3.5.151
W7 Source
3.5.150
Vessels.dat output in MMSI order to help integration with other applications
Local date format corrected
3.5.149

New Minor version(5)
3.4.149
!AIBRM,$PTHAJ,!PTHAR,$AIALR  (used by True Heading RX Pro) decoded & added to default filter
!PTHAR filtered as CRC error
$AIABM decoded except binary data & added to default filter
!__VDO & !__VDM added to default filter
Received time stamp when reading log file not always recognised [fixed]
3.4.148
Lat/Lon precision [fixed]
Versioning system for output file names introduced to resolve file name conflicts when multiple copies of AisDecoder running.
3.4.147
Not responding on exit bug in V146 [fixed]
TCP client input logon with username/password enabled
3.4.146
Comm Poll timer error (buffer overflow) changed to non fatal
Possible error 457 (Duplicate key in collection) [fixed]
3.4.145
Msg 8-367-33-10 updated
Possibility of input log file not rolling over [fixed]
Minor changes to make csv output compatible with V129 group sentences
3.4.144
If File input did not contain a NMEA encapsulated terminator (*), program could loop [fixed]
All numeric output file name caused error 5 ! [fixed]
3.4.143
Auto-Version Updater on test
Programmatical termination could fail (eg in batch file) [fixed]
Vessels.dat could lose data [fixed]
3.3.143
New version checks written to start up log
Option to suppress sentence rejection if NMEA AIS fill bits incorrect added (ask me how)
3.3.142
Terminating AisDecoder could cause "Program Not Responding" error [fixed]
3.3.141
Nmea sentence prefix with invalid time stamp caused NMEA sentence not to be processed [fixed]
3.3.140
Non existent input file caused error [fixed]
Form unloading changed
3.3.139
Static Vessel Data now cached and output with all Tagged and CSV
Note: Cached Static Data will be lost if Tags are changed
Allow non integer for number of parts in encapsulated sentence (eq 2.0000)
Licence info blacked out Win7 + only [fixed]
3.3.138
Administrator Privilege no longer required to access Options (please email me if you require this restriction)
3.2.138
Non existent Serial Port in .ini file, incorrectly caused invalid format error (could cause program crash) [fixed]
Serial port input/settings changed to use NmeaRouter api's
Serial ports no's over 16 now supported
Autobaud rate detection added
3.2.137
Output File Rollover without output file caused error [fixed]
Text string @ suppression removed (except cached vessel name)
Incorrect no of fields in VD* sentence could cause error [fixed]
3.2.136
Unix Time added in description of received time, allowing filtering by time
Msg 25,26 ambiguities in M1371-5 coding changed
3.2.135
File input did not always pause
Allow non-null nmea single part sequential ID
Option to disable OwnShip (VDO) display
Replace any nulls in sentence pre-fix
GPS sentences not always tagged correctly
3.2.134
Live website moved from NmeaRouter.com to Arundale.com
Update code re-written, to report new version when available
3.1.0.133
Font changed to fix formatting on recent windows installations
IFM 1-0 Text Telegram incorrect with Msg 25/26 [fixed]
Input filter by MMSI to added
GIS & LatLon filter re-written
3.1.0.132
MMSI definitions updated
Input filter definitions changed (nmea & dac/fi)
Input filter walk changed
TCP client timeout increased to 5 secs, before trying as server
3.1.0.131
Major performance increase now > 200k sentences per min on average PC
(dependant on complexity of output)
Support for all files larger than 2GB increased to approx to 400TerraBytes
TCP Client not always disconnecting [fixed]
Encryption of FTP password changed, will need re-entering if using an earlier version
Create Tag GUI could setup incorrect Tag [fixed]
Name of AtoN now shown as Vessel Name
7 new MID's added
3.1.0.130
User Tag name not saved from V128 [fixed]
3.1.0.129
High receive rates (> 30k sentences/min) causing errors [fixed]
Tags not synchronised when profile first loaded [fixed]
3.1.0.128
IEC Encapsulated sentences added
Large numbers of sequential CRC errors could cause crash [fixed]
Nmea log file size is limited to 2GB - WIP
3.1.0.127
Program terminates unexpectedly when Input Log File exceeded 4GB [fixed]
3.1.0.126
Overflow error, Maximum message statistics increased from 2Giga to 400Terra
Named Vessels statistic included some vessels for which name had not been received [fixed]
3.1.0.125
Provision to filter through non-NMEA sentences added
3.1.0.124
Input Filter Settings may not be saved if synchronise filter set with no tags [fixed]
Msg26 decoding changed to reflect specification change in ITU-R M.1371-5
$GPRMC decoded to assist time stamping
Deleting current .ini file could cause AisDecoder to abort [fixed]
3.1.0.123
Output all Ais message fields as CSV did not work [fixed]
Msg 8-367-33 minor field name changes
NMEA output available without using Scheduler
Range Filtering by Lat/Lon now uses vessels last known position for all AIS sentence types
Minor improvements to display windows
Cancelling selecting a file name could cause program to exit [fixed]
3.1.0.122
Enhanced identification of embedded Time Stamps
3.1.0.121
Nmea sentences $--TXT and $--ALR parsed out & error code descriptions reported
Nmea esc ^ handled
3.1.0.120
ExactEarth Comment block Group Parameter-Code parsing bug [fixed]
Bad MID could cause program to crash [fixed]
3.1.0.119
Shell on Output File Close function added to enable another program to process the output file
(Please backup any user created initialisation files created prior to V118)
3.1.0.118
Significant changes to Initialisation File formats (Input Filter and Field Tags)
Default and all sample initialisation files changed, to support fast MMSI input filter
Individual fields on any type of NMEA sentence may now be tagged.
