| Changes in TrafficViewer Pro 1.7.1.146 |
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| New | Created new updater and installers so they will now fully function and work with Windows UAC properly. Versions before this will require a manual download and install, after that the updater within the software will function again. The initial update or install will require admin privileges and they will be requested a second time to cleanup the old installation, after that no admin privileges will be required. |
| New | New firmware for the PicoCount 2500 and PicoCount 4500 are included. The most up-to-date firmware is version 2.41. |
| New | Added gap (vehicle separation) report and export. |
| New | Added optional "mean speed" data column to speed report and csv export to get hourly mean speeds. |
| New | Added optional "85th percentile" data column to speed report and csv export to get hourly 85th percentile speeds. |
| New | Added "headway" option in preferences to allow gaps to be calculated using headway instead. |
| New | Added ODOT export for volume/class. |
| New | Changed self-updater. |
| New | The firmware included in the software for PicoCount 2500 and PicoCount 4500 units is now the latest stable version, version 2.40. |
| New | Added special handling of speed bins, the default bins have ranges such as 20-24, 25-29, 30-34. But when changed from the defaults some times bins get entered as 20-25,25-30,30-35. The software will now handle both of those scenarios the same so the bins work as the user intended. |
| New | Added the same report options when printing to PDF exports. |
| New | Added a test to processing of 4-channel data when a median is involved, processing should work better and much faster for these setups. |
| New | Added all report options (new and old) to preferences so defaults can be set. |
| New | Added Geocounts per-vehicle export ("Vehicle List" export). |
| New | To help prevent issues the start date/time is now highlighted in red if it is 01/01/2011 (which is the date the unit has after a firmware upgrade), this indicates the unit data needs to be cleared before the counter can be used. |
| New | Added viewing of amplitude values (along with changing the color of the hit depending on amplitude) on the graphical timestamp view for our bicycle counter (PicoCount 2502). |
| New | Added exporting of amplitudes to the hose hit list when exporting data from our bicycle counter (PicoCount 2502). |
| New | Modified the display on the graphical timestamp screen so it will always show a hit even if it's not to scale (instead of not displaying hits graphically when zoomed way out). |
| New | Now when zooming in with the mouse wheel on the graphical timestamp view it will zoom in and out where the mouse cursor is (within about 1/10th of a second). |
| Fix | Minor changes were made to the help text for command line parameters. |
| Fix | Updated links under "Help" to our online documentation and TrafficViewer Pro website, they were out of date. |
| Fix | Made a processing tweak to test axle speeds within a vehicle to achieve better clustering. |
| Fix | INDOT made a slight change to the PRN files they accept so the format has been updated. The "minutes" part of the start time in the file header will now have 00 minutes (like all other PRN formats) instead of 01 minutes. (i.e. so a study starting at noon will have "1200" for it's start time instead of the old format's "1201".) |
| Fix | Fixed a bug when using the "Custom Filename Format" feature with PRN exports to auto-generate filenames. The custom data type text (tag %TYPETEXT%) was being ignored (or possibly causing other strange behavior) for class, speed, and all-in-one exports. |
| Fix | Fixed the graphical timestamp view so it no longer crashes when opening it on two different files without closing the software. |
| Fix | Fixed a floating point calculation issue when scrolling in the graphical timestamp view which would ocassionally cause the scrolling to stop working until you changed zoom levels and moved around a bit. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug with the graphical timestamp view that didn't show the first day with actual data if the first day after the counter was cleared had no hits in it. |
| Fix | Adjusted the short-short/long-long filtering to allow for up to 4 inches of hose movement (in each direction) in case hoses are not secured well. This allows for better filtering of the long hose data in cases where hoses have moved around a bit. |
| Changes in TrafficViewer Pro 1.6.4.124 |
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| New | Added a new Weekly Volume Report. |
| New | Significantly improved multi-directional classification processing in most cases. |
| New | New firmware is available for 4-channel counters. Firmware version 2.33. It is a recommended update. If the firmware gets installed on your computer you should be prompted up update your counters when they are plugged in. If not, you can download our firmware installer from our website. |
| New | New firmware is available for 2-channel counters. Firmware version 2.30. It is a recommended update, especially if your counters are below 2.25. If the firmware gets installed on your computer you should be prompted up update your counters when they are plugged in. If not, you can download our firmware installer from our website. |
| New | Added directional volume processing of count-only data. So with two tubes stretched across a multi-lane road (or parking lot entrance, etc.) if the tubes are close together (recommended under 1 foot) volume only counts can be determined based on the order in which the tubes are hit. A new checkbox "Directional Volume" is now on the "Data Settings"/hose layout screen, it is only enabled when "Unknown Hose Spacing" is checked and two hoses are across one or more lanes. |
