VisiWave Site Survey v5.0.10 Released
A maintenance release of VisiWave (v5.0.10 ) is now available for download. If you already own v5.0 of VisiWave, just download the eval version and install it over-top of your current version. Your existing license will continue to work. If you would like to evaluate VisiWave, just download the eval version and try it out.
New features in v5.0.10:
New features in v5.0.9:
New features in v5.0.8:
New features in v5.0.5:
New features in v5.0.4:
New features in v5.0.3:
New features in v5.0.2:
New features in v5.0.1:
Original new features found in v5.0
New features in v5.0.10:
- Set Scale Wasn't Working with Decimal Numbers
v5.0.9 introduced a change that caused Set Scale to not work
if the scale contained a decimal point. This release fixed
that issue.
New features in v5.0.9:
- Running Simulations Failed if Windows Username Contained
non-ASCII Characters
If your Windows user account name contained non-US ASCII
characters, you would get an error saying "The simulation
could not be run." This has been fixed.
- Check for Supported 3D Graphics Drivers for Predict View
If your computer doesn't have a supported 3D graphics
system, then you will get an error message and Predict
View will be disabled.
- AP Name Master File Characters Not Case Insensitive
If the MAC addresses entered into the AP Name Master File
had uppercase characters, then when VisiWave went to update
the list, it wouldn't recognize the addresses with uppercase
characters so it would re-add the edits to the end.
- Updates to AP Name Master File are Immediately Seen in VisiWave
If the AP Name Master File is updated outside of VisiWave (or
by another running instance of VisiWave), the new names are
immediately shown in VisiWave's AP List.
- Unable to Create Report Templates
v5.0.8 introduced an issue that prevented Report Templates
from being created.
- Dates and Times Not Formatted According to Local Region
Dates and times displayed by VisiWave are now formatted
according to the computer's language and region.
- In PDF Report, Text from Long Descriptions Located Below
a Graph Might Have Duplicate Text
If you have a Description on a report page that is located
below the graph and carries over to a second page, text from
the description might be repeated and placed on extra pages.
New features in v5.0.8:
- Predictive Surveys
VisiWave Site Survey Pro now supports predictive surveys as
well as traditional surveys. A predictive survey is when you
describe the barriers (walls and other solid objects) in the
survey area and the location and characteristics of one or
more access points and then run a theoretical simulation of
how radio waves would propagate through the survey area.
It is a way of estimating wireless coverage without having to
collect survey measurements in the real world. This is
useful for dealing with buildings that haven't been built yet
or for doing what-if analysis for existing areas that can't be
easily modified.
- Difference Heatmap Legend Issue
There was an issue where the legend of a difference heatmap
would only allow you to see the positive values. Now the full
range of positive and negative numbers can be seen.
New features in v5.0.5:
- Issue with PDF Floor Plan Image File Names
If the name of a PDF file with non-ASCII characters was used
as a floor plan image, loading that image might have failed.
Now any characters can be used in the file name.
- Issue with Duplicate AP Names Appearing in AP List
When capturing survey data, the same APs could appear many
times in the AP List. This might happen if a virtual AP
continuously changes an AP's SSID in between scans. Now the
AP List is updated to show the most recent SSID for the AP.
- Issue Using Left/Right Arrow Keys to Move from Point to Point
Fixed an issue where VisiWave could randomly crash when
selecting a data point in Survey View and then pressing the
left or right arrow key to move to the previous or next data
point.
New features in v5.0.4:
- Support for Large Floor Plan Image Files
If an image file is too large for the amount of memory your
computer has, VisiWave now automatically reduces the size of
the image so it will work. Typically images that are 4000
pixels on a side or less work fine. Larger images might get
automatically resized to around this width or height. You can
see the final image size by selecting Set Scale.
- Wrong AP#'s Listed in AP List in PDF Reports
If you generated a PDF report, the numbers listed for each AP#
was off by one on AP List report pages.
- MAC Addresses Given Wrong Name for Locally Administered Names
If an access point generates a Locally Administered MAC
address, VisiWave would sometimes give this AP the wrong
manufacturer name. Now Locally Administered addresses
start "local:".
New features in v5.0.3:
- AP Marker Custom Names in Report View Were Incorrect
If you set a custom name on an AP Marker, save the survey file
then reload the survey file, the custom names won't be correct
when viewed on any report pages.
- Data Points Where Nothing Was Seen Were Not Contributing to
Heatmaps
If a data point that was collected but no access points where
seen at that location then that point was just skipped when
calculating a heatmap. Now that point contributes to the
heatmap by saying there is no coverage there.
- Changing the Survey Map Image Could Stretch Report Images
If you changed the survey map image file on an already
existing survey file, the width or height of a report image
would be wrong if the aspect ratio of the new image didn't
match the aspect ratio of the old image.
New features in v5.0.2:
- Failed to Load v4.0 Survey Files With "AP#'s" in Caption
Trying to load a survey file created with an earlier version
of VisiWave would fail if the string "AP#" occurred in
any caption or text description unless the string was
followed by a number.
- Issue When Generating Report With Legend Tab Outside Range
There was an issue with generating a report when the legend
for a heatmap had one of the tabs outside of the Min/Max
range of the color legend.
- Generating PDF Report Would Randomly Fail
An uninitialized variable would cause generating a PDF report
to randomly fail.
- Changing the Survey Map Image Could Stretch Report Images
If you changed the survey map image file on an already
existing survey file, the width or height of a report image
would be wrong if the aspect ratio of the new image didn't
match the aspect ratio of the old image.
- Loading v3.0 Survey Files Could Cause Data Points to be in the
Wrong Location
Survey files created using v3.0 or earlier of VisiWave did not
contain the floor plan image file, but rather the filename of
the image file. If that filename is no longer valid, then you
are prompted to pick the right image file. Doing this in v5.0
would cause the data points to not be located in the correct
locations.
New features in v5.0.1:
- Can't Add Data Points After Loading an Empty v4.0 Survey File
If you load a survey file created by v4.0 of VisiWave that
didn't have any data points in it already, then adding a data
point to it would give you the error message "Encountered an
improper argument".
- Issue Selecting Interference Tab After Stopping Continuous Capture
If you switched to the Interference Details Tab after stopping
a Continuous mode data capture it could cause a crash.
- Issue Setting the Name Property On a New Survey
On a new survey file, if you selected a floor plan image file
and set the "Name" property on the Name tab, then VisiWave
would show an error or crash.
- AP Names Sent from the AP Controller Were Not Presenting Correctly
The character conversion of AP Names sent by the AP controller
where not using the correct conversion and could end up
looking like Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters.
- Issue Loading and Saving Report Templates
Loading or saving Report Templates by pressing the Templates
button in the Report View wasn't working correctly.
Original new features found in v5.0
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