Release Notes 3.8.0

Server Updates

• ALERT5 I/O Server: new I/O Server for FELMA's Alert 5 supervision system
• AVIGILONWEB I/O Server: new I/O Server for Avigilon Control Center 7 video management software
• BACnet I/O Server: improved network compatibility when using multiple network interfaces
• BENTEL I/O Server: added alarm memory and tamper memory datapoints
• DAIKINRC I/O Server: new I/O Server for Daikin room air conditioners with Daikin Residential Controller Wireless LAN Adapter
• DETNOV I/O Server: new I/O Server for the DETNOV multi-area fire panels
• CONTATTO I/O Server:
  • new option "disablemodhtpulsereset", disables automatic reset of MODHT pulse outputs (panic.reset, dnd.reset, service.reset, fan)
  • improved support for MCP firmware upload
• DOMINO I/O Server:
  • support of DFAM2
  • support of DFANA-M/CC
  • support of DFMB-C
  • support of DFTZ2
  • support for DTCT firmware versions >= 10.0 for daily programs read/write
  • new "raw" datapoint allows to send a 2 byte raw command to the DFDALI64 module
  • improved support for DFCP/DFH firmware upload
• DUELUX I/O Server:
  • support for the "toolspassword" option, to allow DLPIDE and other tools secure remote access to the DLCP via HSYCO
  • new "toolsproxy" option. When set to true, HSYCO acts as a Web proxy to enable access to DLCP's Web tools. Defaults to false
  • broadcast commands support
  • fade time settings support for broadcast and groups
  • the lamp on timer is also writable
  • added support for sliderh, sliderv, slider, sliderbutton and user objects to control outputs or groups level
  • new failure state data points: o<n>.lf (lamp fail), o<n>.cgf (control gear fail), i<n>.ide (input device error)
• DUMMY I/O Server: new "persistent" option
• ELMO I/O Server: added support for IESS Flex Energy security panels
• ESSER I/O Server: new I/O Server for the ESSER multi-zone fire panels
• EXOSENSEPI I/O Server: new I/O Server for the Sfera Labs' Exo Sense Pi smart environmental sensor
• FIAS I/O Server: new I/O Server for the Oracle's FIAS (Fidelio Interface Application Specification) protocol
• GALAXY I/O Server: added datapoints log0 and z<n>.name
• GKBUS I/O Server: added k<n>.<addr>.setpoint.humidity datapoint
• HEPHAIS I/O Server:
  • pre-alarm and tech alarm support
  • perfomance improvements
• HWGMONITOR I/O Server: adds support for STE2 R2
• HSYCO Remote I/O Server: increased maximum size of data fetched from remote server from 1 to 64 MBytes
• INIMPREVIDIA I/O Server: new I/O Server for the Inim Previdia fire panel
• IonoPi I/O Server: new "clock" datapoint
• IonoPiMax I/O Server:
  • dual µSD card support
  • improved watchdog and UPS support
  • new "skip" option
  • added support for remote Iono Pi Max units via SSH access
  • new "connection" datapoint
• LARES4 I/O Server: new I/O Server for the Ksenia lares 4.0 security panel
• LoRaWAN I/O Server: added "downlinkpower" option
• MEWS I/O Server: new I/O Server for the Mews Operations hospitality system
• MODBUS I/O Server:
  • improved accuracy of frame spacing
  • the Modbus TCP server / Modbus RTU master gateway now handles custom functions using the serial port timeout, instead of the fixed 100ms timeout used in previous versions
  • improved stability and recovery when a serial port is temporarily disconnected
• MQTTBROKER I/O Server: improved UTF-8 characters support
• MQTTCLIENT I/O Server: improved UTF-8 characters support
• MyHome I/O Server:
  • added support for legacy OpenWebNet password authentication
  • the OpenWebNet gateway can also be addressed using its MAC address
• Netatmo I/O Server: new I/O Server for the Netatmo smart radiator valves
