pylon 5 Camera Software Suite for macOS RELEASE NOTES Note: Intermediate versions for macOS are not released publicly. All changes made in intermediate versions are included in the current version of pylon. ################################################################################ RELEASE DATE: 2018-11-06 VERSION: 5.1.1 ################################################################################ BINARY COMPATIBLITY ========================= Applications built with earlier versions of pylon are incompatible with pylon 5.1.1. NEW FEATURES / CHANGES ========================= * General: [58637] Added support for macOS Sierra (10.12), macOS High Sierra (10.13) and macOS Mojave (10.14). * General: [83753] The GenICam GenApi and FirmwareUpdate libraries have been updated to GenICam Package Version 2018.06. * General: [89519] The pylon Viewer GUI Tools have been updated to QT 5.9. * pylon Viewer: [85569] Added a histogram pane. * pylon Viewer: [83752] A crosshair and grid can now be displayed in an image. * pylon Viewer: [64888] Added the Bandwidth Manager to the Tools menu. The Bandwidth Manager supports GigE and USB 3.0 cameras. * pylon Viewer: [67994] When used with GigE cameras the Bandwidth Manager will use 1500 as the lowest Packet Size parameter value. The Frame Transmission Delay parameter value has been optimized as well. * pylon Viewer: [83673] Added support for recording of image sequences. * pylon Viewer: [71213] Added a color calibration tool that allows easy color configuration of Basler MED ace cameras. The Color Calibrator only becomes available in the pylon Viewer (Tools menu or context menu of the camera) when a Basler MED ace camera is connected. * pylon Viewer: [59746] The pylon Viewer feature tree now offers a search function. * pylon Viewer: [77502] The user interface has been localized into Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Languages can be switched in the pylon Viewer -> Preferences menu. * pylon Viewer: [70359] Tooltips and feature descriptions have been localized into multiple languages. Updated the layout of the Feature Documentation pane. * pylon Viewer: [72578, 83488] Added translations of tooltips and descriptions of Host Transport Layer, Stream Parameters, and Image Format Conversion features in the Feature Documentation pane. * pylon Viewer: [64819] Added a link to pylon IP Configurator in the Tools menu. * pylon Viewer: [64818] Added a link to "C++ Programmer's Guide" in the help menu. * pylon Viewer: [87509] Camera emulation support can be enabled via the pylon Viewer -> Preferences menu. * pylon Viewer: [55223] Images can now be saved in raw image format. * pylon Viewer: [64142] The pylon Viewer now displays chunk data provided by the camera. * pylon Viewer: [64822] Renamed "Transport Layer" to "Host Transport Layer". * pylon Viewer: [64783] The Basler logo is now displayed in the image display area. * pylon Viewer: [71709] The New Feature dialog can now accommodate more than one new feature. * pylon Viewer: [81066] Added icons for Contact Basler Support and About pylon Viewer menu options. * pylon Viewer: [78685] The Submit Feedback option can now be accessed via the context menus of cameras and features. * pylon Viewer: [86851] Split the View menu into View and Window menus and rearranged the menu options accordingly. * GigE Vision: [77502] The user interface of the pylon IP Configurator has been localized into Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Languages can be switched in the pylon Viewer -> Preferences menu. * SDK: [55223] pylon API now allows saving images in raw image format. * SDK: [66609] The features of nodemaps provided by pylon objects can be made persistent. * SDK: [54208] Added Extend option to the InconvertibleEdgeHandling parameter of the CImageFormatConverter class. With this option, rows and columns that cannot be converted are extrapolated for Bayer images. * SDK: [88328] Updated static API header files. * SDK: [71535] Replaced std::bitset from AccessModeSet with an alternative implementation (DeviceAccessMode.h). * BPD: [68866] The Basler Product Documentation (offline and online) can be accessed directly from tools of the pylon Camera Software Suite. The offline Basler Product Documentation can also be opened directly from the Applications directory. * CamEmu: [71079] The camera emulation stream grabber loads images from directories sorted by file name in ascending order. CORRECTIONS ========================= * pylon Viewer: [82191] The DeviceReset parameter is now available in Features tree. * pylon Viewer: [67625] Rearranged options in Tools and Camera menus. * pylon Viewer: [97454] The maximum display rate has been limited to 25 Hz. * SDK: [97536] Adapted the project files settings of the pylon SDK samples to Xcode version 9.x. * SDK: [71536] Added explicit destructors in certain C++ API classes. * SDK: [65985] Fixed an issue where the camera enumeration failed when using Objective-C and dynamic linking. * SDK: [70066] Fixed an issue where IsMono() / IsColorImage() returned true for PixelType_Undefined. * SDK: [70363] Fixed the signature of the ConfigurationEventPrinter::OnGrabError method in the C++ sample code. * SDK: Fixed the format of lists in the CImageFormatConverter documentation. * SDK: Fixed an issue where the waiting in a WaitObject instance could be interrupted. * GigE Vision: [69822] Fixed an issue where under certain conditions the stream grabber used a wrong port number. This would eventually cause effects like devices being removed or streaming of other cameras being stopped. * GigE Vision: [70515] Fixed an issue where the stream grabber would crash when starting the grabbing failed. * GigE Vision: Fixed an issue where the IP address and the port in the IP configuration settings of the stream grabber were always zero initially. * GigE Vision: Fixed an issue where changing the heartbeat timeout did not work. * USB3: [78905] Fixed hard-coding of vendor name. Now, the vendor name provided by the camera device is used. * USB3: [59128] Changed the Grab_UsingSequencer sample because after turning on the sequencer when using newer camera models, the pixel format cannot be changed anymore. RESTRICTIONS ========================= * pylon Viewer: The pylon Viewer requires macOS version 10.12 or newer. * pylon Viewer: If the Polling option in the Features pane is enabled while displaying a continuous image stream, there may be a stutter noticeable in the image stream. Disable polling to avoid this effect. * IP Configurator: The IP Configurator tool requires macOS version 10.12 or newer. * GigE Vision: Multiple IP configurations on a single network interface are not fully supported by the IP Configurator tool. * Under certain circumstances, e.g., a very slow or busy computer, the Color Calibrator may not work if the camera has already been opened in the pylon Viewer. To prevent this, close the camera before using the Color Calibrator. * BPD: When using the offline Basler Product Documentation with the Safari browser, internal links will not work correctly. To fix that, choose Safari > Preferences > Advanced. Select “Show Develop menu in menu bar”. In the Safari menu bar, choose Develop > Disable Cross-Origin Restrictions. * BPD: The Basler Product Documentation requires advanced JavaScript support. Please use a modern browser, e.g., Firefox 44 (or higher), or Chrome 49 (or higher). ################################################################################ RELEASE DATE: 2016-08-17 VERSION: 5.0.5 ################################################################################ BINARY COMPATIBLITY ========================= Initial Release NEW FEATURES / CHANGES ====================== Initial Release CORRECTIONS =========== Initial Release RESTRICTIONS ============