Changes in version 2.5 o BUGFIX: Software should deal with multi-line comments correctly now. o Package is now byte-compiled on installation - should lead to perfmance enhancement. Changes in version 2.4 o Implemented mmap-based reading of data - reading with mmap enabled should be much faster - note glitch exists with data recorded at very cold temperatures on existing firmware. Changes in version 2.3 o BUGFIX: Changed handing of timezones, times and dates should be more reasonable now o Allowed 'day time' references to periods o Implemented 'read from file' for virtual reads Changes in version 2.2 o Implemented some class features for matrix-like addressing of read databases Changes in version 2.1 o Added downsampling and block based loading of data (for very large datasets) o Added specification of start and end by proportions of data o Some speed improvements/optimisations o Experimental implementations of stft, GFLasso and FLasso. Changes in version 2.0-3 o BUGFIX: Issue with reading of dates Changes in version 2.0-2 o Speed optimisations for read.bin/convert.hexstream o Removed row labels on created object to reduce memory overheads o NEWS file created Changes in version 2.0.1 o Changed Manuals to be created using ROxygen2. Creation of new recalibration function. Changes in version 1.1.1 (2013-04-23) o Switched startup to onAttach. Changes in version 1.1 o Fixed handling of comma decimal separators. o Fixed handling of non-standard decimal expansions. Changes in version 1.0 (2012-06-28) o Many changes and alterations and documentation. o Renamed to GENEAread from ReadGenea o Version submitted to CRAN