VectorPro Lite data acquisition software

Summary of new features in v12.0, including:

• Enhanced workflow: Batch Export improved for more efficient data export

• Enhanced security: Logging added for failed Active Directory login attempts

• Enhanced user management: Ability to record a reason when deleting users or groups

• Enhanced testing setup: Default axis for new tests set to Load vs Displacement

• Enhanced calculations: Offset option added to the Value @ operation, enabling calculation of results at a specified displacement before the end of the test

• Enhanced test management: Ability to record a reason when deleting tests

• Enhanced connectivity: Support added to transmit batch results and raw data via COM Port

• Enhanced reports: Graphs in report templates now default to black

• Enhanced UI/UX: Custom Workspace introduced to group related tests and reduce workspace clutter

• Enhanced diagnostics: Notification added when the application fails to launch due to database folder permission issues

Summary of new features in v11.5, including:

• Enhanced UI/UX: Removed live speed from the graph screen
• Enhanced UI/UX: Test name now displayed on the graph screen
• Enhanced workflow: Increased the number of available operations in the timeline
• Enhanced testing logic: Toe Correction pop-up suppressed when User Defined mode is not enabled
• Enhanced reports: Verification values and .data results are now separated in Excel exports
• Batch export enhancement: Option to export only the current sample

Summary of new features in v11.4, including:

• Enhanced reports: Set a default file path for exporting results (text and Excel)
• Enhanced reports: Added headers and attribute columns in the “Results” view
• Enhanced security: New “Absolute Position Setting” permission to restrict ABS setting changes
• Enhanced UI/UX: Navigate directly to the root directory via the VectorPro database link/path
• Enhanced post-test workflow: Break detection settings can now be edited in VectorPro post-test
• General stability improvements and bug fixes

Summary of new features in v11.3, including:

• Enhanced reports: Export all peak/trough values
• Enhanced reports: Attributes with fixed values in test added to results export (Excel)
• Enhanced reports: Specify decimal places ('0' added) for results
• Enhanced UI/UX: Import selected test/batch report template from VCS/bin test definition
• Enhanced UI/UX: Import selected test/batch export settings template from VCS/bin test definition
• Enhanced UI/UX: Copy crash report to clipboard

Summary of new features in v11.2, including:

• Added support for RS232 COM results output
• Added support for offline results data export/import (no internet connection required)
• Enhanced UI/UX: Selecting All Test results
• Enhanced UI/UX: Deleting Tests (inc. associated results)

Summary of new features in v11.1, including:

• Display test stand and sensor serial and capacity in reports
• Batch features: Remember last entry (for attribute values)
• Pre-defined calculations: Young's Modulus
• Added export options (opt. sample numbers, current sample only, etc)

Summary of technical features added from v10.1 to v11.0, including:

• VectorPro installer for SqueezerPro
• Added 4-Point Bend test type
• New operations (Move to pre-defined home)
• New languages (Ukrainian)
• Auto-archive and restore test results
• Share test definitions locally (offline) and by email (as attachment)

• New Auto collapse 'Operations' groups and 'Results' groups in test definition
• New Dual Y-axis support in custom domain
• Improved 'VectroPro unhandling exception' message for clarity
• New 'Replay' and 'Replay & Record' sample feature
• 'Break' settings moved from the 'Specimen' tab to the 'Operations' tab in the test definition

• Fullscreen login option
• New conditional operations for the timeline:
  • 'Greater Than or Equal To'
  • 'Less Than or Equal To'
• New toolbox options:
  • 'Clear Home' - clear a predefined home position
  • 'Move to Home' - move crosshead to predefined home position
  • 'Break Detection' toggle - prevent operations triggering any false break detection by firmware
• Automatic conversion of unit values when units are changed in Results or Specimen tabs
• Report template updates

• Extended product range support
• New Report Template 12 with minimalistic design optimised for multiple graphs and simple tables
• Settings such as the logo and the axis information in report templates are now saved with the test definition
• New Loop/Cycle operation
• New Digital I/O operations to support applications such as the automated carousel
  
