Update HC2 4.023 BETA

[I. Szymanski 0]

Fibaro Home Center 2 v 4.023 BETA.

Beta version is designed for user testing and soon will be released as official.

WARNING! After installing this upgrade backups from version 1.x and 3.x will be retained but hidden because they are incompatible with the version 4.x. In case of update from old version, v1.x, after that update all users will be deleted. Admin password will be reset. Also update to Beta software all devices will be automatically reconfigured to work with new system architecture. Reconfiguration progress will be shown in pop-up window.

This update can last longer than previous. If this update lasts longer than 30 minutes, please go to main HC2 address (e.g. 192.168.0.1).

If "System temporarily unavailable" text will appear during update, please wait - you will be redirected to the main page when all services start.

4.023:

New Features

Soft Reconfiguration option allows you to save settings, parameters and device ID. Thanks to that scenes with reconfigurable device will not require editing. Full reconfiguration will remove and add the device to the Z-Wave network, resulting in the loss of its settings, parameters and change the device ID.

Resolved Issues

#0001986: Not able to change params

#0002126: New Switch reconfigure Problem

#0002189: Danfoss LC13 E5 error after few days.

Fixed problem with some Z-Wave locks battery reports

Fixed problem with controlling blind lamels via web interface

Communication with Satel devices improved (response time reduced)

Known issues

Important! User Developed Plugins will be removed with this update. Please be sure you have your plugin source code.

Satel - adding plugin progress bar disappears during configuration. Please wait about 15 minutes before performing actions on Satel devices.

Devices Polling may not work properly - devices state in UI may be refreshed only after action taken.

Breached sensor with Arm Delay causes instant alarm after being armed

Data range selection in event panel doesn't work properly

Devices imported via Gateway Connection may have no icons

Gateway Connection status of dead device between master and slave controller may be different

Devices not properly configured on 3.X may not be converted properly

Reconfiguration may not work properly in some cases

On mobile clients devices may be visible in different categories than configured

Advanced settings for some imported devices may not work properly

Plugin for Sony TV will not work with newest Sony Firmware

Horstmann Thermostat HRT4-ZW higher battery usage in some cases

Doorlocks some functions may not work properly

4.022:

New Features

Remote access is available for this version.

Resolved Issues

#0001513 RGBW custom created programs

#0001640 sceneActivation trigger doesn't seem to work

#0001681 Add / remove device continuous loop

#0001772 the remote control (KFOB2) we as a dimmer in Fibaro HomeCenter2 indicated

#0001898 Greenwave 6-socket plug shows as 7 switches

#0001924 beta 18 can not save scene with lux as a trigger (fibaro pir)

#0001931 HRT4 ASR UNIT not work in the Version 4.xxx

#0002000 Danfoss LC13

#0002032 Danfoss LC13 marked dead moments after status shows as "device is awake"

#0002081 FGRGBWM-441: Cannot turn on/off using mobile applications

Fixes for Z-Wave locks (Yale, FollowGood, Schlage)

Fixes for Z-Wave thermostats

Fixes for 3.x -> 4.x conversion process

Issue with backup compatibility

4.021:

Resolved Issues:

#0001844 HRT4-ZW and ASR-ZW not working, causing the heating system to burn continously

#0002026 SSR-303 not properly recognize

#0001958 After recovering backup all devices where online. Now all battery devices has become dead

#0002095 After upgrade V3 to 4.019 random dead nodes appear

#0002087 Nodes marked as dead, but functioning.

#0002036 Wrong spelling in Delete Device window: "Learing" instead of "Learning"

#0002139 4.020 Horstmann hrt4 can not set association

incorrect values returned by fibaro:getValue (LUA)

Horstmann Thermostat HRT4-ZW does not save the association

Many other minor fixes

4.020:

New Features:

Pre-Update Confirmation - installing update on 4.020 or newer will prompt user additional confirmation.

Mesh Network Reconfiguration - available on Configuration -> Z-Wave Network

Fixed Issues:

Incidental marking devices as dead

Horstmann Devices support

Many other Z-Wave engine fixes

4.019:

New Functionalities:

- Configuration > Backup now is Backup & Recovery

- Recovery Memory Status - can be checked on Backup & Recovery

- Backups - information about compatibility with current HC version

Resolved Issues:

#0001359: For some reason 1 smoke sensor doesnt show black box info.

