Summary

In version 3.1.29 we've focused on making your experience better, faster, and safer.

This new release is all about making your life easier. It's smoother and quicker, and we've squashed a few bugs that were causing issues with backups, identifying devices, and communication within the system. 🐞🔨

We've also added some great new features: devices now show up faster, system logs are just a click away, and we've added a nifty new feature for better control. 💡 We've evened out light readings across different sensors for consistent results and brought in support for a new converter to work with more devices. 🌈🔌

Highlights

Fixes

• Fixed problem with triggering identification with Glamox Connect

• Fixed problem with connecting with Cloud Service after reboot Vertex

• Fixed an issue with triggering actions on devices when Vertex has a broken port

• Not refreshing group in mqtt after changing it in UI

• Fixed issue information about emergency light mode in Modbus registers

• GUI: Fixed issue with generate backup

• Node-RED: Setting Advances DALI properties from dali2devs node

• Node-RED: Optimization of the feedback block causes a problem in flow

• Node-RED: Fixed light sensor instans in dali2devs common node

• Node-RED: Fixed sensor reset function in NodeRed

• Node-RED: Nodered fix feedback, added checkbox "send on change"

• Node-RED: The Mac filter in CCT block showed the default value, not the selected one

• Node-RED: Fixed issue with publishing feedback between Vertexes in NodeRed

Features

• GUI: Added 5 minutes timeout to indentify command. It will disable automatically after that time

• Improved first scan of devices

• Added default parameters for Lunatone 86457786-INT-AQ sensor

• Node-RED: Support for sensors with bigger resolutions

• Node-RED: Harmonization of light measurement for sensors with different resolution

• Node-RED: Added support for new DMX RS232<->USB converter

• Node-RED: Added the selected vertex to the TOPIC of cct node messages

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Summary

In this version, the system component responsible for communication has been updated (service update).

Highlights

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with Vertex controllers showing as offline in the UI.

• Fixed an issue with loading data into the UI. The UI was showing "Refreshing" all the time.

• Node-RED: Fixed sending registers from the vertex modbus node.

Features

• Node-RED: Added a message filter in the CCT node (now only one node in the cluster sends a message).

• Node-RED: Optimization of the Vertex feedback node - it sends messages only on the Vertex where the given group physically exists.

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Fixes

• Node-RED: Fixed Node-RED restarting after selecting “No movement” filter on motion sensor instances in Dali2devs and Dali2devs Common nodes.

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Summary

This release introduces support for Lunatone environmental sensors and simplified programming in Node-RED.

Highlights

Fixes

• Node-RED: Fixed dimming scale for Toltecs in VertexAction node.

• Node-RED: Fixed problem with Daylight Harvesting on multiple groups.

• Node-RED: Fixed problem with omitting actions while more than one actions was triggered in the same time.

• Node-RED: Fixed vertex action node operating for direct value mode in action: “set colour temperature” (jump CCT for more than one Vertex in cluster).

• Fixed problem with displaying of DALI-2 devices after switching the bus or Vertex.

• Fixed rules of displaying “port overflow” error. You can have maximum 64 luminaires and additionally up to 8 DALI-2 devices (such as sensors and panels) on one bus.

Features

• Added support DALI-2 for Lunatone environmental sensors.

• Node-RED: Simplified the Daylight Harvesting node (see Daylight Harvesting). Old way of using nodes still works.

• Node-RED: Added support for multisensors with many motion instances.

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Summary

This release is fixing minor issues that caused bad user experience. In addition, we implemented two important improvements - global statuses and backuping.

Highlights

Fixes

• Fixed the problem with addressing multiple channels devices (e.g. Helvar relay).

• Quicker scenes setting time.

• Fixed the problem with displaying the "255" group number for ungrouped luminaires in the emergency report.

• Fixed visual feedback for the identification status on devices after triggering identification on group.

Features

• NodeRED: Actual input device status is now visible for all devices in the cluster.
  The motion sensor now share its state across all vertexes.

• GUI: Backup create and restore options added to the GUI - only for single Vertex unit.

  • System backup - creating

  • System backup - restoring

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Summary

This release is focusing on improving the factory reset function and fixing Node-RED nodes. There are also a few new features added to the Node-RED.

Highlights

Fixes

• Improved the Factory reset function.

• Node-RED: Fixed resetting the counter state (hold timer) in the sensor via the "RESET" command.

• Node-RED: Fixed incorrect display of “event filters” in dali2devs common node after the restart.

• BMS: Fixed triggering actions from Modbus node.

Features

• Added the ability to send a command (inject) to the dali2dev common node that sets up all the feedback LEDs in the device.

