Software Downloads

Perception 8.28

This is an minor release of Perception mainly improving stability, fixing known problems and adding minor new features.

This is not shipped out with the hardware but only available via web download.

Details about fixed issues and new features can be found in the release notes.

Note: Perception includes the instruments firmware for GEN DAQ systems. So there is no separate firmware available for GEN DAQ systems.

When you connect to hardware using a new version of Perception, the firmware in the hardware will be upgraded accordingly to the same release level.

Perception 8.50

This is a major release of Perception. Due to the fixes in Perception 8.52, please download Perception 8.52 instead of Perception 8.50.

New Features:

• Continuous Output

• RTFDB processing on CAN signal

• Harmonic Analysis Display Improvements

• Change from relative addressing to absolute addressing

NOTE: With this change. The user already using a setup and using the old relative addressing may have to change their setup.

Perception 8.52

This is a minor release of Perception. Due to the fixes, please download this release instead of Perception 8.50

Fixes:

No special license for RTFDB on CAN inputs:

Perception 8.50 requires a special license to allow processing CAN signals in the RTFDB. This feature is free of charge for customers within Perception maintenance, so it licensing is no longer required.

CAN bus stopped unexpectedly

A problem is solved where the CAN bus stopped unexpectedly.

New type of Peak CAN dongle was not accepted

Peak provides the USB CAN dongle with different internal chip sets. The updated Peak dongles are now also recognized and can be used.

NaN in log file when doing processing

When using one of the FDB functions (CycleFundamental) the output may give NaN. This problem is solved.

Freeze when duplicating signals for automated recording processing

The system is made robust against selecting the same signal multiple times when doing automated recording post-processing.

New Features:

Continuous Output

• It is possible to save every sweep as a separate recording that can be opened immediately after a sweep has been finished.
• It is also possible to split the continuous part of the recording into smaller individual recordings
• When the user chooses not to generate a split recording, there is a choice: - have a single recording file or; - cut up the recording into several files.
• Between a pause and resume, the system will continue publishing data on the fieldbuses

RTFDB processing on CAN signal:

• From this release onward, CAN inputs can also be processed by the RTFDB and the results can be treated just like processed analog signals: - they can be stored in a recording; - and/or be published on one of the field buses.
• When CAN signals are available, they are shown in Data Source Navigator and they can be selected by name in RTFDB formulas, just like other signals.
• This allows to perform calculations on CAN signals (and then to publish the results on, for example, the CAN bus).

Since some RTFDB functions can generate triggers, this also makes it possible to generate triggers based on CAN signals.

Harmonic Analysis Display Improvements:

• It is now possible to show harmonics starting at a different order than zero.
• Furthermore, it is now possible to scale the Y-axis

Change from relative addressing to absolute addressing:

• In earlier major releases, in CAN remote control, relative addressing was used for recorders. - This means that: if we use the address x in a CAN command, this refers to the x-th occupied recorder slot. - This means that the address of a recorder may change when recorders are added or removed. Because this is inconvenient and error prone, we implemented the following change:
• This is the first major release where, absolute addressing is used for all recorders in a mainframe.
• In the 1-byte address available to address recorders; - the range 1...127 is used for physical recorders and the range; - 128...255 for CAN recorders, irrespective of a physical recorder being present or not and a CAN recorder being used or not.

NOTE: With this change. The user already using a setup and using the old relative addressing may have to change their setup

Perception 8.54

This is a minor release of Perception. Due to the fixes, please download this release instead of Perception 8.52.

Various stability and performance enhancements implemented, see release notes for details.

NOTE: With this change. The user already using a setup and using the old relative addressing may have to change their setup.

Installer of the RPC COM wrapper and RPC documentation

Update HBM approved GEN DAQ hardware peripherals. For example allowing new types of (solid state) drives.

Update HBM approved GEN DAQ hardware peripherals. For example allowing new types of (solid state) drives.

