Fix initialization for new timer hardware.
Tweak serial naming and free() serial_port structure.
Rewrite timer communication to use a state machine and structs.
free() timer struct during cleanup.
Split thread shutdown notification / join.
Rewrite fatal error handling and shutdown.

 - The fatal error dialog is now a panel that displays
   over the main window
 - The main window remains open and the log is updated
   with the current status while waiting for worker
   threads to terminate.
Generate random filenames without mktemp().

Retaining the .gz file extension ensures that cfitsio
compresses the file when saving.
Remove unused ftd2xx library files.