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Important changes


BiDiB

Date: 06-06-2013
Revision: 5383+
Missing support for multiple messages has been added. (MAGIC, MESSAGE(S), CRC, MAGIC)


SRCP 0.7

Date: 29-04-2013
Revision: 5106+
SRCP 0.7 support has been dropped.


BiDiB

Date: 07-04-2013
Revision: 4966+
Direction bit correction.


Signal

Date: 26-03-2013
Revision: 4922+
Page: Signal interface
The green and yellow aspect address was swapped. In revision 4922 this is corrected which could effect the aspect of signals!


BiDiB

Date: 28-02-2013
Revision: 4749+
In previous revisions the Unique ID was incorrect evaluated which is now corrected.
All UIDs in existing layouts must be replaced with the correct values.


Function activation time resolution is changed

Date: 20-01-2013
Revision: 4562+
Pages: Function timer Function timer resolution is changed from seconds to 100ms.


Check for free destinations until reaching IN

Date: 09-01-2013
Revision: 4524+
Pages: Automode, Loco details
The ”Check for free destinations until reaching IN” option has been moved from global Rocrail ini to individual Loco details.


Event Timers

Date: 09-01-2013
Revision: 4523+
Pages: Block Event Timer, Action Timer
The handling of timers are now async. and do no longer block other events.

:!: This can influence existing timed events, especially timed swap actions!


BiDiB

Date: 25-12-2012
Revision: 4444+
A new “accessory” flag is added for activating MSG_ACCESSORY* commands.
This flag is enabled by default and must be unchecked for other port types used by LightControl and MoBaLiSt.


BiDiB

Date: 09-12-2012
Revision: 4403+
The GBM16T offset is increased with one to match the general Rocrail addressing.


Analyser

Date: 22-10-2012
Revision: 4181+
The analyser is no longer a library and is now part of the Rocrail server.
After upgrading the analyser.dll/.so/.dylib can be manually deleted.

Date: 26-11-2012
Revision: 4346+
complete code review (almost a rewrite) of the analyser
- added support for staging block, twoway switch and center crossing
- connectors across track plan levels supported (Page: connector )
- several new options (i.e. automatically add missing feedback and/or signal assignments to blocks)
- extended plan checks


Classic routing will be discontinued

Date: 14-10-2012
Page: Deprecated routing options
In future revisions the classic routing method will be removed in favour of Block Side Routing.


CBUS

Date: 01-10-2012
Revision: 4036+
Loco direction flag fixed; Now it is conform the CANCAB/CAN-GC5.


Hardware/Firmware Branch

The branch for hardware and firmware has been moved to:

Please correct or report broken Wiki links.


CAN-GC6

Date: 22-07-2012
Page: CAN-GC6 Firmware
Start of Day fix for reporting the servo position.


CAN-GC1e

Date: 19-07-2012
Page: CAN-GC1e Firmware
The max. number of TCP retries is increased from 3 to 5. This is to prevent closing the connection to the Rocrail server at high traffic moments in the LAN.


GCA141 Wheel counter

Date: 08-06-2012
Page: GCA141
The GCA141 reports using a Lissy LocoNet message with an additional flag.
Fact is that Lissy also use this under certain conditions.
To avoid conflicts Rocrail will use a different flag to distinguish between Wheel counter and IR-Lissy.
Starting with Rocrail revision 3618 the GCA141 needs a firmware update:


Client Service Port

Date: 24-05-2011
Page: Client service, FAQ
The official assigned port by IANA is 8051.
The previous port 62842 should be replaced with 8051 in existing rocrail.ini and rocview.ini.


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