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Firmware information for STC-dS

Firmware version Release Notes
2.8.0
released 2024-10-03

Firmware 2.8.0

Firmware 2.8.0 is a feature and bugfix release for for P44-DSB devices.

This release contains some new features and improvements over the previous 2.7.0 firmware release, while remaining fully compatible with the previous version. It is recommened to upgrade to this version even in case the new features are not needed, as this version also fixes some bugs and is easier to support in case of problems.

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Most important changes since production version 2.7.0

New Features

  • matter bridge (beta): Now based on matter 1.3 (vs 1.2 in previous versions).
  • matter bridge (beta): New Digital Strom "bridging" device types:
    • scene responder: maps calls to a on and and an off scene to a virtual contact sensor in matter. This allows using matter capable SmartHome systems to respond to DS scenes. For example, a "movie" scene that prepares DS shades and light for movie watching in DS, may now also trigger a automation for starting the media player. The scene responder resets the contact sensor either when detecting another specific scene, any scene, scene undo or automatically after 5 seconds (configurable).
    • scene caller: calls a specific scene in DS when the virtual ON/OFF in matter is set to ON, and optionally, sends another scene, or undoes the previous scene when set to OFF.
  • p44script IDE: can now edit auxiliary files such as user web pages, config files etc (when configured).
  • p44script: added sign() function which returns the sign from a number as -1,1 or 0.
  • scripted/external devices: can now create output channels with custom min/max/resolution outputs for special custom hardware.
  • p44script: basic support for script include files. Note: this is a power scripting user feature that may help in complex setups.

Improvements

  • Lights: now have a adjustable gamma (x-p44-gamma property) which can be used for example to correct DALI drivers with incorrect dimming curve.
  • p44script IDE: log output is now colored and can be dynamically shown shortened/expanded.
  • p44script: add uid (dSUID) and logleveloffset() in device context scripts.
  • IPv6: improved overall support for IPv6 connections.

Bugfixes

  • factory reset: fixed bug that caused in some rare cases (more likely when factory reset was started using the device button rather than the WebUI) could lead to device starting up with a wrong model type, and needed remote service access to make it work normally again.
  • matter bridge: fixed pushbuttons, which were not correctly bridged, missing name and other meta data. This made them to be hard to find and operate in UIs, depending on the matter controller.
  • matter bridge: fixed mapping of binary input devices to suitable matter devices. Before, most boolean state devices appeared as occupancy sensors, even if the DS/P44-side had a different type set.
  • p44script: find() now actually accepts fourth argument for case insensitive comparison as was documented already.
  • p44script: fixed regression with vdcapi() did always raise error when calling a notification.
  • p44script: bugfix: in if statements, no spaces were allowed between condition expression and the closing bracket, so if(a==b) did work, but if (a==b ) did not.
2.7.0
released 2024-05-14

Firmware 2.7.0

Firmware 2.7.0 is a major feature release for for P44-DSB devices.

This release contains substantial new features and improvements over the previous 2.6.x firmware releases, while remaining fully compatible with the previous version. It is recommened to upgrade to this version even in case the new features are not needed, as this version also fixes some bugs and is easier to support in case of problems.

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Changes since production version 2.6.9

matter support (beta)

matter is a new SmartHome standard that allows interoperability between different Smarthome ecosystems. A matter enabled device, like your P44-DSB can be commissioned at the same time for example into Apple Home, SmartThings and Home Assistant, using each system's best features, such as voice assistants, to interact with the P44-DSB devices.

Starting with 2.7.0, the matter 1.2 (beta) functionality can be enabled as an option in your P44-DSB device. To get more information about P44 devices and matter, please visit plan44.ch/matter.

matter is a milestone for the smarthome, especially for the electrical installation industry - because matter is to the smarthome what the power socket was to electrification 100 years ago - a standard that allows the building-side infrastructure to be easily connected to (and disconnected from) the user-side devices.

plan44 is working to reach certification for the matter bridge component in the P44-DSB and P44-LC devices as soon as possible - until then the matter functionality remains a beta feature.

Although Digital Strom is not yet embracing matter, your P44-DSB can provide special virtual "bridging" devices for mirroring basic room state into matter (including native dS devices). Here you can find information on how to use matter beta on your P44-DSB.

p44script IDE: integrated development environment

For quite some time, P44-DSB devices allow extensive custom functionality through the p44script language, be it triggering actions in response to evaluator results, or integrating hardware via "scripted devices" or even running a custom "mainscript".

Now with firmware 2.7, working with scripts gets much simpler thanks to the fully integrated IDE, which allows comfortable script editing and interactive script debugging:

  • easily browse and edit all scripts in the system with a modern source editor with tabs, syntax coloring and autocomplete.
  • debug with breakpoints and single stepping.
  • inspect variables of any script or test statements using the integrated debug console.
  • playground for testing more complex script snippets
  • the integrated live log view shows the activity of your P44.

See p44script IDE documentation for more information.

Other new features

  • You can now disable or enable receiving public beta firmware for your P44-DSB device using the new button labelled "Beta..." besides the "Check for new firmware version...".
  • Enocean: Support for D2-07-00 door lock status profile.
  • EnOcean: Support for D2-14-40 Temperature/Humidity/Illumination Sensor.
  • hue: Workaround for non-hue-certified, but widely deployed TS0505B light controller which does only understand CIExy color settings, not hue/saturation.
  • custom devices: Allow URN-formatted uniqueid specification in init message for devices which have a native and globally unique hardware ID of some kind, so this information can be shown in the device list and propagated to Digital Strom.
  • MIDI support: p44script now can send and receive MIDI messages (e.g. MIDI keyboard/controller connected via USB) to make use of affordable input devices in automation projects, or coordinate lighting with multimedia shows.

