Automator.app

After a great deal of work we are proud to announce the availability of Automator 1.5.11 in the worldwide App Store.  What’s new?

UI5 Support!

We fully support UI5 while maintaining backward compatibility with UI4.

After release a couple bugs have been discovered.  Some users are having issues with their favorites not being persisted across sessions.  Some UI5 plugins, such as the variable container and alarm panels, may have had labels, buttons, and variables rendered incorrectly.  A new update, 1.5.13, has already been submitted to Apple for review with fixes for these issues.

Automator.app version 1.4 has been released.  This is a bug fix release that resolves a few sorting issues and fixes a few rendering issues.  Alarm panel users and other plugins that did not have their controls rendered will benefit from this update.  All will benefit from the improved network transition handling.

Release Notes:

• Added a separate “Favorites” sort capability for custom sorting
• Fixed several custom sorting bugs
• Some devices did not have their controls rendered including some alarm devices
• Improved transitioning between WWAN/3g and WiFi networks
• Bug fixes and performance enhancements

Automator.app 1.3 has been released.  It contains the following

• View sections, rooms, devices, and scenes in the order you want them.
• You may now install the Automator.app plugin files and create a device with just a few clicks.
• Use the Automator.app plugin to send free push notifications directly from scenes.
• Automator plugin shows timestamp and contents (contents optional) of last push notification sent on dashboard
• Various bug and performance enhancements

A push notification plugin is available to make using push notifications in scenes even easier. More information is available at http://push.automatorapp.com/

Automator.app version 1.2 has been approved and is available on iTunes!

This release adds support for push notifications.  Push notifications are free to use and there is no reasonable limit to how many you may use.

We are still working on documentation and supporting material for integrating push notifications into your MiOS system.  All information related to push may be found at http://push.automatorapp.com/.  Currently there are two examples on how to integrate push notifications into your scenes using luup/lua.  We will be expanding this information with more offerings so check back often.

There is some bad news:  we did find a bug that can cause the application to crash immediately after the app connects to a mios system.  We believe that only a few customers have been affected but we are not sure as to why their user_data2 data is different from most other systems.  Unfortunately there is not a known workaround for end users but the issue has been fixed and submitted to Apple as a minor update.  In addition to this item the following bugs have also been fixed:

• Badge counts may not be reset to zero when the application is launched after receiving a push notification with a badge value on multi-tasking supported devices.
• Clicking a camera device on the iPhone/iPod does not bring up the full screen camera view (with PTZ controls)

Automator.app 1.1 is a major update and the first universal version supporting the iPad.

Enhancements

- Added poll, configure, and stress test options for z-wave devices

- Device history — view live history of device state changes for individual devices or system wide

- Added ability to see if scene is active or inactive

- Buttons for devices act just as they do in the Vera website with regards to active state

- iPhone: You may have separate filtering preferences when viewing devices in a room as opposed to just viewing the devices from the main device tab.

- Battery operated devices that haven’t had the battery level updated in 7 days will show an unknown battery status rather than the last known value.

- Generic Device Support — Any device supported by Vera is also supported by Automator.app

- Control Tab — View the full control tab supported by Vera. For example, you can now set PIN codes for door locks

- Multitasking Support — On multitasking capable devices Automator.app remembers where you were when you switch away from the application, and returns you right where you were. Controls dim until a connection can be re-established, however, you may resume where you were even if you switched from WiFi to cellular networks.

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It’s getting so close I can almost taste it. Generic device support means that nearly all the functionality exposed through the vera UI will now be available through Automator.app.  No more waiting for specific device support to be added — get it all now.  Well, soon.