Lobaro Maintenance Tool

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unreleased

v2.2.0 - 2024-06-28

Added

• New memory layout to support flashing nrf91 with external flash

Changed

• Allow sending empty UART commands via frontend

Lobaro Maintenance Tool

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v2.1.1 - 2024-04-03

Fixed

• Display of connected port (with a custom name) in title and header
• Send ASCII UART commands with an appended newline character

Lobaro Maintenance Tool

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v2.1.0 - 2024-03-01

Added

• Case-sensitive search in log
• --silent-tool to silence log output (except errors)
• Ability to send commands in hex to the connected device
  • Breaking with older API: The command needs to be encoded in base64, and will be returned base64-encoded (on success)

Changed

• Upgrade to Material Icons
• Update Go to version 1.22, update Go dependencies
• No automatic scroll to edited config setting
• Update React frontend dependencies

Fixed

• UART command not sent via frontend
• Log filter only displaying every 2nd result in logfield
• Connection UI component not failing when no serial ports are available
• Displaying the serial port twice under Windows
• Log filter handling regexp characters properly

Lobaro Maintenance Tool

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v2.0.1 - 2024-02-02

Added

• Tooltips for symbol-only buttons

Changed

• Display original port name in Port field and title, even when renamed
• Prefer connecting to USB serial ports with proper prefixes ("ttyUSB", "tty.usbserial") on *nix systems for autoconnect

Fixed

• Time displayed multiple times in log

Lobaro Maintenance Tool

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2.0.0

Switching frontend to React

Added

• Jump to Line via time in log
• Reset local config change to unedited state
• Display connected port in title and header
• Allow naming of serial ports
• Config: Allow import & export of device configs with JSON files
• Load config.json via drag&drop on Load Config button
• Build Apple Silicon version in goreleaser

Changed

• Switch frontend to React and Bootstrap
• Multiple notifications possible
• Upgrade go & react dependencies
• LogField: Determine font size and resulting line height on startup, allowing easier setting via its CSS class
• Device state updated and triggered via events in custom hook
• UI changes:
  • Smaller font size
  • Changing tables to Bootstrap containers for improved screen responsiveness
    • Config table
    • Firmware: Device Info and Tests

Fixed

• Timestamp for a new line updating to when its changed/filled

Lobaro Maintenance Tool

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1.18.4 - 2023-07-31

Changed

• Using values from cli options --serial-min, --serial-max and --timeout in tool with web UI too:
  • Starting hardware csv from serial-min (default 1)
  • Returning error after flash if device serial is bigger than serial-max (default inf)
  • Waiting timeout seconds to parse device config (default 15s)

Lobaro Maintenance Tool

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1.18.3 - 2022-08-25

Added

• --timeout to define the timeout for single operations like reading device info

Changed

• Default timeout increased from 10 to 15 seconds

1.18.2 - 2022-04-29

Added

• --version flag

Fixed

• Fixed loading of CSV columns iccid and factory-test which did lead to missing data in CSV after updates

1.18.0

Changed

• New columns in CSV file: iccid and factory-test

1.17.1

Fixed

• Commandline flags are not ignored anymore

1.17.0

Added

• Flag --hardware-csv to specify a path to the hardware.csv file to be used
• lobaro-tool flash parameter --file was renamed to flash-file (-f still works as shortcut)
• Flags --serial-min --serial-max to define a range of valid serials. 0 = ignored.

Changed

• yaml config file usage is improved. Some more flags can be set in config file now.

1.16.1

Changed

• config write needs --save-csv to save the CSV
• Always print serial when saving hardware CSV

1.16.0

Added

• flash-tool device-info --save to read and optionally save deivce infos to CSV
• --save-csv option for the flash command to save the device info to CSV after flashing
• Support for nrf52840

1.15.3

Fixed

• Bug where config can not be written when flash is empty

Added

• Added config erase command to erase the device config.

1.15.2

Fixed

• Fixed log reader panic

1.15.1

Fixed

• Fixed timeout issue after config write
• Hardware CSV is updated when config is written

1.15.0

Fixed

• Fix tool reconnect after config write

Changed

• config write will also read device info to ensure the config is validated by the firmware
• Device tests can be updated

1.14.2

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where the hardware.csv was not updated

1.14.1

Fixed

• Fixed a bug (since 1.12.0) that displays byte array config values in a broken format.

