This document contains important information regarding
the installation or upgrade of your Andor Software. We recommend that you read
it fully to ensure trouble free installation.
Attention: For DO or DX cameras
please refer to the PDF file included as part of this installation
Contents
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.15.30000.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.14.30001.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.14.30000.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.13.30000.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.12.30003.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.12.30002.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.11.30001.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.11.30000.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.10.30001.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.10.30000.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.9.30004.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.9.30003.1
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.9.30002.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.9
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.8
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.7
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.6.5
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.6
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.5
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.4
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Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor
SOLIS 4.3
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Software improvements and new functionality added to AndorMCD 4.2, iXon 4.2, iDus 4.2 and iStar 4.2
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Software improvements and new functionality added to AndorMCD 4.1, iXon 4.1, iDus 4.1 and iStar 4.1
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Software improvements and new functionality added to AndorMCD 4.0, iXon 4.0, iDus 4.0 and iStar 4.0
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Software improvements and new functionality added to AndorMCD 2.62 and iStar 3.12
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Software improvements and new functionality added to AndorMCD 2.61 and iStar 3.11
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Software improvements and new functionality added to AndorMCD 2.6 and iStar 3.1
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.15.30000.0
New Features
Bug Fixes
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.14.30001.0
New Features
Bug Fixes
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.14.30000.0
New Features
Bug Fixes
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.13.30000.0
New Features
Bug Fixes
1.
Fixed issue where subimage
position was flipped in Extended NIR mode
2.
Fixed issue where the scale used in Andor Basic
function kslice was incorrect after calling setkinetics(0)
3.
Fixed issue in batch conversion which was causing a
crash with large spooled files
4.
Fixed export to bitmap for multi-track mode
5.
Fixed issue where a gate step could not be used in
external trigger mode
6.
Fixed issue where files saved to .tif,
.fits or .spe were going over the recommended maximum
size
7.
Fixed issue where Change Units would only work if
dataset was same sensor width as camera being used
8.
Fixed option to export tiff series to individual
files which was present but didn't do anything
9.
Fixed bug where FVB horizontal bin value was being
reset
10. Horizontal
binning and range added to details in a spooled FITS file
11. Fixed
Delete key in Andor Basic editor
12. Additional
pixel shift removed from overlap mode on Clara
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.12.30003.0
New Features
Bug Fixes
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.12.30002.0
New Features
Bug Fixes
1.
Files opened using virtual memory
could not be reopened
2.
File names used for spooling and autosave were not checked for unavailable characters
3.
Spooled files beyond 4GB could
not be opened
4.
Data was being lost when spooled
files of small images went beyond 4GB
5.
Spooled FITS file had cycle time
saved as 0
6.
SPE file format did not work with
spooling
7.
Crash when saving a large series
to SPE file format
8.
Crash when loading a large SPE
file
9.
Mean and standard deviation were
incorrect when image was zoomed in
10.
In image display mode resizing
the window would change the zoom factor
11.
Several issues with the Andor
Basic dropdown selection list on control bar fixed.
12.
Andor Basic function "create()" was not using virtual memory
13.
iStar acquisition dialog was not updating when gate mode changed
14.
Cooling on start up was not being
applied when a second system was selected
15.
EM gain not displayed in
"File Information" dialog for Luca-R
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.11.30001.0
New Features
Bug Fixes
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.11.30000.0
New Features
Bug Fixes
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.10.30001.0
New Features
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.10.30000.0
New Features
Bug Fixes
Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.9.30004.0
New Features
1. Improved noise performance on DZ936 cameras at 3 and 5MHz horizontal readout speeds.
Bug Fixes
None
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.9.30003.1
Built on top of SDK version
2.81.30003.0 – No changes affect Solis.
New Features
None
Bug Fixes
None
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.9.30002.0
New Features
None
Bug Fixes
1.
Fixed error messages when working
with MS260i
2.
Fixed cooling issue on
Fibre Optic systems
3.
Fixed hot column issue on
iXon DU888 cameras.
4.
Fixed DLL error on Windows
Install program.
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.9
New Features
1.
When copying a large
kinetics series a progress bar is now displayed
2.
Progress bar added when
exporting to ASCII
3.
Option to change colour of
cursor in image plot
4.
Help button added for
Virtual Memory dialog
5.
Improved ‘About’ Dialog
with website link etc.
6.
Cosmic ray removal improved
7.
AndorBASIC - Fast kinetics offset can now be controlled through SetFastKinetics
8.
AndorBASIC - SetWaveLength can now move the wavelength
off the zero order position
9.