General Improvements

  • platform: P44-DSB is now based on OpenWrt 22.03
  • logging: Now uses colored symbol markers for loglevel differentiation

p44script engine improvements

  • Now supports JS-style object and array construction - field names do not need to be quoted strings (but still may), values can be any p44script expressions.
  • array elements can now be appended using the arr[] = newElem construct.
  • removed confusing separation between "declaration" and "script" part.
  • added compound assignment operators (+=, -=, *=, etc) and increment and decrement postfix operators (++ and --).
  • added for (init; condition; next) { ... } loop construct
  • webrequest(endpoint) now allows creating multiple, independent script API endpoints - this eliminates the need for a common webrequest handler in mainscript for scripted devices which need to expose a per-device API.
  • concurrent now has a passing option to pass values safely (glitch-free) into thread variables of the concurrently running code.
  • p44script functions for accessing serial ports.
  • on (eventsource()) stable n { … } can now limit the event rate from eventsource to a minimal interval as specified by n.

See p44script short reference and p44script overview for more information.

SmartLEDs (WS28xx, "Neopixels")

When working with SmartLEDs - individually addressable RGB(W) leds - on the P44-DSB/LC-TORCH, P44-LC-X, P44-DSB-X or one of the automation controllers for special applications P44-AC,LC,MC, the integrated LED simulator is a very useful new tool to

  • see what is happening on the LED output
  • inspect all views in the view hierachy
  • examine all view properties
  • allow changing view configuration / set properties live

See LEDsim documentation for more information.

New features in the p44script SmartLED Graphics Subsystem

  • all views now can scroll (pan), zoom and rotate with antialiasing and sub-pixel precision.
  • all view properties are now directly accessible as fields on the view object.
  • textview now has support for different fonts from ultratiny 3x3 to larger 6x11 - with new bolden and stretch style variants.
  • When creating new SmartLED based lights, these can be set to automatic sizing instead of specifying the area in pixels. The actual size will then be adjusted to the size of the rootview (usually the entire area covered by LEDs). Also, the "unqiue ID" field can be left empty to have a unique ID generated automatically.

Bugfixes

  • p44script: fix bug in httprequest() when using JSON request definition with user and password field for http auth (did not work, but using server@user:password URL syntax always did).
  • p44features: fixed bug in resource access path handling that prevented e.g. indicators to load view configs stored in the default indicator resources dir.
  • animators: fixed "easeout" function, which was not at ease at all but did a sudden full range transition.
  • p44script: Fix bug that caused every() trigger fire not as precise (up to 1 sec late) as it could be.
2.6.9
released 2023-12-15

Firmware 2.6.9

Firmware 2.6.9 for P44-DSB devices is a maintenance release for firmware release 2.6.

Note that this update is always needed as an intermediary step to firmware 2.7.0 and beyond. So, please check for new firmware again after installing this version, there might be a newer firmware already.

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Changes since production version 2.6.8

The only change in 2.6.9 is as follows:

  • There is a new feature allowing you to enable receiving public beta firmware for your P44-DSB device. While beta versions have been available upon request for a long time already, you can now opt-in (and opt-out later, of course) from the web interface. There is a new button labelled "Beta..." besides the "Check for new firmware version..." to open a dialog for enabling or disabling receiving betas.
  • The reason for adding this option is that on one hand, there was a lot of work going into the development of the P44-DSB device firmware in the past year, in particular for matter bridging and a built-in p44script IDE. On the other hand, matter bridging is not yet certified, and will be included in a general release only later. So you can now decide yourselves if you want to use the new features right now in the public beta releases (which are usually as stable as regular releases) or wait for a later general release.
  • If you want to first have a look at what has happened in the betas since the 2.6.8 release, you can read it up in the beta release notes.

Changes since production version 2.6.6

Bugfixes

  • local click handling: local click handling acts as a fallback when no connection to dSS exists, and makes all lights respond to light buttons. Fixed a bug that also made lights respond to non-light buttons in this case.
  • Animators: fixed bug that caused spurious glitches (animators seemingly not running or running too fast)
  • upgrading: ready for upgrading to 2.7.0 and beyond. Installing 2.6.9 is required as an intermediate step in all cases. Please check for updates again after installing.

Improvements

  • Enocean: add support for D2-07-00 door lock status profile.
  • Channel transitions: improved wraparound channels (such as "hue") to allow full circle transitions in one step.
  • Analogio: Added CWWW lights, add WebUI support for creating Linux-PWMChip-based lights.
  • p44lrgraphics: add support for multiple fonts, for now 7x5 and 8x5 but mechanism in place for bigger sizes, add support for french accent characters with basic mechanism in place for handling any UTF-8 codepoint in fonts.
  • p44script: added foreach statement
  • p44script: answer() functions for web requests and feature requests now also accept an error value as argument to send back to the API caller.
  • p44script: Added digitalbus() to combine multiple GPIOs to input or output a digital value
  • p44script: all time getter functions such as hour(), month(), sunrise() etc. now accept a epoch timestamp argument. Also epochtime() function allows constructing epoch timestamps from date components.
  • LED chains: more led layout (R,G,B,W ordering) options
  • LED chains: reworked update timing engine, is now more precise, issues log warnings when display is likely to be jumpy or flickering due to limits in max LED output frame rate.
2.6.8
released 2023-06-07

Firmware 2.6.8

Firmware 2.6.8 for P44-DSB devices is a maintenance release for firmware release 2.6. It contains some general improvements and bug fixes.

Note that this update is always needed as an intermediary step to firmware 2.7.0 and beyond. So, please check for new firmware again after installing this version, there might be a newer firmware already.

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Changes since production version 2.6.6

Bugfixes

  • local click handling: local click handling acts as a fallback when no connection to dSS exists, and makes all lights respond to light buttons. Fixed a bug that also made lights respond to non-light buttons in this case.
  • Animators: fixed bug that caused spurious glitches (animators seemingly not running or running too fast)
  • upgrading: ready for upgrading to 2.7.0 and beyond. Installing 2.6.8 is required as an intermediate step in all cases. Please check for updates again after installing.