| New | Added command-line parameters to allow downloading data from a counter, choosing a hose setup, and saving and exporting the data, etc. all without using the user-interface. So data can be retrieved froma counter from within a batch file for automated processing. Using command-line arguments requires units with firmware version 2.25 or higher to work. |
| New | Added some options to run an external program after exporting data. The options for this are in "Preferences" on the "Reports & Exports" tab. |
| New | Added an option to set the default road layout for 2-channel and 4-channel counters in Preferences. So if you frequently use the same tube layout you can now go into Preferences, and on the "Proccessing Defaults" tab under "Layout Defaults" there are two buttons "2-Channel Layout" and "4-Channel Layout" where you can choose your default layouts. |
| New | Added options for calculating the ADT and some help text on the report range selection screen for Weekly Volume reports. The default when not specifying an exact date/time range is not to show an ADT, and when specifying a start/stop range the default is to calculate it based on "Total Volume / # of Hours x 24". |
| New | Added multi-lane classification with 4-channel counter as a short-short/long-long hose setup. |
| New | Added "Graphical Timestamp View" back into the software. This can be helpful for troubleshooting classes and processing. It is accessed by selecting "View|Advanced|Graphical Timestamp View" from the menu at the top of the window while having a file open. The list of all timestamps is also available under "View|Advanced|Show Timestamp List". |
| New | The day of week is now shown on reports along with the date. |
| New | Added a report option to show the "comments" field on reports. |
| New | Added a report option to hide file path information on reports. |
| New | Added a new export type, "Geocounts" export. Currently only the axle count export is enabled, future support for vehicle or class exports may be added. |
| New | There have been some moderate improvements in overall classification processing, probably more noticable in heavier traffic and at slower speeds. |
| New | Added help text to several of the options at the bottom of the "Data Settings" screen, help is shown when the mouse is over the field. |
| New | Added CountBuddy II firmware upgrade support. |
| Fix | The built-in updater should now show VehicleCounts.com as the publisher instead of showing as unknown publisher when prompting for access to perform the update. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug that could cause data to be skewed in reports or exports in very specific circumstances -- it was more apt to occur, and be noticeable, in very light traffic. (If the selected report/export start time was on the same minute as a hose hit, the following data would be off by the number of minutes that there were no hose hits at all). |
| Fix | Fixed a bug when the unit time's out or is otherwise disconnected after a download while sitting at the data settings (hose layout) screen. If the unit is disconnected before using the "Layout Selection" screen, then there were no layouts to choose from, it was blank. Now a unit can be disconnected and there will still be the normal layout options when clicking on "Select Layout". |
| Fix | Fixed a display problem when a system was set to use a higher DPI for it's monitor (higher than 96DPI). Some controls would have their text cut-off and most notably the speed and classification grids ont he data overview screen would show only partial lines (i.e. the top half of the text) for each row in the grid. DPI scaling is no longer attempted so no text will be cut off due to a higher DPI setting. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug with the hose setup description displayed on the data overview screen. Single hose setups would show a hose spacing, they no longer do. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug that would occasionally allow a cluster to have 1 axle. While this typically wouldn't affect much, it could cause problems with "Always classify as..." and "Divide unclassified axles by" settings if used in a scheme's "Unclassified Handling" rules. |
| Fix | Moved buttons on "Data Overview" panel to the righthand side instead of at the bottom. This way, devices with low resolution screens can still click on the buttons. (On top of that there always has been the option to use the "File" menu in the upper-left of the screen for all of these tasks.) |
| Fix | Fixed a problem when trying to "Export Scheme to CSV" in the scheme editor for a scheme that was created or modified. Now schemes can be exported (the only purpose of this is just to look at a table of spacings). Please note that some scheme types that don't test number of axles and axle spacings will not export (schemes that only use total spacing for example). |
| Fix | Other minor appearance-related changes. |
| Changes in TrafficViewer Pro 1.4.6.105 |
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| New | Changed the default Data Settings screen to use the new hose layout screen if no software was previously installed. The new layout screen also supports 4-channel counters. On upgrades from 1.3.x.x this is not the default but can be enabled by unchecking "Use old-style hose setup screen for 2-channel counters" on the "Processing Defaults" tab in "Preferences". |
| New | The software now fully supports our new PicoCount 4500 4-channel counter with all setups except 4-channel (short/long) classification which will be added later. |
