DLI "WiFi-Capable" Power Controller Firmware Revision History
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Last Updated 06/06/2018
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1.6.17.0/1.6.17.0 latest development feature update.
The main branch for most users. If you are making any low-level custom UBUS calls, they may be broken with this update.All new features will be implemented in this branch.
1.4.30.0/1.4.26.0 latest stable branch update.
No more feature updates are planned. No internal low-level changes (UBUS) will be made.______________________________________
Version: 1.6.17.0 / 1.6.17.0
Fixes:
• Fixes where the Maintenance files (right-side firmware) will not update
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Version: 1.6.16.0 / 1.6.16.0
Fixes:
• (PRO and DC3) Fixes spontaneous reset to defaults and reset to defaults when updating maintenance files
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Version: 1.6.15.0 / 1.6.6.15
Fixes:
• Scripting server timer memory leak
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Version: 1.6.14.0 / 1.6.14.0
New features:
• Script-generated events enable new notification possibilities.
Fixes:
• Scripting server hook memory leak
• JSON-RPC calls which specify more than one operation return nothing
• Restoring notification settings adds an 'r' to any newline entry
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Version: 1.6.13.0 / 1.6.13.0
New features:
• Enhanced scripting access to outlet state. Scripted outlet state can now be persisted across power loss.
• Scripting access to some configuration settings
• Scripting access to some network settings
• Scripting access to meters (EPCR6 / DIN 4)
• Generic timezone support
• AutoPing link check added
• Refined scripting access to AutoPing
• Added "sticky" variables that can persist between script changes
• Added "persistent" variables that can persist between power cycles
Fixes:
• Several sensor related fixes (Maintenance - AVR))
• Race condition may cause extra long startup times (Maintance - AVR)
(1.6.6.0 and later)
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*** New developing feature-update branch above ***
*** Stable branch below ***
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Version: 1.4.30.0 / 1.4.26.0
Fixes:
• (PRO and DC3) Fixes spontanious reset to defaults and fixes reset to defaults when updating AVR
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Version: 1.4.29.0 / 1.4.25.0
Fixes:
• Scripting server memory leaks fixed
• Restoring notification settings should no longer add an 'r' to newlines.
• JSON-RPC calls which specify more than one operation now work correctly.
• Improved login page behaviour
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Version: 1.4.28.0 / 1.4.25.0
Fixes:
• WeMo emulation has incorrect service ID, preventing some
clients from operating.
• Improved AutoPing parameter description help
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Version: 1.4.27.0 / 1.4.25.0
New features:
• Notification timeouts adjustable in rule action code (e.g.'timeout=60;notify("admin")').
• Default timeout is now 10 seconds (up from 3 seconds).
• Improved Customization.
Fixes:
• Modern API display functions ui.line[1] and ui.line[2] work as expected.
• Notification events no longer time out prematurely. (reconnection issue)
• Setup and autoping pages now fully render after a non total (wipe) reset.
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Version: 1.4.25.0 / 1.4.25.0
Fixes:
• Display IP address earlier on bootup*
*The IP address is the last known at this point and may change by the end of boot.
• Minor fixes
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Version: 1.4.24.0 / 1.4.24.0
Fixes:
• Minor cosmetic fixes
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Version: 1.4.23.0 / 1.4.23.0
New features:
• Added MQTT Docs
Fixes:
• SSH may not enable after a reset to factory defaults
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Version: 1.4.22.0 / 1.4.22.0
Fixes:
• Several security updates including SSH (dropbear)
• HTTP Origin header handling for Chrome and Edge / REST API
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Version: 1.4.21.0 / 1.4.20.0
Fixes:
• Additional autoping fixes
• Memory leak in HTTP autoping
Known Issues:
• Chrome and Edge cannot update REST API entries
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Version: 1.4.20.0 / 1.4.20.0
Fixes:
• Additional autoping fixes
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Version: 1.4.19.0 / 1.4.19.0
Fixes:
• Addresses some but not all of the autoping issues
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Version: 1.4.18.0 / 1.4.18.0
Fixes:
• Security update. Addresses dnsmasq and hostapd vulnerabilities including KRACK
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Version: 1.4.17.0 / 1.4.17.0
Fixes:
• Retrieving a JSON representation of certain type descriptions
(.../description URL) triggers infinite recursion
• STARTTLS option is not honored as it should be (notification)
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Version: 1.4.16.0 / 1.4.16.0
Fixes:
• Rest API cannot be accessed from Edge browser
• Rest API cookie timeout change won't save.