Improvements

  • Enocean: add support for D2-07-00 door lock status profile.
  • Channel transitions: improved wraparound channels (such as "hue") to allow full circle transitions in one step.
  • Analogio: Added CWWW lights, add WebUI support for creating Linux-PWMChip-based lights.
  • p44lrgraphics: add support for multiple fonts, for now 7x5 and 8x5 but mechanism in place for bigger sizes, add support for french accent characters with basic mechanism in place for handling any UTF-8 codepoint in fonts.
  • p44script: added foreach statement
  • p44script: answer() functions for web requests and feature requests now also accept an error value as argument to send back to the API caller.
  • p44script: Added digitalbus() to combine multiple GPIOs to input or output a digital value
  • p44script: all time getter functions such as hour(), month(), sunrise() etc. now accept a epoch timestamp argument. Also epochtime() function allows constructing epoch timestamps from date components.
  • LED chains: more led layout (R,G,B,W ordering) options
  • LED chains: reworked update timing engine, is now more precise, issues log warnings when display is likely to be jumpy or flickering due to limits in max LED output frame rate.
2.6.6
released 2022-11-11

Firmware 2.6.6

Firmware 2.6.6 for P44-DSB devices is a maintenance release for firmware release 2.6. It contains some general improvements and bug fixes.

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Improvements since production version 2.6.5

Bugfixes

  • evaluators: fixed problem with between_dates() which caused too many evaluations on the last day of the date range and possibly slowed down the device for that day.
  • p44script: fixed problem with event distribution when assigning signal() results to variables
  • Tunable Whites: Some tunable white lights still showed an icon indicating full RGB color light. Now the correct WW/CW-Icon is shown.

Improvements

  • evaluators: improved logging to show which evaluator device is affected when there are unresolved value mappings.
  • matter: More internal preparation to provide matter bridge functionality for the P44-DSB with a future firmware update. A beta version is already available, see details here.
2.6.5
released 2022-09-06

Firmware 2.6.5 for P44-DSB devices is a maintenance release for firmware release 2.6. It contains some general improvements and bug fixes, as well as some additional p44script capabilities.

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Improvements since production version 2.6.4

General

  • Text is now easier to select and copy in the web interface (in some browsers, text could only be selected via right-click before).
  • More precise output transition timing, multiple channels can now be in differently timed transitions at the same time for hardware devices which support that.
  • Evaluators: more intuitive behaviour when on/off conditions logically overlap (are both true at the same time), improved logging to make understanding evaluator condition evaluation easier.
  • Foundation laid for the P44-xx device to possibly act as a matter bridge in the future.

Bugfixes

  • Assigning a very long name for the P44-xx device could cause dns-sd not being able to publish and thus device would no longer be found in the network by dSS and not appear in Bonjour or Avahi network browsers. Now long names are automatically shortened to prevent this.

p44script

  • Added bit(field) manipulation functions: bit(), setbit(), flipbit().
  • Added lowercase(), uppercase(), caseinsensitive option for find() and new replace() function for string manipulation.
  • Added cquote() function.
  • Added withmeta and formdata options to httprequest(). Also, httprequest() now treats all "success" class status codes (200..203) as ok, not just 200.
  • Added dnssdbrowse() function to search for named public services in the local network using dns-sd (aka Bonjour, aka zeroconf, aka avahi).
  • Added annotation() function to get the annotation string of a value (which for example often indicates the reason for a result being null/undefined).
  • Added globalbuiltins() and contextbuiltins() functions listing all built-in global or context-level functions/objects.
  • Boolean operators now return "real" boolean values, i.e. not just generic numeric 0 or 1, but actual bool type (which still converts to numeric 1 value for true, 0 for false). The main difference is that these "real" booleans, when assigned to JSON object fields, are actually represented as JSON booleans, not numbers.

Scripted devices/external device API

  • Buttons now can directly report clicks and longpress (useful when the button device already has it's own click detection, which might be more precise than transmitting direct button press/release events via an API that might add too much delay).
2.6.4
released 2022-03-22

Firmware 2.6.4 for P44-DSB devices is a maintenance release for firmware release 2.6. It essentially releases support for an upcoming hue bridge update, and includes some general improvements and bug fixes.

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Improvements since production version 2.6.1

hue

  • Ready for upcoming hue bridge firmware release (expected for Q2/2022) which removes SSDP method for finding hue bridge in the local network. New method is DNS-SD (also called Bonjour, mDNS, ZeroConf). SSDP is still supported for old (round) hue bridges.

EnOcean

  • Fixed F6-05-02 smoke detector learn-in.

General

  • Fixed bugs that could occur in some edge cases such that scene transitions would not work as expected.
  • Web-UI: Fixed custom transition time scene effect to show the parameter field, so transition time can actually be edited.
  • Internal Action Evaluator trigger conditions are now re-evaluated after action script has run to detect script side effects (such as changing a script variable) that might be needed to reset the trigger condition.
  • Shadow devices should now get proper UI in digitalSTROM (added resp. modelfeatures)
  • Support for new p44-mini-e+l hardware platform.

Logging

  • Scene operations now have a text description for the scene involved (such as "preset 1" for scene number 5).
  • There is now a toggle to have log display wrap long lines
  • Better error display showing not only numeric error code, but also name text.

p44script

  • restartapp() now can optionally also reboot, shutdown or start a firmware upgrade.
  • Fixed inconsistencies in member access, for example assigning variables via globalvars()['name'] = xx.
  • New functions isok()ifok() to catch errors for example when accessing data fields, strrep() for creating string with repeating patterns.
  • random() function can now deliver discrete values in a specified interval, such as integers, halves etc.
  • signal() now can send data, which allows using it as a "pipe" to transmit information between different script contexts and threads.
  • User defined functions can now be created as "local function" to keep them private to the context (e.g. device, mainscript) instead of exposing them globally. Also, for clarity, functions may now be declared "global function".
  • New functions maxblocktime() and maxruntime() for controlling script execution time slice and overall max run time.
  • Fixed crash that could happen when run time error occurred within nested function calls.
  • httprequest() now allows accessing servers using basic auth (because that is needed by some IoT hardware not capable of digest auth). By default, httprequest() does not suggest basic auth and allows it only in SSL connections when the server asks for it.
  • Internal: the event passing mechanism (on which on(..) {...} is based) has been significantly improved and generalized. This also fixes a few edge cases that could cause inconsistencies with events in too rapid succession.
  • Webserver: now allows (but never requests) accessing via http basic auth. This allows IoT hardware not capable of digest auth to still access the web API. Note that basic auth risks exposing the password when used without https/TLS.
  • API endpoint `/api/json/scriptapi` which can be activated via p44script is now accessible without `rqvaltok`token.
  • Special Hardware Support: now direct access to i2c, SPI and modbus peripherals is possible from p44script (userlevel >=1 required)
2.6.1
released 2021-11-15

Firmware 2.6.1 for P44-DSB devices (and 1.6.1 for P44-LC/AC) is a maintenance release for firmware release 2.6. It does not contain any new features, but fixes some bugs.

