Release
notes:
Changes to all programs:
-NovAtel ALIGN: Modified error messages to read "No Heading" rather
than "No HeadingA". Also removed the improperly reported message
timeout field from the error text.
-Modified several menus to remove obsolete tasks/references, such as
those that call Surfer or do 3D renderings that are no longer supported.
Changes to GCS-Pipe:
-New Feature: Pipe Preview. Pipe's PTL mode (available in Pipe 3+4) now
has a new "Pipe Preview" icon that allows the user to see what the tile
profile will look like given the current parameters, without having to
capture a point or restart a pass. After adding PTL Target points, Pipe
Preview mode will also show the user the position of the main (as a
blue ellipse) relative to the profile. On uphill passes, the
preview starts at the nearest main point (bottom of trench) and shows
the position of the main relative to the current antenna
location. On downhill passes, the preview starts at optimum depth
and ends at the specified height above the bottom of the main (after
prompting the user for a vertical offset above the bottom of the main.)
Preview mode is only available in PTL mode, and the user must have
recorded at least 1 main for the button to be visible and enabled (so
that Pipe Preview can reference the main location). In Pipe Preview
mode, the user can raise or lower the plow and adjust pipe profile
parameters, but the user cannot move horizontally (and still get a
valid position).
-PLU Pass: has been improved to support densely packed pipe profiles.
Now, when the user enters PLU mode, the program searches for the start
of all possible tile profiles in a 100 ft or 30 meter radius around the
current position. If only one choice exists, that profile is chosen and
the user enters lay mode directly. If multiple profiles are
found, the user is then presented with a menu listing the name of each
profile and the distance to the start point from the current position.
-PTL Targets along background line: The logic to intersect with a main,
has been improved. Previously the PTL points and profile would
sometimes veer off the background line to join the main at the nearest
recorded point, resulting in incorrectly pathed profiles and improper
steering path.
-Use old Survey Pass: When prompted to reverse the order of saved
points, the choices are now "yes/no/cancel" rather than "OK/Cancel",
and the wording has been slightly changed for clarity. Note that
selecting "yes" reverses the point order and choosing "no" or "cancel"
leaves the points ordered as captured.
Changes to GCS-Dirt:
-The Optisurface .AGD file import process has been improved so that the
backround drawing, showing the perimeter and field segments, now closes
all the polygons. Previously polygons were not properly closed.
Changes to GCS-Level 2:
-Fixed a bug related to calling GradePlane that resulted in an "out of
design area" error. This also affected the export to Dirt. The
program now sets a commit plane point when returning from Gradeplane,
fixing this error. Also fixed another bug related to fields that
were almost directly oriented north and south, resulting in an invalid
commit plane point. The math error behind that bug has been
fixed.
Known Issues with GCS-Level 2:
-If the user creates a new job using the "new job" button inside
GCS:Level (not the "new job" button on the dashboard), a new job (with
a date for a name) is created, with a UTM 0 Point setup and a commit
plane point in the same coordinate system. If the user
subsequently switches to another coordinate system, such as state plane
or local coordinates, the program incorrectly retains the commit point
from the previous job, in UTM coordinates (rather than the current
coordinate system) causing unexpected results. The current
work-around is to manually set a commit point (by clicking the "set
heading and slopes" button) at the start of the job.
Notice
to
users and dealers about Windows XP:
The latest release of Geosite is only partially supported in
Windows XP. Improvements (such as MultiPort Bridge), and
other
future enhancements that use Microsoft
resources
(the .NET 4.61 library) are incompatible with Windows XP.
This is because the official end of support for Windows XP was April 8,
2014, and Microsoft has not written tools to support that operating
system in over 10 years. It is worth noting that Windows 7 end
of
support date was Jan 14, 2020. At this point, however,
GeoLogic has no plans to use tools that will be incompatible with
Windows 7.
