SERVOsoft News

SERVOsoft® v4.2 Released with a Long List of Enhancements!

Jul 10, 2019

See highlights of the v4.0 & v4.1 releases. For all release details, see the Revision Log.


Unified Install Package for All Versions

One unified install package and one EXE for all versions (Trial, Lite, Advanced, Pro, Manufacturer) and license types (ACT/DGL/TS).

 
Variable Displacement Pumps

Added support for Variable Displacement Pumps, where the displacement is spcified in the Sequence form for each Pressure & Flow segment. Two Pumps is also supported.

Also added 'Flow Leakage' and 'Power Loss' profiles in Sequence Chart and 'MeanFlowLeakage' and 'MeanPowerLos' calculations to further enhance pump selection.

Now chart dP vs Q on the X scale because dP and Q are mostly proportional to torque and speed respectively.

 
Main Form & Project Structure

The ADVANCED and PRO versions now allow multiple Motors, Transformations, Gearboxes and Linear Actuators as well as multiple Drives, Infeed, Bleeder and Capacitor Modules in parallel in the same axis/slot (1-6).

The Axis view now shows the Drive Bus, Chopper & Bleeder performance in addition to the Inverter performance values.

And by popular demand, we added support to double-click the large images on the Main form as same short cuts when double-clicking the tree nodes.

 
Drive & Motor Performance Chart

Added chart toolbar button to show 1 or 2 Quadrants. Now can chart both Motoring and Generating quadrants and get great insight into the motor, drive, infeed and bleeder application requirements. Very powerful when optimizing braking segments or Curve Fitting an entire move as shown in the chart to the right.

When the chart Crosshairs are enabled and the user right-clicks to snap the Crosshairs to the nearest data point, now the segment is highlighted and a tooltip also appears with information about the data point, allowing the quick detailed analysis of all torque/force vs speed performance charts.

 
Combined Product Combinations

Added 'Check Combinations' report for "sub-Models" in the Combined Products table.

After the report runs, two new columns are added, identifiying any "sub-models" that do not exist in the main tables, along with the specific details of the missing data. For example, for a Gear Motor, perhaps the motor model does not exist in the Motors table. This report was created to address this issue. Works for all combinations including Drive Motors, Motor Linear Actuators, Motor Coupling Pumps, Gearbox Pinions, etc. A similar report was also added to the Database Utility. This goes a long way in helping vendors manage their product data in the SERVOsoft database.


v4 Database

The SERVOsoft® database continues to grow with frequent updates, and now contains over 100,000+ products! Click here for a summary of the current products in the database.

If you are a vendor and want to add your products to the SERVOsoft® database and/or are interested in the Manufacturer Promotion Version, please contact us.