| New | Made major internal enhancements to how dates and times are stored and processed, this should have a slight speed improvement along with other benefits. |
| New | Added a "Calculate Dwell" button to help come up with good dwells based on the "Posted Speed" entered. By default the dwell is calculated to not filter out hits within 48 inches (122cm) of each other at the posted speed. Which should allow heavy trucks multi-axles. This value can be adjusted in the Preferences screens under the "Processing Defaults" tab. |
| New | Modified counts only setups to use a new redundant display method if hoses are across the same lanes. Instead of just using hose A for the lane, now if hoses are across the all the same lanes (in counts only setups), the software will use the hose with the most hits each minute (so if a hose breaks or has a crack it will switch to using the other hose for that period). This should result in the best possible data. |
| New | Lanes with the same name (or direction) will now automatically get the channel(s) added to the name so they can be identified easily. But, as always, you can give the lanes any name you want so the ability to identify them yourself is still there. NOTE: This only occurs when using the new hose setup screen, the old setup screen will behave the same if you choose to use that. |
| New | The print and export range selection screen and multiple-file export screen was changed slightly to more easily accomodate additional report types and more then 2 lanes. |
| New | Added the ability to change the hardware dwell in PicoCount 2500 units made after March, 2012. Changing the hardware dwell inside the unit is NOT recommended (you will more than likely get worse results with your collected data). It should normally be left at 30ms unless you have good reason to change it (i.e. it's required by a contract). This new hardware dwell can be changed by clicking on the "Configure Unit" button (where the Unit ID is located). |
| New | When exporting multiple files at once the multiple file save dialog now has several options for a "base filename" that can be used, instead of just the default date/time. |
| New | Added the ability to change the percentages, text, and colors on the quality meters that are displayed for classification data. This will allow users to set more appropriate percentages that they find acceptable. Meters can even be turned off individually. |
| New | Added a few additional tests to the unit connection screen. If the memory usages, or the unit's date/time or start date/time are invalid the field will be highlighted and help text will show if the mouse is over these fields. While this will help catch a rare instance where the unit has a problem, it is mainly to get the user's attention after a unit's firmware has been updated -- in that case it is common for these values to be out of normal ranges and this is easily corrected by clicking on "Clear Unit Data" after the firmware update. |
| New | Added the ability to save data files in the format used in version 1.3.x.x of the software since the data file format has changed slightly since then and version 1.3.x.x has been in use for quite some time. This feature is available under the "File" menu at the top of TrafficViewer Pro by clicking on "File", then "Advanced" and finally "Save data in v1.3.x.x format". |
| Fix | Added All-In-One CSV exports back into the beta software. They were removed when the exports were cleaned up/rewritten with the first release of 1.4.x.x (beta). The "Export Version" field in the header of the CSV will now be "All V2.03". The main change to the CSV layout is that the data columns will no longer be in a strange order as they may have been in 1.3.x.x. |
| Fix | Fixed a 1-minute skew when specifying specific times for a range of data to print or export. (This did not affect data when using the "# of days" range selection.) |
| Fix | Fixed the axle spacings in the "Vehicle List" (vehicle timestamps) Export. The spacings were always exported in Metric (centimeters) even if measurements were selected to be in English units. Now it will export centimeters or inches appropriately. The Export Version field in the CSV header for vehicle timestamp exports was increased, it now reads: "VehicleTS V2.12". |
| Fix | Fixed the CSV exports so that multiple directions can be exported to multiple files at once. |
| Fix | On the speed reports the Median and Modal speeds were incorrect, this has been fixed. Previously the modal speed shown on the reports was actually the calculation for median speed, and the median speed shown on the reports was a wrong calculation and could have been far off of the other types of averages. |
| Fix | Made a very slight change in how short/long hose setups are calculated. If throughout the course of a minute there were only vehicles in the short hose lane, then there is a chance that the long hose could have one less hit than the short hose (if the short hose is leading the long) if the minute changes after a tire cross the short but before it crosses the long hose. This had a very minor affect of causing an overcount of one hit (if there was another set of odd axles to pair with it would be 1 vehicle count off in a divide by 2 scenario). Partial undercounts are now carried over so they are properly accounted for. |
| Fix | Changed the wording in the window that pops up to confirm clearing unit data. All references to "reset unit" were removed for clarification. |
| Fix | Removed all file types that we don't actually open from the Open and Save File listings. These will be added back in if we add support for these file types. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug when trying to print a report when there was less than one minute of data in the unit, it would cause an "access violation". |