Users who have not updated their computers
to Windows 7 or later, may still run this version of the software, with
certain features not available. They will then have the usual
1
year
after their update to be eligible to move the software to a newer
computer without an update charge.
Contact support@agpsinc.com
for options to upgrade to a new computer, or update your existing.
Changes
in past versions:
27.1214 Changes to all programs: -The utlity that exports DRW files to the DXF format, now also exports
the text (at a fixed height) from the DRW file (such as contour
labels).
-A bug with supporting line colors in imported DXF files has been fixed.
-An error in the DAC7000 logic that caused the implement to raise
up unexpectedly while moving, when it should be still, has been fixed.
Changes to GCS-Pipe:
-A bug where the pipe/ditch label counter was not being reset when switching jobs in the dashboard, has been fixed.
-The path offset logic has been improved. Errors were being caused when
clusters of points that are created when the user restarts a lay
pass (such as when the user clicks the buttons to adjust the minimum
slope, & more).
27.0601
Changes to GCS-Pipe: -Click
menu "Use the closest point and/or modify SVY file ..." has a new
option "Select this line". This makes it easier to change the label of
an entire line.
Changes to all programs: -Background drawing file control menu option "Export a DXF file from this DRW file" (drw2dxf) exports
text now. Useful if you want to save your DRW, like contours, for
printing. Pipeprep.bat will benefit from this when it saves .dxf. -Import
for farmworks .XML file now now projecting into true UTM coordinates,
instead of local point. Also includes options to load lines/points from
other .SHP files in the same folder. -Plot screen: Wider (2px) lines in all modules for highres screens (greater
than 1024x768 res) -New
UTM setup: "GPS UTM
coordinates, Alt only" allows users to enter an elevation (useful when
below sea level 0 OR when it is desired to match a known elevation). Note - it doesn't ask your UTM zone or
let you change it, it automatically picks it for you. -MPB instrument: From the working screen, changing the rod with the Front/Rear or Left/Right setting changes the antenna in
use.
26.1231
Changes to GCS-Pipe:
-Pipe and Topo: Plot Menu, "DRW &
Desired Line Width" may be set to a value like 3 to make Background
drawing and path lines wider. -Zoom
All now zooms out to the max coordinate values from both the fbg and
svy points
-DXF & KML headers have been updated to include various pipe sizes
added to Pipe.lbl (replace your label with new template at
c:\arity\Pipe.lbl)
-Corrected
symptom that "Screen - Side View" icon would not work when
Miscellaneous option "Ignoring S Key" = ON (used for certain tablets
like Algiz)
Changes to GCS-Dirt:
-File
import now interpolates points along line segments for better modeling
of long lines, same as the previous logic that did this along arcs
-in dual sideways GPS mode, the primary antenna is now the LEFT
antenna (previously it was the right antenna), changed so that the yaw
would calculate properly
-minor dirt menu change: "commit to
user's slope" option is removed because it didn't work. Option still
exists in dashboard
Changes to Topo:
-Topo odometer changed to show
distance travelled, similar to Pipe odometer logic. Odometer can also
be reset with a click on the odometer field.
Changes to all programs:
-NovAtel OEM7 and ALIGN
drivers now have a revamped "configuration settings" menu, including
the option to set the port and baud rate of the correction source. Old
configuration menu is still accessible temporarily, for testing.
Updated with new elevation cutoff commands.
-MPB version 1.8.3 released, with bug fixes for positions near
to longitudinal lines and lockups caused by an inaccessible serial
port.
26.0329 Changes to
GCS:Dirt:
-
A setting has been added for decimal precision of the "Cut/Fill Offset"
shown on the Working Screen. The default is still to show 2 decimal
places, but this can be altered to show 3 decimal places by changing
the number for "CFOffsetDecimalPrecision" in the USRSETTINGS.INI
file. Note that this change also affects GCS:Level.
-
The "Dual GPS w/Multiport Bridge" driver hydraulic control has been
fixed so it is now possible to use the 35100 controller and the DAC7000
controller with a second hydraulic output on channel B.
