User manual MATLAB INSTRUMENT CONTROL TOOLBOX RELEASE NOTES

[. . . ] Other product or brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Patents The MathWorks products are protected by one or more U. S. Please see www. mathworks. com/patents for more information. Contents Summary by Version . Version 2. 10 (R2010a) Instrument Control Toolbox Software . Version 2. 9 (R2009b) Instrument Control Toolbox Software . [. . . ] Compatibility issues reported after the product release appear under Bug Reports at The MathWorksTM Web site. Bug fixes can sometimes result in incompatibilities, so review the fixed bugs in Bug Reports for any compatibility impact. Fixed Bugs and Known Problems The MathWorks offers a user-searchable Bug Reports database so you can view Bug Reports. The development team updates this database at release time and as more information becomes available. Bug Reports include provisions for any known workarounds or file replacements. Information is available for bugs existing in or fixed in Release 14SP2 or later. Information is not available for all bugs in earlier releases. 2 Summary by Version Access Bug Reports using your MathWorks Account. 3 Instrument Control ToolboxTM Release Notes Version 2. 10 (R2010a) Instrument Control Toolbox Software This table summarizes what is new in Version 2. 10 (R2010a): New Features and Changes Yes Details below Version Compatibility Considerations No Fixed Bugs and Known Problems Bug Reports Includes fixes Related Documentation at Web Site Printable Release Notes: PDF Current product documentation New features and changes introduced in this version are: · "Expanded spoll Function" on page 4 · "Enhanced Test and Measurement Tool" on page 4 · "Support for Agilent 64-Bit GPIB on Windows 64" on page 4 Expanded spoll Function You can now use the spoll function to execute a serial poll on VISA objects. Enhanced Test and Measurement Tool The Test and Measurement Tool interface is enhanced as follows: · Enhanced desktop environment · Two new menu items, Desktop and Window, which give you more control of the tool's size, location and layout Support for Agilent 64-Bit GPIB on Windows 64 You can now use Instrument Control ToolboxTM with an Agilent® 64-bit GPIB interface on a Windows 64-bit platform. 4 Version 2. 9 (R2009b) Instrument Control ToolboxTM Software Version 2. 9 (R2009b) Instrument Control Toolbox Software This table summarizes what is new in Version 2. 9 (R2009b): New Features and Changes Yes Details below Version Compatibility Considerations No Fixed Bugs and Known Problems Bug Reports Includes fixes Related Documentation at Web Site No New features and changes introduced in this version are: · "New Class-Compliant Interface for IVI-COM Drivers" on page 5 · "Support for Agilent 64-Bit VISA on Windows 64" on page 5 · "Warning Added for Future Deprecation of UDP Binblock Support" on page 5 New Class-Compliant Interface for IVI-COM Drivers Instrument Control Toolbox includes a class-compliant interface for IVI-COM drivers that lets you switch among instruments with different interfaces that use a class-compliant IVI-COM driver. Support for Agilent 64-Bit VISA on Windows 64 You can now use Instrument Control Toolbox with an Agilent 64-bit VISA interface on a Windows 64-bit platform. Warning Added for Future Deprecation of UDP Binblock Support A warning has been added for the deprecation of binblock read and write operations over an UDP network in a future release of the toolbox. You will receive a warning message if you read or write to an instrument over an UDP network. 5 Instrument Control ToolboxTM Release Notes Version 2. 8 (R2009a) Instrument Control Toolbox Software This table summarizes what is new in Version 2. 8 (R2009a): New Features and Changes Yes Details below Version Compatibility Considerations No Fixed Bugs and Known Problems Bug Reports Includes fixes Related Documentation at Web Site No New features and changes introduced in this version are: · "Expanded Platform Support Added for Instrument Control Toolbox" on page 6 · "Using the Status Function with an IVI Driver Can Cause Namespace Conflicts" on page 6 · "Expanded Platform Support Added for NI-VISA and GPIB Interfaces" on page 7 · "IVI-COM Driver Support" on page 7 Expanded Platform Support Added for Instrument Control Toolbox You can now install the Instrument Control Toolbox software on all platforms. Using the Status Function with an IVI Driver Can Cause Namespace Conflicts If you are creating an IVI driver, use the InstrumentStatus function to set the status group for the vendor-specific driver status. Using Status can cause a namespace conflict. If you are using a MATLAB provided driver, you can continue to use the Status function. 6 Version 2. 