.. _changelog_ide_v2_9_2:

v2.9.2
======

v2.9.2 makes the serial terminal interactive so you can type directly into the
camera's MicroPython REPL, adds one-click installation of the latest
development firmware, and sets the camera's RTC from the host clock on connect
(requires camera firmware 4.3.2 or newer; the firmware bundled here is 4.3.1).
The IDE remains on the Qt Creator 4.0.2 base and there are no breaking changes
for existing projects.

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Highlights
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- **Interactive serial terminal:** type directly into the IDE's terminal to
  drive the camera's MicroPython REPL, with arrow, ``Home``, ``End``, and
  ``Delete`` keys mapped to the matching REPL control codes.
- **Install the Latest Development Release:** a new ``Tools`` menu item
  downloads bleeding-edge firmware from GitHub and flashes it to the connected
  camera.
- **Host time sync:** connecting to a camera now sets its RTC from the host
  system's current date and time (requires camera firmware 4.3.2 or newer).
- **In-place installer updates:** the Windows/Linux installer auto-uninstalls a
  previous OpenMV IDE in the target directory for clean updates.
- **Arduino Nicla Vision DFU** flashing is fixed, with a dedicated board type
  and bundled Windows driver.

New features
------------

- **Interactive serial terminal.** You can now type directly into the IDE's
  serial terminal to interact with the camera's MicroPython REPL. Arrow keys
  map to ``CTRL+B``/``CTRL+F``/``CTRL+P``/``CTRL+N``, ``Home`` and ``End`` map
  to ``CTRL+A`` and ``CTRL+E``, and ``Delete`` maps to ``CTRL+D``
  (`c50b8c716 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/c50b8c716>`__).
- **Install the Latest Development Release.** A new ``Tools`` menu item
  downloads the latest bleeding-edge firmware from GitHub and flashes it to the
  connected camera, with an option to erase the internal filesystem
  (`87a69e700 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/87a69e700>`__).
- **Host time sync on connect.** On connecting to a camera the IDE now sends
  the host system's current date and time to set the camera's RTC. This
  requires camera firmware 4.3.2 or newer; the 4.3.1 firmware bundled with
  this release does not yet support the time-input command
  (`d3ef9d5e0 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/d3ef9d5e0>`__,
  `ce82350eb <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/ce82350eb>`__).

Other changes and improvements
------------------------------

- The Windows/Linux installer now shows a custom **Installation Folder** page
  and automatically uninstalls any previous OpenMV IDE in the target directory
  before installing, enabling clean in-place updates (`374808dc3
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/374808dc3>`__, `dd7e5c76e
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/dd7e5c76e>`__).

Bug fixes
---------

- Stopping a script or disconnecting now idles the camera and fully drains the
  pending text and image buffers first, preventing stale frames and output and
  command races (`af8d18d65
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/af8d18d65>`__).
- The firmware-flashing progress window for DFU, ``bossac``, and ``picotool``
  now updates erase and download progress lines in place instead of flooding
  the window with thousands of lines (`23345dce4
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/23345dce4>`__).
- A camera sitting in bootloader mode (serial ``000000000011``) is no longer
  offered as a normal connectable port and is instead used only for bootloader
  recovery (`9d070b669
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/9d070b669>`__).
- The **Open OpenMV Cam Folder** command now opens the correct
  ``.openmv_disk`` directory on macOS and Linux instead of the raw port path
  (`adacf333d <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/adacf333d>`__).
- Closing an editor tab via the tab bar now closes the editor correctly without
  triggering the close logic twice (`18408e6e5
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/18408e6e5>`__, `09a8e299b
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/09a8e299b>`__).
- DFU error dialogs ("No DFU settings for the selected board type!" and "No DFU
  settings for the selected device!") now append the offending VID and PID to
  aid troubleshooting (`640f25df3
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/640f25df3>`__).

Platform and tool support
-------------------------

- **Qt Creator base:** 4.0.2.
- **Arduino Nicla Vision** DFU flashing is fixed by adding its bootloader
  VID/PID to the DFU map, giving it a dedicated ``NICLAV`` board type, and
  bundling its Windows driver (`90d1ac0ac
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/90d1ac0ac>`__).
- Added support for the **FLIR Lepton 1.6** thermal sensor in the sensor ID
  table; the Lepton 1.0 entry was dropped (`874e80d86
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/874e80d86>`__).
- Bundled camera firmware updated to **v4.3.0** and then **v4.3.1** for all
  OpenMV and Arduino boards, with new Time-of-Flight, Lepton object-high-temp,
  and Nano-RP2040 ``aioble`` BLE example scripts (`3034469f7
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/3034469f7>`__, `ce82350eb
  <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/ce82350eb>`__).

Breaking changes
----------------

None. This release contains no user-visible workflow or behavior breaks for
existing projects.