Post #941 by craig penfold helped me get the Christmas Pack acceptably functional on an E4 2.0L 3.16.0 wifi - the user defined functions are great for my use so I really appreciate that. After I installed the Christmas Pack I lost a bunch of measurement choices (more than I expected to lose) and was left with far less Measurement choices than I had with the advanced pack:
1. No measurements
2. Center spot
3. Hot spot
4. Cold spot
After following craig penfold's guidance, I fiddled around with the toolbar-config.xml file and old conf.cfg file (duplicating what appeared to be higher max measurement counts in the conf.cfg from the Basic pack before running the python script on the Advanced pack). I first thought that the amount of Measurement choices was limiting the amount Measurement choices available via the menu, so I went into the toolbar-config.xml file and put in nav groups like I saw in the palettes to add a second line or selections and although it wasn't successful for my aims, I did get two lines in the Measurement sub-menu - this minor tidbit may help someone (although it seems self-evident to anyone digging like I was) moving forward so I shared. See the attached jpg if you're curious on that note. I ultimately removed this modification in the end.
Long story short, although I'll admit I could've easily made a mistake in following instruvtions I ended up with the following Measurement choices on a Flir E4 2.0L 3.16.0 wifi model after applying the basic, advanced, and Christmas packs:
1. Basic - flawless with 3.16.0 common_dll.dll file.
2. Advanced - apparently flawless (although short-lived on my camera, so I may have missed something) following instructions included in the pack.
3. Christmas - lost several measurement options, but gained user presets only accessible from fiddling with the settings menu presets section.
4. Christmas plus craig penfold's additional lines - have the following (with seemingly fully functional preset items available for a selection):
1. No measurements
2. Center spot
3. Hot spot
4. Cold spot
5. User preset 1
6. User preset 2
(Color) Palette options:
1. Iron
2. Rainbow
3. Rainbow high contrast
4. Medical
5. White hot
6. Black hot
7. Arctic
8. Lava
9. Above alarm
10. Below alarm
11. Interval alarm
12. Condensation alarm
13. Insulation alarm
I'll also note "Object distance:" has been added to the Image mode sub-menu, and I now have "Time lapse" + "Sport" added to Recording mode. The settings menu has almost too much added to note.
Overall, very pleased with the results. I can make presets that replace just about any of the measurements I lost easily, except for the 5 spots along a straight line which was limited in usefulness for my purposes anyway. When setting presets, the IR and optical images are fully blacked out for what it’s worth. Also, I did the telnet “stopapp” command where the 2nd entry always seemed to do the trick, powered off and pulled the battery prior to checking all results after updating.
As for the recent question as to whether the E4 is worth purchasing over the E8 with the “aged” packs, I can’t say I’ve tried an E8, but it seems to me the E4 is still the viable budget choice.