Colossus Record and Playback Tool Release Notes

Introduction

These release notes cover the Colossus Record and Playback Tool.

Contents

Version 1.3.0 Build 135 - 3 June 2026

Improvements

• Removed log line which shouldn’t have been there

Version 1.3.0 Build 132 - 28 April 2026

Improvements

• Fixed null reference issue when playing back a CPR recording that had been converted to a Colossus file

• Fixed issue with threading causing some packets to send in the wrong order

• Added filechecker option to check for blocks of contiguous zero fft data

Version 1.3.0 Build 131 - 20 April 2026

Improvements

• Fixed major timestamp issue, where recording elapsed time would reset after each 7 minute, 9 second period. This change will not break previously recorded data

• Improved the playback error handling

• Changed bin size in config print out to be in metres

• Changed max recording size (-m flag) to allow recording size input in MB

• Changed printing of Colossus record options for clarity

• Added print of recording start time, end time, and duration to filechecker

• Added check of message length and valid message type in filechecker

• Fixed grammar mistake in logging

Version 1.2.0 Build 112 - 17 December 2025

Improvements

• Fixed command line help options

Version 1.2.0 Build 110 - 07 July 2025

Improvements

• Added option to change the playback speed by supplying a decimal value

• Added option to start the playback from an offset in seconds

• Added ability to playback files which have been renamed

• At the start of record/playback/filechecking, you now get the radar serial, model and basic radar configuration printed on screen

• Added a "filechecker" option. Which quickly checks the .colraw binary file for any missing FFT data

• Added ability to check for missed FFT while recording, so you know immediately if the file gets corrupt

Version 1.2.0 Build 67 - 08 December 2022

Fixes

• Fixed issue playing back a series of recorded files

Version 1.0.0 Build 35 - 19 February 2021

Improvement

• General performance improvements

Version 1.0.0 Build 24 - 29 October 2020

Improvement

• Ensured prefix cannot contain _ character

Version 1.0.0 Build 23 - 29 October 2020

Fixes

• Fixed issue with recording from Linux not playing back correctly

• Fixed issue with full filename support not working correctly on Linux

• Fixed issue with record not working on Linux

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