Tags for AIS payload fields common to all AIS payloads (Msg Type, MMSI & repeat) in
    addition to received time no longer need specifying for individual AIS message types
Time Stamps now also displayed and also taggable in unix time format
Support for $PGHP sentence encapsulation
Bug in multi-part sentence payload re-combiner when part1 missing, fixed
Changed links and email contact to new web server
3.1.0.117
Major re-write of non-AIS NMEA sentence and Comment Block handling
    Tags on NMEA sentence fields and Comment Block parameters now allowed
    Duplicated Field Tags purged
    Synchronisation of Input Filter to Output Tags now handles NMEA sentence tags
    More support for unix style Time Stamps
    Sentences prefixed with Time Stamps can be tagged.
Multiple sentence delimiters on File Input could cause duplicated output [fixed]
Output File could be overwritten with "No Data" on file closure [fixed]
Enumeration of serial ports now same as NmeaRouter
3.1.0.116
Output of bit map in ASM 6/8-1-22 for debugging (temporary)
Test DAC 0 May be mapped to a User specified DAC (email me for how to do this)
Enumeration of Serial Ports could fail with More data available [fixed]
3.1.0.115   
If no filtered data since last scheduled output, output file will contain "No Data"
If Time To Live is 0, all filtered data received since last scheduled will be output
If no data received since last scheduled, scheduler will still run
Auto-detection of TCP Client/Server improved
3.1.0.114
Asynchronous user message display implemented
Detect NMEA sentence delimiter error
Split TCP sentences re-assembled
If TCP Client fails, TCP server is attempted
3.1.0.113
!**VDO sets MyShip position and range
Input filter by range from MyShip
3.1.0.112
Passive FTP now the default client
3.1.0.111
ASM 1-31 minor decoding errors [fixed]
Allow Dot in FTP directory name
3.1.0.110
FTP could time out if server login was very slow [fixed]
Zip using GE Overlay could fail [fixed]
Range Filter not always applied with NMEA Output [fixed]
Suppress Template Output if no tags replaced
3.1.0.109       
If CSV field contains delimiter and double-quote ("), escapes double-quote with double-quote ("") RFC4180
ASM 367/33 added (13Aug2012 replaces ASM 366/33)
Precision field added to ASM 366/33 (V1.5 12Apr11-1May13)
ASM 366 defaults corrected
3.1.0.108
Enumeration of COM ports on start up could cause error [fixed]
3.1.0.107   
Incorrectly formatted initialisation file could cause error on start up [fixed]
3.1.0.106
Attempts auto-detection of Serial Baud rate
Slow serial data could be lost during reset [fixed]
Serial Input buffer terminator identifier must be <CR><LF>
3.1.0.104
Type error possible with invalid Nmea format of !AI sentence [fixed]
If only one serial port - option not enabled, problem introduced in V103 [fixed]
3.1.0.103
Overflow error at very high message rates > 60,000/min [fixed]
Enumeration of PC Serial ports changed
3.1.0.102
Characters prior to $ or ! are not removed if NMEA is Output
3.1.0.101
!AIVDO added as filter option
Special Tag nmea_lat and nmea_lon created to reformat lat/lon in GPS format
CSV header prefixed with ~ to enable Excel to distinguish between header and data
Spoofing of $GPHDT & $GPRMC tags from !AIVDM
3.1.0.100
Undecoded Binary Hex output base incorrect [Fixed]
$GPGGA with null time field caused Error 13 [Fixed]
3.1.0.99
Optionally Allow User without Administrator rights to Edit Options
Property error on start-up [fixed]
Changing installation folder could cause file not found error [fixed]
3.1.0.98
If PC had no serial ports connected, decoder failed to load [fixed]
DBCS (Japanese) in date format could cause decoder to stop [fixed]
Timing issue could cause partial sentence loss on serial input [fixed]
3.1.0.97 
IEC 61162 Comment Block parsed and parameter values output
3.1.0.96
IEC Comment Block Stripped out
3.1.0.95
Msg type 25 could cause decoder to stop [fixed]
3.1.0.94
