C1 - Firmware - current version and changes.

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C1E_02348 is published

Added in /config [x] Less Noise for E rotator(s). (disabled by default) , with the corresponding code 2121,
this will be enhanced further in future.
If enabled, for E1 or E2 rotators, the motion profile is constant and has the speed of the "Arrow buttons Speed"
As it eliminates the accelerated part, the gear will produce less noise in some cases.
Enable and test with various arrow button speed, for which the noise is more acceptable.
This will not affect at all the P1 rotators.

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C1E_02347 is published

Addressed and issue causing Ring page to load instead of Row and vice-versa in some cases.
Added support for importing Papywizard files in /row and /turn U.I. pages.
[Import] button can be used and browse to an .xml file with Papywizard conventions.
For RAW interface, added /ij that is the same as /i except the status will be outputted in JSON instead of XML format.

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C1E_02345 is published

In /i-example page, added Rot. 1 and Rot. 2 input to allow different rotator specification, according with the actual MECHA setup.

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C1E_02344 is published

Added /i-example (WIP) Usage Examples - MECHA's Raw Interface page.
This allow to test the RAW interface, start building new or adaptation of existing apps to use MECHA
More examples and documentation as well as an User's guide update in next days.

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C1E_02342 is published

Added in /config
[x] Enable RAW Interface, which is disabled by default.
The RAW interface is beta, its purpose is to allow third party application to control MECHA, also make possible simple interface and custom commands to be made and use from, say, HTML and JavaScript.
When the RAW interface is enabled, accessing mecha.ip/i it will produce a xml formatted result
enhanced documentation is on the way and will be available soon.
The current parameters are:
synch, focus, shutter, pause, beep,
sd1..sd4, rd1..rd4, ad1..ad4,
sp1..sp4, ms1..ms4, pr1..pr4, fs1..fs4
text, nb, nx
the number specify the axis or rotator, rd1 means relative rotation, in degrees, for rotator 1, e.g.
/i?pr1=medium&ms1=32&rd1=60&rd2=0&synch=1&focus=100 &shutter=500&pause=1000&sp1=7&beep=3
/i?focus=100&shutter=500&beep=1

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C1E_02341 is published

Addressed an issue regarding "V" and "F" positions in the case of partial panorama.

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C1E_02340 is published

Addressed an issue regarding "V" and "F" positions in complex MSS scripting, sometimes MECHA failed to return to the initial position or skipped one position.

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C1E_02339 is published

In "F" Focus position, MECHA will send now the focus signal only once, regardless of the TRG value.

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C1E_02338 is published

MSS accepts now "F" Focus positions and "V" Via positions
SL,0x12,F30^90,-45x12,45x12,Z,N
F30^90 means a Focus position at 30° pitch and 90° yaw.
MECHA will pause at the focus position and after press of [>] from controller, or [PAUSE] from UI, will send only focus the signal to camera, the pause allows for manual focus as well.
SL,0x12,V30^90,-45x12,45x12,Z,N
V30^90 means a Via position at 30° pitch and 90° yaw.
MECHA will move and trigger in that position just like for any other position in preset.
PV30^90 means the same Via position but having a pause before the trigger.

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C1E_02337 is published

Added in /config [x] Use cache for UI translation, disabled by default which means slower load.
You can enable it for faster load and disable it if you experience no load of /row /ring or /turn UI web pages.

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C1E_02333 is published

Addressed an issue regarding the button [2] or [+], issue introduced in ..331.

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C1E_02332 is published

Addressed an issue causing the web UI pages /ring and /turn to not load in certain situations.

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C1E_02331 is published

Addressed an issue regarding the export of the UI translation in Firefox resulted, sometimes, in showing an error[0] message.

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C1E_02329 is published

Optimizations of the loading of the translated web UI.

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C1E_02328 is published

Added support for editing the web UI from the UI page itself.
This can be used for translation of the UI in different language or to change or add custom labels and info about about controls in web UI.
For this purpose [EDIT] button of any control can be used after showing the information by click or tap on [info] button , top-left e.g. in row/page.
The button's functions are
[EDIT] Select the corresponding control for editing.
[OK] Apply the changes made to the selected control, without saving.
[Save] Apply and saves all the changes made
[Export] Save all the changes made and export all in a file named lang.txt
[Import] Import a file named lang.txt and apply the changes to the web UI
[Close] close, without applying the changes to the selected control.
Updates will be made in the User's Guide and related videos will be produced featuring this new addition.