Previously, it would only issue instructions to channel A.
Note
Dirt 2 "slope" permission is required in order to use dual output.
-
The "Side by Side Antennae" mode of the "Dual GPS w/Multiport Bridge"
driver has been modified so that it A) plots the position of the second
antenna b) displays the independent elevation of the left and right
antennas and C) shows the cut and fill values for both the right and
left antenna on each respective light bar. Note that in
"Front
and Rear Antennae" mode, the cut and fill value is shown, but it is for
the primary antenna only.
Changes to GCS:Topo:
The
label field on the Working Screen is now highlighted when any point
label other than "3GRD" is selected, mirroring the behavior in GCS:Dirt.
Changes to GCS:Pipe:
- The Odometer now starts with a value of 0 in Top
View. It increases only when auto-capture is turned on.
- C:\ARWUTIL\PIPE.LBL has been updated with sample values.
Changes to all programs:
The
"GPS 1 Local Point Setup" method created a control point with
coordinates 0,0,100. This default has been changed to
5000,5000,100 to make it less likely to record coordinates with
negative numbers.
Changes to GCS:Road:
- Access
to the "3D view" has been restored by default, and is once again
accessible by pressing the [Z] key. This view can be disabled in the
Plot Menu with the "Disable Alternate Views" toggle. 25.1029 Changes to
GCS:Pipe:
In PTL mode, when working downhill towards a main, the program will
display a prompt to ask the user how far above the bottom of the main
trench to offset the pass. The program now tells you the
label of
the main that you are intersecting.
Changes to GCS:Level:
It is now possible to save a slope definition in GCS:Level for use in
GCS:Dirt. Users will design the slope in the usual fashion by
clicking the waterfall icon in the upper right, then choosing the
appropriate method to define a slope in the "Set Mainfall
(A-B/Longslope) Vector" menu. Once a slope has been defined,
users can then click the "Export" button to save the slope definition
to an FBG file for use in GCS:Dirt.
Changes to GCS:Dirt:
It is now possible to toggle the antenna graphic from the "standard"
size to the "Large" size with the Plot Menu parameter "Set Antenna
graphic size". This was previously only possible in Pipe and
Ditch.
Changes to all programs:
It is now possible to set the "Max Release" value in the Licensing Menu
to later dates. Previously, the limit was 26.0331 (March
2022),
and now the limit is 27.0930 (September 2024).
A problem with converting DXF files created by the Topcon Magnet
software to .DRW format has been fixed. Previously, some
lines
were imported as black instead of their intended color. All
lines
now appear as the proper color (provided the color is supported by
GeoSite).
Changes to MultiPort Bridge (MPB):
The "Dual Scraper w/Multiport Bridge" driver was previously unable to
control a second output to either a DAC or 35100 controller.
This
has been implemented so that you can now toggle between controlling the
front or rear scraper. It does not yet work for a single
scraper
in "left/right" configuration.
The "Multiport Bridge" driver was previously not displaying errors if
the device was not in RTK fixed mode. This has been fixed.
All 3 Multiport Bridge-based driver control menus now show
additional diagnostic information, and allow the user to set the
required data type and base timeout. The satellite
icon/button on
the working screen now properly shows GPS information like the
number of satellites, the message count and the HDOP.
25.0825 NEW "MultiPort
Bridge" aka the "MPB". MPB is an optional service
which runs in the background to collect readings from 1 or more GPS
receivers. The legacy dual GPS instrument drivers had several
problems, which have been resolved with the MPB:
- Improved reliability reading the COM
port when messages are received.
- Users now only have to localize the
primary
instrument and the localization will be applied to the secondary
automatically.
- Improved performance at any speed over
5Hz. The MPB works at 20Hz reliably.
- Eliminates erratic behavior such as
reversing direction unexpectedly.