| Fix | A message is now displayed in the data setup screen if a two lane classificaiton setup is selected and the lanes are both set in the same direction. Those setups will be saved as a single lane -- there is no way to tell the lanes apart when both hoses are across both lanes of the data in the same travel direction. |
| Fix | Classification Scheme/Rules Editor now defaults to inches or centimeters based on the measurement set in your preferences (English/Metric) when opened for the first time, instead defaulting to centimeters. |
| Fix | NOTE: All CSV exports have changed slightly (to allow for the new possible lanes with 4-channel counters and because there's only one dwell time in the header now). So all CSV versions in their headers have had their version increased. Be sure to test this if you automate the importing into other software. |
| Fix | Changed the text on the "Reset Unit" button to read "Clear Unit Data" to make it easier for first time users to understand it's intended use. |
| Fix | Greatly improved the processing speed and memory usage for portions of time with no data. This will improve processing times greatly for any counters that sat on the shelf for long periods of time and were not reset before using. It will improve the memory use and processing speed of all studies to some extent (light traffic will have the most improvement on processing speed). This should also fix the "EEFACE" error which was displayed when processing some data when memory ran out. |
| Fix | When specifying a specific date/time range the start time will be rounded up if it's not on a whole interval, and the stop time will be rounded down instead of always rounding to the nearest interval. |
| Fix | Removed pop-up error message if communications log file cannot be written to. So now those systems with permissions that don't allow the log file to be created will no longer pop up an error message every time the software is opened. |
| Fix | The graphical timestamp display is currently being revised and is temporarily disabled. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug with a missing quote in the header of timestamp exports. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug with timestamp exports that were exported as "Seconds since start date/time". The timestamps were not out of skew with each other but they may have been several seconds off from the start time shown in the file (timestampts were being calculated from the start time shown but were also using the seconds from when the unit was reset which were not displayed in the file). Now all timestamp exports in this format are in seconds from the time shown with :00 seconds (if the start time in the file is 16:26, the timestamps in seconds are from 16:26:00 as one would expect). Timestamp exports in the more common formats of "Readable date/time" or "Days since Dec 30, 1899" were already exported properly. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug that could occur when there was a failure to download data from a unit (which is a very rare condition -- such as unplugging a unit during download). It could have caused TrafficViewer Pro to crash or otherwise behave strangely. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug with multi-lane processing when the software attempted to recluster (which happens in heavy traffic). This could have caused an "Access Violation" or other strange behavior while processing. |
| Fix | Fixed installer to install under all users instead of the currently logged in user. Which caused problems when logged in as Administrator. This should work just fine for Windows XP through Windows 8. |
| Fix | Cleaned up the text descriptions for median and "unknown spacing" setups. |
| Fix | Removed the "Total" from the overview screen display if there is only one lane in the setup. |
| Fix | Exporting of mulitple files no matter the type of export should now be handled better. |
| Fix | Several other minor enhancements and fixes. |
| Changes in TrafficViewer Pro 1.3.5.87 |
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| New | New PicoCount 2500 firmware is available, the new firmware version is V2.20. It is recommended that you upgrade your units. This new firmware fixes a rare (but major) bug and now performs error correcting on the flash data storage. |
| New | Added new security features for the PicoCount 2500 (unit passwords) for units with firmware version 2.15 or higher. For these units the "Configure Unit" screen will have the ability to enable unit passwords on each unit. |
| New | Added WSDOT exports (GK Export). |
| New | Software now supports time-limited PicoCount rentals/demo units. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug in the communications routines that may have caused some strange behavior at times. |
| Fix | Fixed a potential bug with PDF exporting not working on some Windows 7 installs where the USP10.DLL file may have been an incompatible version. |
| Fix | Removed file type associations from the Preferences panel, as it stands that was not functional in Windows Vista or 7. File type association will be introduced in the installer and perhaps added back to the Preferences panel at a later time. |
| New | Added a completely customizable automated filename for PRN exports. At the bottom of the PRN filename formats there is now the option "- CUSTOM FILENAME FORMAT -", which will give you a button "Edit Custom Format" to create your own filename format. This can also be setup in preferences to use as a default. |