Reset of SR-500/750 Wave
drive now returns turret to zero order position of first grating, inline with
SR-303 behaviour
10.
New Range feature added to
peak labelling
11.
Isolated crop mode now
available in video mode
12.
Option to Batch Export from
TIFF
13.
Vertical shift speed now
reported in information dialog for iDus, Classics and DF8 systems
14.
Faster aborting of SIF
spooling. Comments added to show how many images spooled
15.
TIFF images now saved with
pixel shape information for binned images
16.
User comments now read back
in SPE and EDF file format
Bug Fixes
1.
EM gain was not displayed
in the file information dialog for Luca range
2.
Model name was incorrect in
the file information dialog for Luca range
3.
Baseline clamp was not
working in frame transfer multi-tracks
4.
Cropped mode tab in Setup
Acquisition dialog should not be available when Fast Kinetics is selected
5.
Spool to TIFF now splits
large files into multiple files
6.
Cycle time not updating
correctly in random tracks for non-classic systems
7.
The delay option was having
no effect on Classic cameras in Real Time mode.
8.
iXon cameras not being
detected as iXons if the Detector.ini file was
configured for iStar
9.
Information dialog was not
displaying model of Shamrock spectrograph correctly
10.
Spooling to SIF was using
number in kinetic series even in single scan mode
11.
Step and glue was not
working through AndorBASIC
12.
Reduced flashing of ROI
Dialog when running AndorBASIC programs that perform
dataset copy operations
13.
Real Time not functioning
for iStar at certain horizontal shift speeds
14.
Acquisition halted at the
first frame in accumulation mode with Cosmic Ray Removal on
15.
External exposure was
switching between overlapped and non-overlapped mode
16.
Software no longer remains
as a process in task manager after shutdown in Vista and doesn’t crash on
shutdown in 64-bit XP and
17.
Centre wavelength in
X-Calibration by Spectrograph dialog was getting confused for Shamrock when
Raman Shift was selected
18.
Detector offset adjustment
on SR-500/750 does not cause a grating change
19.
Fixed communication with
input slit on SR-750/SR-500.
20.
Mechelle Improvements - fixed crash and memory leak
21.
Fixed AutoSave tab to
prevent illegal characters from being used as part of filename
22.
Fixed opening of TIFF with
user comments
23.
Documentation updates and
corrections
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.8
New Features
1.
Support for Andor SR500 and
SR750 spectrographs added
2.
Support for iKon-L camera added
3.
Isolated crop mode added
for
4.
Baseline flatness improved
on DU888 camera
5.
Flipping and rotating
available for fast kinetics
6.
Control of mirrors and
output slit on JY SPEX, HR320 and HR460 spectrographs added
7.
Random and multi tracks now
available in frame transfer mode for iXon+
8.
Reduced cycle time for
random and multi tracks read out modes
9.
Improved accuracy of the
cycle times calculations for iXon/iDus/Newton cameras
Bug Fixes
1.
Not possible to enter a
cycle time in Solis when in external trigger mode
2.
Prescan functionality was not working
3.
MCP Gain control was not
available for Classic ICCD
4.
Problems with fast kinetics
on USB cameras
5.
Random tracks External
Start was broken on a DU888 camera
6.
InGaAs camera was not working
7.
Issues with shutter control
on Shamrock
8.
Kinetic cycle time
calculated wrongly when number of accumulations set to a value greater than 1
9.
When in 2D display mode and
the z-axis is expanded the application could crash when 'Manual X-Calibration'
clicked
10.
If Spooling to disk is
active and a Mechelle images are been acquired not
all of the spectra are extracted
11.
Several Buttons in Batch
Exporting dialog not visible
12.
Software crash if auto-save
is used and Mechelle is the selected spectrograph
13.
Rectangular image was
displayed incorrectly if horizontal flipping was selected
14.
Delay for video mode in
Shamrock dialog could not be changed
15.
Take Background and Take
Reference should only acquire single scans even when kinetic series is selected
16.
Reported cycle time for
video mode was incorrect for iXon cameras using the latest firmware
17.
Improved multiple camera
operation
·
USB cameras handles were
getting swapped/corrupted when initialising more than one camera
·
Could not safely initialise
or shutdown two cameras simultaneously in one or more applications
·
GetNumberAvailableCameras not updating correctly
18.
Mechelle REC issues
·
During REC calibration the
Correction Factor spectrum had a shift of 1 pixel in it, resulting in spikes in
the final REC spectrum
·
When clicking on peaks in
the #1 spectrum window, the related position in the #0 image window was not
being located.
·
When selecting REC from the
Acquisition Setup data type dialog the dialog would not close after calibration
leaving the software in a state where the calibration would have to be
performed again.
