Part four of the IQANdesign tutorial is now available, this one is introducing some of the Qcode sytax:

There are many applications that require a variation in units. Currently if I want to display a pressure gauge, I would need to create a PSI pressure gauge, and a BAR pressure gauge. Then control the visibility properties of the gauge to display the desired gauge.

It would be helpful to tie an integer parameter to the "Min value" and "Max value" of the gauge control or bar control. By doing this it would also be necessary to change the "Tick count" value with an integer parameter. This way the programmer would only need to make one gauge and control the properties inside the "Display application" as opposed to multiple gauges.

At the moment, it’s possible to manually simulate inputs and outputs in IQANsimulate.

However, I’d like to automate this process by connecting it with a digital twin of the machine built in Emulate3D. 

The goal is to exchange data between Emulate3D and the IQAN simulation environment, so that the control software can be tested and validated automatically.

Is this kind of integration possible with IQANsimulate?

I have possible to use these protocols:

It would be great if we could use G12 bluetooth modules for communication between modules.

Master modules already can use G12 module and bluetooth speed and range is enough for most of cases, so "a little update" and we have wireless communication between modules ;)

Updated versions of IQANdesign, IQANrun and IQANgo 7.05 are now available. 

Main feature update

IQANdesign display page conversion

IQANdesign 7.05.25 introduces a display page conversion feature. 

It is now possible to drag and drop display pages between modules of different size, with the option to scale the pages to fit the new size. 

Example of conversion from MD4-7 to MD5-8

When scaling, display controls are resized and repositioned to fit the new size. SVG images are scaled automatically. 

This version also has a feature for bulk export and replacement of images, making it easy to work with external tools to also rescale any PNG, BMP and JPEG images used on display pages. 

A full guide which also includes a method for image scaling can be found here

Display migration / Knowledge base / IQAN

This IQANdesign update is limited to the PC-tool, all included master module firmware remains on the original 7.05.19 version. 

Bug fixes

G12 firmware update

IQAN-G12 FW is updated to 2.01.8, solving a problem the previous version had that prevented connection to systems with older versions where the G12 wasn't enabled in the application. 

IQANdesign, IQANrun and IQANgo includes this new FW and can be used to update G12 firmware in the field. 

Release notes

More details in release notes:

Release notes - IQANdesign 7

Release notes - IQANrun 7

IQANgo on the App Store

IQANgo - Apps on Google Play

I have been having issues today after being able to upload programs perfectly all day. Now, all of a sudden I get this no application error. I cannot upload a program no matter what I try in IQANrun7. I tried uploading in safe mode but had no luck. When I try to upload the window pops up and disappears.
 

Can anyone point me in the direction of the iqan design 2.63 software download? I've been sent an .ida file and cannot open it in the more current versions. I went to the software downloads website and was unable to find any links or forum posts that were related to this. Thanks for your help ahead of time!

We have had multiple issues using ratiometric sensors that end up sending voltages below the 0.5 threshold. If the input drops to 0.250 then the system throws a VIN low error. The error value only exists for an instant. The sensor output is jumpy. I wish we could add some averaging, signal stabilization or add a delay on the error to filter out these events. Or maybe we could define the low error value instead of using the minimum/2. 

In retrospect, it realize I could have set the range to 0 V and extrapolated the value of the output to keep the calibration the same, but I cannot do this on an existing program because the min and max outputs are not part of the calibration. 

Does Parker IQAN team has any plan/interest to implement CAN-FD (Flexible Data Rate) capability in the future ? 

We are starting to get a large fleet of equipment out in the field. currently to update a md4/mc43 pair we need to wire to the md4 and push the software. This is not convenient because the machines are all over USA. When I use the G11/12  locally we may get 7 of 10 to complete and update, the other 3  lock up the md4.  Doing an update remotely i think would be asking for trouble.  is there an easy way to push updates to people? currently the reliability isn't there. Thanks