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Improvements since production version 2.6.0

  • Scripted custom devices: fixed problem that could cause on(…){…} handlers get duplicated and being active multiple times in the background when editing implementations. For example, devices with a periodic polling of a service could get accessed more often than intended after editing.
  • https access from p44script: fixed a problem that prevented accessing some https servers (those that require SNI to establish a connection).
  • LEDchain: divs small bugfixes, in particular more accurate LED power limiting (P44-DSB-X only)

2.6.0
released 2021-10-05

The firmware 2.6.0 for P44-DSB devices (and 1.6.0 for P44-LC/AC) focuses on extendabilityand flexibility to create advanced applications.

It now allows integration with services and 3rd party hardware all completely within the P44-xx device itself, with no external dependencies or tools needed, and thus suitable for long-lived installations. The complete customized setup of a P44-DSB/P44-LC/AC device can be downloaded and archived as a single file, and can be restored easily to the original device or a replacement device when needed.

To see what can be done with a P44-DSB/LC device beyond the usual, find a few examples here.

Of course, despite all the new possibilities, the P44-DSB/LC remains as simple to use as before, integrating DALI, EnOcean and hue devices into digitalSTROM with a few clicks.

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Improvements since production version 2.5.0

Web Interface

  • Speed: Significantly improved speed, especially noticeable with interactive sliders (output channel settings such as brightness, color) which are now way smoother than before.
  • Caching: Complete overhaul of internal web server configuration to prevent caching problems and the occasional "Ajax -1" error that sometimes occurred (which was harmless, but ugly).
  • More info: Device and vDC Info dialog now has a "Technical details" section with extra information and a link to open a separate device/vdc property tree window.
  • Visual feedback: Buttons that trigger an action (such as testing a scene script) will now light up to confirm when the device has actually started executing the action. This helps especially when debugging setups with flakey wifi connection.

Scripting

  • Scripted custom devices: while customer defined devices were already possible for a while using the external device API, this release now allows creating custom hardware and service integrations entirely on-device using p44script. While this is an advanced feature that needs some programming skills, there are some ready to use examples available. Things that can be done with scripted custom devices are, for example: 
    • pulling sensor data from external webpages 
    • controlling devices via http or websocket APIs
    • visualizing control values with LED chain displays (P44-DSB-X and custom P44-xx devices only)
    • creating custom motor controllers for windows, movie screens etc. (P44-DSB-X and custom P44-xx devices only)
  • Many new functions: file access with readfile() and writefile(), numerical range transform with maprange()ord()/chr() for working with binary strings, httprequest(), urlencode() and websocket() for accessing complex APIs, globalvars(), localvars(), contextvars(), globalhandlers(), contexthandlers() for introspection and debugging, digitalio(), analogio(), dcmotor() for working with directly connected hardware (P44-DSB-X and custom P44-xx devices only).
  • JSON objects: now JSON object's field names can now be accessed using numeric subscript (obj[0] returns name of first field in obj).
  • External access: the device's JSON API has a "scriptapi" endpoint, which can be used to implement custom API in p44script using the webrequest() event function and its member answer() for responding to web requests.
  • Threads: thread-local variables can be defined using the threadvar keyword and are implicitly used in as clause of on() and catch(). For thread coordination, new functions signal(), lock() exist.
  • Documentation: in addition to the built-in script short reference, p44 tech docs now provide a lot of information and examples for all the many advanced applications p44script can enable.
  • Logging: much better display of context where script-related things happen, incuding complete call chain when scripts call functions defined in other scripts. Enhanced log() function now allows formatting like format().
  • Debugging: Pretty-printed JSON results in Read-Execute-Print/REPL (repl.html) and tweak (tweak.html) screens help inspecting API results, lrgraphics status() info etc.

Support for custom device types (P44-DSB-X and custom P44-xx devices only)

  • SmartLED chains/p44lrgraphics: Now supports setting LED chip type and layout (RGB,GRB,…) in p44script using addledchain(). The LED refresh rate can be changed using setledrefresh() programmatically.
  • LEDchain devices: Simplified creating text, life, image based lights.
  • "p44features": this is a set of rather specific hardware drivers, which now can be used from p44script. For example if you have Swiss Railway split flap modules, there is a splitflap feature to control these.
  • WiFi: For RaspberryPi 3 based P44-DSB-X devices, WiFi can be configured by Cmd/Ctrl-Shift clicking "Edit Network Settings...").
  • Hardware I/O: digitalio() and analogio() allow accessing GPIO pins, PWM outputs, I2C and SPI peripherals such as A/D converters or port expanders in p44script.
  • Motor control: dcmotor() provides all functionality for bidirectional DC motors with current measurement for detecting end stops and/or end contacts, with smooth ramp up/down control (suitable H-bridge driver and A/D converter connected to PWM, GPIO, SPI/I2C required).

General

  • Platform: updated to OpenWrt 19.07.8
  • Other: of course, many detail improvement and bug fixes…
2.5.0
released 2021-03-01

