HomeVisionXL Beta Download

HomeVisionXL

Operating system	Version	Date	Size	File	Downloads
Linux (32 bit)	2.0b18	December 6, 2009	4104388	homevision	101
Linux (64 bit)	2.0b18	December 6, 2009	4122155	homevision	13
Windows	2.0b18	December 6, 2009	5576287	homevision.exe	840
Mac (universal)	2.0b18	December 6, 2009	5274894	homevision.zip	74

Changelog

Version 2.0b18 - 6 Dec 2009

• Vastly improve the appearance of HomeVisionXL on the Mac.
• Help now also available on the Mac.
• Redesign the interface for selectively hiding individual serial strings and save these settings between sessions.
• Add a pull down menu to the command entry box.
• Allow changing the control and fan mode using the thermostat control screen.
• Add a warning in the plug-in wizard if some of the selected plug-ins are not fit for the current operating system, or a newer HomeVisionXL version is required to be able to use the plug-in.
• Allow plug-ins to store empty configuration settings using the new -keep option to the hvConfig command.
• Add "remdownload" and "remloaded" event hooks to signal the start and end of downloads performed by a remote internet application.
• Properly initialize the thermostat control screen settings when using custom variables.
• Provide more debugging information in tech info report.
• Improve option parsing on hvPublic command.
• Store images in file format, so they can also be used by plug-ins.
• Reorganized the packages included with HomeVisionXL.
• Downloaded schedule would be corrupt if input commands are used for port C, while port C has been configured as output.
• "Set Controller To Specific Time" button refused to change the clock of the controller, claiming "Invalid Time/Date specified".
• Enabling i2c commands doesn't add address assignment entry in configure menu until HomeVisionXL is restarted.
• New analog ports were initialized with an offset of -256 instead of 0.
• Show surise/sunset times gives error when times cross midnight.
• Catch error when releasing a grab in an interpreter that no longer exists.
• Lookup table access from plug-ins was not working correctly.
• Put the error.log file in an appropriate location on the Mac.

Version 2.0b17 - 15 Oct 2009

• Add action and control commands to enable/disable automaticly reading temperature sensors
• Provide a way for plug-ins to obtain a list of user defined I2C devices
• Fix error when opening One-wire command entry screen
• The hvExecTrigger plug-in command was broken by updates in 2.0b14
• Timestamp in status bar does not get updated when scrolling using the mouse scrollbutton

Version 2.0b16 - 6 Sep 2009

• Reallow timer values above 240 hours, but provide a visual reminder that these values are not recommended
• Generate dimmed png images instead of providing both versions
• Memory use figures and pie chart did not take lookup tables and RAM video screens into account
• Error when invoking "What's this" menu entry twice in a row
• The poll interval setting is not applicable for serial thermostats
• Error when disabling the voip plug-in by closing the line status window
• Error when unloading a plug-in in nogui mode

Version 2.0b15 - 26 Jul 2009

• Allow users to make notes in the help pages
• New feature: Patching of lookup tables.
• Allow entry of information for generating IR signals in dec and hex.
• Introduce Ctrl-N shortcut on summary screens for creating new objects.
• Embed object related information in serial strings.
• Extract time stamps from the event log and place them in front of the action line.
• Possibility to change event log time display format on the fly.
• Move the event log time display format setting from preferences to the event log viewer screen.
• Check if stored screen positions are actually on screen
• Overwrite old log files
• Limit timers to 240 hours. Anything longer may not work properly in case of a power failure.
• Dismiss command windows by pressing Escape.
• Correction to the X-10 security RF IR signal specification.
• Fix context menu entries for comment line edit screen.
• Remove obsolete command that produces error during download in non-gui mode.

