DragonFly DragonFly Windows software

Updating to Version 6.0

Version 6 is a significant release. Follow the steps below for your current version and check the ASCOM dome script section if you use the roof automation driver.

What's new in version 6

Key features in this release

The Windows software has been substantially updated. These are the main additions:

Relay restrictions—Define conditions under which relays can or cannot be activated

Internal macros—Each macro now supports 2 actions, including wake-on-LAN and Pushbullet notifications

Roof control on main panel—Optional quick-access shutter controls directly in the main window

Password control—Protect access to the DragonFly configuration

Enhanced web interface—Improved internal web UI for remote monitoring

DragonFly Configurator—New dedicated tool for device configuration and firmware updates

Timestamped logging—Date and time stamps on all log entries, saved to disk

Update instructions

Choose your current version

Updating from version 5.0

  1. 1Install the new software.
  2. 2Open the Configurator and use it to update the DragonFly firmware. This step is not required for DragonFly 2.
  3. 3Take a look at the Configurator manual—there are a lot of new features, especially the macros.

Updating from beta 5.9

  1. 1Macros—macros now support 2 actions each. New action types include wake-on-LAN and Pushbullet push notifications.
  2. 2Relay & sensor config—the storing policy has changed: configuration is now kept both in the local Windows registry and in the DragonFly. You can force sending all the configuration, or recover it from the DragonFly, for a new computer, when preparing several DragonFlies, and so on.

ASCOM dome driver—script update required

If you use the DragonFly ASCOM dome driver for roof automation, you need to edit the ShutterStatus.vbs file. Find it at:

64-bit Windows:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Dragonfly\dfscripts

32-bit Windows:

C:\Program Files\Dragonfly\dfscripts

Look for this line in the file:

set df = CreateObject( "Dragonfly.Help" )

…and replace it with these 6 lines:

on error resume next set df = CreateObject( "Dragonfly.Help" ) if Err.Number <> 0 then wscript.quit end if on error goto 0

You will need to provide administrator confirmation to save the file. Nothing too serious, but if this edit is not done you will get a script error, from time to time, when the DragonFly software closes.

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