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Important note for P44-DSB-DEH: previously used faster but less secure encryption methods are no longer available at the update server. This now forces using better but significantly slower encryption for checking and downloading updates on the now 8 year old P44-DSB-DEH hardware. So please be patient when updating - it takes longer but still works fine!

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).
• Evaluators: the new p44script scripting engine now powers evaluator expressions. 
• DALI: optimizer now can optimize DT8 lights, too.
• hue: now supports on/off-only devices such as smart plugs.
• logging: per device/vdc 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.

Improvements

• Better Versioning scheme:
  • Production versions have shorter 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.
• DALI: improved handling of DALI2 devices with multiple logical units (LUNs).
• DALI: better description text (hover over dSUID in info dialog) for grouped devices.
• DALI: display RGB(WAF)-only dimmers as "color" dimmer in "model" column (these did work as color lights already, but were listed as plain dimmers).
• DALI: bus with non-fatal errors now allows using the devices that are normally accessible.
• 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.
• Web-UI: all dialogs can now be dismissed with Esc key or by clicking ouside of the dialog.

Bug fixes

• DALI: fixed problems with groups where devices with valid GTIN, but duplicate serial numbers are involved (such devices are not really DALI conformant, but unfortunately exist).
• DALI: fixed RGBWAF value range (is 0..254, not 0..127).
• Window/door/garage contacts: meaning of the active state (binary input = 1) is closed, not open. Except 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: fix bug that could cause scene not loading correctly.
• hue: fix 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.