CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

15.4.10

• Prevent unnecessary scheduler exit upon encountering duplicate variables when one is a placeholder.

15.4.9

• Add tool.flow_rate_ml_per_s.
• Add get_tool Lua helper and use it in relevant helpers.
• Fix update_device({mounted_tool_id = 0}) functionality and validate values.
• Fix badarg bug for plants with planted_at value.

15.4.8

• Add support for using remote plant objects in the water Lua helper.
• Add to_unix Lua helper.
• Add planted_at to local plant objects.

15.4.7

• Firmware update to fix calibration deadzone settings.
• Add optional arguments to take_photo and take_photo_raw lua helpers.
• Add point group planted_at/created_at conditional.
• Add utc and local_time lua helpers.
• Dependency updates.

15.4.6

• Dependency updates (includes RingLogger.viewer).
• Add Genesis v1.7 and Express v1.2 firmwares.

15.4.5

• Change MQTT client.
• Genesis firmware updates.

15.4.4

• Dependency updates (includes system updates).

15.4.3

• Rework photo_grid lua helper exit upon missing configs.

15.4.2

• Add tool name input option to mount_tool lua helper.
• Adjust configurator timeout text.

15.4.1

• Add new dispense, water, grid, set_job, complete_job, and get_job lua helpers.
• Add job progress tracking to wait lua helper.
• Add z to garden_size and add 0 fallback values.
• Fix photo_grid lua helper calculation bug.

15.4.0

• Add new get_curve lua helper.
• Add/expose new plant fields: depth, water_curve_id, spread_curve_id, height_curve_id, age.
• Fix photo_grid and api lua helper bugs.

15.3.6

• Add new warning element to configurator. Misc UI changes.

15.3.4

• Fix move_absolute and check_position lua helper bugs.
• Add new get_xyz, safe_z, mount_tool, and dismount_tool lua helpers.

15.3.3

• Add new on, off, debug, toast, and move lua helpers.
• Fix abort command in Genesis and Express firmware.

15.3.2

• Fix bug running sequences with large numbers of steps.
• Allow configuration to hidden SSIDs.

15.3.1

• Improve system performance while using the red LED.

15.3.0

• Add new optimized and alternating sort methods.
• Add sort and group lua helpers.
• Add camera device info to informational settings.
• Add support for peripherals to toggle_pin.
• Add toggle_pin lua helper.

15.2.1

• Fix boot sequence edge case bug.

15.2.0

• Add job progress tracking to farmware
• Add time to lua set_job_progress() helper

15.1.0

• Implement boot sequence feature
• Add boot job progress
• Add read_at to sensor_readings
• Add boot_sequence_id to fbos_configs
• Add get_seed_tray_cell() and verify_tool() lua helpers

15.0.0

• hotfix for uptime bug
• rpc() Lua helper
• sequence() Lua helper
• Dependency upgrades (including wifi scan edge case bugfix)

14.9.0

• Ability to manage resource variables from Lua.
• Ability to execute GCode raw from Lua.
• Runtime validation of missing sequence parameters.
• Upgrade Nerves system, Erlang, Elixir.
• Ability to specify safe_z from Lua move_absolute().
• Remove SSH subsystem. It is no longer maintained.
• Nerves system upgrades
• Genesis and Express firmware updates.

14.8.1

• Add api() helper to simplify API access in Lua.
• Remove legacy logs relating to device updates.
• Ability to execute raw CeleryScript from Lua.

14.8.0

• Upgrade Elixir, Erlang and system deps.
• Nerves System (Linux) upgrade.
• Add support for RPi4 target.
• Bugfix: Prevent crashes from stopping a soft reset.
• Change the way Lua handles e-stops (no operation during e-stop now that soft_stop() exists)
• E-stop now prevents all sequence operations, not just firmware commands.
• Add movement_calibration_retry_total_* fields to MCU params
• Lua technical preview for set_job_progress / get_job_progress

14.7.0

• Add support for text variables.
• Possible fix for "blinking MQTT" bug where device stops seeing incoming MQTT packets.
• Increase UART timeout / better handling of UART timeouts.
• Genesis and Express firmware updates.
• Fix bug where scheduling > 1 regimen per day would crash the scheduler.
• Farmware updates.

