HomeVisionXL News

Control plug-in version 6.3

28 April 2010, 22:08 CEST

Control plug-in version 6.3 fixes a couple of bugs:

• Output port High and Low commands were reversed.
• Fix error when changing window type.
• Correct the values of special action variables (${!}, ${#}, and ${*}).
• Fix ever increasing number of update requests in some situations when frames are used.

Debug plug-in version 2.2

27 April 2010, 21:49 CEST

Some small improvements have been made to the debug plug-in:

• It is now possible to close the debug plug-in window by clicking on the X button in the title bar. This disables the debug plug-in.
• Saving or copying the debug plug-in output no longer includes data from hidden plug-ins.

Weather plug-in version 3.0

17 April 2010, 22:48 CEST

The weather plug-in has been updated to "speak" the weather (using the wintts plugin) and to take advantage of the <HV:Run> and <HV:Image> tags in Web plug-in version 4.0. Other improvements and bug fixes also have been included.

Additions, changes and fixes of note:

• The weather plug-in can now speak user-selected weather data using the wintts plug-in.
• The weather plugin can be controlled via serial commands. This may be especially useful to control the time of day that weather info is spoken.
• Two new commands, WeatherGet and WeatherGetIcon have been added for use with the web <HV:Run> and <HV:Image> tags, respectively. These two commands, used with the HV tags, allow weather data to be included in custom web pages.
• Station IDs can now be 4 or 5 characters in length, to accomodate 5 character maritime station IDs.
• Added a "Not Available" icon if weather conditons can not be determined, instead of a "null" icon.
• Temperatures, wind speeds, and humidity are rounded to whole values.
• Old data for any weather item is now cleared if the latest weather fetch did not include updated data for that item. Previously, old data was retained, which could be misleading.
• Fixed an observation time formatting bug due to changes in XML reported date format.

Web plug-in version 4.0

14 April 2010, 22:32 CEST

The web plug-in has been updated to include HV tags that allow dynamically generated html code and images produced by other plug-ins to be inserted into custom web pages. Other improvements and bug fixes also have been included.

Additions, changes and fixes of note:

• Two new HV tags, <HV:Run command> and <HV:Image type command>, have been added that allow dynamically generated html code and images produced by other plug-ins to be inserted into custom web pages. Command is a public command from any active plug-in and typically should return either html code or image data, which the web server will include into the html page containing the tag. It is expected that the weather and track plug-ins will support this capability in their next versions.
• Added multiple-pass HV tag processing for the <HV:Run> and <HV:Include> tags so they may themselves contain HV tags, including other <HV:Run>, <HV:Image>, and <HV:Include> tags.
• The web server can now be started or stopped via serial commands.
• CGI: Tcl file types now execute within the built-in HomeVisionXL Tcl interpreter instead of requiring an external program.
• Timer Load action can now set a new time in the value attribute (typically via an input box).
• The built-in Timer Table now includes an input box to load timers with a time, using the new Load action.
• HV tags can now be spread over multiple lines, if desired, for better readability.
• HV tag HVAC now returns the full state info if no data args are provided.
• HV tags Input and Output now return the Object label for the state if no mapping is provided.
• HV tag Flag now returns the State string if no mapping is provided.
• HV tag Timer now returns the full state and time if no data args are provided.
• HV tag Var now allows multi-word formats.
• HV tags PCDateTime, HVDateTime, HVLoadedFileDateTime, SE, and Sun now use the HomeVisionXL time-date format as specified in Preferences.
• HV tags SE and PE now return the correct state string.
• PATHEXT and COMSPEC environment variables in Windows are now preserved to prevent errors under certain conditions.

UPB plug-in version 1.0

16 January 2010, 12:41 CET

A change introduced in HomeVisionXL 2.0b14 caused a problem in the UPB setup/import plug-in. This has been corrected in the new version of the plug-in. The new release also presented a nice opportunity to finally bump the version number to 1.0.

For more information, see: http://hv.tclcode.com/upstart.html

HomeVisionXL 2.0 released.

