loaded as a measurement, even if individual files have been edited beforehand.

Working with Measurement Files

• Vector Shell Extension now uses cached property values when an MDF file, which was loaded before, is currently locked, e.g. due to editing the file in another application.

User Operation and Display

• Fixed the creeping increase of configuration files due to duplicated settings
• When displaying a characteristic curve in the Graphics window, the Fit command fits the values of the displayed curve.
• VTP version 5.2 is part of the setup.
• Network drives (which may be unavailable) can no longer be selected as base working directories for Team Area projects. The case where the directory does not currently exist will be caught.
• Accelerated configuration of several XCP-based CSM measurement modules connected to the same network
• CSM measurement modules, that directly communicate via XCP, are no longer listed as XCP gateways.

Communication Protocols

• Display of busload for CAN-FD in the signal measurement list
• VX1135: Fixed the calculation of timestamps for CAN and FlexRay channels.

Measurement Data Acquisition

• Measurement functions with input signals from inactive devices are automatically deactivated when the measurement is started.
• When a function result is inserted into a macro, the source name "Functions" is automatically prefixed.
• Triggered recorders that are stopped during recording will still save their measurement file.
• After stopping and continuing triggered recorders, the status line displays the correct state of the recorders.

Database

• Fixed issues on loading databases efficiently

Functions and Scripts

• Function window: The positioning options have been extended.
• In the precalculation function of CASL functions, local variables of the function can be modified.
• The CASL function FitDisplayWindow() can also set the display in Map windows.

Measurement Data Visualization and Manual Analysis

• Saving signals with conversion rules and status text tables into new MDF files is possible again.
• Automatic burst detection when calculating signals with different time rasters must now be activated explicitly using calculation raster "on input".
• In the tabular Text window, a warning is displayed only for timestamps in retrograde.

Measurement Data Acquisition

• VX1135: Correction of timestamp calculation for CAN and FlexRay channels

User Operation and Display

• The configuration dialog for the General Calibration Window and the Chart Window can be opened via double click.
• New members can now be invited to the Team Area directly in the Backstage area.
• The members of Team Areas are now displayed in the backstage as a tooltip.
• GPS devices are supported by the Hardware Mapping Assistant.
• The new Mobile UI and panels can be enabled or disabled.
• Base directory paths that contain characters which are not part of the standard ASCII range are now handled correctly.
• Browser Window: Updated Browser Engine from outdated Internet Explorer control to modern Chrome Engine
• The latest version 9.5.0 of CSMconfig is included.
• Version 5.1 of VTP is included.
• The Graphic Window now supports displaying curves over the time.
• Application warns 4 weeks ahead if license is about to expire.

Communication Protocols

• Improved automatic restart of the measurement in case of XCP starting with version 1.3.

Measurement Data Acquisition

• Components of structures can be assigned to function inputs.
• During the automatic optimization of the measurement list, structure components are only grouped together if they have the same measurement mode.

Database

• Ethernet monitor: Support of status tables for SOME/IP

Functions and Scripts

• HiSpeed measurement functions are calculated even if none of their outputs are used any further.

Measurement Data Visualization and Manual Analysis

• When moving the measurement cursors in the Graphic window, the exact time of the markers is also displayed in the time legend.
• With "Display from measurement file", array signals from MDF files are no longer assigned to scalar signals in the measurement list, even if they have the same signal name.
• The properties dialog of structure components from bus messages now shows the group properties of the message.

Measurement Data Management

• For the display of comment fields of an MDF file in Vector Shell Extension, a limit on the number of lines has been introduced to avoid performance or memory problems.

Option DIAdem

• Support of Diadem 2023 Q2 with the options Diadem and Diadem - Basic
• An error regarding working with CAN FD and FlexRay in parallel was solved.

User Operation and Display

• It is now possible to drag and drop objects from the legend of the General Calibration window and the Chart window.
• Users can now choose whether to immediately switch to the project or not when adding a project to a Team Area.
• The axis range for the option "Align bars to zero" in the Chart window has been adapted to always include the zero line.
• Version 9.4.1 of CSMconfig is included in the installation package.

Communication Protocols

• Hardware Mapping Assistant: Improved opening of the profile editor
• Hardware Mapping Assistant: When creating a new device, the selected channel is correctly applied to the project.
• Improved startup time for projects with many networks
• Hardware Mapping Assistant: Improved startup time of the background server
• XCP: Improved handling of DAQ time synchronization
• Ethernet Monitor: Newly connected hardware of the VN Family is now detected directly.

