New Installation of Vision Software

Version 5.46.1 - Minor Update

• Fix a startup issue that did not allow an unregistered DataSet to register properly when Vision is opened from the DataSet file..
• In the Hysteresis Task, when the DRIVE signal is specified in units if Electric Field (kV/cm), the exported DRIVE signal vector was given in units of Volts, although the column heading is correct.
• In the Hysteresis and Curve Energy Tasks, when the DRIVE signal is specified in units if Electric Field (kV/cm), ±Ec (kv/cm) was being misscaled and misreported to all export formats.
• In the Curve Energy Task, for bipolar measurements, any programmed DC Bias (V or kV/cm) was not being applied to the actual DRIVE signal.

Version 5.46.0 - Intermediate Update

• Vision can now be accessed under multiple users without updating the registry.
• Add the Trek 615-10 amplifier.
• For Advanced Piezo with Polytec Laser Vibrometer selected:

• • Ensure that either the VibroOne or the IVS-500 is always selected
  • Fix an issue in which Error (600) was being reported for a condition that was not an error.

• For the Piezo Filter Task:

• • Fix normalization to the maximum or minimum (maximum negative) value. This was failing under certain circumstances.
  • Add an option to invert polarization (µC/cm2) data.  Cantilever data taken with the Dual E31 test fixture can have polarization (µC/cm2) data inversely related to displacement data. This option allows the data to align.

• For the CS 2.5 and Generic Magneto-Electric Response Tasks, update X-Axis selection labels for clarity.
• This intermediate update primarily accompanies significant internal changes to the Vision program.

Version 5.45.3 - Minor Update

• For the Advanced Piezo Task, using a Polytec laser vibrometer:
  • The Read Polytec button was enabled, and a number of important labels were disabled, in the Polytec configuration dialog when the Task is recalled from a DataSet Archive. These have been adjusted.
  • Various actions with the Polytec configuration dialog resulted in intermittent and unpredictable program crashing. This has been repaired.
• For Hysteresis-based Tasks, with a sinusoidal DRIVE Profile Type, calculation of the sample Capacitance (µF) and Normalized Capacitance (µF/cm2) was assuming a constant dV and presenting incorrect data vectors for display or exporting. dV is not constant for a sinusoidal waveform. This bug has been corrected.

Version 5.45.2 - Minor Update

• Hysteresis Task:
  • The Frequency (Hz) was being reset to default after configuration in the "Continuous Sine" DRIVE Profile Type. This has been repaired.
  • Capacitance (µF) and Normalized Capacitance (µF/cm2) were both being miscalculated by a factor of the Sample Area (cm2) when columnar data are exported to text or directly to Excel. This has been repaired.
• These repairs to Advanced Piezo, with a Polytec laser vibrometer selected:
  • The user was being prompted to click the Read Polytec button, unnecessarily, when the Task is recalled from a DataSet Archive.
  • Displacement and velocity gains and bandwidth settings were not being properly recalled from the DataSet Archive and were not being displayed on the Data Presentation Dialog.
  • Clicking the Read Polytec button, with no Polytec laser vibrometer connected or powered, will return two warnings after a delay of twenty seconds. If the button were clicked again before the warnings appear, Vision would crash.

Version 5.45.1 - Minor Update

• Calculation of Dielectric Constant (Keff) has been corrected throughout Vision Tasks.
• Several corrupt Customized Tests have been reconstructed or removed from distribution.
• Vision copyright date and About dialog have been updated.
• There are several other very minor changes, updates and repairs.

Version 5.45.0 - Intermediate Update

• Hysteresis-based Tasks can be configured to Period (ms) of up to 60,000.0 ms. This is available only for the Precision LC II as of this release, but will be extended to the Premier II, Multiferroic II and pMEMS soon.
• For all Precision testers except the RT66C the maximum Pulse Width (ms) is 1000.0 ms. For the RT66C, it is 500.0 ms. However, Vision was allowing up to 10,000.0 ms to be programmed. The limit is adjusted to 1000.0 ms for all Pulse Tasks.
• Adjustments have been made to the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) to allow the latest revision (Rev I) of the 100.0-Volt internal amplifier to be identified.
• The Sorting Filter Task has several new User Variables added to allow for improved Test Definition automation.
• The If/Then, Else and Endif Tasks have had their icons adjusted to stand out in a Test Definition. Their primarily color is now blue, rather than the common purple color of most Task icons.
• The If/Then Task has had a user-programmable prompt added that appears during manual execution.
• All Tasks are updated to 5.45.0.

Version 5.44.3 - Minor Update

• Vision startup dependency on registry entries has been eliminated. There are two consequences:
  • Vision hosts with multiple users no longer need to update the registry for each user.
  • Vision will no longer operate on 32-bit Windows hosts. Do not update if you are running under a 32-bit Windows host. Consider updating your host computer.
• The Free-Space Permittivity Constant has been fixed throughout Vision when calculating dielectric constant. An error in the previous constant was causing a calculation error of less than 1%.
• Adjustments and corrections have been made to Polytec Laser Vibrometer configuration in the Advanced Piezo Task.

Version 5.44.2 - Minor Update

• Final updates to the default cursor setting and to the associated mouse position/cursor position labels
• The Enable High Current control has been removed from Hysteresis Task configuration. This control is for future development, does nothing and should not have been shown in the Vision 5.44.1 release.
• Minor corrections to data labeling in Transistor Curve Trace Task exporting.

Version 5.44.1 - Minor Update

• Vision 5.44.0 introduced an error into the Leakage Task - and, by extension, the I/V Task. The error is corrected in Vision 5.44.1
• The latest plotting library does not permitted data point labels to be switched on in the right-click menu. For Filter and Long-Duration Measurement Tasks, a Show/Hide Data Labels button has been placed in the right-hand Task Report window of Filter-Type Tasks.
• For Measurement Task Data Presentation Dialogs, the data point may be labeled by placing a cursor at the data point in question. By default, the mouse-position cursor is enabled. Global default cursor selection has been added to the Data Plotting menu and to the Data Plotting tab of the Options... dialog.

Version 5.44.0 - Intermediate Update

The hold on new Vision releases, in place since December 2022, has been lifted. This update consists of a number of minor changes. As a result of the lengthy delay, this is an intermediate version update, although the accumulation of changes is small.

• Add Dialog Instructions for Bulk Exporting.
• Correct an error related to making a "measurement" above 10.0 Volts with no tester attached.

Version 5.43.2 - Intermediate Update

• Extend the Omega CN7xx Thermal Controller to Set Temperature, Chamber and Remanent Chamber. The controller is not yet included in Imprint.
• Final validation of Polytec VibroOne laser displacement detector under Advanced Piezo.
• Adjust PLoss (µC/cm2) Runtime Tabular Text Export (RTTTE) output in all Hysteresis-based Tasks.
• Retract the AutoCal 230° probe on Vision startup and on hardware refresh.

Version 5.43.1 - Minor Update

• Add the NF 4052 20X/40X/100X and 200X High-Voltage Amplifier (HVA) to the list of available amplifiers to be selected from when configuring high-voltage measurements.
• Repairs to the Advanced Piezo Task control of the Polytec VibroOne laser displacement meter.
• Propagate PLoss (µC/cm2) calculation and exporting to all Hysteresis-based Tasks.
• Update the Remanent Chamber Task Instructions.
• Offer the Remanent Chamber Task Instructions in HTML format.
• Add the Omega CN7xx family of thermal controllers to the Read Temperature Task selection list.

Version 5.43.0 - Intermediate Update

• Several significant internal changes to Vision.
• Add calculation of PLoss (µC/cm2) to the Hysteresis Task. This is measure of the size of the "Gap" in the Hysteresis Loop.
• Add the Respond to Nesting Branch Reset option to the General Parameter Adjust Task.

Version 5.42.4 - Minor Update

• Several more Task Instructions have been updated.
• Runtime Tabular Text Exporting (RTTTE) that substituted text User Variables for the reserved text in file names was only accessing the first character in the text. This has been corrected.

