Release notification

Just a short post about OHS firmware. In case you would like to be notified about new version being  available for download, you can subscribe in GitHub directly by "Watch" button on top right. Either watch all, or "custom" and then just the releases.

More about releases, I've just pushed few commits to GitHub releasing 1.3.5. It's adding more support for remote zones, adding debug message to alarm thread, and fixing few small bugs.

Realy nodes

After some testing I have finished new relay node. As all nodes it is Arduino compatible board with ATmega 328P clocked at 16MHz@3.3V.

• Size 6.1 x 5.6 cm.
• On-board AC/DC power supply. Input 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz. Output 5V/3W. Fused with TVS on input with slow blow 0.5A fuse.
• 2x Japanese(Panasonic) power relays with COM, NC and NO inputs. With TVS on both.
• It has more powerful RFM69HW soldered on back with IPX connector.
• Temperature sensor to indicate overheating based on MCP7900A on ADC6. It is mounted under AC/DC power supply.
• IO header, rest of pins are taken out. As well as +5V and +3V3 to add another relays or sensors.
• Programmable via standard FTDI 6 pin 3V3 programmer.

It is available in my online store.  Schematic is in my shared folder, and example sketch is placed on GitHub.

Improved auto arm

I have just committed to github new improved part for auto arm feature. Previous code mapped the auto arm to zone with oldest alarm, and that was impractical when there was more then one zone in a group. Now the gateway selects it by taking newest alarm from any zone that is in the group. That is, if there is someone moving in at least one zone in a group, the group will not get auto armed.

I will not yet release it as new version, as I have in mind some other improvements.

Code update

There is small update to code for mainboard. I have added to global setup user and password prompts to allow user do basic authentication. The function is derived from Webduino functionality, and secure all pages provided by system. I guess the added security is fine on home networks, and no one should allow outside world to connect to your private security interface. New code has been pushed to GitHub.

Software

I have created a git for the main board source code, and I will be pushing all the libraries needed for compile there as well. Link to GitHub will be always located on the right panel for fast access.
This is my first git, so be nice on me :).