Version history
Very important: to reach the latest, 3.x version you have to manually update to 3.x first. Please check the instructions here.
4.1 (Jan 20, 2024):
—Fixed issue that made a single error in a pressure reading be interpreted as lack of a pressure sensor
4.0 (Jan 13, 2024):
—Safe/unsafe status for each individual reading in the JSON file
—SQM reading added to the single-line file
—”Bad gateways” fixed (at least known ones)
—Allow for definition of timezones with a fixed offset to GMT time (regardless of DST)
—Additional data added to debugdata file
—Specific button in graphics window to access debugdata
3.9 (Feb 28, 2023):
– Full support for new light sensor, reporting mpsas (magnitudes per square arc second)
– Wind unsafe coming from gust speed instead of sustained wind speed
3.8 (Dec 24, 2022):
– Fixed some issues with the new light sensor in recent CloudWatcher units
3.3 to 3.7 (Sept 17,2021):
– Some minor fixes and features:
– fixed pressure sensor incorrectly detected and represented
– added pressure and wind gust data to shared files, for remote programs use
– windows share update fixed (remote windows software not updating)
– cloud detection delay correctly stored now
– a few cosmetic issues
3.2 (April 12, 2021):
– NAS remote folder support – the system can save data files to a NAS (network) folder. Described in “Tweaking the Solo“.
– windows share update fixed (remote windows software not updating)
– new cgiGetDataFile for advanced users / integrators. Now it’s possible to receive any Solo data file using:
http://aagsolo/cgi-bin/cgiGetDataFile?file_name
3.1 (Mar 29, 2021):
– new underlying operating system
– MQTT publishing
– JSON data (both in a shared file and in a web page)
– Better pushbullet & pushover support
– Web page header always showing current values
– Added NTP (network time protocol) for those cases where DHCP is not enough
– Fixed a few problems with ver. 3.0 (never made public)
– Ready for the future
2.6 (May 29, 2020):
– rain heater algorithm now smooth between low and high temps (thanks Eric)
– pushover messages (in addition to pushbullet, as explained here)
– USB pen auto-mounting improved (it seemed to fail in some cases, now will keep trying)
2.5 (March 2020):
– mostly internal maintenance
* 2.4: (Dec 5, 2019):
– Fixed the internal maintenance script to clean all log files.
* 2.3: (Nov 27, 2019):
– New full static IP setting from https://aagsolo/ExtraConf.html
– Fixed a problem with version 2.2 installer
– Internal cleanup
* 2.2: (Oct 7, 2019):
– Cloud detection delay – to avoid a solitary cloud closing the observatory
– Smoother ambient temperature and humidity graph (for units with
external RH sensor)
– Firmware update ability (no need for Windows pc now)
– Some more items in configuration
– Pushbullet
– Zeroconf
– DNSs
– Trace of what / when unsafe is being detected
– Option to revert the software to an older version
– Other minor issues corrected.
* 2.1: (Aug 15, 2018):
– Fixed an issue with the RH sensor becoming disabled in extreme conditions
* 2.0: (Jun 1, 2018):
– Option to choose the source of the ambient temperature (from the RH or the IR sensor)
– SMB2 protocol fixed to avoid problems with a recent Windows 10 update
* 1.9: (March 14, 2018):
– Rain value changed from “>” to “>=”
– Mostly v. 1.8 made official
* 1.8: (Febr. 27, 2018):
– Humidity calculation updated taking into account the real / sensor temperature
– USB drive contents accessible via network
– Source of ambient temperature configurable (but internally fixed to the IR sensor for now)
– Celsius / Fahrenheit: solved bug if cancel was clicked after changing units.
– Generation of a small diagnostics file
– Fixed installer missing a Lua file
* 1.7: (Oct, 2017):
– ambient temperature offset also applies to the new (RH) sensor
– wind graph will be visible even if there’s no wind at all
– the new anemometer model is supported (Model 2 in the list)
– graph location can be arranged
… and some very minor detailsith full support for the new relative humidity sensor and a few other improvements
* 1.6: (Jul 26, 2017):
– With full support for the new relative humidity sensor and a few other improvements
* 1.5: (Jan 20, 2017):
– adds a new file for systems with comma as decimal separator (for ScopeDome)
– OpenDNS servers set as default
– fixes OpenDNS servers set as default)
– Fixed a internal problem with filesystem dates being in the past
* 1.4: (Oct. 4, 2016):
– Option to select imperial / metric units (specifically Farenheit degrees and m.p.h. for wind speed)
– Data logger option, inserting a USB pen it will generate a file similar to the “user data file” of the windows program
– Direct support for Scopedome systems, generating a specific file for them
– Wind reading also displays gust
– Added ambient temperature and IR reading offsets
– Documentation thoroughly updated
* 1.3: (Nov 11, 2015):
– improved the single data files
– other minor improvements
* 1.2: (May 26, 2015, quite a few changes):
– More clear safe / unsafe display, detached from the switch status
– Unknown sensor values are now displayed properly
– Fixed a bug in the “single line data” files, now the saved time is in the user’s local time
– Fixed a bug regarding graph generation if the date / time was way off
– Added new configuration support for:
– Setting time and date (in case of problems with automatic synchronization)
– Configuring a fixed IP address
– Added full but “ugly” support for:
– Setting name servers (DNS) – useful for troubleshooting
– Rolling back to a specific software version
– Experimental PUSH support using the free PushBullet apps.
* 1.1: (Feb 17, 2015) Some small fixes regarding sensor readings in the very first moments of connection
* 1.0: Original release