1.14.0

Added

• Test executed by the tool if the Boot PIN works when reading device info

Changed

• CSV is saved before tests are running to speed up provisioning
• Do not provide windows arm builds anymore
• Auto connect is smarter and does scan for the correct device on all systems

Fixed

• A bug where auto connect hang up on Windows

1.13.0

Added

• Support new format for parameters, config and tests in device log

1.12.0

Added

• CMD: lobaro-tool config read
• CMD: lobaro-tool config write
• CMD: lobaro-tool reset
• For Details see "lobaro-tool help"

1.11.1

Changed

• Location of NRF52 config to support BT Bootloader setups

1.11.0

Added

• Support for STM32WL

1.10.0

Added

• Show firmware name in UI
• Support for nrf62 with Lobaro bootloader

1.9.5 - 2021-01-19

Fixed

• Fix duplicate log entries when multiple browser tabs are open

1.9.4 - 2021-01-08

Fixed

• Bug where hardware.csv gets corrupted entries
• Display of device Serial in Firmware tab is more consistent
• Remove some debug log

1.9.3 - 2020-12-17

Fixed

• Bug where one device in csv gets the configuration of another device
• Devices with different configs are not saved in the same CSV anymore

Changed

• The CSV file does not contain the date anymore

1.9.2 - 2020-12-10

Fixed

• Bug where flashing is aborted due to an internal error

Changed

• Name of hardware csv to "yyyy_mm_dd-hardware..csv" where is a hash over the header columns

1.9.0 - 2020-12-01

Added

• Checkbox to restore default config after flash
• Commandline flag --restoreCfg for "flash" command to restore default cfg after flash

Changed

• Throttle log output to websocket to increase browser performance

1.8.2 - 2020-07-24

Fixed

• Display of testresult
• Parsing of firmware name more flexible. Supports "Firmware: "

Changed

• Display of test results is more responsive and up to date
• Show timeout in testresults

1.8.1 - 2020-05-29

Added

• Display device serial on Firmware page

Fixed

• Flash is restarted when device info can not be read

1.8.0 - 2020-05-27

Added

• Firmware tab button to "Read & Save Device Info" of the connected device
• lobato-tool.log.txt file in log folder with log of the lobaro-tool itself. Only logs for last start are saved.

Changed

• Reduce CPU usage due to serial read, especially on Linux
• hardware.csv file gets backed up with timestamp when loading failed to avoid data loss
• hardware.csv now contains one column "cfg:" per config value

1.7.2 - 2020-05-06

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that increased the time to flash firmware

1.7.1 - 2020-04-30

Added

• NB-IoT Devices in hardware.csv
• Firmware in hardware.csv
• Time zone in hardware.csv

Fixed

• Remove redundant resets after flash

1.6.4 - 2020-03-23

• Move logs to "logs" subdir
• Add hardware.csv file with information about flashed devices
• Improve handling of websockets
• Display Device Info and Test Results on Flash tab

1.5.5 - 18.02.2020

• Parameter --uart-connect to automatically connect to given 'comport'
• Parameter --uart-reconnect to automatically reconnect on uart disconnect

1.5.4 - 11.02.2020

• Fix a bug where the configuration can not be changed

1.5.3 - 06.02.2020

• Add flash -t command line argument to speedup manual flash startup time

1.5.2 - 05.02.2020

• Avoid browser caching of frontend code

1.5.1 - 31.01.2020

• Support nRF9160 Config and Firmware update on Lobaro hardware
• Improve progress indicator and error checks during Flash

1.4.10 - 11.10.2019

• No relevant changes

1.4.9 - 17.09.2019

• Fix a bug where flashing firmware fails due to UART buffer issues

1.4.4 - 11.09.2019

• Fix a bug that failed to flash very big firmware files.
• Add delays when communicating with Bootloader to avoid timing issues.
• Flash command now support --verbose flag

1.4.3 - 30.07.2019

• Fix a bug where writing the config does not work.

1.4.2 - 29.07.2019

• Fix a bug where the program hangs up while connecting to a wrong serial port in "auto" mode.
• Fix a bug where the tool crashes when flashing the firmware while not connected.

1.4.0 - 10.08.2018

• Log Tool events like Connect, Disconnect, Read Config, etc. to UART Log
• Switch to firmware mode after connecting with "auto" port

1.3.4 - 09.08.2018

• Always switch to Firmware run mode after: Connect, Load Config, Restore Config.

