New Features and Migration - dSPACE

■■■■■■■■■▼Key Features of dSPACE Release 5.0 ▲■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■PerformanceImprovements■■■The StaticText instrument has been enhanced with a quick textinput capability. Refer to StaticText in the ControlDesk InstrumentReference.To speed up experimenting, the reload mechanism of the variabledescription file (SDF) has been optimized. Reloading is performedonly when the content of the SDF file changes.The loading and closing of large layouts is faster now.FailureSimLibThe Failure Simulation module for test automation was extended andcollected in the FailureSimLib library. Refer to Failure SimulationHandling in the ControlDesk Automation Reference.New Features for AutomationDeskAutomationDesk on dSPACE Release 5.0 comes with the followingnew features:Improved performance ■ The time needed to save an AutomationDesk project has beenreduced.■The time needed to open a sequence in the Sequence Builder hasbeen reduced.Improved localization ■ Unicode text is now correctly displayed in generated PDF reports.■Problems with operating systems used with the Japanese languageversion have been solved.Updating projectsIf you open an AutomationDesk project that you saved with an earlierAutomationDesk version, the project is first updated. For largeprojects, it is recommended to use the dSPACE Project Update tool.You can start the tool via Start - dSPACE Tools - AutomationDesk -Update AutomationDesk Project. For further information, refer tothe Project Update documentation, which you can find at the samelocation.24■■■■■■■■■■■■▼dSPACE Release New Features and Migration November 2005