V4.0.0 Software Update

Please carry on the discussion here :slight_smile:

@ardun, we’re aware of a bug where all the photos are being uploaded every time. Thank you for the report!

@all, the Max Retries feature is still in the works. It shouldn’t need to be set that high, though with the way it is working right now that is a working solution. We’ll let you know when it can be reliably set to a lower value, such as 5.

@Klimbim are you able to scroll in the dropdown list? I am able to on both a windows and a mac laptop using Chrome.

Yes, press the EDIT button on the Camera widget and enter in the URL of your webcam stream. (Note: this is for an external webcam - not the built-in FarmBot camera)

At this time we would rather not propose a standard origin, but rather have people set up their devices in the most ideal configuration given their environment.

It sounds like you’re saying the translation to your native language isn’t very good at the moment. If you’re up for it you can submit a language translation file (or edit the existing ones) using these instructions.

Yes, the calculated value for encoder scaling should have always been fixed at 56. However, in the last release, due to the limitations of the Arduino and the way in which encoder scaling was being calculated in the code, we needed to temporarily use 100 to get more reliable results. You can see the calculation for the encoder scaling constant here.

As for logging: you are welcome to get an FTDI cable to see additional logs. However, the logs you will see via FTDI are very verbose and not very useful unless you are a software developer and looking to improve the software - they are not meant for average FarmBot users, which is why we don’t send them to the frontend interface. Logging in general though is something we know we can improve, and we have a few things on our roadmap. @mdingena has discussed some ideas as well in this thread.

Homing and stall detection are working very reliably with encoders on our test machines, as well as mounting and dismounting tools from the toolbay. I have a few videos in the works explaining and showing this.

Please remember: FarmBot in its current form is an early adopter technology for makers and hackers who want to help improve this technology for everyone. Adding more components (such as endstops), developing new tools, contributing to the software, controlling other peripherals, etc are all things that we hope and encourage everyone here to try out. For example, the work that @Loveny is doing is very impressive! And we hope everyone can learn from it and become inspired.

That’s on our roadmap :slight_smile:

We’ll first implement a search filter for the sequences and regimens list so you can quickly find things. Eventually we will probably add folder-style organization, though that’s a ways away.