paradajz
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5 years ago As hinted in issue #15, the configurator no longer supports older builds of OpenDeck.
Well, it doesn't support only the General tab, the rest of the configurator works.
This is something I really don't like in the configurator but as I've mentioned on few places the UI was developed by someone else. I am unable to change and tweak the underlying logic behind it since 1) I am not a Web developer and 2) even if I was, the core UI code was run through obfuscator and the original source code is lost. As a result, core code is a mess. As soon as I add something new to the OpenDeck/UI, the UI either crashes or just blanks the entire screen for a tab in which settings have been added (unless the firmware on the board is on latest version) which annoys my users as much as it annoys me.
Perhaps the configurator could use the version number returned from the hardware and make the selection automatically.
That was my idea as well, but I don't know how to do it. Ideally, parameters which can't be retrieved just wouldn't be loaded instead of crapping out the entire screen.
As hinted in issue #15, the configurator no longer supports older builds of OpenDeck.
It's great that the feature set of the project is moving on and I think you are really awesome for doing and 'donating' the project to the masses via GitHub.
Unfortunately the masses are not always as keen/able to update the firmware on their units. This is especially true when all you need to do is tweak a setting before a gig, but then find out things have changed since you last configured.... :-O
Can I suggest that the 'new' configurator provides links to older copies of itself to support older hardware/builds? I guess this could just be a link to an old copy in a subdirectory.
Perhaps the configurator could use the version number returned from the hardware and make the selection automatically.