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--- current [2020/03/22 15:45] – 9.4.28 James Sentman
+++ current [2020/06/16 17:54] – 9.4.31 James Sentman
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-=====XTension Version 9.4.28=====
+=====XTension Version 9.4.31=====
-Released: 3/22/2020\\
+Released: 6/16/2020\\
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-Download for Mohave and Earlier: [[https://www.machomeautomation.com/files/xtension/xtension_9.4.28.zip|XTension v9.4.28 (build 1019) 3/22/2020]]\\
+Download for Mohave and Earlier: [[https://www.machomeautomation.com/files/xtension/xtension_9.4.31.dmg|XTension v9.4.31 (build 1022) 6/16/2020]]\\
-Download for Catalina Only: [[https://www.machomeautomation.com/files/xtension/xtension_9.4.28.dmg|XTension v9.4.28 (build 1019) for Catalina Only 3/22/2020]]\\
+Download for Catalina Only: [[https://www.machomeautomation.com/files/xtension/xtension_9.4.31_not.dmg|XTension v9.4.31 (build 1022) for Catalina Only 6/16/2020]]\\
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-**NOTE: the catalina download is a notarized disk image file but does not contain the entirety of the plugins as not all are updated to run on Catalina yet. See the Catalina note below or more info. Please do not use this image on a 10.14 (Mohave) or earlier version, use the zip file above.**
+**NOTE: the catalina download is a notarized disk image file but does not contain the entirety of the plugins as not all are updated to run on Catalina yet. See the Catalina note below or more info. Please do not use this image on a 10.14 (Mohave) or earlier version, use the non Catalina file above.**
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 **Mac OSX Mojave** has changed the requirements for scripting of other applications. You MUST force any script to run that contacts a different application when you upgrade and click “OK” when it asks for permission or your scripts will silently fail when they run later. See the [[tech_notes:mojave|Mojave Support Page]] for more info.\\
+====9.4.31 Change Log:====
+  * NEW: An alpha version of a plugin for Global Cache devices, specifically their IR transmitters. [[supported_hardware:itach|Please see the wiki article]].
-====9.4.28 Change Log====
+  * NEW: A new DIY plugin now compatible with Catalina. At the moment both the older DIY plugin and the new one are in the package but that will not always be the case. The conversion is simple and not one way, you can instantly go back to the older plugin if needed. [[supported_hardware:diy|Please see the conversion instructions on the new wiki page]] and let me know if you have any problems. I’m specifically interested in protocols that use a lot of binary data though I have tested it with everything I can talk to here and it is working well.
-  * NEW: The Return Of Alexa! This version has newer plugin versions that can get around the recent changes that Amazon added to their Alexa firmware. **There are several install requirements and configuration changes that are necessary before they will run.** Please have a look at the the [[supported_hardware:alexa|Original Alexa Plugin page]] and the new [[supported_hardware:alexasudo|Alexa Sudo page]]. The changes from Amazon make it impossible to run more than one instance of an Alexa plugin on the same machine and so I have also [[supported_hardware:alexapi|ported the code to the Raspberry pi]] so that you can run as many on those devices as necessary if you need to share more than the allowed 20 unit limit.
+  * NEW: Verbs for screen control: [[dictionary:more:wakescreen|Wake Screen]], [[dictionary:more:keepscreenawake|Keep Screen Awake]], and [[dictionary:more:allowscreentosleep|Allow Screen To Sleep]] And I plan to add a verb to dim a screen as well in the next release.
-  * NEW: The first pass at a Catalina capable RFX plugin for the newer RFX devices. This plugin is in alpha at the moment and incomplete. It does not try to transmit and does not yet support the lighting device types. It is limited to receiving the receive only sensors from Oregon and others. Please do not actually convert your existing plugin to this yet as things may change. Please do disable the current plugin and create a new one using the new plugin to test it. See if the devices you have are properly received and that new units are created in XTension. If you see any errors in the log when receiving them please forward those log entries to me. If you have other problems please also email me that. I will be adding support for the lighting and other transmit capable devices soon.
+  * REMOVED: the original Arduino plugin is no longer included in the package. If you are still running the older plugin please convert to the new one. If you cannot for whatever reason please drop me a note and I can send you the original plugin, or you can replace it in the XTension package from the older version. On anything prior to Catalina it will still run as before but you need to update so that I can fix any issues you might be seeing.
-  * NEW: Added the [[supported_hardware:serverevents|Server Events plugin]] for receiving unit updates or events from a standard HTTP Server Events Stream.
+  * REMOVED: the original Hue plugin is no longer part of the package. Please update to the new Hue plugin.
-  * Icons in the Select Unit Icon window are now always presented in alphabetical order.
+  * REMOVED: the original barix plugin is no longer part of the package. Please update to the new Barix plugin.
-  * FIX: The [[supported_hardware:tplink|TP-Link plugin]] now better recovers from a connection error or a refused connection to devices that might refuse a connection once in a while due to their own internal issues or dropping temporarily off wifi. It is still a little chatty with error messages while this happens as I’m still collecting more info to fully understand why they sometimes refuse connections while everything appears to be working fine. I will reduce the logging in a future version.
