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2.0.9

Mon, Dec 16 2024 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Updated Python wrapper for compatibility with Python 3.12+.
  • Removed support for:
    • RHEL / CentOS / Rocky 7
    • Fedora 37 / 38
    • Raspberry Pi OS 10
  • Note that packages for no longer supported operating systems can be found in the Package Archive
  • Added support for:
    • Fedora 40, 41
    • Ubuntu 24
    • Debian 11, 12
    • Raspberry Pi OS 12 (32-bit, 64-bit)


• Downloads
  • Windows, installer | zip | sha1.
  • Linux

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2.0.7

Tue, Oct 3 2023 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Improved firmware download stability
  • Added error -1111 G_ALREADY_OPEN, when attempting to open a direct serial or PCI connection if the device is already being used by another process
  • Fixed PCI connections failing upon subscribing to data records
  • Updated installation instructions
  • All example and wrapper files are now viewable in the documentation
  • Windows
    • Added support for LabVIEW 2022 and 2023
    • .zip distribution now includes the pci driver and msvc redistributables.
  • Linux
    • PCI driver is now distributed as the 'galilpci' package. It no longer requires manual installation.
    • No longer dependent on the operating system's OpenSSL libraries. The necessary libraries are now included in gclib and gcapsd.
    • Examples and source code now come unzipped
    • Added support for RHEL/CentOS/Rocky 9, Fedora 37/38, and Raspberry Pi OS 11
    • Fedora 35/36, Raspbian 9, and Ubuntu 18.04 repositories have been deprecated
    • The repositories have been simplified and combined. See the installation instructions to install the new repositories.
    • All previous repositories have been deprecated. They will continue to function, but will not receive new packages.
    • Deprecated repositories can coexist with the new repositories to provide access to all versions of software built for a given platform.
    • Packages for EOL operating systems are available in the package archive


• Downloads
  • Windows, installer | zip | sha1.
  • Linux

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1.37.6

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Version number updated to match GDK.
  • No functional changes.


• Downloads
  • Windows, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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1.36.3

Tue, Sep 27 2022 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Now supports Ubuntu 22 and Fedora 36.


• Downloads
  • Windows, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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1.35.5

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Version number updated to match GDK.
  • No functional changes.


• Downloads
  • Windows, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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1.34.15

Wed, 04 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • LabVIEW 2020 and 2021, 32-bit and 64-bit now available!
    • LabVIEW 2020 64-bit support added
    • LabVIEW 2021 32-bit and 64-bit support added
    • Fixed a bug that caused serial port connections to fail
    • Added multi-threading support for Gclib VIs
  • Centos 8 will now automatically install nss-mdns package from the EPEL repository to enable Galil Connect features.


• Downloads
  • Windows, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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1.33.4

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Instruction for downloading the nss-mdns package for RHEL systems is now clearer.
  • Fixed a bug that caused a timeout error on a 21X3 when a command was issued on a existing UDP connection after closing a TCP connection.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the GVersion function to display the wrong data.
  • Fixed a bug which caused the incorrect DLLs to be referenced.


• Downloads
  • Windows, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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1.32.6

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • gclib now supports Windows 11.
  • gclib now supports Fedora 35.
  • The DHCP option will now be saved across user sessions.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the PCI drivers not to work. If PCI drivers where downloaded between gclib 1.29.11 and 1.31.7 then they will need to be removed and reinstalled.


• Downloads
  • Windows, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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1.31.7

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Fixed a bug which causes the error 1050 (Error message "There was an error checking for updates. Error: 1050") when checking for updates with GDK 1.31.6 .
  • Note: if GDK 1.31.6 is already installed then GDK 1.31.7 will need to be manually installed.


• Downloads
  • Windows^*, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.
*Galil's software version numbering has changed. GDK, gclib, and gcaps versions will now match for each release. Please contact us for any questions.

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1.31.6

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Version name incremented to keep compatibility with GDK.


• Downloads
  • Windows^*, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.
*Galil's software version numbering has changed. GDK, gclib, and gcaps versions will now match for each release. Please contact us for any questions.

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1.29.12

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Fixed an issue that would cause GDK to crash when a controller was abruptly turned off without being disconnected.


• Downloads
  • Windows^*, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.
*Galil's software version numbering has changed. GDK, gclib, and gcaps versions will now match for each release. Please contact us for any questions.

