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26/2/2023 ola-0.10.9

Features:

• Python 3 compatibility across the board (including the RDM Responder Tests)! #1506
• Support for the JMS USB2DMX PRO V2.1 device via the FTDI plugin #1728

API:

• Python: Add a fetch current DMX example.

RDM Tests:

• Python 3 compatibility of the RDM Tests #1599
• Fix a longstanding bug in the GetMaxPacketSize RDM test around timeouts

Bugs:

• Fix some tests not working on Big Endian machines because our RPC is encoded with native format and those tests used sample data from a Little Endian machine
• Renamed EndpointNoticationEvent(sic) to EndpointNotificationEvent in the E1.33 EndpointManager code
• Check if librt exists and add it to the build if required
• Ensure we can build on later Protobuf and C++ and silence deprecation messages where required
• Fix the NetBSD build
• Clarify the usage of some of the various Enttec Open DMX USB plugins
• Relax the timing on the ClientWrapperTest so it doesn't fail occasionally #1714
• Correct the documentation of some existing limits in the E1.31 plugin
• Fix some undefined behaviour in TimeoutManager::ExecuteTimeouts #1726
• Fix UARTs on Debian Bullseye #1749
• Fix Python version detection for versions > 3.9 #1755, #1780
• Update Angular and Angular-Route versions used by the new web UI and add workaround to be compatible #1782 Debian #1016447
• Significantly reduce the delay when using StreamingClient with EPoll and multiple universes #1793

Internal:

• Add more debugging so we can tell why setting the baud rate failed
• Replace "currentThread" with "current_thread" in Python since the former has been deprecated
• Fix lots more internal typos and grammar
• Add unit tests for more of the Python RDM Test classes
• Sort the Python imports with isort

22/11/2020 ola-0.10.8

Features:

• Support DragonFly BSD
• Add another Debian test
• Add the E1.33 NACK Reasons
• Add the E1.37-7 NACK Reasons
• Use clock_gettime's CLOCK_MONOTONIC if available
• Collect the PDL size in the model collector

API:

• Deprecated Clock::CurrentTime and added Clock::CurrentMonotonicTime and Clock::CurrentRealTime. Occurrences of Clock::CurrentTime have been replaced with either variant as applicable.

RDM Tests:

• Fix a bug in the RDM tests to ensure they can cope with 255 personalities #1508
• Only add valid network interface IDs to the test list so future tests don't fail
• Add a label to the GetOutOfRangePersonalityDescription test

Bugs:

• Fix a few more minor documentation spelling errors found by codespell
• Point to the main site rather than the wiki for RDM test help
• Fix the build on FreeBSD 10.0, 10.4 and 11
• Make PID store loading more robust
• Clarify some of the man page options for olad
• Fix some dead links in documentation
• Properly close socket on destruction of Python OlaClient
• Fix various Python 3 compatibility issues
• Try and fetch index and type via sockaddr_dl struct for better *BSD support
• Backport some Debian changes
• Use C++11 if required by random #1477
• Correct uartdmx plugin documentation for the example UART #1320
• Ensure we don't return unsuitable network indices via RDM #1478
• Ensure a non-existent UID exits with a non-zero exit code
• Fix a bug in how we simulate RDM responses and collisions
• Fix an RDM discovery bug for how we handle phantom UIDs
• Ensure _close_callback is assigned before we might need to run it in the Python API
• Fix a bug with the Python ola_rdm_get and PROXIED_DEVICES display
• Renamed RESONSE_INVALID_DESTINATION(sic) to RESPONSE_INVALID_DESTINATION in the ArduinoWidget code
• Fix compatibility with GCC 9 #1553 Debain #925793
• Ensure the GPIO plugin correctly writes to the last configured pin
• Fix compatibility with ncurses 6
• Fix compatibility with Protobuf 3.7 and newer (tested with up to 3.12.2) #1550, #1634
• Rename CircularDepdendancyException(sic) to CircularDependencyException in the Python RDM Test code, also the relevant comments
• Fix a minor longstanding logging bug with Avahi subtype registration errors
• Fix Enttec USB Pro Mk2 firmware >=4.15 RDM Discovery #1631
• Fix compatibility with libmicrohttpd v0.9.71 and newer #1650
• Fix some Doxygen escaping
• Rename AppendMultipler(sic) to AppendMultiplier in the RDM messaging code
• Fix a few edge cases in ola_trigger around whitespace in the config files
• Fix compatibility with clang 7 and newer (tested with up to 11) #1564

