Version 1.5.7 (August, 2025)
- Pair device: added "Number of lanes" parameter which significantly simplifies configuring multiple 3rd party apps with Serial Router
- Serial Router: added support for FT-710, FT-991, FT-950, TS-690 and TS-870 CAT compatible protocols
- Serial Router: automatically connecting to all lanes when one of target ports is Pair device with multiple lanes
- Serial Router: start time significantly improved
- Added drag and drop support to VSPE application for loading config file
- TcpServer, TcpClient: added "Read and discard stale data from COM port" option (enabled by default) to avoid buffering stale data if TCP connection not established
- Displaying error message for selected device in status bar (such as TcpClient failed connection status)
- Added device error message in the device list Status column
- TcpClient: logging connection error messages to log file
- Device Create Wizard: on failure, the device is created in Stopped state
- Device Create Wizard: specifying optional device Title and Description on first page
- Device Properties: added Description tab
- Lots of user interface improvements such as resizable windows, default selections, tab navigation etc
- Message view: limiting number of displayed messages, optimized adding new messages
- Max log file size is now limited to 8 MB
- Terminal: modem registers changes are displayed much faster when Quick Update mode is enabled
- Terminal: added "immediate send mode" checkbox
- TcpServer, UdpManager: added button to check current Windows Firewall settings (checking allow/block rules for specified TCP/UDP ports for VSPE service)
- TcpServer, UdpManager: added suggested PowerShell command to add inbound allow rule to Windows Firewall for specified TCP/UDP ports
- Test COM port tool: skipping configuring COM port with default settings on port open
- Improved compatibility with certain applications
- Stopping TcpClient and Bridge TcpClient is much faster during connection attempt
- Stopping TcpServer with connected clients is much faster
- TcpServer: optimized handling client connections
- Fixed bug: "Sent data" column was reporting wrong value (x2) in Connector,Pair and Splitter devices
- Fixed bug: Terminal not displaying new data after clearing window if the previous data is the same
- Fixed bug: INF processing error during VSPE install after using certain disk cloning software
- Fixed bug: Occasionally, the application could not be properly closed
- Fixed bug: Fixed rare race condition in Splitter when ReadTotalTimeout was not properly processed
- Fixed bug: Fixed handling PURGE_RXABORT request
Version 1.5.6 (June, 2025)
- Serial Router: added support for TS-570 CAT compatible protocol
- Added Compress/Decompress data transformers which can be used to reduce network traffic
- Added Encrypt/Decrypt data transformers (symmetric AES256 encryption)
- Added "Write to file" transformer
- Added "Minimize to system tray" option in preferences
- Transformers collection: added PostDelay property for controlling data buffer (useful for Compress transformer)
- Transformers collection: fixed bug with default Help button
- Transformers collection: fixed UI bug when moving transformers up and down
- Fixed issue when loading config file with non-existing transformer (forward compatibility)
- Connector, Splitter, Pair: added "Purge buffers" on open and close settings
- COM port settings for user-mode devices: added "Purge buffers on open" setting
- Fixed bug: new license key is not properly stored when license file from old version already exists
- Fixed bug: TcpServer transformers to COM port were not unique for every connection
- Fixed bug: Connector/Splitter did not work properly with apps like AutoHotKey which write data and immediately close COM port
- Fixed bug: Bridge COM port could not be properly parsed when in lowercase (i.e. com1)
- Not displaying error message when loading configuration and device switches to Waiting state
- When starting another VSPE instance, show VSPE window which is already running
- VSPE cmd line: when starting another VSPE instance, transfer cmd line to VSPE which is already running
- Device context menu: Restart device command
Version 1.5.5 (May, 2025)
- Serial Router: added TS-450, TS-850, TS-950 compatible CAT protocol support
- Localization: added translations to more languages
- User interface: Added more tooltips
- Splitter: "Allow buffer overruns" renamed to "Not allowed to block read flow" which explains it better
- Help window: Removed "always on top" style
- Added VSPE application setting: Delete all devices on close (disabled by default)
- Added Help -> Show license key menu command
- Added checkboxes with options to application close confirmation dialog
Version 1.5.4 (April, 2025)
- Splitter: fixed read data delay on first client connection when "stop reading data" checkbox is set
- Virtual Pair and Virtual Splitter: added support for overriding serial timeouts. Useful for non-trivial scenarios with some applications.
