Release Info
Release Info
Release Info
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Internal Versions
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Firmware Version: 2.0.0.13865 (2018 07 06)
Virtual Calculator Version: 2.0.0.13865 (2018 07 06)
Connectivity Kit: 2.0.0.13865 (2018 07 06)
Description
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This maintenance release of the Prime Calculator firmware and associated PC
software delivers fixes to outstanding issues. This document is not a complete list
of all changes, but highlights specific items. All users of the HP Prime calculator
are encouraged to upgrade for the best possible experience.
Please back up your calculator before the update. Any existing data on the device
may be wiped during the update process.
For example:
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/calculators/Prime/HP_Prime_Connectivity_Kit_20180706.exe
changes to
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/calculators/Prime/HP_Prime_Connectivity_Kit_20180706.msi
You may also need to deploy the x86 version of the Visual Studio 2013 c++
redistributable (vcredist_x86.exe - https://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/download/details.aspx?id=40784) if not present in your existing school
deployments.
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Previous Versions
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Date Released: 2018/02/12
Internal Versions
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Firmware Version: 2018 02 12 (13441)
Virtual Calculator Version: 2018 02 12 (13441)
Connectivity Kit: 2018 02 12 (13441)
Description
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This release of the Prime Calculator firmware and associated PC software delivers
significant new features and fixes outstanding issues. This document is not a
complete list of all changes, but highlights specific items. All users of the HP
Prime calculator are encouraged to upgrade for the best possible experience.
Please back up your calculator before the update. Any existing data on the device
may be wiped during the update process.
Internal Versions
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Firmware Version: 2018 01 24 (13333)
Virtual Calculator Version: 2018 01 24 (13333)
Connectivity Kit: 2018 01 24 (13333)
Description
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This release of the Prime Calculator firmware and associated PC software delivers
significant new features and fixes outstanding issues. This document is not a
complete list of all changes, but highlights specific items. All users of the HP
Prime calculator are encouraged to upgrade for the best possible experience.
Please back up your calculator before the update. Any existing data on the device
may be wiped during the update process.
Graph 3D:
1. Symbolic view:
a. Enter up to 10 definitions for Z as a function of X and Y
2. Plot view:
a. Use touch screen to view plots from different positions
b. Plot multiple surfaces simultaneously to see how they relate to each other
c. Choose surface coloring options to bring out features of plots
i. Top / Bottom: allows shading to communicate shape without
distraction
ii. Checkerboard: emphasizes connection between surface shape and X / Y
coordinates
iii. Elevation: emphasizes Z connection between surface shape and Z
coordinate.
iv. Slope: reveals X / Y partial derivative features of surface - such
as minima, maxima, and saddle points
d. Surface coloring options can be controlled via Plot Setup and, for quick
changes, via the Plot view's contextual menu
e. Change function definitions while in the plot view to see how surfaces
depend on constants
3. Plot Setup
a. Change grid size to trade off calculation speed against quality of visual
results
Finance App:
1. New Financial Calculations supported:
a. Interest Conversion
b. Date Calculations
c. Cash flow calculations
d. Depreciation calculations
e. Break-even calculations
f. Percent change calculations
g. Bond calculations
h. Black-Scholes calculations
2. Plot views for TVM and Cashflows
3. Table based depreciation and cashflow calculations
Explorer app:
1. Replaces existing 3 explorer apps
2. Allows exploration of:
a. Linear
b. Quadratic
c. Cubics
d. Exponential
e. Logarithmic
f. Trigonometric
3. Explore using a familiar interface shared with the Function app
a. Touch and manipulate graphs directly
b. View tables of values
c. Directly edit expressions and see changes.
d. Calculate table of variations directly
6. User key defines have been repositioned in the key handling process. They now
will be done FIRST before anything else
a. Now all keys can be defined except SHIFT button, OFF and USER key.
b. Returning -1 will do NO operation in user key definition.
c. Returning -2 or less will perform default key behavior.
d. Be careful with your key definitions or you may hide some system
functionality unintentionally
7. Internal color has been reworked to use 32 bit color. This means images as
backgrounds will look nicer and gradients will look nicer. Programmer will
appreciated the rework to make sure all ALPHA information for drawing commands
behaves consistently.
