| 1 | From 0.8 to 0.9 |
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| 3 | # iEQ45 GoTo German Equatorial Mount Driver. |
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| 4 | # INDI::Base drivers are now used for most classes of astrnomical instruments. |
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| 5 | # New improved QSI CCD & Filter driver. |
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| 6 | # New improved Starlight Xpress CCD & Filter driver. |
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| 7 | # New improved RoboFocus driver. |
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| 8 | # libboost is no longer required to build libindi. |
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| 9 | # Numerous bug fixes and minor improvements. |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | From 0.7.2 to 0.8 |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | # TCF-S Focuser driver. |
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| 14 | # Synscan Telescope driver. |
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| 15 | |
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| 16 | From 0.7.0 to 0.7.1 |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | # Fixed change filter bug in true technology filter wheel. (JM) |
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| 19 | # setINDI updated and improved. (ED) |
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| 20 | # Improved INDI::Mediator functionality. (JM) |
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| 21 | # Fixed buffer reading in INDI::BaseClient. (JM) |
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| 22 | # Add new tutorial for INDI::BaseClient. (JM). |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | From 0.6.2 to 0.7.0 |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | # Dynamic renaming of drivers upon run time. |
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| 27 | # Standard helper API to create and utilize INDI clients. |
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| 28 | # Ability to load driver properties from an external XML file. |
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| 29 | # Ability to write/read XML configuration files for driver values to be loaded at run time. |
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| 30 | # Facilitating debugging and simulation of drivers. |
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| 31 | # New C++ framework to facilitate the development of new INDI drivers. |
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| 32 | # Several bug fixes for current drivers and framework. |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | From 0.6.1 to 0.6.2 |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | # Build related updates. |
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| 37 | |
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| 38 | From 0.6 to 0.6.1 |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | # Updating drivers.xml to comply to new XML structure for group and devices metadata descriptions. |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | From 0.5 to 0.6 |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | # Devices: |
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| 45 | + Astrophysics mount is now working. |
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| 46 | + Apogee driver is now working. |
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| 47 | # Features: |
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| 48 | + New libindi structure to streamline development. |
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| 49 | + Drivers using Standard Property _REQUEST WO to make requests. This facilitates scripting and automation of drivers. |
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| 50 | + Updated inter-driver communication with INDI SNOOP. |
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| 52 | From 0.4 to 0.5 |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | # Devices: |
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| 55 | + True Technology Filter Wheel |
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| 56 | + SBIG STV |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | # Features: |
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| 59 | + Added INDI Observer pattern to enable flexible inter-driver communication. |
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| 60 | + getINDI now supports BLOBs. |
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| 61 | + LX200 Drivers use client timestamp to update the telescope internal clock. The old behavior was to use to system's time. |
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| 62 | + Added a new INDI Standard Property: UTC_OFFSET. |
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| 63 | + Dropping threaded INDI server in favor of the slightly better non-threaded version due to performance considerations. |
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| 64 | |
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| 65 | # Bugs |
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| 66 | + SBIG CCD driver was updated to fix problems with CFITSIO. |
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| 67 | + Updated TTY API to include error reporting, in addition to fixing a few bugs. |
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| 68 | + Fixed INDI Mac OSX Crash. |
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| 69 | |
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| 70 | # Known Issues |
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| 71 | + Astrophysics Mount driver (apmount) is not working. It is currently under new development and is intented to be released in the next version as it matures. |
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| 72 | + Meade LPI exposure is locked to 1 second. The Video4Linux support for timed exposures is limited. A fix should be available in the next release. |
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| 73 | + The SBIG driver does not allow autoguiding. When one selects the guider CCD, any exposure on the imaging CCD is cancelled and vice-versa. |
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| 75 | From v0.3 to v0.4: |
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| 76 | |
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| 77 | # Devices: |
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| 78 | |
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| 79 | + SBIG CCD |
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| 80 | + SBIG CFW |
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| 81 | + RoboFocus |
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| 82 | + FLI Precision Focuser |
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| 83 | + Orion Atlas / Sky Scan |
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| 84 | |
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| 85 | # Other: |
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| 86 | + Added more API documentation and revised existing documentation for accuracy and consistency. |
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| 87 | + Fixed UTC correction bug in LX200 driver. |
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| 88 | + Fixed pallete selection in V4L 2 drivers. |
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| 89 | + Fixed bug in eventloop that can cause IE timers to crash. |
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| 90 | + Added variable focus speed for Meade Autostar and GPS. |
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| 91 | + Added CFITSIO, a mature and robust FITS library. |
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| 92 | + New RS232 API for common access routines. |
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| 93 | |
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| 94 | From v0.2 to v0.3: |
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| 96 | # Devices: |
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| 97 | + Apogee CCD (Experimental) |
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| 98 | + SkyCommander |
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| 99 | + Temma Takahashi |
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| 100 | + FLI Filter Wheel |
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| 101 | + Meade Lunar Planetary Imager (Experimental) |
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| 102 | + Astrophysics AP |
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| 103 | |
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| 104 | # Other: |
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| 105 | + Support for Video 4 Linux 2 |
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| 106 | + Multi-threaded INDI server |
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| 107 | + Binary transfer via BLOB |
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| 108 | + INDI scripting tools |
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| 109 | + Various bug fixing |
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| 110 | |
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| 111 | INDI Library v1.0 conforms to INDI wire protocol v1.6 |
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