- UdpManager: added broadcast/multicast mode
- TcpServer/TcpClient: added support for TLS or mTLS auth (optional)
- TcpServer, TcpClient, Bridge: managing TCP Keep-Alive packets interval in settings
- TcpServer/TcpClient: fixed (rare) race condition when forwarding modem registers fails
- TcpClient: immediate reconnect delay changed to 1 second
- TcpClient: Fixed bug when settings cannot be changed when device is in Connecting state
- Fixed bug: invalid StopBits value when loading legacy config file created by VSPE with version older than 1.2
- Serial port settings: added additional write-specific settings
- Serial Router: removed "Buffered read mode" checkbox because it was moved to Serial port settings
- Serial Router Switch (ICOM compatible protocol): Added support for broadcast responses with id=1
- Serial Router: added FTDX-1200,FTDX-3000, FTDX-9000 compatible CAT protocols support
- Serial settings dialog: allowing entering custom COM port speed
- Binary transformer (include/exclude): added support for multiple filters with attributes (offset_abs)
- Binary transformer (include/exclude): added support for placeholder values
- Fixed delay when writing to COM port for the first time in another thread for some devices like TcpClient
- Monitoring tool: added data include/exclude filters
- Monitoring tool: added "color highlight" mode
- Monitoring tool: added toolbar and menu
- All dialogs show context help on F1 key press
- Added tooltips to device configuration pages
Version 1.5.3 (March, 2025)
- Based on feedback, Autostart config option was removed from preferences and replaced with "File->Save as autostart config (on VSPE service startup)" menu command
- Supporting configuration file names with unicode characters
- Supporting installing to folder with unicode characters
- Added optional settings for restoring window position, size, columns, panels
- Added "View" menu to show/hide right and bottom panels
- New transformer: Wait for complete data
- Fixed transient "Error" state for newly created kernel devices
- Serial Router: added global write and read transformers
- Serial Router: fixed "allowed to read" option for target port
- Serial Router (ICOM compatible protocol handler): handling broadcast packets from radio station
- Serial Router: added support for FT-891 CAT compatible protocol
- Transformers: fixed race condition in "multiple writers" scenario
- Bridge (TcpClient): fixed race condition on shutdown during active traffic
- Connector/Pair: fixed rare race condition when waiting for multiple comm events
- Connector/Pair: added "Reset modem registers on close" option (off by default)
- Connector/Pair: added "Always queue write requests" option (off by default)
- Serial Router: fixed initialization sequence priority when placed before Splitter it depends on
- Serial Router: UI improvements in settings
- Serial Router: added FT1000 CAT compatible protocol (in SmartRouter mode)
- Serial Router: added additional validation for requests/responses in supported protocols
- Splitter, Serial Router: added experimental "Buffered reading mode" to reduce number of read/writes
- Monitoring tool: added GetCommProperties, GetCommTimeouts, SetCommTimeouts events
- Terminal: Added "Query debug info" command for COM port
- Terminal: Added "Send byte by byte" checkbox
- Terminal: fully async Send requests
- Added simple "Test Com Port" tool for investigations
- Virtual ports: fixed CurrentTxQueue, CurrentRxQueue reporting
- Terminal: fixed resizing bug with Copy button
- VSPE API COM Server: fixed dispatch interface, added Python and PowerShell examples
- VSPE API: Switched to Free threading model
- VSPE API: Added vspe_runMaintenanceRoutine method
- VSPE API: Fixed vspe_getDeviceIndexByComPortIndex
- TcpServer: fixed bug with memory leak on stopping device
- TcpServer: fixed bug when not closing source COM after failing to start due to the network issue
- TcpServer: added "Delayed initialization on network error" option
- Serial Redirector: added "Waiting" state like other devices when misisng dependency
- Immediately displaying Waiting state for devices which failed to start by request and switched to Waiting mode
- Splitter: fixed readable/writable config options
- Splitter: improved performance of write requests
- Splitter: added support for hardware flow control (RTS/CTS) which can be defined in port settings
- Virtual Devices: Received is now actual Received in Read request value (not total bytes copied to Input buffer like before)
- Kernel device information panel: more information in RX/TX columns
- Main window: Fixed received/sent statistics for all devices
- Fixed sending delay for COM ports used in all user mode devices
