PixelController v2.1.0-RC1

Changelog v2.0.0 to v2.1.0-RC1 (1 April 2014)

632 files changed, 96745 insertions(+), 151436 deletions(-)

• Add client/server architecture. PixelController can started headless on a server, connect to the server with the client GUI (same look as the standalone version)
• Add RaspberryPi WS2801 output driver
• Add custom led matrix mapping tool, see http://pixelinvaders.ch/pixelcontroller/ for more details
• Add Bonjour/Zeroconf support, PixelController register itself as "pixelcontroller.local"
• Add new ROTATE_ Generator/Effect/Mixer/Colorset OSC command
• Add Noise generator
• Add Gamma 3.0 color correction
• Add TouchOsc layout for phone and tablet
• Add simple performance test (PixelController.sh -perf or PixelControllerRPi.sh -perf)
• Add Random Mode with selectable time-life (option randommode.lifetime.in.s) (Issue #44)
• Add more Blinkenlights movie files
• Add new effect Posterize
• Add new effect Darken
• Add PixelInvaders firmware for Arduino UNO, thanks Yves Alter. This should fix all UNO related issues.
• Add new output rotate option: FLIPPEDY
• Remove support for stealth panels
• Fix decouple fps setting of PixelController from the GUI update speed (Issue #61)
• Fix replace Pixel and Quality image resize code with custom implementations (nearest neighbour and bilinear), major performance improvement
• Fix add missing float parameter to the OSC server, only int values were parsed
• Fix the framerate configuration can be a float number (ex. fps=0.1) if you need a really slow update rate
• Fix refresh GUI settings when random mode kicks in
• Fix generator speed changes the target fps (0..200%), much smoother (Issue #46, #52 and #59)
• Fix generator speed and brightness were not stored as part of the preset (Issue #62)
• Fix capture generator, crashed if recording window was too small
• Fix Metaball generator resolution for different sizes
• Fix more code cleanup
• Fix optimize CPU usage in heavy beat detection mode
• Fix optimize preset load time, load resource files (image and blinkenlight) only if generator is used in preset
• Fix reduce rotozoom effect speed
• Fix visual size in GUI
• Fix rename preset.led -> preset.properties, all PixelController extension files have now the same file extension.
• Fix update build process, put RPi specifiy resources (Serial and pi4j) dependencies into special directory, do not include junit dependencies.
• Fix speedup Blinkenlight parser, some frames were displayed too long
• Fix Multliply and Negative Multiply mixer, output didn't respect ColorSets correctly
• Fix Subsat mixer - was completly broken
• Fix output layout for all *FLIPPEDY entries - all FLIPPEDY action were broken.

PixelController v2.0.0

Changelog v1.5.1 to v2.0.0 (2. December 2013)

877 files changed, 230934 insertions(+), 227347 deletions(-)

• Modularize Project, rewrote large parts
• Add new command line version of PixelController - run on a headless server (like an RPi)
• Add make speed of generators configurable via GUI and save it as part of the preset (Issue #46)
• Add Beat Workmode, define how beat input should be interpreted. Options: Linear, Moderate Sound and Heavy Sound
• Fix Update GUI much faster (instant feedback)
• Fix GUI, sort images and blinkenlights file dropdown content case insensitive
• Fix remove obsolete config options (initial.image.simple, initial.blinken, initial.text) but load a preset during startup
• Fix rename config options (maximal.debug.window.xsize -> gui.window.maximal.width, update.generators.by.sound -> sound.analyze.input)
• Fix typo, rename data/presents.led -> data/presets.led
• Fix respect maximal window size defined in the config file
• Fix adjust matrix simulation window for large resolutions
• Fix effect Rotate90 - works now for non-square resolutions
• Fix improve error reporting
• Much faster startup time
• Display gamma correction on output matrix
• Removed TCP Server, used by the old PureData frontend and CLI client
• Update documentation, see readme.pdf

PixelController v2.0.0.RC1

Changelog v1.5.1 to v2.0.0 (TBD)

875 files changed, 229947 insertions(+), 227327 deletions(-)

• Modularize Project, rewrote large parts
• Add new command line version of PixelController - run on a headless server (like an RPi)
• Add make speed of generators configurable via GUI and save it as part of the preset (Issue #46)
• Add Beat Workmode, define how beat input should be interpreted. Options: Linear, Moderate Sound and Heavy Sound
• Fix Update GUI much faster (instant feedback)
• Fix GUI, sort images and blinkenlights file dropdown content case insensitive
• Fix remove obsolete config options (initial.image.simple, initial.blinken, initial.text) but load a preset during startup
• Fix rename config options (maximal.debug.window.xsize -> gui.window.maximal.width, update.generators.by.sound -> sound.analyze.input)
• Fix typo, rename data/presents.led -> data/presets.led
• Fix respect maximal window size defined in the config file
• Fix adjust matrix simulation window for large resolutions
• Fix effect Rotate90 - works now for non-square resolutions
• Much faster startup time
• Removed TCP Server, used by the old PureData frontend and CLI client