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0.1.8 - 32 bit LabVIEW 2020 Preview (Windows Only)

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • A future release of gclib will have support for National Instruments LabVIEW. Download this preview to get access early!


• Downloads
  • Windows^*, installer | zip | sha1.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.

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1.29.11

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Removed unnecessary duplicate GCommand Call in GCmdI in VB wrapper


• Downloads
  • Windows^*, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.
*Galil's software version numbering has changed. GDK, gclib, and gcaps versions will now match for each release. Please contact us for any questions.

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290.397.567 (290.397.569 on Linux)

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Fixed a bug that caused firmware tokens to be concatenated after a firmware load.
  • Added GUtility Call "G_UTIL_GCAPS_ADDRESSES_SET_REMEMBERED" to tell gcaps to save and remember any controller IP Assignments.


• Downloads
  • Windows^*, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.

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286.393.566

Mon, 1 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Bug 239 - Unable to open simultaneous connections to more than 1 PCI controller.
  • Bug 368 - Large program download to dmc-2103 fails with Linux OS.
  • KEEPALIVE with gcaps is now automatically handled.
  • Example and documentation improvements.


• Downloads
  • Windows^*, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.

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286.389.557

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Linux Only.
  • Support for DMC-31000 Analog inputs in GDK.


• Downloads
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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285.387.556

Tue, 1 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • DMC-2105 support added.
  • Files with bin extensions recognized as DMC-2105 firmware files for GFirmwareDownload().
  • System-specific upgrades to support better DHCP/BOOTP.
  • Support for improved DHCP/BOOTP in gcaps 1.0.0.261.
  • Fixed crash if firmware load fails.
  • Minor bug fixes.


• Downloads
  • Windows^*, installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.

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267.339.528

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0000

• Details
  • Support added for Ubuntu 20.04, Fedora 32, Fedora 31, Red Hat 8, CentOS 8, Raspbian 10, Raspbian 9.
  • Linux installation improvements. See gclib Installation.
  • Fix to Windows PCI driver.
  • Galil Connect now supported on Raspberry Pi.


• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information

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248.339.506 (248.339.507 on Ubuntu)

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:27:53 +0000

• Details
  • New Galil Connect Feature allows you to discover and connect to any gcaps server on your local network.
  • 5 new Gclib functions to support new Galil Connect feature. Included in all Galil supported languages.
    • GListServers()
    • GSetServer()
    • GPublishServer()
    • GServerStatus()
    • GRemoteConnections()
  • 2 new Gclib Example Projects demonstrating new Galil Connect functions. Available for C++, C#, and VB.NET.
    • Remote Server Example
    • Remote Client Example


• Public Certificate on Ubuntu
  • Galil's public certificate has been updated for Ubuntu. Please follow the installation instructions to install Galil's public certificate.


• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information

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245.331.480 (245.331.478 on Linux)

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:27:53 +0000

• Details
  • Fixed a bug in the C# and VB.NET wrapper causing some Data Record values to be incorrect.
  • New VB.NET examples available.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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243.319.460 (461 on Linux)

Mon, 2 Dec 2019 17:27:53 +0000

• Details
  • GDataRecord data structure support now available for C# and VB.NET wrappers.
  • New C++ and C# examples available.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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242.319.450

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:27:53 +0000

• Details
  • Bug 286 - GOpen() timing out with --subscribe ALL
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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242.317.449

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:27:53 +0000

• Details
  • Bug 275 - GDK Setup Tool not identifying 16 bit analog IO on the DMC-31000.
  • Fedora 30 support added.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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239.316.448

Mon, 06 May 2019 09:55:57 -0700

• Details
  • Fixed bug which left a single \n in an empty response to the gcaps-based GIpRequests().
  • Added support for GDK's Serial Encoder Test.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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237.313.444

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:06:24 -0800

• Details
  • Bug 263 - Galil Design Kit (GDK) was unable to find gcaps.
  • Added G_OMIT_GSETUPDDOWNLOADFILE to allow compiling gclibo without zlib.
  • Upgraded to MSVC 2017.
  • Error context now correctly passed for compound commands.
  • Improvements to build chain.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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229.308.437

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:30:00 -0800

• Details
  • Added Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, Stretch 9.8. See Bug 258.
  • Bug 256 - Python throws exception when calling function against an invalid connection.
  • Bug 257 - Linux throws compiler error on gclib c++ example.
  • Updates for GDK.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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225.307.431