#0001524: 3.902 Alpha - HUE plugin won't create new user

#0002037: Cannot delete device, but after a restart the devices shows as being deleted

#0002048: JSON ENCODE / DECODE doesn't work properly

#0001920: [ERROR] 09:23:47: line 44: attempt to index global 'json' (a nil value)

#0001699: panel energii

#0001849: Fibaro Door and Window Sensors do not report

#0001852: Unable to delete devices

#0001861: Since upgrading no scenes work

#0001877: HC2 stops working on 4.017

#0001709: When adding Foscam generic camera to plugin the password field is misspelled "Passwrod" should be "Password"

#0001824: Aeon Switch with energy meter. No more energy measurement/logging after upgrade to 4.017 beta.

#0001935: Notification of the battery status

#0001963: Event panel refreshed while browsing

#0001869: Fast scrolling in event history

#0001894: Log messages do not span columns

#0001655: Changing pages results in spinning wheel

#0001815: Power calcutaion is only working in rooms with Fibaro Wall plugs

#0001790: Virtual Device icon change causes a crash

#0001834: Get error 502 and 503 after virtual device import

#0001701: Controlled device is set to Air Conditioner on dimmers

#0001962: UI crashed after creation of magic scene

#0001966: setting " How frequently GPS position from the user?s iPhone should be collected" is not saved after reboot hc2

#0001888: Execution of lua commands

#0001907: Danalock POL_ZES100 (Z-Wave Danalock Square) sowing but not functional

#0001596: universal sensor has not the normal picture and dallas 18b20 temp does not work

#0001652: uni bin sensor breach scene does not work

#0001548: Nie działa triger włączenia włącznika Duwi

#0001812: HC2 doesn't respond anymore

#0001593: Email address validation wont allow + to be used

#0001651: HTML special characters being displayed in Virtual Device code

#0001946: fibaro:getSelfId does not work

#0001889: Unable to debug slider code

#0001992: FGK-101 with a DS18B2

#0002005: After creation of a magic scene i'm unable to login to the fibaro home center (keeps loading)

#0002023: Disarm sensors with scene

4.018:

Resolved Issues:

#0001566 All versions of FIBARO cannot support the switch state to return to the "Multilevel Switch Command Class, version 2"

#0001576 Untranslated text in Satel input/zone page

#0001578 Cannot change label value

#0001618 HSP02 no longer has parameters

#0001624 no different color for slave devices

#0001630 Reconfiguration did not run on a dimmer, resulting in no "sceneactivation"

#0001631 Roller Shutter 2 scene won't close

#0001711 Danfoss LC13 and older model are dead or E5 on the Danfoss itself

#0001773 Danfoss LC13 no Icon displayed

#0001747 Weather display wrong place

#0001834 Get error 502 and 503 after virtual device import

#0001836 Lili

#0001853 After upgrade web interface is slow when changing views

#0001873 No push messages possible on iPad/iPhone with 4.017

#0001880 Not able to set Variable manually anymore

many other fixes

4.017:

New functionalities:

User's Plugin Installation - ability to build and install Home Center plugin

FGHC Rest API Active Documentation - documentation and ability to test REST API requests, access at HOME_CENTER_IP/docs

Added support for American English (EN-US)

Plugins:

Nest - plugin for well-known thermostat

Netatmo - plugin for thermostat and weather station from netatmo

3.907:

This version mainly concentrate on adding better support and integration for more devices (not only z-wave device).

Important part of software responsible for management z-wave devices was rebuild from the scratch for better support different devices types.

New Home Center software introduces support for plugins. Plugins give support for new devices and new functionalities without modifying HC Firmware. Plugins can be used for controlling devices via different protocols and standards like TCP/IP, IR*, RS 232*, UPNP. Plugins have their own user interface and can call all APIs available on HC2. Possibility of building plugins by independent developers will be introduced in next versions.

* required additional hardware.

New functionalities

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Drag & Drop for devices and scenes - available on home, devices and rooms screens. Assigning devices to rooms and changing its order is now much easier and faster.

Magic Scenes - new, simplified and easy to use graphical way to create scenes based on condition > action flow.

Temperature Panel - allows to see history of temperature changes in rooms and on each device.

Diagnostic Panel - general information about HC working condition like CPU & RAM usage, free space on hard drive. Will be extended in future versions.

