ViewPort v4.1 is out of Beta! And now a Parallax Product!
Hanno
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ViewPort v4.1 is now out of Beta.
Thanks to the incredible help from my amazing beta testers: Andy, Ingolf, Sapieha, Bryan, Bill, Paul, TJ, Harley, George and Mike! Any remaining bugs will be squashed in the next release. Please download the latest from here I still have a couple things to finish of in the next couple days: posting the developer's kit, sending out new license keys to existing customers, and updating the website.
Here a list of some of the new capabilities:
-Integrated Spin Code Debugger: set breakpoint, pause code, step one line at a time, call stack, profiler
-OpenCV plugin that integrates world-class computer vision (used by Stanford to win the DARPA challenge) with ease of integration of the Propeller
-Terminal object that's compatible with Full_Duplex_Serial variants. Simply replace with the terminal object and you've integrated with ViewPort
-Support for String and Float types both for monitoring and changing variables of those types
-Fully supports Vista and 64 bit XP
-Real AC-coupling mode for variables. When set to AC, the variables average value is removed- perfect for looking at values with a constant offset
-Use other channel to scale and offset variables with the improved formula property
-Lots of bug fixes
Hanno
Post Edited (Hanno) : 2/19/2009 3:45:11 AM GMT
Thanks to the incredible help from my amazing beta testers: Andy, Ingolf, Sapieha, Bryan, Bill, Paul, TJ, Harley, George and Mike! Any remaining bugs will be squashed in the next release. Please download the latest from here I still have a couple things to finish of in the next couple days: posting the developer's kit, sending out new license keys to existing customers, and updating the website.
Here a list of some of the new capabilities:
-Integrated Spin Code Debugger: set breakpoint, pause code, step one line at a time, call stack, profiler
-OpenCV plugin that integrates world-class computer vision (used by Stanford to win the DARPA challenge) with ease of integration of the Propeller
-Terminal object that's compatible with Full_Duplex_Serial variants. Simply replace with the terminal object and you've integrated with ViewPort
-Support for String and Float types both for monitoring and changing variables of those types
-Fully supports Vista and 64 bit XP
-Real AC-coupling mode for variables. When set to AC, the variables average value is removed- perfect for looking at values with a constant offset
-Use other channel to scale and offset variables with the improved formula property
-Lots of bug fixes
Hanno
Post Edited (Hanno) : 2/19/2009 3:45:11 AM GMT
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Now, I am going to incorporate ViewPort in several of my research investigations.
Hanno, great work!
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Hanno
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Links to other interesting threads:
· Home of the MultiBladeProps (SixBladeProp)
· Prop Tools under Development or Completed (Index)
· Emulators (Micros eg Altair, and Terminals eg VT100) - index
· Search the Propeller forums (via Google)
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If we buy the Standard version and want to upgrade to the Ultimate later on, is there an upgrade option other than paying full price for Ultimate?
I don't know if Parallax is offering this option though.
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"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney
Hanno
I downloaded Viewport 4.1.1.
I am using 64 Bit Vista.
It worked well ans I was able load the tutorials but when I tried to load the Demos from parallax that came with propeller tool I get
an error message. " Timed out ".
I tried with 2 other Propeller chips - with the same error message.
The propeller chips are recognized by View port - using configuration tab.
Please help.
Siri
P.s - I also have the previous version - Registered and how do I register the new version
My previous version is is registered under e-mail : higbymax@aol.com
Regards,
Siri
I got view port to work.
It was my fault - ?? I did not really follow your instructions properly.
Sorry for that.
regards,
Siri
Congrats for solving your own problem. Can you tell us what you did wrong? Then I can include tips in the documentation/improve ViewPort so others don't have your problem.
I'm slowly upgrading existing customer licenses. Look for an email with the new license in the next couple days. If you need one urgently, let me know...
Hanno
I guess I can rant some more but I need to recreate my top program from an archived version. It's too bad ViewPort 4.1 has these major bugs, because it was (when it worked) a quick and easy way to look at the memory contents to make sure things were working.
I apologize about ViewPort's problems. I know about the incorrect syntax highlighting and will resolve that once the higher priority issues are resolved. For now, a good workaround is to do most of your code development in the Propeller Tool, and use ViewPort for debugging. That's what I do.
Losing a file shouldn't happen- if you're able to recreate that bug please tell me so I can fix it right away. I'll look in the code in the mean time.
Some parts, like the recently added debugger and opencv modules are less stable than the rest of ViewPort- they've just been added. Best way to help resolve the remaining bugs are to send in the bug reports with a quick comment telling me roughly how you got to the bug. And- as always, feel free to contact me...
ViewPort is quite a complex piece of software- I need your help to make it stable. Customers who choose to invest in the process now get free upgrades to all v4.x versions of ViewPort.
Hanno