Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project uses Semantic Versioning.

0.6.9 (2023-03-30)

Version 0.6.9

Changes

Enables Thermostat type accessory to Turn Off and Turn On #605 ( Tks @banboobee ). To preserve existing functionality the inital / default behaviour for the Turn on Thermostat command is to return an error message That command does not work on device unless the new optional config setting Thermostat Turn On Behaviour is set.
Minor style updates to Config Menu
Updates to package dependencies

0.6.8 (2023-12-13)

Version 0.6.8

Changes

Fix for issue #591, Window coverings / blinds show as unresponsive in the Alexa App

0.6.7 (2023-09-27)

Version 0.6.7

Changes

Fix for issue #579, AC can't change temperature

0.6.6 (2023-07-07)

Version 0.6.6

Changes

Fix for issue #572, Issue with Heater/Cooler devices and alexa status request failing with an error.

0.6.5 (2023-01-03)

Version 0.6.4

Changes

Fix for issue #551, which includes an alternate device naming approach that combines the HomeKit internal services names for an accessory to resolve some issues with duplicate device names. The new config option mergeServiceName enables this feature. This option if enabled is a break changing for existing implementations, and will cause existing devices to no longer be controllable by Alexa. You will need to remove the non-functioning devices from the Alexa App and ask Alexa to discover devices again to resolve.

0.6.4 (2023-01-03)

Version 0.6.4

Changes

Fix for issue #564

0.6.3 (2023-01-03)

Version 0.6.3

Changes

Disable support for ipv6, this was problematic for some users #561

0.6.0 (2023-01-03)

Version 0.6.0

Changes

Added additional debug logging to easily determine child bridge address to aid Homebridge Accessory Dumps
Updates to hap-node-client to better support usage of ipv6 and removal of request dependancy
Update to gh-md-toc ( generates TOC for README )
Merge current beta functionality into main code base
Enable ability to change cloud transport CloudTransport, to provide improved connectivity in some setups. Previously these had been available in the beta.
Removed the Alexa contact sensor ( which shows the status of the connection to the cloud servers ) from the list of devices passed to Alexa.
Updated and simplified the Homebridge-UI plugin settings menu for homebridge-alexa

0.5.63 (2022-04-27)

Version 0.5.63

Changes

Updates to README in regards to switch to subscription based model for the cloud services.
Lower default cloud connection keepalive to 5 minutes

0.5.61 (2022-03-21)

Version 0.5.61

Changes

Updates to README in regards to switch to subscription based model for the cloud services.
Further fixes for #507/#508

0.5.56 (2022-03-21)

Version 0.5.56

Changes

Fix for #507

0.5.54 (2022-01-03)

Version 0.5.54

Changes

Merge current beta into master
Expose cloud connection keep alive tuning parameter #479
Extend filtering to routines event registration - Resolve #458 #459 #461 #465
Reduce amount of logging

0.5.37 (2021-06-15)

Version 0.5.37

Changes

Update event/routine logic to stop sending events for connectivity error #441. This should reduce the frequency of doorbell events triggered by homebridge restarts.

0.5.33 (2021-03-17)

Version 0.5.33

Changes

Changed blinds, and doors etc to leverage minValue and maxValue from Issue #434
Updated FANS from SWITCH to FAN display category issue #172

0.5.25 (2020-12-28)

Version 0.5.25

Changes

Prioritize doorbell notification events ( found that they were being queued behind motion alerts when someone walked up to the door and delayed by almost a minute. )
Fix for Apple TV Remote plugin crashing the Alexa Plugin

0.5.21 (2020-12-28)

Version 0.5.21

Changes

Removed logging of alexaDiscovery response due to issue #402
MQTT Connection recovery tuning for issue #401

0.5.20 (2020-12-27)

Version 0.5.20

Changes

Updated development work flow to support nodemon.
Updated description in package.json to better describe this plugin. Used by plugin search on homebridge.io
Moved device filtering to before duplicate name check
When DEBUG is enabled plugin will log the parsed Alexa discovery response ( alexaDiscovery.json ) into current directory.

0.5.17 (2020-11-18)

Version 0.5.17

Changes

Improvements for homebridge-apple-tv-remote behaviour, and removal of the need to create a Pause button in the config

0.5.16 (2020-10-18)

Version 0.5.16

Changes

Fix for issue #374 - Events being sent twice

0.5.14 (2020-10-18)

Version 0.5.14

Changes

Adds filtering ( ignorelist ) of devices from discovery, tks @pwilms

0.5.12 (2020-10-07)

Version 0.5.12

Changes

Fix the Alexa discovery failing for large cookie objects, Alexa spec says max 5k.

0.5.11 (2020-09-16)

Version 0.5.11

Changes

Inputs - Allows creating TV or Entertainment unit input controls
Channels - Allows changing TV channels
Blinds / Window Coverings - Support for natural language to control
Garage Doors Support for natural language to control
Numerous issue fixes

0.4.74 (2020-09-16)

Changes

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