Anafaze-Project-CheckList

Issues: Must Corrects / Checks

New Feature Implemention issues

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

User discovered issues

• Resolve Tom Morris editing issues - acts like no thermocouple extremes are set before parsing profile

Messaging

• Alarm-Messages
• Wait state messaging: when starting wait | when wait complete

Log File related

• Verify logfile operations use LONG integers. Will run out of room if is only 16 bit ints
• 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
• force a chart re plot after a Log File / Time reset for better user cueing
• When resetting Log File / Time use chart prompt to say Number of Points in logfile = 0

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

Chart related

• 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 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.

• Chart displays previous log file contents ... after reset. Previous as in what was last recorded before reboot I think
• reset log file / time does not put new stuff up on plot

• 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.

User interface issues

• Add close after click code in mnu routines - otherwise the user has to consciously close
• Channel message filter - option to display only messages for the particular channel and IO timer above
• Allow global setting of email alert addresses from MultiTraj menus
• Highlight row executing on profile chart display on trajectory form
• Mask channel error messages selection
• Set XXXX menu title = invisible | also its drop down menu - leave in for later expansion if needed.
• Lock out AutoStart settings of ganged channels once first channel is gang is set. - to prevent setting up the gang start more than once.
• floating text box is not showing current value when editing a pre existing value in the profile

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.

software operational issues

• Computer temperature readouts do not match controller. They are 1 I/O cycle behind the controller.
• Communication error should be flagged if communications goes down - does not do this right now
• Error handling in new routines
• Verify user prompt erasers at above a certain length of text - prevent overflow errors!
• Make sure all routines use variable CONTROLLER ADDRESS instead of numeric constant

Debug Features

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

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

Issues: Future Features

• Profile Download to controller
• 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.
• Command-Column-Implementation function for auxillary I/O - example flipper valve fan cooling

Resolved Issues

• 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