The VSCP JavaScript core lib moved to its own repository. It’s now at vscp-js. The demo code and samples is still at vscp-ux.
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State of #VSCP
The work with the upcoming 13.0.0 Aluminium release is moving on. As usual a few surprises has turned up adding some weeks to the work but things move forward as expected. Instead of being released before X-mas I now expect it to be out sometime late January next year.
For those of you doing home automation project I can recommend Domoticz and OpenHAB (in that order). Both projects has a huge and active user base constantly adding support for new devices. Much better choices for HA freaks than VSCP will ever be.
I also want to take the opportunity to wish all of you a merry X-mas. This year has been a quite rough time here and that will continue for some time but with the support from many of you I have managed to keep servers active and also had a chance to get some new hardware to play with as well. Thanks for your generosity. I will never forget.
There are a few days more coding for me before I turn of my computer and rest for a couple of days. A good book, some movies and a lot of food is waiting for me and honestly I need the rest. I hope all of you enjoy a few days rest also.
Be hungry, stay foolish
/Ake
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For the brave #VSCP
If you are a brave person please test the new deb packages for the VSCP server. More of them will follow. Please note that this is not release code. They are for test only.
There are three files for each binary
vscpd_12.29.2-20_amd64.deb for 64-bit base machines
vscpd_12.29.2-20_i386.deb for 32-bit based machines
vscpd_12.29.2-20_armhf.deb for Raspberry Pi and the like
you find the files here under 12.29… Use wget for example to get them.
Installation process is
sudo dpkg -i vscpd_12.29.2_20…….
On a machine without wxWidgets installed it will complain about that, can be other dependencies also that fail. To fix that issue
sudo apt-get install -f
which will download and install the dependencies.
Remove the installed package with
sudo dpkg -r vscpd
Report problems on the VSCP list or on Github.
I will try to set up a package repository later. Expect problems. But it currently at least appears to works on the machines I have here.
/Ake
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W A R N I N G #VSCP #IoT
All drivers now have a common format
vscpl1drv-xxxxxxxxxxx
instead of
vscpl1-xxxxxxxxxxxdrv
Level II drivers are prefixed with
vscpl2-
Also note that the default installation folder is changed to the driver folder (with sub folders level 1 and level2) of the installation tree under (default) /srv/vscp
Also note that ‘-‘ is used instead of ‘_’
Before updating to >= 12 remove drivers from /usr/local/lib
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State of #VSCP
So finally we are getting closer to a #13, Aluminium. It’s been over a year now since the last release. A lot, and I mean a lot has gone into VSCP & Friends since then, actually to much to list it here. But it is a better software package now than before and it was pretty good at that time to if I may say it myself.
For users maybe the deb packages will be the most notable thing. There will be a Debian package for the vscp server, vscp works and for the helper lib. Also all of the drivers will have debian packages. But as drivers now are installed in the vscp folder structure (/srv/vscp/drivers/) they will be a bit special. This is a step against a web installable driver functionality I hope to have in place in the future.
Windows support for the VSCP server is now gone but it is possible to build and run it on a windows 10 machine in the bash mode. VSCP Works and the helper lib will be available as will the Level I (CANAL) drivers.If someone want to put down the work it should not be a big thing to get the VSCP server running on Windows either.
The last steps to work on before the release is here for those of you that are interested.
Last for you home automation freaks out there. Take a look at OpenHAB and Domoticz. One of them is probably what you are looking for, not VSCP & Friends, even if it to of course can be used for tasks like home control.
Cheers
Ake Hedman
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Next release of #VSCP
About one year late with this upcoming release. But it will be worth the wait!
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State of #VSCP “things”
Time for a status report again.
My hope was to have a LTS release ready before the summer but I never reached that point. But things are what they are. There are mainly two reasons for the delay. First I don’t want to rush some big changes in the core structure that force me to do incompatible updates later with code needed for update paths. This mostly relate to the database. Next I want to move as much of the code as possible to MIT licensed which means I have to remove and rewrite some stuff. Hopefully something will be available soon after the summer.
The multicast channel support is now fully implemented. This means one can set up groups on the VSCP multichannel group that act as subnets using a specific port. AES128/AES192/AES256 encryption is available. The multicast announce is also fully in place now. Python and c/c++ samples available.
A new UDP interface has been implemented. Also here are AES128/AES192 and AES256 encryption available. Python and c/c++ samples available.
Support classes for encryption and frame packaging has been added to the vscphelper lib to make it easier to handle this new functionality.
pyvscp is a pip installable Python module that add VSCP functionality to Python. The main interfaces is in place but more will come and also more documentation. It’s very easy to interface the VSCP server and VSCP with this module. I personally love it.
The libvscphelper library is now packaged as a deb as the first component that will be available on this form. It is needed to be installed to use most of the functionality of pyvscp. VSCP Works and the vscp server till also be packed in their own deb’s for easy installation.
node.js bindings installable with npm is next and I know there is c# bindings brewing also. Probably have to dig into Java soon also if someone does not volunteer for that job.
A lot of other this to have hap-end of course.
Now I will go on a four-week leave. I am not used to that long vacations and right now I don’t actually know how to survive such a long time without coding. But I have promised my wife to try to to be honest I probably need it. I will check mail occasionally though but wil probably not answer mails on a daily basis.
So all friends out there. Have fun!
The new VSCP multicast interfaces (announce and channels) has been documented. Sample code available. You can find the documentation here.
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#VSCP new UDP interface documented
The new VSCP UDP interface has been documented. Sample code is available. You can find the documentation here.
From version 1.12.26 the muticast channel interface is available. Also a new UDP interface is available.
With the multicast channel interface one can set up groups of Level II nodes that share a common channel for events. Much like a bus like CAN. Frames can be encrypted using AES128, AES192 or AES256.
With the new UDP interface one can set up a receiving interface and several sending interfaces which send UDP datagrams to remote nodes. Frames can be encrypted using AES128, AES192 or AES256.
The settings for the multicast channel interface is here http://www.vscp.org/docs/vscpd/doku.php?id=configuring_the_vscp_daemon#multicast_channel_interface
The settings for the UDP interface is here http://www.vscp.org/docs/vscpd/doku.php?id=configuring_the_vscp_daemon#udp_interface
The encryption key are under the <security> tag.
Some sample code can be found in the source tree under test/multicast and tests/udp. Not more documentation at the moment I am afraid but I work on that.
Well there are probably some bugs left…
Cheers
/Ake