- The geoid of the primary receiver is
now applied
to the secondary receiver, allowing for a corrected height to be used
on the second device.
- Properly calculate the position of the
front
antenna in Pipe, making surveying with the front antenna possible.
- It is now possible to read a single
TCP/IP based
GPS receiver using the MPB. Users must configure the single
GPS
receiver in the new MPB Configurator configuration tool. The
user
must also select the "MultiPort Bridge" instrument inside the
software. The MPB currently only supports parsing $GPGGA
messages
from the TCP/IP-based receiver.
-Note: MPB requires Windows 7 or newer,
and will NOT be compatible with WinXP
The DAC7000 instrument is now sending the command to enable the newer
model DAC-2X-2 slope sensors.
NovAtel ALIGN & OEM7: There is a new port combination for
NTRIP=
"COM1 for commands, NCOM2 for corrections". "galecutoff" command is now
sent.
When the user selects the "Bron Can-Bus(TM)" device, they now see a new
menu that asks them to choose between a USB, Ethernet and "Other
Channel" channel. The first two choices set the appropriate
channel and baud rate, and the third choice allows the user to specify
a channel and baud rate.
The pipe.lbl file in c:\Arity has been updated. Users of Pipe
may
choose to replace their default global.lbl file by manually copying the
contents of pipe.lbl file.
There is a new, more touch-friendly way to make a new job from the
Dashboard's Job Management menu. Users now click a "New Job"
button in the lower left corner of the Job Management popup
window. The old method of choosing "Make a New Job" from the
drop
down list still exits also.
Improvements to French & Spanish menu translations.
Changes to GCS:Dirt:
- The "Dual Scrapers w. 2 GPS" driver was only partially
implemented and did not work for the DAC7000 device or 35100
device. A new instrument selection been created called "Dual
Scraper w/Multiport Bridge". Selecting this instrument
prompts
the user to choose a compatible device controller and then the user is
guided through the usual device-specific prompts. Note that
the
height of the two pans is set in the device control menu, and the rod
height toggles automatically when the controlled pan is
switched.
The [J] key is the shortcut to toggle between the two pans.
- The cut/fill offset menu, as well as the "C/F" field on the
working screen have been modified to show only 2 digits of precision
instead of 3.
- It is now possible to determine side slope using 2 GPS
receivers on a single implement in left/right configuration.
In
order to display the indicated slope, the user must be using the "Dual
GPS w/Multiport Bridge" instrument and have the "IndicateOnly"
parameter in usrsettings.ini set to "TRUE". Setting this
parameter to "True" does not disable machine control as the name
suggests.
- Selecting the "Boundary/Perimeter" button from the point
capture dropdown menu now turns the background color of the Label field
to orange, to better alert the user that they are using a special label
and should switch it back to "3GRD" when done.
25.0331 Pipe &
Ditch: The "Use Old SVY" menu now includes the "Nearest" line at the
top of the list.
NovAtel ALIGN: An improvement was made to speed up processing of
position and heading messages that aren't received in pairs. This was
only a noticeable problem when 2 Flex6 receivers were linked with
Ethernet (rather than a dual receiver).
The background drawing color definition file has been updated to
include more colors when importing a DXF.
The size of the antenna graphic (a black square) in top view can now be
toggled between a standard and large sized square. This
settings
can be adjusted in the "Plot Menu", by changing "Set Antenna Graphic
Size".
24.1231 The
process of transitioning ditch designs between the Ditch and
Road software has been made easier. Users of the Terrace/Waterway
bundle may design terraces/ditches CenterLine grade in Ditch, which
automatically saves a PLN file of the profile. A new "Quit Menu option"
called "Export to Road" has been added which calls an external utility
PLN2CRO.EXE. This utility prompts the user to select a ditch by label
name and construct the cross-section of the ditch. Upon entering the
GCS:Road software, the modified ditches can then be built in 3D.
