Synnax version 0.35.0 introduces a new table component, fixes a few issues with the recently released LabJack driver, makes several improvements to schematic editing, and fixes a number of performance related bugs.

Table Component

The new console table component is a powerful tool for displaying and interacting with tabular data. Tables are particularly useful for displaying data from many different channels, and for displaying data that should be flagged for exceeding certain thresholds.

Schematic Improvements

New Symbols

10 new ISO compliant schematic symbols have been added to the symbol library: an ISO Check Valve, Cylinder, ISO Relief Valve, Angled ISO Relief Valve, ISO Burst Disk, ISO Cap, Vent, ISO Filter, Orifice Plate, and a T-Junction.

New Edge Types

To allow for greater clarity on complex schematics, edges can now have specific styles associated with their corresponding type. The currently available options are: Pipe (default), Electric Signal, Secondary, Jacketed, Hydraulic, Pneumatic, and Data Signal.

Label Improvements

Labels no longer cause elements to shift when their text is edited, and label alignment has been fixed to correctly justify the text of the label instead of the label itself around it’s symbol.

You can also now double click on a label to edit it’s text. Hit esc to cancel label editing.

The Q Command

When a symbol is selected, hitting the Q key will open a quick layout menu for the symbol. The rotation controls let you rotate the symbol, and the gray boxes allow you to drag the label or control chip of a symbol to a new location.

Color Picker now has Recent Colors

The console color picker now has a section that displays a hybrid of the ten most recently/frequently used colors. This makes it easier to pick consistent colors across your schematic.

Other Minor Improvements and Bug Fixes

• Reduced response times for configuring LabJack tasks.
• Enable support for multiple OPC UA read tasks on a single OPC UA Server
• Improved shutdown procedure for the Synnax server and embedded driver.
• The light schematic symbol can now accept telemetry types beyond just boolean sources, and includes a threshold setting to trigger state changes

Breaking Changes

While this release does not introduce any backwards incompatible changes, the updated label alignment system may cause the edges of existing schematics to shift.

Synnax version 0.34 introduces a built-in LabJack driver supporting all T-Series devices.

You can use a write task to control digital and analog outputs on the device, and a read task to acquire data from inputs.

Synnax currently only supports LabJack devices on Windows, although we plan to add support for other operating systems soon.

Taring Functionality

Both National Instruments and LabJack read tasks now support taring functionality. This feature allows you to zero out the current value of a read task.

Other Minor Improvements and Bug Fixes

• Improved schematic connection line pathing.
• Implemented Python client support for configuring and running OPC UA read tasks.
• Font sizes on a schematic value are now configurable.
• Schematic values can now be displayed in scientific notation.

Breaking Changes

This release does not introduce any breaking changes.

We’ve added a new log component to the Synnax Console that allows you to view channel data in a log format. This component can be connected to any channel, and is particularly useful for tracking the progress of control sequences and other automated hardware control processes.

Breaking Changes

This release does not introduce any breaking changes.

Summary

Synnax version 0.32 makes an improvement to National Instruments Analog Read tasks. The new version allows you to acquire data from multiple devices in a single task. This is useful in one of two scenarios:

1. You have multiple devices and you want to acquire data from all of them synchronously.
2. You have many different cards on a single chassis (e.g. cDAQ-9174) and you need to avoid hitting the maximum number of allowed tasks.

Instead of choosing the device at the top level of the task, you can now specify the device for each channel.

Breaking Changes

This release does not introduce any breaking changes. Previous NI analog read tasks will be migrated to the new format automatically.

Summary

User Registration & Access Control

Synnax version 0.31 introduces long awaited user registration and access control features. You can now register users via the command palette. Once registered, one of two permissions can be granted to a user: admin and schematic edit.

• Admin users have the permission to perform any task, including registering, removing, and changing the permissions of other users.
• Schematic edit defines whether a user is allowed to create and edit schematics.

These two permission sets are the first of many to come.

New Schematic Symbols

This release also introduces six new schematic symbols.

The label positions and wrap widths of all symbols can now be customized.

Breaking Changes

There are no breaking changes in this release.