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====== Collection Software and Changes ======
===== 7.626 =====
March 26, 2025 - Pushed out new version of main along with fr, hg and di. New commands FT and FB information can be found [[fr|here]]. The FR shows less information during the scan, but finishes much quicker. DI has been fixed to rectify the issue where it doesn't always post updates in the bfile during its scan.\\
April 7, 2025 - (currently on test branch only)
  * Main.asc 
     * The lamp warm up wait now checks the lamp's intensity every 10s and if SL is <0.1% or HG<2% stable then quits waiting 
     * Increased the timeout for Brewer prompting to avoid frequent popups during motor zeroings. 
  * sl.rtn - Fixed Failed/Aborted messaging. 
  * hp/hg.rtn
     * Minor improvements for stability and speed. 
     * Time-saving feature during recovery. Now, if micrometer is way off, neither HP nor HG have to finish even one scan forward. 
     * Time-saving feature during recovery. Now, if the micrometer is estimated to be more than 3 steps off, the scan backwards is skipped. Volodya: Time-saving feature during recovery. Now, if micrometer is way off, neither HP nor HG have to finish even one scan forward. Volodya: Time-saving feature during recovery. Eliminated the unnecessary back and forth by calstep steps if HG needs to repeat. 
     * Now, if the micrometer is estimated to be more than 3 steps off, the scan backwards is skipped. 
  * mm.rtn - Added a few more macros 
  * ap.rtn - Trying using channel 8 (rate meter) for HG current for MB. Volodya: Replaced reporting of HV in MB with lamp on with that of lamps off due to it being affected by fluctuations in +15V. 
  * fr.rtn - Turned out it was much more difficult to calculate the number of steps between the current position and the LED in the SB. Fixed now. 
  *Typing ^ in the main will break the program (This is mostly put in originally when a lot of keyboards didn't have scroll lock anymore and before VS found out most laptop lets you do fn+k for scroll lock )
  *  When enabling AZ in IC, it won't error out with can't find "PD"
  * skc.rtn
    * had all the other instruments removed from the list to ignore az is turned off.
    * It will now check for following schedules, and will ignore if az is turned off
      * idle
      * inside
      * lamps
April 15, 2025 - Program above has been pushed to the master except for hp.rtn as that is would oscillate if the top of the HP peak is fairly flat.\\
May 6, 2025 - Few rtn has been updated (Currently in program test branch)
  * hp.rtn the The above problem should be solved for instrument with flat middle of a HP scan
  * td.rtn and main.asc has been updated to help support dosbox-x
  * auto.rtn had a problem that sometimes left "auto" being saved in the OP_ST that has been fixed
  * si and SIM will save a copy of the OP_ST if changes to sightings were made

June 17th, 2025 - updated fv.rtn. This version will write the output that is printed on the screen into the d file as well.\\
June 18th, 2025 - Added wu.rtn - (Warmup) will run the diagnostic string until the instrument hits 32c\\

