Firmware 1.0a
Evolution of the last version :
- Fixed bug due to the local American (decimal
- Fixed bug when selecting players
- Added functionality automatique change of the speed of transmission.
Firmware 0.6a
WARNING: NGC catalog content in this version include significant errors, the correction is underway from HCNGC 01/10/2006-Added NGC catalog (ongoing): 7840 objects, database HCNGC (ngcic.org )-Added the setting of the navigation time: time between each menu when the joystick is on the same position of the Goto-Validation by moving the joystick right in place of the click
Database 0.6 a
WARNING: NGC catalog content in this version include significant errors, the correction is underway from HCNGC 01/10/20026-catalog-NGC Multi-eeprom (up to 8 EEPROM 256Kbit or 512 kbit addressable) -- Update of reading the eeprom-update the display of the stages of conversion and transfer, progress bars etc.. -Add the possibility to choose the segment of the EEPROM to transfer: NGC, Messier, Menus, Mainstars, catalogs personnal-Changing the method of transfer. Actual speed is now 3kbit / s, allowing the full transfer (NGC, Messier, Menus, Mainstars) in less than 5 minutes. This reaches the maximum possible for EEprom.
Firmware 0.5 c
Bugs:
- Bug in joystick motion : it was impossible to make the telescope moving on both axis simultaneously
- Bug in brightness soft power on, making infinite loop at boot on virgin PIC microcontrolers
- Bug in menu generation (Mainly in stars Goto). When less than 4 stars are available, unused menus where displaying random caracters.
- Bug in Goto for mainstars : impossible to select between Sync and Goto mode., new possibility to quit the screen added
- Bug in setting Pic-Astro extensions : no effect until Merop has been stopped and rebooted. Joystick Guiding seems to be very very slow before having set Pic-Astro extensions to on or off AND rebooting when using a blank device
New Features:
- Constellations in french
- Support for Focus commands, two speeds intra and extra
- Support for real time AD & DE positions reading
- Possibility to cancel a goto
Known bugs :
- Merop sometimes reboot strangely, please let me know if you can reproduce it!, this have no other effects
Database 0.4 c
New features:
- Menus and Screens for new features
- Constellations menus in french
- Language selector
Database 0.4 b
24/04/2006
Correction of bugs:
- Transmission speed bloqued to 115k even when 9k6 is selected
Firmware 0.5b
24/04/2006
Correction of bugs:
- Wrong configuration of the axes of the joystick : up, down, right and left are completely inversed
Firmware 0.5a
22/04/2006
Correction of bugs:
- Navigation error in Goto menus : impossible to select goto or sync
- Impossible to go back to previous menu when an object has been selected for Goto
- Bad handling of configuration values when starting from blank Pic and blank Eeprom
Firmware 0.4
01/04/2006
This first release run the following features:
- Joystick guiding, 64 speeds per axis with Pic-Astro
- Graphical User Interface, with joystick menu navigation
- Goto for Messier objects
- Goto for up to 250 bright stars
- LX200 connectivity trough serial port (wired)
Known bugs :
- Navigation error in Goto menus : impossible to select goto or sync
- Impossible to go back to previous menu when an object has been selected for Goto
- Bad handling of configuration values when starting from blank Pic and blank Eeprom
- Wrong configuration of the axes of the joystick : up, down, right and left are completely inversed
Database 0.4
01/04/2006
The database is a configuration/download tool designed for developping Merop. It allows the following things:
- Menu and graphical interface configuration and structure
- Messier and Main Stars catalogues
- Multi-Language support : French and English implemented
- Download databases to the Merop's eeprom
Known bugs:
- Transmission speed bloqued to 115k even when 9k6 is selected
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