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

New features

  • Automatic check for Updates: optionally, the P44-DSB can now automatically check if a new firmware version is available, and if so, show an alert when opening the web interface (the next available version number is also available as a p44script function for use in triggers and evaluators).
  • Scripting: a new scripting engine, p44script, now allows scripting almost every aspect of the device.   
    • p44script has advanced features like user defined functions, concurrent operation, event handlers and a lot of functions from math to string handling to http and socket connections and much more.
    • p44script is fully compatible with the previous evaluator expressions and trigger/action scripts, but extends far beyond in functionality.
    • For editing longer source code, there is now a full-screen code editor with p44script syntax coloring and snippets (small link below the text fields)
    • For easily trying p44script features and code snippets, there is a REPL (Read Execute Print Loop) Web page at /repl.html.
    • See Script+Expression reference link below editors for a short reference for p44script.
    • Scripting is possible as before from internal action trigger type evaluator devices.
    • In addition, every scene in every device can now have a scene script which is run when the scene is called. This allows advanced effects and transitions when scenes are invoked. To edit scene scripts (and other scene options), shift-click the sprocket icon of the device to reveal additional controls below the channel sliders.
    • For initializing and running custom setups, p44script provides a main script which is started with the device and may keep running in parallel with normal device operation.
  • hue: now supports on/off-only devices without any dimming capability, such as smart plugs.
  • logging: per device/vdc/script logleveloffset now allows silencing "noisy" devices or focusing on devices of interest for support and debugging. To change the log level offset (from -2 to mostly silence to +2 to make very verbose), shift-click the (i)-button of a device and then one of the links labelled logging.
  • logging: new "stats" button/link prints some momentary statistics into the log, such as optimizer state.
  • Option for persistent outputs: if enabled (vdchost level property) output state changes will be saved and when device is restarted, re-applied to the hardware. Note that writing to flash can cause short delays and contributes to flash wear, so only enable the feature when actually needed. It is off by default.
  • Platform: support for custom product devices for smart LED installations: P44-DSB-E+L, P44-DSB-LED 
  • Enhanced smart LED chain support (P44-DSB-X and custom P44-DSB-E+L, P44-DSB-LED only): stripes and areas built from individually addressable color LEDs (WS281x, SK6812 etc.) can be used with p44lrgraphics subsystem.    
    • p44lrgraphics is a graphic rendering system based on a hierarchy of views, including animation, transparency, rotation, PNG display, smooth scrolling, text and more.
    • For example, it drives the moving feature light with effects, which is a color light showing on a segment or spot on LED chains, with extra channels for size, color gradient, rotation etc.
    • p44lrgraphics is fully accessible from p44script, which allows creating and animating complex light arrangements.
    • It even supports Microsoft's expressive pixels animation format.
    • p44lrgraphics's origin is the messagetorch project from 7 years ago. It evolved via pixelboard to what it is today, so it still contains a torch view that can produce the fire animation of messagetorch (and a Conway's game of life view).

Improvements

  • Better Versioning scheme:
    • Production versions will have numbers in the 2.5.0 form (major.minor.revision).
    • Testing/beta versions will keep the longer 2.5.0.0 form, with the fourth number being the beta build version.
    • Beta versions will start with the number of the next release version. So a beta version like 2.5.1.2 indicates that this is a beta for an upcoming 2.5.1 release.
  • Platform: updated to OpenWrt 19.07.6 
  • EnOcean: improved upgrading from insecure to encrypted communication, rolling counter (RLC) refresh.
  • EnOcean: improved out-of-sync RLC handling, better log messages for encryption related warnings.
  • EnOcean: A5-20-04 communication interval reduced from 20 to 10min.
  • Evaluators: now write a more informative log line when state changes, including the values involved and indicating if the change was triggered by timing or immediate input value changes.
  • Evaluators: internal action evaluators can now have an empty "off" condition to just run the action once whenever "on" condition becomes true.
  • Evaluators: now can use channel output values as "sensor" values in condition expressions (using device(x).output.channel(y) syntax)
  • Web-UI: all dialogs can now be dismissed with Esc key or by clicking ouside of the dialog.
  • Web-UI: support for setting geographic location (for sunrise/sunset calculations) and time zone.
  • LEDchains: now RGBW chains are supported, actual light color of W channel can be specified per chain. P44-DSB-X and custom P44-DSB-E+L, P44-DSB-LED only
  • LEDchains: --ledrefresh command line parameter to tune update rate (lower for very long chains). P44-DSB-X and custom P44-DSB-E+L, P44-DSB-LED only
  • LEDchains: ledchain driver with support for RGB (vs GRB) WS2815 LEDs. P44-DSB-X and custom P44-DSB-E+L, P44-DSB-LED only

Bug fixes

  • EnOcean: prevent encrypted sensors with repeaters to get out of sync (rolling counter) and seem "inactive" for some periods of time.
  • EnOcean: fixed problems with secure devices persistence (inactive after restart)
  • Window/door/garage contacts: meaning of the active state (binary input = 1) is closed, not openExcept for rarely used EnOcean profiles A5-14-07/08, this is only a documentation/labelling change, because for generic contacts, configurations for both signal polarities existed already to cover different types of window/door contacts. (Note that this has nothing to do with the way window handle inputs work - for these the states were and still are: 0=closed, 1=open, 2=tilted).
  • Optimizer: fixed bug that could cause scene not loading correctly.
  • hue: fixed problem with manually specified hue bridge url/IP, did not work in some cases.
  • Web-UI: fixed long-standing annoying JQMobile problem that caused open dialogs to scroll instead of accepting the first button clicked.
  • Webserver: now based on civetweb v1.12, which fixes a socket leak when accessing the Web-UI with a https request that fails due to SSL level errors. Before, polling the Web-UI via https constantly (as some monitor tools do), over time led to out-of-memory resulting in device becoming very slow.
2.0.5.0
released 2019-12-06

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Changes since 2.0.4.0

  • EnOcean: support for A5-20-06 self-powered heating valve
  • EnOcean: support for D2-03-0A single button
  • EnOcean: motion sensors now have configuration variant for sensors that only report "motion" (but not "no motion", e.g. Eltako TF-BSB)
  • Scripts: larger text fields for editing, built-in short reference page.
  • Expressions: all expressions can now read global variables.
  • Web-UI: settings for geographic location (for sunrise/sunset calculations) and time zone. 
  • vdc visibility in digitalSTROM: the web-UI now offers an option to hide vdcs in digitalSTROM configurator (under "Meters&Controllers") when the vdc has no devices. Note that previously visible vDCs need to be removed manually in the configurator (greyed out lines).
  • Hue: workaround for unreliable third-party lights
  • Transition times: fixed bugs, especially with optimized hue lights.