- Driver: Fixed long delay when sending data one by one with BaudRate emulation enabled and Read request is waiting for data at the same time
- Connector/Pair/Splitter: better read/write timeouts handling
- Connector/Pair/Splitter: releasing WaitCommEvent requests when SetCommMask is set to 0
- All devices: COM port names now can be typed as a string COM1 or as number 1
- Added "minimize" command line argument
- All user-mode devices: limiting max COM port write chunk size to 128KB to avoid failures when sending too much data
- All user-mode devices: more reliable write requests when sending lots of data
Version 1.5.2 (February, 2025)
- Transformers: added Binary splitter and Binary filter transformers
- Splitter: fixed read issue with some USB-to-serial adapters
- Splitter: fixed rare condition with lost RXCHAR event
- Splitter: added "Read using polling mode" config option
- Splitter: readable/writable options for every virtual port
- Splitter: overrun timeout value can now be specified in settings
- Splitter: fixed delay on fast write after connect for the first client
- Connector/Pair: (configurable) emitting EV_EVENT1 and EV_EVENT2 on peer connect/disconnect
- Connector/Pair: fixed "ignore writes if partner not connected" option
- Connector/Pair: write request is now async, and TXEMPTY event is emitted after request completed
- Connector/Pair: (configurable) allow buffer overruns
- Generating EV_RXFLAG event for Connector/Pair/Splitter devices
- User-mode devices: fixed COM port initialization sequence which could cause not reading events when input buffer was full before initialization
- TcpServer/TcpClient: added option to clear COM port input buffer on connect
- TcpServer/TcpClient/UdpManager: fixed race condition issue on stop
- Monitoring tool: added milliseconds to time stamps
- Terminal: fixed freezing when having too many RX events without fast mode enabled
- Terminal: fixed potential deadlock when preparing output data
- Terminal: added "Copy" button to copy data to clipboard
- VSPE license key dialog: supporting multiline (in case the license key formatting is broken)
- VSPE installer: fixed ansi to unicode string conversion for VSPE shortcut which resulted in incorrect .vspe file description in Explorer
- VSPE installer: supporting additional install/uninstall mode without VSPE kernel driver (useful in some scenarios)
- Redirector, Serial Router: added "Detect stale incoming data" option when reading from COM ports which are constantly sending data (like GPS) and need to be re-initialized if the data flow stops
- Fixed: race condition when stopping some VSPE devices
- New VSPE device: Serial Router device with "FanOut" and "Smart router" modes
- Serial Router (Smart router mode) - added support for certain CAT/rotator compatible protocols
- Serial Router: added "Close if no connections" option to avoid keeping source port opened all the time
- Fixed OmniRig startup timeout issue when connected to Pair/Connector
- API: added startDevice, stopDevice methods
Version 1.5.1 (December, 2024)
- Splitter: fixed bug with not emitting TXEMPTY event (now correctly works OmniRig)
- Localization: added translations to more languages
- VSPE devices: introducing delayed initialization for devices waiting for dependencies
- Added custom descriptions for VSPE configuration and for VSPE devices
- "Stopped" and "Started" device states are persisted in VSPE config file
- Added Monitoring tool: monitoring traffic for VSPE user-mode devices
- Supporting additional command line parameters (start, stop, close)
- Serial settings: removing DTR/RTS line enabled settings - instead switching to classic Handshake types
- Serial settings: initial DTR/RTS modem registers state now have 'Not defined' state
- Splitter: separate settings for controlling RTS/DTR forwarding
- Splitter: added setting "Only first connected client can write data and update modem registers"
- Splitter: modified writing to source COM port flow to reduce the likelihood of conflicts
- Connector/Pair: fixed bug with losing events on re-connect
- Connector/Pair: added setting to ignore write events if partner not connected
- Connector/Pair: added support for custom RTS/DTR pinouts
- Splitter: added setting to stopping reading from source COM port when no clients connected
- Splitter: added setting to reset RTS/DTR when no clients connected
- Splitter: added setting to clear input buffer when no clients connected
- Splitter: fixed bug with sending multiple write requests sequentially to source COM port
- Terminal: fixed bug with freezing
- TcpServer/Client/Redirector: fixed bugs with initial forwarding or modem registers
- Fixed UI bug in serial settings selection for Stop Bits property
- Lots of UI changes for colors consistency, keyboard navigation, focus etc.
