New features
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Startup splash screen: MotionLab now shows a splash screen while the application loads.
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Virtual drive improvements: The virtual drive now emulates EtherCAT and CANopen protocols, allowing the use of their dictionaries with the correct index and subindex addressing.
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Tables in configuration files: Table data is now included when saving XCF and CSV configuration files.
Improvement.
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Python 3.12: MotionLab 3 now runs on Python 3.12, bringing performance and security improvements.
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Signed application and installer: Both motionlab.exe and the Windows installer are digitally signed with the Novanta certificate, reducing SmartScreen and antivirus trust warnings.
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Store All tooltip: The Store All button now explains why it is disabled, so users can understand what is missing before the action becomes available.
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Configuration handling: Store operations now use the drive's reported store progress on supported devices, making it easier to determine when the operation has finished.
Bug Fixes
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Safety: Safe drives now reach the Data state after a power cycle, the connection is no longer permanently lost when a power cycle is performed with safety functions active, and PDO exceptions that stop the FSoE master are now reported in the Errors widget.
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Settings: Corrupt settings files are now detected and restored automatically instead of leaving invalid parameters behind.
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Scope and Tuning: The Tune button no longer remains disabled in current direct tuning, and a bug that could cause a brief residual movement at the end of tuning has been fixed.
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Multi-axis: Control buttons no longer disappear when only communication registers are added to the Control widget on multi-axis drives.
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Control: Integer register writes from the Control widget now preserve the correct value, fixing failures in commands such as Store All and Restore All.