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date: '2014-04-18T00:42:11' title: Released 2.5.X

Apr 17, 2014: LinuxCNC 2.5.4 released

LinuxCNC 2.5.4 has been released.

Bugfixes and changes in this version:

Build: update dependencies for Debian 7
Docs: many fixes and updates
HAL: blend: fix docs to match the real behavior
HAL: edge: fix incorrect edge trigger at startup: Bug #346
HAL: ilowpass: handle encoder counter overflows properly
HAL: lcd: fix formatting when no format length is specified
HAL: new components bin2gray, gray2bin for Gray code conversion
HAL: new components bitwise and bitslice, for bitwise math operations
HAL: pcl720: fix in-not pins
HAL: thc: fix incorrect calculation of velocity tolerance: Bug #348
Hostmot2: document ability to have multiple 7i43 cards
Hostmot2: fix for PCI transfers on Linux 3.x kernels
Hostmot2: fix resolver index emulation/detection
Hostmot2: fix resolver total brokenness on 64-bit builds
Interpreter: fix crash when returning from a subroutine, to a file that has been deleted: Bug #357
Interpreter: fix VW-plane (G19.1) canned cycles
NGCGUI: Always apply tool offset when loading a tool
NGCGUI: Fix qpocket stepover, ramping for mm users
NML: fix remote clients talking to linuxcncserver
Pncconf: allow setting the number of classicladder bits and words
Pncconf: fix configurations requesting gladevcp panels without spindle speed displays
Pncconf: fix 7i43 address designation: Bug #358
Pncconf: fix 5i25+prob_rfx2 pin numbering problem: Bug #331
Pncconf: fix testing of smart-serial based spindles
Pncconf: place STEPGEN_MAXVEL/STEPGEN_MAXACCEL values in the ini
PPMC: Add new sample config showing encoder velocity estimation
PyVCP: in a spinbox, allow entering a value with Return: Bug #364
Stepconf: better defaults for axis-test distances
Stepconf: fix spindle-at-speed connection
Task: fix several problems with M61 (set currently-loaded tool)
Touchy: MDI support for M61 Q
Touchy: MDI support for multi-turn arcs
TP: fix a minor acceleration constraint violation in some arcs

Jul 24, 2013: LinuxCNC 2.5.3 released

LinuxCNC 2.5.3 has been released.

Bugfixes and changes in this version:

AXIS: fix disable/enable of the toolbar's reload button
BUILD: fix linking on 32 bit x86 debian 7.1
Configs: use names= everywhere to make the sim configs clearer
Docs: Many improvements
HAL: clarkeinv: allow rotation of the input vector
HAL: sim_pin: add support for u32, s32, float types
HAL: abs_s32: don't unnecessarily require floating point
HAL: comp: fix option userinit
HAL: comp: improve handling of build failures and error reporting
HAL: twopass: improve error reporting
Hostmot2: fix smart serial port shutdown
Interpreter: Fix bug 315 part 2, O-call through named parameter
Kins: replace 5axiskins.c, used by a sample config
Kins: 5axiskins: remove misleading tool-length pin
Motion: allow for floating point in the base thread
PPMC: add encoder timestamp velocity estimation
PPMC: selectable encoder filter clock
PyVCP: fix several behaviors in the dial widget
Task: fix MDI-queueing problems
USC: new sample config for Pico USC with encoders
linuxcncrsh: many stability fixes
pncconf: fix 5i25 GPIO numbering
pncconf: fix default PDM rate
pncconf: fix open loop test
pncconf: fix incorrect zh_CN translation which broke millimeter mode

Mar 3, 2013: LinuxCNC 2.5.2 released

LinuxCNC 2.5.2 has been released.

Bugfixes and changes in this version:

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

July 30, 2012: LinuxCNC 2.5.1 released

LinuxCNC 2.5.1 has been released.

Bugfixes and changes in this version:

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

April 1, 2012: LinuxCNC 2.5.0 released

LinuxCNC 2.5.0 has been released. Debian packages are available from the regular servers, for Ubuntu Hardy (32-bit and 64-bit, sim and realtime), Lucid (32-bit sim and realtime, 64-bit sim only), and Precise (32-bit and 64-bit, sim only). The source code is available via git, from the regular server.

The following changes and bugfixes have been made since the 2.4 release series:

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
PPMC: Encoder velocity estimation for Universal PWM Controller board
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