DAC 1, FI 31 Meteorolgical and Hydrographic Data decoded 
3.1.0.93
Time at midnight output to log file was blank [fixed]
3.1.0.92
Binary Message 8 with no data could cause AisDecoder to stop [fixed]
GoogleEarth scaled closeup of vessels
3.1.0.90
Occasional overflow error on file rollover [fixed]
Now accepts all talker ID's defined in IEC 62320-1 as valid AIS sentences
3.1.0.89
Changes to scheduling to allow local processing while upload in progress
Changes to try to ensure web server does not serve a partial file, if big.
3.1.0.87
TCP input option added
Default CSV separator is changed to | if decimal separator is comma (European)
3.1.0.86
Complete rewrite of FTP upload module
New FTP Window added to make user debugging of website upload problems easier
3.1.0.85
KMZ Zip DLL not extracted by installer in some Windows versions
FTP status added at bottom of Control/Stats window
Local Time Zone description truncated if very long [fixed]
FTP upload could fail if password contained multi-lingual characters [fixed]
3.1.0.84
FTP upload could fail if output file name contained spaces [fixed]
Minor change to Google Earth Template
Help last updated at V83
3.1.0.83
Time now logged as UTC
Optional display of file locations & names
Major rewrite of file handling
Output files may be rolled over to a new name daily (if not scheduled)
3.1.0.82
Now decodes !BSVDM and !BSVDO messages
Option to output a CSV header added
Temperature decode error fixed
!AIVDO messages not always being accepted by input filter fixed
Various Google Earth issues fixed
3.1.0.79
Bug fixes to v76-8 Cached Vessel Names
3.1.0.76
Saves vessel names between sessions.
Checks an startup and every hour to see if a new update is available (if enabled).
Another fix to settings not being saved.
Minor changes to stats display.
3.1.0.75
Another internationalisationissue causing some settings not to be saved fixed.
3.1.0.74
Minor performance enhancements.
Startup log file now created.
Internationalisation (language) problem could cause Path not found error on startup fixed.
Badly formatted messages very occasionally could cause program to crash now fixed.
Serial Input settings not always retained fixed.
3.1.0.73
Further changes to example files and transfer to User Accounts.
3.1.0.72
Sample Initialisation files updated
3.1.0.71
Help file updated
New option to output CSV heading added
Sample Excel initialisation file added
Help now includes details on how to configure Google Earth for Automatic updates.
Output display options moves to Control/stats window
Not retaining settings on Msg 24 Class B fixed
Not retaining Input source fixed
3.1.0.70 
User defined date/time formats for output added
Time stamp format now uses PC's locale setting
Command line option to force initialisation fileadded
HTML Character substitution split between UDP and File output
Not all sample initialisation files had been included with the setup distribution
Help updated - spnmea added, several issues clarified (I hope!)
3.1.0.69
When ALL fields were output as CSV, NMEA sentences that were not !AIVDM or !AIVDO were not being output. Fields are now output exactly the same as the rows in column 2 on the detail display. This differs from the column order in Version 68.
Problem with NMEA GPS tags and synchronisation fixed.
3.1.0.68
    Help File
There is now a "Windows Style" help file (AisDecoder.chm), which is downloaded on installation to your Program Files directory. When press the Help button, you will be using this file. The new Help can be viewed independently of AisDecoder by locating this file and clicking on it.The Web Help File is out of date, but still on the Web Site for users who are using older versions (access from download page).
Installer now checks to ensure AisDecoder is not running prior to installing a later version
3.1.0.67
There are some incompatible changes with previous versions.
The installed executable is now named AisDecoder - not AisDecoder_V3.