• Various other REST API fixes.
• Backup/Restore accross verions can break the configuration
• The restore web UI breaks down when trying to perform merge
• PuTTY SSH or Android ConnectBot doesn’t see local
echo and has related tab completion problems.
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Version: 1.4.15.0 / 1.4.15.0
New features:
• First DC3 Release
Fixes:
• SSH server support is not correctly built
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Version: 1.4.13.0 / 1.4.13.0
Fixes:
• Lua preprocessor errors causing various kinds of problems
including the failure of the DISPLAY scripting command.
• REST API methods returning no data take action but return
failure.
• REST API attempts to change most values with an enumerated
(e.g. boolean) type fail.
• Multiple power-factor-related logic errors in SNMP subagent code make current
and power measurements done via SNMP incorrect.
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Version: 1.4.9.0 / 1.4.9.0
New features:
• First release for DIN IV
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*** New firmware branch above ***
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Version: 1.3.31.0 / 1.3.30.0
• On initial handshake, the AVR<->Atheros UART connection is not 100% reliable, resulting in outlet(s) possibly not being turned on after a power loss.
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Version: 1.3.30.0 / 1.3.30.0
New features:
• The UPnP server now exposes serial numbers
• DHCP client will supply the hostname to the server.
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Version: 1.3.29.0 / 1.3.29.0
Fixes:• REST API response to some DELETE and POST invocations invalid
• Running a script via the REST API using URL-encoded input results in “HTTP 400 Representation not well-formed, or ambiguous”
• HTTP autoping causes the autoping system to fail
• Web UI power monitor calibration fails
• Startup script option doesn't respond to source changes
• Relays cycling on update due to incorrect initial fuse mask
• Some settings weren't persistant when being written to
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Version: 1.3.26.0 / 1.3.26.0
Fixes:
• Minor help improvements.
• Changed Lua preprocessor to limit its memory usage.
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Version: 1.3.22.0 / 1.3.22.0
New features:• Starting a thread now accepts a second description parameter.
Fixes:
• Web UI errors are not reported correctly.
• Parts of structured values cannot be edited independently in REST API.
• Legacy WAIT command did not work correctly.
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Version: 1.3.19.0 / 1.3.15.0
Fixes:
• The REST API modification code logic issue is been fixed.
• Notification action input elements are renumbered correctly
when reordered.
• Some UPnP and SNMP server stability problems have been fixed.
• Improvements to memory management.
• Added a button to reset autoping statistics.
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Version: 1.3.17.0 / 1.3.15.0
Fixes:
• Fixed compatability issue with web page scraping using RegEx
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Version: 1.3.16.0 / 1.3.15.0
Fixes:
• Stabilized Web Interface
• Upon the total loss of power followed by partial restoration, the outlets will not turn return to the pre-powerloss state on the powered bus until the other bus has power restored as well.
• Several other bug fixes related to the new branch
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Version: 1.3.7.0 / 1.3.0.186
Many new features including:
• Added Event Notification System (SNMP, Email, XMPP, Webhook)
• Added Amazon Echo compatability (Alexa) as a Belkin Wemo
emulator. (UPnP)
• Added External APIs (JSON-RPC, REST-style API, UPnP service,
SNMP service)
• Added Backup and Restore of settings and data
• Updated Help
Fixes:
• Several fixes related to the new branch
• Fixed open DNS resolver on wired interface
• Many other miscellanious bug fixes
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*** New firmware branch above ***
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Version: 1.0.55.0 (only AVR updated)
Fixes:
• Added support for resetting energy meters.
• A Lua string hashing method DoS attack vulnerability has been closed.