Version 2.0b14 - 9 Jul 2009

• Infrared bulk learn feature
• Nesting level checker
• Ignore serial commands on telnet connections during download
• Add options to also log transmitted data and add timestamps to the HomeVisionXL log file.
• Add hvLogMessage command to plug-in API allowing plug-ins to log data in the HomeVisionXL log file.
• Add option to prevent the Messages screen from popping up for each new message from the controller
• Make the date and time display format user configurable
• Use a consistent format for date and time display throughout the application
• Add a command line switch to start HomeVisionXL with a lantronix connection
• Explain controller errors on the status screen in a tooltip or with the "What's this?" function.
• Add option to the hvConfig command for saving settings encrypted
• Improve detection of corrupt data in update reports and request new updatexxx report if a corrupted one was received
• Run plug-in event hooks for updatexxx reports before processing new data, so plug-ins can catch every change
• Allow using unique prefixes of command line options
• Add an icon to all HomeVisionXL screens (linux)
• Open external URLs in help pages using the default browser on linux too
• Store flag and port status information in a more consistent way * Possible incompatibility *
• Introduce the Shift-F1 key binding for the "What's this?" function.
• Baudrate change on Windows doesn't work because the OS doesn't flush the serial buffer before changing the baudrate.
• The "What's This?" function does not work.
• Error when trying to select a file for storing a tech info report
• Fix error when deleting named constant: row index "70" out of range
• Schedule without custom lighting gives errors in -nogui mode
• Generating PDF file could fail if the schedule contained a periodic event with a rate of 8 hours.
• Action code lines in PDF file were wrapped in braces
• Action patching of some binary transmit commands shows data as text string, instead of binary data
• Configuration of HomeVision serial board #1 (Serial Port #3) is broken
• Adding objects doesn't get recorded as a change to the schedule
• The "Var = Const - Var" command should be stored in a format compatible with the original software when not using named constants, just like the other variable commands involving constants are already doing.
• Fix some bugs in the hvMenu command of the plug-in API
• Cannot enter file name when saving a schedule triggered by download
• Some output appears twice in the terminal emulator screen
• Allow external commands to include standard input in-line
• Editing "Put timer into 4 variables" shows wrong variable
• Serial comm test debug tool is broken

Version 2.0b13 - 13 Apr 2009

• Add DBus commands for exporting the schedule
• Allow public plug-in procs to obtain the name of the calling plug-in.
• Inform plug-in about connection state on start-up through event hooks.
• Upgrade to Tcl version 8.5.7
• Disable/enable plug-in by double clicking on the name in Plugin Manager
• Allow the use of PNG images in help pages.
• Allow plug-ins to read and modify IR zone names
• Allow plug-ins to modify CADDX security zone names
• Allow plug-ins to use packages in kit form again
• Named constants screen is not updated when the value of a constant is changed by a plug-in.
• Error when hovering over an undefined object in action editor when "show current object values in Action Editor" feature is active.
• IR toolbox toggle button on the convert tab sometimes stays enabled when it shouldn't be.
• Fix error when plug-in adds an entry to the File menu
• Timestamp tags in the terminal emulator were never freed
• Unnecessary resources were being used for timestamp tagging
• Export file lists one custom light for schedules without custom lighting
• Plug-in wizard on windows cannot update the help file if a plug-in is enabled (why did nobody report this problem?)
• Add delay to improve download speed on client/server connection
• Selected command on controller command control screen should stay highlighted.
• Auto reporting of Custom lights etc should be disabled for classic HV

Version 2.0b12 - 19 Mar 2009

• Provide an overview of changes made since the last time the schedule was saved.
• Better track if something was actually changed on the settings and I/O board configuration screens.
• Add security zone names to the HomeVision export (hvx) file
• Add virtual commands to enable/disable auto-reporting of HVAC, security, and custom lights.
• Add virtual command to put phone touch-tone count into a variable.
• Replace image on the reorder screen with a PNG version.
• Extract commands for controller control screen from the command database.
• Store the URL of the plug-in database in the configuration file.
• Fix error while reporting errors
• Swap/rotate objects on reorder screen produces an error: invalid command name ".ord.f.c"
• Changing the GUI style after using the file selection dialog produces an error (linux).
• Context menu did not provide a "change to And/Or operation" entry for HvXL only conditions.
• Remove the unused D-Bus "Test" signal.
• A gain setting above 1.27 was displayed incorrectly on the analog input port summary screen.