Version 5.42.3 - Minor Update

• Several more Task Instructions have been updated.
• Several more Tasks offer *.chm/HTML Task Instructions options.
• Added an option to the I2C Volts Task to open the output relay, with voltage applied, after a user-specified delay (ms).
• Add debug output to Polytec control under Advance Piezo. For VibroOne users who experience failure in Advanced Piezo, go to C:\DataSets\Debugging and delete any file named Polytec Debug.txt. Then run Advanced Piezo to failure. Attach C:\DataSets\Debugging\Polytec Debug.txt to an email to Radiant. (radiant@ferrodevices.com)

Version 5.42.2 - Minor Update

• The Main Vision Manual and several sets of Task Instructions have been moved to the web at HTML files. For users with no web access, the *.chm manual and Task Instructions can be accessed by checking Vision Host/*.chm under Tools->Options...->Measurement and Test Definition Execution.
• Partial update to the Remanent Hysteresis Task Instructions.

Version 5.42.1 - Minor Update

• Add Capacitance (µF), Normalized Capacitance (µF/cm2), Dielectric Constant and Instantaneous Current (mA) columns to text data exporting in the Hysteresis Task. This will be extended to all Hysteresis-based Tasks over time.
• The Task Report that is found in Filter Tasks has been truncated before the Task is stored to the DataSet Archive for the Single-Point, Single-Input Single-Point and Single-Point 3D Filter Tasks. This will be extended to the remaining Filter Tasks over time. This prevents these three Filter Task from growing the database file in size as a second-degree polynomial in a Branch Loop. For these Filters the database size now grows at a constant rate. Other Filters, in Append or Accumulate mode, will continue to grow the database size at an accelerating rate, but this action will still mitigate the rate of growth.
• Several Tasks have had their Task Instructions moved from *.chm files to *.htm files accessed on-line.

Version 5.42.0 - Intermediate Update

• Single-Point C/V and Single-Point C/V for Magneto-Electric measurements have been updated to calculate, store, display and provide User Variables for Tickle Frequency (Hz) = 1000.0  / Pulse Width (ms) and Dielectric Constant.
• Single-Point and Single-Input Single Point Filter Tasks have been updated to allow the Tickle Frequency (Hz) to be selected as the independent (X) parameter and Dielectric Constant to be selected as one of the dependent (Y) parameters for Single-Point C/V Task input.
• FFT-X Filter is repaired to properly handle PAINT Task or DLTS Task input when either of these is programmed to delay opening the integrator [starting the measurement].
• In Advanced Piezo, when using a Polytec laser vibrometer as input, the Task collects, stores, displays and assigns to a User Variable the actual displacement gain (µm/V), velocity gain [(mm/s)/V] and velocity bandwidth.
• For the Single-Point 3D Filter Task, the Task only stores, recalls and displays data vectors when the number of samples is an integer multiple of Rows X Columns and the number of Rows is at least two. In other words, when at least two rows are completely filled with data and there is no excess data, the Task will store data and plot data on Archive Regraph. Otherwise the Task may be recalled from the DataSet Archive for configuration review, but no data will be plotted. Archived records of older executions of the Task have been grandfathered and can be recalled from the DataSet Archive.
• Task Instructions have been updated for several Tasks.
• The HAL is updated to version 5.42.0.

Version 5.41.2 - Minor Update

• The previous release introduced an error that would not allow Original LC testers to access the I2C bus if the tester has an I2C port. This is corrected in 5.41.2.
• HAL version 5.41.2.

Version 5.41.1 - Minor Update

• The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) is updated to correct an error on Vision startup when connecting to an original  Precision LC tester from 2008 or earlier.
• HAL version 5.41.1.

Version 5.41.0 - Intermediate Update

• Advanced Piezo Task has been fully updated to control the Polytec IVS-500. [Note that older distributions of the IVS-500 may not allow displacement to be switched to the instrument output.] Polytec VibroOne control has not received final validation. Debug output to a text file is available for Polytec VibroOne control. If errors are encountered please provide details to Radiant Technologies, Inc. A version of the Task that includes debug output will be made available. After running the Task to failure, the debug output file will be returned to RTI for evaluation and for program update.
• Advanced Piezo Task Instructions are updated to include Polytec IVS-500 and Polytec VibroOne operation.
• The FFT-X Task, repaired in the previous version, was not included in that distribution. It is reintroduced here.
• An error was corrected in the Transistor Current Task. The Task was misreporting Vds when using the RTI I2C Voltage controller. This error was extended to the Transistor I/V and Transistor Curve Trace Tasks. This has been repaired.
• The Single-Point 3D Filter Task has had significant updates made to the data plotting. The data plot is only updated when a row (X-axis) set of data has been completed. Furthermore, the first plot is formed only when there are two complete rows of data, guaranteeing a three-dimensional plot. As a consequence the plot will not be updated at every iteration of the Filter Task. You must refer to the Task Instructions for complete details before attempting to configure or execute this Task.
• In Tasks that control temperature, the temperature progress dialog has been updated to accept up to 200,000 measured points. This dialog is update approximately twice per second. The previous limit of 50,000 points allowed for approximately seven hours of control for a single temperature. This limit can be exceeded when doing ambient cooling in a warm environment.

Version 5.40.0 - Intermediate Update

• Update the Advanced Piezo Task to automatically control Polytec VibroOne and IVS-500 Laser Vibrometers. Polytec control is a beta release. Please provide details regarding any failure of Polytec control under Advanced Piezo immediately.
• Fully updated Advanced Piezo Task Instructions including complete discussion of the control of the Polytec VibroOne and IVS-500 Laser Vibrometers. Please refer to the updated Task Instructions before attempting control of a Polytec Laser Vibrometer.
• The FFT-X Filter Task has had a severe bug corrected. The bug was causing the Task to fail, in all cases, when programmed in Append mode.
• The Sorting Filter Task now exports Die Row, Die Column and Capacitor ID to all Export targets.
• If the program enables showing the Main Vision Manual on program startup, the manual now appears as an HTML page in the default browser.
• A bug has been fixed in the Set Temperature Task that was not allowing the Linkam T96 temperature control over more than one execution of the Task - as in a Branch Loop. The Task can now control the Linkam chamber over repeated executions.
• The EEL Model 1102.05.2 11 kV High-Voltage Amplifier (HVA) has been added to the list of known amplifiers. The model will appear in the Internal/High-Voltage Configuration subdialog if it is programmed into the High-Voltage Interface (HVI) EEPROM. The user may select the amplifier for programming into the EEPROM by opening the subsubdialog using the Set/Change Selected Amplifier button on the Internal/High-Voltage Configuration subdialog.

Version 5.39.0 - Intermediate Update

• Accumulated minor updates merit an intermediate update.
• Several minor repairs to the Set Temperature Task.
• HAL version 5.39.0.

Version 5.38.6 - Minor Update

• Final updates to thermal controller Tasks.
  • Eliminate warnings in Chamber Task.
  • Reduce delay in temperature read in the RKC FZ110/FZ400/FZ900 thermal controller.
  • Fix Stability delay text display output in Read Temperature when reading to a target temperature.
  • Fix temperature display when finished reading to a target temperature in Read Temperature.

Version 5.38.5 - Minor Update

• Repairs to Chamber, Remanent Chamber and Set Temperature with RKC FZ110/FZ400/FZ900 thermal controller selected

Version 5.38.4 - Minor Update

• RKC FZ110/FZ400/FZ00 Thermal Controller finalized in the Set Temperature Task.
• RKC FZ110/FZ400/FZ900 Thermal Controller added to Read Temperature,  Chamber, Remanent Chamber and Imprint for beta testing.
• Main Vision Help is now HTML format accessed through the default browser.
• Hysteresis, General Pulse and Single-Point C/V Task Instructions are now HTML format accessed through the default browser.

