Release Notes

Current Software Version

3.2

General Release Start Date*: 21/11/2023

In This Release

• Demo mode setting for no WiFi
• Settings Pin Code
• Delay option to group scenes
• Homey: Implement thermostat device for RithumStat
• Various bug fixes and performance enhancements

 

Previous Software Versions

 

3.1

In This Release

• Levels screen for Philips Hue & Demo Levels Plugin

• Fibaro QuickApp integration to support temperature sensor feedback when used with the Fibaro Climate plugin

• Various bug fixes and performance enhancements

Software version: 3.1

GA Rollout: Planned to start Monday 16th October

This release features a significant rework of the Sonos integration which has made it much more reliable and responsive. 

 

Features

• Sonos: Additional scene buttons
• Rework Sonos plugin
• Show percentage feedback on sliders
• Various bug fixes and performance enhancements

 

3.0.1

In This Release

• Fix to cater for Sonos API change

 

3.0

In This Release

• Levels screen for Philips Hue & Demo Levels Plugin

• Fibaro QuickApp integration to support temperature sensor feedback when used with the Fibaro Climate plugin

• Various bug fixes and performance enhancements

 

3.0 Feature Guide

Levels Screen for Philips Hue and Demo Levels

A highly anticipated feature is the ability to adjust individual lighting levels from within Rithum Switch, which is now possible with the roll-out this latest update. Users are able to adjust the lighting at Group Level, for example all lights in the Kitchen Group, or at individual device level, with the easy to use on/off toggles and sliders.

 

The new Levels Screen is included as standard with Philips Hue, and in due course will be released as add-on plugins for other providers such as Rako, Fibaro and Lutron. To configure the Levels Screen for Philips Hue simply:

• Click the Settings Tab at the top of the Scenes Screen
  Configure which rooms or zones will be displayed by navigating to Screens > Levels Screen > Add Items…

Once rooms or zones have been added a new navigation tab will be available to the right of the Scenes Screen

 

Fibaro Climate temp sensor available via QuickApp

For Nice/Fibaro users, we are pleased to launch a dedicated Quick App for climate control.

This means that users who would like to use their Fibaro systems for climate control, but don’t have a thermostat built into their system, are now able to use Rithum Switch as a thermostat via its built in temperature sensor and utilise a device within Fibaro to actuate the heating zone.

 

 

Please note that Quick App requires the Fibaro Climate Plugin.

For detailed instructions on how to setup Quick App, please view our Fibaro Climate Quick App Setup blog.

 

Software version: 2.4

 

• Group scenes including Macro, List & Step
• Wake on new track
• New Scene icons
• Various bug fixes and performance enhancements

2.4 Feature Guide

Group Scenes

Group scenes greatly enhance the scenes screen. There are three modes:

1. Macro (default) - All scenes in the group are activated when the group button is pressed, in the order that they are listed.
2. List - Pressing the group button causes a list of the scenes in the group to be shown. Press a scene from the list to activate it. This vastly increases the number of scenes accessible from the Scenes screen which can be grouped, for example, by area.
3. Step - Each press of the group button advances to the next scene in the group. The button shows the scene which will be activated when next pressed.

Create a group scenes button via Screens > Scenes Screen > Add Group Scene

Press Add Scenes to add scenes to the group.

 

Once you've added child scenes, you can set the mode. Both the child scenes and the group scene can have an icon assigned, be renamed, removed, and be re-ordered. If there is no icon set for the group scene, then it will be derived from the first child scene and likewise with labels, except for Step mode which will show the content from the next scene to be activated. If either is set in the group scene, this will override child settings. Note that in Macro mode, the execution will happen in order.

 

 

The group scenes on the main scenes screen will show a helpful symbol to denote the mode for the group.

 

 

Wake screen when audio meta data changes

If the media screen is currently active and the track meta data changes, then the screen will come out of standby. This is really useful to see what the new track is. To enable, go to Display > Wake on New Track.

 

 

2.3

In This Release

• Scene button labels can now be renamed from the scenes screen settings

• In the Philips Hue integration, a Hold Gesture On Scene can be set rather than just turning the room on

• In the Philips Hue integration there are now discrete scenes for room off and room on (i.e. not toggle)

• Optional ‘off’ hold gesture (Mainly for Lutron RA2 which doesn't have a predefined off scene)

• Lutron config loader served directly from switch

• Support for the Blustream plugin

• Various bug fixes and performance enhancements

 

2.2

In This Release

• Settings screen requires a 3 second hold to access
• Scene buttons can now have icons assigned
• The Pro BluOS plugin now has a new configuration option to set which zones are visible on each Rithum Switch
• Rithum Stat settings now have explicit "Heat On Action" and Heat Off Action" and each can also be set as a scene, not just a device