<hidden===== 7.61 =====>
January 08, 2025 - bumped main version to 7.61. Major changes are RE during schedule will restart in the section after RE, not at the start of the string in from the schedule. New item in CF for lamp offset, currently disabled due to bugs. new rtn - HJ. Does a HS but runs both direction. Currently this is only running on 046, 085 and 224.\\
January 08, 2025 - Updated the az command to ensure it uses the E command to zero the az like RE already does.</hidden>
<hidden===== 7.56 =====>
Oct 23, 2024 - updated a bunch of routines and bumped up the main version to 7.5. - Only running on 011, 085, 254 for now.\\
Dec 15, 2024 - Pushed 7.56 onto all stations
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<hidden===== 7.35 =====>
April 03, 2024 - Updated dsp1.rtn, dsp.rtn and dp.rtn  -- DP now creates and writes to a DP-### directory \\
February 20, 2024 - Pushed 7.35, fixed numbers of changes like ap, hg, he, uvfocusd/uvfocusr, ze and etc. \\
February 21, 2024 - Pushed some updates of bugs found in the previous day causing instruments to stop working. Fixed some eo/eu routines as it caused some schedule to run uv when its not suppose to.  \\
February 22, 2024 - ed.rtn, changed pc to ru on line 16199 \\
March 6, 2024 - uvfocusd.rtn - Changed FW2 setting to HGFW2\\
April 26, 2024 - added tb.rtn - used for testing sighting buttons\\</hidden>
<hidden===== 6.1 =====>
November 15, 2023 - Pushed out Version 6.1. This version is a huge revamp in an attempt to reduce the memory used in the program.\\
November 22, 2023 - New hvb.rtn that fixes the issue with doing high voltage test on V2 boards.\\
December 8, 2023 - Updated re-mb to clean up the d-file\\
January 4, 2024 - Updated hp.rtn to so it now display the counts in the d-file like what you would see during the actual hp measurement.
January 10, 2024 - Updated ze so zenith offset will now work properly on new electronics as well.\\
- Updated rs.rtn issues when dark counts are high and would crash the program. As well as the ratios are now multiplied by 10,000.\\
January 11, 2024 - modified ed.rtn to allow the exclusion of RE during end of day (Find it in line 16130) Currently only Brewer 195 is in this list.\\
January 30, 2024 - mm.rtn - Added (T/B)(MIN/MAX) shortcuts to move micrometers to min or max from operating position
February 1, 2024 - Removed 
  * af.rtn (Auto hg off) 
  * an.rtn (Auto hg on)
  * app.rtn
  * append_x.bat
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<hidden===== 5.62 =====>
June 22, 2023 - new main.asc to address the incorrect RH reading. (?RH) can be used in mm to find the actual RH reading in new electronics. No changes should have been made with old electronics readings.\\
- added fi into the calo3 schedule\\
- added po into the calds schedule\\
September 28, 2023 - ab_sk.rtn modified so it would read from usercmnt.### instead of usercmnt.txt\\
- added put_cfg.rtn and get_cfg.rtn. This is used for new electronics to push and get config.
- put_cfg.rtn has REM for line 13225 so it doesn't actually save the config as this still needs to be tested first.</hidden>

<hidden===== 5.6 =====>
- March 27, 2023 New main.asc and added rtn_date.rtn. This version will better manage the free memory and when the brewers are restarted to ensure no important diagnostic routines are skipped due to the brewer restart. 
- March 31, 2023 New AP.rtn. This new rtn is to eliminate the creation of H20AVG that is not used and redundant (data already exist in apoavg\\
- April 5, 2023 HH.rtn updated so that the warmup lamp time will be the same as the warmup lamp time for hg.rtn (5 mins instead of 2 mins). \\
- April 6, 2023 ed.rtn updated - all tests overnight are still done even if the moon is available for FM in case of the schedule containing "cal".\\
- June 17, 2023 main.asc updated to correct the RH readings.</hidden>
<hidden===== 5.543 =====>
- Dec 12, 2022 New main.asc, skc.rtn and ab_sk.rtn. software will now read and insert the first 75char from usercmnt.txt into the bfile for future diagnostics. Update also solves a problem when in some circumstances the first command in a schedule line would not be executed or even a more complicated erroneous line execution was done.\\
- Dec 29, 2022 New HH.rtn to help solve the issue the out of string space issue.\\
- March 22, 2022 Updated spmoon.skd and spsun.skd to manually include extra sl\\</hidden>
<hidden===== 5.541 =====>
- Nov 3, 2022 New main.asc to address ru looping constantly especially in the inside.rtn.\\
- Nov 15, 2022 Pushed main.asc to the rest of the station as well as rolled back the ed.rtn to run ru again.\\
- Nov 24, 2022 Added calec into the schedule directory. (It is a variation that does mostly DSZS but occasionally it does a UV)\\
- Nov 29, 2022 Updated AP.rtn. The new ap.rtn now uses less memory.
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<hidden===== 5.51 =====>
- February 28, 2022 new revision sent out. This version should handle the OP_ST file better to solve the time/date related issue from 5.50\\
- May 9th, 2022 updated some of the routine to change the commented line to use the same line number. Pushed out to the rest of the network.\\
- Sept 27th, 2022 - PO.RTN updated - Smaller and prints more data\\
- Oct 19, 2022 - Minor change to the spsun routine to remove the 0 degree sun angle line.\\
- Oct 24, 2022 - added a PC.rtn and adjusted the ED.rtn to use the PC.rtn. PC rtn is a better way to restart dosbox entirely.\\
- Oct 27, 2022 - Removed 203 from being forced to run UV in the auto.rtn</hidden>