8. ROTATE command upgraded to allow rotation of GROB objects.
9. Added the ability for small plots in Home/CAS history to display fullscreen
using the "Show" menu key
10. Added useful information from AProgram and Programs variables to provide
information on compilation failures to programmer if needed
11. Greatly enhanced toolbox catalog
a. Catalog now adds user items, CAS functions, and app functions
b. Search indicator highlights search capability better
c. Info icon allows viewing of total number of defined functions and
useful information
d. App functions are visible with application icon in choose next to
function name
12. Added a variable catalog that lists all system variables. Look and feel
similar to new function catalog.
13. Removed Finance function "DoFinance( )" as it was no longer useful. Other
similar functions in other apps (such as DoInference, Do1VStats, LinSolve) are
scheduled for deprecation in a future release
14. Improved help for programming and drawing commands by creating example
programs showing utilization. These may also be used as a template for new programs
created through the program catalog
15. New "Empty" application.
a. This is meant to be for programmers to make stand alone applications
that do not reuse any existing app views
b. HP recommends using this app type if you are creating a brand new app
c. Access the "Empty" app by saving a copy of the existing app, and
picking "None" as your base app type
16. Added support for more standard derivative form in Function app
17. Improved graphing of continuous functions in the Function app to improve
graphing of vertical asymptotes
18. Added ability to do multiple implicit differentiation - ex:
implicit_diff(x^2+y^2-5,x,y,2)
19. Added SUPPRESS and INSERT commands for list/matrix/vect/string. Also added new
CAS "insert" command
20. Added a new date picker through system in places where dates are asked as
input. Added CHOOSEDATE user command to get date input in HPPPL.
21. Added two new spreadsheet app functions - ClearCell and CellHasData
22. CAS random number generator changed to use meserene twister
23. Added →Qπ function and modified the [a b/c] key in Home to cycle through this
value first, then PDQ fraction, then mixed fraction, then back to decimal.
24. Modifed WAIT(0) to not time out at 60s, but timeout 100ms before TOff auto
power off time.
25. Added a new command QPI and bound to the home [a b/c] key. Allows finding
rational ratios of a/b, c/d*sqrt(a/b), a/b*pi, etc.
Internal Versions
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Firmware Version: 2016 08 29 (10637)
Virtual Calculator Version: 2016 08 29 (10637)
Connectivity Kit: 2016 08 29 (10637)
Description
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This maintenance release of the Prime Calculator firmware and associated PC
software delivers fixes to outstanding issues. This document is not a complete list
of all changes, but highlights specific items. All users of the HP Prime calculator
are encouraged to upgrade for the best possible experience.
Please back up your calculator before the update. Any existing data on the device
may be wiped during the update process.
Internal Versions
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Firmware Version: 2016 04 14 (10077)
Virtual Calculator Version: 2016 04 14 (10077)
Connectivity Kit: 2016 04 14 (10077)
Description
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This release of the Prime Calculator firmware and associated PC software delivers
significant new features and fixes outstanding issues. This document is not a
complete list of all changes, but highlights specific items. All users of the HP
Prime calculator are encouraged to upgrade for the best possible experience.
Please back up your calculator before the update. Any existing data on the device
will be wiped during the update process.
Internal Versions
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Firmware Version: 2015 06 17 (8151)
Virtual Calculator Version: 2015 06 17 (8151)
Connectivity Kit: 2015 06 17 (8151)
Description
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This maintenance release of the Prime Calculator firmware and associated PC
software delivers fixes to outstanding issues. This document is not a complete list
of all changes, but highlights specific items. All users of the HP Prime calculator
are encouraged to upgrade for the best possible experience.
Internal Versions
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Firmware Version: 2015 04 27 (7820)
Virtual Calculator Version: 2015 04 27 (7820)
Connectivity Kit: 2015 04 27 (7820)
Description
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This release of the Prime Calculator firmware and associated PC software delivers
significant new features and fixes outstanding issues. This document is not a
complete list of all changes, but highlights specific items. All users of the HP
Prime calculator are encouraged to upgrade for the best possible experience.