| New | Added new V1.11 RetroCount firmware to upgrade RK-1 units to work better with some serial cables/ports that they were having some trouble with before. |
| New | Added Road Tube Simulator 8 to known devices to allow for firmware updates. |
| New | Added a "Configure Unit" screen for the Road Tube Simulator to allow a very basic way to modify the patterns and vehicle tables that the simulator uses for it's output. |
| New | Added FDOT PRN export. |
| New | Added INDOT PRN export. |
| New | Multiple export selections (multiple directions and/or data types) can now be exported at one time with PRN exports (they were previously limited to exporting one direction or type of data at a time). |
| Fix | Fixed a bug in processing data, specifically during the building of "clusters" of axles, some of the newer speed testing code was inadvertantly not being used. This fix may help improve some data that has excess noise on the hoses, or may improve processing speeds slightly. |
| Fix | Fixed the help text on the "Speed Bins" tab in "Preferences" which was previously cut off and added some additional notes to the help text. |
| Changes in TrafficViewer Pro 1.2.0.76 |
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| New | Added several new interval selections for both reports and exports; any interval that divides evenly into 60 minutes can now be used. |
| New | Report and export settings that can be set before exporting or printing will now stay at what they were last set at while the same file is open. This will make it easier to export the same range of data that was just printed, or to print/export multiple reports/exports without having to re-select the date/time range or change other settings again. |
| New | Added "Interval" to header of CSV files. The "Export Version" for each of the exports has been increased to reflect the change in the header. The format of the new "Interval" field is "n Min" where n is the interval in minutes. |
| New | The "Bin Interval" option located in Preferences will now be the default interval used for both reports and exports, previously it was only used for exports. |
| New | Added a warning message when printing large reports (in case the wrong settings were selected, such as a small interval or a large date range). |
| Fix | Fixed several bugs with speed statistics shown at the bottom of the speed reports. Speed statistics on multiple page reports were being calculated incorrectly on all but the first page of data. Also, several speed stats were being calculated incorrectly since version 1.0.8.68 when the new speed bins were added. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug with the All-In-One export, if the start date/time was set past the end of data the export could have caused an access violation message to pop up. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug in the export selection. When only selecting "All-In-One" for exporting, the "Continue" button would stay disabled until another type of export was selected. |
| Fix | Removed "Volume (axles)" selection from the report list which was accidentally added to it in version 1.1.0.74. It was non-functional (it only generated a blank page) since it is for exporting only and was not intended to be displayed for reports. |
| Changes in TrafficViewer Pro 1.1.0.74 |
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| New | Improved processing in a few circumstances (most areas affected will be areas of data with missing hits, and in heavier traffic). The biggest change was to make sure axles are matched up properly, there is a speed check with nearby axle hits to make sure we have a speed that is even possible. |
| New | Improved algorithm that detects and inserts missing hose hits (only done with hoses set up for classifications). It should do a better job and not falsely inserting hits in areas of very noisy data. |
| New | The auto-update feature was disabled by default in previous installations. It is highly recommended to have this enabled. Starting with this version new installations will ask if the user wants to turn auto-updating on. Also, updating to this version from an older version will also prompt the user and ask if they would like to enable it if it's disabled. Users will only be asked one time. |
| New | Modified speed report to split column titles into two rows when a hyphen or space is encountered. This makes the column titles less cluttered and easier to read with larger speeds (commonly the case when displaying speeds in KPH). |
| New | Added a recent files list to the "File" pulldown menu at the top of the main TrafficViewer Pro window. The 10 most recently opened or saved files will be listed there, most recent at the top of the list. |
| New | Added new "MH Class" scheme (an FHWA variation). |
| New | Added "Nevada DOT Lengths" scheme (a pure length-based scheme). |
| New | Sample data files are now included with installater and are an optional part of the install. |
| Fix | Changed the dwell handling in the TrafficViewer Pro so that it works as it was intended to work. This is rather subtle, and likely won't have a dramatic positive or negative effect on data -- it just needed to work how it was being described. It was coded like this: "After a hit occurs, all hits on that channel will be filtered out until no hits occur for the entire length of the dwell time. If a hit does occurs within the dwell time the dwell time starts over, this repeats until the entire length of the dwell occurs with no hits." How it works now, which is how it was intended, is: "The amount of time after a hit occurs that other hits will be ignored on that channel." |
