Release Notes for SPARKvue v4.2.1
This is a maintenance release of the SPARKvue software. This version is only being released on Windows.
Resolved Issue
- On Windows installations for certain languages such as Korean, Chinese and Thai, SPARKvue would open to a blank experiment screen after selecting a template in the Sensor Data Configuration screen.
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Release Notes for SPARKvue v4.2.0
This is a feature release of the SPARKvue software. Below are the highlights of the new features and fixes.
Improvements for v4.2.0
- Improved button touch response for the LX/LXi datalogger.
- Increased the height of the main menu items to make them easier to touch.
- Added new quick start files for some sensors.
- Updated the Essential Chemistry and Essential Physics experiment config files.
Resolved Issues
- Fixed an issue where sometimes a licensed install of SPARKvue could become a trial version.
- Fixed several Chromebook connectivity and stability issues:
- Clicking on a template in the Sensor Data Configuration screen caused SPARKvue to become unstable and not fully load the display.
- SPARKvue could sometimes become unresponsive after deleting all runs.
- Sometimes after collecting several runs, the next run would not collect any data even though the experiment clock was running.
- Sometimes clicking the Start button could cause SPARKvue to become unstable and not respond.
- The Wireless O2 Gas Sensor would not connect via native BLE.
- Sometimes a sensor would fail to connect and disappear from the list of available sensors.
- The Wireless Smart Gate could not be connected via native BLE.
- SPARKvue could lose connection with a sensor or adapter connected via USB if the Chromebook was left idle for a while.
- Sensors connected to a SPARKlink Air which was connected to the Chromebook via USB would often not show up in the Sensor Data Configuration screen. Clicking on anything else would cause SPARKvue to become unstable.
- Sometimes connecting a second wireless sensor via BLE could cause the sensor to go into a bad state where it wasn’t connected but it also didn’t show up in the Bluetooth window as a device that could be connected.
- A wireless sensor connected to the Chromebook via USB would disappear after a few seconds from the Sensor Data Configuration screen or from the Hardware Setup panel.
- Often when a Wireless Current or Wireless Voltage sensor was connected via USB, the Scope and FFT displays would not show in the display picker.
- Remotely collected data on a wireless sensor could not be retrieved if the sensor was connected via USB.
- The Wireless Hand-Grip Heart Rate Sensor would never show as a device in the Bluetooth screen unless a dongle was plugged in.
- Fixed a crash on MAC when closing the application from an experiment.
- When setting up a sensor to remotely log data, it was possible to turn off all sensors on the device leading to no data being collected. The OK button on the dialog is now disabled if all sensors on a wireless device are turned off.
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Release Notes for SPARKvue v4.1.0
This is a feature release of the SPARKvue software. Below are the highlights of the new features and fixes.
New for v4.1.0
- Added the ability on Android to save exported data to the local file system
- The Wireless Magnetic Field sensor can now be configured by the user
- A scroll bar has been added to the text area of the Remote Logging Configuration dialog
- The Manage Files dialog for Android and iOS has been added back in
- Added the ability to change the sign of certain sensors values
- Added remote data logging to the Wireless Rotary Motion sensor
- Added the ability to turn off automatic software update notifications during installation
- Added support on Android for the on-board GPS sensor for all supported Android devices
- Added support for the following sensors: Wireless Optical Dissoved Oxegen, Wireless Smart Gate, Wireless Accleration
- Altimeter, Wireless Oxygen Gas
Resolved Issues
- Fixed an issue with shared sessions where a client would receive a "Failed to retrieve the experiment from the host" message and could not connect.
- Fixed an issue where the x axis of the graph would change from the selected measurement to Time when a plot area was deleted.
- Fixed a crash on iOS that occurred when the sample rate was set above 50Hz with an onboard sensor.
- Fixed a crash with shared sessions where the client would crash if the host deleted a plot area with a curve fit.
- Fixed an issue where a sensor measurement on the x axis was not shown on the Live Data Bar.
- Fixed a general crash when the sample rate of an onboard microphone was set to 2 Hz.
- Fixed some issues with the Start/Stop button in shared sessions.
- Disabled several elements on the client side of a shared session that a client should not be able to interact with during a guided session.
- Fixed a BLE connection issue on newer Android devices.
- Fixed an issue where the application could crash if you change the measurement in a Bar Graph during sampling.
- Fixed an issue where the application would crash when you delete the Smart Fan display.
- Fixed an issue with shared sessions where a client on an iOS device would not see any data after disconnecting from the session.
- Fixed an issue with saving on an iOS device where the save dialog would not allow you to save.
- Fixed a file conversion issue where data in an ".spk" file was not being displayed after it was converted during open.
- Fixed an issue on Chromebooks connecting to multiple wireless sensors.
- Re-enabled the ability to start remote data logging from within an experiment.
- Fixed an issue on older Mac and iOS devices where selecting one of the templates from the Sensor Data Configuration screen displayed only a blue screen.
- Fixed an issue where sampling would sometimes pause after some period of time on Chromebooks.
- Fixed an issue in Russian with duplicate units in the unit list for the Pressure sensor.
- Fixed an issue where the main menu would not open from the Welcome screen on some platforms.
- Fixed the issue where the unit was missing for the x axis measurement on the Live Data Bar.
- Fixed an issue where a client disconnecting from a shared session is not prompted to save the experiment when leaving.
- Fixed an issue on Chromebooks where a ".spk" only opened to a blank white screen.
- Fixed an issue where the camera on an older iOS device was not initializing and could not be used.
- Fixed an issue on Chromebooks where a user was not prompted to save a dirty experiment when they clicked the X on the window to close the application.
- Fixed an issue on some devices where the application would appear to freeze when downloading a large amount of logged data from a sensor.
