current
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revisionNext revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
current [2022/04/13 17:43] – added alpha link James Sentman | current [2022/11/05 18:13] – 9.4.48 release James Sentman | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
- | =====XTension Version 9.4.46===== | + | =====XTension Version 9.4.48===== |
- | **There is an [[current:beta|important alpha version of the next build]] | + | Released 11/ |
+ | \\ | ||
+ | Download for all Supported OS versions; | ||
+ | **Minimum System Version** for this release is OSX 10.10 but not all plugins may function properly prior to 10.13. Please start the necessary work to upgrade to at least 10.13 for future builds will no longer be able to support 10.10.\\ | ||
- | 9.4.46 is a hotpatch to the 9.4.45 release. It fixes a problem with the Arduino interface receiving non-utf8 convertible data and fixes a problem with the new Kasa/ | + | Apart from a few older plugins |
- | \\ | + | |
- | Released 3/ | + | |
- | \\ | + | |
- | Download for all Supported OS versions; [[https:// | + | |
+ | NOTE that no database changes are made while updating to this version so if you do have issues with the new plugins you can return to the previous version by just replacing the previous executable. It should not be necessary to replace the Database with the backup version that will be made when running this version for the first time. | ||
- | Released: 3/17/2022\\ | + | ====9.4.48 Change Log:==== |
- | \\ | + | |
- | Download for all Supported OS versions; | + | * NEW: An entirely new video subsystem is now in alpha testing. It is not feature complete or caught up with the now ancient |
- | \\ | + | * **Video Encoder Service** in order to keep each video stream from starting |
- | **Minimum System Version** for this release | + | * **RTSP Video** connects to an rtsp stream and makes it’s stream available to XTension for display in any of the web remotes or recording via the Video Encoder Service. |
+ | * **MJPEG Video** This plugin can connect to any of the older devices that still use an mjpeg stream to send video. Otherwise all the same as the RTSP video setup. | ||
+ | * **JPEG Refresh Video** There still remain many older cameras that do not support anything that is currently avauilable or some that perhaps you only want a low refresh rate of still images and for those the JPEG refresh plugin | ||
+ | * Both web remote | ||
+ | * NEW: SMTP Passthrough Plugin. This is part of the new video support and is in a very alpha state as well. It is not feature complete indeed it cannot even do as it’s name suggests and pass the connection through | ||
+ | * FIX: Lots of fixes to the Hue plugin. There remained many issues related to the python version change as well as some related to how they represented sensors. All of the remaining issues have been fixed and the plugin should run more normally now without receiving updates constantly for the various sensor types once their battery level has changed as they did in the past. I am about to start reviewing the 2.0 version of the their API to see if that more easily gets us the data than the original API. If this is something you want to use or if you use one of these hubs at all please let me know so I can prioritize it. | ||
+ | * FIX: A problem with the Hubitat plugin that would cause it to log errors when receiving door lock pin code updates. | ||
+ | * FIX: You can now delete items from the web remote interfaces. It was due to a sea change in how the data structures were handled under the hood but I think it’s coming together now. | ||
+ | * FIX: Several typos and other should have been obvious but weren’t errors in the TCPLink/ | ||
+ | * NEW: Debug mode for new style plugins (not any of the legacy plugins) is now preserved across restarts, so if there is a problem during the initial loading it’s a lot easier to get that output without having to run special versions. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Honestly I cannot overstate how much work the new video subsystem was to get working properly. There will definitely | ||
- | Apart from a few older plugins the entirety of the application and it’s plugins now run natively on both Intel and M1 macs. | ||
- | ====9.4.45 Change Log:==== | ||
- | * NEW: The application and the embedded python versions are now fully “universal” running natively on both M1 and Intel Macs. Some of the older plugins still include Intel executables or libraries that they need. As of this moment Apple has not threatened to stop supporting those so there should be no impact from that and it only applies to a few of the more legacy plugins. | ||
- | * NEW: The embedded python version is updated to 3.10. | ||
- | * NEW: Added a “Clear All Script Errors” to the contextual and toolbar menus of the Global Scripts window. | ||
- | * NEW: Added new [[supported_hardware: | ||
- | * NEW: Added a very alpha version of a new [[supported_hardware: | ||
- | * NEW: The Manage Global Scripts window will now display the number of scripts with errors in the title of the window. Folders that have scripts that have errors in them will also display the number of scripts with errors in their listbox line along with the number of scripts that are in the folders. | ||
- | * NEW: Added a “do not log” option to global scripts just like Units can have set. This way the scripts will not log that they are being run reducing log spam for scripts that are run a lot. Any log lines that you generate or errors that happen while the script is running will still log as normal. This is available in the contextual menu and the toolbar menu in the Manage Global Scripts window. | ||
- | * UPDATE: The Apple Home Kit plugin has been updated to a version of the HAP libraries that support more recent Python versions. As of this build this doesn’t add any new functionality as I am just looking to verify that the old functionality still works. Once that is settled there is a lot more I can do with this version in future builds. | ||
