MANY THANKS to all those that worked on this. I looked over the changes and saw several that may change things I've been grumpy about.
Dave On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:08:35 -0500 Chris Radek <ch...@timeguy.com> wrote: > > LinuxCNC 2.5.0 is released! > > You will not get an automatic update from EMC 2.4 to LinuxCNC 2.5. > To update your Lucid or Hardy machine to 2.5, you need to take a few > steps, documented here: > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpdatingTo2.5 > > Be sure to check the "Changes to your configuration" section at the > bottom of the page. > > (I also updated the LinuxCNC Live CD to contain 2.5.0 and to receive > updates from the new 2.5 repository, but the easiest and fastest way > to update an existing install is definitely to follow the instructions > above. The updated CD will be available sometime later today.) > > I want to give my very sincere thanks to everyone who has contributed > to this release. All of you who have contributed to documentation, > translations, rebranding, new features, and bugfixes should be proud, > and I appreciate you all. > > Also I want to especially thank Seb K, who traveled many hours and has > been working with me tirelessly for almost three days solid to get the > final glitches out of the rebranding, packaging, and release process. > > Some of the most important changes in 2.5.0 are: > > * 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > 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