14.6.4

• Genesis and Express firmware updates.
• Fix bug where firmware parameters would appear to not be uploaded.
• Ability to handle numeric sequence variables from Lua
• Silence timeout error messages from user log stream
• Add photo_grid() technical preview to Lua VM.
• Better handling of timeout errors in lua http() function.
• Bugfix: Prevent firmware handler from crashing when there is an active but unused pin watcher.

14.6.3

• Recovery deploy / hotfix. Fix bug where not all firmware parameters would load.

14.6.2

• Fix bug where Lua scripts would not stop sending GCode during estop
• Genesis and Express firmware updates.
• Improved Lua error legibility.
• Technical preview of load sense API
• Routine dependency upgrades.

14.6.1

• Remove need to download farmwares over the network (improves offline experience)
• Remove references to legacy components (FarmbotCore, FarmbotExt, etc..)
• Add new Lua functions: detect_weeds, garden_size, measure_soil_height

14.6.0

• Upgrade database driver.
• Convert application to a monolith.

14.5.0

• SSL/HTTPS configuration updates.
• Upgrade numerous deps, such as Lua runtime and Certifi.
• Fix issue where FarmEvents would fail to execute near boot time on Express models.
• Performance updates to firmware handler.

14.4.1

• Update Erlang version
• Update error reporting info

14.4.0

• Upgrade Nerves system, Erlang, Elixir, OTP.
• Minor changes related to deprecations and platform changes.

14.3.3

• Ability to read lat, lng, and indoor from Lua get_device() helpers.
• Fix system halting memory leak when taking > 1,000 photos in a single boot.
• Increase timeout for http() requests in Lua.
• alpha release of Lua helpers: base64.encode(), base64.decode(), auth_token(), take_photo_raw().
• Fix bug where calling json.decode() in Lua on an Array would raise an exception.

14.3.2

• Refactor code that generates calendars for FarmEvent resources.
• Routine dependency upgrades
• Bug fix: FBOS crashes when pinbinding is set to SYNC / REBOOT.

14.3.1

• Express firmware bugfix

14.3.0

• Genesis and Express firmware updates.
• Ability to use more than one variable per sequence.
• Ability for Lua developers to see current point group via __GROUP__ sequence variable.
• Improved CeleryScript / RPC error reporting.
• Fix bug where stall was reported as timeout.
• Report axis name when detecting stalls.

14.2.2

• Genesis and Express firmware updates.

14.2.1

• Add new v1.6 firmware with beta support for quiet mode.
• Fix problem where writing to an analog peripheral did not update device state.
• Add a write_pin() lua helper.
• Bug fix for some Lua formulas.
• Full removal of factory reset timers.
• MOVE block now attempts to guess soil height when more than three soil height readings are available (previous versions relied on soil_height setting in device panel)
• Genesis and Express firmware updates.

14.2.0

• Expose the following point attributes to the Lua variable() helper:
  • gantry_mounted
  • id
  • meta
  • openfarm_slug
  • plant_stage
  • pointer_type
  • pullout_direction
  • radius
  • tool_id

14.1.3

• Box LED fixes.
• Improved internal diagnostic tools for diagnosing camera problems.
• Routine dependency updates.

14.1.2

• Remove WatchDog timer.

14.1.1

• Add WatchDog timer to handle unresponsive firmware.

14.1.0

• Routine system upgrades.
• Fix box LEDs (solid red when firmware online).
• Fix espeak logs.
• Remove useless / developer-centric logs

14.0.3

• Fix bug where some FarmEvent and Regimen executions silently fail
• Add wait() helper to Lua
• Minor changes to firmware restart logic
• Remove non-actionable disconnect logs.

14.0.2

• Better error output for Lua users
• Bug fix in Lua read_pin helper
• Bug fix in Lua uart.* helpers (ALPHA status - feedback welcome!)
• Routine dep. updates.

14.0.1

• Bugfix for CODE 30 error under rare circumstances.

14.0.0

• Complete overhaul of firmware handler in FBOS.
• Genesis and Express firmware updates.
• Ability to use custom.hex firmware file in user data partition instead of default firmware.
• Ability to detect missing boot loader.
• Bug fix for devices that became throttled after long disconnects.
• Alpha support for 3rd party UART devices in Lua sandbox.

13.2.0

• Expose set_pin_io_mode to Lua (feature request from forum use @JoeHou)

13.1.0

• Finalize AMQP removal. MQTT is the only transport now.

