Lane Controller 1.1 Release Notes

Released: July 2023

Change log

8 station connectors
- Requires black “station IO cable” to operate, the ones (beige, light gray) delivered with Lane Controller 0.3 (5 station connectors) will NOT work with Lane Controller 1.1
Machine IO
- 5 machine IO outputs
- 3 machine IO inputs
- RS-232
  - enables using Tagsurance 3 with Müehlbauer TAL15k and DDA narrow web (single lane) which have the “universal tester interface (RS232)” installed and enabled
Maximum number of lanes in Tagsurance 3 system is now up to 12 lanes (from 8 lanes)
- Two Lane Controllers can be fitted in 1U rack slot
- 8U rack now can have up to 6 lanes (was 4)
- 12U rack can now have up to 12 lanes (was 8 )
RJ-45-connected (version 0.3 was USB and RJ-45 as latter only provided power) and PoE powered, one less cable per lane compared to version 0.3
Back bus that must always be connected so that all Lane Controllers in same system are connected to each other (share e.g. trig and rotary encoder signal via it) is RJ-45 cables and connectors (note, it has nothing to do with ethernet though

Phasing out of the previous major version (0.3)

Lane Controller 0.3 is supported and available as a spare part as per Tagsurance 3 lifecycle policy at the time of release of Lane Controller 1.1. Note the diverting of the new feature development that applies with Tagsurance 3 version 4.0 to Lane Controller versions 0.3 and 1.1.

Upgrades from Lane Controller version 0.3 to version 1.1 are available but discouraged unless there is a must-have reason as Lane Controller 2.0 in near/mid term will be required upgrade to keep getting new software features and it is more economical to wait for that. Voyantic will offer affordable upgrade deal from Lane Controller 0.3 / 1.1 to 2.0 when version 2.0 becomes available.