Internal:

• Replace "readdir_r" with "readdir" since the former has been deprecated
• Add a unit test for the functions that used readdir_r before
• Add a new 'make flake8' target #1619
• Add a new 'make cpplint' target
• Add a new 'make lint' target which runs the flake8 and cpplint runs

13/7/2018 ola-0.10.7

Features:

• Allow multiple KiNet ports to be patched to the same universe #1414
• Allow multiple FTDI ports to be patched to the same universe
• Support libftdi1 as well as libftdi0 in FTDI DMX #1012 Debian #810374
• Support FTDI DMX via libftdi1 on Windows

RDM Tests:

• Fix a bug in the RDM tests when a responder supports sensor PIDs #1388
• Fix a bug in imports for rdm_responder_test.py

Bugs:

• Fix the build on Windows
• Entire codebase now passes codespell testing
• Fix a Python 3 bug in the API
• Fix a few longstanding bugs in the Python ola_rdm_discover
• Correct the OSC config option name for output format in the documentation
• Use top_builddir in more places in the build
• Use libusb_set_option where available
• Fix the udev rules
• Downstream Debian fixes
• Fix an incorrect response if we have the sensor PIDs but no sensors
• Stop trying to build opendmx kernel plugin on Windows
• Prefer Avahi over Bonjour for our DiscoveryAgent, in case the Bonjour version is actually just Avahi's compatibility layer
• Clean up the libolaserver pkg-config file

Internal:

• Various minor log formatting tidying up

07/01/2018 ola-0.10.6

Bugs:

• Renamed fempto(sic) to femto in the RDM code (C++ and Python)
• Renamed terra(sic) to tera in the RDM code (C++ and Python)
• Fixes for RDM test server forward compatibility with later JQuery versions
• Fix a man page typo
• Fix a longstanding copy-paste typo in the Python client's RegisterUniverse function
• Fix lots of minor documentation spelling errors found by spellintian and codespell
• Renamed protocol convertor(sic) to protocol converter in the RDM code (C++ and Python)

17/07/2017 ola-0.10.5

Features:

• Make some error logs more verbose

Bugs:

• C++11 compatibility fix (for cppunit 1.14.0) #1244
• Always print frames in ola_rdm_get/set, even if we get an error
• Ensure man files ship in the correct packages #1276
• Check protobuf is old enough, until we fix #1192

21/05/2017 ola-0.10.4

Features:

• Add more help regarding the ArtNet use_limited_broadcast option

Bugs:

• Ensure Pathport node actually uses configured IP #1166
• Improve some debugging around flag parsing #1198
• Disable warnings for readdir_r deprecation until we can rewrite our code to stop using it. Related to #1055
• Stop replacing -I with -isystem and correctly work around the resultant errors #1125
• Exit, rather than continuing, if ola_throughput failed to send DMX
• Implement OLA_FALLTHROUGH macro for adding fallthrough attributes to switchcases in gcc versions higher than 7 #1193 Debian #853583
• Fix Protobuf 2.6 not building on the latest OS X
• Update some URLs in the Windows build documentation
• Skip interface count checks on Windows, as it may fail them if it's not on a network due to a lack of loopback interface
• Fix LibUSB code on Windows, especially when the Hotplug functionality exists but isn't available
• Support wireless interfaces on Windows since Vista
• Add a cast to fix an error when running execlp
• Ensure configure checks for tcmalloc's presence before adding it to the libs when asked for #1201
• Add some more detail to the Logic RDM sniffer and Enttec RDM USB Pro sniffer documentation

