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17 October 2013

Improvements:

12 September 2013

Improvements:

• The problem with not being able to switch networks or select other sub menus with Internet Explorer 10 has been resolved.
• Device Workflow now supports multiple versions of Processes and Phases.
• Added additional data product types for Kistler accelerometer.
• Changes made to the database to support data from mobile devices such as from instruments located on ferries and the BPS (Buoy Profile System).
• Plotting Utility:
  • Added titles above functional areas to make it easier to use. Eg. "Refresh Plot(s)", "Time Range History", etc.
  • When you first open the Plotting Utility page, a graphic will now appear with basic instructions on how to use this tool.
  • Added a "Hints" link above each plot which will open a pop-up with suggestions on how to use some of the less obvious features.
  • Added more information in the legend, including type of plot (min/max, line, etc), and whether the data had to be downsampled or not in order to fit into the plot area. Also added links to Device Details and documentation (similar to Data Search).
• Data Search:
  • Added automatic resampling to Min/Max plots. Ie. in addition to a choice of fixed resample rates (when there is too much data plot all of it), you can now choose "automatic" which will attempt to pick the optimum resample rate.
  • There is now potentially a different QA/QC flag for the minimum and maximum values of Min/Max plots. 

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Improvements:

•  Data Products in Data Search:
  • Several improvements to the way Min/Max time series scalar plots are displayed, including adding a Min/Max+Avg option, and an option to allow the system to automatically down-sample the data by the most appropriate amount.
  • All barometric pressure sensor values will now be displayed in hPa units.
  • New data products (and drivers) for new instruments being installed soon in Cambridge Bay (Arctic). The instruments will include:
    • an AIS receiver (Automatic Identification System for tracking ship movements), 
    • A VEMCO receiver for tracking tagged fish
    • A Vaisala barometer
    • A new Lufft meteorological station
    • A hydrophone
• Plotting Utility:
  • Added an "All Available" date range, similar to Data Search. This is now the default date range when a sensor is first selected.
  • Moved the legend under the plots to allow room for more details, including links to Data Search, Device Details, and documentation on that instrument.
  • Sensors that do not have any data to contribute to the plot with the currently selected date range will no longer be listed.
  • When zooming in, you can now select the Y axis range as well as the X axis range. You can return to auto-scaling the Y axis by double-clicking on the plot.
  • The vertical size of the plot (not the Y axis range but the actual height of the plot on the screen) is adjustable. Just select the drag bar that appears below each plot and drag it up or down. Note that if you save the plot, it will always be saved at the default height.
  • "Staircase" has been added to the plot properties option list.
  • When sensors from different instruments are used in the same plot, the sensors and their data values are now listed in the Plotted Values table in chronological order. For example if sensor A's data is plotted for the first month, then that sensor is swapped for sensor B and data for sensor B is plotted for the second month, sensor A's data will always be listed before sensor B's data in the Plotted Values table (it used to be random).
• Device Workflow - it is now possible to assign more than one type of process to the same device. In Device Details in the Workflow tab there is now a dropdown list that lets you select the process you want to see the details for.
• A parser was written for the SCIMPI borehole measurement instrument.
• RAS water sampler driver was changed  to accommodate new plumbing.

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Improvements:

• Data Search:
  • Added 10 and 15 minute average options.
  • All combinations of raw/clean and NaN/no-NaN are now supported for the CSV and MAT data products. "Clean" means data deemed by the QA/QC tests to be not valid will be removed from the data product and will either be missing or replaced by NaNs (Not a Number).
  • The Data Search Help page has been modified to describe how to use the new data product options feature.
  • The metadata report that comes with most data products now states which options you chose (NaN, clean or raw, resampling), in the Lineage section 
• Plotting Utility
  • Plotted Values popup:
    • Added a disclaimer about the data, plus a link to the same device in Data Search where you can obtain the scientific data.
    • Added a row to identify the fields in the table (Time, Min, Max, Avg, etc)
    • Removed the list of possible averaging time periods and replaced it with either "Down-Sampled Data" or "All Data (not down-sampled)", depending on whether the date range was small enough to display all data points without averaging.
    • When the display type is "MinMax" (but not if it's MinMax+Avg), the table also shows the difference between the min and max values for each point.
  • Also added a link to Data Search beside the legend and in the legend.
  • If the plot includes data from more than one instrument at different times, each instrument will be plotted in a different colour. This can only happen if you sort by location.
  • In recent releases Plotting Utility was only plotting data if at least 70% of the samples in each averaging bin passed quality control. Starting with this release Plotting Utility will again show all data regardless of quality control. In the future this feature will return along with the ability to set the threshold yourself.
  • When creating a new plot where there is no data, instead of nothing appearing, you will now see an X and Y axis. This should make it more clear that things are working correctly but you have selected a date range where there is no data.
  • Improved the way the Y axis is auto-scaled so it's re-evaluated every time the date range changes.
•  Added the ability to sort by date and time in the Dive Listing and Dive Log tables.
• Added a zoom function for the Tempo-mini camera at Endeavour.

4 July 2013

Improvements:

• Data Search – a new data product options selection form appears when you select a data product. 
  • Make the sections you want, then Add to Cart. If you want more than one item in your cart before you process them, it is not necessary to press Add to Cart one at a time, just at the very end. 
  • If you have more than one item checked, the options form applies to the check box highlighted in green.
  • The data product options are different for different types of data products. For instance PNG plots has different options than CSV.
  • "CSV NaN" option has been removed because now you can select CSV and then select "NaN" in the options form.
  • "QA/QC" (data quality) has now been enabled in some of the data products. These data products allow you to choose between "clean" and "raw". 
    • "Clean" means data that is deemed to be bad according to the QA/QC tests will be removed from the data product. It will either be removed entirely or replaced by NaNs (Not a Number) according to your selection. 
    • "Raw" means all data will be reported; if the QA/QC tests believe it's bad or suspect data, an appropriate flag number will be put beside that record. In the case of plots, coloured flags will be put beside the bad data (one flag for each group of bad data, not one flag per data point) and the suspect data points will be red or yellow.
  • For MAT and CSV, all data will be "raw" at this time, except for averaged data, which is always "clean". Raw and clean options will be enabled in a future release.
  • The "clean/raw" option is available for all the Data Search plots (PNG, PDF, staircase, profile, etc).
  • For more details see the link at the top of the appropriate data product checkbox. Eg. Time Series Scalar Data or Time Series Scalar Plot
• Plotting Utility:
  • The High/Low display option has been renamed "MinMax".
  • A new "MinMax+Avg" option has been added. This is now the default for all new plots (but not for saved plots). As usual, the display type can be changed using the Plot Properties feature.

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