• NETIO I/O Server: new I/O Server for the NETIO power sockets
• NMEA I/O Server: improved NMEA sentences parser compatibility
• NIKO I/O Server: new I/O Server for the Niko Connected Controller
• Protege I/O Server:
  • added short and tamper datapoints for inputs and trouble inputs
  • added a stability check to restart the driver in case of too many response errors during the communication with the panel
  • performance optimisation
• SIEMENSEDP I/O Server: new I/O Server for the Siemens Vanderbilt Edp security panels
• SIGFOX I/O Server: new I/O Server for the Sigfox Cloud service
• SSH I/O Server:
  • a PEM file name (containing a private key) can be used instead of password for public-key authentication
• Strato I/O Server:
  • dual µSD card support
  • improved watchdog and UPS support (excluding Strato Pi CM Mini)
  • supports the Strato Pi Kernel Module (excluding Strato Pi CM Mini)
  • supports the Strato Pi Fan Kernel Module
• Tecnoalarm I/O Server:
  • support for TP20-440 EN
  • new zone.<n>.alarmmemory datapoint for TP8-88, TP8-88 Plus and TP20-440
  • new outputexp.<n>.<i>.status and outputexp option (defaults to 0). Not supported on TP8-64
  • new zone.<n>.name datapoint, supported on TP8-88 Plus, TP20-440 and TP20-440 EN, with firmware > 1.9
  • new program.<n>.name datapoint, supported on TP8-88 Plus, TP20-440 and TP20-440 EN, with firmware > 1.9
  • new program.<n>.force datapoint, only supported on TP8-88 PLUS and TP20-440, with firmware >= 2.1.06
  • new firmware.version datapoint
• Teledata I/O Server: new I/O Server for the Teledata Olympia multi-zone fire panels
• TLABQ I/O Server: new I/O Server for the T-LAB Q series security panels
• TSECMACS I/O Server: new I/O Server for TSEC MACS perimeter anti-intrusion system
• Vivaldifreenet I/O Server:
  • added support for FREENET MK3
  • new <n>.radio = up|down data point: seek next or previous radio station in FM or DAB modes
  • new <n>.dab.text data point: DAB radio service name
  • the left/right navigation icons in the vivaldifreenet UI object now seek the previous/next radio station in FM or DAB mode
• WOLF8ACCESS I/O Server:
  • support for protocol versions 4.xx and 5.xx
  • more verbose logs
  • support for multiple EVO modules
• WXONLINE I/O Server: dynamic location settings are retained when the I/O Server is restarted
• XGENCONNECT I/O Server: new I/O Server for the XGenConnect security panel
• HTTPS Server:
  • new certificates import function
  • improved HTTPS certificates format compatibility with some browsers (Chrome). Delete hsyco.keys and restart HSYCO to generate a new certificate
• Cameras:
  • when a CAMERAREC action or cameraRecTrigger command is called with seconds = 0 to stop the current recording, the recording markers are reset, so that the next recording will always show as a distinct record in a camera panel object, even when the interval between two successive recordings is short
  • improved HTTP authentication compatibility with some camera models
  • it is now possible to force HTTP Digest authentication (adding the "!digest!" prefix to the password) for cameras that could fail to handle the initial HTTP Basic authentication attempt
• Data Loggers: optimized data consolidation process
• Tunnel Utility: added support for not standard port numbers to connect to the SSH hub host
• on Linux systems with the Intel J1900 CPU (as well as U1900), HSYCO will check the system clock source at startup, and set it to "acpi_pm" if different
• HSQLDB engine:
  • upgraded to version 2.6.1 (JDK 1.6 compatible)
  • recovery log disabled to speed up data change performance