PixelController v1.5.1

Changelog v1.5.0 to v1.5.1

232 files changed, 12438 insertions(+), 12446 deletions(-)
-Add support for ExpeditInvaders output
-Add Fader effect if a preset is loaded, freeze current buffer and fade into new content
-Add Fader effect if current visual is randomized, freeze current buffer and fade into new content
-Add config option to make fader time configurable
-Fix Checkbox Mixer, make checkbox size dependent on output
-Fix PixelImage, possible exception
-Fix Geometrics and Cell generators, possible exception
-Fix rename Rainbowduino firmware to prevent crash
-Fix rainbowduinov3 firmware bug, the serial line could block
-Fix PixelInvaders, improve serial detection, should now works with regular Arduino boards
-Huge refactoring, improve unit testing

PixelController v1.5.0

Changelog v1.4.1 to v1.5.0

• Add new Help Tab, display a short help how to use PixelController
• Add Zoom Effect, add Zoom options (zoom in, zoom out, vertical, horizontal)
• Add Textwriter option (PingPong scrolling, left scrolling)
• Add new Minimum and Maximum Mixer
• Add new keyboard shortcut to select tabs (arrow keys)
• Add new GUI option to save screenshot of all visuals
• Add missing option 'snake cabling' and 'mapping' for TPM2.Net device
• Add missing option 'snake cabling' and 'mapping' for Artnet/E1.31 devices
• Add multipanel support for Artnet/E1.31 output
• Fix use colorset name (instead of index) if a preset is saved
• Fix colorscroll GUI element initialization
• Fix Effect Rotate90 for non square output
• Fix Effect BeatHorizShift for exotic resolutions
• Fix Effect Rotozoom for exotic resolutions
• Fix Effect Texture deform for exotic resolutions
• Fix Mixer Checkbox for exotic resolutions
• Fix PixConCli JMX Query
• Fix ColorSet, rarely visible smoothness bug
• Cleanup GUI, make grouping of controls more strict
• Reduce filesize of distribution file, remove unneeded files
• Remove support for Adavision product - does not exist anymore
• Update PixConCli, improve message handling
• Update Fire Generator, remove visible random pixels
• Update Config example files
• Update PixelInvaders firmware, use the TPM2Net protocol to send data, Testcase: 2 PixelInvader Panels, ColorScroll Generator, no sound update, Framerate old fw: 35fps, Framerate new fw: 140fps -> 400% faster!

PixelController v1.4.0

Changelog v1.3.1 to v1.4.0

New Features

• Add support for E1.31 devices
• Add more 8x8 icon images
• Add new effect, rotate 90 degrees
• Add option to hide internal Visuals to save CPU power
• Add new generator: VisualZero. use the first visual as generator, you can chain you effects.
• Add new random preset mode
• Add Pass through mode: ScreenCaputure (always) and OSC Generator (depending on input) are now 24bpp generators, you cannot use effects/mixer/colorsets
• Add option to adjust the color for each PixelInvaders panel
• Add new gamme option, GAMMA 2.2
• Add a lot of new presets and cleanup unused presets

Bugfixes

• Fix: Checkbox mixer for larger resolutions
• Fix: find .png files in GUI
• Fix: Do not change selected visual and output if a preset is loaded
• Fix: Handle missing config files
• Fix: if the Null output and another output is configured, ignore null output and start PixelController
• Fix: Preset numbering and loading Preset 0
• Fix: Load Presets: do not display non-existent files in the GUI
• Fix: Textwriter generator, use 8bpp as temp buffer to prevent artefacts
• Fix: Improve Add and Sub Mixer (rollover)
• PixelInvaders Output: Use Adler32 as caching mechanism instead of MD5 - much faster.
  md5 needs about 1ms to generate, adler32 needs about 0.2ms.
  2 panels, 50fps, save: 80ms/s, 6 panels, 20fps, save: 96ms/s
• Fix Rainbowduino Output: Cleanup init code.
• Optimize PixelInvaders Firmware, use Serial.readBytes instead Serial.read() (see http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/benchmark_usb_serial_receive.html)
  PixelInvaders Firmware is now 20% faster.