Statistics 1 Variable:
1. Symbolic view improvements:
a. Adds plot types:
i Control
ii Dot
iii Steam and leaf
iv Pie
b. Box and whisker selection of outlier inclusion
c. Non-integer frequency
2. Plot view improvements:
a. Plots of various types may be displayed
b. Transparency used for color fill
3. Numerical view improvements:
a. Creation of additional columns beyond D1-D0
b. Ability to rename columns
c. Allows up to 10000 numbers per column
d. Better selection, movement and operations for editing
Statistics 2 Variable:
1. Symbolic view improvements:
a. Adds med-med regression
b. Adds frequency definition
c. Adds more plot mark options and color selection
2. Plot view improvements:
a. Fit disabled by default
3. Numerical view improvements:
a. Creation of additional columns beyond C1-C0
b. Ability to rename columns
c. Allows up to 10000 numbers per column
d. Better selection, movement and operations for editing
Inference:
1. Symbolic view improvements:
a. Adds 1 way ANOVA
2. Plot view improvements:
a. Plot view now exists for all calculation types
Function:
1. Plot view improvements:
a. Ability to pinch/zoom in the X direction only or Y direction only
b. Ability to sketch a function directly of the types exp, ln, sin, x^2, linear
Internal Versions
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Firmware Version: 2014 12 03 (6975)
Virtual Calculator Version: 2014 12 03 (6975)
Connectivity Kit: 2014 12 03 (6975)
Description
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This release of the Prime Calculator firmware and associated PC software delivers
significant new features and fixes outstanding issues. This document is not a
complete list of all changes, but highlights specific items. All users of the HP
Prime calculator are encouraged to upgrade for the best possible experience.
Internal Versions
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Firmware Version: 2014 07 02 (6031)
Virtual Calculator Version: 2014 03 31 (6031)
Connectivity Kit: 2014 03 31 (6026)
Description
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This release of the HP Prime Graphing Calculator firmware addresses issues related
to sensor detection when using the HP StreamSmart 410 (NW278AA). Only the Prime
Data Streamer application on the calculator has changed. The Virtual Calculator and
Connectivity Kit have not changed.
Backward Compatibility
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This release only applies to the HP Prime Graphing Calculator (G8X92AA) and
StreamSmart 410 (NW278AA). There is complete backward compatibility.
Target Customer
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This release is for customers using the HP StreamSmart 410 (NW278AA). This is an
optional release for customers who are not using the HP StreamSmart 410 (NW278AA).
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Internal Versions
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Firmware Version: 2014 03 31 (6030)
Virtual Calculator Version: 2014 03 31 (6031)
Connectivity Kit: 2014 03 31 (6026)
Description
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This release of the Prime Calculator firmware and associated PC software delivers
significant new features and fixes outstanding issues. This document is not a
complete list of all changes, but highlights specific items. All users of the HP
Prime calculator are encouraged to upgrade for the best possible experience.
Backward Compatibility
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There is limited backward compatibility between this and earlier releases.
Older Prime hardware (Revision A) does support this release, however the wireless,
unit-to-unit, and data streamer functionality is not supported on earlier models.
In the Help->About HP Prime screen the hardware revision will be displayed along
with software version information. Mixing and matching software revisions is not
encouraged and may cause unexpected results. Users are strongly encouraged to first
backup their calculators with the older firmware and Connectivity Kit - then
upgrade all their calculator software (firmware, Connectivity Kit, and Virtual
Calculator). Upgrade the Connectivity kit first, before upgrading your calculator
firmware. This order will produce the best experience.
The geometry application and inference have received significant updates and
earlier data files will not be compatible. Old data files from earlier revisions
will not load and and a new empty data file will overwrite the old one.
Due to some specific issues resolved, certain user programs may not run on the new
system without changes first. Specifically, any commands with the Σ character in
the name may need to be corrected to use the correct sigma character. Function
variables will now also error if the function parameter is using a reserved system
function name (example: SIN or COLOR). Additionally, the TRIANGLE commands were
modified to allow TRIANGLE, LINE and FILLPOLY to share similar data and syntax to
enable easier creation of complex 3D drawings
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Internal Versions
Firmware Version: 2013 11 25 (5447)
Emulator Version: 2013 11 25 (5447)
Connectivity Kit: 2013 11 25 (5442)
Description
This is a defect fix release of the HP Prime firmware, emulator, and connectivity
kit. The specific fixes are listed in the table below. There were a number of
stability, on-calculator help and memory usage improvements not listed in the
table.
Backward Compatibility
This release of the Connectivity Kit is backward compatible with the HP Prime 1.0
firmware. However, some unexpected results may occur sending data from the
Calculator to the Connectivity Kit when using prior versions. HP recommends that
you upgrade your calculator to the matching 1.0.1 version of the firmware for best
results.