- | * UPDATE: The [[supported_hardware: | ||
- | * FIX: The Kasa/ | ||
- | * UPDATE: The Server Events plugin now runs with the embedded python3.10 version rather than the ancient system version. | ||
- | * UPDATE: The Weatherflow plugin is promoted from beta to a 1.0 version. It also now runs under the embedded Python3.10 version rather than the system python version that us much older. | ||
- | * DOCUMENTATION: | ||
- | * CHANGE: In the Edit Unit Dialog the XTdb history display will format numbers with more decimal points by default for better display of very small values. | ||
- | * FIX: [[dictionary: | ||
- | * FIX: Hue bulbs added to the [[supported_hardware: | ||
- | * NEW: Genmon plugin adds the “slow polling” checkbox so that if you are connecting over a slow interface it will function more reliably. | ||
- | * FIX: If the Genmon plugin encounters an error while parsing the return from the remote device the proper error handlers in XTension are run as expected. | ||
- | * NEW: Genmon if new log lines are added to the generator logs of either events or errors and alerts they will get written to the XTension log. | ||
- | * FIX: Genmon plugin will update the label for the status object even if the actual state of the status object has not changed. | ||
- | * NEW: Genmon plugin now creates several more units that previously so that you can more easily catch an exercise event as opposed to actually running and providing power without having to watch the label of the main Status unit which is mostly for Display now as there are other ways to catch the actual information. These new units are as below: | ||
- | * Error: Engine Speed High or Low | ||
- | * Error: Governor failure | ||
- | * Error: Low Oil | ||
- | * Error: Overcrank | ||
- | * Error: Overheat | ||
- | * Error: Overload | ||
- | * Error: RPM Sensor | ||
- | * Error: Voltage High or Low | ||
- | * Error: Warning (generator is sending a warning that is not yet an error or alarm condition) | ||
- | * Generator Is In Alarm | ||
- | * Generator Is Running | ||
- | * Generator Is Ready | ||
- | * Generator Is Exercising | ||
- | * Generator Is Ready | ||
- | * Generator Service Is Due | ||
- | * NOTE: The MQTT Broker plugin no longer functions with this version due to problems with the underlying libraries and python3. I am working on an MQTT broker plugin that can connect to the free mosquito server that should serve most of the functions of the original plugin and then some. This will appear in a future version. | ||
- | * Phillips [[supported_hardware: | ||
- | * [[supported_hardware: | ||
- | * FIX: There was a potential timing issue that could cause queue management errors on more modern M1 machines that are so very much faster than older systems. I’ve never noticed this as it has literally never happened until I started upgrading things to the faster machines. This problem is fixed making packet reception from plugins as reliable as I thought it was previously. | ||
- | * FIX: Several potential errors and rendering problems on M1 Macs are fixed in this version. | ||
- | * Beta Fix: In the beta version there were problems with Serial Port connections for plugins which is fixed for this release. | ||
- | **NOTE:** If you startup a plugin that has not been converted to the newer embedded python version the OS may display a warning dialog that the application will not run on future versions of the OS. Since not all plugins are converted and tested yet you may see this. Make sure to stick around long enough when starting up the new version to OK this dialog. It will not appear again until you next update the Application, | ||
+ | * All plugins that previously used the system install of Python2 have been upgraded to run with the embedded python3 version. This makes the app more easily compatible with the latest MacOS versions that no longer include the older python version by default. This did necessitate many changes to the plugins themselves and while they have been running just fine here and for the beta testers there may still be some gotchas in there. If you experience any issues as your plugins are starting up please copy and paste the log entries of any errors and email them to me. | ||
+ | * Specific list of plugins that were converted: | ||
+ | * W8002 (the new API W800 plugin, the original W800 plugin is still included and was not affected.) | ||
+ | * Arduino | ||
+ | * Barix | ||
+ | * APC Status | ||
+ | * DIY | ||
+ | * Haiku Fans | ||
+ | * iTach | ||
+ | * Max Sonar | ||
+ | * RadioRA2 | ||
+ | * RFX and RFX New plugins (again not affecting the legacy versions of these which are still included and are unchanged) | ||
+ | * pigpio | ||
+ | * FIX: Unrelated to the Python3 conversion several places in the Hue Hub plugin that were throwing errors under some conditions were also fixed. | ||
+ | * The Alexa Sudo plugin now uses a shared connection to the UPNP port so that it can play nice with other plugins that need this connectivity as well. | ||
+ | * FIX: the tpLink/Kasa plugin had some code typos in rarely used error handling that could throw additional errors and fail to output anything useful to debug the error. This is now fixed. Additionally a problem was fixed where if Units existed in XTension for devices that were not initially found on the network they would throw errors during regular polling, this is also fixed. | ||
+ | * NEW: Scheduled Events are now searched from the search window. If you search for a Unit or Script that is referenced in a scheduled event it will show up in the results list now. | ||
+ | * Changes: Several updates were made to the plugin includes to add some extra error debugging and other convenience functions. This should not affect any of the existing plugins but will help to ease some better error handling in the future. | ||
current.txt · Last modified: 2024/02/05 17:53 by James Sentman