Version 5.38.3 - Minor Update

• RKC FZ110/FZ400/FZ00 Thermal Controller added to Set Temperature for beta testing.
• RKC FZ110/FZ400/FZ700 configuration dialog added to global dialog service.
• Vision updated to extend the changes to the global dialog service to all Vision elements that depend on the service.

Version 5.38.2 - Minor Update

• The CS 2.5 Magneto-Electric Response Task has been adjusted to allow control of Precision RT66B or RT66C testers.
• Eliminate debug test output from the ESPEC DLL.
• Return the HAL to a 10 second delay on tester detection on startup or Hardware Refresh.
• Updates to data plot displays were released prematurely and in error under 5.38.1. These updates have been withdrawn.

Version 5.38.1 - Minor Update

• Fix an recent error in Advanced Piezo in which the Task may not be recoverable from a DataSet Archive.
• Driver version 5.38.1 improves Precision tester firmware upload on Vision startup.

Version 5.38.0 - Intermediate Update

• Add a Matrix Board QuikLook submenu for the future release of the RTI Matrix Switching Board and its Tasks.
• Update the Advanced Piezo Task to stub out future control of the Polytec VibroOne and IVS-500 laser vibrometers.
• Update of nearly all Main Vision Manual images and some discussion update.
• Correct an error in Hysteresis-based Tasks (Hysteresis, Piezo, etc.) that was misrepresenting the waveform frequency (Hz), relative to the Period (ms) for monopolar and double-bipolar measurements.
• Correct the Advanced C/V measurement internal amplifier gain when the Max. Voltage + Tickle Voltage differs from the preset voltage.
• Correct a bug in the PAINT Task that led to error 76.
• HAL Version 5.38.0 - Includes interface for future Polytec control in Hysteresis-based measurements.

Version 5.37.0

• The Runtime Label Task has been removed from the TASK LIBRARY. The Task is still distributed for legacy DataSets.
• The Timed Runtime Label Task has been updated to offer "Timed" or "Untimed" operation in a single Task.
• The Timed Runtime Label Task has been renamed to "Runtime Label" in the TASK LIBRARY.
• Technology controlling the ESPEC thermal chamber has been updated internally to Vision. This should be transparent to the user. Please notify RTI if control of your chamber is affected.
• Vision and all Tasks are updated to version 5.37.0. The aggregate of small changes justifies the intermediate version change.

Version 5.36.4

• A change in Vision 5.36.3 that disabled the Run DataSet menu item and toolbar icon caused Vision to enter an endless loop in which the DataSet Selection dialog could not be closed when more than one DataSets are open. This change has been withdrawn.
• Distributed and online Main Vision Manual has had some updating.

Version 5.36.3

• Fix a bug in the Advanced Piezo Task. Vision was crashing when displacement data were plotted as Percent Strain (100 X dL/L).
• Fix a bug in Read Temperature and Set Temperature. Some GPIB thermal controllers were not being properly initialized.
• Extensive Main Vision Manual update.
• Main Vision Manual available from buttons on the website Vision and Vision Installer Download pages.
• Plot cursors can now be moved directly to any point on a plotted data trace by left-clicking with the mouse. The mouse can also be used to move the cursor from one trace to another on a multi-trace plot.

Version 5.36.2

• The EDITOR window label is customizable to "EDITOR: "  + <Custom Text>. Customizing happens:

• • Automatically when a Customized Test is moved from the TASK LIBRARY to the EDITOR. The EDITOR label becomes "EDITOR: <Customized Test Name>"
  • Automatically when the Current Test Definition (CTD) is moved from a DataSet into the EDITOR. The EDITOR label becomes "EDITOR: <CTD Name>"
  • Automatically when an Executed Test Definition (ETD) is moved from a DataSet Archive into the EDITOR. The EDITOR label becomes "EDITOR: <ETD Name>" - ":<Serial Value>"
  • Manually by right-clicking in the EDITOR window and selecting "Update EDITOR Name". The EDITOR label becomes "EDITOR: <User-Specified Label>"

The name is cleared to "EDITOR:" when the Tasks in the EDITOR are cleared. The custom name is persistent between executions of the Vision program.

• Cursors in plotted data may be moved to any point on the trace, and between traces in multi-trace plots, by left-clicking with the mouse button as well as using  the arrow keys.
• Repairs have been made to the General Monopolar Hysteresis Task Excel export option.

Version 5.36.1

• Repair a significant error in Tasks that operate thermal controllers including Set Temperature, Autocal 230° C. Chamber and Remanent Chamber.

Version7 5.36.0

• Add the Single-Point 3D Filter Task and  Task Instructions.
• Add customer information to the Admin Info button subdialog.
• Add custom, from-file, temperature and ramp Branch Loop parameter adjustment to the Set Temperature Task.
• Single-Point Filter, Single-Input Single-Point Filter, Single-Point Threshold Filter, Single-Point 3D Filter and Smoothing Filter Task Instructions updates.
• Add Z-Axis auto/manual scaling, for the Single-Point 3D Filter Task, to the Main Vision Data Plotting->Auto/Manual Axes Scaling menu.
• Extend Comments to a maximum of 1000 characters.

Version 5.35.0

• Add or update Dialog Instructions throughout Vision.
• Repair Leakage Task plotting.
• Add customer info (Name, Distributer, Country Code) output to Admin Info.
• Branch Loop Adjustable DC Bias added to some Hysteresis-Based Tasks.
• Allow units of Electric Field (kV/cm) when updating DRIVE signal strength in a Branch Loop using Custom, from-file, Branch Loop adjustment.  Specify Profile Max. Field (kV/cm) must be checked in the updating Task.

Version 5.34.0

• Automatic, Manual and Timed Manual Branch Abort and Exit Tasks have been removed from the TASK LIBRARY. These are supplanted by the Branch Abort and Exit Tasks, each of which comprises all of the capabilities of the retired Tasks. The original Tasks have only been removed from the TASK LIBRARY. They continue to be distributed so that older DataSets can be opened for review and execution.
• Custom from-file Branch Loop adjustment of the Remanent Hysteresis Preset Voltage/Electric Field (kV/cm) has been added.
• Repairs have been made to Hysteresis-based Tasks to correct an error that occurs when using a custom, from-file, DRIVE Profile with few points and a small sample delay (ms).
• More updates and additions have been made to various Dialog Instructions.

Version 5.33.2

• Remanent Hysteresis now offers custom, from-file, Branch Loop Period (ms) and Voltage/Electric Field (kV/cm) sequencing.
• Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL - previously the "driver") version 5.33.2 includes important internal changes.
• Completed Data Mining Dialog Instructions.
• Various minor updates.

Version 5.33.1

• Repair the error in the Vision 5.33.0  installer. Update and new installations using 5.33.1 will not cause an error on Vision startup.
• Various minor updates.

Version 5.33.0

• Add update to the plotted data decimal resolution (0 to 7 digits) under the Data Plotting menu and in the right-click Customization Dialog.
• Add a line type subdialog to the Data Plotting->Plotting Method->Line Vision menu selection.
• Add decimal resolution, line type subdialog and color selection subdialog to the Tools->Options...->Data Plotting dialog tab.
• Add the Options... dialog as an "OPT" icon on the Vision toolbar.
• Add the Impedance Task to the Single-Input Single-Point Filter Task. Note that the Impedance Task is undergoing final qualification before release.
• Update the Vision Checklist menu to allow any number of checklists to be created under names listed in the Checklist->Create Update Checklist and Checklist Exercise Checklist menu options. New checklists may be created and assigned a number of checkboxes (1 to 20), labels for the checkboxes and a checklist name. Existing checklists may be edited for number or checkboxes and checkbox labels. Existing checklists may be exercised by performing, in sequence, labeled actions and then checking the associated list box. Checklists may be partially completed and closed. Partial completion will be recorded.
• Updated Dialog Instructions are provided for the Options... dialog and the two checklist dialogs.

