Revolution Firmware

REVOLUTION Release Notes


7.6 (August 21, 2024)

What’s New
Bug Fixes

7.5 - 2024-04-25

What’s New:


7.4 - 2023-12-19

Improvements:

            - Power-based thruster lifetime management

7.3 - 2023-08-21

Improvements:

            - Added thruster thermal protection when operating with high voltage topside power kit

7.2 - 2023-07-24

Improvements:

  - Added support for dynamic camera head limits

  - Added options to disable camera head's centering on boot and shutdown parking sequence

7.1 - 2023-06-22

Improvements:

  - Thruster speeds reduced when ROV is out of water

  - Leak warnings were changed to be consistent across products

7.0 - 2023-03-06

Improvements:

            - High performance mode automatically enabled when using topside power

            - Allow station holding to be disabled

Fixes:

  - Improve handling of DVL altitude messages

  - Improve magnetic calibration read reliability

  - Camera head startup will now avoid the hard stop

6.8 - 2022-06-09

Improvements:

  - Add support for alternate DVL mounting configurations

  - Improved caviblaster power management

6.7 - 2022-06-01

Fixes:

  - Bugfix for DVL planar controls

6.6 - 2022-04-25

Improvements:

  - IMU calibration support

  - Improved battery estimation features

6.5 - 2022-04-13

Fixes:

  - Fixed power tool briefly powering on at startup

6.4 - 2022-03-04

Improvements:

  - Auto-stabilization disabled mode will now use open loop camera control

  - Lowered magnetic calibration score acceptance criteria

6.3 - 2021-12-23

Fixes:

  - Fixed bug causing communication faults in specific configurations

6.2 - 2021-12-20

Improvements:

  - New magnetic calibration feature

6.1 - 2021-11-24

Improvements:

  - Changed battery notification thresholds

6.0 - 2021-11-19

Improvements:

  - Updated internal messaging system

Fixes:

  - Reduced likelihood of dropped tether messages

  - Fixed leak detection on camera head

5.5 - 2021-09-09

Improvements:

  - Added support for A50 DVL v2.0 and above

5.4 - 2021-08-20

Improvements:

  - Battery notification and monitoring improvements

  - New feature to disable auto-stabilization

Fixes:

            - Fixed bug causing intermittent camera disconnects

5.3 - 2021-05-14

Improvements:

            - Additional laser support

Fixes:

  - Fixes battery indicator not updating

5.2 - 2021-05-05

Improvements:

            - Improved in water detection

5.1 - 2021-04-27

Fixes:

  - Fixes rare controls bug in v5.0

5.0 - 2021-04-21

Improvements:

            - Supports new revolution batteries

Fixes:

  - Fixed tether communication bug

  - Fixed bug in CPU temperature reading

  - Lights and lasers are turned off during shutdown

  - Improved response to depth calibration while in depth lock mode

  - Improved altitude lock stability at low altitudes

4.6 - 2021-02-12

Improvements:

  - Improved camera head parking

Fixes:

            - Fixed bug in power tool and Caviblaster detection

4.5 - 2021-02-12

Improvements:

  - Clear faults now includes o2 sensor and motor failure detected faults

  - Improved camera angle accuracy

  - Power tool support

  - Improved leak detection

  - Waterlinked DVL-A50 v2 support

  - Improved yaw control

Fixes:

  - Fixed bug with vertical thruster ramping

  - Fixed bug with camera detection

4.4 - 2020-12-21

Improvements:

- Improved o2 sensor reading accuracy

Fixes:

            - O2 sensor bug fixes

4.3 - 2020-11-24

Improvements:

            - Reliability improvements

4.2 - 2020-10-7

Improvements:

  - Improved camera head movement during slip clutch activation

Fixes:

  - Improved battery leak detection