Changelog

v.1.4:

• feature: Plot now supports different line width styles.
• feature: PaPI Main GUI now supports a fullscreen mode including toolbar toggling and run mode.
• improvement: Cmd line arguments and switches can control full screen mode and run mode of PaPI.
• improvement: Run mode now prevents close and move of tabs.
• improvement: It is not more mandatory to start PaPI inside of the PaPI installation folder.
• improvement: The PaPI start.sh script can be used with simlinks everywhere
• improvement: Subscriptions for blocks which does not exist yet are delayed and done later. Better Supports run-time block creation using e.g. Simulink
• simulink: The configuration can now be changed without re-compiling the simulink model by setting a file in the PaPIBlock mask.
• plugin: Added new plugin function: pl_get_plugin_path()

v.1.3:

• feature: Added possibility to copy a plugin, i.e to create a plugin with the same start-up cfg automatically
• feature: Added a new parameter context menu to plugins which allows easy change of parameters without overview menu
• feature: A new run-mode is available. Prevents Plugins resize and move.
• feature: Added ability to define favourite plugins
• feature: Added ability to define custom categories of plugins by using custom subfolders in the plugin folder
• feature: PaPI Configuration can be saved in a json format. The resulting file can be used by the PaPI Simulink block
• feature: Auto-Scale of background images
• feature: Background image will be the same after dock / detach
• improvement: Background image will now be loaded from cfg as well as opened tabs.
• improvement: Cleaned up the plugin developers API
• doc: Added documentation for the main window
• doc: Added documentation for shortcuts
• simulink: Added Checkbox to control if the UDPServer should be started in the initial phase
• simulink: SampleTime of the PaPIBlock is now parameterized
• simulink: PaPIBlock output is now always delayed by one step due to a legacy tool limitation: It is not possible to set the direct feedthrough flag to zero.
• gui: Added search bar for overview menu and create menu
• gui: Added shortcut features to search bar and tree in overview menu and create menu
• gui: Added shortcuts for actions of the main window for example: save, load
• fix: The connection between a PCP and a parameter will now be correctly restored.
• fix: ‘PreviousParameter’ from cfg will now be restored correctly
• fix: Removed old references to previous used license.
• fix: Various not mentionable bug fixes, see Github issue tracker.
• plugin: Plot plugin will now save zoom modifications done by scrolling
• plugin: Added prefix (cb_/pl_) for functions provided by plugins which can be used by plugin developer.
• plugin: Renamed ownProcess_base to base_ownProcess.

v.1.2:

• major-change Switched from PySide to PyQt and upgraded to use Qt5 (also switched to develop branch of pyqtgraph)
• minor-change GUI: Removed buttons, added toolbar, icons to distinguish between Events and Blocks.
• plugin: Added a new visual plugin: RehaStimGUI: Used to describe channel attributes for different states
• plugin: Added a new pcplugin: Textfield
• plugin: Changed Slider event to ‘Change’ (previous ‘SliderBlock’)
• plugin: Changed Button event to ‘Click’ (previous ‘Click_event’)
• plugin: A visual plugin can now be opened maximized.
• plugin: Added a new visual plugin: Console. Mainly used to control scilab in connection with ORTD.
• feature: Added a simulink block which enables the communication between PaPI and simulink
• feature: Added commandline options
• feature: Added ability to stop PaPI in the right manner by use of CTRL+C
• feature: Added DEvent as a new object to provide the ability to change parameters.
• feature: A single tab can be opened in an extra window.
• feature: Added ‘help’ button in the create plugin menu which opens the documentation for this plugin.
• doc: Added support for plugin documentation based on ReStructuredText.
• doc: Moved from github-wiki to ReStructedText
• doc: Improved documentation.
• fix: Fixed change of yRange by context menu (#38)
• fix: An error occurred if the slider was changed without controlling a parameter (#43)

v.1.1: LAST RELEASE WITH PYSIDE

• fix: Core will check plugin state before routing, so data to paused plugins will not be routed (#19)
• fix: Obsolete parameter in send_parameter_change was removed (#21)
• fix: Clean up of DParameter (#18)
• fix: Renamed some variables of ownProcess_base to be private
• fix: Fixed memory leak of gui event processing timer loop (#25)
• fix: Fixed memory leak due to recall of the plugin manager collection function
• fix: Tab position and active tab will now be saved to xml
• improvement: Changed the demux function to in improve performance
• improvement: Improved core performance while processing new data (see #20)
• improvement: Huge changes in the plotting plugin with performance benefits
• improvement: Shifted some control logic from gui to core to increase speed when changing cfgs incl. subscriptions
• improvement: ORTD can now receive its configuration via udp in multiple packages
• feature: Modified PaPI gui to have tabs. User can organise visual plugins in tabs, remove tabs, rename tabs.
• feature: PaPI now supports Mac OS X based on Darwin.
• plugin: Added a new visual plugin: ProgressBar
• plugin: Minor changes in LCDDisplay and Slider
• plugin: Added a new pcp plugin: Radiobutton

v.1.0

v.0.9

• Plot Plugin: Speedup by use of downsampling, more useable parameter, more dynamic legend, new ContextMenu
• Signals are now stored and managed as object
• Support of configuration types (file)
• Unsubscription of single signals became possible
• Use of pyqtgraph 0.9.10 -> removed dependency for scipy
• Sorting in the overview menu is enabled
• First pictures for plugins
• Error Dialogs pops up if a plugin error occurs -> Whole GUI wont die anymore
• fix in configloader due to invalid xml messages
• fix minor bug fixes in general

v.0.8.1

• New minor feature: PaPI will save a cfg on close. One is able to load this cfg after startup using ‘ReloadConfig’
• Big bugfix: signal and signal name relation had an order bug. There is now a new back end structure handling signals
• Signal unsubscribe is now possible using the gui
• Signals, parameter and plugins in overview are sorted now

v.0.8

• Use plugin as wizards for configurations
• Use ESC and RETURN for window interaction
• New file dialog to avoid performance issues
• fix signal names instead of id in overview
• Run/Edit mode
• Set/load background and save it to config
• fix When plugin in gui crashs, gui stays alive and plugin will be stopped