v0.2.28

KiteControllers v0.2.28

Diff since v0.2.27

Added

• --update, --yes, --help command-line options to bin/install
• CondaPkg.toml for managing matplotlib and pyqt via CondaPkg/pixi
• JULIA_PYTHONCALL_EXE environment variable in setup_env pointing to CondaPkg Python
• CondaPkg directories to .gitignore

Changed

• switched from PyCall/PyPlot to PythonCall/CondaPkg for ControlPlots (bump ControlPlots to 0.3). Main advantage: The plotting library is now thread-safe.
• bin/install_controlplots now uses CondaPkg instead of Conda/PyCall; default backend changed to CondaPkg
• bin/install: added --update mode that removes manifests and runs Pkg.update()
• bin/install: improved error handling with automatic retry on resolve failures
• bin/install: passes --yes flag to install_controlplots in non-interactive mode
• bin/setup_env: improved OpenSSL handling (use LD_LIBRARY_PATH instead of force-preloading libcrypto)
• bin/setup_env: added libexpat handling for CondaPkg/pixi Python 3.13+
• bin/setup_env: suppress verbose CondaPkg logs by default
• bin/run_julia: use -t auto instead of -t 1 to utilize all CPU threads
• bin/create_sys_image: removed Python/matplotlib detection (no longer needed with CondaPkg)
• updated default manifests

Fixed

• fixed OpenSSL symbol mismatch by not force-preloading libcrypto in launcher wrappers

Merged pull requests:

• Use PythonCall (ControlPlots 0.3) (#62) (@ufechner7)

v0.2.27

KiteControllers v0.2.27

Diff since v0.2.26

Added

• added FFMPEG to examples/Project.toml
• parking_wind_dir.jl creates now a video and stores it in the output folder
• PLOT_RATES option to parking_wind_dir.jl
• analyse.jl script to plot heading_rate and heading_turn_rate
• optional azimuth keyword argument to calc_steering

Changed

• further parameter tuning in parking_4p.jl, parking_controller.jl, and parking_wind_dir.jl
• updated documentation in docs/src/projects.md
• added updated documentation images parking_wind_dir_T0.png and parking_wind_dir_T1.png
• bump KiteModels to 0.11.11
• improved parking controller, updated from KiteModels.jl
• moved plot from autopilot.jl to analyse.jl
• removed get_default_turbulence and set_default_turbulence (moved to KiteModels)
• updated default manifests

Fixed

• fixed calculation of heading_rate in systemstatecontrol.jl and autopilot.jl
• fixed autopilot.jl
• fixed parking_wind_dir.jl to use update_sys_state!

v0.2.26

KiteControllers v0.2.26

Diff since v0.2.24

Changed

• improved bin/install script
• parking examples (parking_4p.jl, parking_wind_dir.jl) now work with 9% wind turbulence
• added elevation and force plots to parking_wind_dir.jl
• updated default manifests

Fixed

• fixed OpenSSL issue in bin/setup_env
• fixed bin/run_julia for Julia 1.11

Merged pull requests:

• Add default_turbulence (#61) (@ufechner7)

v0.2.24

KiteControllers v0.2.24

Diff since v0.2.23

Added

• the function menu_learning() and the script menu_learning.jl
• the page Learning Control to the documentation
• the script mwe_06.jl for listing the exported symbols
• the script select_project to provide an interactive way to select the active project

Changed

• the file kiteobserver.jl. It now uses a different method to determine the average elevation of a figure-of-eight.
• the script learning.jl was renamed to learn_corrections.jl
• the script now stores the corrections directly in the YAML file of the flight path planner
• it has better error handling and is much more robust

Merged pull requests:

• Add new file copy tests (#56) (@ufechner7)
• More and improved tests (#57) (@ufechner7)
• Improve learning (#58) (@ufechner7)
• Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5 to 6 (#59) (@dependabot[bot])
• Bump julia-actions/setup-julia from 2 to 3 (#60) (@dependabot[bot])

Closed issues:

• TagBot: Manual intervention needed for releases (#51)
• TagBot: Manual intervention needed for releases (#53)
• TagBot: Manual intervention needed for releases (#54)

v0.2.23

KiteControllers v0.2.23

Diff since v0.2.22

Fixed

• updated TagBot.yml

Merged pull requests:

