MECControl software change log
Version 1.6.1 — 4 August 2018
- The Position property of a potentiometer is now accurate to 0.5%.
Version 1.6.0 — 1 March 2018
- If the speed variable used with the Run command contains a negative value, this will now invert the motor direction.
- Added the ability to use the Absolute, Arccosine, Arcsine, Arctangent, Ceiling, Cosine, Floor, Round, Sine, Square Root and Tangent mathematical functions with the Let command.
Version 1.5.1 — 18 January 2018
- Added the ability to test for any key pressed and no key pressed to the Jump command.
Version 1.5.0 — 1 June 2017
Version 1.4.2 — 23 May 2017
- Stop now restores the display window if it is maximised and located on the same monitor as the main window.
- Pressing F11 now maximises and restores the display window.
- Improved display window performance.
- Added the ability to press CTRL + - to comment out selected lines.
- Minor bug fixes.
Version 1.4.1 — 17 May 2017
- Improved the horizontal accuracy when positioning text written using smaller font sizes.
- Minor bug fixes.
Version 1.4.0 — 12 May 2017
- Added display functionality using the Clear, Draw, Use and Write commands.
- Minor update to the Run command syntax to include ‘At’ (existing sequences will be updated when opened).
- Fixed some inconsistencies in some of the command templates shown in the status bar when there is an error.
- Minor bug fixes and line parsing improvements.
Version 1.3.0 — 25 February 2017
- Added the ability for the Wait command to wait for a keypress.
- Added the ability for the Jump command to make decisions based on the key that was pressed.
- ‘Anticlockwise’ can now be used instead of ‘Counterclockwise’ where applicable.
- Improved toolbar tooltips.
- Minor bug fixes.
Version 1.2.1 — 21 February 2017
- Added a logging capability for diagnostic purposes.
- Ensured that only one instance may run at a time.
- Fixed a bug in which sometimes left MECControl unable to connect to a plugged in Arduino/Genuino Uno.
- Minor bug fixes.
Version 1.2.0 — 22 July 2016
- Added the ability to control the MECControl software from the command-line.
- Added support for Motor control using two pins.
- Adjustments made to the status bar so that long messages cannot disappear completely, and have tooltips.
- Minor bug fixes.
Version 1.1.1 — 5 May 2016
- MeccanoidServoMotor devices can now be moved over a given period of time using the Move command.
- Added new colour names for use with full-colour LED devices.
- Adjustments made to the behaviour of the Stop toolbar button and the Stop command.
- Added the ability to open sequence files by draging and dropping them from Explorer.
- Minor bug fixes and line parsing improvements.
Version 1.1.0 — 18 April 2016
- Added support for Relay, Solenoid and StepperMotor devices.
- Updated the syntax of the Move command.
- Minor bug fixes and line parsing improvements.
Version 1.0.2 — 15 March 2016
- MECControl software released.