Diagnostic Suite

Version 1.8.0

• Added support for the XtremeVision-2K. [F# 32993]
• Added support for splitting UHD outputs into HD segments when using the XtremeVision-4K and XtremeVision-2K. [F# 45740]
• Added application help interface. [F# 45323]

Version 1.7.6

• Added system and motherboard serial numbers to system overview page. [F# 44063]

Version 1.7.5

• Added ability to launch backpanel printer such that it connects to a remote server rather than always running locally. [B# 37966]

Version 1.7.5

• Fixed crash on startup caused by missing settings in hardware parameters file. [B# 36475]

Version 1.7.4

• Fixed a bug causing some devices to be reported as separate cards when they were infact separate outputs making up a single card. [B# 36246]

Version 1.7.3

• Fixed a problem that would cause a false positive validation warning on the CPU Core 2 voltage on Advantech SBCs. [B# 34965]
• Fixed the backpanel graphic to include the additional COM port for Advantech SBCs. [B# 34965]

Version 1.7.2

• Fixed a problem which could result in spurious errors being reported against the Driver Status. This problem was introduced in V1.7.1. [B# 33033]

Version 1.7.1

• Fixed a problem which would cause the Diagnostic Suite to crash when a Remote Desktop session was established to the server. [B# 29024]
• Fixed a problem which would result in the tool not reporting all the cards in the system when the PCI bus is split into multiple segments. This is common when cards are installed in a Dual Xeon host without an expansion chassis. [B# 26249]
• Fixed a problem which could result in the tool failing to display the CPU temperature. [B# 29020]
• Fixed a problem which could result in the GPU data being omitted from the tool. [B# 31928]

Version 1.7.0

• Added support for the XtremeVision-4K. [F# 26533]
• Fixed a crash which could occur when a Windows Hotfix referenced an invalid URL within the Windows Update Database. [B# 25955]
• Fixed a crash which could occur when the Diagnostics Suite is run on an unrecognised motherboard. [B# 25653]
• Support reconnection to displays after the connection has been lost. [F# 25965]
• Added two new command line options to allow the creation of a snapshot:
  • "savesnapshot --output filename" will save a standard snapshot.
  • "savefullsnapshot --output filename [--withmemorydump] [--withminidumps]" will save a full diagnostics snapshot, with or without crash dumps.
  This will allow the scheduling of snapshot capture by script or 3rd party tools. [F 25753]
• Fixed a bug which meant that the Diagnostics Suite Server discovery was not reliable. [B# 25778, B# 25720]
• Fixed a bug which meant the Diagnostics Suite would continue to display an EDID after the display had been unplugged. [B# 26681]
• Added support for the CEA Extension Blocks contained within an EDID [F# 26518]
• Fixed a bug which could cause the Diagnostics Suite to crash if it was unable to access the Windows Event log. [B# 27867]
• Fixed a small resource leak in the Diagnostics Suite Launcher. [B# 28300]
• Fixed a crash which could occur if the communications interface to the graphics card failed to initialise correctly. [B# 28564]
• Fixed a problem which could lead to the CPU and Host Machine metrics being misreported. [B# 28744, 27457]
• Improved error reporting when information about the system is unavailable. [B# 27457]

Version 1.6.0

• Added support for display management. [F# 21205]
• Added alarms summary page. [F# 25276]

Version 1.5.2

• Fixed a problem which meant the ActiveSQX utilisation statistics did not update reliably. [B# 23825]
• Disabled the Diagnostics Snapshot option when connected to a system remotely. This function must be run directly on the target machine as it requires Administrator access rights. [B# 23782]
• Fixed a bug which resulted in the additional information required for a Diagnostics Snapshot being omitted the recorded file. [B# 23781]
• Adjusted the power ranges used to validate the operation of a number of Asrock motherboard. [B# 23817]
• Fixed a problem which resulted in the XtremeVision-Pro serial number being displayed incorrectly. [B# 23617]
• Fixed a problem with meant the "Snapshot Information" field reported inaccurate information about the open file. [B# 23780]
• Fixed a problem with the display of the motherboard graphic on some systems. [B# 23776]