• CompatHelper: bump compat for Observables to 0.5, (keep existing compat) (#15) (@github-actions[bot])
• Update dependancies (#24) (@ufechner7)
• Remove the winch controller and use WinchControllers instead (#45) (@ufechner7)
• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 6 (#47) (@dependabot[bot])
• Support turbulence (#50) (@ufechner7)

Closed issues:

• Implement FlightPathController (#6)
• Implement FlightPathPlanner (#7)
• Implement WinchController (#8)
• TagBot trigger issue (#9)
• Integrate the WinchController with the GUI (#10)
• FlightPathPlanner gets stuck (#11)
• Add ssWinchControl (#12)
• Add function cycle_power (#14)
• Allow to restart simulation via the GUI after a crash (#16)
• Read settings from YAML files (#18)
• Add test cases for the parking controller (#21)
• Create working FPC settings for hydra20 kite (#30)
• Add method plot_control_II (#32)
• Improve autopilot.jl for Windows (#34)
• Save default log file in output folder (#35)
• Add disclaimer (#36)
• TagBot trigger issue (#52)

KiteControllers v0.2.21

Changed

• improved install script to do a complete installation also with Julia 1.11
• improved create_sys_image script to use less memory on Julia 1.12 and to suppress one warning
• bump KiteModels to 0.11.8: This version provides full turbulence support
• bump KiteUtils to 0.11.7
• default is now 100% turbulence relative to Cabauw, NL for 6 m/s wind speed
  . reduced default order of solver from 4 to 3 to improve stability

Fixed

• decreased v_min to 0.10 m/s (the speed when the brake gets released) to fix sporadic winch controller failures
• initial state of hydra20_426.yml

Full Changelog: v0.2.20...v0.2.21

KiteControllers v0.2.20

Diff since v0.2.19

Changed

• fixed new JETLS warnings, also in the tests
• improved script test_flightpathcontroller1.jl, added unit tests
• improved the plot_timing, it now shows a line at the real-time limit
• improve documentation
• bump ControlPlots to 0.2.14 to fix an MacOS bug
• bump KiteViewers to 0.5.2 to avoid GUI artifact when starting the autopilot
• add shutdown guard to avoid showing a 2D plot when closing the autopilot.jl window
• re-wrote the script update_default_manifest

Added

• support for MacOS
• the script test/test_menu.jl for running manual controller tests

Merged pull requests:

• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 6 (#47) (@dependabot[bot])

v0.2.19

KiteControllers v0.2.19

Diff since v0.2.18

Changed

• the performance improved by a factor of about 7. The GUI can now 24x real-time.
  In batch mode, 180x real-time can be achieved.
• improve script install
• improved installation instructions
• documented more functions of FlightPathPlanner
• the examples tune_1p.jl and tune_4p.jl where updated. They now use the NOMAD optimizer.
• TestEnv is not used anymore
• use subprojects
• add .JETLSConfig.toml.default for new linter
• fix all JETLS warnings
• update packages and bump KiteUtils to 0.11.4
• the run_julia script now accepts a script name as a parameter

Added

• add Documenter.jl based documentation
• add script batch_pilot.jl for simulating a set of projects
• add Bash script batch_pilot as driver for batch_pilot. It supports the --help command. It can run 180x realtime.
• add Bash script batch_plot to plot the results and calculate statistics. It supports the --help command.
• add Bash script jetls to run the static code analysis
• add Bash script jetls_examples to run the static code analysis on the files in the examples folder.

v0.2.18

KiteControllers v0.2.18

Diff since v0.2.17

Changed

• update KiteModels to 0.9.0; this version supports turbulent wind fields

Fixes

• fix broken dependencies (KiteUtils)

v0.2.17

KiteControllers v0.2.17

Diff since v0.2.16

Changed

• remove all code related to the winch controller and use the package WinchControllers instead
• bump KiteUtils and KiteModels
• update yaml files for new version of KiteUtils

Merged pull requests:

• Remove the winch controller and use WinchControllers instead (#45) (@ufechner7)