We’ve had the last couple releases be not as stable as we would like and so people are still running 1.03 and 1.04. Because this next release is going to be the first one that many of our new community members use, let’s make it rock solid.
To make sure 1.09 is stable we’ve got to test the heck out of it! We’re going to release an early version of it right now, and not make ANY changes unless they are absolutely critical bug fixes for issues that show up in testing.
I would LOVE help testing. I know that issues which don’t show up on my machine or my computer can show up on other machines or other computers.
The things that I can think of which we need to test are:
Run the calibration process start to finish
Run the calibration process start to finish with a clean .ini file
Check the other features (set chain lengths…etc)
Cut something out
I will be testing in the configuration that most of the new community will be using which is bottom feeding chains with triangular kinematics. I would love to see testing in that configuration and other configurations.
If you find some time to run a test let me know how it goes, and what your configuration was.
@bar is on Windows 10 on an older portable of some sort. I am coming up to speed quickly my problem is I have a Maslow but limited time I can use it because I have to work outside. I have the ability to test on multiple platforms as I support Windows/ Mac /Linux , I have multiple of each.
In the near future I should be able to report Bi weekly on my observations for the new builds on my website -
Just a reminder to ALL - The mismatch message is a warning not an error - it just informs you of a mismatch you can run in this configuration just acknowledge the warning. You will then be able to proceed in Ground Control.
I wasn’t able to get through the calibration process with the speed warnings in place because they were happening so much that they took down the serial connection (I think). I still think we should add them, but I am worried that putting them in this release will make it unstable
Here’s where I am at in testing 1.09. I’ve gone through the calibration process once and then moved immediately onto cutting something as a test.
I had a friend really like my dish rack so I offered to cut one out for her. I changed up how the base works to have many smaller pockets for the spoons to rest in instead of one big pocket. So I cut two bases. Hopefully my spoons will stand up straighter now
On the search for the holy grail of support, life takes strange paths sometimes.
I think my setup for tonight 1.09 run will check the capabilities of my hardware more then the Maslow
However, every failure on the path to perfection is a lesson learned.
My Linux setup for calibration 1.09:
screen recording with VLC
2 terminals, 1 from where GC is started, 2 a → tail -f log.txt terminal.
I hope 12 f/s is good enough to capture all.
Using Windows 10 and 1.09 I have re calibrated chain lengths 3 times and the sled seems 2 inches off center vertically. If I start the test cuts will this fix the issue in that process?
Same here on Linux, or worse. I end up far to low to even attempt the test cuts.
The chain length is spot on with the marked links, the measurements close to real life.
With triangular selected the default rotation radius of 100 is used.
I think we could use a user selection at the start. We know the radii of all kits.