Alternatively, the PLN2CRO utility can be called from GCS:Road, using
the "Import from GCS:Ditch" option. (Users should use either the Ditch
export or the Road import option, but not both, since they do the same
function.) This is a significant ease of use improvement over the
previous terracing operation which required multiple steps and manual
file editing.
A bug where the program would fail to load entirely, with errors like
"Could Not Create An Instance of ..." has been fixed. This problem
affects all GeoSite releases back to the 2018 version and a separate
patch to deploy this fix is available.
In Topo and Point programs it is now possible to use the "Rotate Top
View" function (that was added to other programs in previous releases).
An error that caused GradePlane to fail to load (part of the 24.0813
release) has been fixed. GradePlane now loads normally.
NovAtel: Another dialog was found and corrected that was calling the
incorrect (obsolote) com port setting command in the "Novatel Align
Comm Port to Secondary GPS" menu.
A problem where the DAC Config utility would be called from the Menu
but would load without the correct COM port settings and missing dialog
menu items, has been fixed.
24.0813 Dashboard:
On status screen that programs the GPS receiver, the Exit button wasn't
working, that has been fixed.
Plot Menu, "Background Drawing File Control(...DRW).": A new way to
create a contour map background has been created, called "Contour Map
built from a .NEZ file ...". Clicking this will prompt the user to
select an NEZ file (in PNEZD space delimited format).
Plot Menu, "Background Drawing File Control(...DRW).": There is now a
way to import lines from a KML or KMZ file, called "Build from KML/KMZ
Files ...". Clicking this will prompt a user to select a KML
or
KMZ file, after which the program will then generate a background
drawing from the lines/points in the file. Note at this time all
features will be shown as black.
Plot Menu (Pipe,Ditch,Dirt,Level):
*The screen is now able to rotate to match the heading of the machine.
There is a new option in the Plot menu, in a sub-menu called "Rotate
Top View Menu...". Screen rotation can be enabled by
selecting
"Toggle Auto Rotate" and switching it to ON. There are 2
options
that control this behavior. "Angle Degrees Change for Redraw"
defines the minimum degrees the vehicle has to turn before it will be
redrawn. The default is 20 degrees. "Time Maximum
until
Redraw" defines the maximum amount of time before the screen will be
automatically redrawn regardless of how many degrees it has
turned. The default value is 20 seconds.
NovAtel OEM7 and ALIGN: more improvements to menus and commands
Changes to GCS:Topo:
*The job name was not always displayed in the bar at the top of the
screen adjacent to the module name. This has been fixed.
*Error messages were appearing only once on screen. The red
error
message bar now flashes consistently during the error state.
Changes to GCS:Pipe:
*Addition to the "Closest Data Point" screen, accessible by pressing
the "D" key, so that it now shows the NEZ coordinates and name of the
nearest main point, as well as the distance to the main. Also
added, in the left click menu, another way to open this screen with the
line "Show information about nearest main and lateral points".
*Changed the conditions under which the "Maximum-Slope-Change of
Pipe (smooth)" parameter is being modified. At startup, the
program was reading this value and, if it was less than 1, changing it
to a 2. Now, the program will still change that value at
startup,
but if the user manually changes it to a value less than 1.0, the
program display a confirmation prompt and will remember the user's
choice. The program also now changes the value of this
parameter
when a user loads a group of old settings (provided the user hasn't
previously manually set the value to be less than 1).
*When exiting a menu, the zoom level would change in side view . This
has been fixed so that the normal view will stay.
*Changed "Minimum Auto-Capture Distance" default for metric units from
10 to 3 meters.
*Changed "CRP Offset at start of CRP pass" default from 2.00 to 0.05
*Changed "Minimum Offset for CRP Pass" from 0.10 to 0.02
*DAC Steering: Wolfe Self-Propelled Plow logic will send an "override"
command on the CAN when the operator manually steers. The DAC detects
this message, and notifies the software. New in this version the STEER
ON icon will turn to OFF when the message is received, the operator
must touch the icon to turn it back ON. There is also a new command in
the Device menu to ignore the DP:1005 command, that will turn this
behavior off (if the user really wants to for some reason).
