Changelog

All notable changes in the Instrumentman project will be documented in this file.

The project uses Semantic Versioning.

v0.5.0 (2025-10-19)

Added

  • Added panorama capturing (capture panorama)

  • Added panorama processing (process panorama)

  • Added GeoCOM shutdown utility (shutdown geocom)

  • Added GeoCOM startup utility (startup geocom)

  • Added GSI Online DNA shutdown utility (shutdown gsidna)

  • Added GSI Online DNA startup utility (startup gsidna)

  • Added memory device option to job listing

Changed

  • Updated all console feedback to use the rich package instead of click

  • Changed eof option of download data to have no default value

  • Renamed retry console communication option to attempts for all commands

Fixed

  • Package could not be installed from ZIP due to a missing version fallback

Dependencies

  • Bumped geocompy dependency minimum version to v0.14.0

v0.4.0 (2025-08-26)

Added

  • Added aliases to multiple commands and command groups

  • Added resection calculation logic

  • Added station calculation (calc station) using resection from set measurements

  • Added station uploading (upload station) to set station coordinates and orientation

  • Added CSV to targets JSON conversion (convert csv-targets)

  • Added targets JSON to CSV conversion (convert targets-csv)

  • Added GSI to targets JSON conversion (convert gsi-targets)

  • Added targets JSON to GSI conversion (convert targets-gsi)

  • Added set measurement JSON to GSI conversion (convert set-gsi)

  • Added logging options to iman root command

  • Added logging to instrument connected commands

  • Added dateformat option to set measurement

  • Added timeformat option to set measurement

Changed

  • geocompy dependency minimum version was bumped to v0.12.0

  • Updated descriptions in command helps

  • Updated file listing to display results in a tree view

  • Reworked file listing to be able to run recursively to build full tree view

  • Protocol tests now display results in a table

  • Inclination measurement now displays results in table

  • Job listing now displays results in table

  • Added progress indicator to more commands

  • points option in set measurement and station calculation is now a multi option, instead of a comma separated string list

  • chunk option of file download now expects size in bytes, instead of encoded hex characters

  • Second argument (output) of set measurement now expects a file path or file path template instead of a directory

Fixed

  • Job listing could only be done once as the finializer command was so far missing from GeoComPy (the listing was left unclosed, and could not be set up again, only after an instrument restart)

  • Target measurement would indefinitely halt on confirmation prompt

Removed

  • Removed importer command group and subcommands (import)

  • Removed logging options from set measurement

  • Removed format option from set measurement

v0.3.0 (2025-08-01)

Added

  • serial data downloader (download data)

  • serial data uploader (upload data)

  • instrument settings saver (download settings)

  • instrument settings loader (upload settings)

  • terminal was extended with new settings:

    • baud

    • timeout

Changed

  • all package dependencies now have their minimum compatible version specified

Fixed

  • the connection test function in the terminal app did not work properly with GSI Online DNA protocol

v0.2.0 (2025-07-25)

First release of the applications in a new separate CLI package. All CLIs are now based on Click and Click Extra, and registered as subcommands under a common iman entry command.

Added

  • iman command line entry point

  • GeoCOM protocol tester (test geocom)

  • GSI Online DNA protocol tester (test gsidna)

  • file lister (list files)

  • job lister (list jobs)

  • file downloader (download file)

  • inclination measurement (measure inclination)

  • inclination calculation (calc inclination)

  • inclination results merger (merge inclination)

  • morse was extended with new options:

    • beep unit time option

    • more connection options

    • instrument compatibility option

Changed

  • all programs are now registered as subcommands under the iman command

  • commands are now organized into command groups based on the type of action instead of context (e.g. all measurement type programs are now under the measure subcommand, instead of setmeasurement measure, setup measure, etc.)

  • target definition creation is now not part of set measurement specifically (they will be used for other programs as well in the future)

Fixed

  • terminal app could not be launched with Python 3.11 due to an f-string error

v0.1.0 (2025-06-29)

Originally released as part of GeoComPy v0.7.0

Added

  • Morse application

  • Interactive Terminal application

  • Set Measurement application