Version 5.32.4

• URGENT UPDATE. This updated fixes an error in the Hysteresis Task in which the Task adds an unprogrammed 4.0-Volt DC Bias when executing in a Test Definition in a DataSet.

Version 5.32.3

• HAL version 5.32.2 eliminates stray voltage that can appear after the Waveform and/or DC Bias Task terminates and returns to 0.0 Volts.
• General updates to numerous Tasks and Instructions

Version 5.32.2

• Repair to Remanent Hysteresis. A debug message was appearing.
• Update to Main Vision Manual. Previous references to the Vision "Driver" have been replaced with references to the Vision Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL).
• Extend Dynamic Runtime Tabular Text Export file name to several more Tasks.
• Minor updates.

Version 5.32.1

• Hardware Abstraction Layer (previously "Driver") version 5.32.0
  • Update to AutoCal 230°C PTC
• AutoCal 230°C Task
  • Fixed the "Insert Probe" dialog

Version 5.32.0

• DC Bias is able to exit with voltage left on the DRIVE port.
  • Eliminated that ability from QuikLook.
  • Force the DRIVE to 0.0 V at the end of Test Definition sequencing.
  • Force the DRIVE to 0.0 V before executing any other Task that needs to output a DRIVE signal.
• In the Long-Duration Current Task.
  • Add the Voltage/Electric Field (kV/cm) DRIVE signal options.
  • Force test abort and return to 0.0 Volts for a return current > 190.0 mA.
  • Allow DC signal to remain on DRIVE port after last step times out.
  • Add delta current high and low thresholding.
    • Delta current is detected only at voltage steps.
• Add “Hysteresis: Dielectric Constant” to the User Variable list.
• Rename the DRIVE Bias voltage that can be incorporated into Hysteresis-based waveforms from "Offset" to "DC Bias". This is because "Offset" in Hysteresis refers to a polarization (µC/cm2) value that is derived from averaging ±PMax (µC/cm2). The term can result in confusion.
• Add variable DC Bias to the Hysteresis Task.
• Update all Tasks to 5.32.0.

Version 5.31.0

• Add an Else Task to the If/Then->Endif structure. Now have If/Then->Else->Endif.
• Update Task Names, DataSet Names and ETD/CTD Names from 60 to 90 characters maximum. NOTE: This change only applies to DataSets created under version 5.31.0 or later. Task Names and ETD/CTD Names remain restricted to 60 characters for DataSets created before 5.31.0.
• Add a manual dialog option to the If/Then Task to make the determination manual, not logical.
• Add a Do Not Monitor Temperature option to the Autocal 230° C Task.
• Continue extending general Task updating [runtime Task configuration, dialog resizing & scrolling, Task Instructions update, etc.] throughout Vision Tasks.
• Driver Version 5.31.0.

Version 5.30.0

• Repair the Advanced Piezo Task. A point count was being calculated that was too large for the RT66C. Measurements were returning an error.
• Repair the Signal File - Write Task. The Task was crashing when the main configuration dialog was opened.
• Repair the Remanent Hysteresis Task. Controls were not properly labeled on the main configuration dialog and the parameter adjust dialog when the DRIVE signal was specified in units of Electric Field (kV/cm).
• Corrections to the operation of the Autocal 230° C Task.
• DRIVE 5.30.0 also includes corrections to the Autocal 230° C operation.
• The accumulation of minor and moderate updates over the 5.29.x version series leads to the 5.30.0 intermediate version update for Vision and all Tasks.

Version 5.29.10

• Driver 5.29.8 includes changes to control the latest model of internal amplifier.
• Main Vision Manual includes initial additions to an index.

Version 5.29.9

• Allow zero-second durations in the custom duration Branch-Loop sequence for Waveform, DC Bias and Delay Tasks.

Version 5.29.8

• Text exporting and printing repaired for Hysteresis-based Tasks when 10% Pulse profile is selected. '%' must be treated correctly when printing or writing to a text file.
• Check file name characters when writing the automatic error log. Illegal characters are replaced with '.'.
• Fix the Curve Energy Task Excel monopolar data exporting.

Version 5.29.7

• Add Instantaneous Current (mA) Excel export output to the Hysteresis-based Tasks.

Version 5.29.6

• Driver 5.29.6 - essential to the Autocal 230° C Piezoelectric Thermal Chamber (PTC) operation.
• Vision updates essential to the Autocal 230° C Piezoelectric Thermal Chamber (PTC) operation.
• Extend general Task updating to several Tasks.

Version 5.29.5 - 15 March 2021

• Vision and documentation materials for the Autocal 230° C Piezoelectric Thermal Chamber (PTC), including:
  • The Autocal 230° C Task.
  • The Autocal 230° C Task Instructions.
  • Insertion of the Autocal 230° C instrument into the Main Vision Manual accessories topic.

Version 5.29.4 - 9 March 2021

• Position Waveform, Delay, DC Bias, etc progress dialogs relative to the Vision window. These dialogs were improperly positioned when there are multiple monitors connected to the host computer.
• Position popup windows relative to the mouse cursor position.
• Fix a bug that was not allowing Filter Tasks to set Accumulate or Append mode after a Data Mining operation.
• Fix the setting of Voltage 1 and Voltage 2 in Waveform and Fatigue when working in the Editor Aide.
• Allow zero-second durations in Waveform, DC Bias and Delay. If the duration is zero seconds and the Task is programmed to scale the duration in a Branch Loop, the second Branch Loop iteration will take on a value of 1 second and then scaling will proceed normally starting with the third iteration.

Version 5.29.3 - 24 February 2021

• Fix a rare error in Hysteresis-based Tasks.
• Remove dialog resizing and scrolling from tabbed-based dialogs.
• Continued extending general changes, as noted below under 5.28.2, to the family of Vision Tasks.

Version 5.29.2 - 11 February 2021

• Add Measurement Frequency (Hz) output from Hysteresis-based Tasks [Hysteresis, Piezo, Advanced Piezo, Remanent Hysteresis, Check Hysteresis] to the User Variable list.
• Add data capture Vs Frequency (Hz) or Electric Field (kV/cm) to the Single-Point and Single-Input Single-Point Filter Tasks when importing Hysteresis-based data.
• Add ±Ec (kV/cm) data capture to the Single-Point and Single-Input Single-Point Filter Tasks when importing Hysteresis-based data.
• Extend dialog resizing to several Tasks.

Version 5.29.1 - 28 January 2021

• Fix an error, introduced in Version 5.29.0, that causes the program to fail when the Hysteresis or Remanent Hysteresis Task is recalled from a DataSet Archive.
• Fix a scaling error in computing Current Density (mA/cm2) in the Hysteresis Task Filter.

Version 5.29.0 - 26 January 2021

• Add distribution of Vision Main Manual chapters as PDF files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Radiant Technologies\Vision\Help.
• Add direct access to Main Vision Manual PDF Chapters under the Help-Help Topics (PDF) Vision menu.
• Extend dialog windows resizing and scrolling.
• Include tabbed dialog windows resizing and scrolling.
• (Dialog window resizing and scrolling is an on-going project to allow large dialogs to be accessed even in small displays such as laptop displays. This project is not yet complete.)

Version 5.28.7 - 10 December 2020

• General updates extended to more Tasks.
• Repairs made to the Generic Magneto-Electric Response Task QuikLook configuration dialog.

Version 5.28.6 - 20 November 2020

• Vision driver 5.28.6 makes internal changes that apply to hardware and controlling software that is under development.
• The Sorting Filter Task has added to it the capacity to set Die Row, Die Column and Capacitor ID at runtime.
• Sorting Filter Task Instructions are now included in the distribution. No Task Instructions previously existed for the Sorting Filter.
• General Changes, discussed over the past few releases are extended to the Sorting Filter and the Check Hysteresis Task.
• The Check Hysteresis Task now allows the user to enable the Sample Information dialog to appear at runtime after the Data Presentation dialog is closed. This is primarily for researchers who are measuring samples across a wafer. The dialog allows the Sample Information to be updated and recorded each time the Task executes.
• The Check Hysteresis Task Instructions have been updated.