| Fix | Fixed/improved "Data Quality" meter slightly. Some hits that were not clustered were not impacting the data quality, now all hits are accounted for. It's likely this meter will read slightly lower than before with most data. The description of this meter has also been updated in the "What is this?" help screen. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug in the display of the speed grid on the overview screen. With bi-directional data, a "List index out of bounds (-1)" may have been displayed. (This bug was introduced in 1.0.8.68 with the speed bin changes.) |
| Fix | Fixed a processing bug that could cause an "External Exception" and processing to not complete. This was extremely unlikely to ever happen in any real data. This could occur only when a cluster had exactly 256 axles in it and it somehow passed the classification scheme tests for a successful vehicle classification. |
| Fix | Fixed a couple of bugs in the connection log. Serial numbers are now stored to the log in an easily readable format and battery voltages are stored in the log for units that can read it. |
| Fix | Fixed a "divide by zero" error when using the unclassified cluster handling "divide unclassified axles by..." option. |
| Fix | Fixed a memory leak (a very small one) that could occur on installations that have multiple firmware versions available for the same product (due to other circumstances this was unlikely to even occur on any normal installations). |
| Fix | Fixed a bug in the classification editor. Moving a rule from the top of the list down would cause an access violation and the scheme would no longer work. |
| Fix | Fixed a problem in the "Report Selection" window. When selecting only "Class Totals" or "Speed Totals" and nothing else, the "Continue" button would remain disabled. The "Continue" button now works with all checkboxes. |
| Fix | Fixed a few minor user interface issues in the "Data Setup" panel. Tabs will now cycle through controls on this panel in a normal order and the controls and text in the "Axle Correction Factors" view were moved around slightly so no text is up against the right side of the panel. |
| Fix | Fixed some bugs in the PRN exporting due to the ranges chosen. Mainly, PRN exports would only export 1 day of data if "split days into separate files" was not checked. Now the range selection should work as intended, even when "split days into separate files" is not checked. |
| Fix | Fixed the stop date that was exported in PRN exports when "split days into separate files" was not checked. Previously the stop date in the PRN file would always show the same date as the start date, it is now the proper stop date (the last date/time of data in that file) no matter what range of data is exported to the PRN file. |
| Changes in TrafficViewer Pro 1.0.8.68 |
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| New | Added custom speed bins. You can change the speed bins that are used in "Preferences" under the "Speed Bins" tab. |
| New | The timestamp exports now have 3 formats for the timestamp field. Previously it was only "seconds since start date/time", so remains the default. The new options are "days since Dec 30, 1899" (which spreadsheets know how to convert to a date/time just by indicating the field is a date/time), or "Readable date/time", which will export the date and time of each timestamp as text (in a readable format). NOTE: If your exports require millisecond or better resolutions, your most accurate timestamps will be exported using the original "seconds since start date/time" format. |
| New | Added "Time Stamp Format:" as a field in the header of the timestamp CSV exports, the three values are the three types of formats: "Seconds", "Days", and "DateTime". |
| New | Both vehicle and axle timestamp exports now have a new version due to the above changes, the new version for the "Export Version:" field is "V2.00". If you have software importing these, with any "V2.00" timestamp exports you should test the new "Time Stamp Format" field to determine the format of the timestamps. |
| New | Added default settings for some of the export options that can be changed in "Preferences". |
| New | Added "Number of Axle Spacings" to "Exports" tab of "Preferences". For those that use vehicle timestamp exports, this value is the number of spacings to export. Previously it was always 9 spacings that were exported, now it can be any number (or none at all). If you don't use the spacing data in your vehicle timestamp exports, you can set this to 0 so those fields will not show at all. |
| New | To avoid confusion, the "Continue" button is now greyed out for report and export selection if no export/report type has been selected. |
| New | Speed and volume reports should get generated more quickly now. |
| New | Speed and All-In-One exports versions are now "V2.00" since the speed bins are now customizable there will not necessarily be 15 bins now, and the ranges may be different if they are changed from the defaults. |
| Fix | Fixed a minor bug when closing TrafficViewer Pro that was attempting to access and free already freed memory. |
| Fix | Fixed the page numbers of reports. Now all reports start at page 1 (volume, speed, and class), and the total pages indicator was removed (to speed up report generation). |
| Fix | Fixed range selection for timestamp exports, previously the range selection was ignored for timestamp exports (even though the start date/time in the export showed the start time selected). Now timestamp exports will export only the range selected. |
| Changes in TrafficViewer Pro 1.0.6.63 |
