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BETA upload Mark Gilmore Wed, 20 Oct 1999 13:25:09 -0700

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http://www.usit.com/omnip/ecsb.zip (BETA) has been uploaded.
For the time being, I am recommending this beta only for those
who wish to test/evaluate the new phone-answer/call/paging features.
This logic is fairly complex, and so will need a few weeks field
testing before we can consider it stable. You may want to save
your original ECS.EXE, so that you may restore it if needed.

Unlike previous uploads of this beta, PHONE-CALL recording is now
done in the background.

If you find a problem, please:
	1) Prepare to reproduce problem.
	2) Press <ALT-T> (debug=1).
	3) Re-create problem.
	4) Press <ALT-T> (debug=0).
	5) Email me ELG.TMP with description of what you did,
	   and the related Item defs.

And also let me know if you DON'T find any problems :-).

NOTE: These phone-answer/call/paging background-processing enhancements
have taken some 4-5 days dedicated effort. So if you make extensive use
of these new features, any "donations" would be greatly appreciated :-).
Tanx.

	4.1.016 (10/20/99)

   125)	A bug has been corrected which kept READ/UNKNOWN States from
	being supported for HVAC-SETTING-B Items.

*  126)	"S2" and "G2" have been eliminated from ITPCST.DEF, as these
	CBAND transponders are now obsolete. Please eliminate all
	applicable refs to these transponders in ECS.CFG.

*  127)	"T6" (new CBand transponder) has been added to ITPCST.DEF.
	If you wish to support T6 in ECS.CFG, refer to it's usage
	in EXAMPLE.CFG.

   128)	A bug has been corrected which kept ECS from waiting for
playback
	completion when playing VOICE-RECORDING-C Items via various PLAY/W
	States.

   129)	Corrected problem which prevented READ States from working for
	HVAC-SETTING-B TEMP & SETPOINT Settings.

*  130)	ECS now supports CALL and CALL/W (wait) States for the
PHONE-CALL
	Type: CALL now places the call in the "background" (Event processing
	continues), while CALL/WAIT waits for completion before continuing.
	An ABORTED State has also been added (for when call is aborted by
	user).

*  131)	The CALL/W State for the CID Type is no longer supported,
	under the assumption that it was not being used by anyone.

   132)	The internal logic which interprets received/transmitted X10
	commands has been simplified. This change should have no effect
	on any external operations.

   133)	A bug has been corrected which could cause a Text Item's
	Text-Line to be corrupted if set to LOG STATES.

   134)	Correcting an oversite, ANALOG-INPUT-K now supports 16 inputs
	on the SECU-16I (as well as 8 on the SECU-16).

   135)	When set to ANSWER (no wait), PHONE-ANSWER now performs ALL
	processes in the "background" (including playback of greeting msg).

*  136)	ECS now supports SEND->PAGER and SEND->PAGER/W (wait) States
	for the TEXT Type: SEND->PAGER now places the call in the
	"background" (Event processing continues), while SEND->PAGER/W
	waits for completion before continuing.
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://www.usit.com/omnip
423-745-0026

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