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| - | =====XTension Version 9.4.47===== | + | =====XTension Version 9.5===== |
| - | Released 6/10/2022\\ | + | **A BETA VERSION IS AVAILABLE:** [[current:beta|A beta build of 9.5.1 is now available]] |
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| + | Released 12/25/2022\\ | ||
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| - | Download for all Supported OS versions; [[https://www.machomeautomation.com/files/xtension/xtension_9_4_47.dmg|XTension. v 9.4.47 (build 1054)]]\\ | + | Download for all Supported OS versions; [[https://www.machomeautomation.com/files/xtension/xtension_9_5.dmg|XTension. v 9.5 (build 1059)]]\\ |
| - | **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.\\ | + | **Minimum System Version** for this release is OSX 10.10 but not all plugins will function properly prior to 10.13. Please start the necessary work to upgrade to at least 10.13 or recommended 10.15 or newer. At some point in the near future it will no longer be possible for me to support anything prior to 10.13 and the video plugins will never work prior to Catalina. |
| Apart from a few older plugins the entirety of the application and it’s plugins now run natively on both Intel and M1 macs. | Apart from a few older plugins the entirety of the application and it’s plugins now run natively on both Intel and M1 macs. | ||
| - | 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. | + | ====9.5 Change Log:==== |
| + | Most of the changes and additions for this update are covered in the [[video|new Video section]] on the wiki. Have a look there for the entirety of the documentation for those new abilities. | ||
| - | ====9.4.47 Change Log:==== | + | * NEW: The aforementioned New [[video|Video Subsystem]] |
| - | * 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. | + | * NEW: The aforementioned camera control plugins also discussed in detail at the above link. |
| - | * Specific list of plugins that were converted: | + | * NEW: [[supported_hardware:controlbywebout|Direct Connect plugin for Control By Web devices]]. Does not require the use of the Remote Services settings in those devices and makes a direct connection from XTension to the device. |
| - | * W8002 (the new API W800 plugin, the original W800 plugin is still included and was not affected.) | + | * NEW: SMTP Fake plugin. Runs what looks to a device as an SMTP server that it can try to send an email through. The use is for older cameras or other devices that have the ability to send an email alert but no other way to get alerts from them. Configure the device to try to send an email via this plugin and you’ll get a Unit in XTension that will receive an ON whenever that device connects to the fake server. Note that the interface for it contains fields to attempt a passthrough from there to a real server but this is not working yet. Consider this to be in a beta stage. |
| - | * Arduino | + | * NEW: When control clicking on an interface in the list and bringing up the “show floating status window” this now contains a scrolling graph of the CPU usage of the plugin. This is less accurate for plugins that startup other helper apps but can be helpful in finding where all your CPU usage is coming from or if a particular plugin is stuck in some loop or other. |
| - | * Barix | + | * FIX: in the Hubitat plugin that could cause errors when loading door lock pin code fields. |
| - | * APC Status | + | * FIX: The Web interfaces can once again delete items from their pages without them re-appearing at the next restart of the plugin. |
| - | * DIY | + | * FIX: Several small fixes to the Kasa/TP-Link plugin including fixing a state it could get into where it would not be able to rediscover devices that had dropped off the network until you disabled and re-enabled the plugin. |
| - | * Haiku Fans | + | * FIX: Fix to the Hue Hub plugin so that devices with battery levels report correctly and dont continue to generate traffic constantly after the first update to the battery. |
| - | * iTach | + | * FIX: Several more fixes to the Hue Hub plugin that were causing issues with other sensor types. |
| - | * Max Sonar | + | * Change: Debug mode for non-original plugins is now persistent across enabling of the plugins or rebooting of the device. You can turn debug mode on while the interface is not running and it will log more information during the startup of the interface. |
| - | * 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. | + | |
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| NOTE: This disk image no longer includes the older legacy plugins that will not be updated for newer OS versions. If you still need to run the [[supported_hardware:cm19]], [[supported_hardware:cm15a]], [[supported_hardware:zwave]] or the various Smarthome X10 interfaces please download [[tech_notes:catalina|the legacy plugins package from here]] and install the ones you need via the “Install Plugin” menu item of the “Database” menu. | NOTE: This disk image no longer includes the older legacy plugins that will not be updated for newer OS versions. If you still need to run the [[supported_hardware:cm19]], [[supported_hardware:cm15a]], [[supported_hardware:zwave]] or the various Smarthome X10 interfaces please download [[tech_notes:catalina|the legacy plugins package from here]] and install the ones you need via the “Install Plugin” menu item of the “Database” menu. | ||
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