Previous Software Versions

2.1

In This Release

• Show currently active scene (for Rako Core plugin)
• Support for Lutron RA2 Select plugin
• Sonos scene provider
• Sonos fixes & enhancements
• General performance enhancements

2.0.1

In This Release

• Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements

2.0.0

In This Release

• Audio zone group management
• Demo climate, Media and Scenes plugins
• Rithum Stat
• Support for multiple climate integrations
• Scene button font size selection

1.15.1

In This Release

• Create a 1.15 restore point

1.15.0

In This Release

• Multiple media providers - Switch between Sonos and BluOS players

• Network option to disable WiFi network roaming
• Show connected access point ID in network information
• Show line in image when Sonos is switched to line in
• Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements

1.14.0

In This Release

• Support for future plugins

1.13.0

In This Release

• Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements

• Support for future plugins

1.12.1

In This Release

• Bug fix related to updating plugins

1.12.0

In This Release

• Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements

• Support for future plugins

1.11.0

In This Release

• Minor bug fixes including with BBC sounds meta data
• Reset button timing changes - Note that the switch will no longer reboot on a quick press of the button. You will now need to press and hold it for at least 3 seconds. If you release after 3 seconds then it will send a diagnostics report then reboot. If you release after holding for 8 seconds then it will reboot immediately without attempting to send a report. If you keep holding for 20 seconds then it will erase data and then reboot when released. Messages on the screen should indicate when you have reached each stage.
• Added room selection on Climate screen

1.10.0

In This Release

• Minor bug fixes
• Support for BluOS Pro & Lite plugins

1.9.0

In This Release

• Various bug fixes and performance enhancements
• Support for future plugins
• Add support for rest of world in locale settings
• Release notes URL on about screen
• Note that release 1.8.0 has been combined with 1.9.0

1.7.0

In This Release

• Bug fixes
  • Crash on removing already removed integration
  • Crash on non-ascii characters in wifi network SSID
  • Crash after wifi disconnect/reconnect
  • GUI crash during screen transition
  • Retry getting Sonos favourites
  • Other minor bug fixes
• Various performance enhancements
• Change fault screen on scenes screen, errors now shown on buttons
• WiFi network details screen - show signal level & SNR and dynamically update
• Audio shuffle and repeat buttons

1.6.0

In This Release

• HTTPviaSD integration launch. See the guide here.
• Option to enable network traffic capture for troubleshooting
• Clean Me function
• Show failure responses from integrations
• Integration info screen update dynamically & edit integration
• Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements

 

1.5.2

In This Release

• Bug fix for settings sometimes not being saved
• Bug fix for device crashing when the selected scenes are assigned to a group that no longer exists.

1.5.0

In This Release

• Major rework to allow adding and removing of integrations which also allows the adding of more than one of the same integration if the integration supports it. For example the Hue Bridge Integration will now allow multiple integration instances which effectively allows multiple Hue Bridges to be supported.
• Adding scene buttons is now a separate process to adding an integration now supports adding scenes from multiple Hue zones. An integration must be a scenes provider to support this. Scene buttons display the room name below the scene name to differentiate between them. The zone on/off button will not be automatically added but can be by the user.
• User can now select which Hue zone should be controlled by the Hold Gesture
• Hide audio tab and screen if there is no audio integration added
• Fixes to postcode lookup bugs where some areas or postcodes did not work
• Other minor bug fixes and performance enhancements

1.4.2

In This Release

Minor bug fixes

 

1.4.1

In This Release

Sonos stability improvements and other minor bug fixes

 

1.4.0

In This Release

Bug fixes surrounding Sonos which could cause SmartSwitch Lite to reboot

 

1.3.1

In This Release

Minor change relating to the weather service API

 

1.3.0

In This Release

Minor bug fixes plus the following functional changes:

• Support for setting international timezones & location
• Additional information displayed in the 'About' menu page
• Allow a WiFi network to be configured by manually entering an SSID

1.2.0

In This Release

Various bug fixes including support for larger Sonos systems. The main functional change in this release is to the Hue Bridge User ID

• NOTE: This will require users pressing the button on their Hue Bridge again to authenticate. It is also recommended to navigate to the privacy settings of the Hue Bridge via the user’s account at http://account.meethue.com/ and removing old users, normally called “tempuser”. Each SmartSwitch Lite should now have its own entry in this table with its serial number, making access easier to manage.

1.1.1

In This Release

Compatibility & Hardware Support Changes

1. Added support for SSL-01-UK

Integration Changes

1. Added Philips Hue Bridge integration
2. Added Sonos integration