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.7
New Features
Bug Fixes
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.6.5
New Features
1.
Commands to change wavelength and grating on an
2.
Change in fast kinetics to use Anti-blooming feature to
clear sensor while waiting for the trigger to come
3.
If SaveFits is called with
no file extension, ".fit" is added.
4.
Spooling functions added to Andor Basic
5.
Added Andor Basic function minimizeall()
which will minimize all open windows
6.
Auto-append to filename is now available for binary
spool directories
Bug Fixes
1.
Take background with photocathode off has been
repaired
2.
Crash in auto-save repaired
3.
Crash when using export options with no camera
attached
4.
Crash when optical gate width selected
5.
Memory allocated was not being freed when acquisition
settings changed
6.
Fix for subimage selection
when flipping horizontally or vertically
7.
Problems with fire pulse sizes in fast kinetics
8.
Subimages were not
working on non-EM
9.
Solis About dialog displayed invalid data if no
camera is attached
10. Entering
letters on the iStar Run time Dlg causes crash
11. istar intelligate was not
working
12. IsPreAmpAvailable AndorBASIC
command not functioning correctly
13. JPEG and
BMP batch conversion were not working
14. MCP Gain was
still saved as 0
15. Links to
help file updated in installation
16. Some
problems with Luca timings
17. Problem
with video mode and cosmic ray removal
18. Software
was hanging if in video mode and histogram dialog was trying to update
19. Fixed TIFF
& FITS spooling issues
20. Change
required for certain packages to open Grams files created through Solis
21. Problem
with Radiometric Calibration when Shamrock is enabled
22. 2D Peak labeling was not updating during acquisition
23. FVB mode on
an iXon was not operating correctly
24. Video
display rate was not correct when binning
25. Problem
with Print Preview of output window resolved
26. Gate width
error message was not valid for all gate modes
27. Closed for
background shutter mode was not functioning
28. Spooling
with too small an image was causing a crash
29. Last frame
when spooling to bianry was incorrect
Software
improvements
and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.6
Features
1.
Support for Luca 285 added.
2.
Data transfer from USB cameras improved.
3.
Option to move
4.
Crop mode option added for iXon+.
Fixes
1.
Problems setting up horizontal shift speeds for a
Classic camera using Andor Basic.
2.
Exposure time was not being updated in run time
control if set to a value less than minimum exposure.
3.
IOC option does not allow selecting the number of
pulses required.
4.
Crash when running Mechelle
with iStar.
5.
Problems with cosmic ray removal.
6.
Gain value for ICCD's not
stored correctly in sif file.
7.
Shutter now works correctly for Classic cameras when
software run for the first time after rebooting PC.
8.
Shutter now closes when taking a background.
9.
Zero images when acquiring using a large area chip
fixed.
10. Data was
wrapping at 65K if taking a kinetic series of accumulations.
11. Display
range of 0..16383 was not available.
Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.5
New features
1.
Supports 32 and 64-bit Windows XP
and
2.
InGaAs range of cameras now supported.
3.
Limit of number in kinetic series
increased to 1 million.
4.
T0, T1, T2 increased to 12
significant figures.
5.
Support for Triax
190 added.
6.
Step and glue improved for iStar.
7.
About dialog added for LibTIFF details.
8.
Andor Basic can now access images
in a series up to 65535.
9.
Data from aborted acquisition can
now be viewed.
10.
Manual calibration now takes
precedence for Shamrock.
Fixes
1.
DongWoo communication problems resolved.
2.
Large exposure time in frame
transfer was causing problems.
3.
Cycle time incorrect for FVB mode
on an iDus.
4.
Fixed temperature problems with Mechelle.
5.
Fixed iStar
clocking problem.
6.
Timestamp wrong in fast kinetics with
minimum exposure.
7.
Cycle times incorrect for random
tracks.
Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.4
New features
Fixes
Software improvements and new functionality added to Andor SOLIS 4.3
Software improvements and new functionality added to AndorMCD 4.2, iXon 4.2, iDus 4.2 and iStar 4.2
Software improvements and new functionality added to AndorMCD 4.1, iXon 4.1, iDus 4.1 and iStar 4.1
Software improvements and new functionality added to AndorMCD 4.0, iXon 4.0, iDus 4.0 and iStar 4.0
Software improvements and new functionality added to AndorMCD 2.63, iXon 1.3, iDus 1.3 and iStar 3.13
