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@PankratiosV PankratiosV released this 04 Nov 01:11
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Beacon 2.1.1 — Windows

New

  • Install on Arduino — put Beacon's stack light program on an Arduino Uno (or Nano) straight from Beacon, no Arduino IDE needed. Settings → Arduino light: pick how your relays switch (LOW or HIGH) and your buzzer type (passive or active), then press Install on Arduino. Works with genuine Unos and CH340 clones.
  • Job name in the header — while a job runs or is paused, the top of the main screen shows the file being cut instead of "Live Laser Status". Long names shrink to fit, then are shortened with "…". Job notifications use the same name.
    • API / Both modes: the name comes from LightBurn's API.
    • Screen mode: the name comes from LightBurn's title bar, so it works with any LightBurn version.
  • Framing looks different from Ready — while framing, the dashed green outline marches around the window (like LightBurn's framing line) and a dashed ring turns around the orb. Ready stays still.
  • Animations — the Running glow slowly breathes, and status colours fade into each other. Turn them off in Settings → Display → Animations (Framing keeps its ring either way).
  • Relay buttons — right-click a relay button on the main screen to Rename… or Remove it. New switch: Settings → Relay buttons → Show on the main screen (off hides the buttons; their automatic rules keep working).

Improved

  • Settings shows every category on one fast, scrolling page.
  • The setup assistant has clearer, more descriptive steps.
  • Test mode now looks exactly like a real status, so you can preview everything without a laser.
  • When LightBurn is too old for its API (before 2.2), Beacon says which version is open instead of a generic error.

Fixed

  • A thin grey line after the Screen / API / Both buttons (and similar) at 125% display scaling.
  • Scrollbars now match the dark and light themes.
  • Renaming a relay button from the main screen no longer fails when Settings hadn't been opened yet.

⚠️ If you use LightBurn's API (API or Both mode)

To show job names from the API, Beacon now also asks for LightBurn's project permission. Go to Settings → Detection → Connect again and click Allow in LightBurn's pop-up. Beacon only reads the file name with it. Until you reconnect, the name comes from LightBurn's title bar instead.

Mac

Mac stays on 2.1.0 for now; its download links are on the v2.1.0 release.

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