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:47:46 -08000

• Details
  • Bug 254 - GSetupFileDownload() throwing error when no arrays are present.
  • Added GWaitForBool().
  • Changed GMotionComplete() to use more general WaitForBool().
  • Added G_LINE_BUFFER for writes to Galil hardware on the command line.
  • Switched fixed-size data record values to stdint.h types.
  • Added DMC-50000 detection for enhanced sine/trap support.
  • Added RIO-47162 support.
  • Changed RIO tokens, no longer using simplifying "RIO" and "RIO3" tokens.
  • Updated communications framework.
  • Added error G_CONNECTION_NOT_ESTABLISHED for some functions that check for connection before running, e.g. GTimeout.
  • Added G_GCLIB_POLLING_FAILED error code for GWaitForBool().
  • Added example for GSetupFileDownload() to x_examples.cpp.
  • Command call improvements.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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223.302.424

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:46:55 -0800

• Details
  • Fedora 29 support added.
  • Moved TM determination from GDK to gclib.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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222.301.423

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:44:02 -0700

• Details
  • Bug 253 - Fix to firmware loader.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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222.300.422

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:31:25 -0700

• Details
  • Updates for GDK System Status.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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222.299.421

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 08:45:44 -0700

• Details
  • Fixed bug which would cause firmware load failure on EDD ALC if timeout was set low.
  • Added support for EDD-37000 enhanced amplifiers.
  • Bug fix to recognize two-axis amplifiers on 4000 and 4103.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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221.295.419

Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:51:04 -0700

• Details
  • Updated communications framework.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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221.293.418

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 9:31:25 -0700

• Details
  • GAssign() arguments changed from char* (mutable) to GCStringIn (non-mutable).
  • Added CFR to misc tokens for "ColdFire" to allow GDK to differentiate hardware.
  • Added support for system status for GDK.
  • Enhanced writes (Programs, Arrays, Firmware) supported for 1.3 firmware releases.
  • Detects hardware upgrades for 1.3 firmware releases.
  • Ubuntu 18.04 support added.
  • Fedora 28 support added.
  • Added GSetupDownloadFile() for use with Galil compressed backup files.
  • --ifdef and --ifndef added to preprocessor.
  • Added G_BAD_FIRMWARE_LOAD to GError().
  • Bug 237 - preprocessor cannot find file if there are spaces in the file path.
  • Fixed GOpen ignores the -u switch
  • Updated communications library.
  • Code and documentation improvements.
  • Fixed bug with parsing Galil Hex format.
  • Switches for open now case insensitive, e.g. -c tcp
  • Added i16b tokens for GDK to products that have 16AF for a firmware option.
  • Added 2200 support.
  • Improved 1415 support.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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200.252.396

Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:00:00 -0800

• Details
  • Minor changes for Linux support, e.g. Fedora 27.
  • Bundled with gcaps version 1.0.0.130.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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198.251.394

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 07:00:00 -0800

• Details
  • Array download and program download improvements for GDK support.
  • Improvements to new "Galil Firmware Package" format.
  • Fixed typo in GAddresses() documentation.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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197.249.393

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 01:28:11 -0800

• Details
  • Fixed bug in example code which would cause a crash when using G_UTIL_ERROR_CONTEXT.
  • Added documentation for MSVC 2015. Added examples for MSVC 2015.
  • EDD37000 support added.
  • Fixed false error on "/r/n::" response on serial reset.
  • Decreased number of throws in internal API. This should decrease number of first-chance exceptions seen in debuggers.
  • Major upgrades to firmware loader for EDD37000.
  • Added progress callback to write operations for GDK firmware loader progress.
  • Added EO0 into InitializeDevice so ^R^S sets echo for GDK.
  • Multiple --timeout switches can be specified in GOpen() . The last is taken. This allows customer to override GDK defaults.
  • Updated digital certificate.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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194.232.386

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 03:25:11 -0700

• Details
  • Functions no longer check for a zero value GCon. Passing a zero for GCon is illegal.
  • Added GUtility() request G_UTIL_ERROR_CONTEXT for retrieving more error detail.
  • Updated C++ libraries.
  • Added 1415/1425 support.
  • Added D prefix for special hardware.
  • Fixes to DMC-30000 code.
  • Bug 215 - GCon declaration in C# wrapper crashing 32 bit gclib in MS Server 2016.
  • Documented the following errors.
    • G_GCAPS_SUBSCRIPTION_ERROR
    • G_READ_ERROR
    • G_WRITE_ERROR
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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190.227.375

Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:51:05 -0700

• Details
  • Java is now supported.
  • Updated to MSVC 2015.
  • Installer now includes Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable.
  • Bug 207 - ';' at the end of a valid comment or preprocessor directive inserts a blank line of dmc code.
  • GDK support improvements.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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189.224.370

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:34:32 -0700

• Details
  • Bug 213 - GUtility returns -10006 error when no controllers found
  • GDK Support
    • enc token changed to ENC.
    • Added extended IO count for 21x3 + DB-28040. CO is now correctly parsed for GDK's tokens.
    • Internal data organized for GDK.
  • Fixed broken links to Microsoft.
  • Documented silent install with /S.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg (version 368). See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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189.220.368

Tue, 16 May 2017 15:57:08 -0700

• Details
  • Improved connections to gcaps.
  • Improved connections to serial devices through gcaps.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg. See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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189.215.367

Fri, 28 Apr 2017 15:26:35 -0700

• Details
  • Bug fixes
    • Bug 211 - Bug when creating return string for GAddresses.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg. See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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189.214.366

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:07:10 -0700

• Details
  • Added G_UTIL_PING and G_UTIL_GCAPS_PING to GUtility().
  • G_UTIL_ASSIGN and G_UTIL_GCAPS_ASSIGN no longer ping before assigning. Instead, GAssign() pings prior to calling these utilities. See gclibo.c. Source code organization only, no changes to the behavior of GAssign().
  • GIpRequests(), GAddresses(), and GAssign() are now more tolerant of incompatible network adapter states.
  • Improved Linux documentation.
  • Bug fixes
    • Bug 205 - Setup tool times out during FW download.
    • Bug 210 - --command switch only allows one instance.
      Any token other than UDP will cause TCP to be used.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg. See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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186.212.364

Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:33:17 -0700

• Details
  • Apple update only.
  • Framework update on Apple.
  • Bug fixes
    • Bug 154 - gclib docs links don't work 'as-is'.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • macOS dmg. See installation docs.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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Older macOS/OSX builds

Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:33:17 -0700

• See installation docs.
• Downloads (newer versions above)
  • macOS gclib.277.dmg.
  • macOS gclib.260.dmg.
  • macOS gclib.234.dmg.

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183.212.361

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 11:44:23 -0800

• Details
  • Features
    • Client device will now honor --command switch in GOpen().
  • Bug fixes
    • Bug 180 - Connection closes after 10 mins of unsolicited traffic.
    • Bug 154 - gclib docs links don't work 'as-is'.
  • Framework update.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1.
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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179.205.354

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:03:59 -0800

• Details
  • Features
    • Added PCI support for Linux through gcaps. PCI users must compile and install the updated Galil PCI module (galilpci.ko). See the gclib installation instructions for details.
    • Added GCompound() to gclib.h. GCompound() is not part of the standard gclib release. Contact Galil Applications for a special build.
    • Added G_USE_GCAPS symbol to gclibo.h so users can write code using it as control symbol.
    • Installer checks for x64 Windows and Windows 7 or better.
    • Fixes to Linux distributions with deb files.
  • Bug fixes
    • 203, COM port causes no more than 2 controllers to report in the GDK Manager.
    • Fixed initialization with interrupts and Dual port RAM on PCI.
    • Fixed bugs which could misidentify a communications bus type.
    • Removed unused var in GCmd.
    • Python wrapper GAddresses no longer strips spaces.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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173.201.341

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:39:27 -0800

• Details
  • Bug fixes
    • 181, 'off by one' response when ^R^S exceeds timeout.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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173.200.339

