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| - | =====XTension Version 9.4.43===== | + | =====XTension Version 9.5.1===== |
| - | **There is a [[current:beta|Beta Version]] available for M1 and X86 machines.** | + | Released 2/3/2023\\ |
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| - | Released: 8/29/2021\\ | + | |
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| - | Download for all Supported OS versions; [[https://www.machomeautomation.com/files/xtension/xtension_9_4_43.dmg|XTension. v 9.4.43 (build 1046)]]\\ | + | Download Universal Binary for all Supported OS versions; [[https://www.machomeautomation.com/files/xtension/xtension_9_5_1.dmg|XTension. v 9.5.1 (build 1069)]]\\ |
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| - | **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. |
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| - | Maximum supported version is Big Sur but some minor problems and cosmetic issues remain when running on Apple Silicon. \\ | + | **Rosetta Note:** While the entirety of the main app and all more recent plugins are Universal and run natively on Intel or Apple Silicon there are a few older plugins including the W800 and CM11 that are still Intel only. They run fine under Rosetta and you’ll never notice the difference. The only issue is that Rosetta is not included by default on the new Apple Silicon Macs. You’ll need to first run any Intel app, or do a get info on any app at all and select “open using Rosetta” then the OS will tell you that you need Rosetta and would you like to install it now. Once you complete that those plugins will run normally. |
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| + | ====9.5.1 Change Log:==== | ||
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| + | * NEW: [[supported_hardware:mqtt|MQTT Client Plugin]] for getting info from, or sharing info to, any MQTT Broker. | ||
| + | * NEW: [[supported_hardware:mqtt:espresence|ESPresense Support]] in the new MQTT Client Plugin. | ||
| + | * NEW: [[supported_hardware:nohassle4|Plugin for No Hassle AV 4x4 HDMI Switches]] | ||
| + | * NEW: [[supported_hardware:nohassle8|Plugin for No Hassle AC 8x8 HDML Switches]] | ||
| + | * NEW: [[supported_hardware:controlbywebout|Control By Web plugin]] that makes outgoing connections rather than using the inter device communications protocol. The original Control By Web plugin is unaffected and still included in the package. | ||
| + | * NEW: If there are important messages generated during startup they will also display in a new Startup Messages window. This way problems that would otherwise be lost in a very long log output are more easy to see and then deal with. This was build first to support the checking for multiple-interface collisions see next item... | ||
| + | * NEW: During database load any collisions in Multi-Interface setups will be logged and also written to the new Startup Messages Window. In order for multiple interfaces to work there must not be a unit actually receiving messages at the same address on the extra interfaces. This makes it easier to find this situation and fix it. | ||
| + | * NEW: The [[:video|new Video system]] now inserts the time stamp and any other messages you add for the reason for recording to the closed captioning track of the recorded video snippet. This is superior to just overlaying the video as it does not obscure any of the frame as it can be moved around in the player or even turned off if you do not need to see this. | ||
| + | * NEW: [[:video|new Video system]] now will display any events you sent as the reason for a recording on the original Web Interfaces which brings this into line with the way the original Video Pitcher system worked. | ||
| + | * NEW: In the Video Encoder plugin whenever a recording is complete and post processed or encoded and ready an event is called in the plugins interface script passing you the name of the video stream it came from as well as the full path to the file so if you wish to script uploading them or doing anything else with them it is now easier to do so. | ||
| + | * NEW: If you’re using the “live recording” option that doesn’t use the Video Encoder separate process the above event is sent to the video plugin’s interface script instead. So they can also be handled in the same way, just in a different place. | ||
| + | * NEW: The [[supported_hardware:hubitat|hubitat plugin]] now supports getting the data from objects with the attributes of “rate”, “valve” and “totalConsumptionToday”. This was for the Moen FLO Smart Shutoff and water meter device but will work for any device that uses those keywords/topics for it’s data. | ||
| + | * NEW: Added a “SendRaw” handler to the [[supported_hardware:arduino|Arduino plugin]] so that in addition to the regular Unit commands you can send any arbitrary data to your device as well. | ||
| + | * FIX: Units added later to a list shared via home kit will no longer be at risk of getting a Duplicate Accessory ID error. | ||
| + | * FIX: If you have units that are already suffering from the above problem there are [[supported_hardware:homekit|new script functions]] you can use to find and correct the errors. | ||
| + | * FIX: Fixed an issue that would cause a slight increase in CPU usage in the MJPEG Camera plugin each time it reconnected the stream. | ||
| + | * FIX: Fixed an issue with the Amcrest Camera API plugin that would cause it’s CPU usage to go to 100% after a stream connection was lost and restarted. | ||
| + | * FIX: Improved the syncing of the database to the plugins fixing an issue that sometimes caused an error during the load that could have stopped any units after the error from loading at all. | ||
| + | * FIX: The available ram that is logged when XTension is starting up was calculating incorrectly displaying what looked like just a few meg rather than the correct value. It is not logged properly and is therefore useful again. | ||
| + | * CHANGE: Calling plugin registered scripting handlers will now generate an error in the script if you call one that does not exist or misspell it or something similar. Previously such errors were lost silently. | ||