Version 2.0b11 - 24 Feb 2009

• Add system tray icon option on linux as well.
• Preference setting for starting up minimized or hidden in the system tray.
• Add functionality to the system tray context menu.
• Provide some more interesting information in the system tray balloon
• Add a D-Bus interface to the application (linux only).
• Use D-Bus to optionally prevent the user starting multiple instances of the program (linux only).
• Highlight variable value on modify screen of flags & variable control screen.
• Change around the way standard X-10 commands are controlled on the X-10 control screen.
• Extract location for application data from registry (Windows only).
• Show timestamps for data in the terminal server window.
• Add context menu to the terminal emulator with copy and clear commands.
• Create and edit multi-line comments
• Add more commands for users to customize their main tool bar with.
• Move quick-edit menu entries to a menu on the action editor toolbar.
• Add access to named constants to the plug-in API.
• Update the internal tracking state for custom lights when the custom light control screen is updated on systems that don't support the lightupdate report.
• Move tool tip and icon preference settings to the appearance tab.
• Make the plug-in wizard window a little bigger.
• Read data file serial command to accept filename.txt without quotes
• Allow serial command procs to indicate that a match will never happen.
• Make command windows adapt better to different font sizes.
• Improve the looks of the toolbar customization dialog, the command edit window, the data file format editor and several scattered scrollable lists.
• Plug-in command hvVariable shouldn't reformat PROM version value
• The exit confirmation dialog stayed hidden when exiting from the system tray menu while the application is hidden.
• Error when selecting exit from the system tray menu while the exit confirmation dialog already exists.
• Fix hiding/restoring windows that were minimzed to the task bar.
• Error when opening X-10 summary screen: bad subcommand "cget".
• New action editor windows don't open at the user configured size.
• Correctly handle plug-ins that disable themselves during initialization.
• Prevent default fonts from being too small on high resolution screens.
• Not all variables of memory access commands using 3 variables and none of the variables used in timer commands were reported in the object use viewer.
• Problems opening data files were not reported to serial command test screen.
• Error when trying to edit a wait command using an undefined timer object.
• Re-fix non-GUI mode.
• Download is possible with undefined named constant.
• Fix error in the action editor when selecting multiple lines using the keyboard.
• The standard Tk message box looks fine nowadays, so don't need the custom message box anymore.
• Copying conditions as text shows And/Or before the first condition.
• Should not be allowed to change and/or on comment in conditions.
• Hiding the application in the system tray while a modal screen is shown makes it impossible to restore the application using the system tray icon.
• Path for finding packages was not setup correctly for plug-ins.

Version 2.0b10 - 9 Sep 2008

• Add optional system tray icon (Windows only)
• Option to minimize to the system tray when closing the main window (Windows only)
• Add key bindings for Undo/Redo functions in the Action Editor
• Make all general resource file settings accessible from a plug-in
• Remove some obsolete code for unzipping help files
• Quick-editting of HomeVisionXL only commands produced bad results
• Execute X-10 off actions command was not flagged as HomeVisionXL only
• Fix typo in hvConfigFile open subcommand

Version 2.0b9 - 24 Aug 2008

• Redesign action editor
• Introduce quick-edit: Quickly change commands via the context menu
• Add tool tips to the action editor, showing current object values
• Allow commenting/uncommenting of multi-line selections
• Add undo/redo functionality to the Action Editor
• Update signals in an X-10 sequence instantaneously, without the need to click a "Change This Signal" button.
• Make tool bars on the Action Editor and Main screen user configurable
• Provide some more actions for users to add to the tool bars
• Add new hvConfigFile command to the plugin API
• Add menu with templates for serial commands on transmit string command
• Add menu with templates for directives to the comment edit screen
• Add optional confirmation dialog before termination of HomeVisionXL
• Automatically rescan for plug-ins after running the plug-in wizard
• Remember previously used serial commands on serial command test screen
• Update the appearance of the wait command entry screen
• Upgrade to Tcl 8.5.4
• Errors when accessing functions of a plug-in while a file selection dialog from the same plug-in is open
• Error when running a macro from the control screen: bad cell index "k,state"
• Stop messing with pwd when loading a plug-in
• The plug-in "center" command should not place a window's top bar off the screen
• Center the text on the toolbar buttons of the Help screen (Windows)
• Pressing Alt-I on the help screen to invoke the Index button didn't work
• Fix error when trying to enable a plug-in that has been deleted