2 January 2010, 23:51 CET

After almost 2 years of beta versions, the time has finally come for the release of HomeVisionXL 2.0. This final release does have a few bug fixes on top of 2.0b18, so people using a beta version are advised to upgrade. Anyone still using version 1.15 is definitely advised to upgrade now. The new version can be downloaded from the main HomeVisionXL download page: http://hv.tclcode.com/download.html

The most important fix since 2.0b18 is related to the plug-in wizard, where using the "Select updated plug-ins" button would cause an error message later on in the process of updating the plug-ins. Details of all fixes can be found on http://hv.tclcode.com/beta2-changelog.html

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been using one or more of the beta versions and reported bugs or suggested new features. This has certainly helped to make HomeVisionXL better and more versatile. But even though development is out of beta, bug reports and feature request are still welcome.

Control plug-in and remote plug-in bug fixes

17 December 2009, 18:05 CET

New versions of the control plug-in (6.2) and the remote plug-in (2.1) have been released to fix a few bugs.

Control plug-in:

• Reduce flashing effects when changing screens on slow hardware.
• Fix problems with importing control files.

• Provide clearer debug report if remote client has wrong version.
• Fix bug: User variables are no longer updated after disconnecting and reconnecting a remote client.

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b18 released

6 December 2009, 17:52 CET

One small step for man, one giant leap for HomeVisionXL users on Mac OS-X. The latest HomeVisionXL beta, version 2.0b18, looks much better on the Mac. No more stray text strings all over the place. The sizegrip looks better too and doesn't cover parts of buttons anymore. And last but not least, the help system can finally also be used on the Mac. The program is now distributed as a universal binary for both PPC and x86 based Macs.

A new feature for all platforms is the possibility to individually configure which recognized serial strings to show or hide. Additionally, there are now controls for the fan and control mode on the thermostat control screen.

The plug-in wizard has become more intelligent. It will give a warning when you try to install plug-ins that are not designed for the platform HomeVisionXL is running on, or if a selected plug-in requires a newer version of HomeVisionXL.

See http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html for more details.

PIC programmer plug-in version 2.0

29 November 2009, 14:37 CET

The latest version of the PIC programmer plug-in supports expansion boards based on 13 different types of PIC microcontrollers. It can now also keep track of the settings for more than a single self-programmable expansion board connected to the HomeVision expansion bus.

The MiniMFEB PIC programmer demo project has had a few modifications too. The most important one is that it now has a compile-time option to turn one of the analog ports into a pulse counting input.

Control plug-in version 6.1

21 November 2009, 21:29 CET

Control plug-in 6.1 has a couple of cosmetic improvements and fixes two bugs:

• The wizard for input ports created IDs belonging to output ports
• No interaction with the font selection dialog was possible

Web plug-in 3.0 released to support style sheets

8 November 2009, 12:04 CET

The web plug-in has been updated to support the use of Cascading Style Sheets. Other improvements and bug fixes also have been included.

Changes and fixes of note:

• Formatting for web pages is now controlled by a Cascading Style Sheet instead of embedded formatting commands in html pages. A style sheet provides more flexibility for the user to customize both the built-in object pages and their own pages. The style sheet has flexibility to support both the "old" and a "new" look, as well as the more "modern" frameless method for web page design or the original frame-based method. The frameless method is the suggested one to use, although users who have a significant investment in their own web pages based on the frame method can still take advantage of the style sheets. See the web plug-in help pages for details.
• New tag <HV:Include filename>. This tag will insert the contents of the named file at the point of the tag. The tag can be used to supply "common" html data in multiple pages while having a single source manage for changes. Used in the new CSS based web pages.
• Added a HomeVisionXL "favorite icon". The icon is used by browsers in the address bar, in tabs, and in bookmarks.
• The plug-in now takes advantage of the time and date formats set in HomeVisionXL's Preferences instead of using its own separate setting. Valid for HomeVisionXL 2.0b14 or later.
• Allow upper or lower case letters for X10 addresses in HV tags and forms.
• Set Web Configuration screen to fixed size to preserve proper layout.
• Pages with .htm extensions are supported.
• Minor edits in help pages, in addition to CSS related changes.
• If no custom lights are defined, the message "No custom lights exist" is shown instead of an empty table.
• Restored missing header in the Event Log page.
• Convert CR/LF characters in event logs to spaces to improve output format.
• Gracefully handle socket errors that can occur under certian circumstances.
• Fixed bug where the plugin fails in non-GUI mode.