EVENTS

• new LOCATIONGEO event
• new time period and group options for the "DATALOGGER name = FILE CSVWRITE" action

Java API

• new LocationGeoEvent(...) callback
• new geoBearing(...) utility function
• new geoDistance(...) utility function
• new time period and group options for the dataLoggerSave() Java command
• improved stability and recovery when a serial port is temporarily disconnected

JavaScript API

• new LocationGeoEvent(...) callback
• new geoBearing(...) utility function
• new geoDistance(...) utility function
• new time period and group options for the dataLoggerSave() JavaScript command
• improved stability and recovery when a serial port is temporarily disconnected

Manager

• File Manager:
• browsers compatibility improvements when saving large files from Text Editor
• improved compatibility with ZIP files during upload and unzip
• Settings:
  • added support for geographical (latitude/longitude) locations
  • RootBackupDestinations: a PEM file name (containing a private key) can be used instead of password for public-key authentication

Bug Fixes

• Data Loggers:
  • csvwrite and csvread functions not working when the the data logger id contained upper-case characters. Data logger IDs are now always converted to lower-case internally, in order to be case insensitive
• HTTP Server:
  • fixed a security vulnerability that could allow unauthorized access to local files
• Comm Ports: improved recovery reliability when the serial interface is reconnected
• when DatabaseBackupConsolidation is enabled, the backup would fail if non consolidated backup files were found in the data_backup directory
• High Availability:
  • some specific cases of file system corruption on the master could cause the slave to delete all its local HSYCO files
  • the HA monitor was incorrectly forced to restart if the haTimeoutSeconds parameter was set to a large value
• API:
  • httpCallEvent(): the HTTP content length could be incorrect if the returned string contained UTF-8 characters
• GUI:
  • redirect variables: when a button's address contained a redirect variable with no value, button statuses didn’t update
  • camera and camerapanel objects: setting of the play attribute not working properly in some cases
  • datalogger object:
    • issue with charts shown when data have partial hour consolidation in day view
    • fixed date range behaviour with multiple logger ids
  • timer object: minor fixes
• Manager:
  • System Settings > Data Loggers: the Data Logger Size panel shows "Please wait..." indefinitely if no data loggers have been configured
  • Project Editor:
    • alternative page attribute on page, custom values and navigate to link button didn’t work
    • other minor fixes
  • LoRaWAN Utility: minor fixes to the discovery user interface
• I/O Servers: some I/O Servers with IP-based connections could permanently fail to connect when the address was set as a name and could not be resolved at HSYCO start
• Aritech Comfort CSx75 I/O Server: fixed partition status alignment when transitioning directly from "away" to "stay" armed mode
• Contatto I/O Server:
  • MODANA and MODANAM: energy data points not updated when energy not changing on all three phases
  • MODPQ5 write commands failed when another device on the bus had the same output address of the MODPQ5 input address
• Domino I/O Server:
  • (temp) GUI object setpoint program not working
  • workaround for DFH with fw < 4.0 that caused the clock=sync command to set an incorrect time on Sundays
• DUELUX I/O Server:
  • ai<n>.<m> data points were limited to 255 as maximum value instead of 65535
  • button, buttonicon, buttonimage, dimmer UI objects were not shown in the Project Editor add object list
• HSYCO I/O Server: fixed a bug that could prevent the systemtopo.txt file from being updated
• KSENIA I/O Server: this I/O Server was considered as a regular I/O Server instead of a security system (SEC) when matching the license limits
• KILSEN I/O Server: fixed a bug that could cause an error on the connection status datapoint when multiple KILSEN I/O servers are defined
• LoRaWAN I/O Server:
  • fixed license limits check when I/O server restarts
  • fixed bug affecting devices with disabled frame-counter validation upon uplink counter roll-over
• NetworX I/O Server: fixed partition status alignment when going directly from "away" to "stay" armed mode
• Protege I/O Server:
  • fixed a bug in trouble input discovery that was not allowing the driver to go online
  • fixed a bug in area state flags
  • fixed a bug in variables writing
• Tecnoalarm I/O Server: fixed number of outputs supported for TP8-88P, now 16 instead of 8
• Telegram I/O Server:
  • the I/O server crashed when receiving a modified or deleted message
  • improved reliability of dynamic token configuration
  • failed to handle messages from users with long Id
• XENSITY I/O Server: now included in the HSYCO jar package