• The following “event filters” (Short pressed, Long press start and Long press stop) were set as default.

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Summary

This release is focused on improving the button dimming function, fixing bugs in nodes and minor changes in the GUI. Additionally, the API for communicating with the future UI application was upgraded.

Highlights

Fixes

• Improved the dimming function.

• Improved the operation of the “Repeat event” filter in the occupancy sensor.

• NodeRed: Fixed the Event filters bug in the DALI2 Devs Common node.

• NodeRed: P, I, D parameters can be now set correctly in the Daylight Harvesting node.

• GUI: Fixed the bug (false error notification) while starting the functional test.

Features

• Netconfig: Vertex will not save a new network configuration which does not have its address on it.

Improvements

• Upgraded the API for communicating with the future UI application.

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Summary

This release mostly fixes dimming functionality. Also includes reaction time improvement.

Why it is HOTFIX?

The problem with executing the dimming action has been fixed, occurred on 3.1.18.

Highlights

Fixes:

• Fixed device swap functionality

• Restored missing release notes from previous versions

• Fixed dimming functionality

Features:

• Node-Red: Added storing context variables in persistent memory

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Summary

This release is focused on fixing bugs.

Highlights

Fixes:

• Node-RED: Disabled the automatic node naming. After creating several of the same nodes and naming one, the other nodes were given the same name. Now unconfigured nodes remain unnamed.

• Node-RED: Sending wrong statuses (repeating events) - fixed a bug from 3.1.14 - OFFICIAL

• Node-RED: Fixed the bug with blocking nodes. Sometimes the node could not be opened for configuration - now it works.

• Resolved a problem that causes Vertex to freeze while communicating between the front panel and the daliserver.

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Summary

This release is focused on improving stability

Highlights

Fixes:

• Problem with multiplying devices entries after VERTEX reset

• Luminaires are found for the second time - Doubled serial number

• Problem with setting the EVENT PRIORITY parameter for DALI-2 control devices

• Logs from MQTT broker can overflow the memory

• GUI: Improper display of Tridonics devices serial number in GUI

News:

• Disabling the light sensor hysteresis, during first device scan

• Added possibility to access to logs and basic vertex data using simple http requests

  • http://VERTEXIP/logs

  • http://VERTEXIP/data/vertex

  • http://VERTEXIP/data/devices

  • http://VERTEXIP/data/neighbours

  • http://VERTEXIP/data/groups

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Summary

This release focuses on the Dali2 Devs Common node and fixes changing the device parameters.

Highlights

Fixes:

• The problem with the updating Vertex software directly from the production version to the latest version has been solved.

• The operating of the port status LED (PORT1, PORT2, PORT3) on the Vertex’s front panel has been fixed. Now they emit continuous light when short-circuit appears, exactly as it was said in the Troubleshooting section: The most common errors.

• GUI: The problem with the “lamp failure” notification not appearing has been fixed. Now, the notification appears e.g. if the light source is broken.

• GUI: The problem with the setting of the parameters “Power on level” and “System failure” for Multi Type and Colour Control type of devices has been fixed.

• GUI: Advanced DALI-2 settings (Hysteresis and Dead timer) have been fixed.

• Node-RED: The saving and reading of the transition time (T2) parameter of the Motion Sensor in the Dali2 Devs Common node have been fixed. Note that refreshing new parameters may take a while.

• Node-RED: The triger of the transition parameter of the Motion Sensor in the Vertex Action node has been fixed.

• Node-RED: The problem with parameters in DALI2 Devs Common not keeping values has been investigated and solved. Devices with a “no communication” status can’t be set. You can’t also copy a node with parameters of the device in this status (nothing will be copied). Now, the “NC” mark has been added to the device’s name so that you can avoid trying to set them up. See the warnings added to the articles about the Control panel and Multisensor.

• Node-RED: The problem with switching from Normal to the ESDIM mode for the DALI input in Dali2 Devs Common node has been fixed.

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Summary

This is a regular 3.1.14 OFFICIAL release with a hotfix for loading DALI-2 devices data in dali2 devs and dali2 devs common nodes in Node-RED. The problem might occur in installations with many sensors/inputs (>200), with a slow internet connection on site.

Highlights

Fixes:

• The problem with loading DALI-2 devices data in dali2 devs and dali2 devs common nodes in Node-RED has been solved.

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Summary

This release improves the system's responsiveness and resolves the crucial problem with addressing the 4446 input unit devices.

Highlights

News:

• A search option for groups and devices in Node-RED nodes has been added.

• A status bar to the Vertex action node in Node-RED has been added.

• Advanced DALI-2 settings (Report timer and Dead timer) have been added to the dali2devs common node.

