New Pioreactor release: 23.11.28 and 23.11.29

CamDavidsonPilon · November 29, 2023, 1:45am

There was a UI-export bug in a previous version that we hotfixed in 23.11.29. Cheers!

Merged the turbidostat automations into one. You can either select to target nOD or target OD, but not both!
ws_url in the configuration now requires a fully qualified url. Example: ws://... or wss://....
Removed morbidostat dosing automation, users should try to use pid_morbidostat. The morbidostat code is still available to be added as a custom plugin here: https://github.com/Pioreactor/automation-examples/blob/main/dosing/morbidostat.py
Removed constant_duty_cycle temperature automation. Again, the code is available here: https://github.com/Pioreactor/automation-examples/blob/main/temperature/constant_duty_cycle.py
pid_morbidostat now explicitly uses the keyword arg target_normalized_od, instead of target_od. It always has been nOD.

Both “Target OD” and “Target nOD” displayed and editable in the UI.
Previously, if the LED channel was locked (most common when OD reading was running), then any changes to the LED intensity (via the UI) would be silently rejected. This is changed: we have added retry logic that will attempt to keep changing it a few more times (hopefully to avoid the lock)
Added some light form validation in the automations dialog in the UI.
New environment variable to skip loading plugins, SKIP_PLUGINS. Useful for debugging. Ex:
```
SKIP_PLUGINS=1 pio run stirring
```
elements in the field array in automation yamls now can include a type option (numeric or string for now). Default is numeric if not specified.

Fix experiment profile validation error
The “Stop” button is always available now in the “Dosing” tab for “Manage all Pioreactors”.
Fix for Ngrok remote access.
Fixed a race condition between starting an automation and not getting OD data in time.
The automation form in the UI for pid_morbidostat was missing volume, that’s been added now.

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