13.0.1

• Begin transition back to MQTT from AMQP (ping channel only)

13.0.0

• Nerves system upgrade

12.3.4

• Bug fix for self-hosted image uploads.
• Support for new LUA block
• Numerous fixes to Lua VM (formulas, ASSERT block, LUA block)
• Ability to access sequence variables within LUA block (via variables.parent)

12.3.3

Bug fixes:

• SD card errors from log overflow (limit log buffer to 1000 logs max).
• app crashes if user accidentally installs very old / incompatible Farmwares.
• prevent firmware handler crashes on unexpected or timed out messages.
• WiFi-related app crashes on certain networks.

12.3.2

• Improve remote error reporting.
• Improve captive portal performance on certain platforms.

12.3.1

• Require explicit call to read_status() to update farmware state information.

12.3.0

• Fix farmware bug where farmware system reports stale version of bot state.

12.2.3

• Firmware debug log removal

12.2.2

• Performance updates for Express devices
• Fix firmware bug where report_position_change was erroneously reported as an error.
• Dependency upgrades
• Firmware debug log removal

12.2.1

• Performance updates for Express devices
• Fix firmware bug where report_position_change was erroneously reported as an error.

12.2.0

• Legacy component removal.
• Upgrade OS-level dependencies.
• Add support for USB Ethernet adapters (for Express users with WiFi trouble)

12.1.0

• safe_height and soil_height support for MOVE block.
• Bug fix relating to auth errors after > 40 days of uptime.

12.0.1

• See release notes for 12.0.0

12.0.0

• Migrate OTA system to an in-house solution.
• Express v1.0 firmware updates.
• Fix bug where sequences would crash when a coordinate is passed as a variable (Thanks, @jsimmonds2).

11.1.0

• Interim release to transition devices to new in-house OTA system

11.0.1

• Bug fix related to usage of tools in MOVE block.
• Interim release to transition devices to new in-house OTA system

11.0.0

• Auto sync is now mandatory.
• Ability to use Lua expressions for movement
• Ability to set "variance" to movement commands
• Ability to use axial overrides
• Ability to perform axis addition
• "Safe Z" feature
• Remove CeleryScript unused variable warnings in terminal
• Ability to set speed for an individual axis (rather than all axes)
• Improve accuracy of runtime telemetry (Thanks, @Jsimmonds2)

10.1.6

• Add colors and labels to configurator WiFi signal strengths.

10.1.5

• Remove unused variable warning from SSH logs.
• Fix bug affecting OTAs of Express devices.

10.1.4

• See changelog for 10.1.5

10.1.3

• Express v1.0 firmware homing updates.
• Add warning to configurator credentials page.
• Fix bug where configurator would not restart when bad credentials were entered.
• Fix missing firmware_path bug.

10.1.2

• Express v1.0 firmware updates.
• Regimen Farm Event scheduler fixes.

10.1.1

• Changes to TTY to allow use of DIY boards
• Upgrade underlying OS for RPi3 Nerves system (ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS=-1)

10.1.0

• Internal upgrades to underlying OS
• Bug fix to prevent firmware reset issues when MCU becomes unresponsive

10.0.1

• Fix for Genesis v1.5 firmware bug.

10.0.0

• Deprecate resource_update RPC
• Introduce update_resource RPC, which allows users to modify variables from the sequence editor.
• Genesis v1.5 and Express v1.0 firmware updates.
• Fix a bug where FBOS would not honor an "AUTO UPDATE" value of "false".

9.2.2

• Fix firmware locking error ("Can't perform X in Y state")
• Removal of dead code / legacy plus numerous unit test additions.
• Added coveralls test coverage reporter
• Unit test additions (+2.7% coverage 🎉)
• Updates to build instructions for third party developers
• Bug fix for criteria-based groups that have only one filter criteria.
• Bug fix for express bots involving timeout during remote firmware flash
• Remove VCR again (for now)
• Increase farmware timeout to 20 minutes (use at own risk)

9.2.1

• Improve firmware debug messages.
• Remove confusing firmware debug messages, such as "Error OK".
• Improved camera support on FarmBot express.
• Bug fix to prevents OTA updates occurring when one is already in progress.

