- Google Cloud IoT Core support
- fix: startup timeouts
- Rule chill-out logic corrected
- First public beta
- Core and controller interconnect stability improvements
- IOTE cloud support
- InfluxDB integration
- Prometheus integration
- Logging to syslog
- Autocompletion files for ZSH
- server events
- CLI edit command for controller server config
- Driver API 7: shared namespaces
- Direct use of macro functions (as @function)
- rule, job and cycle creation with human readable input
- edit ui / edit pvt commands in EVA shell
- MQTT server is not required anymore for local host/network installations, controllers can exchange information in real-time via P2P sockets (turned on automatically if MQTT server for controller is not specified).
- state_history method can now return chart image (SVG/PNG)
- get_phi_ports API method - get ports of loaded PHI
- phi_discover API method - search for equipment supported by PHI module
- Modbus values reported to UC slave can now be automatically converted to signed and divided (or multiplied).
- set_job_prop macro function
- cycle can now run macros with args and kwargs
- easy-setup now creates default user (operator)
- "as" parameter for .json and .yml files changes their format on the flow
- JS SFA Framework is now deprecated. Use EVA JS Framework instead: https://github.com/alttch/eva-js-framework
- Driver API 5: "unload" method, unit values in PHIs.
- scheduled jobs
- evaHI integration
- transparent authentication on secondary UI pages
- fixes: small fixes in CLI
- fixes: code refactoring, performance optimization
- EVA ICS now loads 3rd party libraries from virtualenv which increases system stability as only tested version of libraries are used.
- Support for AWS IoT
- Modbus slave register monitoring functions
- increment/decrement functions for lvars and shared macro variables
- read-only permissions for API keys
- Core, API and CLI performance improvements
- fixes: correct backup/restore if configuration folders are symlinks
- fixes: correct restore if --runtime flag is specified
- fixes: LM PLC locking problems
- notifier performance improvements
- CLI improvements
- personal Cloud support (nodes run API calls via MQTT)
- automatic node discovery
- license changed to Apache License 2.0
- new SYS API function: shutdown_core
- controller/node autodiscovery
- enterprise layout is now default item layout
- using item ids in API key properties is not allowed any longer in enterprise layout, item oid (type:group/id) must always be specified
- X-Auth-Key header authorization support
- JSON RPC 2.0 API
- JSON notifiers will send JSON RPC 2.0 notifications to the target uri, if method param is set
- RESTful API
- API session tokens
- Database support for MySQL and PostgreSQL
- supervisord support
- warning: API function set_driver renamed to assign_driver
- new API functions: list_device_tpl, set_driver_prop, set_phi_prop
- 1-Wire OWFS support (virtual buses, PHIs), OWFS API functions
- Modbus slave support
- Driver API v4
- new API functions: enable_controller, disable_controller, matest_controller, set_ext_prop
- kwargs in macros (kwargs dict, plus all keyword arguments are available as variables)
- set_rule_prop now accepts "condition" and "for_oid"
- cycles, cycle control API and macro functions
- removed deprecated dm_rule* ACL
- removed deprecated get/post functions (use requests.get/post instead)
- Extension API v4
- new API functions: enable_controller, disable_controller, list_cycles
- SFA framework: code optimization, cycle states (warning: some functions are incompatible with previous version, use eva_sfa.3.1.js library or call the functions in new format only, look UPDATE.rst for more info)
- SFA framework: data exchange optimization with eva_sfa_state_updates variable
- removed deprecated dm_rule* ACL and rule control functions
- SFA templates: request now contains full request object
- SFA templates: new function api_call (call any SFA API method)
- macro "argv" variable (replaced with "args")
- PHP API client no longer supported (use JSON RPC)
- removed deprecated HTTP/POST and HTTP/GET notifiers
- fixes: interactive prompt behavior
- fixes: API client libs check result of "phi_test" and "phi_exec" functions
- history for interactive shell mode (to turn off set EVA_CLI_DISABLE_HISTORY=1 system environment variable)
- new management CLI: eva-shell (interactive by default)
- backup/restore operations (with eva-shell)
- dynamic API key management via CLI and API
- fixes: device commands in enterprise layout
- performance improvements
- "update" command without params starts item passive update
- batch commands in UDP API (separated with new line)
- encryption and authentication in UDP API
- custom packet handlers in UDP API
- new API function: "test_controller", detailed info in "list controllers"
- MQTT tools for PHIs
- test-phi CLI tool
- fixes: double quoted macro arguments in DM rules
- fixes: gain param in "tts" and "audio" extensions
- "action_toggle" macro func, "toggle" acts as an alias for unit oids
- "shared" and "value" macro funcs default return values
- new API function: "test_controller", detailed info in "list controllers"
- new LPI: usp (unit single port)
- test-ext CLI tool
- new API function: "test_controller", detailed info in "list controllers"
- SFA framework fixes and improvements
UC drivers, device templates, state history, charts and other new features
- working with locks now require allow=lock apikey permission
- new notifier type: db, used to store item state history
- SYS API functions: notifiers, enable_notifier, disable_notifier. the enable/disable API functions change notifier status only temporary, until the controller is restarted
- MQTT SSL support
- JSON notifiers. GET/POST notifiers are marked as deprecated and should not be used any more.