Version 1.5 (November, 2024)
- Virtual ports are now visible in Device Manager and to all applications
- VSPE service (running with minimum privileges on local computer) is now automatically loading last known configuration on startup (if enabled in settings)
- Native ARM64 platform support
- Introducing transformers for user-mode devices to filter/modify/control consistency of the data flows
- Virtual Splitter device: legacy mode with single shared virtual port or new mode with multiple virtual ports for better data flow control
- Fixed unicode characters localization and added new languages
- All kernel devices: fixes for Read/Write timeouts, supporting additional serial port events
- Virtual Splitter: internal data flow is fully re-written to make Splitter more reliable
- Virtual Connector/Pair: fixed baud rate emulation, resetting DTR/RTS registers on disconnect
- Virtual Splitter/Connector adding option to limit connections from the same application to the same virtual port
- Redirector, UdpManager, TcpServer, TcpClient, Bridge (Serial Port): switched to async read mode for better performance
- Transformers: Added LineSplitter and TextFilter transformers, adding multiple transformers for all supported user-mode devices
- Bridge: added NamedPipe client/server
- Serial Redirector: fixed issue with incorrect settings for device 2
- Serial Redirector: added read-only options for COM ports
- UdpManager: added read-only and write-only settings for COM port
- User interface: Added Start/Stop/Clone commands for devices
- User interface: "Open with terminal" menu now works for all virtual ports and TcpServer
- User interface: Terminal: fixed new lines, scrolling
- User interface: COM port selection drop list is now correctly pre-filled with existing COM port names
- Installer: validating for x32 platform installer when installing on x64 operating system because it caused driver installation issues
- Removed non-relevant settings (delete devices on quit, set as service helper etc) and command line parameters
- Deprecated: HttpServer is deprecated and removed
- Removed kernel devices data flow monitoring (it will be replaced with better monitoring solution in future version)
- VSPE documentation is fully re-written
- TcpServer: fixed bug with not setting keep alive settings for connected sockets
- TcpServer: added option to Close/Open COM port based on TCP connection state (number of connected clients)
- TcpServer: added maximum number of connections configuration setting
- TcpClient: fixed reconnection timeout setting
- TcpClient, Bridge: moved connection logic to separate thread to avoid lag when creating device
- TcpServer, TcpClient now can have only modem registers control connections (no data connections)
- Bridge file data source: input file is opened with share write permissions, allowing input file to be updated
- Bridge file data source: added option to read file from end
- Allow editing any device in Running state (unless it is a kernel device with active connections)
Version 1.4 (June, 2024)
- This is the last version with current driver install model, next version will have significant changes.