• Autoping item enable state should now be indicated correctly.
• Unit should no longer act as WiFi DHCP server when it needn't.
• Energy meter reset functionality fixed.
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Version: 1.0.51.0 (only AVR updated)
New features:
• Added support for resetting energy meters.
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Version: 1.0.48.0 (only AVR updated)
Fixes:
• Compatability improvement for Ethernet Sender
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Version: 1.0.45.0 (only AVR updated)
New features:
• Introduced the UART heartbeat mechanism
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Version: 1.0.44.0
Fixes:
• Latched OFF fuse mode no longer interferes with operation
of unrelated outlets
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Version: 1.0.43.0 (Atheros only)
New features:
• All ntpd invocations will result in (updated) system time
being saved to RTC
Fixes:
• Shell arguments quoting fixed, resulting in e.g. correct
handling of passwords with special characters
• Network configuration LCD UI is exempt from all caps setting,
allowing users to read the WiFi? keys
• LCD power-cycle refresh is handled more correctly
• Plot lines with insufficient data are skipped, instead of
breaking the plot
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Version: 1.0.42.0 (Atheros only)
New features:
• Reset mode introductory message can be interrupted by
pressing UP/DOWN/CYCLE/soft reset
Fixes:
• Lua preprocessor index read analysis fixed
• Reset mode does not allow reset
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Version: 1.0.41.0 (Atheros only)
Fixes:
• Meter error in system log fixed
• User message timeout fixed
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Version: 1.0.40.0 (Atheros only)
New features:
• Meter data sync rate now depends on power status
• Emergency shutoff and bus power loss logging
Fixes:
• AutoPing scripts set at item creation time are now set correctly
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Version: 1.0.39.0 (Atheros only)
Fixes:
• Meter state commit issue fixed
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Version: 1.0.38.0 (Atheros only)
Architectural features:
• Severity of most messages not occurring during routine
unattended operation raised to "notice"
Fixes:
•Lua preprocessor fixed, plots rendered as intended
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Version: 1.0.37.0 (Atheros only)
Fixes:
• System log minimal severity adjustment fixed
• Severity of most messages not occurring during routine unattended
operation raised to "notice"
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Version: 1.0.36.0
New features:
• System log minimal severity can be adjusted
• AVR now reports reboot reason and fuse/lock bits on status
query
Architectural features:
• Lua preprocessor improvements
Fixes:
• Several system bus Lua binding memory leaks eliminated
• Threads created by AutoPing? are now more adequately described
• Relay protocol sequence size warnings no longer flood the
system log as much
• State file I/O or format-related errors are now more adequately
described
• Firstboot unit ID generation fixed
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Version: 1.0.35.0 (Atheros only)
Architectural features:
• Complete merge of Lua preprocessor from trunk
Fixes:
• Lua services compile correctly
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Version: 1.0.34.0 (Atheros only)
New features:
• Functions "assert" and "error" allowed in user scripts
• Firmware updates can be cancelled by user before they are
started, removing firmware file from memory
Architectural features:
• Meter state no longer goes through I2C EEPROM, cached in
memory instead
Fixes:
• Configuration no longer littered with memory commit settings
on every upgrade
• Scripting step delay enforced to be present and positive
• Server command-line argument forwarding fixed
• New meter state handling reduces sync times
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Version: 1.0.33.0 (Atheros only)
New features:
• Scripting functions can accept arguments in web requests
• Architectural features:
Fixes:
• The reset button can now be used to select or confirm reset
kind
• Intentionally aborted requests are now cancelled
• Script function names are correctly escaped in AutoPing?
• LCD network UI handles incompletely initialized network
more gracefully
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Version: 1.0.32.0 * Release *
Fixes:
• Open SSL 1.0.2 integrated, uhttpd HTTPS security somewhat
hardened
• AVR now properly supports sequence delay >=32 seconds
Of the updates below, only the original release, 1.0.1.0, was released to the
general public.