Other recent new features:

  • EnOcean: Support for D2-14-30 Smoke/Temperature/Humidity sensor
  • EnOcean: support for A5-3F-7F (manufacturer specific) for SR65 3AI (Thermokon 3*0..10V input).
  • EnOcean: Support for A5-04-03 10bit temperature + 8bit humidity sensor.
  • EnOcean: Multisensor Window Handle (D2-06-xx): Buttons now also work in "dimming" (press-and-hold) mode.
  • EnOcean: Now detects out-of-order A5-13-xx weather station, fixed false sensor timeouts that could happen when multiple measurements did not change for some time.
  • EnOcean: FAH60 variant of A5-06-01 profile has no supply voltage sensor.
  • ELDAT: support for window contacts and window handles
  • Identify from dSS Configurator: now the P44-DSB device itself can be identified from the dSS, by clicking on the lightbulb "identify" button causing the P44-DSB LED blinking red/yellow 4 times.
  • Evaluators: completely rewritten expression evaluation. The new mechanism provides additional functions and time based evaluations. Please check your evaluators to make sure they still work as intended, especially when you have complicated evaluators.
  • hue: status column now shows "not certified" for lights that are not offcially certified for hue (and thus cannot be guaranteed to work 100% as expected)
  • hue: A recent hue bridge firmware update has changed the signature ("Philips" replaced by "Signify"). This prevents updated hue bridges to get recognized with P44-DSB versions before 2.0.4.0.
Important Note: This 2.0 version of P44-DSB is not compatible with dSS versions before 1.14. So please make sure your dSS version is 1.14 or newer before upgrading.
2.0.4.0
released 2019-09-05

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Important Note: This 2.0 version of P44-DSB is not compatible with dSS versions before 1.14. So please make sure your dSS version is 1.14 or newer before upgrading.

Changes since 2.0.2.0:

  • hue: A recent hue bridge firmware update has changed the signature ("Philips" replaced by "Signify"). This prevents updated hue bridges to get recognized with P44-DSB versions before 2.0.4.0.
  • EnOcean: Support for D2-14-30 Smoke/Temperature/Humidity sensor
  • Evaluators: completely rewritten expression evaluation. The new mechanism provides additional functions and time based evaluations. Please check your evaluators to make sure they still work as intended, especially when you have complicated evaluators.

Changes since 2.0.1.0:

  • Identify from dSS Configurator: now the P44-DSB device itself can be identified from the dSS, by clicking on the lightbulb "identify" button causing the P44-DSB LED blinking red/yellow 4 times.
  • Optimizer for hue: improved handling of bridge errors when deleting old scenes to make room for new ones.
  • hue: status column now shows "not certified" for lights that are not offcially certified for hue (and thus cannot be guaranteed to work 100% as expected)
  • Web-UI: log display: new "stats" button/link prints some momentary statistics into the log, such as optimizer state.

Other recent new features:

  • EnOcean: support for A5-3F-7F (manufacturer specific) for SR65 3AI (Thermokon 3*0..10V input).
  • EnOcean: Support for A5-04-03 10bit temperature + 8bit humidity sensor.
  • EnOcean: Multisensor Window Handle (D2-06-xx): Buttons now also work in "dimming" (press-and-hold) mode.
  • EnOcean: Now detects out-of-order A5-13-xx weather station, fixed false sensor timeouts that could happen when multiple measurements did not change for some time.
  • EnOcean: FAH60 variant of A5-06-01 profile has no supply voltage sensor.
  • ELDAT: support for window contacts and window handles
2.0.2.0
released 2019-07-15

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Important Note: This 2.0 version of P44-DSB is not compatible with dSS versions before 1.14. So please make sure your dSS version is 1.14 or newer before upgrading.

Changes since 2.0.1.0:

  • Identify from dSS Configurator: now the P44-DSB device itself can be identified from the dSS, by clicking on the lightbulb "identify" button causing the P44-DSB LED blinking red/yellow 4 times.
  • Optimizer for hue: improved handling of bridge errors when deleting old scenes to make room for new ones.
  • hue: status column now shows "not certified" for lights that are not offcially certified for hue (and thus cannot be guaranteed to work 100% as expected)
  • Web-UI: log display: new "stats" button/link prints some momentary statistics into the log, such as optimizer state.

Other recent new features:

  • EnOcean: support for A5-3F-7F (manufacturer specific) for SR65 3AI (Thermokon 3*0..10V input).
  • EnOcean: Support for A5-04-03 10bit temperature + 8bit humidity sensor.
  • EnOcean: Multisensor Window Handle (D2-06-xx): Buttons now also work in "dimming" (press-and-hold) mode.
  • EnOcean: Now detects out-of-order A5-13-xx weather station, fixed false sensor timeouts that could happen when multiple measurements did not change for some time.
  • EnOcean: FAH60 variant of A5-06-01 profile has no supply voltage sensor.
  • ELDAT: support for window contacts and window handles
2.0.1.0
released 2019-04-04

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Important Note: This 2.0 version of P44-DSB is not compatible with dSS versions before 1.14. So please make sure your dSS version is 1.14 or newer before upgrading.

Changes since 2.0.0.0:

  • EnOcean: Support for A5-04-03 10bit temperature + 8bit humidity sensor.
  • EnOcean: Multisensor Window Handle (D2-06-xx): Buttons now also work in "dimming" (press-and-hold) mode.
  • EnOcean: Now detects out-of-order A5-13-xx weather station, fixed false sensor timeouts that could happen when multiple measurements did not change for some time.
  • EnOcean: bug fix in secure teach-in, did affect e.g. A5-14-xx window contacts supporting encryption.
  • EnOcean: FAH60 variant of A5-06-01 profile has no supply voltage sensor.
  • ELDAT: support for window contacts and window handles
  • Web UI: fixed problem with setting fixed hue bridge IP address.
  • Web UI: device list display should no longer hang/time out even with many devices responding slowly to connection test.