- (Experimental) VSPE COM ports visible in Device Manager (experimental feature, enabled in settings, fixes some apps, work is still in progress)
- Introduced initial DTR/RTS states in serial port settings
- Fixed initial DTR/RTS states for TcpServer and TcpClient depending on connection status
- Removed deprecated python 2.7 python bindings
- Added buffer size in Bridge configuration (Tcp flow)
- Bridge device: not displaying error if initialization failed, allowing it to re-connect
- Fixed ReadIntervalTimeout kernel driver bug
- UdpManager: fixed receiver with packet size > 1024
- Keyboard navigation UI fixes
- Few UI tweaks and improvements
Version 1.3 (July, 2023)
- Improved Connector/Pair kernel driver performance
- Startup properties tab in Preferences
- Fixed "Stop bits" bug in serial port settings
- Improved logging
- TcpClient/TcpServer: control data port to propagate modem registers
- UI fix for inconsistent serial port selector
- Fixed modem redirection logic for Serial Redirector
- Fixed kernel driver race condition for Connector/Pair devices
Version 1.2 (January, 2023)
- Windows 11 on ARM64 kernel driver is part of x64 build now
- Fixed lots of kernel driver stability issues for x64 versions (Win10 and Win11)
- VSPE Windows Service is now working for all devices (not compatible with previous version, service needs to be re-created)
- VSPE Service mode: silent mode
- Bridge: read-only mode for data stream
- Bridge: added Text Transformer (replacing regex/wait for new line with separator)
- Bridge: added Binary Transformer (replacing data/wait for new data chunk)
- More control over serial port settings
- Numerous bug fixes
- Added simple Terminal tool
- Spy: better descriptions, n/a stream is now supported
- Added more technical details to Help->About
- More detailed error descriptions
- UI fixes and tweaks
Version 1.1 (October, 2021)
- Fixed kernel driver memory integrity compatibility for Windows 10 64
- Updated kernel driver signing with 3 signatures
- Windows 10 32 bit driver extra signature
- Documentation fixes
- VSPE API: now does not print anything to console output
Version 1.0 (June, 2020)
- VSPE installer: upgraded to latest WiX module
- VSPE installer: to reduce number of support cases, now asking for Windows reboot after installation has been completed
- VSPE API: vspe_release now releases control device handle
- VSPE API: initialization refactoring
- 64 bit installer now installs VSPE to correct Program Files location
- Better description in kernel driver troubleshooting dialog
- Correctly detecting missing kernel driver service in troubleshooting information
Version 0.946 (May, 2020)
- Fixed bug in Autostart helper command when file contains spaces
- Fixed bug in Windows service mode when service manager complained that service did not start
- Multi signature kernel driver signing
- Refactored kernel driver installation
- More debug info in about dialog
- Minimizing to system tray is now optional (disabled by default)
Version 0.945 (May, 2020)
- Fixed issues with starting as service
- Updated 'autostart shortcut' documentation for modern Windows systems
Version 0.944 (May, 2020)
- Fixed issue with monitoring devices from 64 bit VSPE app
- Getting ready for dropping exclusive access requirement to kernel driver
- Switching to global mutex to detect VSPE tool instances from other sessions
- Better checkpoint logging on startup to investigate client issues
- AppData folder is now changed in LocalAppData, license and settings are migrated
- Missing LocalAppData variable is now handled correctly
Version 0.943 (May, 2020)
- Fixed issue with settings file permission denied when started as regular user
- Fixed issues with API/VSPE tool licenses collisions
- Identified issue and disabled Monitoring feature for x64 version
- Register directly from About dialog
- Support information in About dialog
- More descriptive error messages for registration and kernel driver issues
- VSPE.log is now created in correct AppData folder
- API: Added vspe_get_activation_error() method and better activation error message
- UI tweaks
Version 0.942 (April, 2020)
- Fixed issues with product registration
- Showing user more information when driver cannot be started
Version 0.941 (June, 2019)
- Fixed kernel driver loading issue with Windows 10 Desktop
Version 0.940 (June, 2019)
- Fixed Windows 10 May update compatibility issue
- Added 64 bit package
Version 0.939 (February, 2011)
Version 0.938 (June 26, 2010)
- Added Spy device
- TcpServer and TcpClient devices now supports COM port read-only and COM port write-only modes
- Fixed bug with localization of the device properties dialog
- Added ability to reorganize devices (move up and down) when emulation is stopped
- Fixed bug with COM port speed selection from Combo box (added missed values)
- Reinitialization of failed devices (see Preferences => Advanced tab) - disabled by default
- Fixed French translation
- File data stream: added output ability, now it can be used to write output to file
- Updated documentation
Version 0.937 (March 29, 2010)
- Fixed bug with all devices: input buffer is cleared when virtual COM port is being opened
- Fixed bug: possible crash when using just created port at the same moment when it is being initialized
- Fixed bug: TcpClient and TcpServer connections leaks
- Fixed French translation (thanks to Emmanuel Gambarini)
- Fixed Italian translation (made from scratch - Thanks to Fabio Bima)
- Added Czech translation (thanks to Martin Hradil)
Version 0.936 (October 2, 2009)
- VSPE_API: updated header file (__cdecl specification)
- Fixed fail on exit
Version 0.935 (October 1, 2009)
- Corrected German language translation (thanks to Philipp M. Kappler)
- Corrected French language translation (thanks to Mathieu Peyrega)
- Added Dutch language translation (thanks to Mathieu Fichefet)
- Fixed bug in TcpClient: could not start without script file
- Fixed fault on VSPE_API unitialization (The instruction referenced memory at "0x00000020")
- Splitter device: experiments
Version 0.934 (September 17, 2009)
- Added translations to Spanish, French, German and Italian languages
- Added lua scripting support in TcpClient device
- Added saving possibility (in the binary format) from the Connector/Splitter/Pair devices
- Emulation improvement: SERIAL_EV_RLSD event generation
- Emulation improvement: simplified emulation of IOCTL_SERIAL_LSRMST_INSERT control code
- API bug fixed: VSPE kernel driver reinstallation when it is opened by another API instance
- TcpServer: added interface IP parameter to listen for incoming connections
Version 0.933 (April 23, 2009)
- Kernel devices: IRP_MJ_FLUSH_BUFFERS processing
- VSPE settings are stored now in vspe.ini instead of registry: service compatibility
- TcpClient: python scripting is disabled to remove dependency on Python25.dll.