GENDAQ API v3 for Perception V7.40, V7.50 and V7.60

The GEN3i/GEN7i Cumulative Update Package contains updated drivers for GEN DAQ “i” type mainframes. There is a version 4.1.1975 of the RTS IEEE1588 PTP driver, and the latest GEN hardware drivers needed when upgrading an older, Windows 7 based GEN3i/GEN7i to Windows 10.

Tool to extract the GEN3i/GEN7i Service from the installed version of Perception. After a fresh install of the Windows OS, the GEN3i/GEN7i service is missing and will be installed using this tool.

Installer of the RPC COM wrapper and RPC documentation

Perception CSI specifications

Perception CSI training specifications

This document describes what you need to create your own Perception CSI extensions.

Examples used in the CSI Programming User Manual

Perception Programming Interfaces Help file

Perception CSI Sheet template file for Visual Studio 2017 and later

Perception CSI script action template file for Visual Studio 2017 and later

User manual Perception CSI programming

Perception CSI: Sensor Barcode Reader - HOTnote

Perception CSI: Seismic Measurement - HOTnote

Demo files which can be used by the Perception Word Organizer

User manual Harmonic Analysis Sheet

User manual Time Markers Sheet

User manual Calculator Sheet

User manual Word Organizer

User manual Log File Reader

Calculates and displays statistical information of recorded data. Alarm levels can be used to color individual calculated results

Shows all time markers including triggers in a table. Can be used for navigating in Perception Display to specific trigger.

Calculate the amplitude of the harmonic components of a periodic signal using the Fourier series.

Reading back Perception Logged data into a Perception User Table. The data can be filtered and the layout can be adjusted

Create a new Word or PDF report by assemble existing Word documents generated during a recording. Also bitmaps or richtext files can be added

Sheet works with Perception 8 or later and explains the working of the STL formulas. The sheet can be used to verify the STL calculations on user data.

Perception RPC using DIAdem

LabView source code of the Perception remote control Demo

LabView Demo program using the Perception RPC interface

Installer of the RPC COM wrapper and RPC documentation

Simple Perception RPC demo program

C# source code of the Perception RPC Demo

Perception RPC using MATLAB example code

Programming Help file Perception RPC/COM interfaces

C# source code for the Perception RPC ePower demo program

Simple Perception RPC ePower demo program

Simple Perception RPC ePower demo program

PNRF Reader User manual

PNRF Reader Example manual on how to read PNRF data files into MATLAB

PNRF Reader Training material documentation and code examples

PNRF Reader Software installation to read the proprietary PNRF (Perception Native Recording File) file format.

PNRF Reader Software installation to read the proprietary PNRF (Perception Native Recording File) file format.

PNRF Reader Software installation to read the proprietary PNRF (Perception Native Recording File) file format.

PNRF Reader Software installation to read the proprietary PNRF (Perception Native Recording File) file format.

PNRF Reader Software installation to read the proprietary PNRF (Perception Native Recording File) file format.

Archive containing examples, help file and required source code for the ‘C’ interface.

Running the install will copy all examples, help files and source code available for the GEN DAQ API to the PC. The install contains files for both the .NET and ‘C’ interface. The files will be installed to: C:\GEN DAQ API.

Running the install will copy all examples, help files and source code available for the GEN DAQ API to the PC. The install contains files for both the .NET and ‘C’ interface. The files will be installed to: C:\GEN DAQ API.

Running the install will copy all examples, help files and source code available for the GEN DAQ API to the PC. The install contains files for both the .NET and ‘C’ interface. The files will be installed to: C:\GEN DAQ API.

GPL file for GEN3t/GEN7tA/GEN17tA/GEN2tB Data Acquisition Systems

FLOSS (Free Libre & Open Source Software) description of the Genesis software stack

GPL file for GEN3t/GEN7tA/GEN17tA/GEN2tB Data Acquisition Systems

GPL file for GEN3t/GEN7tA/GEN17tA/GEN2tB Data Acquisition Systems

FLOSS (Free Libre & Open Source Software) description of the Genesis software stack

GPL file for GEN3t/GEN7tA/GEN17tA/GEN2tB Data Acquisition Systems

FLOSS (Free Libre & Open Source Software) description of the Genesis software stack