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/*                  --- CAEN SpA - Computing Division ---                    */
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/*   CAEN HV Wrapper Library Release Notes                                   */
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/*   Rel. 2.11 - July      2003   					     */
/*   Rel. 2.8  - December  2002   					     */
/*   Rel. 2.4  - May       2002          			             */
/*   Rel. 2.0  - March     2002 					     */
/*   Rel. 1.2  - November  2000 					     */
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  Description
  -----------

  This document is updated for every official release of the CAEN HV Wrapper
  Library and it contains various information specific to this software which 
  can not be found in the User's Manual, available together with the software 
  or on the CAEN web site: www.caen.it.


  System Requirements
  -------------------
 
 - Network Interface Card + TCP/IP protocol (to control SY 1527/ SY 2527)
 - A303A/A1303 H.S. CAENET Controller Card (to control SY 527, SY 127, SY 403,
   N 470, N 570 and N568)
 - A128HS SY127 H.S. CAENET Controller installed on SY 127
 - SY 1527/ SY 2527 firmware version 1.10.0 or later (recommended 1.14.03)
 - SY403 firmware version 1.45 or later (recommended 1.46)
 - SY527 firmware version 4.03 or later
 - Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
 - Windows 2000 (A1303 only), Windows NT 4.0 + SP3


  What's New in Rel. 2.11
  --------------------------

   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------

   - Shortened the CAENET systems login timeout from 5.0s to 200ms.
   - Made the library "thread safe".                            


   Bug Fixes  
   ---------

   - Eliminated spurious CAENET errors during login attempts.


  What's New in Rel. 2.8
  --------------------------

   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------

   - Included control of N568/B 16 Channels Programmable Spectroscopy 
     Amplifier   
   - Added the "count" Engineering Unit                                      
   - Added support for the CAENHVSetBdParam API function with Sy1527
     (needs Rel. 1.14.00 or more recent in the SY1527/2527)


   Bug Fixes  
   ---------

   - Corrected some minor bugs                                             


  What's New in Rel. 2.4
  --------------------------

   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------

   - Added support for the new A1303 H. S. CAENET Controller; it is now    
     possible to have multiple boards (i.e. independent CAENET chains in a 
     single PC)                                                            
   - Included control of Sy403 High Voltage System via CAENET (through     
     Mod. A303A or A1303)                                                  
   - Added support for CAENET BUSY handling, i.e. by retrying to execute   
     the CAENET command                                                    
   - Included control of N470 and N570 Programmable Power Supplies via      
     CAENET (through Mod. A303A or A1303)                                  
   

   Bug Fixes  
   ---------

   - Corrected some minor bugs                                             


  What's New in Rel. 2.0
  --------------------------

   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------

   - Included control of Sy127 and Sy527 via CAENET (through Mod. A303A,  
     High Speed CAENET Controller for PC)                                  
   - Added the "rpm" Engineering Unit                                      
   - Handled signed parameters, like i.e. negative temperature             

  
   Bug Fixes  
   ---------

   - Corrected some minor bugs                                             
 
        
  What's New in Rel. 1.2
  --------------------------

   New Features and Important Notes
   --------------------------------

   - Support for communication with SY1527/SY2527 via TCP/IP              

 
  Determining Your Software Release
  ---------------------------------

  To determine the complete software release of the CAEN HV Wrapper Library
  installed in your machine, you can use the relevant menu choice of the demo 
  program.
  You will see something like: 
                               2.11-1.6 
  where: 2.11 is the Release of the CAENHVWrapper.dll described in this document
  and 1.6 is the Release of the HSCAENETlib.dll library used by the Wrapper 
  library for the communication with the CAENET Power Supplies (you will find 
  detailed info for that software in the HSCAENETReleaseNotes.txt document).


  How to get support
  ------------------

  Our Software Support Group is available for questions, support and any other 
  software related issue concerning CAEN Power Supplies; for software support
  visit the page www.caen.it/computing/support.php.