New Features in Version 2.0:

  • hue: Scene+Dimming Optimizer can now can now automatically use native hue scenes and groups. For hue, the main benefit is that scene/group calls are more reliably forwarded to many lights (due to bugs in the hue bridge, changing many lights directly does not always work reliably). The optimizer can be enabled in the hue-vdc info dialog.
  • Web UI: new colored column for operational state (radio strength, errors, reachability etc.) at a glance. Number of devices for each vDC is visible in the icon column.
  • Web UI: device list can be sorted by clicking on column header.
  • Web UI: not responding devices are now shown greyed out in device list (like in dSS)
  • Web UI: refreshed look, more responsive (works even on small phone screens now), more compatible with different browsers.
  • EnOcean: now supports secure pairing with PT215 based buttons.
  • EnOcean: new profiles supported: 
    • D2-01-xx: electronic switches and dimmers (actors)
    • D2-32-xx: AC current clamps (Pressac CTV3 series)
    • F6-01-01: single button
    • F6-05-00: wind speed threshold detector
  • Evaluators: now support functions (abs, round, if, ifvalid, testlater) and can access sensor's age, validity and operation state.
  • Evaluators: now run a initial evaluation after start and when expressions are modified. The initial function can test for this to provide default values.
  • Evaluators: sensor evaluators can now also be used to calculate a virtual sensor value (e.g. a total wattage from 3 current sensors etc.). 
  • Evaluators: internal action evaluators can trigger an external action via http(s) GET/POST/PUT.

Improvements in Version 2.0:

  • EnOcean: upside down option for A5-14-09/0A window handle profiles.
  • EnOcean: weather station profile A5-13-0x now reports short wind spikes as separate gust sensor.
  • Sensor handling: sensors value processing is now adapted to the sensor type to ensure timely updates while still avoiding too many sensor events overloading the dSS.
  • Connection to dSS: made more resilient in case of occasional network problems.
  • and numerous other detail improvements.

Bugfixes in Version 2.0:

  • EnOcean: Fixed F6-05-01 water sensor, did not take back the detector signal when the water detection state went back to normal.
  • EnOcean: Fixed temperature sensor reporting in D2-06-01 profile (Multifunction Window Handle)
  • EnOcean: Fixed prophylaxis runs for A5-20-04 profile
  • and many other smaller bugfixes.
2.0.0.3
released 2019-01-10

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Important Note: This 2.0 version of P44-DSB is not compatible with dSS versions before 1.14. So please make sure your dSS version is 1.14 or newer before upgrading.

Changes since 2.0.0.0:

  • EnOcean: Multisensor Window Handle (D2-06-xx): Buttons now also work in "dimming" (press-and-hold) mode.
  • EnOcean: bug fix in secure teach-in, did affect e.g. A5-14-xx window contacts supporting encryption.
  • EnOcean: Wheater station: fixed false sensor timeouts that could happen when multiple measurements did not change for some time.

New Features in Version 2.0:

  • hue: Scene+Dimming Optimizer can now can now automatically use native hue scenes and groups. For hue, the main benefit is that scene/group calls are more reliably forwarded to many lights (due to bugs in the hue bridge, changing many lights directly does not always work reliably). The optimizer can be enabled in the hue-vdc info dialog.
  • Web UI: new colored column for operational state (radio strength, errors, reachability etc.) at a glance. Number of devices for each vDC is visible in the icon column.
  • Web UI: device list can be sorted by clicking on column header.
  • Web UI: not responding devices are now shown greyed out in device list (like in dSS)
  • Web UI: refreshed look, more responsive (works even on small phone screens now), more compatible with different browsers.
  • EnOcean: now supports secure pairing with PT215 based buttons.
  • EnOcean: new profiles supported: 
    • D2-01-xx: electronic switches and dimmers (actors)
    • D2-32-xx: AC current clamps (Pressac CTV3 series)
    • F6-01-01: single button
    • F6-05-00: wind speed threshold detector
  • Evaluators: now support functions (abs, round, if, ifvalid, testlater) and can access sensor's age, validity and operation state.
  • Evaluators: now run a initial evaluation after start and when expressions are modified. The initial function can test for this to provide default values.
  • Evaluators: sensor evaluators can now also be used to calculate a virtual sensor value (e.g. a total wattage from 3 current sensors etc.). 
  • Evaluators: internal action evaluators can trigger an external action via http(s) GET/POST/PUT.

Improvements:

  • EnOcean: upside down option for A5-14-09/0A window handle profiles.
  • EnOcean: weather station profile A5-13-0x now reports short wind spikes as separate gust sensor.
  • Sensor handling: sensors value processing is now adapted to the sensor type to ensure timely updates while still avoiding too many sensor events overloading the dSS.
  • Connection to dSS: made more resilient in case of occasional network problems.
  • and numerous other detail improvements.

Bugfixes:

  • EnOcean: Fixed F6-05-01 water sensor, did not take back the detector signal when the water detection state went back to normal.
  • EnOcean: Fixed temperature sensor reporting in D2-06-01 profile (Multifunction Window Handle)
  • EnOcean: Fixed prophylaxis runs for A5-20-04 profile
  • and many other smaller bugfixes.
2.0.0.0
released 2018-12-10

General Recommendation for updates: before updating, please always use the "Download configuration backup" button to download a backup of your device's configuration.

Important Note: This 2.0 version of P44-DSB is not compatible with dSS versions before 1.14. So please make sure your dSS version is 1.14 or newer before upgrading.

New Features in Version 2.0:

  • hue: Scene+Dimming Optimizer can now can now automatically use native hue scenes and groups. For hue, the main benefit is that scene/group calls are more reliably forwarded to many lights (due to bugs in the hue bridge, changing many lights directly does not always work reliably). The optimizer can be enabled in the hue-vdc info dialog.
  • Web UI: new colored column for operational state (radio strength, errors, reachability etc.) at a glance. Number of devices for each vDC is visible in the icon column.
  • Web UI: device list can be sorted by clicking on column header.
  • Web UI: not responding devices are now shown greyed out in device list (like in dSS)
  • Web UI: refreshed look, more responsive (works even on small phone screens now), more compatible with different browsers.
  • EnOcean: now supports secure pairing with PT215 based buttons.
  • EnOcean: new profiles supported: 
    • D2-01-xx: electronic switches and dimmers (actors)
    • D2-32-xx: AC current clamps (Pressac CTV3 series)
    • F6-01-01: single button
    • F6-05-00: wind speed threshold detector
  • Evaluators: now support functions (abs, round, if, ifvalid, testlater) and can access sensor's age, validity and operation state.
  • Evaluators: now run a initial evaluation after start and when expressions are modified. The initial function can test for this to provide default values.
  • Evaluators: sensor evaluators can now also be used to calculate a virtual sensor value (e.g. a total wattage from 3 current sensors etc.). 
  • Evaluators: internal action evaluators can trigger an external action via http(s) GET/POST/PUT.