Measurement Data Acquisition

• Erroneous messages in the CAN FD network have been removed.
• Configuring trigger lead times below one second for MDF4 recorders no longer results in increased processor load.

Diagnostics

• Diagnostic: Improved handling of missing OBD connection

Multimedia

• Mf4toAviConverter: Support of H.264 and JPEG

Functions and Scripts

• Signals can be removed from the measurement configuration with the help of a label list.
• The Function window supports printing.
• Function window: The linking of two functions is still kept when linking via the Function Configuration dialog.
• An error was fixed that occurred when processing data blocks with HiSpeed functions.
• CASL measurement functions can shift their result into the future by setting the time.
• When assigning unused signals to a function, the necessary measurement object is now created.
• The new CASL function XlsSetCellHyperlink() can be used to insert a hyperlink into a cell of an Excel file.

Measurement Data Visualization and Manual Analysis

• The new CASL function FitDisplayWindow() can be used to customize time and value axes of Graphic windows.
• Even when setting the global measurement and difference cursors in quick succession via CASL script, the columns for the values at the cursor positions display the corresponding values.
• The display of the signal number can also be deactivated in the XY display.
• The default layout for the Chart window has been adjusted. Now, only the legend and the graphic view are visible.
• The display of signals in Graphic windows in the "Display from measurement file" mode also works if the window contains a comment signal without values.

Working with Measurement Files

• Axis values of curves and maps can now be exported to ASCII and Excel.
• A new option allows measurement files to be opened in read-only mode.
• Exporting signals to an MDF4 file is possible even with data blocks larger than 2 GB.
• Fixed restoration of unfinalized MDF3 files containing more than 255 groups
• The export to ASCII or Excel works correctly for very small time grids with interpolation.

Measurement Data Management

• If vMDM local is deselected during installation, no further prerequisite packages pertaining to it will be installed.

Measurement Data Acquisition

• Time synchronization: Fixed an offset error which could occur after restarting
• An error which occured when reading bus databases, and which, in rare circ*mstances, could lead to a program termination, was fixed.

User Operation and Display

• Support of Vector licenses designed for CI system automation
• Renaming the Software vMeasure exp to vMeasure.
• Project configurations can be shared via Vector Team Services in protected Cloud Team Areas.
• The new Chart window visualizes statistical frequency distributions as bar or line charts.
• Team Area owners can delete projects of other (e.g., removed) members.

Communication Protocols

• Optimized the usage of XCP 3.1 TIME_CORRELATION_PROPERTIES
• Ethernet Monitor: It is possible to limit monitoring to specific VLANs
• DAIO: The new devices from the VN56 family are supported (VN5610A/VN5620/VN5640/VN5650)
• When using the HMA option, the channel assignments of the project will be stored in corresponding profiles, which simplifies the handling of channels.
• Realization of faster start of XCP measurement

Measurement Data Acquisition

• The measurement signal list can also be exported to a new configuration file (CNA).
• The RECORDER macro has been expanded to output the start time of the recording of the current file.
• During measurement, the content of file folders can be added to an MDF4 measurement file as attachments.
• Introduced a system information device for a Smart Logger

Calibration

• It is possible to set custom axis labels in the General Calibration window.
• In the General Calibration window, the value column can be placed in front of the additional columns.

Multimedia

• Context/reference camera measurement has been reworked from the ground up to improve performance and implement missing multimedia features.

Functions and Scripts

• The new demo project eMobilityAnalyzer showcases the eMobilityAnalyzer function library.
• The maximum number of fast calculation functions is no longer fixed. Instead, it scales with the number of threads. For each CPU thread, up to 7 functions can be computed during the measurement.
• Function parameters can be adjusted during measurement.
• CASL scripts can be used to access the results of measurement functions.
• The execution time of function code in virtual signals and measurement functions can optionally be measured and analyzed.
• For functions with arrays as result, the axis labels can be set programmatically in the initialization routine.
• New version of the eMobilityAnalyzer (Version 1.0.4) including new functions such as PhaseAnalysis()
• Initial values can be specified for inputs of measurement functions, which are used as long as the input signals do not yet provide any measured values.

Measurement Data Visualization and Manual Analysis

• The violation of value range limits can be visualized in a variety of ways using the Numeric window.
• The limits of measurement signals can be customized globally or locally in a Numeric window for displaying value range violations.

Measurement Data Management

• vMDM 4.0 client with support for Vector Team Services integrated.