| + | * FIX: When doing the “log debug data” for a unit the thisUnit value is set properly letting it show up when filtering the log for output from that Unit. | ||
| + | * FIX: Fixed an issue loading Unit Icon files that were not JPEGS. All system supported graphic types are again working. | ||
| + | * CHANGE: When setting the enumerations for a unit value the individual comma delimited entries are now trimmed of any leading or trailing spaces when they are saved, It is common to type a list with spaces in it that you don’t actually want in the value like “one, two, three” which would have resulted in the value being “ two” now when saving the Unit the values are fixed so that the previous would become the correct “one,two,three" | ||
| + | * FIX: Fixed a typo in the debug logging in the Phillips Hue plugin that caused a second error while trying to log useful data about a first one. The error messages are now potentially useful instead of being an error about the error handling. | ||
| + | * CHANGE: if you select the “Show More Information” menu item from the gear menu of the Interface List window the CPU usage of each plugin process is calculated for all running plugins. This makes looking for something having a problem or stuck in a loop where it shouldn’t be easier. This is not a completely trivial extra load so the data is only gathered if you have the list window in the Show More Information state and not in the normal more compressed state. | ||
| + | * FIX: The camera API plugins are now python compiled before adding to the application bundle during the build process. They always worked fine but they would have taken longer to load as they needed to be compiled by the python interpreter each time and the compiled data could not be saved as they are inside the signed portion of the application so doing so would break the developer signature. | ||
| - | ====9.4.43 Change Log:==== | ||
| - | * NEW: [[supported_hardware:genmon|Generac Generator Monitor Plugin]]. This plugin can connect to the excellent genmon open source replacement for the proprietary Generac monitoring device. It replaces their custom device that offers no local data with a raspberry pi running the genmon software. As much relevant data as can be is turned into XTension units. As of this alpha release of the plugin no attempt is made to be able to control the generator or transfer switches. If people desire to do such a thing I can add that in a future build of it. | ||
| - | * NEW: [[supported_hardware:mqttbroker|MQTT Broker Plugin]] An alpha version of an MQTT broker. This is not feature complete yet, but since it is so popular for IOT devices we really needed to start some support for this protocol. As of this moment only devices shared to XTension are supported. It will not share XTension devices TO an MQTT broker yet. It will also only work with devices that send a reasonable numeric value or a string that can be parsed to a numerical value. See the wiki page for more info. I do plan to flesh this out with a lot of parsing options depending on what people need to want to be able to do so experiment and let me know. | ||
| - | * I added a “Send Query” command to the contextual menu for some, but not all, device types that support it. So instead of resorting to the command line window you can just control click on a unit and select that. Useful for the hubitat and the vera and such but not yet expanded to the CM11 and UPB interfaces. Only newer plugin device types that support a query will have this menu item enabled. Which means there is a new key in the device definitions for plugins that lets XTension know if the unit can be queried or not. | ||
| - | * FIX: The hubitat would return goofy levels for dimmable devices after they were turned off sometimes leading to XTension thinking they had been turned back on locally when they had not. I’m now using the switch parameter from the hubitat to know if it thinks the device is on or off and completely ignoring any level values when the device should be off. On my own system this has solved 100% of the problems I was having while not adding any new ones, but if anyone sees anything else odd please let me know. | ||
| - | * FIX: Fixed a problem with the ControlByWeb plugin that could lead to it not seeing all the available end points and or log a lot of errors. | ||
| - | * FIX: The color preset display in the edit unit dialog for color capable units no longer has bad placement that overlaps some of the titles in the window. | ||
| - | * FIX: Fixed a path where a blocked unit would still log it’s reception of new states even when it should not. | ||
| - | * FIX: The hue hub plugin had an issue that could make it difficult to get it to sign into a new hub even after you had pressed the button on it. This is now fixed and you should be able to add new hubs or new interfaces to one without difficulty. | ||
| - | * FIX: A bug introduced a few versions ago could cause changes to your web remote layouts to not be saved. This could also effect other plugins specifically the weeder plugin where it might not have actually saved any of your configuration changes. George! If you’re reading this please try this new version! | ||
| - | * Added better error handling to the loading of graphic resources during the startup of the program. I suspect that big sur or there abouts changed some things that are no longer available. If so you’ll get an error during load but the load will now continue and the program will be usable though it might throw errors later on or not display some icon types. Please let me know if you’re seeing any of these problems so we can collect some more data. | ||
| - | * Removed some remaining debug logging stuck on in the shared database plugins. | ||
| - | * Removed a debug dump of the database that could happen when starting up any shared item capable interface. | ||
| - | * rtl_433: added support for moisture/water sensor devices that send a numerical value rather than just an on or an off. | ||
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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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