From 3873013383eafe382ca2b35ba6437e433535cb1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ScottW514 Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:58:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] v0.0.7 release notes: the text as revised after publishing The notes were rewritten after v0.0.7 was published: the extensions paragraph and every item under "Also new". The release page on GitHub now carries the same text, followed by its "Installing your own build" section. The v0.0.7 tag keeps the notes as first published. --- releases/v0.0.7/notes.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/releases/v0.0.7/notes.md b/releases/v0.0.7/notes.md index f0ce183..bd8ceac 100644 --- a/releases/v0.0.7/notes.md +++ b/releases/v0.0.7/notes.md @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ ForgeFIRM v0.0.7 is a beta release. -It adds extension packages: software that is not part of ForgeFIRM, which you install from the control panel and which runs in a sandbox with only what you grant it. Extensions are off until you turn them on. You can upload a package, or get one from OpenGlow's catalog, which lists Visual alignment. A package's own page is on the new Extensions tab. +ForgeFIRM is now extensible. New capabilities and features can be created as extensions without requiring major changes to the core firmware. This is intended to promote 3rd-party feature development while allowing the core firmware to remain light and stable. Each extension runs in a sandbox with only the permissions the user grants it. Packages can be uploaded or installed from a new catalog. Also new: -- Manual homing. Release the motors, push the head against the gantry stops by hand, and set home there or at an offset you choose. It needs no account, no service, and no camera. -- The crumb tray. Take the tray out for taller work and switch the tray mode on the Lens card: Z is then the height above the floor of the machine. -- API tokens let your own programs read the status, follow the machine's events, see a camera, jog the head with the laser off, or run jobs. A token reaches only what you tick when you make it, and a job it runs still waits for the button on the machine. -- The Setup page can measure the bed size on a machine with the gantry stops. -- Live camera video is smoother and has less delay, and the control panel is faster over HTTPS. +- Manual homing: Allows you to home the machine by moving the gantry and head to their home positions against gantry stops. Cheap, repeatable and effective. +- Crumb Tray Removal: Toggling whether or not the crumb tray is installed will adjust the Z height for accurate, calculation-free focus. +- A new API interface lets your own programs read the status, follow the machine's events, see a camera, jog the head with the laser off, or run jobs (operator button press still required). +- Improved the video pipeline and enabled hardware-accelerated TLS encryption to reduce CPU overhead. +- New Extension: Adjust the laser start point using the head camera for precision alignment. Expect bugs. When you find one, open an issue in this repository or report it on the community forum at https://community.openglow.org so it can be fixed.