Release Notes 3.8.0

Server Updates

• ALERT5 I/O Server: new I/O Server for FELMA's Alert 5 supervision system
• 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
• DOMINO I/O Server:
  • support of DFMB-C
• 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
  • added support for sliderh, sliderv, slider, sliderbutton and user objects to control outputs or groups level
• 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
• HEPHAIS I/O Server:
  • pre-alarm and tech alarm support
  • perfomance improvements
• HWGMONITOR I/O Server: adds support for STE2 R2
• 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
• KILSEN: fixed a bug that could generate an error on the connection status datapoint in case of multiple KILSEN I/O server declared at the same time
• MODBUS I/O Server: improved accuracy of frame spacing
• 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
• 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
• SIGFOX I/O Server: new I/O Server for the Sigfox Cloud service
• 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:
  • 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 and TP20-440, with firmware > 1.9
  • new program.<n>.name datapoint, supported on TP8-88 Plus and TP20-440, with firmware > 1.9
  • new firmware.version datapoint
• TLABQ I/O Server: new I/O Server for the T-LAB Q series security panels
• XGENCONNECT I/O Server: new I/O Server for the XGenConnect security panel
• WOLF8ACCESS I/O Server: support for protocol versions 4.xx and 5.xx
• WXONLINE I/O Server: dynamic location settings are retained when the I/O Server is restarted
• 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
• Tunnel Utility: added support for not standard port numbers to connect to the SSH hub host
• improved HTTPS certificates format compatibility with some browsers (Chrome). Delete hsyco.keys and restart HSYCO to generate a new certificate
• HSQLDB engine:
  • upgraded to version 2.6.0
  • 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

JavaScript API

• new LocationGeoEvent(...) callback
• new geoBearing(...) utility function
• new geoDistance(...) utility function
• new time period and group options for the dataLoggerSave() JavaScript command

Manager

• File Manager: browsers compatibility improvements when saving large files from Text Editor
• Settings: added support for geographical (latitude/longitude) locations

Bug Fixes

• Cameras: improved HTTP authentication compatibility with some camera models
• 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
• 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: 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
• DUELUX I/O Server: button, buttonicon, buttonimage, dimmer UI objects were not shown in the Project Editor add object list
• 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
• 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
• XENSITY I/O Server: now included in the HSYCO jar package
• 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
  • datalogger object: issue with charts shown when data have partial hour consolidation in day view
  • timer object: minor fixes
• Manager:
  • 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