Version 5.28.5 - 10 November 2020

• Fix a rare error in Advanced C/V that was reporting the wrong test voltage at each sample point.
• Fix an error in General Monopolar that was decoding DRIVE and RETURN data to the wrong scale in some instances.
• Update the Hysteresis Task to allow the repair, above, to the General Monopolar Task.
• Vision 5.28.2 change suite extended to the Charge Task..

Version 5.28.4 - 5 November 2020

• Driver version 5.28.6 fixes an bug that returned Error 1 in Advanced C/V and the Single-Point C/V Tasks when there is no error.
• Charge and Chamber Tasks have had the changes listed below under 5.28.2 extended to them.
• The Sorting Filter Task now offers runtime setting of sample information including Die Row, Die Column and Capacitor ID (integer).

Version 5.28.3 - 29 October 2020

Version 5.28.3 includes:

• Extend the changes of 5.28.2 to additional Tasks.
• Repair an uncommon bug in Data Mining in which an unwanted Task is automatically selected for mining.
• Fix CS 2.5 DC Current (A)/Field (G) Task Branch Loop incrementing when the increment is specified in units of magnetic field (G)
• Fix the command to Go To Local in the Lakeshore 336 thermal controller DLL.

Version 5.28.2 - 20 October 2020

Version 5.28.2 includes:

• Driver 5.28.4:
• Update to High-Voltage error reporting.
• Update to internal amplifier stage selection for some testers and amplifiers. This prevents measurements that are near to the switching voltage from being rejected.
• Repair the cumulative stress time reported by the Fatigue Task when custom times are selected
• Apply any subset of the following changes to the Tasks listed below:

1. Runtime Tabular Text Export file names can now be set dynamically by replacing sets of reserved characters with selected User Variables.
2. In addition to scaling or incrementing parameters by a constant value to adjust the parameters in a Branch Loop, some parameters may now be associated with a text file that will provide custom values for the parameters.
3. Some large dialog windows have been made resizable and scrollable to allow the entire dialog to be accessed on a smaller display.
4. In view of item 3, some Tasks have had their tabbed Data Presentation displays eliminated.
5. Tasks that present data may have display of their configuration dialogs disabled when the Task is recalled from a DataSet Archive. This speeds access to the data.
6. Hardware and Measurement Tasks may now have their programmed configuration overridden at runtime by using a text file.
7. Task Instructions update.

See the Task Instructions for complete details on any of these changes.

These Tasks have been updated as noted in the list above:

• Single-Trace Loop Average (STLA) Filter (1, 5, 7)
• Accessory Read (3)
• Advanced C/V (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
• Advanced Piezo (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
• Auto Branch Abort (5, 7)
• Branch (5, 7)
• Transistor Current (1, 4, 5 [Task work is incomplete])
• Transistor I/V (1, 5, 6, 7)
• Transistor Curve Trace (1, 5, 6, 7)
• Update User Variable (2, 3, 7)
• User Variable Snapshot (5, 7)
• Waveform (2, 6, 7)

All Tasks will have these updates extended to them over time.

• The QuikLook Data-to-DataSet option default - "Do Not Save", "Save to New DataSet" or "Saved to Open DataSet" can be adjusted by the user under Tools->Options...->Measurement and Test Definition Execution

NOTE: No Version 5.28.1 was distributed by this site.

Version 5.28.0 - 1 October 2020

• Per the request of Mr. Nikolai Chekurov, Microsoft, Inc. the Hysteresis Task Runtime Tabular Text Export has been updated to allow the export file name to be dynamically adjusted by replacing reserved characters "0X0" with the values in selected User Variables. See the end of the Main or QuikLook Configuration topics in the Hysteresis Task Instructions for complete details. This option will be extended, over time, to all data-collecting Tasks including Measurement Tasks and Filters.
• The Hysteresis Task Instructions have been updated to include discussion of the dynamic Runtime Tabular Text Export file name.
• The Hysteresis Task Instructions have been updated to complete the discussion of a Plot Filter options.
• Per the request of Dr. Fujibayashi, of , Hiroshima University, the Tools->Options...->Measurement and Test Definition Execution dialog tab has controls added to allow the user to change the default selection in the QuikLook-to-DataSet selection list box on QuikLook measurements Data Presentation dialogs. This option has been extended to all Tasks that allow QuikLook-to-DataSet data storage.
• Per the request of Dr. Fujibayashi, the Tools->Options...->DataSet dialog tab has had check boxes added that allow the user to bypass review of the configuration dialog for all Tasks and of the plot configuration dialog for Measurement Tasks when data are recalled from the DataSet Archive. This reduces the number of steps to access the data. At this release, only the Hysteresis and Remanent Hysteresis Tasks respond to these settings. This option will be extended, over time, to all Tasks.
• Hysteresis and Remanent Hysteresis configuration and data presentation dialogs have been made resizable and include active scrollbars. This option will be extended, over time, to all Tasks that present large, single-page, dialogs.
• In view of their resizable data presentation dialogs, Hysteresis and Remanent Hysteresis have had their tabbed data presentation dialog removed. This will also be extended to other Tasks as appropriate.

Version 5.27.11 - 23 September 2020

• Add the Matsusada 600-Volt 06B50 to the list of available external amplifiers.

Version 5.27.10 - 22 September 2020

• Driver 5.27.10. Driver changes relate primarily to future products.
• Complete Editor Aide Dialog Instructions are now provided.
• Moderate update to the Main Vision Manual.
• Restore proper standard path parameter assignment on Vision startup. Assignment is no longer forced, but depends on entries in the Windows registry.

Version 5.27.9 - 15 September 2020

• The Imprint Task is repaired. It has been crashing the program when the Duration/Stress configuration dialog tab was accessed.
• Partial Editor Aide Dialog Instructions are now provided.
• The program is configured to force the assignment of three key parameters that are normally initialized from the registry on Vision startup. This assignment is made if the registry read fails, allowing Vision to continue to operate. This is a non-standard program condition that is provided to allow a customer to use the program. Once the issue accessing the registry is resolved this condition will be returned to normal. This change will be transparent to most users whose Vision installation is able to access the registry.

Version 5.27.8 - 3 September 2020

• Driver 5.27.8 is released with internal changes.
• Updated RT66C Rev D firmware.
• An option has been added to the DC Bias Task to exit the Task immediately, with no bias delay period. The DC Bias voltage is left on the DRIVE port after the Task exits. This option is not recommended. It is provided pursuant to the future release of a measurement sequence that is under development.

Version 5.27.7 - 27 August 2020

• A °K/°C option has been added to the Set Temperature Task for the Lakeshore 335 (GPIB and Serial) thermal controller selections. This option only adjusts labels on the configuration dialog. It does not signal the instrument to change its units setting. This option is not yet extended to other temperature-controlling Tasks including Chamber, Remanent Chamber or Imprint.
• The LCR Meter Task has added Agilent E4980A current configuration and measured parameters to the User Variable list.
• Moderate updates to the Main Vision Manual.

Version 5.27.6 - 19 August 2020

• Minor driver changes.
• Minor updates to the Main Vision Manual.

Version 5.27.5 - 13 August 2020

• Bugs fixed in some Tasks when addressing the Radiant Technologies, Inc. external 200.0-Volt amplifier. [Note that the amplifier must be powered up before connecting power to the RT66B or other Precision tester.]
• Minor updates to the Main Vision Manual.

Version 5.27.4 - 6 August 2020

• Fix Single-Point C/V operation in high voltage.
• Changes to allow development of control of accessories to be released in the future
• Moderate updates to the Main Vision Manual.

Version 5.27.3 - 31 July 2020

• Driver 5.27.3 includes support for RT66C Rev D.
• Fixed the update of ETD Marker icons for ETD names that contain characters that are illegal in file names.
• Fixed update of ETD icons when right-click appending a General Information Task or a Hyperlink Task. Icons were being assigned to the ETD that immediately preceded the appended Task ETD.
• Moderate updates to the Main Vision Manual.