9.2.0

• Support for criteria-based groups.
• Genesis v1.5 and Express v1.0 firmware homing updates.
• Fix bug where unknown positions would report as -1.

9.1.2

• Genesis v1.5 and Express v1.0 firmware updates.
• Bug fix for movement error reporting
• Improved firmware error message reporting
• Improved support for gantry mounted tools.

9.1.1

• Genesis v1.5 and Express v1.0 firmware updates.

9.1.0

• Improved support for new FarmBot Express models
• Various firmware bug fixes for Express models.
• Bug fix for slow Farmware execution (Thanks, @jsimmonds2)
• Dependency upgrades
• Upgrade VintageNet (networking library)
• Removal of dump_info RPCs
• Numerous internal improvements, such as increasing test coverage and changing dependency injection scheme.
• Fix issue where firmware commands would be tried too many times.

9.0.4

• Bug fix for slow Farmware execution (Thanks, @jsimmonds2)
• Dependency upgrades
• Upgrade VintageNet (networking library)
• Removal of dump_info RPCs
• Numerous internal improvements, such as increasing test coverage and changing dependency injection scheme.

9.0.3

• Dependency updates

9.0.2

• See notes for 9.0.1.

9.0.1

• Routine token updates on Circle CI.
• Fix bugs that were causing devices to erroneously factory reset under some circumstances.

9.0.0

• Run updates on Nerves systems.
• Updates to the way set_servo_angle is handled.
• Fixes rip0 firmware flash issues.

8.2.4

• Bug fixes
  • fix Farmware causing sequences to exit
  • fix arduino_debug_messages fbos_config field being ignored
  • fix espeak not working
  • add name parameter back to image uploads
• Enhancements
  • resource_update command can now update:
    • device.mounted_tool_id
    • GenericPointer.*

8.2.3

• Features
  • Farmbot will now check for an hour in which to apply over the air updates
• Bug fixes
  • take-photo will now send a log
  • having multiple instances of the app open won't cause sync errors

8.2.2

• Bug fixes
  • Fix race condition in executing farmwares

8.2.1

• Features
  • Add timer to reset firmware_input_log and firmware_output_log after 5 minutes
  • Add a back off timer for flashing firmware
• Bug fixes
  • Fix issue where opencv would error. Most notably in take-photo

8.2.0

• Features
  • Add telemetry to app. Telemetry data is now streamed to AMQP
  • Add log messages containing iteration context for looped sequences and events
  • Add support for EAP networks back

8.1.1

• Bug fixes
  • Fix bug where farmbot could not execute the following commands
    • home
    • calibrate

8.1.0

• Features
  • PointGroups are now supported by farmbot os
  • Sequence, FarmEvent, and Regimens can now enumerate over PointGroups
• Bug fixes
  • Fixed a arduino-firmware bug when sending commands that are bigger than the buffer

8.0.4

• Bug fixes
  • Fix the move_absolute step to honor speed parameter correctly

8.0.3

• Features
  • Add new firmware params to support trinamic motor drivers
• Bug fixes
  • Fix farmware sometimes hanging sequences
  • Fix the mark_as step

8.0.2

• Updated dependencies
  • nerves_hub
  • nerves_runtime
• Updated log messages
  • Configuration changes now log human readable names
  • Firmware changes now log human readable names
• Bug fixes
  • Fix farmbot ignoring movement_invert_2_endpoints params

8.0.1

• Updated log messages
  • AMQP connection log should be less noisy on first boot
  • Farmware installation logs will be more condensed
• Enhancements
  • Syncing LED blink speed increased

8.0.0

• Reorganize project structure
• Split original single application into multiple OTP applications:
  • farmbot_celery_script - CeleryScript compiler and friends
  • farmbot_firmware - Interaction with the motor controller
  • farmbot_core - Main database access and other workers
  • farmbot_ext - Extra, mostly networked functionality
  • farmbot_os - Nerves Framework
• Refactor global process initialization
• Refactor networking for increased reliability
• Refactor CeleryScript to support run-time variables
• Preliminary support for raspberry pi 0

7.0.3

• Update to AMQP to disable heartbeat timeouts

7.0.2

• AMQP now reconnects immediately after an unexpected disconnect
• Misc Configurator UI updates

7.0.1

• Fix typo causing custom dns servers to be ignored.
• Update Configurator UI
• Update Farmbot-Arduino-Firmware to 6.4.2
• Fix bug in decoding of CeleryScript
• Fix bug causing the stubbed Firmware implementation to crash

7.0.0

• Initial support for WPA-EAP networks.
• Increase NervesHub reconnect timer to not waste CPU time.
• Update Farmware packages
  • Python 3
  • OpenCv 3

6.4.13

• Add SensorReadings when read_pin is executed.

