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There's a new developer sub-group to discuss coding new OnStep features and the design/support of new devices to run OnStep. https://onstep.groups.io/g/developer

The master branch of OnStep has been updated to version 3.0 What was the beta has been promoted to release 2.22. *** Only experienced users should *experiment* with the *master branch* on GitHub, all others should use release 2.22 *** This new master branch includes a re-design of the configuration system in OnStep along with a TON of refactoring. Major changes: 1. The Config.xxx.h files are all gone and in their place is a single Config.h file (again.) Prior configuration files (< FileVersionConfig 3) will not work. 2. I re-named (and in some cases re-designed slightly) the configuration options. Tons of refactoring across OnStep to make this new design work (a mind numbing task.) There are no more _ON _OFF parameters-as-#define-names instead there are ON and OFF values that are assigned (which should bring a smile to Khalids face) and all configuration options MUST be present in the Config.h file (this was not the case before.) There is a much greater level of consistancy and organization of parameters vs. before. 3. The Focusers and Rotator can now (in theory) work with TMC2130 stepper drivers in SPI mode along with current setting control etc. This is reserved for single SPI buss pin-map designs (all drivers Axis1..5 if present must be TMC SPI.)