Anafaze-Project-CheckList

Email Alert Related

• CRITICAL: winsock error halts program even with ON ERROR vb handling! very bad
  • Run-time error '40006'

• email on top of email problem - need a method to lock out more than 1 call to the SMTPClient at a time

User interface issues

• Lock out AutoStart settings of ganged channels once first channel is gang is set. - to prevent setting up the gang start more than once.
• Loading a new temperature profile should force a chart refresh on that channel.

Serial Link

• Need to initialize TCI SV and PV so the chart comes out looking right

Log File related

• Verify logfile operations use LONG integers. Will run out of room if is only 16 bit ints

Can not reproduce these outcomes

• previous log file can not be deleted when software is open/running. Appears file not closed somewhere.
• error = 424 - object required - in logging part of control loop - see error #67 above

Ignore issue List

Too many files error = #67 problem -- Use SetHandleCount to Open More than 15 Files at Once in VB

• too many files open error = #67 - see error 424 - 424 error seemed to occur at the same time as the 67
• Declare Function SetHandleCount Lib "kernel32" Alias "SetHandleCount" (ByVal wNumber As Long) As Long
  • this was not required. Can get up to 255=FreeFile

Issues:Global

• search for ### characters and wipe out change
• Error handling in new routines
• new build must include new component dependencies

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RESOLVED Email Alert Related

• SMTP-pass-or-fail-criteria

• use audible alert upon failure of email transmission

• alerts / notifications sent when RUN PROFILE is "off"

• Notify-time-Temp-Implementation - allow user to notify of reaching TIME or TEMP value

• Setup Name - to include with emails to identify software setup in email messages.

RESOLVED-User interface issues

• TEMP display goes blank during Control Interval routine.... need to put ="" nearer to update
• Add close after click code in mnu routines - otherwise the user has to consciously close
• date display shows thru large chart - need to set to background - set to background
• Set XXXX menu title = invisible | also its drop down menu - leave in for later expansion if needed.

RESOLVED profile editor issues

• CRITICAL: floating text box is not showing current value when editing a pre existing value in the profile - turn off I/O timer when entering editor / turn on upon exit editor
• Wait-Function-Implementation-for fast as possible ramping up / down Temperature-Profile-Notes

RESOLVED: with need of more verification testing

• need more characters in command column - perhaps is easier to increase field size in all columns?

• checksum should be reconned from end of file not from the beginning: thus changing field size in future will not induce checksum routine changes in future | or put in the header ?

• "w" action is reset by setting equal start and stop times

RESOLVED Software Operational Issues

• Resolve Tom Morris editing issues - acts like no thermocouple extremes are set before parsing profile
• Verify user prompt erasers at above a certain length of text - prevent overflow errors! - added code in onchange event to clear when length > 1000
• Make sure all routines use variable CONTROLLER ADDRESS instead of numeric constant

RESOLVED Serial Link Issues

• Communication error should be flagged if communications goes down - does not do this right now
• Computer temperature readouts do not match controller. They are 1 I/O cycle behind the controller.

RESOLVED: Chart related

Resolved

• No log trace shown when number of samples in the logfile is small
• Chart shows log trace of previous large data set when new log file is reset and has nothing in it - when software rebooted -> shows nothing => update missing!
• display of Number of log file points on chart does refresh when the chart is repainted
• Chart displays previous log file contents ... after reset. Previous as in what was last recorded before reboot I think
• SPECIFY LOG FILE - causes Path-Path-Name problem
• reset log file / time does not put new stuff up on plot
• Chart cursor is progressing after Reset Log File / Time before RUN PROFILE has been clicked! - After RUN PROFILE is clicked the position of the Log File cursor resets to 0 where it should be.

RESOLVED: Log File related

• When resetting Log File / Time use chart prompt to say Number of Points in logfile = 0
• force a chart re plot after a Log File / Time reset for better user cueing

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NEW FEATURE LIST - Email Alert Related

• allow user to use their own server / username / password
• allow global email setting of all channels to same email from multi trajectory form

NEW FEATURE LIST - User interface issues

• Channel message filter - option to display only messages for the particular channel and IO timer above
• Mask channel error messages selection
• Allow global setting of email alert addresses from MultiTraj menus
• Highlight row executing on profile chart display on trajectory form
• Auto Detect the number of channels of control the Anafaze controller has - page 56 of the communications protocol manual : system status 30

NEW FEATURE LIST - Security issues

• Add "time bomb" security measure - in control loop: conditional KeyCheck based on outcome of low probability random number generator - should have mean time between checks = 1 month.
• Summary-of-Security-Algorithm

NEW FEATURE LIST - Debug Features

• Set up an invisible menu that allows I/O timer to be toggled off

NEW FEATURE LIST - Chart Related

• need to calculate intervals in seconds then convert to minutes or hours in the control interval routine. This will allow the log data and graph to be more sensible.

• Design profile has steps in it and is no where near 100 or 1000 point resolution in trajectory chart display.

Issues: Future Features

• Profile Download to controller - share ware as promo?
• WebCam - to allow photo being taken of art object setup in oven. - allow for autodocumenting in a database library online!
• Need some sort of extensible interface that can input / output messages. Allow users to write their own code to do custom functions and fit this project into other control projects as a subpiece.
• autotuning on a per channel basis
• scheduling tool to coordinate absolute start times

Issues: Future Feature - Auxilliary I/O

• Command-Column-Implementation function for auxillary I/O - example flipper valve fan cooling

Issues: Can be delayed

• Logfile Rendering becomes low quality >4000 logfile points
• Implement condition rerendering of chart - cut down processing time for larger renders - example 1000 point render
• route channel prompts of ganged messages to all gang channel prompts
• Temperature bumping - so temperature can be actively bumped up under the Trajectory form