Version change history

5.1.40
- added ASCOM Swith interface
- added ASCOM OSH interface
- added ASCOM Safety interface
- addet Telescope Choser interface for compatibility with ASCOM 6
- driver tested on ASCOM 6.6 platform

5.1.38
- new weather Station Boltwood Clarity II ver. 3.009
5.1.37
- from year 2018 ScopeDome Card version 2.1 have new Preashure sensor - we need new firmware ver 3.7

5.1.36
- corrected bug with dome rotate too slow error
- corrected bug with shutter not start and shutter opening to long error
- better compatibility with Davis Ventage Pro weather station logs

5.1.35
- better Shutter Close on emergency inputs procedures
- new emergency shutter close trigers and events
- new scripts for emergency shutter close procedures
- better support for AAG Cloud Sensor and Solo
- ASCOM Observing Condition Hub implemented as Weather Station and Cloud Sensor
- new Cloud Sensor driver for Tektite
- MapPoint SlewDome bug corrected
- Dome Inertia Calibration bug corrected
- removed lot of small bugs from the code
- all help file was moved the the Doc Directory
- this is last version for old card types: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0

5.1.2
- new setup procedure at first driver run
- driver automatically detect card type on first run
- setup automatically install tipical DomeInertia Table
- faster card interface and communication
- configured card status reading speed (USB Card Loop Time)
- CW and CCW buttons beter works or disable for old card types
- new ASCOM Commands: Internal_Sensor_Dome_At_Home, Internal_Sensor_Dome_Encoder_Counter, Internal_Sensor_Dome_Roatate_Counter
- AAG Cloud Watcher Solo supported
- support for ScopeDome USB Thermostates
- we change software version numbering format for better compatible with Microsoft Dot.Net (from 5.1.0.1 to 5.1.1)
- driver is compatible with new ASCOM 6.2 platform
- new relative GoTo and Enc GoTo function

5.0.0.7
- driver implements ASCOM.Switch interface
- new firmware for card ver 2.1 (firmware ver. 3.52 and 3.6 for Rotary)
- Daily Start and Daily Finish scripts wich can be automatically run once per day
- lost internet connection script
- beter telescope controll by the internal scripts
- new scripts engine
- lot of new scripts commands
- beter card log system
- added 'Dome Motor Inertia Calibration' steps number in Config Window (usefull for biger dome)
- added 'SQM Reader 2' sky quality meter support
- presets for card and dome heating system

5.0.0.5
- corected bug with High CPU utilisation
- lot of new scripting commands
- beter FTP server communication
- extended dome status export to WWW server
- user can controll all relays state

5.0.0.03
- corrected small bug into telescop controll system

5.0.0.02
- supporting "LocalServer" mode under ASCOM lets you simultanoulsy control the dome and receiving data from many programs
- ASCOM ver. 6.1 compatible
- supporting "Cartes Du Ciel" free computerized atlas of the sky
- improved support for Roll-Off-Roof observatories
- built-in function of reading and saving geographical coordinates of the observatory from ASCOM and computerized atlases of the sky
- much more stable work with telescopes
- supporting the new weather stations: "Sentinel Weather Station", "Cumulus", "Weather Display", "EMA"
- improved work with "Bolltwood" and "AAG" cloud sensors
- built-in data read from "Sky Quality Meter" sensor
- improved scripting (to learn more about it, please read "Script_Guide.pdf")
- new examples of the scripts in DOC directory (testing, ACP, CcdAp)
- clearer "DomeRadar" diagram
- supporting ScopeDome USB Card v.1.0 with the old firmware
- improved configuration program (Setup.exe) helping in the first start of the observatory and installation of the driver
- supporting FTP server
- displaying observatory current state on WWW site
- controling the dome by WWW site
- improved stability of the program by eliminating many minor bugs in its code

4.0.0.05
- new firmware for card ver.2.0 (firmware ver. 3.50)
- corrected problem with telescope sync on windows 64 bit system
- new internal script command: SCOPECONNECT, SCOPEDISCONNECT, SCOPEPARK
- much more stabable USB communication for cards ver.2.0
- soft start and soft stop for dome rotate motor
- improved ASCOM support
- full ASCOM support for two shutters domes
- EncGoTo comand for high precise dome position controll
- shutter GoTo Altitude function
- emergency close shutters without the participation of the computer
- automatic cold card restart after USB communication problems
- CommandLine console comands, eq: scopedomedriver.exe ScopeOn
- New dedicated setup for driver configuration

3.0.0.11
- improved ASCOM support
- the new panel (tab) for automatic control the dome's heating and cooling
- dome's positioning system implementing the telescope's SideOfPier ASCOM parameter
- emergency closing the dome in the case of internet connection loss
- emergency closing the dome in the case of too long observation session
- the new temperature charts for weather stations
- implemented "Virtual Weather Station" weather stations support
- the new registration panel for the users
- automatic upgrade to the new version of the driver
- additional function for save all settings parameters in separated text file

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