eCAL v5.6.0

eCAL v5.6.0:

• thirdparty:
  • new dependencies (mainly required by the new ecal recorder)
    • curl
    • fineftp-server
    • hdf5
    • libssh2
    • tinyxml2
    • zlib
• core:
  • bypass local firewalls or vpn by broadcasting monitoring on local host
• apps:
  • ecal recorder
    • major redesign to support new features like ..
    • measurement history
    • delete measurements
    • add comments to measurements
    • further information about connected recorder clients
    • save configuration
    • upload (merge) distributed measurements to the host machine
    • upload (merge) distributed to any custom FTP server
    • rpc interface to remote-control the recorder GUI
    • warn in case of faulty configuration
    • improved command line interface
    • addon support to integrate third party recording clients
  • ecal player
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eCAL v5.5.5

eCAL v5.5.5:

• documenation:
  • CMake options documentation improved
  • Npcap section installation and usage added
  • instruction how to build the documenation added
• common:
  • CMakeLists.txt files moved outside source folders
• thirdparty:
  • protobuf updated to 3.11.4
  • asio updated to 1.14.0
• core:
  • MacOS port prepared
• language bindings
  • CSharp JSONProtobufSubscriber added
  • CSharp protobuf publisher / subscriber API added
• apps
  • monitor application renamed from mon to mon_gui

eCAL v5.5.4

eCAL v5.5.4:

• common:
  • repository maintenance (CamelCase to snake_case)
  • command line interface documentation fixed
• language bindings
  • csharp support added
• apps
  • ecal launcher utility added
  • ecal player shows status in windows taskbar icon

eCAL v5.5.3

eCAL v5.5.3:

• core
  • shared memory layer can be configured to use iceoryx implementation alternative to eCAL one's
    • use CMake option 'ECAL_LAYER_ICEORYX = ON'
    • all eCAL eco system tools (record, replay, monitoring, language bindings) tested with iceoryx
    • core automatically switches between iceoryx and udp multicast for local and network subscriptions
  • message frequency min/max observation feature removed (should be implemnented outside eCAL core if needed)
• message protocols
  • compatibility to capnproto 0.7.0 fixed
• common:
  • lot's of warnings fixed
  • Readme.md documentation improved (transport layer configuration)

eCAL v5.5.2

eCAL v5.5.2:

• core
  • communication layer reduced to eCAL inproc, eCAL shm, eCAL udp multicast and Iceoryx
    • fastrtps layer removed
    • lcm layer removed
    • udp unicast layer removed
    • eCAL metal layer removed
• monitoring
  • ecal core initialization state shown in monitor
  • loaded time plugin name and state shown in monitor
• ecal player
  • command line handling improved
  • gui minor fixes
• bugfixes
  • eCAL:CTimer bugfix in loop time calculation
  • use system_clock instead steady_clock if time plugin handling failed or not configured
  • wrong host id calculation based on installed network adapters fixed
  • python eCAL service fixed (#39) - thanks @JeremyBYU
• improvements
  • eCAL:CTimer improved precision
  • unit tests added

eCAL v5.5.1

eCAL v5.5.1:

• eCAL python language binding added
  • ecal core wrapped to python
  • ecal hdf5 measurement API wrapped to python
  • python samples added

eCAL v5.5.0

eCAL v5.5.0:

• eCAL message recorder released
  • records messages in realtime in HDF5 format
  • synchronized recording over multiple targets
  • pre-buffer feature
  • modern QT based control gui
• eCAL message player
  • eCAL message replay
  • topic filtering
  • adjustable replay speed / looped play
  • modern QT based gui
  • command line version (with interactive mode)
• eCAL HDF5 recording read / write C++ SDK
  • high level API to iterate over recorded data sets
    • auto merging of splitted record files
    • distributed recording on multiple machines, handling as one recording
• Performance improvements
  • reduced memory copying on subscriber side
  • new latency send / receive samples demonstrating new performance
    using callback receive method
    • see Performance section in Readme.md file
    • performance factor 2 for windows factor 4 Linux for large messages
• CPack installer generates start menu entries on windows platform
• Different bug fixes

eCAL v5.4.0:

eCAL v5.4.0:

• Capnproto added as natively supported serialization format:
  • publisher & subscriber register descriptor information
  • dynamic subscriber added that doesn't require schematas
  • reflection support in eCAL Monitor
• eCALMon display & calculation of CPU usage fixed
• performance improvements
• minor fixes

v5.3.5

eCAL v5.3.5:

• windows cpack installer install all needed runtime libs and config files
• 2 new application "ecal_config" and "ecal_stop" added (dumpl config, stop all running eCAL processes)
• minor fix on server/client tcp header for future extensions

v5.3.4.4

eCAL v5.3.4.4:

• new: support for Visual Studio 2019
• fix: system time backward jump lead to application freeze (reimplemented named ipc mutex and event for linux based on pthread)
• change: client/sever tcp communication framed by header with length info
• change: Readme.md file new "Initial Test" section