HiDS Software Release Notes
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1. ES MOTION HiDS Software Release Notes Prepared By ESI Motion 2250A Union Place Simi Valley CA 93065 805 823 2213 Page 1 2015 Embedded Systems Inc ESI Confidential ESI Doc 100112 00K ES MOTION Revision History Version Items Changed A Initial Release Updated for 3 1 51 release Updated for 3 1 61 release Updated for 3 1 71 release Updated for 3 1 73 release Updated for 3 1 74 release Updated for 3 1 75 release Updated for 3 1 81 release Updated for 3 1 84 release Updated for 3 1 85 release A T GO TITI D O D Updated for 3 1 89 release 2015 Embedded Systems Inc ESI Confidential Page 2 ESI Doc 100112 00K ES MOTION Table of Contents 2 COMPATIBLE PRODUCTS uu u u ce adonara anaa aaa aaa aaa aaa AA aa Eaa EEEa 3 UPGRADES arrira u uu a id cus aea a a Eaa Aaaa Aaaa Aa Aaa Ea aa a aaa Aaaa Aa Aa Eaa AAEE Aana aaa 4 NEW FEATURES u u uu csdeccededectiscwabdvcecsanssidecsbicdecwanstudivesacul aaa NAAA PAARA RERA SRA ERRAR 5 KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS Page 3 2015 Embedded Systems Inc ESI Confidential ESI Doc 100112 00K GES MOTION HiDS 3 1 Release Notes 1 Introduction The document communicates the major new features and changes in this release of the ESIMotion2. HiDS Servo Motor Controller interface software It also documents known problems and workarounds 2 Compatible Products This product has been tested on the following platforms or with the following products e Windows 7 x64 e Windows 7 x32 e Windows XP 3 Upgrades To install HiDS 1 Before installing un plug from your PC any ESIMotion Controllers or CAN IXXAT USB to CAN devices 2 Double click on the ESIMotion_HiDS_v3 2_Setup exe and select OK Setup Begin Installation and Next through each screen 3 Ifthe USB and CAN drivers are installed without error select yes to reset your PC 4 If the IXXAT device is not recognized by your PC or the CAN driver installation reports an error like the following screen shot Error s Runtime Error at 30 949 SWbemObjectEx The service cannot be started either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it L a Complete the HiDS installation but do not restart your PC b Execute the IXXAT driver installation utility vci_3_5 2 4072 exe Select Yes and Next through all of the screen dialogs and when completed click yes to restart your PC 5 After restart but before executing HiDS power your ESI Motion Controller and plug in either the CAN or USB cable or both This will allow the Windows device drivers to properly install 6 Execute HiDS exe and select the appropriate tab USB or CAN for your appropriate produ
3. parameters bug which occurred when importing a file that included a particular parameter that had focus within the HIDS UI when import was selected Fixed exception that occurred when the user right clicked on an empty User Defined page Swapped scope Auto and Normal buttons were opposite of standard oscilloscope Removed converters on Inductance and Ke and removed TorqueConstant dialog did not convert properly Fixed HW Overcurrent value in summary page was not shown Fixed the update object button which was non functional in last release Fixed exception when no Regen variables exist Added change to allow HiDS to connect to very old Dragon code For some laptop screen resolutions made Run Panel smaller moved Reset button and made Run Panel resizable Changed ATP dialog to allow Enter to finalize the input which is consistent with the other input screens 5 Known Bugs and Limitations The USB driver for the Mite product family is copied to the installation directory but the driver is not yet loaded automatically To load the driver plug in the Mite and on Windows 7 browse to the C Program Files x86 ESI Motion HiDS MiteUsb directory On other Windows OS versions the directory will be similarly named Mite firmware upload only works via CAN not USB Page 7 2015 Embedded Systems Inc ESI Confidential ESI Doc 100112 00K
4. ct 4 New Features By incremental version gt 3 1 89 e Added USB support for Mite product line note the drivers are copied into the installation driver but are not loaded automatically yet e Changed the Velocity Loop gains tab to display the sensorless gains when in sensorless and the other physical feedback gains otherwise Page 4 2015 Embedded Systems Inc ESI Confidential ESI Doc 100112 00K ES MOTION gt 3 1 85 gt 3 1 84 gt 3 1 83 gt 3 1 81 gt 3 1 73 gt 3 1 71 gt 3 1 61 Added a MotorB and a motor phasing Run Panel for support and Run Panel customization example Modified the settings compare to ignore differences within 0 01 Added support for second concurrent Run Panel Bound the variable search window to the auto refresh timer so searched variables are auto refreshed Added beta version of the Scripting engine Added feedback direction and feedback phase support for Hall feedback Added SinCosEncoder feedback support Added MotorB parameter loop gains and limits tabs Added support for Dragon1 family CAN upgrade note not all Dragon1 Controllers support this feature Added support for Mite family CAN upgrade Added Run Panel thermometer ranging and gauge customization Changed the IXXAT driver from to 3_5_ 2 4072 which was required to support the IXXAT V2 USB to CAN Compact Added support for a Motor B only Run Panel Added support for us