- exec function (cmd, run) string arguments split with ' ' now support the spaces inside (e.g. 'this is "third argument"')
- new uc-cmd cli
- old uc-cmd renamed to uc-api
- UC drivers: logical to physical (LPI) and physical (PHI) interfaces
- native Modbus support (drivers only)
- device templates
- new function "state_history" in UC API
- EVA_ITEM_OID var in the environment of UC scripts
- action status label (case insensitive) may be used instead of number, if the label is not defined, API returns 404 error
- new key permission: "device", allows calling device management functions.
- uc-tpl device template validator and generator (alpha)
- unit and sensor items now have physical location. If location is specified as coordinates (x:y or x:y:z), loc_x, loc_y and loc_z props become available
- UC EI now should be enabled/disabled in uc.ini
- new lm-cmd cli
- old lm-cmd renamed to lm-api
- macro extensions
- macro function "unlock" now return false if the lock hasn't been locked or doesn't exist
- unlock macro function may throw an exception if the controller forbids its functionality, in case the controller has no master key defined
- new functions "state_history" in LM API and "history" (equivalent) in macros
- new functions: status, value, nstatus, nvalue with oid support
- new DM rule events: on nstatus, nvalue change (for units)
- device management functions: "create_device", "update_device", "destroy_device"
- "set_rule_prop" macro function
- "alias" macro function
- rule filter in LM EI
- LM EI now should be enabled/disabled in lm.ini
- fixes: rule management functions
- new sfa-cmd cli
- sfa-cmd renamed to sfa-api
- new function "state_history" in SFA API and SFA Framework
- all functions now accept item oids
- "result" function returns the result of macro execution if macro action uuid or macro id (in the oid format) specified
- state API function accepts "full" parameter
- full SFA states now have item descriptions and status labels (for units)
- SFA API groups function now accept "g" parameter to filter group list (with MQTT-style wildcards)
- SFA rpvt function to load documents from remote servers
- SFA cvars are automatically available in SFA Framework app. Note: SFA cvars are public and may be obtained with any valid API key
- SFA Framework is now jQuery 3 compatible, included jQuery lib updated to 3.3.1
- SFA Framework item states now also have description and status labels fields
- eva_sfa_groups function, returns item groups list (with optional filter)
- eva_sfa_chart function, displays item state charts
- eva_sfa_popup function, displays popups and info windows
- new ws event: server restart and eva_sfa_server_restart_handler in a framework. SFA API function "notify_restart" allows to notify clients about the server restart w/o actual restarting (e.g. when restarting frontend)
- jinja2 templates for SFA ui and PVT files (all files with .j2 extension are served as templates). index.j2 has more priority than index.html
- new API function call result: "result_invalid_params" (11)
- new notifier management CLI (old CLI tools available in legacy folder)
- watchdog to test/automatically restart controllers in case of failure
- oid support in API keys
- other stability improvements
Bugfix release, some new urgent features, stability improvements
EVA documentation is now available in reStructuredText format and at https://eva-ics.readthedocs.io
- fixes: correct display of long item names
- fixes: various bug fixes
- refresh buttons on item pages
- LM EI: reset button and expire timer in LM EI show/hide when prop changed
- fixes: remove empty controller group when all objects are deleted
- fixes: remote items correctly display state in list_remote
- fixes: disabled sensors and lvars should not react to expiration
- each set_prop call now logs what's actually changed
- added item oid (type:group/item_id) - reserved for the future releases
- added stop_on_critical option in config (default: yes), server will be restarted via safe-run if critical exception occur
- uptime in dump and test API function, last 100 exceptions are now stored in a dump, dumps are now compressed with gzip
- API functions now support JSON requests
- action_toggle function to quickly toggle status of simple units
- list_remote returns array + controller_id property instead of dict
- result function in macro api. terminate and result function accept action uuid as a param
- on_set lm rule (status changed to 1)
- new LM API and macro functions: clear (set lvar value to 0), toggle (toggles lvar value between 0 and 1)
- cmd macro function now accepts full controller id (uc/controller_id) as well as short
- new macro functions for file management: ls, open_oldest, open_newest
- fixes: dm_rule_props acl in SFA
- list_remote returns array instead of dict + controller_id property
- list_macros contains now controller property
- append_controller now tries to autodetect controller type if no type is specified
- sfa pvt access logs
- reset, toggle, clear, action_toggle, result and terminate by uuid funcs in sfa & sfa framework
- reload_clients command and sfa framework reload event handler
- eva_sfa_expires_in function in a framework to work with timers
- log processing functions in a framework
- wildcard masks in eva_sfa_state and eva_sfa_register_update_state
- easy-setup.sh - an interactive/automatic script to quickly set up the current host
- ability to run controllers under restricted user
Minor release with some urgent features
- EVA_ITEM_PARENT_GROUP variable in script ENV which contains the parent group of the item
- cvars now can be set as global or assigned to the specified item group i.e. 'VAR1' - global cvar, available to the all scripts, 'group1/VAR2' - variable available only to scripts from group 'group1' (as 'VAR2'), 'group2/VAR2' - variable available only to group 'group2' (also as 'VAR2'). Used by UC scripts to let one script manage different items
- 'update_delay' prop - item passive update may start with a delay to prevent multiple updates running simultaneously producing high system load
- 'clone' function in UC API and uc-cmd to clone items
- 'clone_group' function - clones all matching items in a group
- 'destroy_group' function destroys all items in the specified group
- item id in LM rules match by simple mask (i.e. '*id'* or 'id'* or '*id')
First public release