1394 and AS5643 Software - FireDiagnostic Suite

Beta FireDiagnostics Suite 8 Series
(Use for testing purposes only)

Introduction of FireProbe

This software release contains specific functionality in support of the new FireProbe product series. The Control Panel Designer application forms the cornerstone of the FireProbe ecosystem with its highly customizable Control Panels that can run on FireProbe devices without the need for a connected computing platform. FireProbe offers an industrial capacitive touch screen that supports operating the FireProbe Recorder, Monitor, Topology and Signal Monitor in tough environments. Please note that since FireProbe is not connected to a computing platform, it does not support FireSpy applications. The Control Panel Designer is used to configure its control panels and the Recorder application is used to view recordings made by FireProbe.

For more information, please refer to the FireProbe Quickstart Guide that will be placed in the MS Windows Start Menu during installation of the software.

FireSpy updates planned

Although the initial versions of this series are mainly focused on new functionality in support of  FireProbe, we will not forget about the FireSpy platform. Just like previous series, we are constantly working on further improving the FireSpy ecosystem and even the early releases within this series already contain many software changes in support of FireSpy. Further down the line we are hoping to bring FireProbe Control Panel technology to the FireSpy ecosystem to further enhance its capabilities. 

Key New Features

  • Support for the new FireProbe series
    • Control Panel Designer: Application that can be used to completely customize the UI of FireProbe.
    • Recorder IRIG106 Chapter 11 support: Recorder can be used to view/analyze recordings captured by FireProbe

Older Software Versions

Requirements & lifecycle

Lifecycle Initial release October 2024
  End of support TBD
License   License Validation 24.9 (September-2024) or later to control a connected FireSpy or configure FireProbe
    Runs in demo/viewer mode without license
Operating Systems   The following operating systems are supported on X86/AMD64:
    Windows 7/2012 SP1 and later with KB3033929 and SHA2 support installed
    Windows 8 with SHA2 support installed
    Windows 11/10/2016
FireProbe Models   FireProbe3403bT (Control Panel Designer, Disk Unlocker and Recording Viewer)
FireSpy Models Gen1 FireSpy 400b, 800
  Gen2 FireSpy 410, 410b, 410bT, 410bT1, 450b, 450bT, 450bT1, 810, 850
    3850, 3852, 3470bT, 3410bT, 3410bT1, 3810, 3811
    FireStealth 810bN
  Gen3 FireSpy 1600, 3200
  Gen4 FireSpy 3430b, 3430bT, 3830, 3830bT
    FireSpy 422bT, 822bT, 422bT1
    FireSpy 3422bT, 3822bT, 3422bT1
    FireSpy 430bT, 430b, 830bT, 830
    FireSpy 4430bT, 4430b, 4830bT, 4830
    FireSpy 3432bT, 3832bT
    FireSpy 4432bT, 4832bT
    FireSpy 6432bT, 6832bT
    FireSpy 9432bT, 9832bT, 9433bT-RGD
    FireSpy 830bTO

FireDiagnostics Suite Release Notes

FireDiagnostics Suite version 8.0.0 beta 3 (2025-01-16)

  • Control Panel Designer
    • Added disk size service to set the range max for the disk space used slider to properly visualize disk full in the recorder screen
    • Item tree uses new item Name property instead of Label text which some items do not have
  • Installer
    • Do not attempt to start the FireProbe disk monitor if FireProbe support not selected during install
  • Software
    • Integrate Control Panel Lib version 1.3.0
    • Integrate Data Service Lib version 1.2.0
    • Integrate FireProbe Software version 1.3.0
    • Integrate Gen2 FireSpy Firmware version 2.77.0
    • Integrate Gen4 FireSpy Software version 107
    • Integrate Mil1394 Lib version 1.2.0

Control Panel Lib version 1.3.0 (2025-01-15)

  • FireProbe Frontend
    • Added a Name property to all Control Panel item types
    • Added several new properties to Image widgets (Offset, Rotation, Scale, ...)

FireProbe Software version 1.3.0 (2025-01-15)

  • Recorder
    • Added FireProbe serial number to Recording files
  • Signal Extractor
    • Fixed a problem in the Signal Extractor module that caused very slow updates in case of multi-bus usage
  • Software
    • Integrate Control Panel Lib version 1.3.0
    • Integrate Data Service Lib version 1.2.0
    • Integrate Mil1394 Lib version 1.2.0
  • Topology
    • Improved topology processing

Data Service Lib version 1.2.0 (2025-01-15)

  • GUI Data Service
    • Added Screen Data Services (Active, Count and List of Names)
  • Recorder Data Service
    • Added disk size service

Mil1394 Lib version 1.2.0 (2025-01-15)

  • Topology Engine
    • Resolved a problem that prevented correctly setting FireProbe as root in reference topology

Gen4 FireSpy Software version 107 (2024-12-11)

  • Firmware
    • Integrate Gen4 FireSpy Engine version 12

Gen2 FireSpy Firmware version 2.77.0 (2024-12-10)

  • Recorder
    • Resolved an issue where prefix-only packets occurring between closely timed events could lead to recorder download errors. This issue was introduced in 8.0.0 beta 2 and has now been addressed.