1.3.3

• Internet Explorer support

1.3.2 - 09.07.2018

• Fix reading configs bigger than 256 Bytes (needed for wMbus Bridge)

1.3.0 - 21.03.2018

• Improve connection detection
• Allow to connect to specific serial port
• Do not reset to boot mode when connecting to selected serial port

1.2.5 - 07.03.2018

• Fix issues with loading a configuration file. Default is now "config.yaml"
• Remove horizontal scrollbars in tabs
• Add "Set Time" button to send "time=" via UART
• Add send UART input below Log
• Display if Firmware or Booloader is running
• Add success message when loading config

1.2.4 - 07.03.2018

• Allow to replace assets e.g. the logo by placing /assets/logo.png next to the executable

1.2.3 - 05.03.2018

• Log Timestamp in UART log file on disk
• Allow to set http server ip and port to allow remote access

1.2.2 - 19.02.2018

• Fix CBOR decoding error that was introduced in 1.2.0 (see: ugorji/go#232)

1.2.0 - 16.02.2018

• Fix Serial port issues that appear on MAC, Linux and in rare cases on Windows

1.2.0 - 15.02.2018

• Log UART output to file in $HOME/.lobaro/

1.1.x

• Restore Default Config
• Close button
• Closing the browser window now also shut down the server

Lobaro Maintenance Tool

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1.18.2 - 2022-04-29

Added

• --version flag

Fixed

• Fixed loading of CSV columns iccid and factory-test which did lead to missing data in CSV after updates

1.18.0

Changed

• New columns in CSV file: iccid and factory-test

1.17.1

Fixed

• Commandline flags are not ignored anymore

1.17.0

Added

• Flag --hardware-csv to specify a path to the hardware.csv file to be used
• lobaro-tool flash parameter --file was renamed to flash-file (-f still works as shortcut)
• Flags --serial-min --serial-max to define a range of valid serials. 0 = ignored.

Changed

• yaml config file usage is improved. Some more flags can be set in config file now.

1.16.1

Changed

• config write needs --save-csv to save the CSV
• Always print serial when saving hardware CSV

1.16.0

Added

• flash-tool device-info --save to read and optionally save deivce infos to CSV
• --save-csv option for the flash command to save the device info to CSV after flashing
• Support for nrf52840

1.15.3

Fixed

• Bug where config can not be written when flash is empty

Added

• Added config erase command to erase the device config.

1.15.2

Fixed

• Fixed log reader panic

1.15.1

Fixed

• Fixed timeout issue after config write
• Hardware CSV is updated when config is written

1.15.0

Fixed

• Fix tool reconnect after config write

Changed

• config write will also read device info to ensure the config is validated by the firmware
• Device tests can be updated

1.14.2

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where the hardware.csv was not updated

1.14.1

Fixed

• Fixed a bug (since 1.12.0) that displays byte array config values in a broken format.

1.14.0

Added

• Test executed by the tool if the Boot PIN works when reading device info

Changed

• CSV is saved before tests are running to speed up provisioning
• Do not provide windows arm builds anymore
• Auto connect is smarter and does scan for the correct device on all systems

Fixed

• A bug where auto connect hang up on Windows

1.13.0

Added

• Support new format for parameters, config and tests in device log

1.12.0

Added

• CMD: lobaro-tool config read
• CMD: lobaro-tool config write
• CMD: lobaro-tool reset
• For Details see "lobaro-tool help"

1.11.1

Changed

• Location of NRF52 config to support BT Bootloader setups

1.11.0

Added

• Support for STM32WL

1.10.0

Added

• Show firmware name in UI
• Support for nrf62 with Lobaro bootloader

1.9.5 - 2021-01-19

Fixed

• Fix duplicate log entries when multiple browser tabs are open

1.9.4 - 2021-01-08

Fixed

• Bug where hardware.csv gets corrupted entries
• Display of device Serial in Firmware tab is more consistent
• Remove some debug log

1.9.3 - 2020-12-17

Fixed

• Bug where one device in csv gets the configuration of another device
• Devices with different configs are not saved in the same CSV anymore

Changed

• The CSV file does not contain the date anymore

1.9.2 - 2020-12-10

Fixed

• Bug where flashing is aborted due to an internal error

Changed

• Name of hardware csv to "yyyy_mm_dd-hardware..csv" where is a hash over the header columns

1.9.0 - 2020-12-01

Added

• Checkbox to restore default config after flash
• Commandline flag --restoreCfg for "flash" command to restore default cfg after flash

Changed

• Throttle log output to websocket to increase browser performance

1.8.2 - 2020-07-24

Fixed

• Display of testresult
• Parsing of firmware name more flexible. Supports "Firmware: "

Changed

• Display of test results is more responsive and up to date
• Show timeout in testresults

1.8.1 - 2020-05-29

Added

• Display device serial on Firmware page

Fixed

• Flash is restarted when device info can not be read

1.8.0 - 2020-05-27

Added

• Firmware tab button to "Read & Save Device Info" of the connected device
• lobato-tool.log.txt file in log folder with log of the lobaro-tool itself. Only logs for last start are saved.

