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PCAN-Symbol Editor 6 Version History

2024-02-09 - Version 6.7.0 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.7.0

Bug fixes:

  • Selecting elements in the Item Navigator (variables or message signals) did not select the correct element in the layout if a multiplexer with the same name was present
  • Changes to the column widths in the Signals list were not permanently applied
  • Under certain circumstances double-clicking a signal in the Signals list navigated to the wrong element
  • Some other minor bug fixes and improvements


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2023-04-18 - Version 6.6.2 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.6.2

Bug fixes:

  • An incorrect error message could be displayed for multiplexers
  • Sorting of enum values did not work correctly
  • The display mode of multiplexers could not be set to 'Only Value', and it could not be set to 'All (Standard)' if it was previously set to 'Off'

2022-12-22 - Version 6.6.1 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.6.1

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed an issue where no tooltip was displayed when an item was moved with the mouse within the Item Navigator
  • Fixed an issue where the tabs for Items and Layout were not visible after launching the software
  • No more than 64 virtual variables could be added or loaded for Symbols File Format 5.0
  • Virtual variables could not be cloned
  • Some other minor bug fixes and optimizations

2022-06-14 - Version 6.6.0 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.6.0

Improvements:

  • Symbols, Multiplexer, Variables and assigned Message Signals can now be manually moved up and down in the tree or can be sorted alphabetically by their names

Bug fixes:

  • Double-clicking on an empty bit in the Layout view triggered an Access Violation error
  • Changing the Symbol or Multiplexer colors did not mark the file as modified
  • Some other minor bug fixes and improvements

2021-10-28 - Version 6.5.2 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.5.2

Bug fixes:

  • Loading and editing a symbols file became very slow if at least one of the symbols in the file contained a larger number of multiplexers (> 500)

2021-09-22 - Version 6.5.0 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.5.0

Bug fixes:

  • Executing the 'Calculate min-max' function for variables or signals did not affect the modification status of the opened file. As a result, the changed values could be lost when the software was closed
  • Some of the layout settings (like Display Format Motorola/Intel) were not restored from the Registry
  • The Symbol/Multiplexer property 'Paused' was not deactivated if the Direction property of the Symbol was set to 'Receive'

2021-02-22 - Version 6.4.2

Bug fixes:

  • Editing a Symbols file with a format version older than 3.1 could trigger Access Violation errors
  • An Access Violation error message was shown when the application was started on a system where PCAN-Explorer was not installed

2020-12-04 - Version 6.4.1 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.4.1

Bug fixes:

  • Attempting to import or export CANdb or ARXML files triggered the error 'External exception C06D007F' under Windows 7
  • The import of CANdb files has triggered an unhandled exception if the Symbol Editor was not started from the PCAN-Explorer 6 installation folder, and if PCAN-Explorer 6 was installed at the same time
  • A changed upper CAN ID from a CAN ID range in a receive-only symbol could not be reset to the lower CAN ID
  • A 'Division by zero' error was triggered when clicking on the 'Used Items' list of an enum or on the 'Assigned Items' list of a signal that had no assignments to other elements

2020-10-30 - Version 6.4.0 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.4.0

Improvements:

  • Greatly improved speed when working with large Symbols files by utilizing virtualized tree and list controls
  • Added support for High-DPI displays
  • Added new possibility to define an Enum as a bit mask
  • Added support for newer ARXML file formats

Bug fixes:

  • The tooltip shown for variables on the Symbol Layout tab did not display the correct msb and lsb values
  • ARXML: Messages with duplicate names were imported even though they were not explicitly selected
  • Some other minor bug fixes and improvements

Changes:

  • The automatic calculation of the minimum and the maximum of Variable values has been replaced by an option for manual calculation

2020-04-30 - Version 6.3.6 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.3.6

Bug fixes:

  • An Access Violation error occurred when a Signal was deleted from a Symbol or Multiplexer

2020-02-17 - Version 6.3.5 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.3.5

Improvements:

  • If a Symbol is cloned in the tree, the cloned item is automatically selected

Bug fixes:

  • An error message "Duplicates not allowed" could occur under certain circumstances while importing an ARXML file

2019-12-02 - Version 6.3.4 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.3.4

Bug fixes:

  • The Output Format setting of Variables and Assigned Signals could be changed even if the data type was set to Float or Double
  • A PCAN-Explorer license file could not be located if the shell folder path of Common AppData was missing in the corresponding registry key
  • Corrected mismatched alpha sorting between tree and element list
  • The Import and Export DBC commands did not display error messages if no supported PCAN-Explorer was installed and no valid license was found
  • The state of the option Enums -> Hexadecimal Values was not saved
  • A format exception error could be raised while importing an ARXML file
  • Some other minor bug fixes and improvements

