Release notes for SEGGER SystemView V2.40b

1. New features
2. Improvements
3. Program corrections
4. Known problems/limitations
5. Release history
6. Miscellaneous

New features

Version 2.40b

1. None.

Version 2.40a

1. None.

Version 2.40

1. None.

Version 2.38

1. Target Source: Support and example configuration for Renesas RX devices added.
2. Target Source: Functions to disable and enable events added.
3. Target Source: Function to record task termination added.

Version 2.37a

1. None.

Version 2.37

1. Target Source: Encoding of longer strings added.
2. SystemViewer: Version number for module API description added. (Example: M=emFile,V=10000)
3. SystemViewer: enum-style API description parser added.

Version 2.36a

1. None.

Version 2.36

1. SystemViewer: NamedTypes for API parameters and return values added to OS description file.
2. SystemViewer: TaskState description added to OS description file.
3. SystemViewer: Return value format added to API description in OS description file.
4. SystemViewer: Tooltip for context under mouse cursor added to timeline.

Version 2.35a

1. Target Source: Recording for end of function call added.
2. SystemViewer: Function call run time and stacking indication added to contexts in timeline.
3. SystemViewer: Active functions added to tooltip for event under mouse cursor.

Version 2.35

1. SystemViewer: Event indicators added to contexts in timeline.
2. SystemViewer: Tooltip for event under mouse cursor added to timeline.
3. SystemViewer: Mouse-over context duration indicator added to timeline.

Version 2.34

1. SystemViewer: Timeline indicator for existing tasks added.
2. SystemViewer: Log Window added.
3. uC/OS-III Integration: Instrumentation code and documentation added.

Version 2.32b

1. None.

Version 2.32a

1. None.

Version 2.32

1. SystemViewer: Reading recorded data (Single-Shot and Post-mortem mode) added.
2. Target Source: Post-mortem mode added.
3. Target Source: Static buffer for event creation added.

Version 2.30

1. SystemViewer: Support for middleware modules added.
2. Target Source: Functions for middleware registration added.

Version 2.28

1. SystemViewer: Messages from the system can be indicated with an icon on the timeline.

Improvements

Version 2.40b

1. SystemView: GUI and font scaling for high-res displays and larger font size settings improved.
2. Target Source: API data types cleaned up.

Version 2.40a

1. None.

Version 2.40

1. SystemView: Loading large record files improved.
2. Target Source: Event IDs shortened to differ in the first 31 characters.
3. Target Source: Additional recording function added to embOS interface.
4. Target Source: uC/OS-III implementation updated.
5. RTT Source: Default buffer count increased to 3 to work with other tools in parallel.
6. RTT Source: Optional alignment of RTT Control Block via defines added.

Version 2.38

1. SystemViewer: Renamed to SystemView for consistency.
2. SystemView: Description file for embOS/IP added.
3. SystemView: Description file for emFile added.
4. SystemView: Description file for embOS updated.
5. embOS Integration: Recording of task termination and end call added.

Version 2.37a

1. SystemViewer: Scrolling with scroll bar in timeline improved.
2. SystemViewer: Overflow warning changed to pop up only once while recording.
3. SystemViewer: Overflow warning added to system information dialog when loading a file.
4. SystemViewer: Overflow events added to system information window.
5. SystemViewer: Scroll the timeline with horizontal scrolling.
6. SystemViewer: Message indicator configuration added to preferences.
7. SystemViewer: Smaller GUI improvements.

Version 2.37

1. SystemViewer: Line feeds from terminal messages removed.
2. SystemViewer: Indication for overflows added to timeline.
3. SystemViewer: Message box on overflows added.
4. SystemViewer: Vertical line on function enter added to timeline.
5. SystemViewer: Sample recording of emFile instrumentation added.
6. SystemViewer: Sample recording with overflows added.

Version 2.36a

1. SystemViewer: Timeline zoom added to toolbar.
2. SystemViewer: Timeline cursor position added to toolbar.
3. SystemViewer: System Information Dialog added after load.
4. SystemViewer: Terminal Window columns reordered.
5. SystemViewer: "Toggle Reference" and "Remove References" shared same hotkey. Changed.
6. SystemViewer: Events window and Terminal window selection synchronized.
7. SystemViewer: Order ISRs by order in system description. Last described ISR = highest priority = top of list. Not described ISRs below described ISRs, ordered by Id.

