FabScanPi-Server

Added

• added factory for camera and serial driver
• added serial dummy driver
• added development documenation
• added docker for FabScanPi-Server simulation ( makes development easier without the need of hardware )
• added new firmware for ciclop scanner, supports WS2812 now

Changed

• refactor serial driver make it more abstract to general connector interface
• refactored camera driver
• refactored calibration processor, and introduced calibration actor instead
• additional code cleanup
• restructured whole documentation

Fixed

• fixed memory leaks

Fixes:

• fixed user interface connection issue when scanner is offline
• fixed error while scanner is connecting to discovery service when scanner is offline
• fixed live stream issue for different browsers (mainly known from firefox)

Fix:

• fixes ply file saving bug
• fixed texture scanning bug (scanner hangs after several minutes)
• fixed camera thread cleanup
• fixed mjpeg stream bug
• fixed memory leak

Refactoring:

• changed number of texture scan processors
• switched to more memory friendly log outputs

• fixed startup bug, caused by the upgrade process
• general fix for the uprgade procedure
• fixed systemd related upgrade issues

• fixed issue with corrupted ply files after scan (not able to open with thirdparty software)
• fixed calibration error when using just one laser

Added

• new firmware version
• new frontend version (meshlab options are removed within this version)
• check for TBB support and fallback if multiprocessing is not available in opencv

Changed

• migrated form python2 to python3
• refactored image worker and worker pool
• refactored serial communication parts of firmware
• serial connection speedup
• general processing speedup
• removed ugly event handler from main scanner handler ( task queue is handled by actor now)
• scan data is saved to a file during the scan process
• free more memory by resetting unused image space
• added process and thread number to logger formatter
• fixed mjpeg stream no data in stream issue
• removed old firmware versions

Fixed

• moved websocket callbacks to tornado ioloop
• bugfixes in firmware
• fixed camera image rotation bug
• minor fixes in ui
• minor scan processor fixes

Fixed

• initial SystemV start script.

Added

• auto threshold function

Fixed

• fixed MeshLab meshing
• fixed downloading scans
• fixed manual threshold changes
• fixed serial communication deadlock (aka serial connection timeout)
• update routine fixed ( 6235dd6 )
• fixed loading scans from file manager ( #134 )
• fixed laser calibration check ( #132 )

Added

• temperature watch dog
• support for second laser
• ciclop and clones support ( interleaved image option )
• new firmware for cncboard, ciclop and fabscan shield
• new version of frontend with some bugfixes (see frontend repository)
• scanning with multiple lasers saves multiple pointclouds now, one for each
  laser and one merged.
• saving raw images for photogrammetry.
• added firmware for ciclop, cncshield and snguinololu board

Changed

• default config file, added new params and settings
• arduino firmware builds with arduino cli and make file now
• switched docs from md to rst
• fixed build process
• added support to save images, texture and laser
• zipping images

Fixed

• communication with external hardware over serial (arduino, FabScanPi HAT)
• high res out of memory bug
• prevent async steps while calibration and scanning
• stepper blocking mode
• hardware connection check while server is starting (waking up the conttoller)
• removed bootloader form firmware to prevent flashing damages
• fixed long timeouts while connecting to the client when no internet conneciton is availanel (aka cccamp bug)

• api route for live log stream
• api route for debug log zip download
• new firmware version
• made fabscan discoverable in find.fabscan.org
• apscheduler library for registery servcie and future scheduling tasks
• added meshmixer to package dependencies
• added avrdude config to package dependencies
• replaced old image build script by a new one, based on official raspbian build scripts
• FSUpdate is working for different stages now
• fixed camera driver (pi and usb)
• fixed random artifacts at the beginning of object scan

• refactored webserver backend code
• introduced Tornado web framework
• fixed calibration non blocking bug.
• fixed flushing camera buffer
• fixed camera settings
• better camera stream performance (nearby live now)
• fixed gap at the beginning/end of a scan
• added swapping support for high res scans
• fixed avrdude bug
• fixed stepper missing steps bug (aka stepper wobble)
• added new version of frontend with some fixes

• fixed pykka aktor threading bug in streams
• fixed bug realated to 400 step motors
• replaced magic numbers by config values (tnx to jwalt)
• fixed typo in documentation (tnx to kradrat)
• new documentation parts (tnx to jens hackel)
• fixed green cam bug
• added deleting old calibration data before new calibration
• refactored camera driver ( much faster than before )
• added abort sequence when scanner is not calibrated
• added new handlers for gracefull application shutdown
• fixed start stop init script and added better logging to it

• fixed calibration data saving bug
• reworked meshing process and added new mlx filter scripts
• added new meshing file formats (off, 3ds, x3d, xyz...)
• added new things to f.a.q. in docs

• fixed preview stream issues
• fixed default config values
• fixed turntable pointcloud roi
• added calibration notification message

• first fixes for upgrade
• added news to documentation
• added auto calibration
• fixed major bug with serial connection
• improved laser line detection
• added news screen to fabscan server start screen

• fixed bug which created multiple instances for websocket server
• fixed bug which calculated wrong version numbers in upgrade check

• refactored whole software for making it more flexible
• added splash screen to frontend
• added auto upgrade to frontend and backend
• fixed major laser detection error
• fixed some 3D calculation bugs
• simplified the laser settings dialog (threshold values etc.) better preview now
• added calibration option to settings dialog
• some smaller fixes

• fixed issue #5, heavy CPU load
• refactored system callings, introduced new utils for system calls
• system call stdouts are in logs now
• added meshalabserver support by calling via xvfb
• fixed mpjeg close stream bug in chrome and firefox
• added idle spinner to stream preview window
• prepared frontend for laser stepper support
• replaced threejs v70 by a newer version v74
• refactored webgl directive, added support for switching between mesh and pointcloud (experimental)
• refactored laser detection algorithm, it is more stable now.
• refactored and extended share dialog options
• made version number of firmware and server visible in main window
• added calibration stream option
• refactored httpRequestHandler
• refactored REST api
• replaced angular-slick
• added meshlab support to frontend
• refactored file handling
• fixed status bar
• added new icons