6.4.12

• Fix race condition after getting time which broke self hosting users.
• Add retry mechanism for fetching a token.
  • Farmbot will now try 5 times to fetch a token.
• Fix bug causing static ip settings not to work.
• Enable multi_time_warp which should hopefully compensate for time skew.
• Migrate OTA system to NervesHub

6.4.11

• Add SSH back.
• Fix bug during configuration causing bots to maybe not connect.
• FarmBot will now try to emergency lock the firmware on powerdown and reset.
• Fix bug causing FarmBot not to reconnect to WiFi.
• Add fields to informational_settings:
  • uptime seconds
  • memory_usage megabytes
  • disk_usage percent

6.4.10

• Skipped due to release failure.

6.4.9

• Add feature to save logs to sd card for debugging.
• Fix bug causing long running Farmwares to fail.
• Make sure to clear eeprom before flashing Arduino firmware.
• Update Linux system layer.

6.4.8

• Make sure not to crash if a wifi network is malformed.

6.4.7

• Fix DNS server config for self hosters.
• Add new field to informational_settings: currently_on_beta.
• Reindex farmware on bot_state crash.

6.4.6

• Add new RPC to reinitialize Firmware
• Tweak PinBinding debounce timeout.
• Update Linux system layer to fix sound.

6.4.5

• Fix Firmware syncing applying every setting.

6.4.4

• Optimize AMQP connection.
• Sync PinBindings with the API.
• Add new field on informational_settings: soc_temp.
• Add new field on informational_settings: wifi_level.
• Add new RPC dump_info that collects some info helpful for bug reports.
• Add BoxLed3 and BoxLed4 to write_pin.
• Implement new LED subsystem.
• Declare language and charset in Configurator to avoid localization issues.
• Add new Configurator fields for dns and ntp.
• Another attempt at catching broken sqlite3 lib.
• Update Linux system layer.

6.4.3

• Fix Ramps firmware build.

6.4.2

• Remove hostapd
• Remove a lot of custom Logger code.
• Try to write the last 100 logs to a flash drive if one exists.
• Fix bugs in send_message block templating.
• Add new farmware_tools package for plugins.

6.4.1

• Beta updates should always try to flash firmware.
• Bump Nerves and friends to 1.0.0.
• Add new firmware params: movement_invert_2_endpoints_<x|y|z>.
• Add new rpc: set_pin_io_mode.
• Clean up positions in logs.
• Update Configurator to support more control over network setup.
• Add mdns to development setups.
• Remove use of iw.
• Add checks for uart auto detector.
• Syncing a sequence reindexes running regimens that require it.

6.4.0

• Update logs to no longer use the meta field.
• Update Timed Estop messages to use the fatal_email channel.
• Regimens will now persist reboots.

6.3.2

• Add support for Raspberry Pi 3 B+.
• Add new package pyserial.

6.3.1

• Fix bug causing FarmEvents not to work.

6.3.0

• Update system update system.
• Rename and refactor external resources internally so they are more readable in the codebase.
• Write tests for new system.
• Implement the new "Flat" CeleryScript representation.
• Add ability to log into a new account without rebooting into Configurator.
• Firmware settings are now synced with Farmbot API.
• Add third Firmware board.
• Fix bug causing false positives on sync failure.
• Fix bug causing a captive portal staying up if the user chooses a wired network connection.
• Fix bug that prevented a user from configuring network credentials.
• Fix bug that would halt bootup if a PinBinding is high during boot.
• Add new syncable Sensor.
• Add new celeryscript node NamedPin.
• Add new args:
  • pin_id
  • pin_type
• allow pin_number to be new NamedPin node.
• allow to use NamedPin in:
  • ReadPin
  • WritePin
  • If

6.2.1

• Fix Bug breaking diy builders with Arduinos showing up other than /dev/ttyACM0.