06/12/2016 ola-0.10.3

Features:

• Add a message explaining why the auto start test may fail

Bugs:

• Work around a clang warning in our protobuf generator code
• Force gnu++98 mode if compiler supports 98 and 11 modes so we keep std::auto_ptr #1028 Debian #831103
• JsonPatchParser.h tries to include a project header file; move the OptionalItem header to includes to resolve #1086
• Reset the client socket once we've closed it, so it can be re-used
• Silence a warning in the code so it builds with Protobuf 3 #1110 Debian #835433
• Work around <ernno.h> include failure on MIPS Debian #836383
• Update GPIO and SPI pin limits for CHIP as its pin numbers are higher #1095
• Clarify some details in ola_set_dmx and ola_streaming_client help #1109 Debian #830972
• Fix a logging error regarding USB product name detection

Internal:

• Add more debugging of opening and acquiring locks

21/5/2016 ola-0.10.2

Features:

• Add support for Enttec USB Pro Mk 2 B
• Make DNS-SD functionality optional at build time
• Name multi-port Enttec Pro Mk 2 ports to match the labelling on the device

RDM Tests:

• Correct expected NAck type in GetSettingDescriptionsMixin, as spotted by ETC
• Fix the mute all devices test for controllers that don't support discovery

Bugs:

• Allow one slot devices to correctly be set to any start address, including 512
• Check Python numpy exists during configure if required
• Allow the PID location to be set in the rdmpro_sniffer
• Actually decode PID param data when requested when using the logic_rdm_sniffer
• Correct the operation of the --full-rdm option in the logic_rdm_sniffer, this inverts how it used to behave
• Fix a segfault with the client if auto start is off or olad fails to start

29/2/2016 ola-0.10.1
Features:

• Add support for Osram Lightify products via a Philips Hue bridge
• Add Stellascapes Lightwidgets Number1 PIDs
• Add a warning to the Web UIs if Javascript is disabled.

Bugs:

• Check if a device exists before trying to acquire a UUCP lock file for it #1006
• Fix the build on FreeBSD
• Fix the build when using the musl C library
• Python RpcChannel incorrectly decodes message header on big-endian machines
• Fix a configure warning on OpenBSD
• Allow you to set DMX address of a one slot device to 512 #1042. The JSON API now returns min and max inclusive
• Switch to pkg-config for cppunit detection #1043

Features:

• Add better logging for open()
• Added more man pages.
• Added a DMX keypad to the new web UI
• OLA Trigger config to control Philips Hue Lux lights
• Added hotplug support for usbdmx devices
• Add support for JaRule widgets.
• Add UUCP locking support #888
• Fix issues encountered when packaging for openSUSE and fedora #904
• Add support for the Nodle U1 widget
• Add validation of OSC output format types
• Add an example Stdin handler to the documentation
• Increase the port limit for E1.31 up to 512 from 128

RDM Tests:

• Add some more E1.37-2 tests
• Fix event handling in the RDM test server #948
• Mute all devices before running the DUB tests
• Add timing stats to the RDM responder tests

Bugs

• Remove a number of obsolete Autotools macros, we now require Automake 1.11.2 #931
• Work around the case where an Enttec USB Pro widget doesn't respond #341
• Fix a crash if a client disconnects during RDM discovery #950
• Stop e131_transmit_test from segfaulting #966
• Fix the build on Windows
• Split libolaserver into two parts to stop dpkg-shlibdeps warnings

Internal

• All the Python code now passes flake8 checking
• The new web UI now passes jscs checking
• Switched to using the new command line flags module in ola_rdm_discover
• Move the ACN code to libs/acn