- VSPE_API users: there is no need to bundle Python25.dll anymore with your programs.
- HttpServer: fixed exception when TCP port is used.
- Splitter: bogus "critical error" fix when used with Connector. This is not an error.
- VSPE GUI bug: language changing when information panel is visible.
- VSPE_API: automatic driver initialization in vspe_initialize(). Error returned on fail.
- VSPE_API: OutputDebugString is now called to display errors/important messages.
- VSPE_API: vspe_getDeviceInfo - used now returns actual clients count
Version 0.931 (April 6, 2009)
- Bug fixed: BSOD on destroyDevices (Pair, Connector)
- Bug fixed: BSOD when splitter is created/destroyed very quickly
Version 0.929 (April 5, 2009)
- Bug fixed: ReadIntervalTimeout is now enabled only after some data is received once
- Added Chinese language
- TcpClient: "zombie" connections bug fixed
- Windows 2000 compatibility fixed (HttpServer issue)
Version 0.928 (April 4, 2009)
- Splitter: bogus "critical error" quick fix
Version 0.927 (April 3, 2009)
- New device added: Mapper
- Feature added: kernel devices data monitoring
- Feature added: password protected VSPE http server
- HTTP interface: creating, deleting, reinitializing devices, loading configuration
- Splitter: fixed bug (input buffer synchronization)
- Splitter: invalid file handle detection (Properties dialog: Debug => Fix broken devices)
- GUI: small fixes and modifications
- Fixed bug: (kernel devices) making write request (0 bytes)
- Fixed bug: properties dialog boolean values problem
Version 0.924 (March 29, 2009)
- CRITICAL bug fixed: occasional BSOD with all kernel devices (synchronization issue with some port settings)
- Added russian language
- TcpClient: TCP conenction ignored on initialization
- Splitter device: changed default sleep timeout
Version 0.923 (March 24, 2009)
- Updated VSPE API, C++ sample, documentation
- Updated VSPE_API PythonBindings
- Added: VSPE_ComServer.dll - COM interface
- WixInteractor: removed console
- VSPE_API: Activation requirement added
- VSPE_API: No additional files required in application folder when using COM interface.
