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From 0.9.7 to 0.9.8
+ Support for Telescope Alignment Subsystem Infrastructure. This includes an implementation of Markley's singular value decomposition (SVD) based algorithm for the computation of sky/telescope
coordinate conversion transforms, in addition to multiple plugin support.
+ Suppprt for SkyWatcherAPI Mount with Alignment Subsystem.
+ Support for ZWO Optics ASI Cameras (3rd party)
+ Support for AAG Cloud Watcher station (3rd Party).
+ Support for MoonLite focusers.
+ Support for Fishcamp CCDs (3rd Party).
+ Support for Imager Agent.
+ Improved EQMod driver including custom parking position.
+ New and updated Astrophysics mount driver.
+ New and updated QHY CCD Driver (3rd Party).
+ New and improved GPhoto driver to support DSLRs.
+ New and updated Video4Linux CCD Driver including support for long exposures (LX) and Imaging Source cameras.
+ New and improved Apogee CCD driver.
+ Improved support for SBIG CCDs including ST-I.
+ Updated and improved TCFS Focuser drivers.
+ Drivers migrated to libusb 1.0 framework.
+ Rapid Guide Support for CCD Drivers.
+ Improved compatibility with Mac OSX including INDI Server and GUI.
+ Various bug fixes and improvements.
From 0.9.6 to 0.9.7
+ Support for EQMod mount driver (3rd party).
+ Support for ATIK CCDs and Filter Wheels (3rd party).
+ Support for Shoestring Astronomy FCUSB (3rd party).
+ Support for joysticks and game pads under Linux.
+ LX200, Celeston, and EQMod drivers support joystick input.
+ Improved LX200 & Celestron telescope drivers.
+ Improved simulator drivers.
+ INDI server support for multiple devices per driver.
+ New universal logging and debugging framework for INDI developers.
+ Fixed an issue in TCFS driver where a connect may fail if focuser is put into sleep mode.
+ Fixed an issue where the client thread in INDI::BaseClient is not being terminated gracefully in blocking mode.
+ Fixed an issue involving non-English clients that utilize INDI client library to communicate with INDI server.
+ Fixed an issue where some properties in some drivers are sent before getting defined by INDI.
From 0.9.5 to 0.9.6
+ Support for Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics unit.
+ Improved support for Startlight Xpress CCDs and Filter wheels.
+ Support for Arduino boards, with customizable drivers for common observatory auxiliary devices.
+ Support for GPUSB Guide Port Interface.
+ Improved support for QSI CCDs and Filter wheels.
+ Support for filters with absolute positioning.
+ Support for cameras with guiding chip.
+ Fixed INDI server FIFO CPU utilization bug.
+ Fixed various bugs with v4l drivers due to code regression.
+ Improved support for Mac OS X.
+ Improved simulators.
+ _REQUEST properties are now deprecated.
+ Updated tutorials and API.
From 0.9 to 0.95
# Focuser simulator driver.
# CCD, Telescope, Focuser, and Filter simulators improvements including periodic error effects, FWHM, and more.
# Major improvements to INDI Base Library and INDI Client Library.
# Fixed minor bugs in LX200 Generic, LX200 FS2, Magellan, and Celestron drivers.
# Minor bugfixes and improvements.
From 0.8 to 0.9
# iEQ45 GoTo German Equatorial Mount Driver.
# INDI::Base drivers are now used for most classes of astrnomical instruments.
# New improved QSI CCD & Filter driver.
# New improved Starlight Xpress CCD & Filter driver.
# New improved RoboFocus driver.
# libboost is no longer required to build libindi.
# Numerous bug fixes and minor improvements.
From 0.7.2 to 0.8
# TCF-S Focuser driver.
# Synscan Telescope driver.
From 0.7.0 to 0.7.1
# Fixed change filter bug in true technology filter wheel. (JM)
# setINDI updated and improved. (ED)
# Improved INDI::Mediator functionality. (JM)
# Fixed buffer reading in INDI::BaseClient. (JM)
# Add new tutorial for INDI::BaseClient. (JM).
From 0.6.2 to 0.7.0
# Dynamic renaming of drivers upon run time.
# Standard helper API to create and utilize INDI clients.
# Ability to load driver properties from an external XML file.
# Ability to write/read XML configuration files for driver values to be loaded at run time.
# Facilitating debugging and simulation of drivers.
# New C++ framework to facilitate the development of new INDI drivers.
# Several bug fixes for current drivers and framework.
From 0.6.1 to 0.6.2
# Build related updates.
From 0.6 to 0.6.1
# Updating drivers.xml to comply to new XML structure for group and devices metadata descriptions.
From 0.5 to 0.6
# Devices:
+ Astrophysics mount is now working.
+ Apogee driver is now working.
# Features:
+ New libindi structure to streamline development.
+ Drivers using Standard Property _REQUEST WO to make requests. This facilitates scripting and automation of drivers.
+ Updated inter-driver communication with INDI SNOOP.
From 0.4 to 0.5
# Devices:
+ True Technology Filter Wheel
+ SBIG STV
# Features:
+ Added INDI Observer pattern to enable flexible inter-driver communication.
+ getINDI now supports BLOBs.
+ LX200 Drivers use client timestamp to update the telescope internal clock. The old behavior was to use to system's time.
+ Added a new INDI Standard Property: UTC_OFFSET.
+ Dropping threaded INDI server in favor of the slightly better non-threaded version due to performance considerations.
# Bugs
+ SBIG CCD driver was updated to fix problems with CFITSIO.
+ Updated TTY API to include error reporting, in addition to fixing a few bugs.
+ Fixed INDI Mac OSX Crash.
# Known Issues
+ Astrophysics Mount driver (apmount) is not working. It is currently under new development and is intented to be released in the next version as it matures.
+ Meade LPI exposure is locked to 1 second. The Video4Linux support for timed exposures is limited. A fix should be available in the next release.
+ The SBIG driver does not allow autoguiding. When one selects the guider CCD, any exposure on the imaging CCD is cancelled and vice-versa.
From v0.3 to v0.4:
# Devices:
+ SBIG CCD
+ SBIG CFW
+ RoboFocus
+ FLI Precision Focuser
+ Orion Atlas / Sky Scan
# Other:
+ Added more API documentation and revised existing documentation for accuracy and consistency.
+ Fixed UTC correction bug in LX200 driver.
+ Fixed pallete selection in V4L 2 drivers.
+ Fixed bug in eventloop that can cause IE timers to crash.
+ Added variable focus speed for Meade Autostar and GPS.
+ Added CFITSIO, a mature and robust FITS library.
+ New RS232 API for common access routines.
From v0.2 to v0.3:
# Devices:
+ Apogee CCD (Experimental)
+ SkyCommander
+ Temma Takahashi
+ FLI Filter Wheel
+ Meade Lunar Planetary Imager (Experimental)
+ Astrophysics AP
# Other:
+ Support for Video 4 Linux 2
+ Multi-threaded INDI server
+ Binary transfer via BLOB
+ INDI scripting tools
+ Various bug fixing
INDI Library v1.0 conforms to INDI wire protocol v1.6
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