Acknowledging this emergency shut-off message is ON by default.
Changes to GCS:Dirt and Level:
*Changed the default value of "Toggle adjusting Cut Fill Color by the
CutFill offset" from "YES" to "NO".
Changes to GCS:Ditch:
*Same "Max Slope Change" modification as Pipe
Changes to GCS:Road:
*A problem where cross sections were not being displayed consistently
was fixed. The solution was to force the loading of cross
sections on each run of the job.
*Several changes made to support the geoid logic, which was
reintroduced to the software. The program can now read and
support Trimble Geoid files, provided they are renamed to match one of
the pre-set geoid names. A rounding error with the geoid
logic
was fixed. The Geographic Lib and Australian geoid providers
have
been removed. Geoid2018 is now supported as a US
geoid.
French language support has been significantly improved for the modules
Topo, Dirt, and Pipe. Better than 90% of the "back end"
written
dialogs are now translated. This is accessible by pressing
CTRL-T, setting the language to French and reloading the translation
file. The buttons and "front end" UI also now have French
translations. This is accessible by setting the "Language="
parameter to French in the usrsettings.ini file and restarting the
program (please note the "front end" translation is toggled in this
different way). In all modules, the "cut" text in the
cut/fill
display has been replaced by a "-" sign in front of the numeric value,
the fill icon has been replaced by a "+" sign and "good" has been
replaced by an "=" sign. The color coding remains the
same.
To revert to English, use CTRL-T to bring up the translation menu and
revert back to English, then shut down, change the usrsettings.ini
Language parameter to English and finally, restart the program. 24.0302 Users can now
disable the "stale
slope" and "bad value" warnings by
going to the rod tip correction menu and setting the Stale Slope values
to a -1. This allows users to switch to a survey vehicle without
receiving error messages about disconnected sensors.
Change to :Dirt: Fixed a bug with the grid menu where the changes made
by the user weren't taking effect.
Changes to :Level:
Level 1 now allows use of the Light Bar menu.
Inputting an NRCS design was challenging. A new button has
been
added to the slope menu that is specific to NRCS designs and uses NRCS
terminology and the NRCS definition of azimuth (which is flipped 180
degrees from normal use). We also modified the Slope Statistics screen
to add slope information using NRCS terminology, so that users may
verify the inputted slope matches the NRCS paperwork.
Change to :Ditch: "Ditch Balancing" is now available to all users and
does not require the "shape" permission to work.
Added
support for NovatelX
and "AUTO" correction
format
to the OEM6,
OEM7 and ALIGN drivers; added PwrPak7D. Fixed bug with baud rate
command for OEM7 driver. 24.0120
Many of the programs import/export utilities have been updated to a
fresher build. This solves issues some users experianced when running
on latest version of Windows 10.
Instrument menu:
Added new instrument type for NovAtel
OEM7.
NovAtel ALIGN: new setting for OEM
receiver type in
the Novatel Align Control Menu.
Topcon settings menu now supports
specifying "m" for
modem in the radio port selection menu. Selecting it sends
additional commands needed for Hiper VR.
An
bug when using the DAC7000
with a DAC 2x angle sensor for rod tip corrections produced the warning
"side_slope_measure bad value". This has been
fixed. Also,
rod tip
corrections with a DAC2x now work normally even if fore slope and side
slope control are turned off in the devices menu, as long as the DAC is
configured for output.
Minimize button is back on the working screen.
The dashboard Data Backup feature stopped working in ver.
23.1025. It has been fixed.
Grid lines did not cover the entire work area for some large
jobs. This problem was fixed so that the grid lines now
properly
extend infinitely.
Fixes to :Pipe:
A bug that produced false "minimum slope is
violated" has been fixed.
