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Firmware 2.7.0.44

This Beta "testing" Firmware 2.7.0.44 for P44-DSB devices is a release candidate for the upcoming production firmware 2.7.0. In case no problems are reported with this version, it will soon be released as 2.7.0

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 2.7.0.43

• Custom/Scripted devices: now can set operational state (opstate)as level (0..100) and as short text to report conditions like "no connection" or "low battery".
• Evaluators: fixed bug that could cause endless evaluation of the evaluator conditions.
• p44script: stopping scripts with the stop button in the IDE now also stops all non-global handlers.
• p44script: fix bug/crash in global handlers
• IDE/LED-Sim: improved console/status clear (Cmd-K): current line is kept below new prompt, only second clear will delete it, too.

Changes since 2.7.0.42

• p44script: bugfixes in for (did not tolerate whitespace in every place) and default for global variables.
• IDE: added log line shortening option - useful when mainly looking at script log() output.
• IDE: improved color contrast for error and current execution position highlights

Changes since production version 2.6.9 and Beta-Version 2.6.8.0, resp.

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 2.7.0.44, 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 inrement 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.