basICColor display, Copyright basICColor GmbH 2001-2015
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May 2015

HISTORY

Minimum System Requirements:
MAC OS X: 10.6 (Intel only)
WINDOWS: XP SP2


Version 5.6.2 build 76.86
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- Improved measurement device handling

Version 5.6.0 build 71.84
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- NEW: full hardware calibration support for all NEC displays

Version 5.5.0 build 67.80
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- bugfix: full hardware calibration support for the NEC SpectraView Reference 322UHD and NEC MultiSync PA322UHD
- NEW: added hardware calibration support for: NEC MultiSync P403, NEC MultiSync P463, NEC MultiSync P553, NEC MultiSync P703, NEC MultiSync P801
- NEW: added hardware calibration support for the SpectraView Profiler PD displays

Version 5.4.3 build 66.79
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- bugfix: fixed unstable hardware calibration for NEC SpectraView Reference 322UHD and NEC MultiSync PA322UHD
- bugfix: fixed a bug in ColorComp setup which could lead to wrong display of the ColorComp state in software GUI with some NEC monitors

Version 5.4.2 build 64.77
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- bugfix: fixed hardware communication support for Eizo monitors in multi-monitor environments

Version 5.4.1 build 63.76
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- NEW: added hardware calibration support for NEC SpectraView Reference 322UHD and NEC MultiSync PA322UHD

Version 5.4.0 build 54.62
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- NEW: added hardware calibration support for NEC MultiSync displays (80 series, 90 series, PA series)
- bugfix: VideoLUT editing under MAC OS X 10.9 and higher works now again

Version 5.3.2 build 52.59
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- NEW basICColor DISCUS driver v2.10.00 under Windows (compatible with XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1)
- bugfix: full hardware calibration support for the NEC MultiSync EA244UHD

Version 5.3.1 build 52.59
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- NEW: added hardware calibration support for the NEC MultiSync EA244UHD
- NEW measurement devices: NEC MDSV Sensor 3
- NEW basICColor DISCUS driver v1.2 tested under OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- NEW Eizo SDK (version 3.9.0/1.0.4) to support the new hardware calibratable monitors: CG247, CG277
- bugfix: application crash fixed when saving a 3D LUT
- bugfix: color space emulation functional again
- bugfix: fixed hardware calibration support for Eizo CG277W
- corrected ambient values for FD-7
- licensing framework now supports proxy server configuration

Version 5.3.0 build 41.47
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- improved hardware communication for SpectraView displays when using a USB cable (fixes also licensing problems)
- basICColor DISCUS driver has been updated for OS X 10.9
- added remote support via TeamViewer for customers with a maintenance agreement (Help ¬ Support...)
- bugfix: wrong correction matrix have been used for basICColor DISCUS
- bugfix: fixed a possible connection problem on single monitor systems
- emissive measurement values (Y and Ev) for Konica Minolta FD-7 have been optimized

Version 5.2.2 build 36.42
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- improved connecting to SpectraView monitors under OS X 10.9
- improved white point and luminance for new SpectraView series (242, 272, 302); increased waiting times!
- bugfix: solved a problem with the ColorMunki plugin under OS X 10.9
- bugfix: solved a problem with cleaning up the ColorMunki SDK, which afterwards prevented connections to the device (Windows)
- bugfix: wrong automatic license emails fixed
- new correction menu logic for DISCUS in case of missing ---
- new 'NEC LCD Monitor Installer' under Windows

Version 5.2.1 build 31.41
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- Minimum System Requirements MAC OS X: 10.6
- improved DDC/CI hardware communication
- improved ColorComp setting (ColorComp setting from the currently set PictureMode/PicturePreset combination is read and used for the hardware calibration)
- fixed bug in Delta E 2000 computation

Version 5.2.0 build 26.40
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- NEW measurement devices: basICColor SQUID 2 WG and NEC MDSVSENSOR 2
- no longer support for Macintosh PowerPC-based computers
- hardware calibration of Eizo monitors improved (detection of input sources; changed the monitor detection method)
- improved detection if more than one EIZO is connected
- improved logging
- latest basICColor Framework with Dongle/DISCUS TAN licensing
- synchronizing of the validation result between basICColor display and basICColor RemindeMe
- updated DDCDevice plugin; linked with DDC driver version 4.0.3; fixes a major connection problem, device was not closed correctly
- font size has been reduced if text is cropped (eg. russian)
- bugfix: selecting an ICC monitor profile which only contains VideoLUTs does not change the hardware of NEC monitors
- bugfix: message dialog could be shown outside of the visible monitor area
- bugfix: fixed USB support for NEC device plugin under Windows (use SetUSBDeviceList)
- bugfix: double .png extension when saving validation report removed
- bugfix: Ambient light measurement - measuring commences after closing window
- bugfix: wrong stationID fixed
- bugfix: status.xml not found when starting at first
- bugfix: Color Space Approval with error -19
- bugfix: starting basICColor display with an external dcj file works again
- bugfix: edited ICC profile name won't be reseted when closing the 'Advanced Settings'
- bugfix: using the basICColor DISCUS for JUST Normlicht calibration resulted in correct numbers but red traffic light

Version 5.1.3 build 455
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- major fix: providing more stability/reliability in the initializing phase: e.g. StartDialog and HW detection
- bugfix: 'Combined hard- and software calibration' is not greyed out anymore when selected
- removed the GenericMonitor libraries ('GenericMonitorDevice.dll' and 'GenericMonitor.dll')
- fixed decryption of encrypted 'Info' tag

Version 5.1.2 build 431
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- fixed the i1display Pro aka SQUID 3 correction selection (monitor type)
- fixed license issue with demo licenses not working for month aug and sep
- fixed a problem with Spyder3/4 devices on MacOS; application could hang after quiting a measurement

Version 5.1.1 build 420
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- NEW basICColor RemindMe application
- NEW licensing system
- NEW "Automatic check for updates" checkbox in update dialog
- NEW Eizo SDK to support the new hardware calibratable monitors: CG246, CG276
- NEW support color gamut emulation via 3D LUTs on Eizo monitors
- ADDED chinese language
- ADDED X-Rite i1Pro2 instrument
- UPDATE Minimum System Requirements OS X: 10.5.6
- fixed a bug that caused basICColor display to hang after calibration with Spyder 4
- bugfix: correct display of RGB / luminance sliders
- fixed a correction selection bug when using the Spyder 4 device
- slightly increased the integration time for Spyder 4 measurements to better values (for dark measurements)
- disabled the setting of ColorComp when starting the calibration (fixes deactivation of ColorComp)
- dialog with the storage location of the validation report won't be shown anymore
- cosmetic GUI changes
- ambient light calibration can be stored on arbitrary location in basICColor DISCUS
- new FD-7 Plugin
- correct focus handling in measurement device selection
- updated the copyright tag in style.xml because if the © is in this tag then the ColorSync Utility reports an error: "Tag 'cprt': Text contains invalid characters." So it is changed to "(c)".
- support for DDC/CI on newer ATI Catalyst v12 drivers on Windows
- bugfix validating custom black / white luminance and native white point
- the native whitepoint description will be saved in the 'Info'-tag
- correct values in logfile; prior to this the calibration values are stored and now the validation values
- correction matrix can now be pre-selected in dcj file using the <instrumentCorrNames>tag similar to the corresponding prefs entry. e.g. "basICColor DISCUS:1" selects the index 1 of the dropdown box (thus the second entry as numbering starts with 0)
- main menus (File / Edit / Help) also in startup window

Version 5.0.3 build 213
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- added support for Datacolor Spyder4
- fixed xy white calculation
- solved crash due to an index error