New PIC programmer plug-in

27 October 2009, 21:39 CET

The PIC programmer plug-in is intended to be used to reprogram the firmware of home made PIC16F819 based expansion boards for Homevision, provided the board contains a special self-programming routine. This is not only useful for people who don't have a hardware PIC programmer, but also in situations where the board has been built into an enclosure or is otherwise not easily reachable.

More information, and an example of a DIY PIC16F819 based expansion board, can be found at http://hv.tclcode.com/picprog.html.

Control plug-in version 6.0

25 October 2009, 11:28 CET

Editing control pages has been completely changed in version 6.0 of the control plug-in. The new control toolbox makes it very easy to create widgets with a single click of the mouse. Or you can drag the mouse to immediately create widgets at the desired size. Moving pages around and duplicating pages can also be done very easily with the control toolbox.

You can now add scrollbars to individual control pages and include one page in a frame widget on another page. The new page wizard can help you to quickly build control pages for the selected Homevision object type. You can then copy and modify the widgets in any way you like. For first time users this is also a nice way to get some examples of how the plug-in can be used.

To also be able to make full use of the plug-in on a remote machine, the remote plug-in and client have been updated too.

Debug plug-in version 2.1

21 October 2009, 21:15 CEST

Version 2.0 of the debug plug-in escaped while there were still some sizable bugs left to be squashed.

Version 2.1 does also work with HomeVisionXL 1.15(e) again.

Debug plug-in version 2.0

18 October 2009, 22:48 CEST

Version 2.0 of the debug plug-in makes debugging your plug-ins even easier. With ever more plug-ins providing debug information, it became desirable to have the debug plug-in indicate which plug-in originated a message. Another useful new feature is that messages from selected plug-ins can be hidden.

With some plug-ins timing may be relevant. When debugging those, the new option to show timestamps with millisecond precision can come in handy.

For more information, see: http://hv.tclcode.com/debug.html

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b17 released

16 October 2009, 20:58 CEST

HomeVisionXL 2.0b17 fixes some bugs that have managed to sneak into the code over time. One new feature provided by this release of HomeVisionXL is the ability to enable and disable automatic reading of temperature sensors from within your schedule and through the controler command control screen.

http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b16 released

6 September 2009, 22:28 CEST

Version 2.0b16 of HomeVisionXL primarily fixes a few bugs. It also reallows timer values of 240 hours or longer. To remind the schedule developer that such long timers may not work correctly under all circumstances, the hours value turns red whenever a value within the danger zone is being specified.

As usual, more details can be found at http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html

HomeVisionXL updates on twitter

9 August 2009, 17:38 CEST

It's now even easier to stay up-to-date with new versions of HomeVisionXL or its plug-ins. In addition to the RSS feed, updates will also be announced on twitter (http://twitter.com/HomeVisionXL) from now on. Feel free to sign up as a follower of HomeVisionXL.

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b15 released

26 July 2009, 15:08 CEST

Another batch of new features in HomeVisionXL 2.0b15:
This version adds the ability to patch lookup tables, extract the timestamps from the event log and display them in front of the action lines, embed object references in serial strings, and users can add their own notes to the help pages.

The notes the user adds to the help pages are stored in a file called notes.vfs. It would be helpful if people periodically send me that file so I can determine which information in the help system needs more elaboration and which information is plain incorrect.

Download HomeVisionXL 2.0b15 from http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b14 released

9 July 2009, 21:54 CEST

There are two major new features in HomeVisionXL 2.0b14 and a few smaller ones. The two big ones are: Bulk learn mode for IR signals and a nesting level checker.

Bulk learn mode: It is probably quite common that the Homevision controller is not sitting next to computer screen. In such situations learning IR signals for a new piece of equipment used to involve a lot of running around from the computer to the Homevision controller and back. The bulk learn feature of the infrared toolbox now allows you to only prepare things once on the computer and then just sit in front of the Homevision controller and press buttons on the remote. If you have some text-to-speech system it can talk you through the process. Alternatively you can setup sound files to indicate whether to repeat the last signal or go on to the next.