• The possibility of using rotary and sliders has been added to the dali2devs node.

• The possibility of repeating events from motion sensors (repeat event) has been added.

Fixes:

• The problem with addressing and scanning the 4446 input units has been fixed.

• The problem with long DALI devices scanning has been fixed

• The problem with displaying an incorrect number of devices in GUI has been fixed.

• The responsivity of reaction for triggered actions has been optimised.

• The problem with duplicating devices in GUI after the software update has been fixed.

• The reaction for setting the feedback diode on pushbutton panels has been speeded up.

• The problem with triggering the identification on emergency luminaires has been fixed.

• The problem with disappearing warnings in UI has been fixed.

• The problem with "OUT OF DATE" information in emergency reports has been fixed.

• The sensor list loading in Node-RED has been speeded up.

• The issue with missing luminaires in the functional test has been fixed.

• The issue in “removing devices” has been fixed.

• The verification of sensor UID in the Vertex action node is not needed now and has been deleted.

• Dimming function stability improved

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Summary

This release is focused on improving the feature for sliders and rotary knob dimmer.

Highlights

News:

• Advanced DALI-2 settings (Report timer and Dead timer) have been added to the dali2devs common node.

• The possibility of using rotary and sliders has been added to the dali2devs node.

• The possibility of repeating events from motion sensors (repeat event) has been added.

Fixes:

• The issue with missing luminaires in the functional test has been fixed.

• The issue with removing devices has been fixed.

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Summary

This release is focused on fixing problems reported by users and adding the missing feature for sliders and rotary knob dimmer.

Highlights

News:

• A possibility of using components like rotary knob dimmers and sliders has been added to the E2D system. They are based on Instance type 2 in the DALI-2 standard.

• Support for using feedback diodes in DALI-2 SWITCH PANELS has been added.

• Functions of the buttons on the front panel have been added. See Checking a DALI installation.

Fixes:

• A display of emergency test type (manually or from the schedule) in UI has been fixed.

• A problem with searching devices from the Serial number list in the dali2 devs common node has been fixed. Now all devices appear on the list.

• A problem with the resetting motion sensors from Node-RED has been fixed.

• A wrong working notification about Short Circuit Error in GUI has been fixed.

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Summary

In this release, we focused on fixing problems reported by users. In addition, we are working on speeding up internal communication inside Vertex.

Highlights

News:

• A new model of internal communication in Vertex has been implemented.

• Displaying the warning about non-normative DALI frames has been changed. Now it is presented to service users only.

Fixes:

• Grouping of devices with error status has been allowed (excepting the lack of communication error).

• Notifications about the short circuit have been fixed. Wrong numbers of ports were displayed.

• The problem with the logic operation stopping when the ethernet cable is unplugged has been fixed.

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Summary

This release is focused on the Vertex GUI improvement.

Highlights

Fixes:

• The problem with the ACTION ERROR notification appearing after rebooting from Vertex GUI has been resolved.

• The problem with the CLOUD LED blinking when properly connected to the Internet has been fixed.

• The problem with discovering devices with the same Serial Number and GTIN has been fixed.

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Summary

This hotfix improves problem with deleting devices and clearing DALI ports.

Highlights

Fixes:

• The problem with remove device and reset ports has been fixed.

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VERTEX_3.1.9_00ab5ea.swu

Summary

This release is focused on improvements in Node-RED nodes and on resolving the problem of discovering drivers with the same serial numbers.

Highlights

Fixes:

• The multiplying number of devices after running 'Clear devices” command from UI has been fixed.

• The operation of the “Filter by vertex” node in Node-RED has been improved.

• The problem with keeping registers settings in the Modbus node in Node-RED has been resolved.

• The operation of the RESET function in the “DALI2Devs” and “DALI2Devs common” nodes has been improved (now the reset function is being sent once).

• The problem with random values in Modbus registers, when there are no devices, has been fixed.

• The problem with the device discovery function in MQTT API has been fixed.

• The problem with the stucking VERTEX action node, while working in motion detection mode, has been fixed.

• The operation of the doubled address detection for devices with the same serial numbers has been improved.

• The triggering of actions has been improved (now it works quicker).

• The problem with an incorrectly displayed color temperature range in K has been fixed.

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VERTEX_3.1.9_4e93a75.swu

Summary

The main focus of this release is to solve issues with Vertex's communication and response. Additionally, Modbus integration support and a new function of post-commissioning report generating have been added.

Highlights

News:

• Modbus integration support (a few functions, only for selected projects) has been added.

• A new function of post-commissioning report generating has been added. See Post-commissioning report

• The browser version of the Firestarter has been replaced by the NetConfig. See Setting up the network