| Qt 5.9 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes |
| over the 5.8.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation |
| included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: |
| |
| http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html |
| |
| The Qt version 5.9 series is binary compatible with the 5.8.x series. |
| Applications compiled for 5.8 will continue to run with 5.9. |
| |
| Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers |
| corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: |
| |
| https://bugreports.qt.io/ |
| |
| Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more |
| information about a particular change. |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Library * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| QtSerialBus |
| ----------- |
| |
| - QCanBusDevice |
| * [QTBUG-57658] Added buffering details in QCanBusDevice::framesToWrite |
| documentation. |
| * Added QCanBusDevice::DataBitRateKey enum. |
| |
| - QCanBusFrame |
| * [QTBUG-56720] Introduced flag to allow data bitrate switching for CAN FD |
| frames. Reference implementation is done for the SocketCAN plugin. |
| * Added error state indicator flag to QCanBusFrame and set it appropriate |
| for received CAN FD frames with the SocketCAN plugin. Setting this flag |
| for testing purposes is also possible. |
| |
| - QCanBus |
| * [QTBUG-54298] Added the new class QCanBusDeviceInfo for enumeration of |
| available CAN interfaces and more information about them. |
| * Added a new SystecCAN plugin for Windows support of CAN adapters from |
| http://www.systec-electronic.com. |
| |
| - Modified the PeakCAN plugin such that it supports up to 16 USB and |
| 16 PCI CAN channels. |
| |
| - VectorCAN: |
| * Fixed a crash when device open fails because no device drivers are |
| installed. |
| * [QTBUG-58774] Fixed that 64 bit builds need to load vxlapi64.dll. |
| * [QTBUG-58840] Fixed that received frames with an extended ID are |
| received with ID 0 and marked as invalid. |
| * [QTBUG-59037] Fixed receiving a transmit echo for all sent frames by |
| adding the QCanBusDevice::ReceiveOwnKey configuration. |
| |
| - [QTBUG-59050] Fixed that QModbusRtuSerialMaster did not close the |
| serial port on disconnect. |
| - Added code improvements and cleanups throughout the module's examples. |
| - [QTBUG-55045] Improved error handling code throughout all CAN plugins. |
| - Improved canbusutil output formatting and detail level. |
| - Fixed module build when Qt was configured with various -no-feature-xyz |
| options. |