Version 5.27.2 - 21 July 2020

Repair the setting of Preset Delay (ms) in the QuikLook configuration and execution of the Remanent Hysteresis Task.
Repair and validate Hysteresis single-point parameter evaluation when the Task is imported from a Vision Data File (VDF/*.vis).
Main Vision Manual updates.

Version 5.27.1 - 16 July 2020

Update the Linkam T96 thermal controller DLL to enable cooling on thermal controller initialization.
Add Tools->Reset Linkam T96. This action must be taken if the T96 thermal controller was previously addressed and then turned off and on. Without this action subsequent commands to the T96 controller will fail.
Minor update to the Main Vision Manual.
Update to the "Things that You Didn't Know that Vision Would Do" document.

Version 5.27.0 - 7 July 2020

Fix a bug in the main Vision program that mis-set the flag to abort a Test Definition execution if the driver returns an error. The flag was mis-set on Vision startup. Using the Tools->Options... dialog set the flag correctly.
Fixed a bug om the General Monopolar Task that was preventing the Task from writing itself to the DataSet Archive if the driver returned an error.
Fixed a bug in the General Monopolar Task that was causing the Task to crash when recalled from the DataSet Archive if the Task execution returned an error from the driver.
All Vision components and Tasks updated to 5.27.0.
Accumulated updates over the course of the 5.26.x versions indicated the need for an intermediate version update to 5.27.0

Version 5.26.7 - 16 June 2020

Add control of the Instec mK2000 thermal controller to Set Temperature, Read Temperature, Chamber, Remanent Chamber and Imprint.
Fixed a bug in Advanced C/V that was crashing the program if the driver returned an error.
Fixed a bug in Remanent Hysteresis that was crashing the program if the Remanent Hysteresis Task was associated, as an input Task, with a subsequent Filter Task.
Fix Elapsed Time setting in Editor Aide.

Version 5.26.6 - 27 May 2020

Driver 5.26.3: Control latest Precision Premier II and PMF Tester revision.
Main Vision Manual update.
Transistor Tasks' Task Instructions update.

Version 5.26.5 - 15April 2020

Driver 5.26.2: Control lastest RT66C hardware revision.
Main Vision Manual update.
Transistor Tasks' Task Instructions update.
Transistor Curve Trace Task includes Run-Time Tabular Text Export.
Editor Aide Task library update.

Version 5.26.4 - 6 April 2020

User-programmed Preset Delay (ms) added to the Remanent Hysteresis Task. This is a Windows API delay. It is not clocked using the Precision tester clock. A precision of ±4.0 ms is presumed.
Replace radio button with check boxes in the main Update User Variable Task configuration dialog.
Waveform, User Variable Snapshot and Update User Variable Task Instructions are brought up-to-date.
Minor typographical error correction in the main Vision manual.

Version 5.26.3 - 5 March 2020
Correct operation of the I2C Voltage Controller.

Version 5.26.2 - 2 March 2020
Driver 5.26.1.
Minor cosmetic updates.

Version 5.26.0 - 30 January 2020
Driver 5.26.0.
Remove redundant tester renumeration on startup and Hardware Refresh.
Made direct-Excel exporting - even of very large sets of very large data vectors - nearly instantaneous and error-free.
Many other small changes.

Version 5.25.1 - 27 December 2019
Driver 5.24.3.
Add the pMEMS Matrix Board Task and Task Instructions.
Repairs to the Remanent Hysteresis Task. The Task no longer crashes Vision when the Data Presentation dialog is closed.
Many other small changes.

Version 5.25.0 - 2 December 2019
Driver 5.24.2.
Update entire project to 5.25.0.
Run-Time Text Export technology change to eliminate double-spaced lines.
Profile Preview repaired in all Hysteresis Tasks.
Add "xxx: Current Electric Field (kV/cm)" to the User Variable List for all Tasks that set DRIVE signal strength (voltage or electric field (kV/cm)).
Update Filter Tasks' input Tasks lists to include more-recent Tasks as input. This project is ongoing.
Update the number of Tasks that allow custom, from-file, Branch Loop adjustment. This project is ongoing.
Add the General Parameter Adjust Task. The Task does not yet have Task Instructions.
Many other small changes.

Version 5.24.1 - 24 October 2019
Driver 5.24.1.
Small Task updates.
Single-Point Filter has added input Tasks: Read Temperature, 2801 Mux Read Temperature, Read DAC Controller Volts, pMEMS Read Volts, pMEMS Frequency Counter and pMEMS DIO Byte.
Version 5.24.0 - 22 October 2019
Driver 5.24.0.
Major internal update.
Numerous small updates and bug fixes.

Version 5.23.4 - 3 October 2019
Bug fixed in recalling Hardware (and Measurement) Tasks from a DataSet Archive.
Add the General Parameter Adjust Task to Program Control Tasks. Task Instructions are not yet available for this Task.
Numerous small updates.

Version 5.23.2 - 16 September 2019
Several minor bug fixes.

Version 5.23.1 - 12 September 2019
Fix bugs in Hysteresis and Leakage that were introduced with the addition of custom from-file parameter adjustment.
Significant internal changes.
Driver 5.23.1.

Version 5.23.0 - 3 September 2019
Internal Amplifier Rev I.
Extend run-time, text-file configuration through the Fatigue Task.
Add custom from-file Branch Loop adjustment to QD PPMS/Dynacool, Hysteresis and Leakage.
Several minor adjustments and repairs.
Driver 5.23.0.

Version 5.22.2 - 9 August 2019
Corrected Profile Preview for the Waveform and Curve Energy Tasks.
Added Run-Time Text File Configuration to the Advanced C/V, Advanced Piezo, Chamber and Current Loop Tasks.
Added Custom Text File Branch Loop temperature and magnetic field (Oe) sequencing to the QD PPMS/Dyancool Task.
I added a checklist option to the main Vision program. A checklist may be enabled and a number of entries, between 1 and 20, selected. Program execution will be interrupted to display the checklist if the checklist is enabled and has not been completely checked.
Fixed the maximum point count for the RT66C to about 1000 points.
Fixed internal amplifier Admin Info reporting under the Accessory Read Task.
Fixed a bug in Hysteresis that was misinterpreting the data when the Task period was adjust from above (or below) 50.0 ms to below (or above) 50.0 ms.
Driver 5.22.2.

Version 5.21.5 - 10 June 2019
Corrected Chamber, Remanent Chamber and Imprint control of the HB-PTB (HVDM II).

Version 5.21.4 - 30 May 2019
Fixed a bug that was not allowing the Piezo Task to run.
Fixed ETD icon display for non-standard icons (Notes, Error, Important, Special Attention) when the DataSet name has characters that cannot be used in file names.

Version 5.21.3 - 28 May 2019
Corrected the pin-out graphic on the pMEMS DIO Task configuration dialog.
pMEMS Set Volts Task configuration bug repair.
Eliminate debug output for Linkam T96 control.

Version 5.21.2 - 24 May 2019
Driver 5.21.3.
Corrected Linkam T96 control.
Distribute pMEMS Tasks and Task Instructions.
Updates and repairs to the QD PPMS/Dynacool Task.
Minor correction to the Chamber Task..

Version 5.21.1 - 17 May 2019
Driver 5.21.0.
Corrected Linkam T96 control.
Add Magnetic Field (Oe) tolerance to Quantum Design PPMS/Dynacool.
Eliminate all radio buttons.
All check boxes have active labels and 3D appearance.
Numerous minor changes.

Version 5.20.4 - 15 April 2019
Release Vision operation of the Linkam T96 thermal controller.
Numerous minor changes.

Version 5.20.3 - 4 April 2019
Numerous minor updates - many of them cosmetic.
Program hooks for future release of Precision pMEMS tester Tasks and operation of the Linkam T96 thermal controller. Final release of the pMEMS tester and the Linkam T96 control is pending.

