Release Notes: TOP Version 6.2
These notes describe new features in TOP 6.02 They also discuss the TOP interface with PASS and SuperHarm. v6.02 ======== 1 - Updated for compatibility with EMTDC/PSCAD V3 & V4. 2 - Added menu and toolbar item for quick access to customizable chart properties. v6.01 ======== 1 - Included latest chagnes to PQDIF library files. v6.00 ======== 1 - Fixed error in reading Comtrade binary files. 2 - Fixed several errors in reading Comtrade header files. 3 - Now using Comtrade 1999 standard for output. 4 - Changed the PQDIF load dialog. The new dialog allows for the possible channels to be displayed in a hierarchical form. 5 - Automatically load the Plot Quantity Select dialog for PQDIF files with only one observation present. All channels will be loaded. 6 - Fixed several PQDIF read errors. 7 - PNG Export is now performed in the graphics package. 8 - Graphics package limits stacked graph to 6 quantities. v5.00.11 ======== 1 - Fixed identification of fundamental frequency in the harmonic spectra summary. This now comes from TOP options, or the replacement value entered in the SuperHarm stack loading dialog. 2 - Plotted bar widths now based on the smallest scanned interval between data points. v5.00.10 ======== 1 - Fixed problem reading Comtrade files with no defined sample rates. 2 - Implemented time multiplier for Comtrade files. 3 - Preferentially use the sample rates over time stamps in Comtrade files. v5.00.09 ======== 1 - Fixed precision of time scale for trend plots with short sample intervals. 2 - Added a probability scale option for X axis. 3 - Added error message when FFT or DFT fails because of zero time difference between first two data points. 4 - Improved warning messages for Text-to-PQDIF utility, fixed problem with allowed independent variable characteristics. 5 - Allow comment lines at the beginning of the text input files for Text-to-PQDIF utility. Comment lines begin with // v5.00.08 ======== 1 - Added options to the Edit/Preferences dialog for harmonic summary tables: a - highest harmonic order to show b - whether to show even harmonics Note: these do not affect summary statistics like the total rms and total distortion. v5.00.07 ======== 1 - Increased the precision of CSV export from 6 digits to 9 digits. v5.00.06 ======== 1 - Reads binary Comtrade files. 2 - Added a Stack/Refresh menu command and toolbar button. This reloads all stack objects from new files on the disk, and updates any open graphs and tables. Graph zoom state and text labels are not changed. a - Only implemented for EMTP/ATP, EMTDC, SuperHarm, and SuperTran (includes EPRI LPDW and SDWorkstation plot files). b - ATP frequency scan outputs do not refresh properly. Normally, you will get magnitude on the initial load and phase on the refresh. c - SuperHarm refresh assumes individual source mode and calculated fundamental mode. 3 - Changes to PQDIF import for better support of Signature System PQD files: a - More descriptive error and warning messages. Each type of message is limited to appearing once per file load, so the file may have more errors of the same type. b - Will read PQD files with multiple container records. c - No order dependence on the series definitions. 4 - Fixed the PQDIF export tag for phase angles. 5 - Using the new ID_QC_TRANSFERFUNC tag to import and export SCAN objects as distinct from SPEC objects. 6 - Added a warning message (once per file load) if attempting to load a stack object with duplicate name. 7 - The harmonic summary table now displays fundamental frequency in Hz rather than per-unit. 8 - Fixed the display of SuperHarm current outputs with a period (.) in the base name. 9 - Updated Web links on the Help menu. 10 - File/Associations menu command added to link output extensions with TOP after installation. a - Use this to restore the PQD extension link after installing DranView 5. b - You may link the *.inf extension for EMTDC output, but use caution because *.inf is normally associated with setup information files. 11 - Fixed the color palette in exported PNG files for 3D histograms. 12 - Changes to the Text-to-PQDIF utility: a - Correct the trigger channel indices when the first data column is time. b - Display CSV file filter first in the Add dialog. c - Exports with new ID_EQUIP_ETK_TEXTPQDIF tag. v5.00.03 ======== 1 - Fixed problems with EMTDC files of less than 100 points, or that have titles beginning with a number. v5.00.02 ======== 1 - Support Mag-Dur export from Text-to-PQDIF utility. 2 - PQDIF import fixes: a - skip invalid time stamps b - skip invalid trigger information c - fix memory overrun with some trend gaps v5.00.01 ======== 1 - Binary calculator operations now work properly when the two stack objects have incompatible time (or X) values. 2 - New Stack/Expression menu command to create stack objects from typed in expressions. See help file for examples. 3 - Waveform sampling operation in the calculator. 4 - New options in the Preferences dialog a - background (CBEMA, ITIC, etc.) curve for magnitude-duration plots b - option for null data gap handling in trend plots, similar to PQWeb 2.2 c - toggle between seconds and date/time stamps in exported trend CSV files 5 - Support for 3D magnitude-duration histograms downloaded from PQWeb. 6 - Plots a vertical line at the trigger time for stack objects loaded from PQDIF files. 7 - Exports PQDIF files. 8 - Exports a config file for use with the Text-to-PQDIF utility. 9 - Option to auto-generate RMS traces from transient waveforms in the Text-to-PQDIF utility output. 10 - All of the file loading dialog list boxes now follow the standard Windows extended selection mechanism, with Ctrl-Click and Shift-Click. 11 - More combinations of stack object types with calculator operations are allowed. 12 - Revised table column names for time and frequency domain data points, when the first object is not WAVE, SCAN, or SPEC. SuperHarm Integration ===================== You must run TOP manually one time before it will launch from the SuperHarm or SuperTran toolbar. PASS Integration ================ To use TOP with PASS 3.2, use the Edit/ Preferences menu command in PASS, then click the Paths button. For the path to TOP, enter the installed location of top32.exe, for example: c:\progra~1\electr~1\top\top32.exe Note that you must use the ~ contractions for long path names with embedded blanks, because PASS is a 16-bit program. The example shown above is the default location for installing TOP, but on your machine, the proper shortcut entered into the PASS dialog may include electr~2 rather than electr~1. If you copy-and-paste more than one graph from PASS, the TOP software will superimpose all voltages on one graph, all currents on another graph, and any other data (eg., temperature) on separate graphs. As a side effect of PASS integration, TOP will not launch if the older 16-bit version of TOP is running. This is because TOP must use the same window class name, so that PASS can find a running copy of TOP. Data Conversion Utilities ========================= A data conversion utility for Dranetz 656A, 657, and 658 instruments has been copied to the TOP application directory. This program, ascii65x.exe, should be run from a DOS prompt. Another data conversion utility for PQDIF files is installed with TOP. This converts comma- delimited text files, in a tabular layout, to PQDIF. Support and Updates =================== You may obtain free updates to TOP, including sample files and a PDF version of the manual, from www.pqsoft.com/TOP.