FahMon 2.3.1

[uncle_fungus]

FahMon 2.3.1 Released

The latest and greatest version of FahMon has just been released, after several rounds of testing and breaking (thanks to all who tested various features). You can get to the most up-to-date version of FahMon by going to the download page, which now uses static links which automatically resolve to the latest version available.

The download page also has a link to the comprehensive changelog.

Things to look out for in this version are:

* Simplified how you add clients: Drag and drop the client folder into the client list, fill in the name, and away you go.
* Export to Web: A new "WebApp" module has been added which presents you with various ways of publishing the FahMon output to either webpages, or static text files. The Web Application option exports a fancy javascript powered webpage which mimics the FahMon interface.
* Update checking: FahMon can now check if a newer version is available online. This can be done automatically on startup, or manually from the FahMon menu

If you find any bugs with this version, please use trac, the online project manager to report them. http://trac.fahmon.net/

Precompiled binaries for various Linux distros will follow as I create them.

 

[uncle_fungus]

Ubuntu debs are now up, this time with dependency info built in.

They will probably only work with gutsy though, as I don't think feisty has the same version of wxGTK that gutsy has.

 

[uncle_fungus]

The only bug I have found is that the FahMon logo covers part of the title in the progress dialog for when downloading the latest projects.

I'll take a look at that, I didn't think the progress dialog even had the logo on it...

Also, when choosing to export a simple text file, by default it doesn't set a .txt extention. Not a huge issue but you can't just rename the file with .txt because FahMon will just generate a new one Only a small matter but it might annoy a few people

From a shell it makes no difference. `cat ~/fahmon_out` and `type c:\fahmon_out` should do the same thing. Unless you name the file the same as a folder...but that would be stupid
I'll see if I get anymore complaints.

I would like to propose one change, perhaps make a text file that is easily parsed by say PHP or BASH/PERL etc etc yadda yadda. The current file can be parsed would be cumbersome. A comma/tab/space/whatever delimited list would have course be better. Just thought I would throw it out there, I know the current text file is so it can be read in a CLI environment so I am not saying you should change that particular file.

I'll think about it, it wouldn't be a major change to the existing code.

 

[uncle_fungus]

OK, if you've been watching the fahmon website you've probably noticed I've cleared several of the bugs reported for v2.3.1.

I now need some testers, preferably those using FahMon to monitor lots of rigs, to check whether the new code fixes two of the major bugs in FahMon.

The first being:
* FahMon occasionally replaces client locations with lines from FAHlog.txt

The second being:
* FahMon will start using 100% CPU time with an awry monitoring thread.

To this end I've packaged up the latest SVN revision, which you can download here:
http://fahmon.net/downloads/testing/FahMon-SVNr119.zip (Win32)
and here:
http://fahmon.net/downloads/testing/FahMon-SVNr119.tar.bz2 (Linux)

 

[uncle_fungus]

Just tried to download the Win32 version, without success. Tried in both IE and Firefox.

I'll be happy to test it once I can get a copy (I'm running 23 clients and I've experienced the first bug a couple of times already).

Hmm, the link works fine for me...are you getting 404s?

 

[uncle_fungus]

@Biffa: Have you got your timezone set to UTC + 0?

@Mattus: It's no coincedence. It's what happens when FahMon produces a "Not a number"

When I get some free time I'll take a look at why its still doing this, among other things.

 

[uncle_fungus]

Yer: http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=4603#p4603 luckily its just cosmetic.