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C.A 8331 Firmware 5.0 Update Guide

This document provides release notes for firmware versions 5.0 through 2.3 of the C.A 8331-33-36 & C.A 8436 instrument. The highest firmware version, 5.0, added compatibility for the C.A 8436 model and removed compatibility for older models. It includes many fixes and improvements such as adding new features, resolving bugs, and modifying existing features.

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C.A 8331 Firmware 5.0 Update Guide

This document provides release notes for firmware versions 5.0 through 2.3 of the C.A 8331-33-36 & C.A 8436 instrument. The highest firmware version, 5.0, added compatibility for the C.A 8436 model and removed compatibility for older models. It includes many fixes and improvements such as adding new features, resolving bugs, and modifying existing features.

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| C.A 8331-33-36 & C.A 8436 - firmware 5.0 (2018-06-10) |


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This ZIP archive contains the following files :

- [Link]
- [Link]
- [Link]
- Read-me [Link]

1) All those files must be extracted in the same directory


2) Run "[Link]"
3) Follow the instructions...

Note : Be sure to have your instrument correctly linked to your PC.


Instrument saved data will be deleted.

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| Revision history |
+------------------+

Firmware 5.0
------------
- (feature) Adding C.A 8436 comptabilty
- (change) Not more compatible with the C.A 8335 and C.A 8435

Firmware 4.4 (Unofficial)


-------------------------
- (Modification) Pulse current measurement mode

Firmware 4.3
------------
- (bug fix) Power sum calculated for an energy in tri phases, without neutral
- (bug fix) Display current waveform transient curve in single phase

Firmware 4.2 (Unofficial)


-------------------------
- (Modification) Offset annulations suppressed on the C.A 8335

Firmware 4.1
------------

- (feature) Adding new distribution system 3V-3W / Delta


- (feature) SD Card > 2 Gbytes compatible
- (bug fix) Synchronization betwween the bitmap and the structures (Photo)

Firmware 4.0
------------

- (bug fix) 2-min recording have a start date aligned with a start date period of
10min (Trend)
- (bug fix) Anomaly management date
- (bug fix) Fixed a bug in the function go to max or min (Inrush)
- (bug fix) Repositioning and changing text labels to avoid errors
- (bug fix) The properties of simulated sensors are not modifiable (Setup)
- (bug fix) The recording in progress is displayed only if it contains at least one
value (Trend)
- (bug fix) Trend tab missing in display (Trend)
- (bug fix) Update ratios for simulated sensors (Setup)
- (change) New power and energy labels (Setup, Power, Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) Adding a chain of low intensity measure (8331-8333-8336) (Setup)
- (feature) Adding new Flex ranges (Setup)
- (feature) Alarm mode is absent (8331) (Alarm)
- (feature) Alarm mode is limited to 10 programmable alarms, 2 campaigns and 4000
detectable alarms (8333) (Alarm)
- (feature) Detection and management of J93 probe (Setup)
- (feature) Display shutdown management is different according to the model
- (feature) Energy unit is not programmable (8331-8333) (Setup)
- (feature) Harmonic ratio reference is not programmable (8331) (Setup, Harmonic,
Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) Identification device model in trend records (Trend)
- (feature) Inrush mode is absent (8331-8333) (Inrush)
- (feature) Management of new models (8331-8333-8336)
- (feature) Management of two LCD (8331-8333-8336 and 8335-8435)
- (feature) Management of two RTC (8331-8333-8336 and 8335-8435)
- (feature) Neutral current is calculated for hookup 3-phase 4-wire (Setup,
Waveform, Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) New communication speed 2Mbps (8331-8333-8336)
- (feature) New 256-colors splash screen (8331-8333-8336)
- (feature) No expert mode (8331) (Harmonic)
- (feature) Recording of the fundamental RMS value (Trend)
- (feature) Recording of the symmetrical components with the unbalance values
(Trend)
- (feature) Restriction of electrical connections selectable (8331-8333) (Setup)
- (feature) The number of maximum snapshots is limited to 12 (8331-8333) (Photo)
- (feature) The peak values and continues values are not recorded nor detected
(Setup, Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) The thdr values are not recorded nor detected (Setup, Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) Transient mode is absent (8331) (Transient)
- (feature) Transient mode is limited to 50 detectable transients (8333)
(Transient)
- (feature) Trend mode is limited in duration (8331-8333) (Trend)
- (feature) Undisplayed measure : Pdc (8331-8333) (Setup, Power, Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) Undisplayed measure : Plt (8331-8333) (Setup, Waveform, Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) Warranty number is displayed on splash screen and information menu
(Setup)