New Z-Wave engine - redesigned and rewritten from the scratch. Now is faster and has better support for devices.

Z-Wave Door Locks support - controlling and PIN settings.

Thermostats - extended controlling for thermostats from manufacturers like: Honeywell, Trane Corporation.

Extended tamper for sensors - exclusive information for motion detection and violation of sensors.

Fibaro Smoke Sensor extended support - level of smoke and gap to alarm level is reported and visible on charts at iPad and Web Page. Sensitivity level is now easier to set.

Fibro Motion Sensor new device - when seismometer mode is turned on new device reporting tremors is available. Charts for temperature and illuminance. Additionally information about sensor violation.

Device hiding - device that is not in use can be hide without removing it.

Device deactivation - deactivated device is visible in UI but can't be controlled.

Multithreading added for HC (server and z-wave) - now engines work much faster.

Event panel moved - for better usability now is available in menu on right side of screen.

User rights management - moved to Configuration.

Block Scenes improvements - for device only available actions are visible, scene activation block added and logical conditions grouping using brackets.

Lua Scenes - updated tooltips for devices.

Plugins:

Plugins are grouped in categories: Safety, Cameras, Climate, Multimedia, Others

Plugins search

Network devices search via ARP

Plugins category Safety:

DSC Alarm - for DSC Alarms,

Helios Basic - integration using Basic license,

Helios Gold - integration using Gold license

Mobotix - for Mobotix videophone,

Satel Alarm - for SATEL

Plugins category Cameras

more than 100 devices from various manufacturers

Plugin category Climate

Carrier Furance

WS Davis Vantage

Plugins category Multimedia

LG Bluray

LG TV

NC + mediabox

XBMC Remote Control

Denon Amplifier

LG Bluray

Onkyo Amplifier

Philips Bluray

Pioneer Amplifier

Samsung TV

Sonos

Sony Bluray

Sony TV

Plugins category Other

Philips Hue

Wake on LAN

Other changes

Many other improvements to the system

Users who use version alpha from 3.901 to 3.906 need to perform recovery first and update from 3.590 after restoring backup.

[deanrparry 19]

Take it back did not make it to morning box had crashed again!

But don't worry you lot I'll keep guinea pigging my setup for your own benefits... No need to thank me

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[hvb83 1]

Perhaps my comment was multi-interpretable, but I definitely wasn't taking the piss at you mate...

[deanrparry 19]

Perhaps my comment was multi-interpretable, but I definitely wasn't taking the piss at you mate...

Maybe the same here! Spending three days with fibaro logged in and out to be told they do not fully support beta and cannot help fix my problem! Restore back to stable!

How does anyone expect v4!

I am trying to help but am losing patience!

[hvb83 1]

Understandable, I'm not even considering doing any beta tests anymore, but I'm thankful that there are guys who are still trying to contribute. With a small baby I can't afford to have the heating out of operation and since we need all the sleep we can get at the moment, we definitely can't have the lights turn on in the middle of the night like Tane experienced...

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[deanrparry 19]

My box is non responsive so any scenes that were due to run failed! Got to be honest started to relax a bit with all the activity happening but when I got that email I was shocked!

Just before this... Sorry we do not know what is causing your box to crash on .023 that did not crash on .022

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Roman Schmidt 16 Dec 14

Dear Sir,

You need to perform a recovery and return to stable version

as we are not able to provide full support for BETA versions.

1) Turn off the device by disconecting power supply

2) When turned off, turn it on again with recovery button “+” pressed (next to power)

3) When LED are flashing from left to right, please release recovery button “+”

Then it should be visible in LAN network. There you choose recovery option.

Your password and login will be reset to admin,admin after that.

Kind regards

[petergebruers 1,268]

Understandable, I'm not even considering doing any beta tests anymore, but I'm thankful that there are guys who are still trying to contribute.

I wouldn't blame you if you'd stop testing. It's a messy business. Especially when they ask to exclude - include devices, and then you have to go back to 3.590 because the beta isn't stable enough.

[hvb83 1]

But everything will be solved on the 6th of January. I think the 3 kings from the East will come to Poland and help out in debugging the software. Any other way I can't image it is anywhere near finished at that moment.

[yuzo 4]

Hi Fibaro team,

i see a lot of traffic from my hc2 with latest beta to

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Is this normal?