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:10:43 -0800

• Details
  • Updates to network utilities to support gcaps upgrades.
    • Listening for Boot-P and DHCP requests. See GIpRequests().
    • Assign IP addresses over the network. See GAssign().
    • Finding network-based controllers via multicast. See GAddresses().
    • ICMP ping capability. See GAddresses() and GAssign().
    • Software versions, see GVersion().
  • Added new requests to GUtility() to support above open source functions.
    • G_UTIL_GCAPS_VERSION, get the version of the gcaps server.
    • G_UTIL_GCAPS_ADDRESSES, get a list of available connections from the gcaps server.
    • G_UTIL_GCAPS_IPREQUEST, get a list of hardware requesting IPs from the gcaps server.
    • G_UTIL_GCAPS_ASSIGN, assign IP addresses via Boot-P reply from the gcaps server.
  • Added G_USE_GCAPS macro in open source library so users can disable gcaps integration easily.
  • Added -d suffix to the end of local address listings.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Binaries now signed with 256 bit digest.
  • Added Fedora 25.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Added error -20000, gcaps open error, "gcaps connection could not be opened"
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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154.190.329

Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:56:55 -0700

• Details
  • gcaps connections are tested for end-to-end connection before unsolicited and other sockets are opened.
  • Improved TCP writes.
  • Improved program downloader. Any received bytes during DL will result in an error BAD_RESPONSE_QUESTION_MARK.
  • Installer improvements.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Updates to yum package revision to support gcaps on RHEL7 and Fedora 23/24.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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148.187.322

Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:29:56 -0700

Minor gclib update. New version for Windows.

• Details
  • 161, DMC-18x2 Datarecord Offset.
  • 169, GCL wrapper Define error and Scope brackets needed.
  • Documentation updates.
  • Code simplifications.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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147.185.319

Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:01:04 -0700

Major gclib update. New version for Windows and Linux.

• Details
  • Added Ubuntu 16.04, Fedora 23 and 24.
  • Many code improvements, update to api libraries.
  • Fixed bugs in preprocessor.
  • Several updates for GDK support.
  • Added DMC-52000 support.
  • Added some missing includes to examples for gcc.
  • Added G_UTIL_DEVICE_INITIALIZE to GUtility() for refreshing a connection after reset.
  • Added --search and -I option to program preprocessor for extending the ##include search path.
  • Added --define and -D to program preprocessor.
  • Linux gcaps client support added. Linux gcaps version coming soon.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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142.167.311

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 12:00:01 -0700

• Details
  • Bundled with updated gcaps server.
  • Updates for RIO support in GDK.
  • Fixed bug for ? returned with EO1 set.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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142.166.311

Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:30:30 -0700

gclib updates for GDK.

• Details
  • Addressed serial port latency for connections through gcaps.
  • Added support for preprocessor.
  • Misc support for GDK.
• Downloads see supplemental release above.

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141.158.307

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:21:04 -0700

gclib updates for GDK.

• Details
  • Added more support for GDK.
• Downloads
  • Windows installer | zip | sha1
  • See installation docs for other operating systems.

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140.156.305

Mon, 18 Apr 2016. gclib updates for GDK and Raspberry Pi.

• Details
  • Fixed bug that left gcaps in incorrect mode if a program download threw an internal error.
  • GAddresses now pings IP addresses. If a ping is not returned, the IP address will be listed enclosed in parentheses.
  • Added more support for GDK.
  • Firmware download support is now more permissive.
  • Added Raspberry Pi 3 to docs.
  • gclib installer now puts docs icon on desktop if docs options is chosen.
  • Installer no longer launches help (Windows only).
  • gclib is now added to "Programs and Features" snap-in in Windows.
  • Other minor installer changes.
• Downloads
  • Windows

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140.149.300

Wed, 06 Apr 2016. gclib updated to support GDK and gcaps.

• Details
  • Added gcaps client support (Windows only)
  • Raspberry Pi support added
  • Minor fixes to .Net wrappers
  • Software license and threading info added to documentation
• Downloads
  • Windows

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gclib versions:

• 130.118.280 for Windows only

Tue, 27 Oct 2015

• Added Borland C++ documentation for Embarcadero C++ 7.10 for Win32

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gclib versions:

• 130.118.280 for Windows only

Tue, 27 Oct 2015

• Added Borland C++ documentation for Embarcadero C++ 7.10 for Win32

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gclib versions:

• 130.114.278 for all OS targets.