Points were being erroneously recorded during a PTL pass in
CRP
mode. This has been fixed. Also, autocapture is now
turned
off when exiting CRP mode.
A recent update caused slow profile calculation related to
large
PLN files. A new method of sorting PLN files was written, to replace a
slower method.
Fixes to :Dirt:
Points from Optisurface AGD files are no longer written to
the
DRW file or to screen.
A minor button wording change was made to Dirt to make it
consistent with the wording in the other modules. The button
labelled "Reference" was changed to "Control Point". 23.1025
Export Data enchancement: Filtering added to line offset, which reduces
zigzags from multiple points that are close.
Pipe,
bug fixes:
A bug where the
design slope was stuck at minimum slope, after a committ error was
initiated manually or automatically, has now been fixed. Max
depth is now being enforced
properly
Level improvements:
When using the A-B line, the entire coordinate system was
rotated, and
a benchmark was set in an arbitrary location. The result was
that
it was practically impossible to re-setup using the same coordinate
system, and north no longer represented up on screen, causing
confusion. This has been improved so that when a user sets an
A-B
line, it is only used to determine heading. It does not alter
the
user coordinate system, thus preserving the usefulness of the user
control points.
Also the
waterfall indicator has been replaced with a dynamic, working
version, instead of one that showed the waterfall direction in
increments of 5 degrees.
The two slope percentages displayed on screen have been replaced by a
single compound slope percentage.
The slope menu has been augmented with another slope statistic
button. This button shows all of the information one needs to
verify that the slope they specified has been properly
configured. The previousl methods were incomplete and
unclear. The statistics displayed include the origin (NEZ) of
the
slope, the heading of the compound slope as well as the compound slope
percentage, the direction of waterfall, and the percentage of the long
and cross slope (as applicable). All
programs:
Instrument menu and Device menu have both been
shortened
dramatically
to eliminate unused instruments from the list. This is a cosmetic
change that can be easily reversed if anything was accidentally
purged.
Other
Non-functional or incomplete dialogs have been eliminated.
GCS:Point improvements:
Added "manual point capture" function, simplified the behavior so that
the user is prompted for a point label, and then 1 read is taken,
capturing the point.
Fixed a bug that allowed the user to type in some display fields.
Expanded
the text box for the desired point to span across a 1024px wide screen,
making it possible to read long point labels. Removed several
useless or non-working options from the GCS:Point miscellaneous menu.
License
menu
improvements, such as Display/Delete.
Bottom
labels in Dirt, Topo,
Level, Ditch and Pipe were all resized to fit properly.
Changes
were made to improve
database stability by cleaning up unecessary information in the
database at shutdown. Known
issues: Pipe program intermittently reports
"minimum slope is violated".
This warning should only be prompted after an invalid intercept point
is
created. Ignore this error for now. 23.0513
New, larger icons have
been created for the capture and machine
control buttons
A bug with the heading logic in dual-antenna and dual GPS systems that
caused intermittent heading failures has been fixed. This was
primarily seen in between surveying backing up and switching to a lay
pass moving forwards.
Improvements to the NovAtel Align instrument:
-A bug in the error messaging was fixed. A heading check was
being
done before a more basic check of the primary antenna, causing the
program to report a secondary heading error instead of the primary
cause of failure.
-The driver was modified to
check more often for user input, allowing the user to cancel in the
middle of programming the receiver.
-Changes were
made to the driver to make it move on twice as fast after a failed
reading from the instrument.
Improvement to Contouring module: This was previously hard coded to
make only about 14 contours, so each line had a unique color, which
made steeper fields only have a contour every 1.5 - 2 feet or more.
Now, there will be line for every foot (or more if very
little
elevation range).
GCS:Pipe, all versions:
A new pass type has been created, known as “Controlled Rip Pass” or
simply “CRP”. This mode allows the user to follow a profile
created in LAY mode, PTL mode or Plan Use (PLU) Mode and rip the
ground at an adjustable offset above the profile line.