6.2.0

• Farmbot Settings are now synced with Farmbot API.
• Refactor Syncing to not make unnecessary HTTP requests.
• Estop status is now much faster.
• Add dns checkup for users with factory resetting disabled to make tokens refresh faster.
• Opting into beta updates will refresh farmbot's token.

6.1.2

• Fix fw hardware being reset on os upgrade.
• Bump arduino-firmware version to 6.0.1

6.1.1

• Fix bug that caused the "update" button on the frontend to give an error log.
• Fix flashing beta channel updates.
• Add feature to send user an email if the bot has been e-stopped for 10 minutes.
• Add feature to espeak logs.
• Set busy a little earlier making the bot seem snappier.
• Fix tzdata bug for real this time.
• Update Arduino Firmware.

6.1.0

• Remove all the migration code to safely get from 5.0.x to 6.0.1.
• Clean up and upgrade dependencies.
• Fix bug that could cause Image uploads to silently fail.
• Fix bug in tzdata that could cause the sdcard to fill up.

6.0.1

• Add feature auto sync.
• Add feature RPI GPIO.
• Refactor Configurator to not need Javascript/Webpack
• Add timer before network not found factory resets bot.
• Remove steps/mm conversion.
• Bundle new arduino-firmware.
• Replace MQTT with AMQP.
• Get rid of Log batching.
• Add verbosity level to every log message.
• Show position for log messages.
• Add many helpful log messages.
• Add feature to disable many log message.
• Add feature to log all arduino-firmware I/O.
• Migrated CI to CircleCI from TravisCI.
• Refactored FarmEvent Calendar generator.
• Fix a ton of little bugs.

5.0.9

• Add missing redis-py package for Farmware.

5.0.8

• Update underlying Linux System deps.
• Preparation for 6.x releases.

5.0.6

• Fix images double uploading.
• Allow reinstallation of first party farmware.

5.0.5

• Fix token refreshing.

5.0.4

• Fix lag when communicating over MQTT
• Don't retain last will log message.
• Update node packages.

5.0.3

• Add selector for firmware hardware to Configurator.
• Fix an OS update bug.
• Fix an image upload bug.
• Fix a farmware download bug.

5.0.2

• Fix a bug causing busy to be set erroneously.
• add note to configurator for osx users.

5.0.1

• Fix not being able to move to a point in some cases.
• Fix a sub sequence never returning.
• add busy flag to the bot's state.

5.0.0

• add a progress bar to http client for downloads.
• Bundle new Arduino Firmware.
• Rewrite Farmware Handler again, to use HTTP/REST this time instead of STDIN/STDOUT.
• Add location_data to bot state. This includes encoder position.
• Add jobs field to bot state.

4.0.1

• fix bug in E-Stop

4.0.0

• bundle new Arduino Firmware
• overhaul HTTP adapter
• start fixing cross cutting concerns within the application

3.1.6

• Bundle new FW (01.13)
• Increase WiFi Stability
• Refresh auth token more frequently
• Clean up noisy log messages

3.1.5

• Clean up a ton of log messages causing RollBar problems.
• Finally rewrite the firmware uploader.
• Bump Firmware Version.
• Misc bug fixes.

3.1.4

• Bundle new FW
• Add Rollbar client

3.1.3

• Fix peripheral bug.

3.1.2

• Fix bug caused by Github changing their release api.

3.1.1

• Bundle a new FW fixing z axis and gravity.

3.1.0

• Fix a bug with unwanted Logs going to the frontend/backend.

3.0.8

• Rewrite Serial handler and bundle FW into the OS.

3.0.6

• Syncing is now a multiple request action and is now much faster and safer.
• change folder structure
• begin adding redis support.

3.0.5

• Configurator got a facelift + a few extra features.

3.0.4

• Logger bug fixes

3.0.3

• Farmware fixes

3.0.2

• Farmware initial concepts.

3.0.1

• implement bot state migrations
• logger fixes.

3.0.0

• Makefile

2.1.10

• a few minor bug fixes to the previous release.

2.1.9

• changed folder structure around
• moved farmbot_auth and farmbot_configurator back into an umbrella application
• begin migration to CeleryScript for all the things
• Multi Platform support
• Configurator looks great. thanks @MrChristofferson && @RickCarlino
• Code base was converted to CeleryScript, so it is much more stable
• bot configuration is now based on a single (json) that is shared across platforms/targets