ATTENTION

• VB users must update gclib.vb in their projects
• C# users must update gclib.cs in their projects
• Python users must reinstall the python wrapper
  python setup.py install will correctly copy over the old file

Fri, 16 Oct 2015

• 146, fixed g.message(0) bug in GCL wrapper
• Added GInterrupt() to Python
• Added G_HUGE_BUFFER for full-size program and array transactions
• 158, Updated .NET (VB and C#) code to support proper types in x64
• 152, et al. Documentation updates
• 147, 148, Added support for OSX tty devices, e.g. DMC-4103 using the usb port
• Minor code improvements
• 156, Added 50000 support to GIpRequests()

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gclib versions:

• 129.111.264 for Windows, Red Hat, and CentOS.

Thu, 10 Sep 2015

• Added 64 bit Python support to Windows.
• Changed repository hierarchy for Red Hat and CentOS to improve compatibility across different installations.

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gclib versions:

• 127.111.260 for all OS targets.

Tue, 08 Sep 2015

• Added Python support to all OS targets.
• Further internal OS compatibility added.
• Fixed incorrect RIO I/O starting count.
• Added more OS X documentation.
• Fixed Linux linker issue which caused Python to be unable to load gclibo.
• Fixed bug with GArrayUploadFile.

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gclib versions:

• 126.109.234 for OS X 10.10.

Thu, 27 Aug 2015

• Added Apple OS X Yosemite (10.10) support.

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gclib versions:

• 115.95.213 for Windows. The Windows version has some Windows-only documentation updates.
• 115.95.212 for Ubuntu 12.04, CentOS 6, and Red Hat 6. Some trivial changes to the PCI support were needed to support the older compilers in these distributions.
• 115.93.212 for Ubuntu 14.04, CentOS 7, Red Hat 7, and Fedora 21, 22.

Mon, 15 Jun 2015

• Added PCI support for all Linux releases.
• Added operating systems: CentOS 6, CentOS 7, Fedora 22.
• VB and C# wrappers now check for proper DLL location at class instantiation.

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gclib version 111.80.198

Mon, 01 Jun

• gclib is now released from beta. Thank you to all users who provided feedback.
• Added support for timeout == 0 in GRecord(), GInterrupt(), and GMessage() for nonblocking reads.
• gclib_errors.h, added G_GCLIB_NON_BLOCKING_READ_EMPTY for nonblocking calls to GRecord(), GInterrupt(), and GMessage().
• gclib_record.h, fixed byte offsets, comments only.
• 136, fixed GRecord can block forever.
• Improvements to interrupt handler in UDP devices.
• PCI data record improvements. Timeouts and nonblocking reads implemented.
• Documentation improvements, clarifications.
• Galil Widgets project now noted in documentation.
• nonblocking reads example added.
• gclib.vb and gclib.cs wrappers added for VB.NET and C#.NET support.
• GAssign() and GIpRequests() added to gclibo.c to complete Ethernet network utility support.

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gclib version 106.75.182

Fri, 24 Apr 2015

• Fixed bug which allowed GMessage(), with a timeout of zero, to return prematurely while there was still data waiting and still room in the return buffer.
• Fixed bug which caused a dequeuing of a message byte before there was a place to copy it.
• Improved documentation.

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gclib version 104.73.179

Mon, 13 Apr 2015

• Added support for Linux distributions.
  • Ubuntu 14.04 and 12.04
• 113, Unsolicited traffic port now 60007 to match previous products.

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gclib version 99.73.173

Wed, 08 Apr 2015

• Added support for Linux distributions.
  • Red Hat 6 and 7
  • Fedora 21
• Multiple documentation improvements.
• Several source code changes to maximize portability between Windows and Linux.
• 125, Correction to DMC-1806 data record mapping labels.
• GCommand() now properly handles a \r in the command string.
• Modifications to BOOT-P/DHCP listener data to support portability, See GUtility().
• 112, Added support for program download with --insert directive to support DL with insertion, See GProgramDownload().
• Library now will return a nonzero GCon value on successful GOpen().

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gclib Windows Release 105

Wed, 18 Feb 2015

• Removed unused variable declaration in arrays.c. Open source component.
• Updated documentation.

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gclib PCI Driver 2.0.0.14

Tuesday, 17 Feb 2014

• Initial PCI driver release for Windows gclib.
• The driver is compatible with GalilTools but is enhanced for gclib communications.
• The PCI driver will not be updated with the same frequency as gclib. Use the newest version available.
• The gclib installer (exe) is bundled with the newest version of the pci driver.

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gclib Windows Release 102

Tuesday, 17 Feb 2014

• Initial library release for Windows.

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For more information, see the updated user manual.