Release Notes

Version 3.18 Hotfix 8

February 24, 2026

Added:

  • [Auto Scoring] A validation for not scoring experiments with LCP and microfluidic plates.

  • Security authentication and a refresh token to existing ROCK MAKER API.

  • Configurable API security.

  • [ROCK IMAGER-ROCK MAKER Integration] A warning message to the installation or upgrade wizard to verify the ROCK IMAGER Version 4 compatibility before continuing the process.

Improved:

  • [Batchload Experiment] The warning message when failing to upload a CSV file.

  • Application security by updating the outdated NSIS plugin version.

Changed:

  • [Setup] [Global Preferences] [General Properties] The default for Send MARCO status emails to support field from disabled to enabled.

  • [Image Management Task] The behavior to allow saving a deletion task with excluded First Inspection or Last Inspection.

Fixed:

  • An error when incorrectly placing a parent item in its child using drag and drop.

  • [Screen Import] An intermittent error when clicking Next Conflict after selecting Use substitute ingredient during a screen import.

  • [Experiment Page] An error while flicking through images in the Compare menu.

  • [Auto Scoring] The incorrect warning message when sending visible images for auto scoring.

  • [Batchload Experiment] The unapplied drop volume from the CSV file to the Batchload Experiment Wizard.

  • An error when searching for non-existent images in the image storage.

  • An error when generating Well and Experiment Reports with various concentrations.

  • [MARCO] ROCK MAKER unresponsiveness with an unreachable auto scoring virtual machine.

  • An intermittent error when closing any nodes right after opening them.

  • An error when dragging a protein from the Explorer to a loading experiment.

  • An intermittent error when opening multiple items simultaneously.

  • The intermittently corrupted UserSettings.config file due to unexpected application shutdowns, system crashes, and disk errors.

  • [Setup] [Global Preferences] [Label Printing Properties] The failure to save an experiment when the Barcode: System name system property was invalid.

  • The API exposing supposed to be hidden protein formulations.

  • [Licensing] The truncated Terminate Session and Quit buttons in the Session Termination dialog box on computers with OS text scaling above 100%.

  • An error when calling certain endpoints due to an invalid format.

  • [Canvas] [Design View] The automatically closed Add Ingredient panel when releasing the mouse after selecting an ingredient.

Version 3.18 Hotfix 7

September 23, 2025

Added:

  • New endpoints to the ROCK MAKER API, including one to retrieve protein formulations.

Fixed:

[ROCK MAKER-ROCK IMAGER Integration]

  • The processing of broken images by adding image integrity validation.

  • The failure to send images to the ROCK MAKER storage.

Version 3.18 Hotfix 6

July 23, 2025

Added:

  • [Auto Scoring] Support for Sherlock 3 and Sherlock 3.1 autoscoring models to the ROCK MAKER Server.

Changed:

  • [Auto Scoring] The auto scoring behavior to only queue images with visible lightpath.

Fixed:

  • [Experiment Report] An intermittent error when clicking Experiment, Well, and Single Drop Report buttons of an imaged experiment.

  • [RockMaker Server] Repeated scoring attempts of a deleted image.

  • [Auto Scoring] The unremoved ultraviolet lightpath images from the scoring queue.

  • [Imaging Settings] The failure to delete a formerly in use imaging setting from the Imaging Settings dialog box.

  • The failure to delete a user formerly logged in to ROCK MAKER Version 4 from ROCK MAKER Version 3.

  • [ROCK MAKER Server] Repeated scoring attempts of a corrupted image.

Version 3.18 Hotfix 5

May 21, 2025

Added:

  • The screen name to the Ingredient Report.

Fixed:

  • The slow performance when deleting old experiments.

  • [Image Management Task] The slow performance when executing a deletion task.

  • [Image Management Task] The slow performance when executing a deletion task for an experiment with images automatically scored by Sherlock and sent for retraining.

  • [ROCK MAKER Web] [Image Management Task] An error when opening an experiment with images removed from the image storage.

  • The slow experiment deletion on a large database.

Version 3.18 Hotfix 4

April 24, 2025

Changed:

  • The licensing name from CRIMS API to RMIntegrationAPI.

Fixed:

  • [ROCK MAKER Web] A security vulnerability due to insufficient sanitization of URL path inputs, allowing unauthorized access to files outside the web root directory.

  • [Performance] The slow application startup on a large database and database timeout when opening an experiment.

  • [Scoring] The un-updated scorer server URL and port after a successful upgrade from version 3.17 to 3.18.

Version 3.18 Hotfix 3

February 8. 2024

Added:

  • A feature to configure the maximum age of retraining images sent to FORMULATRIX Scoring Server (FSS).

  • Metadata for retraining images.

Fixed:

  • An error when deleting an experiment with retraining images.

  • Batchload import failure indicated by a pending status in the Batchload Experiment Wizard.

  • Large log file creation when retraining images were disabled and the log level was verbose.

  • Autoscoring malfunction when the ROCK MAKER Server detected corrupted images.

Version 3.18 Hotfix 2

June 23, 2023

Added:

  • Sherlock Auto Scoring and MARCO Panel.

Fixed:

  • [Experiment Designer Edition License] The inability to open an imaged experiment.

  • [Experiment Designer Edition License] The failure to create a new screen and open an existing screen.

  • [ROCK MAKER Server] The unresponsive Explorer tab in Windows 11.

  • [ROCK MAKER Server] The ROCK MAKER Server failure to score images with missing database data.

Version 3.18 Hotfix 1

February 28, 2023

Fixed:

  • [General Setup] The incorrect X default value of Sherlock score group in the Well Score Configuration section.

  • [Setup] [Global Preferences] The enabled auto scoring settings other than FMLX-Vis and FMLX-Vis Stable version by default.

  • [Support Tools] [MARCO Status] The unsynchronized MARCO status, indicating Not available although it was available.

  • The malfunctioning MARCO Auto Scoring when all models in Global Preferences were enabled.

  • The failure to open an experiment during plate imaging when MARCO was disabled from Global Preferences.

  • [General Setup] The unavailable Sherlock 2, Sherlock 3, Sherlock 4, and Sherlock 5 score groups in the Well Score Configuration section.

  • An error when starting ROCK MAKER Server.

Version 3.18 BETA

January 10, 2023

Added:

  • A required database update for the upcoming web-based software.

  • The ability to score visible and ultraviolet (UV) images.

  • The ability to dispute MARCO scores manually from the MARCO Panel or automatically by setting the MARCO Auto dispute value in the Global Preferences.

Improved:

  • The MARCO visible light path model to reduce auto scoring inaccuracies.

Fixed:

  • Bugs from the previous version.