-CRP can be used both uphill and downhill,
provided that
the lay pass type already supports this behavior.
-Cut/Fill offset label in lower left that changes to "CRP"
and
indicates the current rip offset above the profile line.
-While in CRP mode, the light bar chevrons move the offset
up
and down
-2 new settings have been added to the parameters menu:
*“CRP Offset at start of CRP pass” – which is the starting rip offset
when CRP mode is entered. Afterwards, it can be adjusted with
the
chevron controls.
*“Minimum
Offset for CRP Pass” – this is a safety to prevent ripping too close to
the design
profile
-The background color of the top portion of the window changes to
purple, and the status bar along the top of the window indicates that
the user is in CRP mode, instead of LAY
mode.
-Pressing the CRP button again exits CRP mode and returns the user to
LAY mode. The user may also enter and exit CRP mode from
GCS:Pipe’s text-based Pass Menu.
-The user must turn on
point capture in order to see and use cut/fill values. Points
plotted on screen in CRP mode are not recorded to file.
-CRP mode is disabled when the user is not in an applicable mode of
operation. The user may only select it while in LAY, PTL and
PLU
mode.
Changes have been made to the working screen pass menu which
appears after a long press on the pass mode button.
-The layout of the menu has been changed to a 5x2 horizontal
grid.
-Buttons in the menu now show that they are on, off or
disabled.
Buttons that are on have a bright color scheme. Buttons that
are
off have a dark color scheme. Buttons that are disabled are
“greyed out”.
-The buttons have been resized to fit different screen
sizes,
from 800x600 pixels all the way up to 1920x1080.
A bug in has been fixed where using the Modify to edit a
survey
pass caused all other survey passes in the .CAP file to be
deleted.
GCS:PipeII - The PLU pass is now available for all users.
GCS:Pipe I - A restriction on travel speed during a LAY and LNR pass
has been disabled. There is no longer an internally fixed maximum
speed, however, there is still a user configurable maximum speed.
GCS:Dirt and GCS:Level (all versions):
The color grid logic has been updated so that changes to the cut/fill
offset are applied to the cut/fill color grid
ranges. This
means when the user applies a cut/fill offset of X, X is added to each
individual cut/fill range value. The result is that the color
grid shifts to match the current cut fill offset.
-This
behavior can be toggled on an off with a setting the "color grid
control" menu. The setting is called “Toggle adjusting Cut
Fill
Color by the CutFill offset” and is on by default, meaning this new
behavior is on by default.
Changes were made
to the installer to prevent the deletion of user-created files/folders
in the
c:\amw directory, as well as the usrsettings.ini file, and all backup
copies of the database.
A bug has been fixed where machine
control was permanently disabled after a license had expired.
The
machine control toggle in the device menu (“Set the Enablement”) is now
re-enabled after a user’s software is re-licensed. 22.1102 Pipe:
Reset the pass labels when a user creates a new job from the Dashboard.
Pipe &
Ditch: Fixed font size
issue
of Up/Down message
Pipe: Resolved a issue that sometimes caused the
RIP pass
to not record points.
NovAtel ALIGN: corrected an error in the commands so that the heading
message output at the same rate as the position message.
Instrument setup: New option "GPS 1 Local
Point
Setup (True North)". This works like the program used to when you would
pick "2/1 Local Point" and use the same point twice.
Dirt:
speeding up reading TIN files (surface files representing triangles)
Installer: Fixed an issue that was replacing global.rod, .lbl, .cfo
files. Pipe: Letter "G"
for Go/Stop mode on
the keyboard has been
disabled. The program will stay in Go mode.
More
program logs will be archived in C:\arity\gcslogs 22.0524 - 22.0723
GCS version includes the updates to the unlock system required for
activations. Note: Installer requires some WinXP components to be
updated before install. Please use the _XP.zip file.
