last update 28 aug 98 / greg goebel / public domain / vwv_1_2
* This document provides introduction notes for the VEE 1.2 release in early 1992.
* On January 27th, HP VEE rolled to a new revision for both the Series 300 and 700 workstations. The revision dates are January 23rd for the Series 300 and January 24th for the 700. The new revision is primarily to correct a defect found in the Series 700 VEE-Test (revision A.00.01) product; however, a number of other minor corrections were also included.
The revision affects VEE-Test and VEE-Engine on both 700s and 300s. Customers who have already received their copy(ies) of VEE-Test on the Series 700 will receive a letter informing them of the need to get the latest release. We intend to provide access to the A.00.02 Series 700 release through the normal distribution channels. No further shipments of the A.00.01 release will be sent to customers. The current stock will be replaced by the A.00.02 release.
Because the Series 300 release is a by-product of fixing the Series 700 kernel panic, and because the A.00.01 revision poses no serious problems to Series 300 customers, people who have purchased the Series 300 versions of VEE-Test or VEE-Engine will NOT receive a notification of the new release. However, if it is determined that the corrections made in the A.00.02 release will fix a problem they have, then the update may be obtained through MSD. The A.00.01 Series 300 product will continue to ship to customers until the current stock runs out, at which time the A.00.02 release will ship.
Once your customers have received the A.00.02 release (Series 700 only), they will need to rebuild their kernel following the directions in the installation manual.
* The problem with the A.00.01 release of VEE-Test on the Series 700s manifested itself as a kernel panic whenever the workstation sent 5 or more bytes of data over the HPIB, with the ATTENTION line true. One circumstance where this is likely to occur is when you are using HPIB bus commands with VXI instruments. Most VXI instruments use secondary addressing, so when you perform a serial poll on a VXI device, the following sequence of bus commands is sent with the ATTENTION line true:
Unlisten (UNL) My Listen Address (MLA) Talk Address Secondary Address Serial Poll Enable (SPE)
This can occur when using either an instrument driver or direct I/O, or when using the bus command objects from the instrument menu.
* The other corrections made in the A.00.02 release affect both the Series 300s and 700s. They include following bug fixes: