4.2, March 2025:

— compatibility with new ASCOM driver

— compatibility with updated Windows client software for http connections

— ASCOM Alpaca driver (beta)

— Reject of spurious light unsafe

— other minor improvements (json file, cosmetic issues, )

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