Nesting level checker: The Homevision controller has a 16 level nesting limit for If-Then commands and Macro calls. Sometimes it can be hard to keep track of how many levels are involved when some actions call Macros that have several nested If-Then blocks that in turn call other Macros with more If-Then commands. But exceeding the maximum nesting level may have serious consequences for the proper operation of your schedule. The nesting level checker can help to determine danger areas by showing how actions call each other. It will display a warning sign for code paths that could theoretically be nesting too deep.

The new version is available at http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html. The change log on the same page lists also the smaller new features in this release.

Another new version of the object tracking plug-in

15 June 2009, 22:20 CEST

Some more small bugs were found and fixed in the object tracking plug-in.

Version 2.9 is now available for download using the plug-in wizard or at http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html

Object tracking plug-in updated

11 June 2009, 17:39 CEST

The object tracking plug-in has a small new feature: Graphs can now be configured to be displayed filled. This can make the presented information clearer, especially for on/off type graphs frequently used for flags and I/O ports.

In addition a few bugs have been fixed that would cause corruption of the graph configuration when a single trace was deleted from a graph or when tracked objects were moved around using the HomeVisionXL reorder feature.

The plug-in can be downloaded or upgraded using the HomeVisionXL plug-in manager. More information about the object tracking plug-in is available at: http://hv.tclcode.com/track.html

HomeVisionXL available in 64-bit version for linux.

24 April 2009, 17:59 CEST

For homevision users on the cutting edge of computer technology there is now a 64-bit linux version of HomeVisionXL available. It can be downloaded from http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b13 released

21 April 2009, 20:39 CEST

The previous beta version of HomeVisionXL would slowly eat up memory. Because it should be possible to run the application 24x7, this needed to be fixed. Version 2.0b13 also introduces a few new features for plug-in developers and it fixes a number of bugs.

More details of the changes and the software itself can be found at: http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html

Web plug-in CGI capability for MS windows.

9 April 2009, 21:10 CEST

Starting with version 2.7, the web plug-in can finally be effectively used to do CGI on MS windows too. Since MS windows determines the file type based on the file extension and it doesn't consider files with a .cgi extension executable, it was not possible to actually run any CGI programs with the old version of the plug-in. Version 2.7 will now also execute files with a .exe or .bat extension.

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b12 released

19 March 2009, 21:30 CET

I don't know if it happens to other people too, but I regularly see the floppy symbol, indicating something in my schedule has been changed, and I can't remember what it could be. HomeVisionXL 2.0b12 has a new feature that allows the user to get a summary of changes describing the general areas that were touched. This should make it easier to decide whether to save or discard the changes. While implementing this feature the accuracy of detecting real changes has also been improved.

In response to a question on the homevision-users mailing list, the names of the security zones will now be included in the .hvx file. Also a few more virtual commands have been added.

For more information, see: http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html

New tool for tracking holidays

16 March 2009, 21:56 CET

The hvWorkDay.exe program is now available for Windows to help HomeVisionXL users handle determining if Today or Tomorrow is a work-day or a day-off. This program reads non-work-day dates and date aliases from a config file and will SET or CLEAR a HomeVisionXL flag that your schedule can act on.

See http://hv.tclcode.com/wiki/38 for more information. The program can be downloaded at http://hv.tclcode.com/wiki/Software

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b11 released

24 February 2009, 22:01 CET

HomeVisionXL 2.0b11 now also provides the system tray icon on linux. Also on linux, HomeVisionXL 2.0b11 introduces a D-Bus interface that can be used to control the application, even if run in command line mode. An overview of the HomeVisionXL D-Bus interface can found at http://hv.tclcode.com/dbus.html

When hovering the mouse pointer over a string in the terminal emulator, a timestamp indicating when the string was received or transmitted will be displayed in the status bar.

The way the X-10 control screen works has been switched around. The old method was to select a command and clicking on a button for sending the complete or a partial command. Now you select if you want to send a complete or a partial command and then you click on a button for the command. This will normally reduce the amount of mouse clicks and mouse movements required when sending several X-10 signals.

Multiple consecutive lines of comments can now be edited all at once. When you double-click on a comment line in the action editor, any preceding or following comment lines will be included in the edit dialog. You can modify, add and delete lines. When the command window is closed by clicking on the OK button, the original sequence of comment lines will be replaced by however many lines were produced in the edit dialog.