5. dwareOvercurrent respectively Changed Scope to validate the presence of a saved channel variable before displaying it This occurred primarily when changing between ESI Motion product families Added Settings menu item to change the default Run Panel XML configuration file which allows product application specific customization of the Run Panel Allowed parameter files to include comment lines which must start with Changed Scope X axis from data buffer index to milliseconds The following bugs were fixed in this release by incremental version gt 3 1 89 gt 3 1 81 Fixed the MotorB tab alignment problems that occurred on large PC screens Fixed the scope file export that added the scope YOffset to the exported data Updated IXXAT driver arguments to insure both old and new drivers are installed Page 6 2015 Embedded Systems Inc ESI Confidential ESI Doc 100112 00K ES MOTION gt 3 1 72 When the scope channel Y axis is manually changed the Track is unchecked The Overcurrent warning checkbox was mistakenly bound to the DSP over temperature warning Updated MotorA tab feedback every opening in case feedback type was changed elsewhere Fixed the scope manually entered x axis zoom number text box Fixed parameter file import problem when numerical error exceeded floating point representation error Fixed buffer overflow problem that occurred when downloading large hex files Fixed import
6. er editable enable disable any variable button in the Run Panel Added detection of parameter file objects that cannot be parsed invalid numeric string Excluded internal ESI pages from parameter export Added Verbose Logging feature Added a beta version of the Auto Phase feature refer to the HiDS User Manual for information Added Compare active objects to txt file feature Fixed filtering of HDDS CAN messages to tolerate other CAN devices on bus Added 8 DTP channel support Added support for target to control DTP configuration variable DTPDisableHiDSUpdate Added Controller simulator for HiDS demonstration purposes Stopped the Serial Test should other windows views be opened Added warning to user importing an export all file which results in many read back errors due to the attempts of writing to read only variables Fixed scope channel select to only show displayed variables was showing zero lines Added Serial encoder to supported feedback list Page 5 2015 Embedded Systems Inc ESI Confidential ESI Doc 100112 00K ES MOTION Changed Resolver feedback to Motor feedback Disabled update FW button if no USB device Added separate error message about no FPGA upgrade supported via CAN Added Cycle Test menu item Added support for fault warning enables disables new HiDS variable type scope Allowed up to 8 DTPs and reworked UI to support that Updated the USB Express connection list to
7. show either product names or unnamed devices Added minimum and maximum measurements to each scope channel Added import settings export settings and save to flash menu selections to Settings menu to allow simpler navigation Changed Run Panel description from product description to Run Panel which allows easier icon selection when open Changed Run Panel button colors from Windows background to off white This fixed the problem which made the buttons invisible if the background color was the same as the Run Panel background Changed the settings export file type from csv to txt to allow the file to be directly importable Also excluded zero records HiDS line breaks from the export Added parameter read back after settings import to verify each record was properly written Also added record names to result dialog in case any record failed to be written Shortened the USB disconnection timeout from 20 seconds to 6 seconds Added DSPTemperature GBTTemperature and I2T limits to Limit tab Added Auto refresh rate text box to allow slower less resource refreshing Added SettingsChangeLog txt log file to C ProgramData ESI Motion HiDS version directory which logs all variable changes imports and saves to Flash Note this file name is preceded by the product name ESIMotion part number and product software version number Changed Run Panel RPM and IQ dial gauge limits to the set MaOverspeedPos limit and Ma Har
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