+  * REMOVED: the original w800 plugin is no longer part of the package. Please update to the new W800 plugin.
-  * FIX: The xBee plugin will not get shutdown for failing to return pings on very quite networks. Previously if you didn’t receive or send at least some command every few minutes XTension would think the interface had hung up and would restart it.
+  * CHANGE: you can now remove the address from a pseudo unit.
-  * FIX: Fixed a problem that cause the master log window to not be restored if you had quit the program with a log filter set to an interface or plugin instance.
+  * FIX: tp-link plugin no longer starts up in debug mode, though it is still very chatty about telling you about spurious network problems.
-  * FIX: Fixed a timing problem with the [[supported_hardware:databasesharing|Shared Databases]] new 2 way sharing of Unit Properties that could cause changes to bounce back and forth forever if you changed a unit property and then changed it again before the ack had bounced back to the originating server.
+  * FIX: mySensors interface will no longer log unknown commands as an error if you have devices that are going to sleep and waking up.
-  * FIX: Another issue with shared databases if you set a unit property from the on propertyChanged event those messages could also bounce back and forth forever. This is now properly supported.
+  * FIX: Fixed a memory leak in the JSON server associated with handling the request in an XTension unit script. This could cause the server to stop responding if you have a very active system and were doing a lot of processing in scripts in XTension.
-  * FIX: Fixed a problem in the [[supported_hardware:hue|Hue plugin]] that would cause many errors to be written to the log if a remote control device or keypad was not fully configured and was returning invalid button numbers.
+  * FIX: in the WebSocket plugin the unique id of a unit is reliably sent as a string and not anymore as a number making the access the same in all places.
-  * FIX: Fixed a problem in the [[supported_hardware:hue|Hue plugin]] that could cause it to stop receiving changes to lights made from other clients of the hue hub. The polling of both lights and sensors should be reliable now. Additionally the last beta version still had the problem with sensors not being reliably polled. This is fixed for the release version.
+  * FIX: the blink verb now works for the new Hue plugin. It was previously linked only to the original plugin and would refuse to send any commands for the new plugin.
-  * FIX: In all plugin configuration and unit configuration windows and dialogs the tab order of controls will be correct, or at least sensible, regardless of the order they are created in within the plugin configuration files. Some of the plugin setup windows were actually tabbing backwards which has always driven me crazy but I’ve never gotten motivated to fix. If you see windows in XTension that still have incorrect or non-sensical tab order please let me know.
+  * NEW: added several new parameters to the blink verb as well. See the [[dictionary:unitcontrol:blink|Blink verb wiki entry]].
-  * FIX: Fixed a potential issue with sending emails that could cause timeouts to be logged instead of the email being sent.
+  * NEW: Added the [[dictionary:errors:lasterrordate|Last Error Date]] verb that will return the time and date of the last scripting or other error in XTension.
-  * FIX: Fixed a minor issue where the transmitted packet count was not updated for a shared database connection.
+  * NEW: The [[dictionary:errors:lasterror|Last Error Code]], [[dictionary:errors:lasterrormessage|Last Error Message]] and [[dictionary:errors:lasterrordate|Last Error Date]] are now saved in the database and will survive a restart.
-  * Added support for radio button groups in the plugin configuration windows.
+  * FIX: Unhandled plugin errors and any output sent to the log from a plugin via stdio will be properly tagged with the interface id so that they will show up when the log is filtered for messages for that interface.
-  * Added support for the barometer/temperature/humidity Oregon combo units to the Legacy RFX device plugin. The nomenclature for these is confusing and when I move all the existing RFX plugins to legacy status it will be more clear. Here I mean the currently supported plugin for the older RFX devices which was not able to receive these particular sensors.
+  * FIX: (plugin API) Radio buttons in plugin dynamic interfaces now properly save and restore their state in the UI.
-  * Changed the plugin interface for the current RFX plugin for the legacy RFX devices to not offer to receive the newer RFX device protocol. The two devices are now served by 2 separate plugin.
+  * FIX: the XTension Kit Plugin more reliably recovers from any networking errors and so if that happens it will keep receiving pushed updates of things like temperature readings from the devices it is connected to.
-  * Added the ability for a custom column in a unit list to also look into the lower level database of the unit for it’s value. You just need to use the actual database key rather than the name of a unit property. This will be of limited usefulness to the majority of you but has already come in handy for me in debugging things.
+  * FIX: (plugin API) Text Fields in plugin dynamic interfaces now honor the alignment property.
+  * FIX: (plugin API) implemented defaults for most plugin dynamic interface properties so that you only have to specify them if you want something other than the default making the JSON descriptor file for them smaller, easier to manage and faster to load.
+  * FIX: Fixed a problem that could cause the Web Remote plugin to fail to load if you had a particularly large page setup or a particularly large database.
+  * FIX: The Dark Sky plugin no longer saves every response from the server to your documents directory unless you specifically put it into debug mode. If you’re using this plugin this is an important update as it could have generated a lot of files wasting space on your drive.
+  * NEW: (plugin API) new dynamic plugin element for a Text Area for multi-line entry of text data.