Due to the quick edit functionality introduced in 2.0b9, the action editor context menu had become very crowded. This made it quite hard to find the normal functions amongst all the quick edit stuff. To allow editing to be done more efficiently the quick edit function has been moved to the toolbar. Users who have been using the 2.0b9 or 2.0b10 versions of the software may have to re-customize their action editor toolbar if they want to use this feature.

HomeVisionXL 2.0b11 includes many more new features and bug fixes. Details can be found at: http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html

Comfort Security System plug-in released

3 January 2009, 13:34 CET

A new plug-in for HomeVisionXL has been released. The Comfort Security System plug-in will act as a bidirectional gateway between the Homevision controller and a Comfort Security System. The plug-in will forward all communication from the Comfort system to the HomeVision main serial port. Similarly, binary instructions can be sent from the HomeVision serial port to Comfort.

For more information, see: http://hv.tclcode.com/comfort.html

Weather plug-in fixes

17 September 2008, 23:48 CEST

Weather plug-in version 2.0 had problems with paths containing spaces and it sometimes failed to locate the ftp package. These issues have been fixed in version 2.1 of the plug-in.

Weather plug-in update

15 September 2008, 22:35 CEST

Version 2.0 of the weather plug-in is now available and adds access to additional web weather data, expanding coverage to include thousands of weather stations Worldwide. The user now has a choice of selecting either METAR weather data, which has worldwide coverage, or the original XML-based weather data (for U.S. and possessions),

See the updated weather plug-in summary for more details.

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b10 released

9 September 2008, 22:57 CEST

HomeVisionXL 2.0b10 fixes a bug in the quick-edit feature introduced in 2.0b9. The bug caused corrupted code when quick-editing HomeVisionXL-only commands.

In addition the Windows version has a new option that will make the application withdraw to the system tray when the main window is closed. To actually terminate the program, the Exit command in the File menu or the Exit button on the main toolbar (if present) must be used.

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b9 released

24 August 2008, 23:50 CEST

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b9 is available. The Action Editor has undergone a complete overhaul. It now has undo/redo capabilities. You can quickly change one or more commands to other related commands through the context menu, like changing Light On commands to Light Off. You can comment and uncomment a range of commands. And on commands referring to certain kinds of objects you can now get tooltips showing the current value of the objects.

The X-10 Sequence screen no longer has a "Change This Signal" button that you need to press to actually change the signal. That now happens automatically and immediately. The serial command screen has a context menu to help you to easily enter a serial command string without having to lookup the exact wording in the documentation every time. The comment screen has a similar context menu for entering directives.

Finally in this version, you can customize the tool bars on the Main Screen and the Action Editor to give easy access to the functions you use the most.

For more details see the changelog on the HomeVisionXL 2.0 beta download page: http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html

Revisiting the minor updates of August 1st.

7 August 2008, 11:55 CEST

For plug-ins to work well with both current and future versions of HomeVisionXL they should use [file normalize [file dirname [info script]]] when they want to determine the location of the plug-in. The previously suggested [file dirname [info script]] would sometimes produce a relative path, which suddenly points to the wrong place when the working directory changes.

Please upgrade if you are using w800 version 1.1, callerid version 1.5 or organize version 1.5.

Remote plug-in and remote client updates

3 August 2008, 23:37 CEST

The remote plug-in and remote clients have been updated to work with plug-ins making use of some version 2.0 features, like PNG image support and the newer tile version. In addition the clients will provide better diagnostics in case of problems and will allow the user to correct wrong server settings.

In addition some outstanding minor updates to a number of other plug-ins have been released:
Debug plug-in: Allow plug-ins to specify colors for their reports.
Organize plug-in: Correction in determining the next event.
Xmms plug-in: Publish player status for the control plug-in.

Minor update to several plug-ins

1 August 2008, 11:46 CEST

A number of plug-ins was making use of the fact that during initialization of the plug-in the [pwd] command would return the directory where the plug-in is located. This feature was undocumented and is about to be changed in the next version of HomeVisionXL.

The correct way to determine the location of the plug-in is to use [file dirname [info script]]. In upcoming versions of HomeVisionXL [pwd] will always return the actual current working directory for HomeVisionXL.

The plug-ins that were incorrectly using [pwd] in this way have been corrected.