1. Batch Export added as a menu item
2. Email capability from within software
3. Export to JPEG added
4. Option to make subimage fill entire window when acquired.
5. New data type of Counts/sec added
6. System configuration displayed in About dialog
7. Ability to manually enter installed gratings added. No longer need to edit Spectrog.ini file
8. User definable colour scheme for data and program windows.
9. Control of Bentham monochromator added
10. Ability to adjust spectrograph while acquiring
11. Software will automatically update the registry entry DMASizeBYTES if too small for current system configuration
12. Quick launch buttons added to main software for Basic programs
13. Additional AndorBasic functions for controlling “remote” systems added. - Shutdown under Windows 2000 and Delay generator control
14. Improved arithmetic functionality added to AndorBasic (e.g. #1= 1/#2)
15. Improved autoscaling functionality
16. Improved error recognition when incorrect COF/RBF are used with I2C and non-I2C cards.
17. Improved Custom plotting functionality
18. Improved
functionality for Triax,
19. Fast kinetics added to iStar software (iStar only)
20. Horizontal binning for multitracks, randomtracks, singletrack added (iStar only)
21. Improved pulse calculation for “Integrate on chip” (iStar only)
22. Shutter ComboBox changed to EditBox
23. Filename displayed differently when window small
24. When opening multiple files they are opened in order they were selected
25. Bug where Program ComboBox looses track of which program to Run, fixed
26. Option to display Mean and Standard deviation of active dataset
27. Only one application is allowed to access the device driver at one time.
28. “Find Pulse” bug fixed (iStar only)
29. Images displayed in Image mode when acquired.
30. Various memory leaks in AndorBasic language fixed
31. Print preview for basic program now works
32. Various Chromex spectrograph control problems fixed
33. On-line Help updated
34. Exposure time updated in “Setup acquisition” dialog if changed in “Run time control” dialog.
35. Help enabled in preferences dialog
36. When X-Calibration dialog was closed using “X” button it could not be reopened now works.
37. Fast external trigger setting now saved in configuration file
1. Native Windows 2000 device driver added
2. Can control the EMCCD (i.e. gain) and iStar systems
3. Introduced Large DMA transfer model to reduce problems with long interrupt latency on some PCs
4. Shutter now assumes correct state when program first started and when trigger mode changed. Previously the changes only updated when next scan was completed.
5. Shutter/fire pulses now correct when shutter time > 920ms
6. Fixed several problems when using an Active Low shutter (i.e. open on low TTL level)
7. Fire pulse modified to go low as shutter closes in external trigger
8. Fixed problem when aborting an acquisition in external trigger. Software could previously loose communication with card.
9. Various GPIB communications with MS257 fixed.
10. Motorised slit width adjustment for MS257 (auto detect).
11. Improved communication with Chromex spectrographs.
12. Cooler now switches off properly if temperature above 5C when cooling switched off.
13. Keep clean cycle now works correctly for Frame Transfer CCDs when in external trigger.
14. Image window refreshed properly when expanding or contracting. x, y and z axes.
15. Now takes into consideration the pixel dimensions when displaying in image mode. Required for non-square CCD pixels.
16. Background corrected data can now handle cosmic ray removal.
17. Data corruption when image flip and rotation with binning selected fixed.
18. Various
bugs in Change units dialog fixed. Now
allows user to vary
19. Exported image now appear the right way up when imported into other packages.
20. Calibration linearised when exporting to GRAMS. (format changed to standard GRAMS rather than XT format)
21. Various resource/memory leaks fixed
22. Additional information added to File format and information Window. (EMCCD Gain ICCD Gain iStar parameters Flip and Rotation settings)
23. Increased the size of the Command line list and added scroll bar.
24. Key command silenced (i.e. removed beep)
25. Reflection about axis and rotation are disabled for fast kinetics
26. 16/32-bit signed/unsigned integer Fits file format added
27. Head model name now accepts up to 270 characters.
28. WaveToRaman() function added to convert wavelength calibrated data to Raman shift calibrated data
29. New copyxcal() format added
30. Implement exp/log gate step in kinetic series (iStar only)
31. Exitwindows() basic function added
32. Calibration via spectrograph function in Basic
33. Auto running of NT4 install.bat program during installation
34. Andor Basic help updated to include all new functions
35. Help added for Frame Transfer mode
36. Andor Basic program selection combo-box length increased
37. When acquiring data into a new window the initial display format will reflect the readout mode, i.e. an image will be displayed as an image, and spectrum will be displayed as a 2D graph.
38. In external trigger, you can now enable the system to trigger before a complete keep clean has been preformed. This feature allows for faster acquisitions.
39. Peak labelling now works on spectra with 2048 data points
40. Control of the BNC555 delay generator