- VSPE_API: commercially licensed applications can work simultaneously
- Distribution package contains FREE 32 bit VSPE API key
- Fixed bug: splitter freezing
- 64 bit: VSPE can be started for testing purposes without activation key
- TcpClient, TcpServer, Redirector, UdpManager: checking for errors when reading from the source port
Version 0.911 (February, 2009)
- Fixed uninstaller bug in Vista
Version 0.910 (January 28, 2009)
- Feature added: Windows Vista 64 bit support (64 bit license required)
Version 0.875 (December 31, 2008)
- Feature added: Bridge device
Version 0.871 (November 25, 2008)
- Feature added: VSPE API
- Feature added: VSPE API C/C++ sample
- Feature added: VSPE API Python bindings and sample
- Fixed bug: ReadIntervalTimeout=MAXDWORD, ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier=MAXDWORD, ReadTotalTimeoutConstant=(0;MAXDWORD)
- Fixed bug: advanced tab in VSPE settings dialog did not work at all
- Code refactoring
Version 0.866 (September 30, 2008)
- Pair device can be used with modem drivers (unlike Connector)
- Fixed Python scripting bug on program exit
- Fixed bug: driver start failure on XP64 when previous version is installed
- Fixed bug: ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier is now ignored if -1
- (In progress) Data flow control
Version 0.865 (September 17, 2008)
- Fixed major bug (Connector and Pair): read buffer synchronization issues
- Fixed critical bug: ReadTotalTimeoutConstant timer fails
- Improved Splitter device processing
- Added compatibility with NSSM (service manager)
- UdpManager: added error message if listening to port failed
- Added Simple UdpManager (hidden by default)
Version 0.86 (September 16, 2008)
- Fixed bug: Redirector and TcpClient crash on exit
- Improved Updater parser
Version 0.85 (September 13, 2008)
- Added custom ReadIntervalTimeout in the serial port settings dialog
- Added UdpManager device
- VSPE can be started without kernel driver (only user-mode devices can be created)
- Devices configuration can be modified after creation
- Logging into file
- Start/stop emulation buttons
- TCP keep-alive control (optional, disabled by default)
- Added simple Python script system for TcpClient device
- Fixed bug on 64 bit OS: WOW64 file system redirection
- Fixed bug on XP 64: Waiting dialog hanging
Version 0.81 (September 1, 2008)
- Kernel driver bug fixed: ReadFile with TotalTimeout != 0
- Kerner driver bug fixed: ReadTotalTimeoutConstant
- Device reinitialization command
- Socket manager: polling timeout changed from 500 ms to 100 ms
- TcpClient: read data timeouts
Version 0.80 (July 29, 2008)
- Feature added: initial modem registers state in the Splitter device settings
- Modem registers mapping in the Serial Redirector device
- TcpClient/TcpServer: Changing RTS/DTR state depending on connection status is optional
- Some small kernel driver bugs fixed
Version 0.78 (July 25, 2008)
- Feature added: user mode device - Serial Redirector
- DTR for TcpServer and TcpClient depends on connection status
- Information page for TcpServer
- EV_CTS, EV_DSR events
- Bug fixed: TcpServer, TcpClient disconnect detection
- Bug fixed: hanging up when ReadIntervalTimeout is zero
- Small GUI improvements
Version 0.77 (July 21, 2008)
- Standard pinout for Pair and Connector devices
- RTS for TcpServer and TcpClient depends on connection status
- Modem registers information for kernel devices (Connector and Pair)
- Preferences dialog (General tab)
Version 0.76 (July 15, 2008)
- Bug fixed: Pair device: exclusive access only
- Bug fixed: Read errors in some applications
- Feature added: Baud rate emulation for Connector and Pair devices (Optional)
- Additional driver checks at program startup
- Kernel driver location and type changed (SERVICE_SYSTEM_START)
Version 0.75 (July 10, 2008)
- Bug fixed: some apps hanged on close
Version 0.74 (June 24, 2008)
- Feature added: TcpServer device receives data from network clients
- Fixed some bugs
Version 0.73 (June 21, 2008)
- Feature added: information panel
- Performed some code optimization
Version 0.72 (June 10, 2008)
- Feature added: working without administrator privileges
- Emulation issue: ReadIntervalTimeout
Version 0.71 (May 30, 2008)
- Fixed 2 nasty emulation bugs
Version 0.7 (May 29, 2008)
- Windows Vista compatibility
- Command line support
- Documentation update
Version 0.6 (May 26, 2008)
- Feature added: TcpClient device
Version 0.5 (May 22, 2008)
- Registered vspe shell extension
- Improved user interface
Version 0.4 (May 21, 2008)
- Feature added: TcpServer device
- Feature added: loading / saving configuration
- Improved user interface
- Code refactoring
Version 0.3 (May 13, 2008)
- Feature added: x86_64 platform support
- Fixed some emulation bugs
- Improved user interface
Version 0.2 (May 5, 2008)
- Feature added: virtual pair
- Fixed emulation bugs (thanks to Dmitry Fomin for his detailed error reports)
- Fixed problems with deleting virtual devices.
Version 0.1 (April 13, 2008)
- Feature added: virtual connector
- Feature added: virtual data splitter