What's new in the latest release of TroublePix?

Changes in 2.0.0.1500 Release (May-15-2008)

  • Linked with Norpix Shared v3.39.1.
  • Some minor improvements.
  • A few minor bugs have been fixed.

Changes in 2.0.0.1414 Beta Release (March-31-2008)

  • Linked with Norpix Shared v3.38.1.
  • New feature: Multiple Event Marker - monitors multiple I/O sources, capturing external events and marking the associated frames in the sequence.
  • New feature: Error Handler - in case of application crash, it generates an error report which can be sent to Norpix support.
  • New feature: Application Status - displays the application activity log.
  • Added an option to enable activity log at startup.
  • Added a control bar in full screen mode.
  • Changed the "About" dialog box.
  • Compression algorithms have been improved.
  • Default Bayer settings for camera display.
  • Load I/O settings at startup.
  • I/O Control Module: now allows the user to enter a custom name for each monitored event.
  • Playback controls more accessible.
  • Some GUI changes.
  • A few bugs have been fixed since previous versions.

Changes in 1.6.0.842 Release (December-14-2007)

  • Linked with Norpix Shared v3.36.0.
  • Fixed two minor bugs.

Changes in 1.6.0.828 Release (December-7-2007)

  • Linked with Norpix Shared v3.36.0.
  • Real-time recording and compression.
  • JPEG, RLE, Huffman and LZ compression types are now supported when recording to a sequence file.
  • "Compression" settings page added, accessible from "Tools | TroublePix Settings".
  • New expandable save dialog that allows you to specify the compression parameters when saving a particular snippet.
  • "TroublePix Settings" and "Benchmark" were moved to the "Tools" menu.
  • Thumbnail view mode more accessible now in the "View" menu (CTRL+T keyboard shortcut).
  • Recalculate video storage parameters after changing the camera/grabber, depending on current frame rate, image format and resolution.
  • Save recording parameters to TroublePix.ini file.
  • New symbol added on the spinning control, indicating when the Pre/Post event has been triggered.
  • Burn relative timestamp on image when saving a snippet or exporting to AVI.
  • Playback speed bug fixed.

Changes in 1.5.0.484 Release (November-16-2007)

  • Linked with Norpix Shared v3.35.0.
  • Added multiple monitor display support.
  • Added a full screen image display mode.
  • Some minor bugs were fixed.

Changes in 1.4.0.304 Release (November-2-2007)

  • Linked with Norpix Shared v3.34.0.
  • New playback settings: custom playback speed, maintain/reset playback settings each time you play/stop a sequence.
  • Sequence slider improvements.
  • Set the default selection range as whole sequence.
  • Added more support for hardware trigger and computer trigger.
  • Added Toggle Recording action for the I/O module.
  • Added Auto-Rearm feature for the Pre/Post module.
  • New feature added: copy current image to clipboard.
  • New option added: burn absolute timestamp on image when save/export a sequence.
  • A few bugs were fixed. Many thanks to Finn Mengel for reporting us so promptly.

Changes in 1.3.0.244 Release (September-13-2007)

  • Display a splash screen at program start-up.
  • Added a tool, named "Buffer Usage Monitor". In case of program misconfiguration, it prevents frame dropping by displaying a warning message.
  • New settings pages have been added: Session, Recording and Save/Export, accessible from "File | TroublePix Settings"
  • Added auto naming scheme for newly created files.
  • Added "Quick Save/Export" feature which allows to quickly save/export a snippet, using the current auto-naming scheme
  • TroublePix settings (TroublePix.ini) are now stored in an user-specific application data folder.
  • Display tooltip info for "Pre/Post" and "Playback Speed" sliders.
  • Display a timeout message box when an export task is finished.
  • TroublePix now contains a fully Vista UAC compatible embedded manifest file.

Changes in 1.2.0.112 Release (June-06-2007)

  • New tools in the Help menu to bench your hard drives or memory.
  • Added an option to show camera specific controls (for ImperX cameras only).
  • Playback improvements while browsing a certain frame.
  • Added Custom Selection Range feature.
  • The playback bar has now two more buttons which allows you to navigate to the next/previous frame and to modify the playback speed while playing a sequence.
  • New transparent slider added to control the playback speed.
  • Floating playback bar with bigger buttons.
  • Thumbnail view mode is now available.
  • Flashing REC indicator during a record.
  • New TroublePix Settings page dialog has been added, accessible from "File | TroublePix Settings".
  • Manual/Auto Color Balance for display in the TroublePix Settings page.
  • Absolute/Relative Timestamp Overlay for display in the TroublePix Settings page.
  • Drag and drop feature added in order to open a sequence file.
  • New feature for the "Pre/Post Triggering" module added: mark a specific frame in the sequence as the "event" of the sequence.
  • New information added: image size in pixels, image format (mono, color etc.), current point coordinates and RGB values.
  • Installer improvements.
  • Some minor bugs have been fixed.

Changes in 1.1.0.79 Release (March-26-2007)

  • Added an option to check if you have the latest version.
  • Bayer conversion for display.
  • New option to switch the bayer pattern.
  • Remote Control module to trigger recording from an external IO source.
  • Pre/Post recording module.
  • New Start menu shortcut for TroublePix configuration file.
  • A lot of bug fixes.