8 (R2009a) Instrument Control ToolboxTM Software Expanded Platform Support Added for NI-VISA and GPIB Interfaces You can now use Instrument Control Toolbox with a National Instruments®­VISA or a GPIB interface on a Windows VistaTM 64 platform. IVI-COM Driver Support This version of the Instrument Control Toolbox software offers expanded IVI-COM driver coverage. 7 Instrument Control ToolboxTM Release Notes Version 2. 7 (R2008b) Instrument Control Toolbox Software This table summarizes what is new in Version 2. 7 (R2008b): New Features and Changes Yes Details below Version Compatibility Considerations Fixed Bugs and Known Problems Related Documentation at Web Site No Bug Reports Yes--Details Includes fixes labeled as Compatibility Considerations, below. See also Summary. New features and changes introduced in this version are: · "Enhanced IVI-COM Driver Support" on page 8 · "Enhanced Functionality of the Test and Measurement Tool" on page 10 · "Enhanced IVI-C Driver Support" on page 10 · "Expanded Instrument Control Toolbox Demos" on page 10 · "Expanded spoll Documentation" on page 11 Enhanced IVI-COM Driver Support The Instrument Control Toolbox devices can now correctly initialize collections and items. Compatibility Considerations IVI-COM drivers generated using MAKEMID in the Instrument Control Toolbox, Version 2. 7 (R2008b) will not work with versions prior to Version 2. 7 (R2008b), and will throw an error. If you need to use the drivers created with Instrument Control Toolbox Version 2. 7, make sure you update your license to the latest release of the MATLAB software. After you install Instrument Control Toolbox Version 2. 7, if you regenerate the MDD file, you will need to update your code. To update your code, change 8 Version 2. 7 (R2008b) Instrument Control ToolboxTM Software the way you call your collections and items. Collections are now spelled as a plural noun and items are spelled as a singular noun. For example, if you had an item called Measurements and a collection called Measurement, you need to change the code so that the item name reads Measurement and the collection name reads Measurements. The following table shows you an example of the interface and the corresponding methods as it should look once you have updated your code. · Serial Configuration -- Configure the parameters for a serial port that you can use to send and receive data. · Serial Receive -- Receive binary data over a serial port. · Serial Send -- Send binary data over a serial port. Improved Throughput Throughput is improved in the Instrument Control Toolbox Serial interface and TCP/IP Receive blocks. 12 Version 2. 6 (R2008a) Instrument Control ToolboxTM Software Instrument Drivers Several new instrument drivers have been added to MATLAB Central. Enhanced Capability of the TM Tool The capability for discovery of VISA-USB and VISA TCP/IP (VXI-11) instruments in the TM TOOL is now enhanced. Support for Agilent IO Libraries Suite 15. 0 The Instrument Control Toolbox software now supports the Agilent IO Libraries Suite 15. 0. fprintf Timeout Errors You will no longer see sporadic timeouts when you write to the serial port using fprintf. 13 Instrument Control ToolboxTM Release Notes Version 2. 5 (R2007b) Instrument Control Toolbox Software This table summarizes what is new in Version 2. 5 (R2007b): New Features and Changes Yes Details below Version Compatibility Considerations Fixed Bugs and Known Problems Related Documentation at Web Site No Bug Reports Yes--Details Includes fixes labeled as Compatibility Considerations, below. See also Summary. New features and changes introduced in this version are: · "Instrument Control Toolbox Block Library" on page 14 · "Instrument Drivers" on page 15 · "spoll GPIB Status Information" on page 15 · "Obsolete Functions" on page 15 · "New Error Message" on page 15 Instrument Control Toolbox Block Library There are four new Simulink blocks that can send and receive data over TCP/IP and UDP in Simulink. · TCP/IP Receive -- Receive data over a TCP/IP network from a specified remote machine. [. . . ] For more information, see "Using Generic Instrument Drivers" in the Instrument Control Toolbox documentation. LeCroy Driver This release includes support for LeCroy instrument drivers. You can find these drivers by looking in the directory matlabroot\toolbox\instrument\instrument\drivers where matlabroot is the MATLAB installation directory, as seen when you type matlabroot 19 Instrument Control ToolboxTM Release Notes in the MATLAB Command Window. Many other drivers are available on the MathWorks Web site at http://www. mathworks. com/matlabcentral/fileexchange including drivers specifically for Instrument Control Toolbox software under the Test and Measurement category. Agilent Instrument Simulations Instrument Control Toolbox software includes simulations of the Agilent 33120a function generator and Agilent e3648 DC power supply. These simulations are available as instrument drivers. [. . . ]