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Version: 1.0.31.0
•Fixes:
•Soft reset functionality fixed
•Trick for updating from 1.0.29.0 and 1.0.30.0 added to firmware
updater
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Version: 1.0.30.0 (Atheros only)
Fixes:
• Network settings issue completely fixed
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Version: 1.0.29.0
• New features: AVR updates from this and later versions can
be performed without cycling outlets
Fixes:
• Network settings issue partially fixed
• I2C EEPROM I/O race impact reduced
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Version: 1.0.28.0 (Atheros only)
Fixes:
• Received POST URL-encoded data are no longer limited to
4K; raising effective user script limit from 4K to 64K (ubus message size)
• Improved LCD DISPLAY formatting for user script voltage/current
output
• Network settings are checked somewhat more strictly
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Version: 1.0.27.0 (Atheros only)
Fixes:
• All popen-based program invocations, including maintenance
script execution, has been reimplemented, avoiding popen problems
• Junk debug log output removed
• Maintenance redirect fixed
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Version: 1.0.26.0
Fixes:
• AVR no longer requires calibration values to have a weight
sum of 2 or above (any sum above 0 is fine)
• Non-string web page element behaviour reverted to previous
• More robust network settings output handling
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Version: 1.0.25.0 (Atheros only)
Fixes:
• User scripts display strings on LCD fine
• Scripting server interacts with network server fine
• Transient locking-related LCD messages are displayed a bit
more consistently
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Version: 1.0.24.0 (Atheros only)
Fixes:
• Syslog reconfiguration no longer requires a reboot
• Attempts to switch locked outlets are now logged and don't
cause the whole request to fail
• HTTP connections are closed more correctly
• Service arguments are forwarded more correctly
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Version: 1.0.23.0 (Atheros only)
New features:
• Web UI support for custom quantity units
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Version: 1.0.22.0 (Atheros only)
New features:
• Brown-out delay configuration works, the delay is expressed
in seconds; no warning is displayed as recovery occurs with ON sequence delay
now
• User can select units to display on the LCD (not in web
UI yet)
Fixes:
• UOM now correctly caches tables by value (there weren't
any in this stable branch before)
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Version: 1.0.21.0 (Atheros only)
New features:
• Firmware upload by URL
Fixes:
• Lua preprocessor fixes
• LCD no longer gets stuck at OFF
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Version: 1.0.20.0
New features:
• LCD Can now be turned ON and OFF with distinct commands
• LCD is now power cycled with 1s delay
Fixes:
• Low memory handling improvements
• Multipart form upload requests handled incorrectly
• Lua preprocessor fixes
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Version: 1.0.19.0
Fixes:
• AVR LCD power cycling implemented more properly
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Version: 1.0.18.0
Fixes:
• Maintenance file upload fix
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Version: 1.0.17.0
New features:
• wait_until user scripting core function added (discussed
with: Michael)
• Supporting maintenance files requiring reboot
Fixes:
• AVR LCD power cycling delays increased
• Low memory handling improvements
• State file (e.g. meter data) I/O error handling/reporting
improvements
• User script warning improvements
• Lua preprocessor fixes
• Maintenance output improvements
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Version: 1.0.16.0
Fixes:
• All Atheros command sequences are now gracefully terminated,
and keypad state is cleared, when receiving AVR reboot event
• Working around AVR-GCC generation of unexpected and
unnecessary trampoline table in bootloader
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Version: 1.0.15.0
New features:
• Maintenance status can be displayed, and cleared
Fixes:
• Removed confusing keypress wait on AVR update failure
• AVR measurement results are now sent/operated on only if
they have actually been measured
• Reset mode is now less noisy
• Maintenance mode fixes
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Version: 1.0.14.0
New features:
• Maintenance mode can now (try to) operate without properly
configured DNS
• HTTP data is sent in larger chunks, significantly improving
page load performance
Architectural features:
Fixes:
• Basic auth now allows the same set of passwords as
everything else
• Usernames/passwords are checked on entry to see if they are
allowed
• No longer verifying AVR firmware after flashing because it
