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4.1.006 BETA upload (8/21/99) Mark Gilmore Sat, 21 Aug 1999 09:34:29 -0700

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I just uploaded a new beta (http://www.usit.com/omnip/ecsb.zip).

NOTE that #76 is a MAJOR enhancement which will effect your ECS.CFG.
Until this mod has been field-tested for a few weeks, I suggest
that you first backup ECS.CFG. Then when editing your cfg,
perodically re-read it (click READ), so as to assure that no
errors were inroduced into the file.

BTW, I am still awaiting TX15 test results (any testers out there ?).

	4.1.006 (08/21/99)

    71)	The TX15 and TX15-B X-10 thermostats are now directly supported
	via new Types HVAC-INTERFACE-C and HVAC-INTERFACE-D.

*   72)	The numeric PHONE-INTERFACE-D States have been replaced by names
	(the "PHONE-INTERFACE-DX" custom Type is no longer required).

    73)	Per #38 above, a problem has been corrected which prevented the
	CID info from being written to LMCID.TXT when PHONE-INTERFACE-D
	was used.

    74)	So as to free-up the CPU for other programs, ECS now "sleeps"
	when no activity is pending and it has not fallen behind by
	more than 1 second. A timer is used to assure that Events
	are executed at least 4 times/second.

    75)	Added new Item Type (ACTIVE-GROUP) to allow Events to display
	different Groups in the Group Screen.

    76)	In order to GREATLY increase the speed of cfg saves (as well as
	simplify the logic which does so), ECS now writes an entire new
	ECS.CFG on each save (rather than "surgically" searching/parsing
	the existing file). This approach is MUCH cleaner/safer/faster.
	The only downside is that comments OUTSIDE of Events and any
	custom indentation you use within Events are no longer preserved.

    77)	A bug has been corrected which triggered an error msg if one
	attempted to edit an IR-SIGNAL-K Item whose Signal# was > 128.

    78)	Corrected problem with learning IR-SIGNAL-K Items whose Signal#s
	were > 80 (signal #'s >80 are NOT monitored by the CPU-XA).
	The signals WERE learned when received by the CPU-XA, but ECS
	did not notify the user.
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
omnip@usit.net
423-745-0026

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