Version 5.20.2 - 5 March 2019
Fix Sample Thickness (µm) setting in Advanced C/V.
Add SENSOR 1 and SENSOR 2 data delay to Advanced Piezo and Piezo to sync delayed PolyTec laser output response.

Version 5.20.1 - 20 February 2019
pMux 2108 Signals and Read Temperature Tasks are distributed.
Linkam T96 is included in the list of thermal controllers for all Tasks that set temperatures. The actual control of the T96 is not yet available. It is pending release of the final drivers by Linkam.
Driver 5.20.7

Version 5.20.0 - 21 December 2018
Release the 5.20.0 version using Visual Studio 2017.
Release the VS 2017 redistributable files.
Update general appearance and icon colors.
Wide-scale minor bug fixes.
Driver 5.20.02
Eliminate User-Printable Help.

Version 5.18.1 - 2 October 2018
Repair an error that was causing Vision 5.18.0 to fail to start when installed to a new host computer.
Add "Beep on Execute" option to all Tasks.

Version 5.18.0 - 6 September 2018
Driver 5.17.4 - Includes important updates for the RT66C and tools for the future release of the pMEMS tester.
Repairs to the ETD Transfer function. Transferred ETDs that included repeated Tasks in a Branch Loop no longer show the repeated Tasks in the "Experiment Design" folder.
Waveform and DC Bias Task show the DRIVE electric field (kV/cm) if Volts are specified. The display Volts if the DRIVE signal is specified in electric field (kV/cm).
Other general updates and repairs.

Version 5.17.6 - 20 August 2018
Driver 5.17.3 - Includes important updates for the RT66C.
Repairs to the Remanent Chamber Task. The Task was not allowing custom temperature profiles to be programmed.
Other general updates and repairs.

Version 5.17.5 - 23 July 2018
Rename the Signal File Task to "Signal File - Write".
Add the Signal File - Read Task and Task Instructions to the distribution.
Move the Signal File - Write and File Start/Abort Tasks to TASK LIBRARY->Program Control->External
Signaling and add the Signal File Read Task.
Remanent Hyteresis allows high-speed interlaced measurement. (40 points at 250 MHz [0.004 ms]).
Many minor corrections to Tasks and Task Instructions.

Version 5.17.4
This version was never posted. It was an in-house release that consisted of internal changes related to future development.

Version 5.17.3 - 5 July 2018
Driver 5.17.1.
Task Instructions update.
Several minor repairs to the PUND Task.

Version 5.17.2 - 5 July 2018
Driver 5.17.0.
Add Exit Test Definition to the Signal File Task execution dialogs.

Version 5.17.1 - 26 June 2018
Update to Quantum Design PPMS Task.
Add last-point zeroing to Advanced Piezo.
Add subsampling and smoothing to Hysteresis and Displacement derivative calculations in Piezo Filter.
Add updated firmware files to C:\RT_USB.

Version 5.17.0 - 26 June 2018
Driver 5.16.8.
When a DataSet shuts down it creates a text file of its own name and in its own location. The text file lists all external files that are associated with the DataSet. The intention is to allow the user to identify files that need to be packaged with the DataSet when the DataSet is moved. The files may include, but are not limited to:
Data Task Vision Data File (VDF, *.vis)

Data Task run-time tabular text export file

Hysteresis-based Task Custom DRIVE Profile voltage list file

Filter and Long-Duration Task run-time image export file

Standard export file for all Tasks

Hyperlink Task linked files

ETD Notes files

General Info ETD marker file

Hyperlink ETD marker file

Adjustable ETD marker file

Data Mining ETD marker file

ETD Transfer ETD marker file

Various minor updates.

Version 5.16.12 - 24 May 2018
Driver 5.16.7.
PAINT Task Instructions update.
Various minor updates.

Version 5.16.11 - 17 May 2018
Various minor adjustments to the program, the Tasks and the Task Instructions.

Version 5.16.10 - 26 April 2018
Add a SENSOR 1 or 2 input option to the FFT Filter Task.
Update to Task Instructions for several Tasks.
Driver 5.9.6.

Version 5.16.9 - 16 April 2018
Driver 5.16.5 fixes an error in controlling the HVDM II.

Version 5.16.8 - 12 April 2018
Add the Signal File Task and Task Instructions.
Fix Advanced C/V Max. Field (kV/cm) data presentation dialog value.Repair Transistor I/V Task data-mined data input to the Collect/Plot Filter Task.
Fixed initialization, cloning and archive recall of Logic 0 and Logic 1 error counts and values in Remanent Hysteresis.

Version 5.16.7 - 9 April 2018
Fix data indexing in Transistor Curve Trace.
Set the configured Task Name as the ETD Name in right-click shortcut General Information Task and Hyperlink Task insertion into a DataSet Archive.
Repair Transistor I/V Task data-mined data input to the Collect/Plot Filter Task.
Update to the driver.
Fix Editor global parameter update. Updating Thickness also updates Voltages. Updating Thickness should update DRIVE signal strength, but only if Specify Field (kV/cm) is selected.

Version 5.16.5 - 23 March 2018
Fixed the Remanent Hysteresis Logic 1 and Logic 0 data display vertical offsets.
Fixed a Remanent Hysteresis Task bug that was causing the Logic 0 measurements to switch sample polarization.
Add User Variable Only data collection to the Single-Input Single-Point Filter Task

Version 5.16.4 - 21 March 2018
Add dynamic profile preview to the I/V and Advanced C/V Tasks
Display the max RETURN ADC voltage as a percentage of the max possible RETURN ADC voltage.
Add User Variable Only data collection to the Single-Point Filter Task

Version 5.16.3 - 14 March 2018
Add the Read QD PPMS/DynaCool Task Instructions
Vision driver update - version 5.16.2.

Version 5.16.2 - 9 March 2018
Add the Read QD PPMS/DynaCool Task. (Task Instructions are not yet available.)
Fix Remanent Hysteresis Preset Period (ms) limits. The period limit was 10,000.0 ms. It is now 30,000.0 ms since this is a triangular waveform, not a pulse.
Fix Simple Pulse "Current Volts" recall from the DataSet Archive. Current Pulse Width (ms) was being recalled twice, so that Current Pulse Width was updated incorrectly and Current Volts was not updated at all.
Adjust the button labels on progress dialogs for several Tasks. Button labels are updated to make the button action clearer. In general, the buttons are "Abbreviate xxx and Abort Branching" and "Abbreviate xxx", where "xxx" is the activity being shortened.
Add the I2C Pulse Task and I2C Pulse Task Instructions.

Version 5.16.1 - 26 February 2018
Return the driver to the previous condition.
Some Task Instructions updates.

Version 5.16.0 - 23 February 2018
Driver 5.16.0 released to resolve a DRIVE and RETURN signal synchronization error in high-speed Hysteresis-based measurements.
Some Task Instructions updates.
Sufficient minor changes have accumulated to warrant an update to the intermediate version number.

Version 5.15.16 21 February 2018
Correct a bug in the installer that was writing the program to the wrong Windows folder.

Version 5.15.15 16 February 2018
Add Curve Energy Monopolar Energy-In Area as single-point input to the Single-Point and Single-Input Single-Point Filter Tasks.
Correct run-time tabular text exporting in the Long-Duration Collect/Plot Filter Task.
Task Instructions updates.

Version 5.15.13 24 January 2018
All Measurement and Filter Tasks that allow run-time tabular text exporting have had the text string length limit, for any given line of text, extended to 50,000 characters.

Version 5.15.12 - 20 December 2017
Adjust text buffer size from 1000 characters to 5000 characters for run-time text export in most Filter Tasks.
Correct Remanent Hysteresis Logic 1 and Logic 0 centering.

