Changes between Version 19 and Version 20 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

2014-03-20 02:16:45 (10 years ago)

Author:

pmnb

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WikiStart

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 If auto-discovery doesn't work for you, then you can manually specify an IP address by updating the advanced properties of main TCP Lighting gateway device (click the wrench icon, go to the ''Advanced tab'', and enter the gateway's IP address in the ''IP'' field).  You may need to check the DHCP client table of your home router to find the IP address of the gateway.  Another way of getting the IP address is to open a command window on a PC that is on the same network as the lighting gateway, enter the command '''ping lighting''' and note the IP address that the lighting host name resolves to.
 
+__v0.4 Release Notes:__
+* New approach to flagging offline bulbs. Instead of being rendered invisible, the name off offline bulbs are now prefixed with "[Offline]". The offline labeling can be modified through the ''OfflineDeviceNameFormat'' state variable.  The format string is as per that used by the Lua [http://www.lua.org/pil/20.html string.format] function, where the %s placeholder is replaced with the device name.  For example, if the bulb named "Front Entry Light" goes offline, the default format string of ''[Offline] %s'' will cause the device name to be displayed as "[Offline] Front Entry Light" if the status of the bulb cannot be retrieved.  Changing the value of the ''OfflineDeviceNameFormat'' state variable to ''%s is unavailable'' would result in a display name of "Front Entry Light is unavailable".  A prefix was chosen as the default format string, simply because the Vera UI truncates longer names, thus a suffix would not be displayed in some case.
+* The auto-discovery feature has been made more robust through retry logic. When polling the gateway with a previously auto-discovered gateway IP fails, the IP address is cleared, which will trigger a new auto-discovery attempt at the next polling interval.  See the notes on Auto-Discovery if your are having trouble getting this feature to work.
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 __v0.3 Release Notes:__
 * Better handling of unknown room names, i.e room names from the Connected By TCP Gateway that do not match Vera room names.   The plugin will now only update the room name if a match is found.  Previous versions erroneously set the room number to zero in such a case.
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 * [http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?action=profile;u=36261 migi] and [http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?action=profile;u=5055 futzle] for their comments on the [http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,13890.msg104717.html#msg104717 multiple IPs assigned to the VeraLite Ethernet port].
 * [http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?action=profile;u=105841 macfly92] for figuring out [http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,16905.msg132502.html#msg132502 how modify the firewall rules for a VeraLite] to fix the multicast problem.
+* [http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?action=profile;u=14758 RichardTSchaefer] for clarifying the behavior of ''luup.set_failure'' (and helping me avoid going down a dead-end.).