  • Pause Message – digital input to continue a test
  • Pause Message – timer to continue a test
  • Operation to set a digital output
  • Operation to clear a digital output
• New Abort operation
• New Jump operation and a new Stop operation
  
  • Load Limit Jump
  • Displacement Limit Jump
  • Stress Limit Jump
  • Strain Limit Jump
  • Timer Jump
• A notes attribute can now be linked dynamically to a pause operation’s message for greater detail and reporting
• A more intuitive results view for test samples
• Results filtering based on date, user and attributes
• New samples Archive and Trash feature to optimise local storage
• New sensors diagnostics tool for the test stand to streamline the production/manufacturing process
• Copying an existing batch set to allow rapid batch testing
• VCS Export now accepts multiple email addresses for faster sharing

• New 'Custom Domains' for more tailored application requirements for both product testing & material testing
• New Samples deletion functionality for batch testing to optimise speed and storage requirements.
• New 'double click" functionality to add operations to the timeline
• More complex password feature added for SQL Server installation

• New 'limit' operations
• New 'digital jump' operation
• New 'formula within formula' functionality
• New 'details column' added to event log
• New 'Pass/Fail' in exports
• New 'User' added to template 11

• New 'user defined ELS load limits'
• New 'move % of absolute position' operation for all compatible test stands
• New SQL Server support (inc. MS SQL Server deployment)
• Automatic batch set export, inc. Excel format for batch sets

• VectorPro installer is now signed by our own digital certificate - including all EXE and DLL files
• New "Area for Texture Analysis" support
• New "Texture Characteristics" calculation support
• New reporting template (11) adding a graph overlaying all samples with domain-selection dropdown list

• Microsoft Active Directory user authentication and group policy support
• All attributes now available in reports
• New reporting templates (eg single page reports)
• New "Area @ Occurrence" calculation support

• Additional report templates
• Demo draw feature enhanced to include max/min on XY axes
• Additional calculations: Area@Operation, Average@Operation
• Permissions: Policies tab added to allow configuration of user password format, ageing, lockout and idle

• New login screen icons
• Zip Entire Database function on login screen
• Prompt Admin to reset password on first launch of new database
• Prompt User to set new password after login
• ...

• VectorPro V6.14 must be paired with the firmware V3.1.4 due to the “Absolute Position” support from the firmware
• Value @ Operation Enhanced with Maximum and Minimum
• Batch Report templates - 4 new ones added
• Add items to existing Pre-defined Attribute List
• ...

• Nova PDF Button removed as Windows print to pdf function now in Windows 10
• VCS Export all tests or workspace added
• Test Automation added
• Batch Sets Attributes per sample or per batch added
• ...

• Friction, Peel and Tear Calculation Category added
• Average Force Calculation added
• Average Force by Occurrence added
• Batch Sets and Testing added

• New report templates based on HTML/CSS/JavaScript technologies
• Crash Error Reporting added
• VCS Export all tests added

• Value Calculation enhanced for multiple Occurrences of the value added
• Appending results to Excel added
• Editing Attributes Globally or Locally added
• User email added to VCS Export
• ...

• What's New section added
• Export to Excel function enhanced
• Export of Event Log function enhanced
• Sample deletion - changes to renumbering
• Export of results by email via Vector Cloud
• Import of results to Vector database via Vector Cloud

• Enhancement to Vector Cloud Solutions (VCS) to increase options for data sharing
• Configure how you view results data in reports

• Export of results and graphs by batch
• Import of test files via Vector Cloud
• Export of test files via Vector Cloud

• Export 'save as' functions changed from global to local folder settings 
• Import of test files via Vector Cloud is enhanced

• Vector Cloud Solutions (VCS) introduced to allow exchange of data via the Cloud

• Vector Cloud Solutions (VCS) - account generation

• 'Value@' calculation added
• 'Verify' limits function added to calculations
• 'Number' attribute added
• 'Toe correction for slack' added
• Driver for thermal/barcode printer added