ESS CS-Studio Releases

Installation Notes

Java

Oracle Java Platform 8 (JDK) must be installed. Installation packages can be downloaded from here:

Java Platform, Standard Edition: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Note: Open-JDK cannot be used because of the lack of JavaFX support.

Java 9

Current version of CS-Studio doesn't run on the Java 9 VM. If you have installed Java 9 (possibly because you are evaluating or working with it) and Java 8, then you need to tell CS-Studio to used Java 8.

On MacOS X

Right-click on the ESS CS-Studio.app application and select Show Package Contents menu item;
Navigate into the Contents/Eclipse folder and edit the ESS CS-Studio.ini file;
Before --launcher.library add the following two lines:

-vm

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_152.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin

where jdk1.8.0_152.jdk should be replaced by the Java 8 version you have installed.

On CentOS

Edit the /opt/cs-studio/ESS CS-Studio.ini file;
Before --launcher.library add the following two lines:

-vm

/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_144/jre/bin

where jdk1.8.0_144 should be replaced by the Java 8 version you have installed.

Memory

CS-Studio runs pretty well on machine with at least 4 GBytes. If it must be run from inside the ESS DM, at least 8 GBytes are necessary, allocating 4 for the DM.

css-update

The supported method to update CS-Studio in the DM is described here.

Documentation

Documentation about ESS version of CS-Studio can be found at the ESS CS-Studio homepage.

Development

Ver. 4.6.1.5

What Is Changed

Fix: ESS fonts not correctly loaded when the folder name contains blanks.
Fix: Archiver link to a PV can't be established if the PV name has macro inside.
Fix: PVUtil.getVType(…) made visible to scripts.
Fix: Locales are ignored when changing a PV value.
Fix: NPE on right-clicking the runtime of an empty display model.
Fix: Missing Data Browser foreground colour.
New: Logarithmic X scale in X/Y Plot widget.
New: Confirmation dialog added to CheckBoxWidget, RadioWidget, ComboWidget, ActionWidget.
New: Find Widgets… menu item in the Overview tree contextual menu.
Update: Display Builder Script API help.

Production

Ver. 4.6.1.4 (18.06.2018)

Various fixes and updates.

Ver. 4.6.1.3 (05.06.2018)

New font selector. Widget name editable from Overview. Bug fixes and improvements.

Ver. 4.6.1.2 (22.05.2018)

Improved SVG visualisation. Standalone windows always on top of the main one.

Ver. 4.6.1.1 (17.05.2018)

Eclipse RCP 4.7 Oxygen, and bug-fixes.

Ver. 4.6.1.0 (27.04.2018)

New features, performance improvements and bug-fixes.

Ver. 4.5.7.1 (21.03.2018)

New features, performance improvements and bug-fixes.

Ver. 4.5.7.0 (08.03.2018)

New features including improved workflow and usability in Rules dialog, performance improvements and bug-fixes.

Ver. 4.5.6.1 (13.02.2018)

New features including improved workflow and usability in Rules dialog, performance improvements and bug-fixes.

Ver. 4.5.6.0 (31.01.2018)

New features including Thumb Wheel widget, performance improvements and bug-fixes.

Ver. 4.5.1.1 (24.10.2017)

Mostly bug fixes and performance improvements.

Ver. 4.5.1.0 (28.08.2017)

First version including the Knob widget for Display Builder.

Ver. 4.5.0.2 (07.08.2017)

Including SymbolWidget and TextSymbolWidget.

Ver. 4.5.0.1 (10.07.2017)

Various improvements and bug fixes.

Ver. 4.5.0.0 (22.03.2017)

Web menu items pointing to ESS services.

Ver. 4.4.1.4 (14.03.2017)

First version including meters and gauges widgets in Display Builder.

Ver. 4.4.1.3 (31.01.2017)

First version including the new Data Sources preference pages.

Ver. 4.4.1.2 (16.01.2017)