Thorlabs Spectrometer and Line Camera Control - SPLICCO - Readme

SPLICCO is the Thorlabs SP-ectrometer and LI-ne C-amera CO-ntrol application which allows operating all Thorlabs spectrometer and line camera instruments.

Note:
This software comes with additional software packages:
	- NI VISA runtime engine (http://www.ni.com/visa)
	- Ni LW/CVI runtime engine (http://www.ni.com/cvi)
	- For full functionality it is recommended to use USB 2.0 interfaces.

License:
The Thorlabs SPLICCO software is copyright Ó 2007-2013, Thorlabs GmbH. For license details please see file License.rtf in the applications installation directory.

Important Note 
It is strongly recommended to uninstall earlier versions of drivers for LC1-USB, SPx-USB, CCS-Series and LC100, as well as earlier versions of SPLICCO prior to installing this software.

Supported platforms:
This software was verified with the following platforms:
	- Windows XP SP3 (32-bit version)
	- Windows Vista (32-bit version)
	- Windows Vista x64 Edition (64-bit version)
	- Windows 7 (32-bit version)
	- Windows 7 x64 Edition (64-bit version)

SPLICCO Application changelog:

V4.5.0	Mar-26-2013
- edited drivers for CCS Series and LC100 to be VXIpnp compliant
- removed LC1-USB and SPx-USB from SPLICCO Distribution

V4.4.20	Dec-19-2012
- added user selectable amplitude correction

V4.3.93	Aug-24-2012
- in driver for CCS readjusted the calculation for the timing of the CCD
chip to get better linearity and better matching between single shot
and continuous mode

V4.3.90	Jul-13-2012
	- added support for intensity correction to CCS Series driver

V4.3.72	Jun-14-2012
	- added two markers to measure wavelength differences
	- additional button to quickly change from single to continuous mode
	  and vice versa
	- additional button to clear display
	- added subtraction made of reference from current scan
	- added button to quickly switch on and off reference
	- added button to quickly turn on and off background correction
	- added automatic device recognition
	- improved save/load device configuration
	- bugfixed progress bar indicator for CCS series firmware upload
	- minor bugfixes

V4.2.27	May-05-2012
	- adapted LabView driver and example for CCS Series devices

V4.2.24	Apr-22-2012
	- bugfixed wrapper and driver for CCS Series devices
	- bugfixed display of "Show Reference Scan", remained grayed out
	when ref. was loaded from file

V4.2.23	Apr-18-2012
	- bugfixed little bug brought in with 4.2.22, flag for 'use virtual devices'
	in connection dialog was not remembered

V4.2.22	Apr-17-2012
	- bugfixed context sensitive help button in connect device dialog

V4.2.21	Apr-16-2012
	- bugfixed some of the context sensitive help buttons

V4.2.20	Apr-14-2012
	- bugfixed background correction display

V4.2.18	Apr-11-2012
	- bugfixed some scaling/zooming problems during start of SPLICCO or after
	 loading setup files
	- bugfixed bad behaviour when reading corrupt/incomplete setup files,
	now reports an error message 

V4.2.16	Apr-04-2012
	- implemented difference mode and two-cursor feature 

V4.2.13	Mar-23-2012
	- implemented a clear button on device panel
	- 'show reference scan' checkbox added to device panel

V4.2.12	Mar-22-2012
	- background correction now additional on device panel for fast access

V4.2.10	Mar-16-2012
	- SPLICCO will open all connected devices at startup now
	- devices locked by other instances of SPLICCO show up in device list
	 grayed out now

V4.2.9	Nov-23-2011
	- changed display from 'sec per frame' to 'spf' to fit into panel

V4.2.8	Nov-11-2011
	- changed some more paths for user settings
	The paths are now "..\own documents\Thorlabs\Splicco" throughout
	all program parts

V4.2.7	Nov-10-2011
	- bugfix: the size and position of the SPLICCO main panel were not
	correctly saved to registry
	- changed the default path for user settings is now the
	 "own documents" path (was "public documents")

V4.2.6	Nov-09-2011
	- changed display from Fps to fps
	- changed display from Fps to sec per frame for Integration times
	bigger than 1000ms

V4.2.5	Oct-27-2011
	- bugfixed open device dialog, shown information was incorrect
	when more than one device of same kind were connected
	- changed default size of SPLICCO main panel from 660 to 725 pixel

V4.2.4	Oct-26-2011
	- added device update capability for LC100 smart line cameras
	- added device update capability for CCS series devices

V4.2.3	Oct-20-2011
	- implemented progress animation for long integration times

V4.2.2	Aug-16-2011
	- bugfixed file naming for very long sequential storing
	- changed initial X-axis, is now in nm instead of pixels on newly
	 attached CCS spectrometers
	- added support for stand alone operation of LC100 smart line cameras
	- improved zooming / panning on evalbox screen at LC100
	smart line cameras

V4.2.1	May-06-2011
	- improved sequential storing of files (faster, better resolution)

V4.2.0	May-05-2011
	- added pattern recognition support for LC100 smart line cameras
	- added GPIO support for LC100 smart line cameras
	- added/bugfixed sequential storing of scan data

V4.1.4	Mar-28-2011
	- added support for LC100 smart line camera.

V4.1.3	Mar-03-2011
	- dropped support for non .NET VisualBasic environment.
	- dropped support for Windows 2000, Windows XP prior to SP3.

V4.1.2	Feb-09-2011
	- now using updated CCS series drivers and plugins

V4.1	Sep-15-2010
	- new initialized devices using default integration time
	instead of minimum

V4.0.1	Jul-19-2010
	- JCAMP with negative values are supported
	- possibility to store reference data to JCAMP
	- typos fixed
	- integration time and average count is show on printout

V4.0	Apr-15-2010
- new installer package including all drivers for Thorlabs spectrometers
 and line cameras for 32- and 64.bit Windows Ò operating systems
- new installer package including NI-VISA Ò and NI-CVI Ò runtime engines

V3.9	Oct-20-2009
support for 64bit OS

V3.8	Aug-24-2009
- new help file

V3.7	Apr-20-2009
- Bugfix ->  Reset functionality in CCS Series Driver

V3.6	Mar-10-2009
- new manual
 - Bugfix -> Taking a reference and clearing it results
in right y axis scope mode

V3.5	Feb-13-2009
- support for the whole CCS Spectrometer Series

V3.4	Nov-15-2008
- support for CCS100 Compact Spectrometer

V1.3	Jan-31-2008
- factory Dark Current Correction
- better support for Windows VISTA

V1.2	Jan-11-2008
- new wavelength calibration
- Gaussian Transformation
- shortcut to devices common properties
- cameras without connected panels are not saved  at programs end
- new column with devices status in device connection menu
- buttons to switch from “Connect device” dialog to “Open window”
and back

V1.1	Dec-18-2007
sensor data and user text can be set

V1.0	Dec-11-2007
initial release