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| New | Changed processing for hose setups that the software detects as possibly incorrect, the user was prompted more than once to change setups (each time printing or exporting) if they didn't change it the first time. Now, the prompt should only occur after changing the header or opening a file, and not before a report/export. |
| New | Behind the scenes, a lot of processing/reporting code was cleaned up and variables were made more consistent for easier future updates. |
| Fix | The speed report/export had speed data shifted over one bin to the right (so it showed higher speeds). Now, reports/exports of speed data should be correct. Any old files can now be opened and new speed reports generated with the correct data. (Note: The all-in-one export did not have this problem) |
| Fix | Fixed a bug with volume reports. When using a hose setup with a median, if the A/B hoses needed to be flipped, the report would show the wrong column titles (they were opposite what they should have been). |
| Fix | Fixed a "floating point error" bug with the classification report/export when there were no trucks in the data. |
| Fix | Fixed a problem when a scheme was created or modified to use different unclassified handling. It could cause an "Access Violation" to occur when processing, so reports or other data were not accessible. Custom schemes with all types of "unclassified handling" should now work. |
| Fix | Fixed a couple of problems with "All-In-One" export (one misplaced column, and a missing comma). |
| Fix | Fixed a problem with the "Total" column on AXLE volume exports, it was showing the total vehicles instead of total axles. |
| Fix | Fixed "Start Date" and "Start Time" fields in all CSV exports. They only had a value of "0" or a "1" instead of the actual date and time as they should have. |
| Fix | Made all CSV exports consistent on how they export data (date/time should be in the same format, no dashes should be before or after the actual data begins/ends, and no blank line between days). |
| Changes in TrafficViewer Pro 0.9.0.49 |
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| New | Bi-directional data will process properly. Some of the enhanced processing cannot be done on multiple directions, so data accuracy will be less, especially in high volume traffic (traffic where cars are passing over the hoses at the same time, or nearly the same time). We still recommend using one counter per lane/per direction for the best accuracy and as few problems as possible. |
| New | Improved/sped up processing in higher traffic areas of data for single-lane, single-direction data. Re-clustering now doesn't attempt to "split" a cluster in between certain axles, based on speed and distance, where axles are too close together to be two different vehicles. This will slightly speed up processing in heavy traffic. And, in theory, it could avoid some possible mis-classifications in cases where a truck doesn't fall into a classification -- it could help to avoid that truck being falsely classified as multiple vehicles. |
| New | Enhanced processing to handle missing hits better. Hits will be "added" where the software determines they are missing. In tests, this improved processing where missing hits were involved quite a bit. In real-world data this didn't amount to much of the data, but in some cases it improved classifications by about 1%. |
| New | Inserted hits are visible on the graphical display window when looking through data. |
| Fix | The display of cluster information in the graphical display panel is now shown in the appropriate measurement (English or Metric, based on what is set in the header). Previously all cluster info in that panel was shown in metric, no matter what was selected. |
| Fix | The Vehicles list in the graphical display panel will now show all axle spacings separated by commas. Previously only the last axle spacing was shown. |
| Fix | Graphical display panel layout has changed slightly. |
| Fix | Graphical display panel's "Mouse Position" is now correct and accurate. |
| Fix | On the graphical display panel, when scrolling through data the right edge of the graphical display got "dirty" (didn't stay white), it now will no longer collect "artficats" from scrolling through data. |
| Fix | Fixed an issue with reports printed from some data files. Some files would start a report at a time other than 00:00 when "# of days" is used for the report range. This is fixed and now all reports that have a range entered in number of days will start at 00:00. |
| Changes in TrafficViewer Pro 0.8.0.37 |
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| New | For volume-only, no classification, hose set-ups (set-ups with unknown spacing or with a median, or a short hose/long hose, etc.) now allow you to enter "axles per vehicle" or commonly referred to as "Axle Correction Factors". Previously it would just assume 2 axles per vehicle for those types of setups. When selecting a volume only setup, a button will be displayed on the data setup screen titled "Edit Axles/Vehicle" where you can edit this. And, as the FHWA recommends in section 4, chapter 4 of the "Traffic Monitoring Guide" you will be able to enter axle correction factors for each day of the week (as they may very greatly, especially on weekends). |
| New | Processing has been completely reworked. It now "clusters" axles and handles those clusters. Now, ALMOST ALL aspects of the processing can be user-defined or modified. There are classification rules and rules for handling unclassified clusters. This will allow for COMPLETE customization by the user that wants to create their own classificaiton rules. These are very advanced features. These features can be accessed from "Advanced|Edit Classification Rules/Schemes" on the pulldown menu at the top of the application. |
