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LabChart 8 offers a range of data recording and analysis or analysis only licence options. Find out more.

 

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Within the Welcome Centre of LabChart, you will be provided with a helpful getting started Tutorial with tips and tricks to help get you up and running quickly.

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  • Expand and deepen your knowledge of data acquisition and analysis with LabChart 8 through our online training course. Find out more

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Our range of interactive, hands-on courses and workshops reduce on-boarding time, and work to increase efficiency and output, helping you achieve your education and research aims, faster.

Online Training Course

Expand and deepen your knowledge of data acquisition and analysis with LabChart 8 through our online training course.

 

An ideal resource for those wishing to learn in their own time and pace, or looking for an option to train lab staff when social distancing is in place. This course is an online version of our 2-day in person training option via our own active learning educational platform, Lt. Course content includes:

  • Data acquisition basics
  • Filtering and smoothing
  • Using Chart, Scope and Spectrum Views
  • Advanced analysis features, such as Macros and Arithmetic
  • Training on each of the LabChart Pro advanced modules

A comprehensive and interactive way to unlock the meaning of your data.

Each lesson contains:

  • Learning objectives
  • Technique / feature overviews
  • Video-directed exercises with demo files
  • Interactive questions and answers

This option is currently available in North America, South America, UK, and the EU. If you are interested in further details or access to this course, please fill out the form below and we will be in touch.

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LabChart 8.1.30 (Win)

Fixes

  • Computers with recent Intel graphics drivers will now correctly load past the LC8 splash screen.

LabChart 8.1.30 (Mac)

Fixes

  • Closing a document while in fullscreen mode will no longer cause a crash.

  • Closing a Chart view tab will no longer cause a crash.

  • Adjusting the drag scale in Scope view will no longer cause a crash.

LabChart 8.1.29 (Mac)

Fixes

  • Closing the Scope Comment Mode Settings or Scope Event Mode Settings dialogs no longer crashes the application on MacOS Sonoma.

LabChart 8.1.28 (Win)

Fixes

  • C Series Instrument Interfaces no longer have a small DC offset up to 50uV on certain units.
  • Spikes at the beginning of blocks no longer occur with C Series Instrument Interfaces.
  • Improved power handling on PowerLab C ports.

LabChart 8.1.27 (Win)

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where with certain regional settings, input options weren’t being applied for C Series Instrument Interfaces & Front End Interfaces.
  • Fixed an issue where the Preset Comments window would disappear when switching layouts.

Improvements

  • Added support in Macros for deleting data while sampling in monitor mode.

LabChart 8.1.27 (Mac)

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where with certain regional settings, input options weren’t being applied for C Series Instrument Interfaces & Front End Interfaces.
  • Fixed an issue where flatline data wasn’t drawing correctly on macOS Sonoma.

LabChart 8.1.26 (Mac)

Fixes

  • The time axis in various views is no longer vertically inverted on macOS 14 Sonoma.
  • Timer based sampling triggers no longer wait indefinitely in certain configurations.
  • Datapad column settings now has correct title text. 

Known Issues

  • On macOS 14 Sonoma installations, there is a performance issue when viewing large datasets in the chartview.
  • On macOS 14 Sonoma installations with M1/M2 Macs, there is a drawing issue where samples are sometimes not displayed in the chartview. Right-clicking on the channel and selecting 'Show points as dots' may fix this.

    Another release is planned to resolve these issues imminently.

LabChart 8.1.25 (Win)

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue when using a Front End Interface in conjunction with a stimulator, the stimulator would stop stimulating for 5 minutes at the end of every hour.
  • Fixed an issue where Digital Inputs on 26 series PowerLabs would not behave as expected when driven from a macro.
  • Fixed an issue where the pH Amp in conjunction with a C Series Front End Interface would not apply the correct gain range.
  • Fixed an issue where 5 Amp USB-C cables would be limited to 3 Amps with the C Series PowerLab C.
  • Fixed a sub-ms stream delay compensation error when using different sampling rates on the C Series Interfaces.
  • Fixed an issue where the C Series Front End Interface could drop power to some Front Ends in edge-case circumstances.
  • Fixed an edge case LabChart data storage saving issue.
  • Fixed a rare crash that could occur during device scan when the Gas Analyzer was attached to a C Series Front End Interface.
  • Fixed a rare issue that could cause minor data loss during disc buffer recovery.
  • Fixed a rare issue that would cause a crash when saving while sampling to a very large data file.

LabChart 8.1.25 (Mac)

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue when using a Front End Interface in conjunction with a stimulator, the stimulator would stop stimulating for 5 minutes at the end of every hour.
  • Fixed an issue where Digital Inputs on 26 series PowerLabs would not behave as expected when driven from a macro.
  • Fixed an issue where the pH Amp in conjunction with a C Series Front End Interface would not apply the correct gain range.
  • Fixed an issue where 5 Amp USB-C cables would be limited to 3 Amps with the C Series PowerLab C.
  • Mac Only - Fixed crashes around the welcome centre.
  • Fixed a sub-ms stream delay compensation error when using different sampling rates on the C Series Interfaces.
  • Fixed an issue where the C Series Front End Interface could drop power to some Front Ends in edge-case circumstances.
  • Fixed an edge case LabChart data storage saving issue.
  • Fixed a rare crash that could occur during device scan when the Gas Analyzer was attached to a C Series Front End Interface.
  • Mac Only - Fixed an issue where the marker channel was disabled for legacy PowerLabs.
  • Fixed a rare issue that could cause minor data loss during disc buffer recovery.
  • Fixed a rare issue that would cause a crash when saving while sampling to a very large data file.

LabChart 8.1.24 (Mac)

Fixes

  • Fixes an issue where the C Series Front End Interface wouldn’t detect certain front ends such as the Spirometer on particular USB-C ports