Weekly build for wk1748

cfw snapshot as of 2017-12-02

Please consider that this is an untested snapshot that might contain bugs and/or might be instable, might cause crashes or data loss on your SD card.

Known bugs:

• screen rotation (via Display settings app) will not work if it was previously set manually. In this case, you have to connect to the TXT via ssh and run "sudo chown ftc:ftc /etc/default/launcher" to make it work again.

See history since release of v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20171103:
compare v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20171103...v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20171202

Weekly build for wk1744

cfw snapshot as of 2017-11-03

Please consider that this is an untested snapshot that might contain bugs and/or might be instable, might cause crashes or data loss on your SD card.

Known bugs:

• screen rotation (via Display settings app) will not work if it was previously set manually. In this case, you have to connect to the TXT via ssh and run "sudo chown ftc:ftc /etc/default/launcher" to make it work again.

See history since release of v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20171026:
compare v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20171026...v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20171103

Weekly build for wk1743

cfw snapshot as of 2017-10-26

Please consider that this is an untested snapshot that might contain bugs and/or might be instable, might cause crashes or data loss on your SD card.

Known bugs:

• screen rotation (via Display settings app) will not work if it was previously set manually. In this case, you have to connect to the TXT via ssh and run "sudo chown ftc:ftc /etc/default/launcher" to make it work again.

See history since release of v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20171005:
compare v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20171005...v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20171026

Weekly build for wk1740

cfw snapshot as of 2017-10-05

Please consider that this is an untested snapshot that might contain bugs and/or might be instable, might cause crashes or data loss on your SD card.

Known bugs:

• screen rotation (via Display settings app) will not work if it was previously set manually. In this case, you have to connect to the TXT via ssh and run "sudo chown ftc:ftc /etc/default/launcher" to make it work again.

See history since release of v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20170929-2:
compare v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20170929-2...v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20171005

Weekly build for wk1739

cfw snapshot as of 2017-09-29

Please consider that this is an untested snapshot that might contain bugs and/or might be instable, might cause crashes or data loss on your SD card.

Known bugs:

• None yet

See history since release of v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20170921:
compare v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20170921...v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20170929-2

Weekly build for wk1738

cfw snapshot as of 2017-09-21

Please consider that this is an untested snapshot that might contain bugs and/or might be instable, might cause crashes or data loss on your SD card.

Known bugs:

• None yet

See history since release of v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20170720:
compare v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20170720...v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20170921

Weekly build for wk1729

cfw snapshot as of 2017-07-20

Please consider that this is an untested snapshot that might contain bugs and/or might be instable, might cause crashes or data loss on your SD card.

Known bugs:

• None yet

See history since release of v0.9.3:
compare v0.9.3...v0.9.4-dev.snapshot-20170720

v0.9.3

Important note:

The zip file of v0.9.3 available here before 2017/07/14 contains a misconfiguration for ftrobopy. If you have installed 0.9.3 before the aforementioned date, please re-install the recent v0.9.3 zip file to avoid any issues.

Changes since v0.9.2

• Linux Kernel 4.1.37
• ftrobopy 1.82
• updated app launcher, apps now can be grouped etc.
• security improvements (user request to allow network connections)
• inclusion of libroboint to support the Robo Interface family (Robo IF, I/O Extension, RoboLT, RF Data Link)
• support for bluetooth devices like ft Bluetooth control set
• support for game controllers and joysticks improved
• TouchAuxiliary.py Python module to provide some TouchStyle based convenience functions (GUI requesters like Text, List, Integer, Multi-Button, Photo etc.)

See the commit history for the full change log.

Known issues

• German localisation of the "Tool" folder is misspelled -> "Werzeuge"

Offline Upgrade from a previous version

Power off your TXT and remove the SD card with the previous firmware.

Copy the contents of ftcommunity-txt-0.9.3.zip to the SD card.

Reinsert the SD card into the TXT and start the TXT.

Online Upgrade from a previous version

This assumes that a previous version of the community firmware firmware is running on your TXT and that your TXT is online.

Log in to your TXT as user ftc with ssh. For Windows, PuTTY can be used as an ssh client.

Make sure the ftc user has a password in order to enable the sudo command (see Using the TXT with the ftcommunity firmware for details).

Execute the following commands:

cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/ftCommunity/ftcommunity-TXT/releases/download/v0.9.3/ftcommunity-txt-0.9.3.zip
cd /media/sdcard
sudo mv rootfs.img rootfs.old
sudo unzip /tmp/ftcommunity-txt-0.9.3.zip

Restart your TXT to activate the v0.9.3 firmware.

First time install

Step 1: Enable SD card boot

The TXT comes shipped with a configuration that does not allow to boot from SD card. See the Wiki how to enable SD card boot.

Step 2: Copy files to SD card

Copy the contents of the ftcommunity-txt-0.9.3.zip archive onto an empty micro SD card. The card should afterwards contain the following three files:

am335x-kno_txt.dtb
uImage
rootfs.img

More details can be found in the Wiki.

Step 3: Boot your TXT

Insert the card into the TXT and power it on. You should see the familiar boot process but the progress bar should now be yellow with the text "community edition" below.

After a few seconds you'll be presented the app launcher of the community edition.

Step 4: Go online

The community edition relies on a WLAN connection. Please open the WiFi app by clicking the WiFi icon. In the app select your WLAN from the topmost drop down box. Press the button labeled "<unset>" below the word "Key" to open a dialog that allows you to enter your wifi key. Finalize your key entry with the "Check" button top-left. Back to the main window, press the "Connect" button. After a few seconds the label of the button should change to "connected".

Your TXT is online!

Step 5: Explore ...

We suggest you now open the store app and install a few applications like the calculator app ("Calc").

More information can be found in the Wiki or in the forum

Step 6: Power down

You should always power down your TXT by pressing the blue power button for 2 seconds. The text "shutting down" will appear and the TXT will power down. Afterwards you can disconnect the power supply.

Weekly build for wk1727

cfw snapshot as of 2017-07-07

Please consider that this is an untested snapshot that might contain bugs and/or might be instable, might cause crashes or data loss on your SD card.

Known bugs:

• None yet

See history since release of v0.9.3-rc.snapshot-20170622:
compare v0.9.3-rc.snapshot-20170622...v0.9.3-rc.snapshot-20170707

Weekly build for wk1725

cfw snapshot as of 2017-06-22

Please consider that this is an untested snapshot that might contain bugs and/or might be instable, might cause crashes or data loss on your SD card.

Known bugs:

• None yet

See history since release of v0.9.3-rc.snapshot-20170608:
compare v0.9.3-rc.snapshot-20170608...v0.9.3-rc.snapshot-20170622