| New | Added the ability to drag and drop .tvp files onto TrafficViewer Pro and it will open the file. |
| New | Clicking on .tvp files will now open them up in TrafficViewer Pro. |
| New | Panel positions are now remember from the last time the software was used. There are also two menu items "Cascade/Minimize Panels" and "Move Off-Screen Panels" on the "View" pulldown menu. |
| New | The installer used for TrafficViewer Pro has been changed. This doesn't affect much, except a slightly smaller install and downloading upgrades manually and installing will no longer require uninstalling first. |
| New | Added an identifier to the beginning of each file for TrafficViewerPro (so it can QUICKLY and EASILY tell if this file is really the desired type of file). For example the first few bytes of a data file could be: "TrafficViewerPro.Data", the first bytes of a scheme file could be: "TrafficViewerPro.Scheme", etc. This would allow us to even search a harddrive for data/scheme files and even if the extension matched, we would know if it was realy a trafficviewer pro file. |
| New | Added change log to easily view changes since specified software versions and the ability to print it. |
| New | Overview window now show's the "Scheme" being used. |
| New | Reports now show the Scheme used and it's scheme ID in case somebody needs to verify it's the exact scheme it should be. |
| New | Classification report was competely re-done to allow any number of classes, which will be determined by the scheme chosen. And the legend shows classification descriptions from the custom (or default) scheme selected. |
| New | Added new quality meters for classification and channel hit differences. |
| New | Added scheme list scanning to resolve scheme id conflicts. Old schemes should always keep the same id if somehow a new scheme file is copied into the same diretory with the same id. |
| New | User is now prompted to save their data when attempting to download new data, open a file, or close the data overview with data that is unsaved or has been changed since opening it. |
| New | All exports now have their own version tag, so when importing into an automated system this can always be checked to know if the export format has changed. The CSV field containing the export type and version is called "Export Version". |
| Fix | In the counter setup screen after download, by default multiple directions will now come up opposite directions instead of the same directions. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug causing the very last hit in the data (no matter how much data there was) to not get processed. |
| Fix | Made one more fix to the way non-US and/or non-standard date/time formats are handled and displayed. |
| Fix | All processing is now done using metric numbers. Previously the tests used whatever measurement was selected, but that cause some rounding issues and other issues related to conversion that may show slight differences when flipping between Metric and English. The conversion now happens just before displaying the data, instead of at processing time. Now those should remain identical (so classes on the "edge" will remain the same class no matter what measurement setting you have when you view the data). |
| Fix | Fixed a memory leak when closing the data overview window before closing the application. |
| Fix | When creating a new scheme in the Classification Rules panel, the new scheme is now set as the selected scheme instead of just showing up on the list somewhere. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug in the scheme editor (Classification Rules panel) with the "Duplicate Rule" function when the rule had several sub-rules. |
| Fix | Panels will now move to the front when they are clicked on, instead of mousing over the title of the panel. |
| Fix | Several other fixes and enhancements were made. |
| Changes in TrafficViewer Pro 0.7.2.17 |
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| New | Greatly improved memory usage/processing speed with data over 1MB. Data is now processed in 1 day chunks. |
| New | Unit firmware can now be updated through TrafficViewerPro. It will auto-detect if an older version is being run. |
| New | Added code for volume-only hose setups (i.e. short hose/long hose, median, etc.) |
| New | Added *BETA* flag which the application can test for to store/load registry and other settings from/to a different location than an actual release (when one occurs). |
| New | Added logging of some of the communications. This can be viewed by selecting "View" from the top menu and then choosing "Log File". It is mainly for troubleshooting purposes. |
| New | The currently open or saved filename is now shown. It is displayed in the "Data Overview" window's title bar. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug with "Auto Detect". If no device was connected "Auto Detect" would hang the application (it wouldn't allow it to be closed). |
| Fix | Fixed a few bugs in data processing when there is only 1 axle or 1 hit in the data for a channel. |
| Fix | Fixed a problem with data overview screen going blank if you click "Cancel" out of the "Edit Header" window. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug that caused the firmware version to not show on reports or exports. It would just show "V" with nothing following it. |
| Fix | Fixed a bug in exporting volume, class, and speed data that caused the last interval not to be exported. |
| Fix | Fixed a minor bug in the volume export that had one extra quotation mark in "Total" columns label. |
| Fix | When exporting axle timestamps, the axles were being filtered before exporting. The list should now be the raw hose hits without filtering. |
