gcaps Release Notes

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2.0.9

Mon, Dec 16 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Removed support for:
  - RHEL / CentOS / Rocky 7
  - Fedora 37 / 38
  - Raspberry Pi OS 10
- Note that packages for no longer supported operating systems can be found in the Package Archive
- Added support for:
  - Fedora 40, 41
  - Ubuntu 24
  - Debian 11, 12
  - Raspberry Pi OS 12 (32-bit, 64-bit)

Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux

2.0.7

Tue, Oct 3 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Version number updated to match GDK release.
- No functional changes.

Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux

1.37.6

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Version number updated to match GDK release.
- No functional changes.

Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.36.3

Tue, Sep 27 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Now supports Ubuntu 22 and Fedora 36.

Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.35.5

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Version number updated to match GDK release.
- No functional changes.

Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.33.4

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Fixed a bug that caused a timeout error on a 21X3 when a command was issued on a existing UDP connection after closing a TCP connection.
- The Galil icon will now be removed from the system when gcaps is uninstalled.

Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.32.6

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- gcaps now supports Windows 11.
- gcaps now supports Fedora 35.
- The DHCP option will now be saved across user sessions.

Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.31.7

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Fixed a bug which causes the error 1050 (Error message "There was an error checking for updates. Error: 1050") when checking for updates with GDK 1.31.6 .
- Note: if GDK 1.31.6 is already installed then GDK 1.31.7 will need to be manually installed.

Downloads
- Windows^*, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.
*Galil's software version numbering has changed. GDK, gclib, and gcaps versions will now match for each release. Please contact us for any questions.

1.29.12

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Version name incremented to keep compatibility with Gclib and GDK.

Downloads
- Windows^*, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.29.11

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Fixed a bug that caused the RIO-57000 series to not be detected by gcaps when connected via serial.

Downloads
- Windows^*, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.267

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Fixed a bug that caused gcaps to not listen for IP requests on a NIC that is powered on with no devices
- Added the ability to toggle remembering previous IP assignments

Downloads
- Windows^*, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.

1.0.0.264

Mon, 1 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Windows only. Added additional firewall rule for long-idle messages in terminal.

Downloads
- Windows^*, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.

1.0.0.261

Tue, 1 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- DMC-2105 support added.
- Improved DHCP/BOOTP Support. Assignments remembered and reassigned after a master reset.
- Improvements to communications, especially during firmware loads.

Downloads
- Windows^*, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

*Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information.

1.0.0.210

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Details
- Support added for Ubuntu 20.04, Fedora 32, Fedora 31, Red Hat 8, CentOS 8, Raspbian 10, Raspbian 9.
- Galil Connect now supported on Raspberry Pi.

Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.194 (1.0.0.195 on Ubuntu)

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:27:53 +0000

Details
- New Galil Connect Feature allows you to discover and connect to any gcaps server on your local network.
  - Make your gcaps server and hardware discoverable for other users on your local network.
  - Discover, connect, and control Galil hardware remotely.

Public Certificate on Ubuntu
- Galil's public certificate has been updated for Ubuntu. Please follow the installation instructions to install Galil's public certificate.

Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Galil's support for Windows 7 has ended. Please click here for more information
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.165

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:06:24 -0800

Details
- (Linux only) gcaps no longer freezes when failing to connect to certain serial ports.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.151

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:06:24 -0800

Details
- Improved firmware downloading over serial.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.149

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:06:24 -0800

Details
- Upgraded to MSVC 2017.
- Updated communication framework.
- gcaps version is now more prominent in installer.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.144

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:47:46 -0800

Details
- Updated communications framework.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.143

Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:51:04 -0700

Details
- Updated communications framework.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.141

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 9:31:25 -0700

Details
- gcaps Windows installer now checks if Firewall service is running before modifying.
- --handshake none now supported for debug purposes.
- On read error, connections are now closed.
- Added Linux firewall settings for deb and rpm files.
- Updated communications library.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.130

Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:00:00 -0800

Details
- Made serial port resources more permissive. If hardware handshaking cannot be set, the connection will still open.
- Updated security certificate.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.128

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 03:25:11 -0700

Details
- Updated C++ libraries.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.127

Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:51:05 -0700

Details
- Updated to MSVC 2015.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.125

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:34:32 -0700

Details
- On Windows, binaries are now signed.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.124

Tue, 16 May 2017 15:57:08 -0700

Details
- Improvements for GDK reconnect features.
- Improved serial port resources.
- Resources no longer initialize themselves. gclib client does this.
- Open now checks for equivalent resource before attempting connection.
- Windows firewall rules changed to gcaps_dhcp (port 67), and gcaps_subscriptions (port 60007).
- Fixed race conditions when two clients are connecting to the same address.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.115

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 11:44:23 -0800

Details
- Features
  - Provide mechanism to release resource from gclib, e.g. for GCommand() timeout.
- Code improvements.
- Framework update.
- gcc tweaks for Linux.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page.

1.0.0.110

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:03:59 -0800

Details
- Features
  - Added PCI support for Linux. PCI users must compile and install the updated Galil PCI module (galilpci.ko). See the gclib installation instructions for details.
  - Updates to support GCompound().
  - Installer checks for x64 Windows and Windows 7 or better.
- Bug fixes
  - 203, COM port causes no more than 2 controllers to report in the GDK Manager.
  - Fixes to Linux distributions with deb files.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page for the following supported operating systems.
  - Ubuntu 16.04
  - Red Hat 7
  - CentOS 7
  - Fedora 25
  - Fedora 24

1.0.0.92

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:24:18 -0800

Details
- Bug fixes
  - Fixed bug in serial port open which caused DMC-4103 connection failure on Ubuntu 16.04.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page for the following supported operating systems.
  - Ubuntu 16.04
  - Red Hat 7
  - CentOS 7
  - Fedora 25
  - Fedora 24

1.0.0.91

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:10:43 -0800

Details
- Added network-based functions to the server.
  - Listening for Boot-P and DHCP requests.
  - Assign IP addresses over the network.
  - Finding network-based controllers via multicast.
  - ICMP ping capability.
- Added Serial hardware listing.
- Added PCI hardware listing (Windows only).
- Binaries now signed with 256 bit digest.
- Added Windows Firewall updates to installer (optional at installation).
- If Windows installation fails, a message is displayed in installer.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page for the following supported operating systems.
  - Ubuntu 16.04
  - Red Hat 7
  - CentOS 7
  - Fedora 25
  - Fedora 24

1.0.0.68

Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:56:55 -0700

Details
- Added Linux support for systems using systemd. Note: No PCI support in this release.
- Service stop now closes opened resources. This should fix hang on stop.
- Fixed bug which caused a crash if another instance was running on start.
- Improved write queuing for large writes.
- Updated write calls for TCP and serial to ensure all data is written.
- Fixed socket shutdown.
- Changes to TCP listeners to support Linux architecture.
- Linux port and supporting files.
- Changes to code to support gcc on Linux.
- Updated C++ libraries.
Downloads
- Windows, Installer | sha1.
- Linux, see the gclib installation page for the following supported operating systems.
  - Ubuntu 16.04
  - Red Hat 7
  - CentOS 7
  - Fedora 24
  - Fedora 23

0.0.0.50

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 12:00:01 -0700

Details
- Fixed bug which allowed only one connnection in certain instances.
- Fixed bug for ? returned with EO1 set.
- Unexpected data that has no destination now gets forwarded as a message.
Downloads
- Windows Installer | sha1.

0.0.0.47

Fri, 22 Apr 2016. gcaps version 0.0.0.47.

Details
- gcaps is bundled in the gclib and GDK installers.
Downloads
- Windows Installer | sha1.