[petergebruers 1,268]

But everything will be solved on the 6th of January. I think the 3 kings from the East will come to Poland and help out in debugging the software. Any other way I can't image it is anywhere near finished at that moment.

LOL

[deanrparry 19]

But everything will be solved on the 6th of January. I think the 3 kings from the East will come to Poland and help out in debugging the software. Any other way I can't image it is anywhere near finished at that moment.

Haha like I said before!

I will * in my own hand and eat it if fibaro release something stable! Because until they fix my software problem its never going to be stable and they have already said

Sorry we cannot help you we don't know what is wrong!

[ Added: 2014-12-18, 08:56 ]

Wonder if tane made it over 48hr?

[TANE 12]

But everything will be solved on the 6th of January. I think the 3 kings from the East will come to Poland and help out in debugging the software. Any other way I can't image it is anywhere near finished at that moment.

Haha like I said before!

I will * in my own hand and eat it if fibaro release something stable! Because until they fix my software problem its never going to be stable and they have already said

Sorry we cannot help you we don't know what is wrong!

[ Added: 2014-12-18, 08:56 ]

Wonder if tane made it over 48hr?

still running fine...almost 48H

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[deanrparry 19]

Fibaro must like you

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[ Added: 2014-12-18, 09:02 ]

We seriously need SSH access to at least reboot command!

[petergebruers 1,268]

still running fine...almost 48H

WOOT? How many devices do you have? What brands? Did you start from scratch with V4? Come on, tell us the SECRET!

I don't understand... For me this beta feels as if Microsoft would have made a new version of "Word"... It works, but you lose all your capitals, al commas become semicolons and it crashes when you try to print. But let's call it an 'upgrade"

[stevenvd 51]

Beat you

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/emoticons/default_wink.png" alt=";)" srcset="https://forum.fibaro.com/uploads/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> The updates are getting better. Still things like the alarm panel not fixed, suddenly the Qees dimmer is not a dimmer anymore and some more problems. (and the obvious that my backup and recovery is not working at all anymore. So only forwards for me! haven't restored a backup or something for almost a year now.)

But they have made some good fixes in the background such as that when a scene contained a device that no longer exists the hc2 will not crash anymore.

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[yuzo 4]

But everything will be solved on the 6th of January. I think the 3 kings from the East will come to Poland and help out in debugging the software. Any other way I can't image it is anywhere near finished at that moment.

i'm happy at the moment because fibaro has maked big steps forward ... frequentlier updates and so on ...

[deanrparry 19]

Beat you

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/emoticons/default_wink.png" alt=";)" srcset="https://forum.fibaro.com/uploads/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> The updates are getting better. Still things like the alarm panel not fixed, suddenly the Qees dimmer is not a dimmer anymore and some more problems. But they have made some good fixes in the background such as that when a scene contained a device that no longer exists the hc2 will not crash anymore.

Are you sure about scene fix? I'm sure tane had a disaster because of that very reason! Devices that do no exist or broken in a scene caused random devices to switch on?

Please excuse me if I've misunderstood!

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But everything will be solved on the 6th of January. I think the 3 kings from the East will come to Poland and help out in debugging the software. Any other way I can't image it is anywhere near finished at that moment.

i'm happy at the moment because fibaro has maked big steps forward ... frequentlier updates and so on ...

We all are

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/emoticons/default_icon_wink.gif" alt=";-)" /> just the odd silly comment is frustrating and goes against the flow of development!

[stevenvd 51]

By the way, did anyone notice that the whole "setTime" and timestamp of the danfoss is no longer working? whenever you change it by api or in the web interface it is set back to 0m.

mh, yeah thats true. But thats alsways, they fix something they break something else

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[petergebruers 1,268]

By the way, did anyone notice that the whole "setTime" and timestamp of the danfoss is no longer working? whenever you change it by api or in the web interface it is set back to 0m.

Istn't this bug related?

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[deanrparry 19]

Hahahahahaha warm your hands on the lightbulbs!

Now that's saving energy!

[stevenvd 51]

what if you got led's? I just use the vacuum cleaner to get the room warm. that's a 2000W heater!

Actually I use nest in the living room and wanted to sync the temp of the Nest to the Danfoss, which works fine, it just gets set back every minute by the new cron job and the timestamp can't be set.