often gives false negatives (giving up on waiting for proper grounding)
• Maintenance mode fixes
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Version: 1.0.13.0
Fixes:
• Lua preprocessor fixes
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Version: 1.0.12.0
New features:
• Adding initial maintenance support
• Maintenance mode can be locked, defaults to locked for
security
• Source links to sources.digital-loggers.com/thirdparty
Fixes:
• Scripting help fixes
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Version: 1.0.11.0
Architectural features:
• Release building occurs in a more controlled environment
• Shared build object cache no longer used by default
Fixes:
• Lua preprocessor fixes
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Version: 1.0.10.0
Fixes:
• Miscellaneous base system patches made to apply more cleanly
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Version: 1.0.9.0
Fixes:
• User scripting thread.limit fixed
• State file locking now handled by locking process, not by
server process, reducing possible problems with locking process crash
• Temperature/illuminance meters can no longer display
physically impossible results
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Version: 1.0.8.0
New features:
• AVR support for 'Latched OFF' fuse mode
• AVR and Atheros support for partial relay state updates
(with graceful degradation for previos AVR versions)
Architectural features:
Fixes:
• Firstboot: initial three-beep watchdog reset now passes
(Atheros bootloader fix)
• Lua servers now daemonize themselves
• autoping item's 'enable' call now requires 'true' or 'false'
as argument
• Web UI help links fixed
• Lua preprocessor fixes
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Version: 1.0.7.0
New features:
• Support for WPA2 and WPA/WPA2 mixed mode
• Support for drawing meters
• Support for configuring plots and meters
• Support for configuring default image format
Fixes:
• AVR default scaling factors adjusted (UPDATING from previous
versions will need recalibration)
• Plotting fixes
• Web UI crashes are no longer sent to the browser, backtrace
logged instead
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Version: 1.0.6.0
New features:
• Plot styling adjusted
Fixes:
• Relay adapter more robust in connecting to a relay
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Version: 1.0.5.0
New features:
• AVR measures AC voltages/currents for a period of their
expected frequencey and averages results to minimize stroboscopic effects
• Flash sector erase count since boot measured and exposed to
userland (can help measure wear)
• Generic state file support, new measurement combined I2C
EEPROM+SPI flash logging format
• Support for meter data recording in new format
• Energy monitoring (plots) initial support
New features:
• Nested exception reporting support
Fixes:
• AVR LCD power cycling disabled
• Lua preprocessor fixes
• JSON Unicode-related handling fixes
• Keypad no longer getting 'stuck' from Atheros point of view
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Version: 1.0.4.0
New features:
• Under/overvoltage/current configuration affects selected
outlets only
• Allowing the user to confuigure under/overvoltage/current
behaviour
Fixes:
• Lua preprocessor fixes
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Version: 1.0.3.0
New features:
• Sysupgrade progress notification on LCD
• Backtrace output improved
• One-time cold-boot initialization support in Atheros
(requires bootloader update)
• Support for configuring HTTPS port
• Support for configuring LCD all-caps mode
• Support for checking static IP configuration
• Adjusting redirect if new HTTP server would listen on a
different IP/port/etc.
• Adding support for customization of user message LCD
override delays
Architectural features:
• Cacheable/idempotent UOM attributes (improves server IPC
performance)
Fixes:
• Wireless interface network name set correctly
• Same subnet filter no longer affects loopback interface
traffic
• Power journaling improvements
• Lua preprocessor fixes
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Version: 1.0.2.0
New features:
• Initial LCD power cycling support
• Support for generating per-unit certificates verified by DLI
root CA
• Support for the unit to generate a self-signed certificate
on boot if not initialized or reset
• Upgrade beeping/blinking indication configurable
• Support for runnnig Atheros bootloader applications (not
used in production)
Fixes:
• Firstboot: Working around improper 'dd' input handling
• Firstboot: Better burn-in output
• U-boot environment info file is now automatically generated
on boot, allowing changes to partition layout
• User scripting: table.concat is a safe global
• Legacy scripts attempting to set network parameters the old
way should now be supported
• Lua preprocessor fixes
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Version: 1.0.1.0 (Original Release)