Changed

• Reduce CPU usage due to serial read, especially on Linux
• hardware.csv file gets backed up with timestamp when loading failed to avoid data loss
• hardware.csv now contains one column "cfg:" per config value

1.7.2 - 2020-05-06

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that increased the time to flash firmware

1.7.1 - 2020-04-30

Added

• NB-IoT Devices in hardware.csv
• Firmware in hardware.csv
• Time zone in hardware.csv

Fixed

• Remove redundant resets after flash

1.6.4 - 2020-03-23

• Move logs to "logs" subdir
• Add hardware.csv file with information about flashed devices
• Improve handling of websockets
• Display Device Info and Test Results on Flash tab

1.5.5 - 18.02.2020

• Parameter --uart-connect to automatically connect to given 'comport'
• Parameter --uart-reconnect to automatically reconnect on uart disconnect

1.5.4 - 11.02.2020

• Fix a bug where the configuration can not be changed

1.5.3 - 06.02.2020

• Add flash -t command line argument to speedup manual flash startup time

1.5.2 - 05.02.2020

• Avoid browser caching of frontend code

1.5.1 - 31.01.2020

• Support nRF9160 Config and Firmware update on Lobaro hardware
• Improve progress indicator and error checks during Flash

1.4.10 - 11.10.2019

• No relevant changes

1.4.9 - 17.09.2019

• Fix a bug where flashing firmware fails due to UART buffer issues

1.4.4 - 11.09.2019

• Fix a bug that failed to flash very big firmware files.
• Add delays when communicating with Bootloader to avoid timing issues.
• Flash command now support --verbose flag

1.4.3 - 30.07.2019

• Fix a bug where writing the config does not work.

1.4.2 - 29.07.2019

• Fix a bug where the program hangs up while connecting to a wrong serial port in "auto" mode.
• Fix a bug where the tool crashes when flashing the firmware while not connected.

1.4.0 - 10.08.2018

• Log Tool events like Connect, Disconnect, Read Config, etc. to UART Log
• Switch to firmware mode after connecting with "auto" port

1.3.4 - 09.08.2018

• Always switch to Firmware run mode after: Connect, Load Config, Restore Config.

1.3.3

• Internet Explorer support

1.3.2 - 09.07.2018

• Fix reading configs bigger than 256 Bytes (needed for wMbus Bridge)

1.3.0 - 21.03.2018

• Improve connection detection
• Allow to connect to specific serial port
• Do not reset to boot mode when connecting to selected serial port

1.2.5 - 07.03.2018

• Fix issues with loading a configuration file. Default is now "config.yaml"
• Remove horizontal scrollbars in tabs
• Add "Set Time" button to send "time=" via UART
• Add send UART input below Log
• Display if Firmware or Booloader is running
• Add success message when loading config

1.2.4 - 07.03.2018

• Allow to replace assets e.g. the logo by placing /assets/logo.png next to the executable

1.2.3 - 05.03.2018

• Log Timestamp in UART log file on disk
• Allow to set http server ip and port to allow remote access

1.2.2 - 19.02.2018

• Fix CBOR decoding error that was introduced in 1.2.0 (see: ugorji/go#232)

1.2.0 - 16.02.2018

• Fix Serial port issues that appear on MAC, Linux and in rare cases on Windows

1.2.0 - 15.02.2018

• Log UART output to file in $HOME/.lobaro/

1.1.x

• Restore Default Config
• Close button
• Closing the browser window now also shut down the server

Lobaro Maintenance Tool

Changelog

1.18.0

Changed

• New columns in CSV file: iccid and factory-test

1.17.1

Fixed

• Commandline flags are not ignored anymore

1.17.0

Added

• Flag --hardware-csv to specify a path to the hardware.csv file to be used
• lobaro-tool flash parameter --file was renamed to flash-file (-f still works as shortcut)
• Flags --serial-min --serial-max to define a range of valid serials. 0 = ignored.

Changed

• yaml config file usage is improved. Some more flags can be set in config file now.