linuxcnc (1:2.5.2) lucid; urgency=low * AXIS: Allow the setting of the top end of the Max Velocity slider according to [DISPLAY]MAX_LINEAR_VELOCITY as the docs say * Components: Fix mux16's debounce function * Components: LCD character display driver * Components: New multiclick component detects single, double, triple clicks * Docs: Many improvements * Gremlin: Better error reporting for gcode errors * Gremlin: Fix rotated axes display * Halui: Include tool length offsets in relative position outputs * Hostmot2: Fixes to sserial * Kins: Fix teleop jogging of ABC axes in the negative direction * Modbus: Fix TCP communication time out error * New config: Gecko G540 * New config: Smithy 1240combined_mm * PID: Optional new error-previous-target mode to reduce ferrors detected by motion. This is especially useful for torque-mode loops and those tunings that use large I gains * pncconf: Many fixes * PPMC: Better error checking for hardware problems causing miscommunication * Tool Table: Many fixes to tool table handling, making tool tables on nonrandom setups using mismatched tool and pocket numbers work correctly * Translations: German for tooledit * Translations: Many improvements to French * Utilities: new latencyhistogram program that shows details about latency * Utilities: sim_pin, a script that simulates writing to hal pins -- Chris Radek <chris@timeguy.com> Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:07:57 -0600 linuxcnc (1:2.5.1) lucid; urgency=low * Motion: fix incorrect spindle direction after G43 in CSS+M4 mode * Interpreter: allow G10 L1 to set front/back angles when not also changing offsets * Interpreter: correctly report G96/G97 mode to the UI * Interpreter: explicitly set the default spindle mode at startup * task: fix incorrect spindle speed display when switching mode (Manual/MDI) * PPMC: fix a bug that would cause missing encoder velocity pins on some versions * Hostmot2: Fix a couple of bugs affecting sserial (crash on shutdown, memory leak) * Hostmot2: Add support for 6i25 * AXIS: fix a surprise jog when the jog increment combobox was open * AXIS: show S word in active gcode pane * AXIS: rebranding * Touchy: rebranding, change program path to ~/linuxcnc/nc_files * Docs: improvements/clarifications to the halui.1 manpage * Docs: improvements/clarifications to the gladevcp docs * Docs: improvements/clarifications to the halcmd docs * Docs: improvements/clarifications to the gcode docs * Docs: fix misc typos, misspellings, grammar, and markup bugs * Docs: updates to French translations * GladeVCP: fix EMC_Action_Open * GladeVCP: new default-value example * tooledit: save/restore geometry, allow sorting on specific columns * tooledit: bugfixes and i18n * ngcgui: minor fixes and additions * pncconf: lots of bug fixes and incremental improvements * portability fix for Ubuntu Precise 12.04 LTS * portability fix for Fedora 16 * Calibration: fix missing entries in tuning/calibration screens * emcrsh: fix incorrect relative position report for some offset settings * time.comp: fix hours wrapping at 60 -- Chris Radek <chris@timeguy.com> Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:48:25 -0500 linuxcnc (1:2.5.0) lucid; urgency=low * AXIS: dynamic tabs can embed other applications, including virtual control panels * AXIS: make the gcode readout resizable * AXIS: many speedups in preview generation * AXIS: new OpenGL preview with antialiased fonts * AXIS: optional blending in the program preview can make very complex programs easier to see * AXIS: prompt when homing a joint that's already homed * AXIS: Selectable tool touch off to workpiece or fixture * AXIS: show all offsets and rotation separately in the BIG DRO * AXIS: show G5x and G92 offsets graphically in the preview * AXIS: user-configurable MDI history file * AXIS: A comment (AXIS,notify,message) will print "message" when the preview is generated, instead of just at run-time. * Configs: many configuration updates for Smithy machines * Configs: update motenc sample configs for encoder index * Configs: add filtering (image-to-gcode etc) to hostmot2 samples * Configs: univpwm sample uses new encoder velocity for pid * GladeVCP: a new framework for making virtual control panels with the Glade screen designer * Gremlin: AXIS's program preview is now separated out as gremlin, for use with GladeVCP/Touchy/etc. * HAL: fix rare problem with freqgen output getting stuck "on" * HAL: gearchange component: support up to 32 gears * HAL: make commanded (unaffected by spindle override) spindle speed available on a pin, for gear selection etc. * HAL: make limit3 parameters