Firmware 3.1 bis (unofficial)


-----------------------------
- (change) SD-Card capacity thresholds are decreased

Firmware 3.1
------------

- (bug fix) Corrupted recording cannot be displayed (Trend)


- (bug fix) Deleting a recording in progress is now impossible (Trend)
- (bug fix) Deleting or starting a recording is now impossible via Mobdus if the
SD-Card is protected (Trend)
- (bug fix) Ending date is now displayed in black color if the recording is
corrupted (Trend)
- (bug fix) Energy counter is now considered for LCD shutdown mechanism
- (bug fix) Energy counter is now handled in modbus instrument status
- (bug fix) Ghost values are now handled (Trend)
- (bug fix) Keys reactivity in case of insufficient memory is better (Trend)
- (bug fix) No ratio setup displayed when only one available ratio (Setup)
- (bug fix) No write operation is allowed when the SD-Card is protected (Trend)
- (bug fix) SD-Card with capacity over 2 GB are always detected as not supported
(Trend)
- (bug fix) Some particular settings led to alarm non-detection (Alarm)
- (bug fix) Urms tab no longer exists for a single-phase recording (Trend)
- (bug fix) Waveform display is now correct in single-phase (Transient)
- (change) After an inrush deletion, the user stays in the Inrush menu (Inrush)
- (change) Alarm durations displayed in the alarm log are now rounded (rather than
truncated) (Alarm)
- (change) Inrush thresholds are now set in the setup (Inrush)
- (change) PST value is now calculated over 10 minutes (Waveform, Alarm, Trend)
- (change) Power-OFF and power-ON banners have been created and modified
- (change) The icons Play, Pause and Stop replace the old icons OK and Stop
- (change) The label KF is replaced by the label FHL (Waveform, Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) A new alarm target (4L) is now available (Alarm)
- (feature) During recording some functionalities are not available
- (feature) Finalization events of recordings are now explicitly categorized
(Inrush, Transient, Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) Harmonic ratio reference is now programmable (%f or %r) (Harmonic,
Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) Inrush capture can be longer (around 10 minute long) with the new RMS-
only mode (Inrush)
- (feature) It is now possible to create up to 7 different campaigns of alarms
(Alarm)
- (feature) It is now possible to create up to 7 different searches of transients
(Transient)
- (feature) Last-entered names are now saved and suggested when setting a name
(Alarm, Trend, Transient)
- (feature) Line frequency is now calculated from V2, A2, V3 and A3 channels
- (feature) New distribution systems and connections methods are supported
- (feature) New measure : PLT - fixed or sliding window calculation (Waveform,
Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) New measure : VAD (Power, Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) New measure : factor-K (Waveform, Alarm, Trend)
- (feature) New soft-key for a quick start (Trend, Inrush)
- (feature) No more freezing waveform issue when the instrument USB cable is hot-
disconnected
- (feature) Recording and monitoring of DC values (Trend, Alarm)
- (feature) The distortion RMS values are now calculated (Harmonic)
- (feature) The end date of an in-progress recording is now modifiable (Alarm,
Trend, Transient)
- (feature) The energies can be displayed with different units (Power, Trend)
- (feature) The maximum and minimum values over a trend recording are accessible by
soft-keys (Trend)
- (feature) The peak values are now recorded and monitored (Trend, Alarm)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0
Firmware 2.9
------------
Non official firmware

Firmware 2.8
------------
- (Change) Voltage zeroing threshold is now 5 V

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 2.7
------------
Non official firmware

Firmware 2.6
------------
- (bug fix) RTC access no longer lead to a firmware crash within the operating
temperature range

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 2.5
------------
- (bug fix) Power and energy sum resolutions are updated with every current sensor
change (Power)
- (change) Short term flicker severity is now calculated over a 10-minute period
(Waveform, Trend, Alarm)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 2.4
------------
- (bug fix) Alarms with "N" target have no longer their start threshold computed
from L1 parameters (Alarm)
- (bug fix) Alarms with detection in progress are cancelled when associated setup
is changed (Setup)
- (change) Crest factors are calculated from a 1-second period (Waveform, Alarm,
Trend)
- (change) Peak values are calculated from a 1-second period but reset on demand
with the ENTER key (Waveform)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :


- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0
- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 2.3
------------
- (bug fix) In split-phase hook-up, "2A" is now displayed for triggering filter
(Inrush)
- (bug fix) No more "---" displayed over "0" for central scale value of the PEAK
graph mode (Inrush)
- (bug fix) No more "0" or "00" display for non-null energy values (Trend)
- (bug fix) No more "3U" invisible selection (right display filter) when voltage
ratios are not identical (Waveform)
- (bug fix) No more "U" soft key when voltage ratios are not identical (Harmonic)
- (bug fix) Switching from "DETECTION SCHEDULE" screen to "TRANSIENT LIST" screen
is now always possible (Transient)
- (bug fix) When only the neutral channel has a current sensor with ratio, "AN" is
now displayed for ratio setup (Setup)
- (change) AEMC splash screen has been modified
- (change) Graph scale calculation (3L or 2L) no longer influenced by channels
without current probes (Trend)
- (change) Graph scale calculation improved for ratio-dependent measurements
(Trend)
- (change) Trend values are no more reloaded when the right display filter
selection is changed (Trend)
- (feature) The transient list selections (filter and transient) are preserved when
coming back from graph mode (Transient)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 2.2
------------
- (bug fix) Bar height calculation of voltage and current harmonic bargraphs has
been corrected (Harmonic)
- (bug fix) Empty trend recordings are automatically deleted (Trend)
- (bug fix) Stopping a trend recording on standby is now possible (Trend)
- (bug fix) Trend recording start and stop date automatic correction and alignment
have been improved (Trend)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 2.1
------------
- (bug fix) Changing current probes just before starting a detection sometimes led
to erroneous behaviour (Transient)
- (bug fix) Five Norvegian texts corrected in the Date-Time menu and the Help menu
(Setup, Power, Trend, Waveform)
- (bug fix) Flash memory access collision possibility removed (Transient)
- (bug fix) Inrush recording parameter display after a power-OFF power-ON
instrument sequence is now correct (Inrush)
- (bug fix) Inrush recording schedule (via Modbus and GUI) corrected (Inrush)
- (bug fix) Japanese text now correctly displayed in the Erase Memory menu (Setup)
- (bug fix) Modifying voltage ratio (via Modbus or GUI) just before starting a
detection led to erroneous behaviour (Setup, Transient)
- (bug fix) No more maximum half-period RMS value lower than average RMS value
(Trend)
- (bug fix) No more minimum half-period RMS value lower than average RMS value
(Trend)
- (bug fix) One American English text corrected in the campaign schedule screen
(Alarm)
- (bug fix) One British English text corrected in the campaign schedule screen
(Alarm)
- (bug fix) One Portuguese text corrected in the inrush recording parameter screen
(Inrush)
- (bug fix) One Thai text corrected in the Date-Time menu (Setup)
- (bug fix) Three Turkish texts corrected in the Date-Time menu (Setup)
- (bug fix) Waiting for an inrush current capture to be finished within the Capture
parameters screen led to erroneous graph values (Inrush)
- (change) For each channel unit prefix and display resolution are the same for W,
VAR and VA (Power)
- (change) Frequency value display strategy modified (exclusion instead of
contamination) (Inrush)
- (change) No longer dead right digit with some particular ratio values (Waveform,
Harmonic, Power)
- (change) Saturated Pst value no longer leads to alarm cancellation (Alarm)
- (change) Text stickers ("YES" and "NO") position changed
- (feature) One language added (Vietnamese)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 2.0
------------
- (bug fix) Flicker calculation instability removed
- (bug fix) Graph scale calculation corrected (Trend)
- (bug fix) Magnet "plus" no longer displayed at highest zoom-in (Trend)
- (bug fix) Time cursor can no longer move beyond the last stored measure bundle
(Trend)
- (bug fix) Trend recording integrity verification (on instrument power-on)
corrected (Trend)
- (bug fix) TrendFAT structure initialization corrected (Trend)
- (bug fix) Vector module scale calculation and vector display corrected in split-
phase hook-up (Waveform)
- (change) Calibration coefficients computed in a new better way (more accurate)
- (change) Edition arrow positioning corrected (Setup, Trend, Transient, Alarm and
Inrush)
- (change) Graph scale calculation simplified for better display (Trend)
- (change) Neutral current channel zeroing RMS threshold re-established
- (change) No more phase-to-phase voltage selection in split-phase hook-up
(Harmonic)
- (change) Phasor trigonometric circle no longer cut by vector labels (Waveform)
- (change) Saturated values are now displayed in red (Trend)
- (change) Space between a number and its unit (or prefix+unit) removed (Setup,
Trend and Inrush)
- (change) Trend recording header writting sequence modified for better security
(Trend)
- (change) Trend value recording and display strategy modified (exclusion instead
of contamination) (Trend)
- (feature) Current and voltage ratios (Setup, Waveform, Harmonic, Power, Trend,
Inrush, Transient, Alarm)
- (feature) Different current probe types at the same time (Setup, Waveform,
Harmonic, Power, Trend, Inrush, Transient, Alarm)
- (feature) Each time an arrow key is pressed during a trend recording in progress
the graph is refreshed (Trend)
- (feature) Four languages added (Hindi, Japanese, Thai, Turkish)
- (feature) Pressing the escape key in Setup main menu leads to the first language
page (Setup)
- (feature) Trend recording final status added in header (Trend)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 1.6
------------
- (bug fix) Channel identification icons now correctly behave (Waveform submodes:
Summary and Max-Min)
- (bug fix) Help mode minor corrections (Power and Alarm)
- (bug fix) In the alarm log the one-second-measurement alarm target could never be
L2 or L3 (Alarm)
- (bug fix) No more voltage harmonic attenuation due to phase correction
- (bug fix) The A2 graph was not displayed when no probe was detected on A1
(Waveform - 2A, 3A and 4A display filters)
- (change) No more Trend recording integrity verification on instrument power-on

