What's New in Mr. Kick vs. 1.70+

What's New

• Version 1.15 and above are pre-releases of version 2 and should be regarded as test releases! - Versions 1.3 through 1.4x have nevertheless been used intensively for data acquisition without any reports of severe malfunction.
• Version 1.70 and above is based on the NI-DAQmx driver (version 7+), whereas former versions were based on Traditional NI-DAQ. The NI-DAQmx driver supports M- (and S-) series boards, ie. so does Mr. Kick as of vs 1.7 :-)
• Requires Windows 2000/XP (or above).

Warning: Using Analog Output in the mx-based Mr Kick II with a PCI-6024E board may malfunction: The analog output may not end at the set offset! - Eg. if used to control the stimulation amplitude of an electrical stimulator this can cause severe stimulations!!!

Version 1.70

• Compiled with LabVIEW 7.1 and based on NI-DAQmx 7.4 - basic functionality tested and found functional. (050628)
• Numerous minor inconsistencies corrected. (1.70a/050913)
• AO Plug-In loading: Directory forced to AOPI.LLB when possible. (1.70a/050913)
• A few aesthetic updates and bugfixes (see below). (1.70b/051018)

Version 1.71

• Subject Information: Free text included in the data file. (1.71/051024)
• Subject Information editor supports loading of a text file, eg. a template for the information to enter. (1.71a/051025)
• Device setup: Minor improvements, incl. "N Analog Inputs" label visible. (1.71a/051025)
• A few cosmetic updates. (1.71b/051118)
• Sweep time stamp maintained during Open & Change. (1.71c/051213)
• Minor cosmetic update and bugfix! (1.71e/060113)

Version 1.80

• Support for PFC-III, the "new" platform-controller (1.80b/070514)
  Note: Loading files with settings for the old controller may cause invalid settings for the new controller!
• Version no. added one digit (1.810/070521),
  eg. the former 1.80b would now display 1.802
• Display up to 16 channels, depending on window size (1.810/070521)
• Auto update Superimpose 1 File (1.811/070521; preliminary!)
  If more than one window is open, any one or all of them may update

Bugs and fixes

• Vs 1.70 unable to control MagStim Rapid² if classification in use: Would always apply class 0.0. (Fixed 1.70b/051018)
• Vs 1.70 unable to save external device (eg. MagStim Rapid²) settings if settings were first loaded from a file that did not contain such settings. (Fixed 1.70c/051019)
• Vs 1.70-1.71c Protocol handling (classification) out of order. (Fixed 1.71d/060111; 1.71e thoroughly searched for similar bugs /060113-16)
• Later versions of MatLab will not load files created with Continous Acquisition. (Fixed 1.71f/060612)
• Vs 1.70-1.71f Measured Offset in Analog Input Settings ended up in LPFrq. (Fixed 1.71g/060619)
• Vs 1.70-1.71g Devices - Input Term. always shows RSE (Fixed 1.71h/061012)
• Vs up til 1.80b Pressing Enter in Display window would reset the window to default size (Fixed 1.810/070521)
• ...testing still ongoing!

Behind the scenes

• 1.70, 050620: Compiled with LabVIEW 7.1 and based on NI-DAQmx (traditional NI-DAQ neither used nor required) - Buggy!!!
• 1.70, 050628: Basic functionality tested and found OK with the following hardware:
  E-series: PCI-MIO-16E-4 (PCI-6040E), DAQCard-6062E;
  M-series: PCI-6221.
  All tests, configuration: LabVIEW 7.1.1, NI-DAQmx version 7.4, Windows XP Professional (English/International), Intel Pentium IV CPU.