The installation executable is now AisDecoder_setup_3.1.0.67.exe (and will change with each version).
    Downloading New Versions
I have changed the complete download mechanism to
1.    To try and make it more robust
2.    To create a unique install executable file with each version
3.    To as far as is possible allow multiple users on the same PC to have their own settings files
4.    Removed the Automatic Download of new versions.
On start-up AisDecoder will (if there is an internet connection) check if there is a later version.
If so, it will enable the Update button on the Control/Stats window (the Update text will cease to be "greyed out").
On clicking the Update button AisDecoder will close and your browser will start with the release notes. Having read the notes, you should click the link on the Release Notes to go to the Download page.
You cannot install AisDecoder unless you have Administrator privileges.
    Sample and Settings Files
For AisDecoder to start, it must have a valid initialisation file (.ini).
The current user's files are kept in the "Current User" profile.
There are a number of Sample or Example files to demonstrate some of the possible options. These are explained in Help.
    Other Changes
Any user who is not an Administrator, will not be able to access the Options Window so can only change settings on the Control/Stats Window, cannot save these settings and will not be prompted to save changes on exit.
If the Input Window was clicked, when no input sentences displayed, AisDecoder stopped. This has been fixed.
The Decoder will now output all decoded value fields as CSV, if CSV output is selected and NO field Tags are selected.
The sample file CsvAll.ini is preset to do this.
The Ouput format is:-
Received Timestamp (if it exists) , Vessel Name (blank if not received) , NMEA Payload field , Delimited Decoded Payload Fields.
The order in which the Delimited Decoded Payload Fields are output is the same as in the Detail Window.
KMZ output files are now supported for Google Earth. Just name the output file *.KMZ
Msg 21 (AtoN), if there is a name extension, the decoder now displays in the Detail Window the number of fill bits (if any).
If the Payload within a NMEA AIS message is too short to hold all the required bits to decode the whole message, the number of bits short are displayed at the bottom of the detail window. Any fields past the actual payload length will have all bits set to 0 (zero).
When you exit the program, if you have not saved your settings & they have changed, you will be prompted to save them. This will not happen for non-administrators as they cannot save their settings anyway.
If an AIS NMEA sentence had a valid CRC but insufficent words Ais Decoder could crash, this is now reported as an error.
    Profiles
If you are the only user on your PC and you installed AisDecoder you do not need to worry about Profiles.
When the Ais Decoder Setup program downloaded user file files (including sample files) are now placed into the "All Users" profile.
The first time AisDecoder is run by any user, all files currently existing in  "\All Users\Application Data\Arundale\AisDecoder" are copied to "Current User\Application Data\Arundale\AisDecoder". This will include all the above list of sample files as well as any additional files the Administrator may have placed in the All Users profile.
Although the Current User does have access to their own files, by default, files in \Application Data\ are hidden, unless you are an Administrator.
If the current user requires directory access to any of the AisDecoder folders or files, create a shortcut in the user's "My Documents".
After re-installing a new version of AisDecoder (or you have Adminstrator priviledge), when you first run the new version, you will be prompted as to whether you require any of the above sample files which differ from those in your own profile, being overwriten.
If you are not an administrator, they will be overwritten anyway.
The first time a user runs a new version, default.ini is always overwritten in the Current Users profile.
The uninstaller will only remove the downloaded files (in All Users), the "Current User" files will be automatically removed if you delete the "Current User" profile.
3.1.0.66
Code to output fill bits when added at the end of variable length messages to fill message to next 8 bit boundary has been re-written, to correctly decode when fill bits are tagged. This is used by message 20 (Shore Station Data Link Management).
Note a significant no of shore stations transmit incorrect message length.
An Out of memory error fixed, caused by under certain circumstances a Microsoft size limit being exceeded.
An occasional Subscript error fixed.
There were a number of problems in the decoding of the Communications State, due to the variability of the bit positions. I believe the decoding is now correct. Some shore stations appear to transmit incorrect data, for example Next Slot Offset of 2250 - the maximum permitted slot is 2249 (these may be test transmissions).
3.1.0.65
The MMSI decoding has been split into MMSI and MID
The MMSI description is the type of MMSI (for example Shore Station, SART etc)
The MID description is the Country.
Where the MMSI does not contain a MID (for example SART) ,the MID is output as 0 (not blank).
3.1.0.64
The special Tag <IconHeading> will output 511 if neither COG or HDG is available.
Internal changes to scheduled output, speed improvement of about 30%.
3.1.0.63