Information Note 2016_02 January 2016 Subject: Release of AlphaSoft V14.3 From : Development & Marketing To : Technical support team, Sales team, Lab team Information note: Release of AlphaSoft V14.3 1. Availability Alpha MOS is pleased to announce the release of the AlphaSoft V14.3 software version. The new software release is ready to be delivered with all instruments from January 18, 2016. 2. System requirements Operating system requirements: Recommended OS: Windows 7 (32 or 64 Bits) Compatible: Windows 8 Supported OS: Windows XP, Windows VISTA Not compatible with Windows 2000 and previous versions (be careful in case of updates of previous versions of AlphaSoft), not compatible with Windows 10. Third party GC & : AlphaSoft V14.3, AroChemBase V6.0 and the software package including both softwares can be used with chromatograms delivered by third party GC or. Files requirements for GC instruments: NetCDF GC files in accordance with ASTM E1947 standard (Standard Specification for Analytical Data Interchange Protocol for Chromatographic Data) & ASTM E1948 (Standard Guide for Analytical Data Interchange Protocol for Chromatographic Data) GC files from Agilent chromatographs in.csv format GC files from Dani chromatographs in.txt format File requirements for : Agilent Dani PerkinElmer Shimadzu Thermo Varian-Bruker 1 / 5
3. Content of Releases The table below lists the improvements and bug fixes: In blue: improvement of functionalities and software ergonomics In black: bug fixes AlphaSoft V14.3 Cust. Feedback # Type Description of the modification ALL INSTRUMENTS 933 Addition Control of new PAL RSI autosamplers (CTC Analytics) 987 Ergonomy Display of correlation coefficients on PLS 1031 Bug fix Building a PCA with one sample only made impossible 1033 Bug fix Building a SIMCA with one or two samples only made impossible 1035 & 1036 Bug fix Finalization of shelf life wizard translation & automatic update of the shelf life model 1062 Bug fix Risk to open AlphaSoft twice (and thus to lead to a crash) now avoided E-NOSE CTC AUTOSAMPLERS 1046 Addition ASTREE E-tongue 1058 Ergonomy FOX e-nose Possibility to add 6 trays of 2 vials 1000 ml positioned perpendicular (Y) or parallel (X) to the main axis Possibility to save the radar plot of a taste screening analysis as a colored picture 1004 Ergonomy Addition of a caption with sample name on sensors signal and radar plots 1023 Bug fix Missing points taken into account during the creation of a library in R mode 1056 Bug fix Errors in sensors curves display now fixed HERACLES II e-nose 1034 Bug fix Errors in the rename group function fixed 1043 Ergonomy Automated display of Retention Indices on chromatograms when doing a post-calibration 1049 Ergonomy Possibility to directly copy/paste the numerical results in the tables of PLS results 1054 Bug fix Analysis made impossible when the injector is not detected 1059 Addition New package now available as an option: 377 optimized and ready-to-use analytical methods integrated in the software IRIS Visual Analyzer 995 Addition Addition of the Lock if fail option in the calibration process 1051 Addition Possibility to save the picture of HCA visualization 1052 Addition Alert not to forget focus adjustment 1065 Bug fix Correction of errors in Japanese characters display 2 / 5
4. Internal diffusion & Support contact information The lab team and the technical support team of each subsidiary will receive the new releases of AlphaSoft and AroChemBase from the Alpha MOS Technical Manager. For any question, please contact: Hervé Lechat, Technical Manager Email: lechat@alpha-mos.com 3 / 5
5. Part numbers AlphaSoft V14.3 301-0110.3 FOX AlphaSoft current version for FOX E- nose 501-0035.3 GEMINI AlphaSoft current version for GEMINI E-nose 601-0020 IRIS AlphaSoft current version for IRIS Visual Analyzer 801-0135.3 ASTREE AlphaSoft current version for ASTREE E-tongue 911-0005 HERACLES II AlphaSoft current version for HERACLES II E-nose 911-0010 PR3000 AlphaSoft current version for PR3000 PE-20145 ULYS AlphaSoft current version for ULYS PE-20147 ULYS-S AlphaSoft current version for ULYS-S PE-AlphaSoftGCMV AlphaSoft current version with statistical functions for PR 2100 GC PE-ALPHASOFTGC AlphaSoft current version without statistical functions for PR 2100 GC PE-AlphaSoftSIMDIST AlphaSoft current version with simulated distillation module pour PE-AlphaSoftStat Third party GC & AlphaSoft statistical chemometry module current version for third party GC & 911-0055 HERACLES II, PR3000 Package of 377 optimized methods for HERACLES, PR3000 (current Alpha Soft vers. required) UPGRADE 051-0015 ALL AlphaSoft upgrade to the current version from all previous versions (all instruments) 051-0005 ALL 1-year software updates for Alphasoft PE-AlphaSoftStatLicence Third party GC & 1-year software updates for AlphaSoft statistical module used with third party GC & Note that with the current AlphaSoft version, the GEMINI with sampling box is not monitored anymore. Therefore, part numbers 501-0060 and 501-0065 are no longer active. AroChemBase V6.0 stand-alone module 911-0030 HERACLES - PR3000 - ULYS - AroChemBase module (current version) and related chemicals for HERACLES, PR3000, ULYS, (current Alpha Soft version required) 911-0020 Third party GC & AroChemBase stand-alone software (current version) for third party GC & UPGRADE 911-0035 HERACLES PR3000 ULYS - 051-0010 HERACLES - PR3000 - ULYS - PE-ArochembaseLicense Third party GC & AroChemBase software module upgrade from versions prior to V4 (current Alpha Soft version required) 1-year software updates for AroChemBase 1-year software update for Arochembase used with third party GC & 4 / 5
AlphaSoft V14.3 & AroChemBase V6.0 software package 911-0025 HERACLES II Software package : AlphaSoft & AroChemBase (current versions) for HERACLES II PE-20146 ULYS Software package : AlphaSoft & AroChemBase (current versions) for ULYS PE-20148 ULYS-S Software package : AlphaSoft & AroChemBase (current versions) for ULYS-S PE-AlphaSoft&AroChemBase Software package: AlphaSoft with statistical functions & AroChemBase (current versions) for PE- AlphaSoftNoStat&AroChem Base PE-AlphasoftstatArochem Software package: AlphaSoft without statistical functions & AroChemBase (current versions) for Third party GC instruments Software package : AlphaSoft with statistical functions & AroChemBase (current versions) for third party GC & GC-MS 911-0040 PR3000 Software package : AlphaSoft with gas chromatography functions & AroChemBase (current versions) for PR3000 051-0020 HERACLES PR3000 ULYS - AlphaSoft Pack Upgrade from all previous pack version (AlphaSoft + Arochembase) 051-0035 Third party GC instruments 911-0045 HERACLES PR3000 ULYS - PE- Third party GC AlphaAroChemPackLicense instruments AroChemBase stand-alone module upgrade from versions prior to V4 for third party GC 1-year software updates for AlphaSoft & AroChemBase software package for HERACLES II,, ULYS, et ULYS-S 1-year software updates for AlphaSoft & AroChemBase package for third party GC instruments Note that for a grouped order for AlphaSoft and AroChemBase, it is mandatory to order the update as a package and not 2 different part numbers. 5 / 5