Version 5.15.11 - 18 December 2017
Repaired Curve Energy Task High-Voltage Branch Loop voltage adjustment limit.
Repaired Curve Energy Task data cloning to allow the Task to be data mined.
Finish uncheck and disable Center Data Before PMax... controls when the DRIVE profile type is a monopolar profile in all Hysteresis-based Tasks that allow automatic monopolar selection.

Version 5.15.10 - 15 December 2017
Repaired integral calculations in Curve Energy Monopolar measurements.
Fixed Curve Energy units to either µJoules (Charge (µC) x Volts) or mJoules/cm3 (Polarization (µC/cm2) x Electric Field (kV/cm) / 1000 (mJ / µJ) ).
Add Double Monopolar and Double Monopolar Sine DRIVE Profile options to all Tasks that offer selectable profiles.
Start updating Hysteresis-based Tasks to uncheck and disable centering before single-point (PMax (µC/cm2), ±Pr (µC/cm2), ±Vc) calculations when the DRIVE profile selection is monopolar.
Task Instructions updated through External Instrument Tasks.

Version 5.15.9 - 30 November 2017
Add startup code that checks the number of days since last Vision update. Notifies the user to update if the number of days is 60 or more. If the user does not update, the number of days to the next notification will be 5.

Version 5.15.8 - 21 November 2017
Driver 5.15.8 restores control of older testers that was changed for later-model tester.

Version 5.15.7 - 20 November 2017:
Driver 5.15.7 fixes an error in Precision Premier II and Multiferroic Rev F testers.

Version 5.15.6 - 1 November 2017:
Fix a bug that was causing the Read Temperature Task to crash.
Continued Task Instructions update.

Version 5.15.5 - 18 October 2017:
Revert to older Precision RT66C firmware to correct an error in high-voltage measurements longer than 570 ms.
More Task Instructions updates.
Minor corrections and updates to various Tasks pursuant to the Task Instructions updates.

Version 5.15.4 - 10 October 2017:
Fix an Editor Aide bug when importing Tasks to the Editor List from a file.
Update the CS 2.5 DC Field and DC Current Tasks to allow the user to specify signal in units of magnetic field (G), with a Field/Signal conversion ratio or in the Tasks units: Current (A) or Voltage.
Continued updating of the Main Vision Help and Task Instructions

Version 5.15.3 - 22 August 2017:
Updated the Editor Aide tool so that Tasks moved into the Editor Aide from the Editor retain all configured parameters.
Main Vision help update that includes figure updating in early pages to conform with new dialog structures.

Version 5.15.2 - 21 August 2017:
Completed dialog reorganization and Task Instructions button update.
Driver update related to the internal 200-Volt amplifier rev H.

Version 5.15.1 - 8 August 2017:
Continued dialog reorganization: OK and Cancel buttons moved to the upper left to be accessible on all monitors; Text fields resized to allow dialog size reduction; Icons set to modal background only; etc. (This update is not yet extended to all Tasks.)
Repair to Leakage Task. The Task was crashing Vision when recalled from a DataSet Archive.
Repair to the HV amplifier selection dialog. The dialog would not allow channel 2 to be selected for a two-channel HVI.

Version 5.15.0 - 1 August 2017:
Driver update (version 5.15.3).
Tester firmware files (*.hex) updated for the RT66C.
Updated labeling for late-model tester amplification levels.
Expanded dialog reorganization: OK and Cancel buttons moved to the upper left to be accessible on all monitors; Text fields resized to allow dialog size reduction; Icons set to modal background only; etc. (This update is not yet extended to all Tasks.)
Task Instruction control replaced by a button with the Task Instructions bitmap as background. This should make it more evident that Task Instructions is a control to be clicked. (This update is not yet extended to all Tasks.)
Project and all Tasks updated to version 5.15.0.

Version 5.14.2 - 18 September 2017:
Driver update (version 5.14.9.
Tester firmware files (*.hex) updated for most testers.
Data Mining update: Using the Back button to return to the Task Type Selection dialog tab from the Task Selection dialog tab, and to change the Task type selected, was crashing the program. The process now works for that particular case. Changes to other Data Mining dialog tabs accessed using the Back button still need investigation and correction.
Main Vision help update.
Task Instructions update for several Tasks.
Dialog organization update for several Tasks.
Task Instructions control updated to a Task Instructions button with the Task Instructions bitmap as background.
Updates to Set Temperature, Chamber, Remanent Chamber and Imprint Task control of the Delta 9015 thermal controller.

Version 5.14.1 - 1 August 2017:
Driver update (version 5.14.6.
Error corrected. Registering a DataSet at a drive root (C:\*.dst, D:\*.dst, etc) rather than in a folder path (C:\\...\\*.dst,) caused Vision to crash. Vision would then fail to start until C:\DataSets\xplorerdb.cpu was deleted. DataSet files (*.dst) may now be registered from a drive root folder.

Version 5.14.0 - 27 July 2017:
Sufficient accumulated recent and new changes to update the major version number.
Main Vision help opens on Vision startup. This can be disabled under "Tools->Options->Vision Startup and Misc.".
Add global seeing of 1.0 nF Capacitor and/or 2.5 MW Resistor and/or Reference Ferroelectric internal reference elements under the Editor right-click "Assign Parameters" tool.
Main Vision help pages update.
All Tasks to version 5.14.0.
Various minor updates.

Version 5.13.12 - 7 July 2017:
Driver version 5.14.5. Includes updates for the release of the Precision LC II Rev F hardware.
Various minor updates.

Version 5.13.10 - 26 May 2017:
Add the FFT Filter Task and Task Instructions. The Task is in TASK LIBRARY->Filters->Math.
Fix the Long-Duration Current Task.
Various minor updates.

Version 5.13.10 - 26 May 2017:
Driver 5.14.4.

Version 5.13.9 - 16 May 2017:
Driver 5.14.2.
Updated Main Vision Help.

Version 5.13.8 - 16 May 2017:
Fix Voltage Lockout feature errors.
Update the enabling, disabling, setting and clearing of various controls in Editor Aide.
Help page and Task Instructions updates.

Version 5.13.7 - 15 May 2017:
Driver update - Version 5.14.1.
User-Adjustable Low and High-Voltage Lockout in the Options... dialog.

Version 5.13.6 - 9 May 2017:
Driver update - Version 5.13.9.
Fix Bulk Export ETD selection.
Replace "Kepco" with "Generic" in the magneto-electric Task suite.
Fix I/V Task Text exporting

Version 5.13.5 - 1 May 2017:
Add an Editor Aide toolbar icon.
Increase the toolbar icon size and add a border to icons..
Add Task Comments setting to the Editor Aide tool.

Version 5.13.4 - 27 April 2017:
Internal changes

Version 5.13.3 - 19 April 2017:
Correct Advanced C/V and I/V preset auto amplification setting.
Correct PUND Profile Preview.

Version 5.13.2 - 18 April 2017:
Driver update.
New release of Internal/High-Voltage selection dialog. Allows users with a new High-Voltage Interface (HVI), with internal EERPROM, released after 10 April 2017, to select alternate amplifiers and update the EEPROM.
Repair to QuikLook configuration of the General Information Task.

Version 5.13.1 - 6 April 2017:
Driver update.
Update to TDC Hysteresis to fix centering on all data plots.
Data Mining updated to allow 10,000 Tasks of the selected type. Previously the maximum number was 1000.

Version 5.13.0 - 3 April 2017:
There is no single significant change that resulted in this moderate version update. Instead, an amalgamation of many smaller changes call for an update to the version. These include:
Incorporate Vision temperature and magnetic field control, using a MultiVu Macro, of the Quantum Design PPMS.
Add independent custom Branch Loop duration periods to the Waveform Task.
Allow user selection of any programmed model of High-Voltage Amplifier (HVA) in external HVI/HVA high-voltage measurements.
Significant corrections to the tester driver.
Other minor changes and additions.

Version 5.12.10 - 21 March 2017:
Eliminate .NET installation mistakenly added to the installer under 5.12.9.
Update Measurement Task Amplification Level lists for some testers under some configuration conditions.