Gen4 FireSpy Engine version 12 (2024-12-10)

  • Recorder
    • Resolved an issue where prefix-only packets occurring between closely timed events could lead to recorder download errors. This issue was introduced in 8.0.0 beta 2 and has now been addressed.

FireDiagnostics Suite version 8.0.0 beta 2 (2024-12-05)

  • Control Panel Designer
    • New background image style setting accompanied by image resource editor
    • New design for all built-in screens
    • New System Properties example screen
    • Resolved a problem that would cause all kinds of irrelevant settings to be saved for widgets and their children
    • Resolved a rare problem that could occur when inserting new widgets onto a screen
    • Support for customizing style properties of screens including the built-in layers
    • Support pixel, percentage and special values for all style settings that represent a size or position
  • Format Editor
    • Resolved a problem with string handling and the values table
  • Manual
    • Initial Control Panel Designer user manual
    • New IRIG106 Recording Format Reference Guide
  • Mil1394
    • Recorder Packet List View shows select Mil1394 ASM fields (Message ID, Source Channel and NodeID)
    • Recorder Packet List View uses STOF and Message instead of Streaming as packet/event type
    • Update Mil1394 formatset to AS5643B
    • Update Mil1394 XML settings to AS5643 revision B
  • Recorder
    • Resolved a long-standing issue that could cause a download error when multiple non-packet events arrive quickly one after the other
  • Scriptor
    • Resolved a problem with combobox selection behavior in Scriptor Properties and Commander Mem RW views
  • Software
    • Integrate Control Panel Lib version 1.2.0
    • Integrate Data Service Lib version 1.1.0
    • Integrate FireProbe Software version 1.2.0
    • Integrate Gen2 FireSpy Firmware version 2.76.0
    • Integrate Gen4 FireSpy Software version 106
    • Integrate Mil1394 Lib version 1.1.0

Gen2 FireSpy Firmware version 2.76.0 (2024-11-27)

  • Recorder
    • Resolved a long-standing issue that could cause data corruption during event recording

Gen4 FireSpy Software version 106 (2024-11-27)

  • Firmware
    • Integrate Gen4 FireSpy Engine version 11
  • Recorder
    • Resolved a problem that causes Recorder data corruption in non-Mil1394 mode under medium to high bus load and if a Trigger is set

Gen4 FireSpy Engine version 11 (2024-11-26)

  • Recorder
    • Resolved a long-standing issue that could cause data corruption during event recording

FireProbe Software version 1.2.0 (2024-11-21)

  • Firmware
    • Integrate FireProbe Firmware version 1.2.0
  • OS
    • Improved touch panel touch release and drag behaviour
    • Resolved a problem with loading cpd files that contain string values larger than 64 characters
  • Software
    • Integrate Control Panel Lib version 1.2.0
    • Integrate Data Service Lib version 1.1.0
    • Integrate Mil1394 Lib version 1.1.0

Control Panel Lib version 1.2.0 (2024-11-20)

  • FireProbe Frontend
    • Gauge widget no longer auto-scales needle width on resize as this prevents loading the correct line width from file
    • New ABORT operation for data service connection programs that can be used to ignore value updates
    • New Container widget type to group items together including support for Flex layout engine using row or column orientations
    • New Image widget type
    • Resolved a problem that caused the slider widget to generate swipe events when dragging its knob
    • Screens have been reimplemented as a special variant of a container widget, enabling them to have settings

Data Service Lib version 1.1.0 (2024-11-20)

  • Signal Extractor Data Service
    • Resolved a problem that causes signal value updates while signal count equals zero
  • System Data Service
    • New system data service that exposes system date, time and screen brightness services

Mil1394 Lib version 1.1.0 (2024-11-20)

  • Topology Engine
    • Always position leaf node of root node in the next row/track instead of to the side

FireDiagnostics Suite version 8.0.0 beta 1 (2024-10-09)

  • Control Panel Designer
    • New Control Panel Designer application for FireProbe
  • Manual
    • Minor changes to section about FS422bT hardware
    • New Quick Start guide for FireProbe
  • Recorder
    • Fixed a problem that caused the Protocol Views Next Warning and Next Error buttons to be greyed out
    • Multi-unit Gen4 Analyzers: Fixed a problem that would cause Recorder to mistakenly report zero packets captured when at least 1 bus has no data
    • Refine license information in recording properties dialog
    • Support for FireProbe recording files (IRIG106 Chapter 11)
  • Scriptor
    • Fixed a problem that caused Scriptor to terminate abnormally when pressing ctrl-z during editing of a script line that contains certain characters
    • Fixed a problem that caused undo/redo using shortcuts or from the edit menu to become disabled after first use
    • Fixed Scriptor debug-stepping through if-then-else statements
    • Gen4 Analyzers: Fixed the call stack view
  • Settings
    • Fixed inconsistencies in Mil1394 Settings
  • Software
    • Integrate FireProbe Software version 1.1.0

FireProbe Software version 1.1.0 (2024-10-07)

  • Firmware
    • Integrate FireProbe Firmware version 1.1.0
  • Misc
    • Initial release