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AxiDraw Software version 1.2.2
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@oskay oskay released this 17 Jan 04:15
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v1.2.2
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This release includes the following improvements:

  • #5: Handle additional cases where page units are not inches or mm, particularly on imported SVG data.
  • #7 : Allow each SVG layer to be plotted with a different speed and/or pen height.
  • #11 : Optionally report distance plotted
  • #17: Use "sleep" cycles to pause communication only on longer moves (> 50 ms). This can prevent shuddering/chattering type motion that been observed as a result of slow communications.
  • #23 Add manual command to enter bootloader
  • Suppress warnings from other layers when plotting a single layer
  • Improve speed of parsing SVG file
  • A new version of Hershey Text, including many new fonts and an option to create a font table
  • Catch and survive certain communication errors that previously would terminate the plot
  • Clarify error messages associated with text (flowroot) objects
  • Use smaller (higher resolution) time slices while computing trajectories, giving slightly smoother motion.
  • Various other fixes for stability and performance

Mac and Windows installers for v1.2.2 are available at: http://wiki.evilmadscientist.com/Axidraw_Software_Installation

The ZIP archives attached in the release contain the AxiDraw control extensions for manual installation, along with these helpers and dependencies:

  • plotink helper routines for Inkscape extensions.
  • eggbot_hatch.py and Hershey Text from the EggBot extensions for Inkscape .
  • Pyserial 2.7 (windows) or 3.0 (mac/linux).

These ZIP archives are AxiDraw_122_MacLinux.zip and AxiDraw_122_Win.zip.

Firmware Update

A firmware update, to EBB firmware v 2.5.1 is now recommended for all AxiDraw machines.

  • Mac users: Download UpdateEBB_Macv251.zip, and run it with AxiDraw connected to your computer via USB.
  • Windows users: Download and run UpdateEBB_Winv251.zip, and run it with AxiDraw connected to your computer via USB.
  • Linux users: Please follow the directions here, using the attached file EBF_v251.zip.

Additional notes:

  • We are not yet recommending an upgrade to Inkscape 0.92.
  • This release was formerly packaged as v1.2.1, but has been updated to v1.2.2 to correct a packaging error.
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