What's new in 232key 2024.1.0.0
Mar 24, 2024
- New device profiles:
- Dini Argeo DFW/DFWL
- Kern ABP, ABT, ACJ, ACS, PBJ, PBS
- MyWeigh Ultraship-U2
- Shimadzu
- New characters for "start with" and "end with":
- Backslash ("")
- Minus ("-")
- Slash ("/")
- Minor improvements and bug fixes:
- "Ohaus SPU, TA, NV" profile renamed to "Ohaus (legacy)" as Ohaus Scout Pro (SPU) and Traveller (TA) are no longer produced and Navigator (NV) default settings were changed to match other Ohaus scales.
- Changed terminator for Dini Argeo from carriage return to line feed.
- Updated message shown when "Barcode alphanumeric extended" is selected (all printable standard ASCII characters are supported, not just a subset as previously shown).
- Updated purchase link in license tab.
New in 232key 2022.1.0.0 (Jul 14, 2022)
- New device profiles:
- Acculab AL series
- Dini Argeo
- Kern KCP
- Rice Lake 1280 weight indicator
New in 232key 2019.1.0.1 (Feb 28, 2019)
- Bug fixed: Function keys set under "start with" not working correctly.
- New device profiles: Kern 573, Scale Manufacturers Association Standard for Scale Serial Communications
New in 232key 2018.1.4.2 (Dec 13, 2018)
- Flow control (handshaking) functionality added (XON/XOFF software flow control and RTS/CTS hardware flow control).
- New device profiles: Mettler Toledo (MT-SICS), Sartorius (SBI), Sartorius (SICS), Denver Instrument.
- Previous "Sartorius" device profile renamed to "Sartorius (legacy)" and modified to set flow control to "RTS/CTS" when set defaults button is pressed.
New in 232key 2018.1.3.0 (Dec 2, 2018)
- Fixed a bug which prevented licenses from being applied on operating systems with system locale set to Indonesian, Malay, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese or Hindi.
New in 232key 2018.1.2.0 (Jul 12, 2018)
- Comma, semicolon and space added to "end with" setting
New in 232key 2018.1.0.0 (Jan 23, 2018)
- License details can now be displayed by going to the license tab, selecting the license and clicking on the show button.
- Bug fixed: Error message is shown on startup and program exits if a Plus device has been chosen and the Plus trial license has expired.
- Bug fixed: Error message is shown on shutdown if a Plus device has been chosen and the Plus license has been removed by the user.
New in 232key 2017.1.3.5 (Oct 30, 2017)
- Bug fixed: Minus sign of negative numbers not recognized if there is a whitespace character in between the sign and the number.
- Plus devices: The following devices now require a Plus license as they use custom regular expressions (a "Plus" feature): Adam AZextra (weight), Adam GC (weight), Adam GC (pcs), Adam label format, Kern MPS / MPT / MXS / MWS / MTS / MCB, Tanita TL-280/TL-290. Do not update if you're currently using these devices and don't want to buy a Plus license.
New in 232key 2017.1.3.0 (Aug 10, 2017)
- Alternate "end with" key to enter values in multiple columns.
- Usability improvement: validation of input fields.
New in 232key 2017.1.2.0 (Jul 26, 2017)
- Alt numpad input method (independent of keyboard layout).
- New device profile: Kern 440 balance.
New in 232key 2017.1.1.0 (Mar 23, 2017)
- New device profile: Kern RPB (weight only).*
- * Plus license required.
New in 232key 2017.1.0.2 (Feb 3, 2017)
- Improved support for alphanumeric characters: all printable ASCII characters can be typed using the "Barcode alphanumeric extended" profile.*
- Supported keyboard layouts (for alphanumeric characters): US (QUERTY), United States-International (QUERTY), French (AZERTY), German (QUERTY).
- Support for new licensing models added.
- Bug fixed: Default teminator for Adam CBK/GBK/GFK set to "10<LF>".
New in 232key 2016.2.3.4 (Jan 7, 2017)
- Colon character (":") can now be typed (using "barcode alphanumeric extended" device profile and US or AZERTY keyboard layout).*
- Mitutoyo LSM-6200 device profile added.*
- "Wedderburn" device profile updated.*
- Bug fixed: Character codes >127 shown as negative numbers in event log.
- Bug fixed: Space missing between "unsent data:" message and list of characters
New in 232key 2016.2.2.0 (Nov 1, 2016)
- Number and text devices can be distinguished in the device list.
- Functions which cannot be applied to text devices are disabled (greyed out).
