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The main benefits of upgrading from ComCap v3 to v4 are as follows:
| • | Capture of TCP/IP Client, TCP/IP Server and UDP/IP network protocols
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| • | Increase from 30 to 500 maximum capture channels
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| • | Transmit commands on start and stop capture
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| • | Improved line ending and restart capture
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| • | Redundancy writing to two different log disk drives
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| • | Better error handling for log file errors
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| • | Higher program priority to avoid data loss
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| • | New multiple logs per day capture interval
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| • | More flexible text addition to capture data
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| • | Capture direct to a SQL database
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| • | Better printing options, bypassing Windows print queue
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| • | Echo captured data, using serial or network protocols
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| • | View data captured by the service version
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| • | Control service version from tray version
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| • | Configuration data in files rather than the registry
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| • | Alerts by email and SMS to mobile telephones
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| • | Main window does not show unused serial ports
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| • | View full and old logs in new larger window
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| • | There are two editions of ComCap version 4: |
| • | ComCap v4 Standard edition is limited to three simultaneous serial or network channels and does NOT support database or data filtering
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| • | ComCap v4 Unlimited edition has no channel restriction and adds database and data filtering support
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Please note that ComCap v4 is effectively a new application (COMCAP4.EXE), and may be installed in parallel with ComCap v3 (COMCAP.EXE), although only one version will be able to access the same serial ports at the time. ComCap v3 license keys will run for 24 hours in v4, for trial purposes. All settings need to be newly created for a first install of ComCap v4. Once ComCap v4 is installed and working correctly, ComCap v3 should be un-installed. On the Start menus, ComCap v4 is installed as ComCap4.
Also note that there is no longer a separate service version of ComCap, the service version is now effectively integrated into the tray application, and is now automatically installed or de-installed, and enabled, through Preferences, and controlled by the tray application. The ComCap v4 Background Service is installed as ‘ComCap Service’, rather than ‘Magenta ComCap Service’ for v3.
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