Version 2.36

1. SystemViewer: Option ReversePriority added to OS description file.
2. SystemViewer: Context type to context bar in timeline added.
3. SystemViewer: File -> Sample Recordings added for quick access to sample recordings.
4. SystemViewer: System Information Window and Terminal Window swapped.
5. SystemViewer: Toggle for System Information Window added.
6. SystemViewer: Window sizes are saved and restored on startup.
7. SystemViewer: Icons for API call, API entry, and API exit added to Events list.

Version 2.35a

1. None.

Version 2.35

1. SystemViewer: Selection of message in Terminal View on selection in Event View added.
2. SystemViewer: Option to import settings of previous version on first start added.
3. SystemViewer: Opening recordings via command line / drag&drop on executable added.

Version 2.34

1. SystemViewer: Timestamp to Message Window added.
2. Target Source: Configuration option to put the buffer into a specific section added.
3. RTT Source: Configuration option to put the buffer into a specific section added.

Version 2.32b

1. RTT Source: Default RTT Lock interrupt priority for Cortex-M3/4 set to 0x20 to fit most OSes.
2. RTT Source: Force initialization of RTT Control Block with SEGGER_RTT_Init().

Version 2.32a

1. Systemviewer: Configuration of System Information Request Frequency added to Preferences.
2. Systemviewer: F2 and F3 to save and load data re-enabled.
3. Systemviewer: Event number to Min/Max Run Time added.
4. Systemviewer: Remember J-Link IP and SN settings across sessions.

Version 2.32

1. SystemViewer: Remember "Auto Scroll" setting across sessions.
2. SystemViewer: Improved load time of saved recordings.
3. Target Source: Default configuration for ARM/KEIL projects added.
4. Target Source: Lock level for Cortex-M3/M4 made configurable.
5. FreeRTOS Integration: Sending task information improved.
6. User Manual: Supported CPUs and sample configuration added.
7. User Manual: Documentation of target configuration improved.

Version 2.30

1. SystemViewer: Description for configuration settings added.
2. User Manual: Integration guide for other OSes and middleware modules added.
3. User Manual: API function description updated.
4. User Manual: FAQs added.
5. User Manual: Configuration for different CPUs added.

Version 2.28

1. SystemViewer: Most recently used files are available via menu.

Program corrections

Version 2.40b

1. None.

Version 2.40a

1. None.

Version 2.40

1. None.

Version 2.38

1. None.

Version 2.37a

1. SystemViewer: Possible crash when loading a recording with overflows twice. Fixed.
2. SystemViewer: System Information window might pop up before data is completely loaded. Fixed.

Version 2.37

1. SystemViewer: Double-click in the timeline could jump to wrong event. Fixed.

Version 2.36a

1. SystemViewer: OS X: Settings were not saved when closing with Cmd + Q. Fixed.

Version 2.36

1. SystemViewer: Device selection could have been empty on second start of recording. Fixed.

Version 2.35a

1. SystemViewer: Last character of strings as event parameter has been truncated. Fixed.

Version 2.35

1. SystemViewer: Total event drop count was incorrect. Fixed.
2. SystemViewer: SystemViewer could show "Invalid packet received" if J-Link read an incomplete packet. Fixed.
3. Target Source: SEGGER_SYSVIEW_SendPacket() did not lock when using static buffer configuration. Fixed.

Version 2.34

1. None.

Version 2.32c

1. None.

Version 2.32b

1. SystemViewer: Restart recording after 1,000,000 events did not work. Fixed.
2. embOS Integration: Wrapper functions to make sure OS_API does not generate warnings added.
3. FreeRTOS Integration: Missing apiID_OFFSET for API functions added.

Version 2.32a

1. SystemViewer: Under special circumstances the Timeline width was not updated. Fixed
2. SystemViewer: Recording did not work on targets with ECCRAM (STM32F0, STM32F3). Fixed. Note: requires J-Link Software Package V5.10t or newer.
3. Target Source: RTT_WriteSkip() missing. Fixed.
4. Target Source: SEGGER_RTT_LOCK() did not use lock level define. Fixed.

Version 2.32

1. Target Source: Cortex-M0 configuration: SEGGER_SYSVIEW_X_GetTimestamp() did not re-read counter value on pending interrupt. Fixed.

Version 2.30

1. FreeRTOS Integration: Sending the task list could assert if called within an interrupt. Fixed.

Version 2.28

1. FreeRTOS Integration: System description callback did not work from within interrupts. Fixed.

Known problems/limitations

1. NONE.

Release history

Miscellaneous

This document was first released with version 2.28 of the software.
Software released earlier is documented internally. This information is available at request.

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