Release Notes
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Removed unused "Method" variable in advanced graphed.
Resolved issue with OTHER box display in help catalog.
Resolved issue with Gamma function in degrees mode.
Resolved problem with WAIT(0) on PC emulator and PC keyboard.
Resolved issue with cursor position in CAS while using |x| template.
Resolved problem with INPUT help line not adding a space before variable name.
Resolved potential problem while editing function inside advanced graphed plot
view.
Changed EDITLIST and EDITMAT to work with user defined variables.
Resolved issue with unit not waking after USB connection.
Resolved issue with Base menu key not working in RPN mode.
Resolved issues with running spreadsheet in RPN mode.
In RPN mode, symb screen and dialogs will now add ' 'automatically if symbolic
input is required.
Assorted improvements and corrections in on-calc help.
Pressing ENTER will now open chooser in a dialog, or toggle checkbox.
Improved memory use when calling a CAS function with local variables inside a user
program.
Added calendar in corner popup. Click on battery, then time to access.
Resolved issue with list editor and larger items.
Resolved issue with entering a complex number into a real matrix in the matrix
editor.
Increased terminal character count limit.
Help in data streamer views now linked to on-calc help entry.
Pressing HELP in chars, templates, and math character menu now linked to on-calc
help.
Improved fraction toggle with complex numbers.
Improved note sending to multiple units.
Resolved issue where formatting was lost in app info screen.
Integrals such as sin(x)*ln(x) return results using special integral functions
Si(x) and Ci(x).
Improved display of units with very high powers.
Removed limit on numerical SIGMA function.
Resolved issue where START app customization function did not always run on
application start.
Pasting in a very large piece of text could sometimes cause the emulator to crash.
"Connect To" menu added in emulator allowing user to specify which device will
receive communication links.
Added Si and Ei into help tree.
Exported variables not always initialized in some cases.
"1234"[n] now works to access a specific character in a string with no memory copy.
Matrix declarations in programs allow local variable usage.
MAKEMAT now works with complex matrices.
Ans(n) to get access to prior results.
WAIT(-1) will also be interruptible by a screen touch event.
Added display of remaining time in exam mode to exam password screen.
Many improvements and enhancements to CAS.
Resolved issue with list/matrix editor and larger items. Improved conversion from
real to a complex numerical matrix inside editor.
Added new graphical commands FILLPOLY and TRIANGLE.
Added INTERSECT and DIFFERENCE list commands.
Improved drawing of F1-F0 items in CAS view.
Fixed issue with STARTVIEW not causing redraw in some situations.
Added numerical .+ and .- commands.
Changed matrix limit to 20000 items, and list limit to 10000 items.
Resolved issue with SHIFT-UP/DOWN in the symb screen.
Resolved issues with user app programs.
Resolved issue with using ?<command> in the CAS screen.
Renamed finance PMTV variable to more standard PMT naming.
Using "to" in solver could conflict with built in command word.
Added ability to specify start of row/column header in spreadsheet from a program.
Resolved issue with string REPLACE command.
Resolved issue with DMS values not having ' or " for some numbers.
Improved memory use while calling function app AREA command.
Improved IFERR to work when no ELSE clause defined.
Improved the templates and entry of matrices to support use of (,) decimal mode.
Resolved issue where a user program that brings up the terminal could cause a crash
in the program catalog.
Improved memory use in deeply recursive user functions.
Updated units to use NIST2010 values. Units now also show in menu when VALUE is not
selected.
Resolved issue with MKSA and _mol unit.
Improved rendering of characters on hardware. Improved J character.
Resolved issue where having more then 10 arguments did not have enough boxes in
DEBUG/RUN dialogs.
Resolved issues with ITERATE command.
Resolved issue where program arguments >16 did not error with CHECK.
Resolved issue with exact(1e14) not returning correct value.
Resolved issue with CASE having more then 126 levels.
Resolved issue where the CAS would create strange variables such as x*y.
Resolved issue with many apps disabled using exam mode, the APPS screen could draw
strangely.
Disabled ability to move app position while in exam mode.
Resolved issue in RPN mode, which prevented entry of a complex in the 1i-1 form.
Resolved issue where USIMPLIFY did not handle case where all units cancelled.
Resolved issue where diff command in graphed could cause a crash.
Resolved situation where pressing APPS could crash the calculator.