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 1.5
------------
- (bug fix) Changing electrical hook-up via Modbus now systematically leads to
display filter L1 selection
- (bug fix) Harmonic order now displayed above trend graphs (Trend)
- (bug fix) Maximum half-cycle RMS values no longer zeroed when signals are below
minimum RMS values (Waveform and Trend)
- (bug fix) No false current glitches anymore due to programmable gain amplifier
switches (Transient)
- (bug fix) Text stickers corrected
- (bug fix) Current threshold display corrected (Transient)
- (change) Current gain auto-adjustment during an inrush recording capture (Inrush)
- (change) SD-Card capacity auto-determination is more tolerant (Setup)
- (change) Text stickers modified
- (feature) E3N current probe full support
- (feature) Two text stickers added in help mode (Transient)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0
Firmware 1.4
------------
- (bug fix) Calculation rounding for total PF, DPF and tangente corrected (Power,
Alarm)
- (bug fix) Channel identification icons moved (Waveform and Power)
- (bug fix) End threshold crossing evidence was never set to TRUE (Alarm)
- (bug fix) Even when no detected current probe the minimum waveform scale value is
now 1 A (Waveform)
- (bug fix) Frequency synchronization error now leads to flagged total reactive
power (if calculated without harmonics) (Power, Alarm)
- (bug fix) Right-menu down key behaviour corrected for single-phase hook-up
(Inrush PEAK envelope mode)
- (bug fix) Right-menu up and down arrows not displayed for single-phase hook-up
(Inrush PEAK waveform mode)
- (bug fix) Voltage scale and cursor values are now correct (Inrush PEAK envelope
and waveform modes)
- (change) 3-Phase tangente, PF and DPF are now arithmetic mean of absolute values
(Power, Trend, Alarm)
- (change) Alarm start threshold setup range now depends on hysteresis value for
PF, DPF and Hz alarm types (Setup)
- (change) Display filter selection has been corrected and improved when switching
from a real-time mode to another real-time mode (Waveform, Harmonic, Power)
- (change) Romanian text stickers modified
- (change) Sampling rate is initialized accordingly to nominal frequency at
instrument power on
- (change) Split of the SUM display menu into 2 display menus (SUM and MEAN) for a
better consistency with Alarm and Setup modes (Power)
- (change) The "DPF" label is replaced by the "cos phi" label (only for instrument
brands other than AEMC one) (Power, Setup, Alarm, Trend and Help)
- (change) The "Tan" label is replaced by the "tan phi" label (Power, Setup, Alarm,
Trend and Help)
- (change) Total Phi VA has been removed from the MEAN display menu (formerly SUM
display menu)
- (change) W, VAR, cos phi, DPF, PF, tan phi and VAh alarm types are displayed with
absolute value delimiters (Alarm and Setup)
- (feature) Cursor auto-positioning soft keys (Transient)
- (feature) Frequency acquisition has been improved to handle inrush recording
start without established frequency synchronization (Inrush)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 1.3
------------
- (bug fix) Acquisition interrupt service routine no more disrupted by first Modbus
frame character transmission atomicity
- (bug fix) Mains frequency alarm setup cannot be set below 40.0 Hz (Setup)
- (bug fix) Time cursor position is now related to stored waveform (Waveform)
- (change) Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Persian and Romanian text stickers modified
- (change) Inrush current recording can manually be stopped even if end hysteresis
is set to 100 % (Inrush)
- (change) Memory card unprotection request message displayed in help mode for
trend recording list (Trend)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :


- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0
- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 1.2
------------
- (bug fix) Apparent power is set to active power if active power greater than
apparent power
- (bug fix) Communication timeout issues fixed (no more UART reset while
transmitting)
- (bug fix) Constants corrected (maximum and minimum double values)
- (bug fix) Current probe detection inhibited during instrument initialization
- (bug fix) DF (aka THD-R) calculation has been corrected (DC signal component
removed from denominator)
- (bug fix) Energy calculation desactivated by MIN-AVG-MAX display mode activation
(Trend)
- (bug fix) Error values ignored and not displayed (graph discontinuities) (Trend)
- (bug fix) Graph cursor does not go outside the all-channel graph area anymore
(Inrush)
- (bug fix) Graph point value calculation deported from the GUI task to the storage
task (lower priority) (Inrush)
- (bug fix) High and low harmonic order indicator display corrected (Harmonic)
- (bug fix) Inrush total deletion corrected (PolySpace bug detection)
- (bug fix) Maximum start threshold corrected for RMS current (Alarm setup)
- (bug fix) Memory card unprotection request message no more displayed if no memory
card (Trend)
- (bug fix) No more cursor move and zoom handling if expert mode (Harmonic)
- (bug fix) No more cursor move and zoom handling if no graph displayed (Waveform
and Harmonic)
- (bug fix) No more graph point beyond the current scale bounds (Inrush)
- (bug fix) Particular fabrication case (AEMC brand with en-GB language selected)
handled
- (bug fix) Reactive power (calculated with harmonics) no more considered as
erroneous if no network frequency synchronization (Power and Trend)
- (bug fix) Rounding of some values has been corrected
- (bug fix) Russian, Swedish, Polish and Italian text stickers corrected
- (bug fix) Saturation for phase-to-neutral voltage peak values is now correctly
handled (Waveform)
- (bug fix) Several GUI modifications to handle some text stickers which were too
long
- (bug fix) Trend initialization corrected (PolySpace bug detection)
- (bug fix) Various correction for graph display (cursor and zoom behaviours)
(Trend)
- (bug fix) Vector diagram correctly handles signal zeroings (Waveform)
- (bug fix) Zoom soft keys now colored in yellow when active (Transient)
- (change) Dashes are displayed for all unread values of the graph (display
processing stopped by user) (Trend)
- (change) Dashes are displayed if no current probe detected (Waveform, Power,
Harmonic)
- (change) FLEX current probe phase error compensation set to 0
- (change) Graph cursor and graph filter have priority (better reactivity) (Trend)
- (change) Graph cursor scrolling works the same way it does in Trend mode (Inrush
and Transient)
- (change) Graph scale has been improved (Inrush)
- (change) Half-period RMS current values are zeroed if no current probe during
normal operating mode (Waveform, Trend and Inrush)
- (change) Harmonic rates can now be up to 1600 % (Harmonic)
- (change) Illegal function code is returned when LRC and/or ASCII is/are incorrect
(Modbus)
- (change) Index are now displayed in small size ("VA", "12", "23" and "31")
(Waveform, Power and Help)
- (change) Key word "volatile" use consistency improved
- (change) Lack of current probe has priority over zeroing
- (change) Last value of power bargraph can be selected for energy calculation
(Trend)
- (change) Modifications of the firmware code in order to pass PolySpace
verification
- (change) Network frequency calculation is more stable at 40.00 Hz
- (change) Network frequency is now calculated over a second (arithmetic mean of
several values)
- (change) Neutral RMS voltage value is now zeroed under 1 V
- (change) No more half-period overlapping (and still no discontinuity)
- (change) No switch to nominal frequency when a frequency synchronization failure
occurs during a capture (Inrush and Transient)
- (change) Primary current can now be set to 3000 A (Setup)
- (change) Reactive power (calculated without harmonics) is ignored in reactive
energy calculation if no network frequency synchronization (Power)
- (change) Relative date of the cursor now depends on the sampling rate (no more on
the network frequency) (Waveform and Transient)
- (change) Rythm of icon switch has been changed when a snapshot is displayed
(Photograph)
- (change) Sampling rate range increased
- (change) Signals with no zero-crossing can now be used to get the network
frequency (V1 and A1)
- (change) Soft key coloration has priority (better reactivity) (Inrush)
- (change) Text color changed for the instrument turn-OFF banners ("recording in
progress" and "power failure")
- (change) Threshold calculation improved (Alarm)
- (change) Unused text stickers commented (2)
- (change) Virtual half-periods are no longer a stop condition (DC signals
supported) (Inrush)
- (change) Zeroing has priority over error flagging and error flagging has priority
over saturation flagging
- (change) Zeroing, saturation and error policies modified
- (feature) "More measure outside the display area" indicators (Trend, Transient,
Inrush and Help)
- (feature) 3 zoom-out levels added for signal envelope display (Inrush PEAK mode)
- (feature) 14 Text stickers added (Help)
- (feature) Channel identification icons added (Waveform, Power, Harmonic and Help)
- (feature) Condition (60 Hz ; 120 V) is now handled by the flicker algorithm
- (feature) Flexible synchronization for graph display (Waveform)
- (feature) Frequency acquisition and display (Inrush RMS mode)
- (feature) GUI consistency improved (Inrush)
- (feature) Graph display area localized within the status bar (Trend, Transient,
Inrush)
- (feature) Hungarian and Arabic have been added (23 integrated languages)
- (feature) Network frequency calculation can be monitored when no normal mode
(Waveform - RMS, CF and THD modes)
- (feature) Network frequency instability is better tolerated for Inrush mode
- (feature) Network frequency value is more accurate
- (feature) Neutral current acquisition and display (Inrush PEAK mode)
- (feature) Text sticker added (Help)
- (feature) Transient list display filter added (Transient and Help)
- (feature) Voltage channel acquisition and display (Inrush)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :


- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0
- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 1.1
------------
- (bug fix) Corrupted recordings better handled (Trend)
- (bug fix) Display filter corrected for 2-phase hook-up (Inrush)
- (bug fix) Graph cursor does not go outside the graph area anymore (Inrush)
- (bug fix) Half-period sample count corrected (half-period beginning truncation)
(Inrush)
- (bug fix) Last recording sample storages (finalization) better handled (Inrush)
- (bug fix) Null primary current value not authorized anymore (Setup)
- (change) Better channel switching (V1-A1) for frequency determination
- (change) Channel identification icons modified (Inrush)
- (change) Channel identification numbers written in white if potential saturation
or triggering channel (Inrush, Waveform, Harmonic, Power)
- (change) No frequency scanning (if the frequency is lost the nominal frequency is
used)
- (change) Nominal frequency in Instrument Setup structure is expressed in 100th of
hertz
- (change) Primary current value can be set up to 3000 A (Setup)
- (change) THD values and harmonic ratios are expressed in 10th of percent (Trend)
- (change) The universal quantification symbol replaces the "4L" symbol in log
display filter (Alarm)
- (feature) Abnormal ending condition of recording mentionned when it occurs
(Inrush)
- (feature) Current graph not displayed if no current probe detected (Waveform,
Transient, Trend)
- (feature) Current values not displayed if no current probe detected (Waveform,
Transient, Trend)
- (feature) Help for triggering and non-triggering channel icons (Inrush)
- (feature) Recording measure tabs not displayed if no current probe detected
(Trend)
- (feature) The angles between fundamentals have been added (Power)

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

Firmware 1.0
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Initial revision.

Note : this firmware is compatible with :

- Main PCB versions 0.2 and 1.0


- CPLD versions 1.0 and 1.1
- Loader version 1.0

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