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| current [2019/12/07 15:58] – [9.4.27 Change Log] James Sentman | current [2020/06/18 15:34] – [9.4.31 Change Log:] forgot the contextual menu error remover James Sentman | ||
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| - | =====XTension Version 9.4.27===== | + | =====XTension Version 9.4.31===== |
| - | Released: | + | Released: |
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| - | Download: [[https:// | + | Download |
| + | Download for Catalina Only: [[https:// | ||
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| + | **NOTE: the catalina download is a notarized disk image file but does not contain the entirety of the plugins as not all are updated to run on Catalina yet. See the Catalina note below or more info. Please do not use this image on a 10.14 (Mohave) or earlier version, use the non Catalina file above.** | ||
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| **Mac OSX Mojave** has changed the requirements for scripting of other applications. You MUST force any script to run that contacts a different application when you upgrade and click “OK” when it asks for permission or your scripts will silently fail when they run later. See the [[tech_notes: | **Mac OSX Mojave** has changed the requirements for scripting of other applications. You MUST force any script to run that contacts a different application when you upgrade and click “OK” when it asks for permission or your scripts will silently fail when they run later. See the [[tech_notes: | ||
| + | ====9.4.31 Change Log:==== | ||
| + | * NEW: An alpha version of a plugin for Global Cache devices, specifically their IR transmitters. [[supported_hardware: | ||
| + | * NEW: A new DIY plugin now compatible with Catalina. At the moment both the older DIY plugin and the new one are in the package but that will not always be the case. The conversion is simple and not one way, you can instantly go back to the older plugin if needed. [[supported_hardware: | ||
| + | * NEW: Verbs for screen control: [[dictionary: | ||
| + | * REMOVED: the original Arduino plugin is no longer included in the package. If you are still running the older plugin please convert to the new one. If you cannot for whatever reason please drop me a note and I can send you the original plugin, or you can replace it in the XTension package from the older version. On anything prior to Catalina it will still run as before but you need to update so that I can fix any issues you might be seeing. | ||
| + | * REMOVED: the original Hue plugin is no longer part of the package. Please update to the new Hue plugin. | ||
| + | * REMOVED: the original barix plugin is no longer part of the package. Please update to the new Barix plugin. | ||
| + | * REMOVED: the original w800 plugin is no longer part of the package. Please update to the new W800 plugin. | ||
| + | * CHANGE: you can now remove the address from a pseudo unit. | ||
| + | * FIX: tp-link plugin no longer starts up in debug mode, though it is still very chatty about telling you about spurious network problems. | ||
| + | * FIX: mySensors interface will no longer log unknown commands as an error if you have devices that are going to sleep and waking up. | ||
| + | * FIX: Fixed a memory leak in the JSON server associated with handling the request in an XTension unit script. This could cause the server to stop responding if you have a very active system and were doing a lot of processing in scripts in XTension. | ||
| + | * FIX: in the WebSocket plugin the unique id of a unit is reliably sent as a string and not anymore as a number making the access the same in all places. | ||
| + | * FIX: the blink verb now works for the new Hue plugin. It was previously linked only to the original plugin and would refuse to send any commands for the new plugin. | ||
| + | * NEW: added several new parameters to the blink verb as well. See the [[dictionary: | ||
| + | * NEW: Added the [[dictionary: | ||
| + | * NEW: The [[dictionary: | ||
| + | * FIX: Unhandled plugin errors and any output sent to the log from a plugin via stdio will be properly tagged with the interface id so that they will show up when the log is filtered for messages for that interface. | ||
| + | * FIX: (plugin API) Radio buttons in plugin dynamic interfaces now properly save and restore their state in the UI. | ||
| + | * FIX: the XTension Kit Plugin more reliably recovers from any networking errors and so if that happens it will keep receiving pushed updates of things like temperature readings from the devices it is connected to. | ||
| + | * FIX: (plugin API) Text Fields in plugin dynamic interfaces now honor the alignment property. | ||
| + | * FIX: (plugin API) implemented defaults for most plugin dynamic interface properties so that you only have to specify them if you want something other than the default making the JSON descriptor file for them smaller, easier to manage and faster to load. | ||
| + | * FIX: Fixed a problem that could cause the Web Remote plugin to fail to load if you had a particularly large page setup or a particularly large database. | ||
| + | * FIX: The Dark Sky plugin no longer saves every response from the server to your documents directory unless you specifically put it into debug mode. If you’re using this plugin this is an important update as it could have generated a lot of files wasting space on your drive. | ||
| + | * NEW: (plugin API) new dynamic plugin element for a Text Area for multi-line entry of text data. | ||
| + | * CHANGED: Many Many updates under the hood to make Catalina support easier going forward and to enable some new longer term projects that will be worth it on every level :) | ||
| + | * NEW: A new contextual menu item for any unit list page that allows you to clear a unit error that is not being cleared properly by a plugin or other system. | ||
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| - | ====9.4.27 Change Log==== | ||
| - | * NEW: The “XTension Kit” plugin is now compatible with the [[kits: | ||
| - | * NEW: Added a “Description” field to the Edit Scheduled Event window. This is just informational for you to describe why you created the event and what it is for. It is displayed as the tool tip in the Event List window but the way they implemented that it looks pretty horrid there, not like the tool tips in other display types. I’ll be updating that eventually but thats just cosmetic. It works just fine, just isn’t pretty. | ||
| - | * NEW: Added an option to “Ignore logging from Video Pitcher” on the Logging tab of the Preferences window. If you have one of those cameras that continually throws errors even though the stream is displaying this will declutter your log and make it easier to see real events. This does not suppress only errors but all logging from VP so if you’re having legitimate problems with something you may have to turn it off in order to see any actually useful messages from it. This is a temporary fix that will not be necessary once the new video plugin system is complete. | ||
| - | * FIX: Fixed an error in the [[supported_hardware: | ||
| - | * FIX: In the new [[supported_hardware: | ||
| - | * Am filtering more garbage characters in the edit script window that can seemingly be inserted randomly by Apple’s VNC implementation. This should fix more of the problems that folks sometimes have when editing scripts over VNC where they fail to compile but show no location for the error as it is an invisible non-printable character that was inserted either randomly or more often in response to your hitting the delete key. | ||
| - | * FIX: the [[supported_hardware: | ||
| - | * FIX: the [[dictionary: | ||
| - | * This version returns to the new Apple file API version that will be necessary going forward to Catalina and beyond. Apple is sure keeping me busy working on this stuff that wasn’t broken last week. On earlier OS versions there should be no visible change to how anything works but please keep an eye on things when renaming Units or Global Scripts as this was where we had problems previously. Any errors will be written to the log if this happens so please let me know if you see anything while doing that. I have been running this fix on my own systems for several weeks now without being able to duplicate any of the previous errors so I don’t believe that anyone will have any new issues with it but let me know if it does. Note that this does not make it run any better on Catalina itself. Please do NOT update your servers to Catalina yet. I continue to work towards that capability. | ||
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