<hidden===== 5.50 =====>
- Feb 8, 2022 - more maintenance on memory, mm will now always record to the D-file, better memory control on QL\\
 <del>~ Currently only being tested on Br#039</del>\\
- Feb 9, 2022 - Attached is the corrected version of main to prevent that question about the lamp\\
 ~ Currently only being tested on Br#039\\
 ~ NOTE: during the upgrade from pre V5.5, you must copy TODAY.TMP to TODAY.###\\</hidden>
<hidden===== 5.41 =====>
- May 9, 2021 Main adjusted to correct date change issue seen on the last day of the month - some data points spanned the date change\\
 ~tested on 039 prior to pushing this out \\
- June 2, 2021 Reviewed all schedules and repositioned RU before all other commands within any line using the RU command\\
- August 10, 2021 New HH.Rtn from Volodya which fixes the issue where HS/HL does not get saved into the bfile, so if their avg files are lost, it cannot be recreated. Currently this is being tested on 039 and 111.\\
- January 22, 2022 Updated re-sb.rtn received from Volodya. Fixes the issue where SB Brewer can potentially drop out of schedule during an RU. A scenario can exist where it looks for a line of code in the re-sb.rtn that was thought to be unnecessary and removed. Adjustments made and re-sb.rtn updated in the program master directory. </hidden>
<hidden===== 5.40 =====>
- March 22, 2021 Major trimming on main.asc and small updates on some rtn\\
- March 24, 2021 the wrong fr.rtn was pushed (Was still in development) which caused issues with resetting the micrometers\\
- May 5, 2021 - IC.rtn was updated as it would not save and update the OP_ST file (turning off Az in the IC.rtn didn't actually do anything.) ~tested on 039 prior to pushing this out \\</hidden>


<hidden===== 5.20 =====>
- Monitor memory levels and force a restart of the collection software to release memory usage when needed.\\
- Addition of force_ru.rtn\\
11 March 2021 - Pushed out to network\\
March 14, 2021 - Small updates</hidden>

<hidden===== 5.12 =====>
 - Fix how data is handle as it crosses GMT midnight\\
Feb 15, 2021 Introduced and pushed most instruments\\
Feb 16, 2021 pushed back to 5.12 Due to AP out of string in the morning on many instruments.\\
Feb 17, 2021 New main.asc pushed to 039 and 254 which creates an additional fre.## file for diagnostics
Feb 22, 2021 New RU.rtn pushed to the master directory. This fixes and ensures a restart happens during mid night (was causing issues due to the local/gmt day differences)\\
Feb 25, 2021 New auto.rtn pushed to master directory. This will call a RU routine overnight.\\
- new SR.rtn previously the old steps per revolution was not showing when it is 20 days old. It will not always show old value.\\
March 4, 2021 A few out of date rtn has been updated. ap.rtn, auto.rtn, cj.rtn, cn.rtn, cz.rtn, da_lo.rtn, dspn2.rtn, fr.rtn, hgsum.rtn, slsum.rtn, uv.rtn. (Sent from volodya indicting our rtn are a bit out of date.) 
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<hidden ===== 5.11 =====>
 - This version fixed a lot of memory leak issues.\\
Jan 07, 2021 introduced - being tested, not pushed out yet\\
Jan 08, 2021 - Pushed out to all brewers except for Eureka (069, 192, 224), EDM (055) and Res (031, 205, 235)\\
Jan 13, 2021 - Pushed a new SKC to solve illegal function issue when during the wait for zenith angle\\
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<hidden ===== 5.01 =====>Date - Comment\\
Date - more comment</hidden>

<hidden ===== 4.21 =====>April 1, 2019: Introduced 4.21 to all network instruments\\ </hidden>