Version 2.0b8 - 25 Jul 2008

• Give plug-ins the possibility to delay termination so they get a chance to clean up.
• Gracefully handle Command-Q on Mac
• Only record serial commands in the command history if they are non-empty and different from the previous command
• Improve the look of the control screen instruction labels
• Adding objects after reordering may cause error during download.
• Serial commands "read text file" and "read data file" were disabled if the controller connection was not a local serial port.
• Event hooks were not removed when a plug-in was disabled.
• Client should not send commands to the server if it is not connected to the homevision controller.
• Handle all kinds of errors that could occur when the homevision controller is not connected.
• Fix error when double clicking on a deleted object in the object usage viewer.
• Some actions of clients connected to the telnet server caused a HvXL error.
• Ctrl-U doesn't work when entering text for "Transmit ASCII string" command.

Version 2.0b7 - 8 Jun 2008

• During download all HomeVisionXL remote internet clients and servers should exhibit special behavior (suspend logging, disable terminal emulator output), if so configured.
• Give user the possibility to save the resource file on demand
• Automatically save the resource file on the server when a client has remotely opened a new schedule
• Fix error message after switching the interface type from "Remote Internet Host" to another type.
• Errors from disabled plug-ins were not handled correctly
• Display of "And" and "Or" could become incorrect when editing action code
• Error when running a macro and immediately closing the macro control screen

Version 2.0b6 - 16 May 2008

• Automatically scroll Messages window to the end when a new message comes in.
• Error when reading some schedules created with a previous version.
• It was not possible to change only the description of the main serial port.
• On the Timer command window the last part of "Hundreths" was clipped off.
• Text on button "Set Controller To Specific Time" only shown partly.
• Periodic event control screen should get sunrise/sunset time from controller when rescheduling events.
• The "start" trick described in the help page for the "run program" serial command doesn't work.
• Preserve case of the file name when sending schedules between remote internet client and server, if possible.
• Add easy method to synchronize the schedule on the remote internet server to the client.
• Action patching of input ports showed wrong port in window title
• Custom lighting object screen is not accessible after custom lighting has been setup by a plug-in
• Only enable the download button when connected to the controller
• If remote internet connection failed the file menu could get corrupted
• Error when trying to change the stat type of a thermostat zone

Versions 2.0b1 through 2.0b5 - 23 March 2008

• Fix tiny font in message windows.
• Error when saving schedule with .bak extension
• HvXL shuts down after 20 seconds without any error message
• Security system zone 0 name is displayed as "UNDEFINED !!!" in action code
• Using macro control screen changes "startup macro" configuration.
• Last Power Recovery value on Status Screen should be centered.
• Improve determination whether to save schedule as txt or pdf file
• Saving to pdf from schedule viewer changes font of titles
• Creating damaged PDF files
• Optionally include schedule notes when exporting to PDF.
• Correct tab behavior in schedule notes
• Automatically update control screens when objects change
• Experimental option to change mouse behavior for menus on linux
• Correct notebook tab background when Windows XP theme is set to classic.
• Speed up download over fast link by disabling terminal emulator output
• Options to show only command or condition details on object use screen
• Individually show/hide recognized serial commands
• When selecting multiple objects in reorder screen by dragging a box around them the window may scroll too far to the right.
• An object should not move when dragging and dropping it outside the window while reordering.
• Fix error message when closing reorder screen after dragging an object outside the window.
• Make Control-U binding work in object summary tables as well.
• File dialogs should use theme colors instead of their own hardcoded ones.
• Reorder Custom Light Extra data if it contains a homevision object number.
• Ask the user to update start-up macro setting if it has been moved during reordering.
• Only generate double-click event if the second click is on the same widget.
• Limit the amount of data in the controller messages screen to 500 lines
• Set the clock at 30 seconds after the time specified by the user to avoid scheduled events targeted at the time of the clock update to be skipped.
• Plug-in wizard creates a directory called --