Track plug-in update

1 August 2008, 10:50 CEST

There was a small correction to the track plug-in to allow it to work again in combination with HomeVisionXL 1.15. Versions 2.4 through 2.6 would give no problems when used with HomeVisionXL 2.0, but produced an error in older versions. This has been corrected with version 2.7 of the plug-in.

VoIP plug-in update

31 July 2008, 12:33 CEST

A new version of the VoIP plug-in is available. The new version now includes the external packages needed by the plug-in. It also adds the possibility to configure a display name for each account.

When recording speech to a WAV file, a link with a fixed name per account will be created or updated, pointing to the last file recorded for that account. This makes it much easier to send the file as an attachment using the sendmail plug-in. This function will only work on filesystems that support the use of links (all unix/linux filesystems or Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista on NTFS drives).

Voice over IP plug-in released

29 July 2008, 15:51 CEST

A new plug-in for HomeVisionXL has been released. The voice over IP plug-in will allow you to call your homevision and get it to report on the current state of your house. You can create actions in your schedule that can be controlled using the keypad of the phone. It is also possible to instruct homevision to call your mobile or office phone (or both) and inform you of the situation when certain events occur.

Another possibility is to give your homevision sophisticated answering machine capabilities. It could play different messages depending on the time of day, or the person calling. The message left by the caller can be saved to a WAV file, which makes it easy to send it to your mailbox as an email attachment.

All you need is a VoIP account that uses the SIP protocol and the new voip plug-in. For more information, see http://hv.tclcode.com/voip.html

Yac plug-in update

27 July 2008, 12:08 CEST

Version 1.3 of the yac plug-in is now available. The only changes compared to version 1.2 are cosmetic.

When the video mode is something other than "macro", the macro selection is meaningless. For this reason the macro selection option is now disabled unless the "macro" video mode is selected.

The "Cancel" and "OK" buttons would not appear centered when the plug-in was used with HomeVisionXL 2.0. This has been corrected.

HomeVisionXL news feed launched

26 July 2008, 17:42 CEST

There is now a RSS feed for HomeVisionXL news available. This makes it easy for people to keep up-to-date about new releases of HomeVisionXL and related tools and plug-ins. The RSS feed can be accessed through the RSS icon on the HomeVisionXL news web page.

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b8 released

26 July 2008, 15:19 CEST

HomeVisionXL beta 2.0b8 has been released. Among other new features and bug fixes, this version fixes the problem that would occur when downloading a schedule after reordering certain types of objects and subsequently adding new objects of the same type.

For more details see the changelog on the HomeVisionXL 2.0 beta download page: http://hv.tclcode.com/beta/download.html

Control plug-in update

26 July 2008, 15:08 CEST

The control plug-in has three new commands that can be used in the actions of a button:
1. ImageRefresh - Check for changed images
2. EditMode - Switch to edit mode.
3. AccessCode - Allow the implementation of a code lock.

The plug-in now automatically generates tables with the names of objects. This can help to reduce maintenance work on the control screens. When an object name is changed in the schedule it will automatically be picked up by the control screen.

The packaging mechanism has changed. When saving control screens as a .hpz file, the contents will be the same as it used to be. But when saving as a .zip file, the package will not contain the plug-in itself and the file containing the screen layout will not be renamed to default.ctl. A package in .hpz form is intended to be used with the remote plugin, while the .zip form is ideal for copying control screens to another PC or sharing them with other users.

Amarok plug-in update

26 July 2008, 12:52 CEST

The Amarok plug-in has been updated to work with KDE4. Shutting down the PC can now be done using either dcop or dbus.

There is also a new serial command for starting playback if not already playing. Contrary to the normal play command, it will not restart the current track if playback is already in progress.

Another new feature is the option to automatically delete tracks from the playlist when the track has a score below a user specified threshold and the plug-in receives the command to skip the track.

Weather plug-in update

25 July 2008, 12:24 CEST

The national weather service made a change in their weather data URL. The old plug-in now fails to retrieve weather data.

I've updated the plug-in to version 1.3, to use the new URL. In the process of making this change, I modified the Data Source Configuration tab to include a way for the user to change it just in case something like this happens again. The current URL is also stored in the .ini file now.