Roaster Scope v4.2.0

June 30, 2026

Release Sponsor

Special thanks to LABEL!STEN for supporting this version.

Additions

adds support for ROEST sample and production roasters
adds support for Orbiter smart roasters
adds support for Pratter roasting machines
adds support for Probat G/UG 2026 models communicating via WebSockets
adds support for Neuhaus Neotec RFB Junior, RFB-S and Neoroast machines
adds support for North Roasters
adds support for Schuilenburg machines equipped with Unitronics PLC
adds MQTT support
adds IO Command publish(<topic>, <data>) to publish payloads to the connected MQTT broker
adds Artisan Command pidSVbuttons(<bool>) (Issue #2121)
adds Excel and Orbiter formats to the autosave "save also" options
adds Bulgarian localization (Issue #2175)
adds validation of profiles and settings
adds PID derivative filter size setting
adds option to disable UNDO actions on main event buttons
adds ALT/OPTION click on template name to toggle event replay
adds notification message if schedule fails to load template

added a popup explaining the reason the Roast Properties dialog is opened on START if plus is connected until beans are specified (Issue #2133)
adds hack to prevent dtr/rts signaling on connecting serial ports
preserves weight/volume unit setup on loading/importing profiles
enables extra device curve fills on recording
timer LCD displays cooling time after DROP
enables title click to open Roast Properties also during sampling and recording
tooltip on scheduler item displays weight of all blend components in selected weight unit (thanks to HB:Theophilus for reporting)
deactivates shortcut key J to toggle event replay to avoid the danger of activating it accidentally
connects scale LCDs directly to scale 1 and 2

fixes autosave as PDF on regular Save on macOS (Issue #2118)
fixes regression which led to large automatic x-axis extensions for larger sampling rates (Issue #2142)
fixes issue w.r.t. alarm set activations which could cause alarm table to be lost on re-opening the Alarms dialog in some cases (Issue #2144)
prevents undo of main events for events triggered from alarm rule actions or custom event button actions (Issue #2157)
fixes regression that prevented to set the p-i-d parameters on external MODBUS PIDs (Issue #2159)
fixes regression where Iterm of the internal PID did not get reset between roasts (thanks Peter for reporting!)
fixes a regression in the software PID calculation of the Dterm (thanks Peter for reporting!)
fixes long standing regression which broke the Rubasse importer (Issue #1958)
fixes a typo in the Petronciini TT i06 Avantgarde machine setup which prevented the Airflow and DrumSpeed to be rendered correctly
improves the endian label in MODBUS dialog (Issue #2174)
adds explicit clear settings on Factory Reset to prevent issues on migrating from releases before v4 (Issue #2173)
improving robustness of profile loading w.r.t. unknown devices
enables keypad number keys to update event slider values (thanks Balázs for the hint!)