Release Notes of openHAB version 0.9

openHAB Release 0.9

Version 0.9 has many new features, improvements and bug fixes.

Here is what is included in this release:

New & Noteworthy

Version 0.9.1

• improved icon and label of uninitialized items
• improved type comparison possibilities in rules and scripts
• improved logged error messages of script and rule execution problems
• fixed bug with sensor-id in !OneWire binding
• added automatic archiving of log files
• added timeout handling to Prowl action
• fixed problem of accessing the changed property in Drools
• added configurable "autoupdate" binding as a replacement of the ItemUpdater mechanism
• added http post request action
• fixed problem with suspended REST requests
• Sencha Touch UI: updated to the latest Sencha Touch 2.0 nighty build (increased stability and many major bug fixes)
• Sencha Touch UI: fixed a CSS style for phone mode group items
• Sencha Touch UI: smaller widget heights in phone mode
• Sencha Touch UI: added an option to disable transition animations (good for low-end devices)
• Sencha Touch UI: Made the app splash screens work
• Sencha Touch UI: Many tweaks for bettering the user experience

Version 0.9.0

• added possibility to create Scripts, which can be used within rules and consoles (OSGi, Google-Calendar, XMPP).
• added a Rules with a very easy to use editor
• added a native iOS client, available on the AppStore (thanks to Pablo Romeu for the contribution!)
• added a preview version of an !SenchaTouch-based UI (thanks to Mihail Panayotov for the contribution!)
• added a VDR binding (thanks to Wolfgang Willinghöfer for the contribution!)
• added an Asterisk binding
• added a SNMP binding
• added security features: SSL and user authentication
• REST-API: Server-push support through Atmosphere framework (thanks to Oliver Mazur for the contribution!)
• REST-API: jsonp support for all URIs
• REST-API: media type can be requested through query parameters
• REST-API: single pages are now served without the details of the sub-pages
• added support for KNX scenes
• added support for sub-pages on image widgets
• made Drools an Drools
• made FreeTTS an optional add-on
• shrinked the runtime zip from 55MB to 35MB
• renamed command "speak" to "say"
• updated quartz library to version 2.1.1
• fixed bugs in 1Wire binding
• fixed bugs in MPD binding
• speeded up sitemap loading at startup
• GCal downloader now handles quoted strings correctly
• improved logging levels
• simplified IDE setup for contributors by using Yoxos
• made a new demo server available at http://demo.openhab.org