2019-06-07 - Version 6.3.1 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.3.1

Bug fixes:

  • Several fixes regarding ampersand characters in element names
  • Signal and Multiplexer names were not refreshed in the Symbols layout if their name was changed
  • Some other minor bug fixes and improvements

2019-03-26 - Version 6.3.0 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.3.0

Bug fixes:

  • Loading or saving a Symbols file could trigger an error message if a variable in the file had less than 8 bits and had its default value set to an Enum value
  • Sorting of Enum names is no longer case-sensitive
  • Some other minor bug fixes and improvements

2018-12-13 - Version 6.2.2 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.2.2

Improvements:

  • New feature to import AUTOSAR XML files (*.arxml)

Bug fixes:

  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

2018-08-31 - Version 6.2.1 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.2.1

Bug fixes:

  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

2018-07-20 - Version 6.2.0 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.2.0

Improvements:

  • Performance while creating and editing symbols, multiplexers, and variables greatly improved. When a Symbols file was edited that contained many elements, delays after editing or adding an element were clearly noticeable

Bug fixes:

  • Checking for duplicate multiplexer values or data lengths did not work correctly if another conflict between multiplexers had already been detected

2018-01-12 - Version 6.1.1 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.1.1

Bug fixes:

  • If a newly created file was closed, a Save prompt was displayed although no changes have been made
  • Bug fix in the Symbols File Format Converter dialog that caused an error message 'Invalid Pointer operat

2017-09-15 - Version 6.1.0 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.1.0

Improvements:

  • The layout of the Enum Properties form was optimized
  • New possibility to specify a range of ordinal values in Enum definitions (for Symbols file format 6.0)

Bug fixes:

  • When the Edit Enum values dialog box was closed with the OK button and no value had been changed, the modified state of the Symbols file was reset
  • Some minor bug fixes and improvements

2017-04-07 - Version 6.0.11 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.0.11

Bug fixes:

  • When an invalid factor or offset value was entered in the Signal properties, the value was reset to a default value instead of reverting to the previous value
  • Some spelling errors have been corrected

2016-11-15 - Version 6.0.8 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.0.8

Bug fix:

  • If the Display Format of Bitstart Position was set to "Forward LSB" for Motorola in the Options dialog box, changing the Bitstart value of a Motorola signal could cause an Out of Memory error

2016-10-13 - Version 6.0.5 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.0.5

Improvement:

  • A file can be opened by drag-and-drop when the quick start window is visible (no file is open)

Bug fixes:

  • When a DBC file was imported via the Import command, the selected Symbols File Format may have changed automatically
  • Some other minor bug fixes

2016-09-20 - Version 6.0.4 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.0.4

Bug fixes:

  • When converting a symbols file to a different version, especially from version 5.0 to 6.0, some symbols and multiplexers that had the option "Valid for all Data Lengths" enabled were not interpreted correctly so that warnings were displayed, e.g. "The Multiplexer is beyond Data Length"
  • The J1939 symbol option "Valid for all Priorities" could not be set correctly and also affected the "Valid for all Destination Addresses" option

2016-09-02 - Version 6.0.3 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.0.3

Improvements:

  • New Output Format dropdown list in Assigned Signal properties to override the default output format of a signal
  • New Attributes tab for signals and variables
  • Added SLOT and SPN attributes for J1939 signals
  • The layout of the user interface is now automatically corrected to ensure the visibility of all panes
  • Some minor improvements

Bug fixes:

  • Selecting an Assigned Signal in the layout grid did not always show the input mask for the element
  • If the Edit Data dialog box was opened for a Raw signal and no default value was assigned, the dialog box did not show the correct number of data bytes
  • When a Raw or String signal was added to a symbol or multiplexer, the signal was not immediately aligned to data byte boundaries
  • The bit start of a signal in the data bytes of a symbol or multiplexer was not always stored correctly in the Symbols file
  • Performing a right-click in the layout grid did not automatically select the element at the mouse position
  • If warnings were detected when a Symbols file was saved to file, no message box was displayed to inform the user
  • Some other minor bug fixes

2016-06-09 - Version 6.0.1 - Released with PCAN-Explorer 6.0.1

A new version of the PCAN-Symbol Editor with many enhancements was released with the PCAN-Explorer 6 ...

  • Supports the symbolic representation of CAN FD frames
  • New user interface with Quick Start function
  • Allows to create signals in symbol files for the first time
  • With a signal, the representation of CAN data can be defined and used for multiple symbols
  • Function to convert symbol files between their different file formats
  • Dynamic text search for symbols, signals, menu commands, recently opened files, and more
  • First release