into pins * HAL: new axis.N.motor-offset pins can be used to detect position loss between homings * HAL: new component bldc_sine: commutation for BLDC with encoder feedback * HAL: new mux16 component * HAL: new time comp, which converts seconds to hr/min/sec * HAL: new watchdog component * HAL: remove deprecated hal_m5i20 driver * HAL: new component for ShuttleXpress USB jog dongle * HAL: support names= options for encoder_ratio, sim_encoder, at_pid, siggen * HAL: a new component, message, to display user messages from HAL * HAL: a new component, multiswitch, to toggle through bits with one button * Halshow: add menu with load/save/exit * Halshow: fix the tree to not cut off after a certain depth * HAL: standardize on maximum hal name length * HALUI: allow direct-value input to spindle and feed overrides and max velocity * HALUI: handle the situation better when many command inputs change simultaneously * Hostmot2: fix a rare problem in stepgen mode setting * Hostmot2: fix stepgen moving VERY slowly when it should have been stopped * Hostmot2: handle failed card registration better * Hostmot2: support for multiplexed encoders like on the 7i48 * Hostmot2: support for onboard diagnostic LEDs * Hostmot2: support for three phase PWM * Hostmot2: improve watchdog reliability and defaults * Interpreter: fixes to always use . for a decimal, no matter the locale * Interpreter: fix G83 peck retract to match fanuc * Interpreter: fix G98/G99 to match fanuc retract planes behavior * Interpreter: fix "run from line" when the start line is between a sub definition and its call * Interpreter: give correct errors when rotary axes are commanded to move in canned cycles * Interpreter: improve arc endpoint radius-mismatch error checking * Interpreter: maintain G5x and G92 offsets separately * Interpreter: make current position including all offsets and in the current program units available in parameters 5420-5428 * Interpreter: make EMC version available in named parameters _vminor, _vmajor * Interpreter: make G92 offset rotated coordinate systems correctly * Interpreter: make more errors translatable * Interpreter: many fixes to allow O-call of subroutines from MDI mode * Interpreter: many new tests in the test suite, including the ability to verify errors * Interpreter: new G10 L11 code for tool touch off to fixture instead of active work coordinate system * Interpreter: new unary function EXISTS tells whether a certain parameter exists * Interpreter: search path for subroutines: [RS274NGC]SUBROUTINE_PATH * Interpreter: search path for user M codes: [RS274NGC]USER_M_PATH * Interpreter: detect and error on malformed O-if[] statements * IOcontrol: make aborting tool changes work * Kinematics: several improvements to the general serial kinematics module * Motenc, VTI, Opto_ac5: PCI-related update for new kernel versions * Motion: allow translations of more error messages * Motion: fix stuttering motion in NURBS * Motion: support for indexing/locking rotary axes * ngcgui: many new features and bugfixes * PID: accept external command-deriv and feedback-deriv connections to use a high quality velocity signal when it is available * pncconf: many new features and bugfixes * PPMC: improve error messages when cards are not found * Probing: correctly abort motion when the probe trips during a non-probe MDI command * Rebranding: rename EMC to LinuxCNC * TkEMC: display and allow entry of all tool offsets * TkEMC: in Set Coordinates, display the correct axes * TkEMC: only display active axes * TkEMC: show coordinate system in offset widget * TkEMC: show work offsets for all axes * Touchy: add a spindle speed readout on the manual tab * Touchy: dynamic tabs can embed other applications, including virtual control panels * Touchy: macro capability that uses MDI O-call * Touchy: make single-block switch work like feed hold * Touchy: save maximum velocity (MV) value across runs * Touchy: Selectable tool touch off to workpiece or fixture * Touchy: show all offsets separately in the status information * Touchy: show the total number of lines in the loaded program * Touchy: show which tools are in which pockets * Touchy: support for metric configurations * Touchy: support panel indicators for status readout * Touchy: use appropriate jog and maxvel increments for metric and degrees * Touchy: turning the wheel during a continuous jog changes the current jog speed * add a G code language spec for gedit * add latencyplot, a strip-chart type display of latency test results -- Chris Radek <chris@timeguy.com> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:20:02 -0500