Version 1.5.1

• Fixed a problem which would cause the tool to crash when used on a system without an English language locale. [B# 23366]
• Fixed a problem which could cause the application to crash due to a scaling mismatch in the desktop capture image. [B# 23367]
• Fixed a problem running the Diagnostics Suite on systems running Driver Install versions before V4.5.0. This was caused by a missing Microsoft redistributable. [B# 23402]
• Updated some of the SBC graphics used by the backpanel printer. [B# 23431]

Version 1.5.0

• Significant performance improvements when running the tool in the background. [F# 22394]
• Added new .snpx format for snapshot files that provides a much more compact format. [F# 21515]
• Added a number of new system graphics for use in the backpanel printout. [F# 22890]
• Added a number of new graphics for plug-in cards for use in the backpanel printout. [F# 22364]
• Added HDCP status to video signal capture history, and capture channel diagnostics. [F# 22823]
• Added Bios Version and Serial Numbers to the graphics card information page, where available. [F# 22667]
• Fixed a problem that would result in a Server Installation displaying the Diagnostics Suite window when logging in. [B# 22373]
• Fixed the ordering of events listed in the Event Viewer so that they are displayed with the most recent events first. [B# 22366]
• Fixed a problem that would result in an ActiveSQX reporting a warning if it is not being utilised. [B# 23164]
• Updated the capture "Signal History" to correct the names of the columns and to ensure the event times reported are in the same locale as the system time. [B# 22586, 22634]
• Corrected some problems with remote connections to a Diagnostics Suite server resulting in client crashes. [B# 23079, 23174]
• Corrected some problems identifying the slot and chassis a card is installed in. [B# 23165, 22929, 22104]
• Fixed a problem upgrading a server installation of the Diagnostics Suite. [B# 23129]

Version 1.4.1 - 11^th September 2018

• Fixed a problem mapping the screens to onto the desktop preview when running on the XtremeVision-Pro WDDM driver.
• Fixed a problem could cause the Diagnostics Suite to report that the outputs of an XtremeVision-Pro were not gen-locked when the were really synchronised correctly.

Version 1.4.0 - 17^th August 2018

• Added support for new hardware
• Fixed issues where certain outputs would not be selectable or shown in the tool
• Added better handling of corrupted configuration files
• Improved handling of loading old snapshot files
• Added option to save full diagnostic snapshots containing low level diagnostic information and full system memory dumps

Version 1.3.0 - 28^th November 2017

• UI and theming Refresh
• Output synchronisation is now shown live, rather than showing the configured genlock chains
• Input FPS is now shown for each capture channel
• Display timings are now shown for each screen
• Wall preview now excludes the control screens to improve capture performance
• Hardware sample rates are now capped to a maximum of twice every second, to improve performance
• Added event logs viewer
• Added test pattern generator tool

Version 1.2.2 - 26^th September 2017

• Fixed crash when changing desktop resolution with WDDM driver
• Fixed bug causing only the first virtual display's displays to be shown in the wall preview

Version 1.2.1 - 6^th August 2017

• Fixed slot numbering in backpanel printer tool
• Fixed crash when launching on system without live hardware

Version 1.2.0 - 7^th July 2017

• Added system backpanel printer tool

Version 1.1.3 - 2^nd March 2017

• Added exit option to file menu
• Displayed snapshot creation date and time in window title
• Fixed crash caused by additional display drivers being installed
• Fixed issue preventing multiple instances of the diagnostic suite running at a time
• Fixed issue preventing genlock chains from being displayed

Version 1.1.2 - 15^th December 2016

• Fixed wall preview scaling issue
• Fixed slow performance when saving or loading system snapshots

Version 1.1.1 - 30^th November 2016

• Wall view now correctly resizes
• Fixed issues with missing information being displayed
• Fixed parsing of registry data
• Fixed ActiveSQX devices with missing drivers not causing warnings or errors

Version 1.1.0 - 11^th November 2016

• Added graphical system tree
• Validation options can now be saved and are automatically loaded on startup
• Added input channel diagnostics

Version 1.0.0 - 22^nd October 2016

• Initial release.