New in 232key 2016.2.1.0 (Oct 17, 2016)
- New devices:
- Kern 572 precision balance
- Kern DS platform scale
- Kern FKB bench scale
- Kern KB-N precision balance
- Keyence IL Series Laser Sensor* (one sensor with DL-RS1A RS-232C Communication Unit and external input to DRQ terminal).
- New character "*" available in "start with"-function.*
- Plus tab renamed to license tab.
- New multi-user / multi device edition 232key MU available for testing.
- Fixed bug: Minus sign not typed in Microsoft Excel when Num Lock is off.
- * Plus license required.
New in 232key 2016.2.0.1 (Oct 10, 2016)
- Fixed bug:
- Error message shown on program start when no license key has been applied.
New in 232key 2016.2.0.0 (Oct 10, 2016)
- Custom regular expressions for matching and capturing data.*
- Function to remove unwanted characters from captured data.*
- Improved alphanumeric support with new "Barcode alphanumeric extended" device profile.*
- Fixed bug: Character "Z" not typed on AZERTY keyboards.
- Fixed bug: Auto port detection not stopped when closing window with X button.
- * These features require a Plus license.
New in 232key 1.62 (Sep 12, 2016)
- UI improvements
- Import / export configuration (all settings except license key)
New in 232key 1.40 (Mar 28, 2016)
- Button to refresh list of ports.
- Auto-minimize to notification area (when auto-start is selected)
New in 232key 1.30 (Mar 11, 2016)
- Color-coded event log: highlights the characters which were extracted by 232key from the data sent by the connected device (this can greatly simplify troubleshooting).
- Automatic update check: checks for updates (without transferring any data from your PC) and shows a notification in the status bar if a new version is available. Update check is skipped if "auto start" is activated (Plus version only).
- Status bar: URLs are now clickable.
- German version: missing translations added (German version is available from www.waagen.lu/232key).
- New device profile: A&D EM scales (tested).
- New device profile: Kern KFB indicator (used by Kern IFB series scales and others; tested).
- New device profile: Tanita TL-280/TL-290 scales (tested only by simulating the scale's output, please let us know if you're using an actual TL-280/TL-290 scale with our software).
New in 232key 1.21 (Jan 18, 2016)
- Fixed bug:
- Program terminates without error message when no COM port found on system.
- Splash screen not shown on program start.
New in 232key 1.10 (Dec 1, 2015)
- New device profile: Kern MPS.
- Setting for inter-character delay.*
- German translation (German version can be found at www.waagen.lu/232key).
- Minor bug fixes (232-15 and operand field tooltip).
- * This feature requires a Plus license.
New in 232key 1.08 (Aug 7, 2015)
- New device profiles: Adam Equipment CBK scale, Adam Equipment Highland balance, Sartorius.
- Improved COM port detection (should fix bug 232-27).
- Mathematical operations: multiplication and division (useful for unit conversions).*
- Improved rounding function (does not pad values with trailing zeros anymore).
- Fixed minor bug 232-28.
New in 232key 1.07 (Jul 22, 2015)
- "Start with": a key that can be sent before 232key types the measurement value*
- Minor GUI improvements.
New in 232key 1.06 (Jul 6, 2015)
- Device profiles for Precisa and Mettler Toledo.
- More rounding options*.
- Internal improvements to ensure data integrity.
- Improved automatic port detection.
- Fix for bug 232-25.
- Format settings: Renamed "terminate with" to "end with".
New in 232key 1.05 (Jun 13, 2015)
- Expired trial licenses are removed automatically.
- 232key icon is displayed in title bar.
- Program version details (OS, architecture and language) are shown in about tab.
- EULA has been rewritten and reformatted.
New in 232key 1.04 (May 8, 2015)
- Support for Adam GBC / GFC counting scales (GC indicator) has been added. These scales transmit data in a multiline format intended for printers. You can now choose whether you want 232key to extract and type the (total) weight or the number of pieces.
New in 232key 1.03 (May 6, 2015)
- Usability improvements (thanks to customer feedback):
- Default button in interface tab renamed to ⇓set defaults⇓ and repositioned.
- Tooltips added to many elements.
New in 232key 1.02 (May 6, 2015)
- New feature: 232key window is minimized on program start when "auto-start" is enabled (Plus version only).
New in 232key 1.01 (May 6, 2015)
- This version fixes several minor bugs:
- Same license key can be added several times
- Keyboard output thread (keyBot) is started even if port can't be opened successfully
- Sound is played for each line of data, even if no value has been found