Improvements:

  • EnOcean: upside down option for A5-14-09/0A window handle profiles.
  • EnOcean: weather station profile A5-13-0x now reports short wind spikes as separate gust sensor.
  • Sensor handling: sensors value processing is now adapted to the sensor type to ensure timely updates while still avoiding too many sensor events overloading the dSS.
  • Connection to dSS: made more resilient in case of occasional network problems.
  • and numerous other detail improvements.

Bugfixes:

  • EnOcean: Fixed F6-05-01 water sensor, did not take back the detector signal when the water detection state went back to normal.
  • EnOcean: Fixed temperature sensor reporting in D2-06-01 profile (Multifunction Window Handle)
  • EnOcean: Fixed prophylaxis runs for A5-20-04 profile
  • and many other smaller bugfixes.
1.9.3.4
released 2018-03-17

Initial production firmware for Thermokon STC-dS v2 devices

1.9.0.0
released 2017-12-14

Important: please check for updates again after installing this update - this firmware is only a intermediate step to the most recent firmware!

Note: Please update your dSS to version 1.14 or newer (or keep it on 1.13.6 or earlier) before installing this update! dSS 1.13.7 and 1.13.8 have issues that can make some devices appear as offline (gray).

New Features in version 1.9:

  • EnOcean: All temperature sensors now can be configured to be indoor or outdoor sensors. 
  • EnOcean: support for A5-20-04 HVAC profile (Hora Smartdrive MX / Eltako TF-FKS)
  • EnOcean: support for SODA multisensor window handle D2-06-01
  • EnOcean: support for Heat Tube Extreme Line device
  • hue: support for "hue ambiance white" lights as "tunable whites"
  • Web-UI: device list now has a status column with useful at-a-glance information, like status of evaluators, sensors, inputs, default output channel etc.

Improvements:

  • Sensors: default setting for minimal push interval is now 30 seconds to avoid dS system overload with volatile sensor inputs
  • Web-UI: updated (self-signed) https certificate that was expired
  • Firmware Updates: secured by RSA signature with 4096 bit key.

Under the hood:

  • a lot of internal improvements and adapations to dSS 1.14 (in particular, vDC API v3). The P44-DSB products are based on the plan44.ch p44vdc framework, which has also become a core component of many new interesting smart device integrations you see in dSS 1.14.  
1.8.0.1
released 2017-05-30

New Features in version 1.8:

  • EnOcean: Added EnOcean A5-14-xx multifunctions sensors (e.g. EiMSIG), support for Eltako FAH60 variant for A5-06-01 EnOcean profile, A5-30-03 profile for Afriso water sensor, support for supply voltage sensors for EnOcean profiles that have it.
Improvements:
  • Light: Default for "slow" light transition is now 1minute, as with standard dS Light terminal blocks.
  • Web-UI: Sensor display now shows (SI) units. Device and vDC info shows device firmware versions (e.g. for hue) where available.
  • Web-UI: now forces browsers to re-fetch Web-UI after restarts and updates, so no manual "reloads" should be needed any more.
  • Network: Removed some IGMPv2 activity that could help establishing connections in some networks, but turned out to cause problems with some TV streaming solutions in other networks. Proper solution is to connect dS-related devices via a unmanaged Ethernet switch, not via router's ethernet ports!
  • Hue: hue bridge connection now less dependent on discovery mechanisms that fail in some (broken) networks.
  • Huehue bridge is now identified by MAC address in the Web-UI, because that is the information also printed on the bridge hardware.
  • EnOcean: Weather station (A5-13-01/02/03) now has a profile variant that creates 3 additional separate devices for each of the 3 sun direction sensors. This allows using all sun sensors separately in the dSS.
  • EnOcean: A5-13-07 Wind sensor: max speed now reported as gust speed.
  • General: improved scanning of devices, better resilience after power cycles / outages.
Bugfixes:
  • Enocean profile A5-02-20 and A5-02-30 delivered wrong values.
For more information, please visit plan44.ch/automation
1.7.0.1
released 2017-02-02

New Features in version 1.7:

  • Configuration backup and restore via web-UI
  • EnOcean: added A5-09-02 (CO) and A5-09-04 (CO2) gas sensors, A5-06-04/05 illumination sensors, A5-13-07 wind sensor.
  • Enocean: buttons now have a profile variant to reverse up/down buttons.
  • EnOcean: heating valve now has a profile variant to use heating valve's internal regulator. For some models (e.g. self-powered valves that need to minimize motor usage), the internal regulator might do a better job than the external regulator.
  • Evaluators: now can use the values of binary inputs (including the result value of other evaluators) in the on/off condition expressions.
  • Evaluators: now can be defined "hidden" to the digitalSTROM system. This can be useful for evaluators that are only used as inputs for other evaluators and are irrelevant on the dS system level.

Improvements:

  • Improved restart behaviour after dSS updates and power outages of the entire system.
  • When the P44-DSB is given a new name, this now immediately gets visible in Avahi/Bonjour (no restart needed any more).
  • hue: better reliability for situations with poor light radio connections.
  • Evaluators: errors in parenthesized subexpressions were not reported.

For more information, please visit plan44.ch/automation

1.6.0.2
released 2016-05-18

New Features in version 1.6:

  • Evaluators: This is an important new feature, allowing for the first time to use sensor values of all kinds (temperature, humidity, wind, sun, illumination etc.) to trigger actions in the dSS via scene responder. Please download the documentation for Evaluators for more information.
  • Support for new dSS 1.11 "Impulse" scene (blinking from scene responder app)

Improvments in 1.6.0.2:

  • Bugfix: Under some circumstances, using evaluators in 1.6.0.0 could cause the P44-DSB not to connect to the dSS after a reboot.

For more information, please visit plan44.ch/automation

1.6.0.1
released 2016-05-12
Initial production firmware for Thermokon STC-dS devices

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